I have taken advantage of Telecoms latest offer, as it works well for the flatmates phone calls, the child's internet needs, and my economy. I now have 10 gig of broadband a month.
I have not told the child!
I am also still taking the vital cable in my handbag everyday so she still only has her allotted 1 hour per day usage. I wonder how long I can hold off telling her, and as her latest phone has died the internet has become even more vital in her life.
Monday, November 24, 2008
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Surely one of her friends could supply her with her own "vital cable" ? There is bound to be a friend with a father or mother who has a collection of LAN cables sitting in their home office drawer .
Oh Bryan, Bryan, Bryan....you forget that the intelligence and manipulation powers of the Mother is far greater than that of a teeenager.
I have moved the router to the flatmates office/lounge, so it is "out of bounds". So close, and yet so far....
Cunning, very cunning.
Bad mother.
Wait until she works out you have a blog.
She knows of it, hence I was banned from fully blogging on the disasterous hair colour from the modelling job.
However, she can never remember the name of the site so doesn't visit often!
Assume you are aware that a PSP can access the internet via WiFi ? My 7 year old son does, and hence has been nagging for one for several months so he can play online games when we are out :-)
err, Bryan...I'm sure I have mentioned in the blog somewhere how this single Mother survives on one income with no child support.
We have NO fancy gadgets, no PSP, no DVD (did briefly have a cheapy but it died), no Sky, no flat screen tv (analogue and rabbit ears work fine), no WiFi or wireless anything. We do have a microwave, tho it may quit due to lack of use. No takeways, no frozen prepared food.
The pc is 8 years old and running on Windows ME...yes I finally confess to my operating platform.
Funnily tho we are happy in our lives and don't feel that we are missing our on anything, and as long as Mummy keeps nursing the pc along we have internet.
1 hour per day is more than enough for the teenager.
ooh and forgot to say no iPod (tho the child does have an mp3 player)and the video machine is so old that the calender in it has run out....but being a technical whizz i can still make it record when I want.
I've yet to purchase a cell phone. As far as I'm aware I'm the only person I know under 100 who dose'nt have one.
Still I'd miss my dvd player, and 32" flat screen though, if they were parted from me. I'll sacrifice inane text messages over cool dvd's anytime.
gosh
We have 4 (soon to be five) computers for a 3 person household. Make that 6 if you count our home stay student. I guess our excuse is that we run a design business from home and I have a full time job as well, necessitating multiple desktops and laptops.
Our sons primary school is launching it's first year 3/4 class next year where every child has a small laptop they use as an integral part of their studies. We decided not to apply for Levi to be in the class as we figured he gets enough screen time at home :-)
Oh, show off!!! There used to be 5 (tho one was relegated to a carboard box in a cupboard) computers in the house including a G4 and a G5, however the girlfriend moved out taking her G5 and grunty pc with her and the old one in the box, my kindly donated G4 has sucked it and doesn't want to play anymore, so it's down to the old faithful HP relic.
Trust me, as soon as the child leaves home Mummy is going to upgrade to a swish, slim, styley, sexy Mac product.
Time for a new Mac endowed GF perhaps ? :-)
Too funny.....it seems a lot of lesbians have Macs!! or is that just because I like geeky girls
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