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On 2025/7/4 12:24:58, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-07-04 13:12, Tweed wrote:

Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2025-07-04 11:35, Daniel70 wrote:

On 4/07/2025 1:26 am, David Wade wrote:

<Snip>

.. for me much simpler than trying to ease a card out of the wallet
where it invariably jams, which I have to do as there are several
cards in there. In most cases I will have also used my phone because >>>>> it has my loyalty card stored in it as well....

Dave

.... and, in a related manner, in about 2000, to pay for my Chicken
Dinner, I went to hand my Credit Card to the Staff Member .... and, in >>>> doing so, passed the Card over the Card Reader machine and BEEB, Job
Done!! First I knew of THAT ability!!

Really?

NFC has existed for years.

The standard wasn’t even defined until 2003

https://www.thamestechnology.co.uk/inspiration/history-of-contactless-
payments-a-timeline

That's an enormous time in technology :-D

Daniel said his story was "in about 2000", so saying the standard wasn't defined until 2003 is a valid thing to say!
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On 5/07/2025 10:32 am, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

On 2025/7/4 12:24:58, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-07-04 13:12, Tweed wrote:

Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2025-07-04 11:35, Daniel70 wrote:

On 4/07/2025 1:26 am, David Wade wrote:

<Snip>

.. for me much simpler than trying to ease a card out of the wallet >>>>>> where it invariably jams, which I have to do as there are several
cards in there. In most cases I will have also used my phone because >>>>>> it has my loyalty card stored in it as well....

Dave

.... and, in a related manner, in about 2000, to pay for my Chicken
Dinner, I went to hand my Credit Card to the Staff Member .... and, in >>>>> doing so, passed the Card over the Card Reader machine and BEEB, Job >>>>> Done!! First I knew of THAT ability!!

Really?

NFC has existed for years.

The standard wasn’t even defined until 2003

https://www.thamestechnology.co.uk/inspiration/history-of-contactless- payments-a-timeline

That's an enormous time in technology :-D

Daniel said his story was "in about 2000", so saying the standard wasn't defined until 2003 is a valid thing to say!

O.K., so it *MAY* have been 2005'ish!! ;-P Hey, it might have even been 2010'ish.

(I lived in that one place for over thirty years.)
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Daniel70
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On 2025-07-05 02:32, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

On 2025/7/4 12:24:58, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-07-04 13:12, Tweed wrote:

Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2025-07-04 11:35, Daniel70 wrote:

On 4/07/2025 1:26 am, David Wade wrote:

<Snip>

.. for me much simpler than trying to ease a card out of the wallet >>>>>> where it invariably jams, which I have to do as there are several
cards in there. In most cases I will have also used my phone because >>>>>> it has my loyalty card stored in it as well....

Dave

.... and, in a related manner, in about 2000, to pay for my Chicken
Dinner, I went to hand my Credit Card to the Staff Member .... and, in >>>>> doing so, passed the Card over the Card Reader machine and BEEB, Job >>>>> Done!! First I knew of THAT ability!!

Really?

NFC has existed for years.

The standard wasn’t even defined until 2003

https://www.thamestechnology.co.uk/inspiration/history-of-
contactless- payments-a-timeline

That's an enormous time in technology :-D

Daniel said his story was "in about 2000", so saying the standard wasn't defined until 2003 is a valid thing to say!

Ah, I see. The about 2000 did not register. Sorry.
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Cheers, Carlos.
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On Thu, 3 Jul 2025 22:07:21 +0100, NY wrote:

On 03/07/2025 12:32, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-07-03 13:18, JMB99 wrote:

My phone remains in a zipped pocket and need unlocking to be used so
takes longer to get into use.

Certainly, I keep it locked, in a shoulder bag when I am out, or in a
table when I am in. It is summer, so can't be in a jacket pocket.

My phone, like my car/house keys, remains in my trouser pocket whenever
I'm not using it or charging it. If I took my phone or my keys out and
left them on a random table, I'd spend ages remembering where I'd left
them and I'd be too much at risk of going out without them.

My rule is that I can take them out of the pocket*, but NEVER set them
down in a place that isn't mine (house or car).

* - when I first started carrying these things, I put them in the obvious place, a FRONT pocket. I have never put anything other than a few papers
in a back pocket.
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Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger." [Abbie Hoffman]
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On Thu, 3 Jul 2025 20:55:56 +0100, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

On 2025/7/3 20:29:10, Mark Lloyd wrote:
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When I notice someone ahead of me in line take out a notebook, that's a

(At first there I thought you meant something like what I'm typing this
on! Visions of waiting for Windows to boot ... then I remembered we call
them laptops these days.)

bad sign. One of those people who carries around hundreds of coupons.
Coupons are OK, but why can't they decide which ones they're going to
use and get them out in advance? These people often have to argue with
the checker about EVERY item, searching the bags for it.

Indeed. On the (infrequent) occasions I use a coupon, I place it on the
belt near (on top of, if possible) the item to which it relates.

I do too.

OT: Your sig reminded me of how I felt after seeing the total solar
eclipse last year. If was mostly cloudy so at first I just saw a few
glimpses of crescent sun. Then the clouds went away just in time to see totality. That lasted less than 2 minutes, but it was something I really wanted to see and am likely to not get another chance.
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Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger." [Abbie Hoffman]
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On Thu, 3 Jul 2025 22:40:12 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:

[snip]

On my normal supermarket (Carrefour) they have an app, and the app
generates a QR code for the cashier with all the bargain coupons that
there are. Instantly.

If you mean coupons that you have to stick into a card, those are very
rare here.

The store I usually go to does have e-coupons that you can add to your
card while at home (from their webisie) and just scan it once in the
store. However, there are still a lot of paper coupons the send in the
mail. That's a personalized service, so they could use e-coupons for that,
but they don't.
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Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger." [Abbie Hoffman]
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On Sat, 05 Jul 2025 19:03:59 +0000, Mark Lloyd wrote:

My rule is that I can take them out of the pocket*, but NEVER set them
down in a place that isn't mine (house or car).

* - when I first started carrying these things, I put them in the
obvious place, a FRONT pocket. I have never put anything other than a
few papers in a back pocket.

Same here, except that it's a zipped front pocket!
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