Ah but the Ellenic is best ;)

+13% tax

@MrShinyandNew安宇 And that includes the installment plan for a phone?

If it does, and the phone was a high-end phone at the time, it's not that bad...but then if you pay this amount for two years, ouch.

well that was a waste of time.

@Cerberus So the deal was: buy the phone outright for $525. They give you $150 off on a "tab" (so you pay $375). The tab is reduced each month by 10% of your pre-tax bill. So it takes about 3 years to pay off, but if you want to quit any time then you just pay off what you still owe.

went to an interview and virtually everything about the job was bad.

I made a spreadsheet and calculated the total 3-year cost of owning this phone and getting this data plan. With Wind (my provider) it was $2000 over 3 years. With Rogers/Bell/Telus (the big 3 providers around here), even though they'd give you the phone for free or for $100 (but it's a 3-year contract with high termination fees), the data plan and all the phone plan addons that aren't in the base price come to $4000 over 3 years

maybe not terrible, but bad

@Jez Maybe you need a different career. You should become a critic.

@MrShinyandNew安宇 Haha, wow. That is a very...interesting number.

@Jez Hmm at least now you know.

@Cerberus interesting because it's so much higher than what you pay for in Europe? or what

@Cerberus it's disappointing. seemed like a nice company and a nice place to work, but came across as rather isolated and quiet

the company was based in a converted barn, and it smelt like it

I will be paying € 872 if I get the Galaxy Nexus and this plan for three years.

why is it that around here, you either have to work in a factory or a converted barn?

@MrShinyandNew安宇 Interesting as in "you sure you didn't add a zero to many?".

@Jez Haha, that sucks.

or i should say, it seemed like a nice company before the interview

I thought my vision was at -2, seems it's -20 or something. I see Reg there.

That's not possible.

It must be some other nocturnal bird.

@Cerberus how much does the GN cost around there?

@MrShinyandNew安宇 € 360.

And 872 EUR is 1126 CAD, so over 3 years you are paying $900 less than me, but my usage is higher than yours, so.....

So? Who wins at the end?

Overall, I am satisfied with the price I am paying. It seems fair to me and it's damned cheap compared to the other carriers. However: the service is shitty, so shitty that I can't recommend it.

@Gigili we all win. Except when Cerb argues, then nobody wins.

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 amazon.ca/SA-I9250-Galaxy-Nexus-by-Samsung/dp/B006IF23YM/…

You should pay CAD 500 for it, so € 387.

A bit more expensive, but not much.

@MrShinyandNew安宇 Not even Cerb himself?

And you may be able to get better prices outside Amazon, I don't know.

Unless he is arguing with himself :D

@Cerberus well, as I've said before, buying phones on the Internet is not something we do much around here. It's too complicated and the carriers give them away.

@Gigili No, it ends in tears all around. 3x as many tears for Cerb because he has three heads to cry with.

flickr.com/photos/76190514@N06/7412699582

Three heads are better than one ;-)

@MrShinyandNew安宇 It would be a fair comparison. Most people here pay way too much too, because they buy phones at the wrong places (carriers) or pay double the price in installments on an expensive plan.

that is a lightbulb made out of lego.

Not a phone?

It looks nice.

It's frickin' sweet, he even got the threads on the base to corkscrew...

And efficient, if you only need a bulb. No more dragging around with lamps.

@MrShinyandNew安宇 how's that work then?

@Jez it has an LED rope inside.

ah

the lego is a shell?

@MrShinyandNew安宇 Wow, nice.

@Jez yes. But I'm not sure, the LED rope might be an official part too....

My youngest son was born at 10:42pm EDT two years ago today.

@Kitḫ when did labor start? (which you should remind him every birthday)

@Kitḫ Kiss him on behalf of me.

@Kitḫ happy birthday @Kit 's youngest

What happened to my name?

grr

@Mitch 6:45pm, during the scene in The Muppets Take Manhattan when Kermit gets hit by a cab.

Now I need to fix my username.

Later!

Laytor!

aAAAAH.

I got "c**k" and "fondle". Looks to me like instructions for performing an acceptable sex offering.

Or maybe "f**k". I suppose it depends on which translation you use.

Translation or dictionary?

Oh, it's Carlo. Problem solved.

Translation: Revised Sex Version ... New American Sex Bible ... they're all a little different.

@Kitḫ you didn't do that yourself?

@Mitch It synced with my SO account, so I kinda didn't, kinda did. It's just my old username.