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Andrew wrote:
On 06/05/2017 16:02, Capitol wrote:
Andrew wrote:
On 06/05/2017 14:06, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
He does need to get emails on the go as well.

Why ?. No-one retired 'needs' such a facility.

I do when traveling. However the phone is not reliable for emails,
so I also carry a Linux netbook.

Yes, but this person is described as 'elderly', so travelling
usually means shuffling down to Asda and back.

I travelled the world between 1988 and 1990 and managed
without a mobile phone, email or indeed any means of
mobile communication. It's how it used to be. I defy
anyone to prove that they 'need' mobile communication
while on holiday.

It would have been very useful to use in 1977 when we were trying to sell
our house. A message arrived by a very complex route to say we were moving
5 days after we were due to return home. And again in 1990, when I
discovered I had got a better job, again by a roundabout route.

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