From: The Reid on
Following up to Carole Allen

>I once knew a guy who spent 6 months on some glacier somewhere near
>the North Pole. It was just him and one other guy - monitoring some
>sort of technical equipment. Doesn't that sound nice? No loud
>ruffians to disturb your day, no hot sweaty days, no nasty commutes,
>no alcohol.

I was up for it till then!
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From: The Reid on
Following up to Jim Ley

>>lots of Londoners have fancy watches, total waste of money IMHO.
>
>They do?

they do, City status symbols.


Why do you need to find people with watches?
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From: The Reid on
Following up to Mxsmanic

>I'm not sure I see the connection. How have mobile phones killed
>watches?

sigh, they have a clock.
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From: The Reid on
Following up to Mxsmanic

>In my experience, mobile phones keep poor time, and even if the
>display shows the time, it doesn't show the seconds.

why do you needs seconds?
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Mike Reid
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From: The Reid on
Following up to Jordi

> and more
>> and better TVs.
>
>Which is also true for here, check other replies.

I love "more and better TVs". Civilation judged by how many big
TVs, at least do it by the programmes if you must be that
shallow!
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Mike Reid
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