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Re: CHAT: postcodes

From:Tristan <kesuari@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 25, 2002, 11:03
Eamon Graham wrote:

>taliesin wrote: > > > >>The mid nineties marked the beginning of the cell phone epidemic >>in my country. They were being sold for 1 NOK (~ 15 cents?) a piece, >>and suddenly "everyone" had one. Now children (12 and older) are >>*expected* by their peers to have one, which is nuts. I was lucky >>to live my childhood/teenage years early enough to avoid that mess. >> >> > >I think there's a similar phenomenon here in France. What makes me >laugh are the people who purposely whip out the cell phone in public >to look "cool" - how is it cool when I'm probably the only person in >France who doesn't have one? > >
I'll sometimes 'whip out' my mobile in public... but it's not too look cool. It's because (a) it's a toy and so I play with it (well... mainly check what cell it's in) or (b) I need something to fiddle with and my pens are the wrong shape to fit my mood. (Would I do anything to look 'cool'? 'Course not! Coolness is a quality I do not aspire to...) Tristan