You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here.

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tommyrot - Jun 19, 2008 9:14:18 am PDT #6667 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I just went to the Virgin site, and under Pay as you go it said if you didn't buy more minutes within the 30 day period, any unused minutes would expire at the end of the 30 days. I may have misread it, though.

Huh. Well, I haven't actually run past the date limit in a while, so perhaps they've changed their policy.


tommyrot - Jun 19, 2008 9:18:19 am PDT #6668 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Oh connie, I love your tagline:

Policemen are hiding behind the skirts of little girls, their eyes have turned the color of frozen meat.

An odd lyric from an odd song (Blue Öyster Cult's "Joan Crawford.")


Connie Neil - Jun 19, 2008 9:19:09 am PDT #6669 of 25501
brillig

Yup, recently downloaded and rediscovered, wallowing in the memories of my youth at the college radio station.

edit: and kudos on the umlaut over the O


Typo Boy - Jun 19, 2008 11:16:08 am PDT #6670 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Unless Virgin has changed policies within the last 60 days, it is buy at least $20 worth of minutes at least every 90 days to keep service. Unused minutes to roll over into next period. If you use it infrequently that is $6.67 a month, plus those rolled over minutes are good in an emergency where you need to do a shitload of talking. Calling and being called both cost you, though voice mail does not unless you use your cell to check voice messages. Text messaging on a pay as you go plan is per message, cause I think the premise is you are not using your cell phone that much. Heavy or moderate user can probably do better with a contract. Um make sure you get a clamshell or other types that close, cause permanently open ones tend to spontaneously dial and cost you expensive minuts.


Theodosia - Jun 19, 2008 11:30:21 am PDT #6671 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I've been very happy with my Virgin Mobile experience. I just really wish they'd get some kind of iPhone-wannabee phone so I could switch.


tommyrot - Jun 19, 2008 11:35:22 am PDT #6672 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Um make sure you get a clamshell or other types that close, cause permanently open ones tend to spontaneously dial and cost you expensive minuts.

Mine's a clamshell but has keys on the outside too. I keep the keys on the outside locked to prevent spontaneous dialing.

Oh, mine has web access too. $1 per day or $5 per month. There's some sort of data limit, but I never get near it, as the browser is kinda' sucky on such a tiny screen, and it's pretty slow too. (b.org is doable, though.)


tommyrot - Jun 19, 2008 11:38:29 am PDT #6673 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Oh, you can get the iPhone with a pay-as-you-go plan if your credit isn't good enough for a regular plan. But I hear the cost per thingie of data is very high.....


Theodosia - Jun 19, 2008 11:45:48 am PDT #6674 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

If I had a well-paying job, I'd for sure finally cave next month when the new iPhones are out. Poverty will keep me virtuous, at least for the forseeable future.


le nubian - Jun 19, 2008 1:44:22 pm PDT #6675 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

re: netflix

here's the official link

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Jon B. - Jun 19, 2008 8:13:43 pm PDT #6676 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Unless Virgin has changed policies within the last 60 days, it is buy at least $20 worth of minutes at least every 90 days to keep service.

It's $15 every 90 days if you sign up for them to charge you automatically. At least, that's what I've had for the last year or so.