Nifty
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Post by Nifty on Aug 14, 2022 20:37:46 GMT 1
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Post by pcpa on Aug 14, 2022 22:05:49 GMT 1
"Rudd’s piece rang many bells, the loudest being that “No one answers the phone any more”. You have a problem so you go online. The FAQs don’t help, nor does the chatbox manned by a robot. You email but no one bothers to reply. Finally you try to phone, having located the number hidden in the depths of the website. You ring, are assigned to an endless queue, and told that your call is very important so why not find the answer . . . online. Kafka would be proud."
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Post by Nifty on Aug 15, 2022 8:42:46 GMT 1
A trick of snaring an audience is to slickly relate to a common experience.
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Aardvark
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Post by Aardvark on Aug 15, 2022 9:01:45 GMT 1
The last comment in the link needs answering.
"I realised it was the end of days when my dishwasher came with wi-fi. I still have no idea what for."
There's a currently running ad on radio and TV for the UK internet provider EE. They push the point that their wondrous new fibre connection can run a 100 devices in your home. The wife's laptop is the only wi-fi device in our house. I have hard wired my desktop to the router because it is faster than wi-fi. If the day arrives when we have to replace our 15 year old TV, or any appliance I will be careful to not buy anything that can connect to the internet.
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Nifty
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Post by Nifty on Aug 15, 2022 10:05:47 GMT 1
Last night oh was muttering something about getting a Smart TV while trying to get her newly acquired dongle, or whatever, to function. Normally I would be thinking ‘over my dead body’ then I thought about it. I am in the invidious osition of having quite a ot of surplus cash that I have been too slack, cautious to invest thinking that it might be handy should the shtf with my relationship with oh and it would give emote readily available options. That day has not arrived, though there has been moments that did not culminate in the necessity of it, so, hereI am wondering what to with spare Sterling so I thought ‘Why not?’
For those that can’t tap into plastic, it’s probably going to be wheelbarrow time the week after next.
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Post by pcpa on Aug 15, 2022 10:54:49 GMT 1
hereI am wondering what to with spare Sterling Use it for its intended purpose and then you won't have the issue of the Smart TV!
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Nifty
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Post by Nifty on Aug 15, 2022 11:24:53 GMT 1
The problem is that I want for very little that money can buy.
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