[Rhodes22-list] STOP THE MADNESS!

[Michael D. Weisner]

To paraphrase a famous philosopher: "Technology: Ain't it won'erful!"

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Slim" <salm at mn.rr.com>
To: "Rhodes22-list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] STOP THE MADNESS!


> Mike,
>
> Oh, great!  It wouldn't be so bad were it not so tedious to deal with.  My
> phone rings with a message so I click on it and wait and wait for each
page
> to boot up.  First it takes me to the main menu then the inbox then the
> first message then the body of the message then I select delete then "are
> you sure?" with each page taking 20-30 seconds to load.  It takes nearly 5
> minute just to delete one message!  And during this process, I will
> invariably be "timed out" and have to log back in.
>
> The internet service from Sprint is called "Sprint Vision" and allows for
> email, picture transfers, text messaging,  and so on but all I ever use it
> for is a weather program called "MyCast" which shows me weather radar and
> forecasts that come in useful out on the boat.  Maybe it's not worth it.
>
> Slim
>
> On 8/21/06 12:59 PM, "Michael D. Weisner" <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:
>
> > Slim,
> >
> > The really unfortunate part of all this is that even when unsubscribed,
the
> > email address will have been added to the publicly available info, since
the
> > R22 messages are scanned by Google regularly.  You should start getting
> > porn, stock and Nigerian scam spam on your cell phone email in about 2
> > weeks!
> >
> > Mike
> > s/v Shanghai'd Summer
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Herb Parsons" <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
> > To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 1:34 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] STOP THE MADNESS!
> >
> >
> > I'm still laughing. Made me want to go back and dig out the original so
I
> > could post it, and forward it to all my friends (sorry, I have this
thing
> > about having fun when technology doesn't work right). Unfortunately, I
> > usually delete messages right after I read them.
> >
> > Can you post another one from your phone, so I can play too?
> >
> > Herb Parsons
> >
> > S/V O'Jure
> > 1976 O'Day 25
> > Lake Grapevine, N TX
> >
> > S/V Reve de Papa
> > 1971 Coronado 35
> > Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana Coast
> >
> >>>> salm at mn.rr.com 8/20/2006 2:58:30 am >>>
> > Dear Rummy, Robert, Hank, Mark, Mike, et al,
> >
> > Thank you all very much for the input on my CB cleat fix--but there's a
> > problem.  When I first posted my message about it, I sent a picture I
took
> > with my phone camera.  I hope you all looked at the picture because I
went
> > to great lengths to figure out how to post a picture from my phone!
Well,
> > now every reply to this thread makes my phone ring!!!  And my service is
> > relentless:  "You have an important message from Sprint Picture Mail"
and if
> > I don't respond, it keeps ringing me. Worse, I can't figure out how to
stop
> > it.
> >
> > I hear Napoleon Dynamite in my head saying, "Idiot!"
> >
> > Feel free to continue posting messages at will concerning this very
> > important topic but please stop replying to the original thread.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Slim
> >
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