Why Are They Called Smart Phones ...

[ttfn]

... if the people who own them are like this 20 year old?

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/10457345.Woman_rescued_from_tree_after_GPS_cache_search/

[bednobs]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Society-and-Culture/Question1248075.html

[kylesmum]

Very wry :) It does make you wonder though how smart the smart phone users are :)

As an aside...is it common to AB for other users to link if someone else has posted ? I've noticed this a few times (really only on this site) and find it rude and not necessary. Not everyone is on-line all the time so there has to be 'duplicate' posts' at some point surely? I find it particularly rude when only the link is posted without any dialogue to explain it has been posted before in a 'friendly' manner.

[Prudie]

I was about to post my question on here kylesmum, ttfn and I read the same local rag!!

[bednobs]

not sure how common it is because this is about the only forum i come to. Odd that you find it rude - it's (in my case) posted in the spirit of "oh i read something about that somewhere else and there is already some discussion about that elsewhere - you may find some answers to your questions on this other post or if you're not getting many answers it's probably because there is already a post about that" not "my aren't you stupid because someone somewhere has already posted about that, now go put your dunces cap on and sit in the corner"
TTFN if you found my post rude (although i can't really see how you could have unless you inferred my second answer), i apologise

[Mamyalynne]

It seems the lady did have the correct climbing gear, but a rope got caught as she tried to reach the capsule - too risky a hobby for me.

[kylesmum]

Apologies bednobs, the forums I flit between usually have an addendum...like 'See thread already posted', with a bit of chat.I just found posting a link rather curt.My intention wasn't to offend you, rather just to post an observation.

Courtesy costs nothing.