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Maro2Bear

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This is something for me to consider, thanx!

I keep saying that TracFone is the way to go. I have their cheapest “flip phone” & unlimited talk & text. I don’t think they offer their $20.00 phone on their website, we picked it up at WalMart. I pay $50.00 yearly for the activation, and about $60.00 for unlimited voice/text. So, for about $110.00 - i have a very functional phone. For any internet anything, I use my iPad at home.

I just checked - the TracFone site now has refurbished phones for $5.00. Some for $9.00 too.

 

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Good morning/afternoon all.
Weather much the same here but a bit cooler and cloudier.
Lola has been out of his hide but isn't keen to step outside yet.
As he prefers to dine in the evening now he has ignored his lovingly prepared food.
I'm just about to make myself some lunch so I'll see you later.
Have a good Sunday!
TTFN
 

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I keep saying that TracFone is the way to go. I have their cheapest “flip phone” & unlimited talk & text. I don’t think they offer their $20.00 phone on their website, we picked it up at WalMart. I pay $50.00 yearly for the activation, and about $60.00 for unlimited voice/text. So, for about $110.00 - i have a very functional phone. For any internet anything, I use my iPad at home.

I just checked - the TracFone site now has refurbished phones for $5.00. Some for $9.00 too.

Thanks, I'll look into it.
 

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Sounds like it could be covid, is your taste affected too?
People I know who've had it say that they when they thought they were over it, it came back and made them feel ill again.
Hopefully the tests will tell you one way or the other and it won't last too long.
Hope you have a good day too in spite of the lurgy!
I didn't loose my sense of taste and smell. I didn't have any more trouble breathing than usual. But I did have other problems go on with my lungs. I didn't even run a fever My worst symptoms were with my digestive system. I just felt I really needed something to soothe and protect it. It also made my back hurt so bad it was hard to walk and get my things done that have to be done. It's a weird virus and affects people differently. My sister in law developed a very itchy rash around her neck after, that her doctor said was the virus coming out of her. Another person that she knows has numbness and bruising on the tips of her fingers. This person said she still gets weird things going on and is recovered over a year ago. It's best to get tested so at least you know what you're fighting.🤗
 

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It's been really cold the last couple of days with flurries. Before that it was in the 70's. But this morning was crazy. The wind blew so hard with snow in it that I couldn't figure out what all the noise was about and had to check. I found a little Robin on my back porch just sitting there through it. The poor little one just sat there for quite some time then moved on. I was afraid a cat would get him but they probably were staying warm somewhere. I wish there was some kind of thing you could have in your yard for temporary shelter for birds in that predicament. I know robins are smart enough to find something like that and use it
 

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I keep saying that TracFone is the way to go. I have their cheapest “flip phone” & unlimited talk & text. I don’t think they offer their $20.00 phone on their website, we picked it up at WalMart. I pay $50.00 yearly for the activation, and about $60.00 for unlimited voice/text. So, for about $110.00 - i have a very functional phone. For any internet anything, I use my iPad at home.

I just checked - the TracFone site now has refurbished phones for $5.00. Some for $9.00 too.

have you ever checked out Mint phone service it's owned by the actor Ryan Reynolds they have really good prices if you pay for the whole year at once you get unlimited talk and text even to Canada and Mexico if you have a unlocked phone meaning it has a sim card so you can change companies you can keep your phone number and pay only %180 for the whole year plus 4 gigs of data every month seeing that you are using a flip phone i'm guessing you use a computer not the phone for internet,it's worth checking into,and soon as my pixel 3 quits working i'm switching to Mint my pixel is through verizon so it's a locked phone
 

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But trac fone is a good service also i just got a offer through consumer cellular i turned 50 on Nov 27th,and no lie the day before my birthday i got a email for AARP and consumer cellular,and while i was in the hospital they to give me colonoscopy i told them hell you can fix what you know is wrong with out going cave diving for another problem🤣🤣🤣
 

