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Working Poor

In reply to the discussion: This may sound weird [View all]

w0nderer

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3. :-)) so glad i'm not only one
Fri Oct 9, 2015, 12:45 AM
Oct 2015

i hit the streets and got a smartphone plus 2.5 gig data and all flat talk and text for $40 a month plus $20 for the phone


now...yeah my phone is worth more, i worked for it
but my data plan is now $50 5 gig before choke and free text, talk, and incoming international and text international

means i can go anywhere (dunkin, library and so on) and grab ebooks or data and or news
and let's get real....we need news data and info

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This may sound weird [View all] w0nderer Oct 2015 OP
I found this to be true for me as well Melurkyoulongtime Oct 2015 #1
Cricket Half-Century Man Oct 2015 #2
5 meg or 5 gig? w0nderer Oct 2015 #9
:-)) so glad i'm not only one w0nderer Oct 2015 #3
It's a nice thought, but instead I'm thinking that PatrickforO Oct 2015 #4
Wish I could rec this post. malokvale77 Oct 2015 #8
i fully support 15/h and bernie and more i support working living wage (which is more than 15/h) w0nderer Oct 2015 #11
No, not working poor. Was, but not now, thankfully. PatrickforO Oct 2015 #14
Sorry w0nderer Oct 2015 #15
forgot to say w0nderer Oct 2015 #16
I'm currently working poor Melurkyoulongtime Oct 2015 #17
Yeah, I probably ought to say that in my post to which you replied PatrickforO Oct 2015 #18
No worries nt Melurkyoulongtime Oct 2015 #19
sad to see you with us w0nderer Oct 2015 #20
Yep! Melurkyoulongtime Oct 2015 #21
touching on a big thing there (transport) w0nderer Oct 2015 #23
Tracfone has a bunch of cheapies. MADem Oct 2015 #5
My grandson says that after having had a cell phone for a while, he realizes that all he really djean111 Oct 2015 #6
he might want to hit a used comp store for a cheap desktop/laptop w0nderer Oct 2015 #12
I still have a landline because my "retiree" bundle of internet, phone, and TV djean111 Oct 2015 #22
:-) w0nderer Oct 2015 #25
Look into refurbished phones NV Whino Oct 2015 #7
. astral Oct 2015 #10
:-) w0nderer Oct 2015 #13
I buy an iPhone every few versions and manage to trade in the old one. But I have found that LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #24
for older ipod touch (1 2 gen) ipad (1g 2g) and iphone 2g 3g w0nderer Oct 2015 #26
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