I recognize some of those.
I recognize some of those.
When my dad was still living I got into the habit of keeping my phone with me at all times, even in the bathroom. If I laid my phone down and walked away he would invariably call. Repeatedly. And leave several voicemails. When I got back to the phone he'd say "Where were you?"
It was okay, he was in his 90s at that point.
Not always.Do you carry your mobile phone with you around the house?
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I tried the tethering and the phone ran hot after an hour, so yes that limits the aimlessly wandering of the InternetI got given mine just before I left Spain. In order to do the things I needed to do a smart phone was the only realistic proposition. Now I carry it when I go out for similar reasons to you. I hadn't had any sort of phone for the ten years in Catalonia. I can't say I missed them.
However, I think the majority of smart phones can do something that can save money and help limit aimless internet wandering. It's called USB tethering. Once set up and connected by a USB cable the phone can act as a modem for a full sized computer with keyboard and screen.
I had a broadband wired internet connection installed when I moved in. The deal was okay, twenty pounds a month for adeqaute speed on a contract that lasted eighteen months. I didn't notice the first bill payment but on the second I saw it had gone up to fifty two pounds a month!
It gets worse.
During my recent sickness relatives suggested I subscribed to Netfix and Prime and I could watch movies on the computer to help keep me entertained. About ten pounds each.View attachment 3716930
Then there's the phone; that's another ten pounds for 7GB of data a month with free text and calls (there are of course limitations).
That lot adds up to eighty pounds a month to talk to people, which I'm not overly keen on, and watch shite films.I've watched some serious crap over the last few weeks and I've done it because it was there and an easy option.
My data usage before Netfix and Prime arrived on the computer was around 6GB. I haven't got any friendlier so I guess my usage is pretty steady.My phone will cover 6GB and more. I can get a further 5GB of data for five pounds.
That knocks sixty five pounds a month off my bills and will probably improve my mental and physical health in the process.
Netfix and Prime have gone. Wired internet connection is going at the end of the month. I've tested tethering out on all three of my computers and it works well.
Course, if you don't hear from me for a bit don't assume I've dropped dead; it's possible I've overlooked something on the technical front.
I do, but not to text or keep up, I am usually listening to an audio book. Plus it is my step counter.Do you carry your mobile phone with you around the house?
Events still happen at the speed they always have. Knowing about them more quickly doesn't make the slightest diffenrence to the event. Just adds more stress to life.
The flock meanwhile waits patiently for it to pass, just sitting quietly on the log pile or elsewhere under cover. If the forecasters are right, they'll be there all day 
Same here, ground is absolutely sodden & chickens hunkered down, me tooThe rain here is unrelenting. It is pooling in places on the lawn where I have never seen it stand before. And I'm wondering what's the difference between voles and water voles, shrews and water shrews, because ours are going to need to transition if this keeps up much longer!
In the Netherlands and large a part of Germany and Belgium we have similar problems with the ongoing rainSame here, ground is absolutely sodden & chickens hunkered down, me too
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