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Seymour will turnup 😂 the little brat. Sometimes I have trouble finding Sapphire and he can be right in front of me and he's in the enclosure for heaven's sake. Sometimes I have to use Joe to see him and tell me where he is. They wear camo...🐢
So, My apologies to you all my friends, Rain has shown up this evening, I spent the last couple of days getting ready in the yard, and SEARCHING for that dang Seymour. As always. . . it is just happenstance.I have been looking as I Have been looking in the yard with NO LUCK. Then Saturday . . it was look here! God works in mysterious ways (pardon me all the atheist & agnostic's) BAM, I lifted a garbage can lid, and BAM! There he is. So he is back inside in comfort. BTW, I gave him a good soak today, and as usual he did his poop.(pee EW), well there was 1/3 of a Almond shell in his poop. Dodged that impaction bullet.
Thank you to
Cathy G,
Lyn W,
Ray-Opo,
and other's
for their concern over Seymour's disappearance...
Life is good!
Thank you, my Tort :tort:Loving friends 🥰
 

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MenagerieGrl

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Good morning/afternoon all - warm and sunny here again.
Lola actually stepped outside yesterday, had a look around and a good sniff then turned and came back, but he's getting braver. Maybe it won't take until May /June to get him comfortable with spending time in the garden this year. 🤞
Having said that, next week our temps are going to drop down to single C figures again - half of what they are now. So Lola won't be too keen then, and we're not done with our winter woollies yet!!
I hope everyone has a great Saturday.
TTFN
My Seymour is makin a run for the border, can you say . . push the screen door for escape!
 

MenagerieGrl

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But trac fone is a good service also i just got a offer through consumer cellular i turned 50 on Nov 27th,and no lie the day before my birthday i got a email for AARP and consumer cellular,and while i was in the hospital they to give me colonoscopy i told them hell you can fix what you know is wrong with out going cave diving for another problem🤣🤣🤣
I got consumer cellular and have been very happy with it's service & price...
 

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I don't have a smart phone either Maggie so there's at least 2 of us.
I have a cheap phone that I can use for calls and texts - doesn't even have a camera. My sister keeps trying to drag me into the 21st Century, but like you I keep saying that I don't want the internet with me 24/7. I don't need or want people to contact me or to have social media every minute of the day. I like my laptop for internet use.
Me too!
 

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I did report them to the police a few years ago. A young community police officer came about a month later and asked me what I expected her to do. I said I wanted her to make it clear to the neighbours that it was criminal damage and trespass, but when she went around to them I heard her laughing in the garden with them about it. It's not exactly crime of the century so the police don't take it seriously. :(
However, their house is actually owned by a housing association (a mortgage rescue package I believe) so I did contact them and I think they must have given a warning, because then the neighbours started hanging 4 lettered cushions on their line spelling out a not very nice 'c' word! If he starts to cut it again I'll go straight to them.
OMG!!! Get a restraining order against him. The "c" word? That is so wrong on so many levels. Take a photo of the cushions. Don't retaliate, just record, then call the cops. I'm unsure about you there, but here I've gotten a restraining order against my neighbor. She's not allowed to disturb me or talk to me...lol
 

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So, My apologies to you all my friends, Rain has shown up this evening, I spent the last couple of days getting ready in the yard, and SEARCHING for that dang Seymour. As always. . . it is just happenstance.I have been looking as I Have been looking in the yard with NO LUCK. Then Saturday . . it was look here! God works in mysterious ways (pardon me all the atheist & agnostic's) BAM, I lifted a garbage can lid, and BAM! There he is. So he is back inside in comfort. BTW, I gave him a good soak today, and as usual he did his poop.(pee EW), well there was 1/3 of a Almond shell in his poop. Dodged that impaction bullet.
Thank you to
Cathy G,
Lyn W,
Ray-Opo,
and other's
for their concern over Seymour's disappearance...
Life is good!
Thank you, my Tort :tort:Loving friends 🥰
That's great! So pleased he's turned up!!
Lets hope the naughty torty behaves now.
 
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