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I moved the Toranaga's vacation discussion over to the "I'm Going To Japan" thread, FYI.

http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.php?p=220600#220600

Another night out in Paris.... just back .. and it is 5am again ... DAMN ... looks like my time schedule is getting upside down ...

but was great .... a friend visiting .... we went to the top of the Eiffel tower ... saw the beautiful night paris ... then walk around paris ... and then ofcourse HIT a bar ... and drink and watch beautiful french chicks pass by ... :dancing: :dancing:

Great night .... i see the sunrise is about to happen ... so i should goto bed before that ..... at least psychologically i can tell myself that i going to sleep in the "night" :bonk:

ciiiiiiiao .... :sleep:

Haven't been to Great America in 5 years, and going today wasn't all that fun. Only rode 4 rides: Invertigo, Grizzly, Demon & Vortex....the lines were long all day. Did check out that new water theme park and it was lousy. Didn't win no big prize like the ones you get from the Ring TOss or making a basket from 26 ft away. IF NBA 3 point line is 3ft away, I think i got a better chance at that cuz i over shot 26 ft no problem :sweat:

Not planning on going back to Great America again until they got better rides

Whoa! Roseanne is finally coming out on DVD in August! :woot: I've been waiting for this. So many TV show boxsets I wanna buy... :puppydog:

I bought "The Pianist" and "Brokedown Palace" on DVD at Best Buy today....for $16 total with tax :D Um, plus I bought a Fuji 5.2 megapixel digital camera. :sweat: I finally jumped ahead 5 more years :hehe:

K.T.Tran wrote:Haven't been to Great America in 5 years, and going today wasn't all that fun. Only rode 4 rides: Invertigo, Grizzly, Demon & Vortex....the lines were long all day. Did check out that new water theme park and it was lousy. Didn't win no big prize like the ones you get from the Ring TOss or making a basket from 26 ft away. IF NBA 3 point line is 3ft away, I think i got a better chance at that cuz i over shot 26 ft no problem :sweat:

Not planning on going back to Great America again until they got better rides

don't think i have gone since the mid 90's, and i don't miss it at all, cause g'america is not all that. I think Disney is better, and of course bigger. :bonk:

I'm drinking and I'm tired.

Work is tough but I'm getting there.

I can't believe that today went by so fast. So much for enjoying a weekend.



.......Just something I wanted to say. :P

Okay, I need an opinion here! I have to upgrade my cell phone. I've had it for almost 2 years and it's acting up a tad. My discount this year went unused because I didn't upgrade, but I think I'm due.

I have T-Mobile and their phone selection is not great or wide. I prefer Samsung. I don't like Nokias and I'm iffy with Motorola (unless they made vast improvements).

I currently have a Samsung V205, it's not even made anymore. It was the best and most long-lasting-after-heavy-use phone that I've EVER had.

~I want to spend $200 or less on an upgrade. I refuse to spend more, and it's painful for me to come even close to that cost. :bonk:
~I want a camera. If I'm gonna spend more than $100 and keep it for a year, I want a camera.
~It has to have a slot for a handstrap.
~I don't want issues with echoing or poor reception that would be due to the phone itself.
~I prefer a flip.

I'm looking at: Samsung e335, Samsung e315 (about to be discontinued when stock runs out), Motorola Razr V3, Samsung d415.

The price just went down on the Samsung d415, which is a slider phone, but I'm not sure if I want to switch to sliders although they look pretty sweet.

So, my questions are:

Does anyone with a slider phone (that slides up to expose the keypad and answer the phone) have any issue with the screen getting bumped or scratched since it's exposed? I kinda liked flips because the screen isn't exposed.

Ok, anyone who's bought a phone from T-Mobile lately (or is familiar with current phones they carry) have any suggestions?

K.T.Tran wrote:
Not planning on going back to Great America again until they got better rides

So that pretty much means you are never going back to the park, sad to say. :hehe: I enjoyed Stealth during the two or three years they had it. PGA removed the ride to make room for the water park. :shakehead:

dochira wrote:
So that pretty much means you are never going back to the park, sad to say. :hehe: I enjoyed Stealth during the two or three years they had it. PGA removed the ride to make room for the water park. :shakehead:

I never got the chance to ride stealth, but i heard from some of my friends and cousins that it wasn't all that great. Some said you're strapped in too tight and it doesn't feel like you're flying.

I don't think the idea of removing it for the water park was all that smart.....there are places to go for that fun. The water park was very small and very crowded, the water slides aren't that great compared to Raging Waters and thats pretty sad..... :sweat:

Kouseiya, I haven't seen to many good camera phones and I'm not sure, but are the camera phones with flash better than ones w/o....??? I haven't seen many people using those sliding phones either.

I too prefer flip phones...I think they easier to work with

I don't use Samsung or Motorola....so I don't know which one is best for you, sorry

KouSeiya315 wrote:Okay, I need an opinion here! I have to upgrade my cell phone. I've had it for almost 2 years and it's acting up a tad. My discount this year went unused because I didn't upgrade, but I think I'm due.

I have T-Mobile and their phone selection is not great or wide. I prefer Samsung. I don't like Nokias and I'm iffy with Motorola (unless they made vast improvements).

I currently have a Samsung V205, it's not even made anymore. It was the best and most long-lasting-after-heavy-use phone that I've EVER had.

~I want to spend $200 or less on an upgrade. I refuse to spend more, and it's painful for me to come even close to that cost. :bonk:
~I want a camera. If I'm gonna spend more than $100 and keep it for a year, I want a camera.
~It has to have a slot for a handstrap.
~I don't want issues with echoing or poor reception that would be due to the phone itself.
~I prefer a flip.

I'm looking at: Samsung e335, Samsung e315 (about to be discontinued when stock runs out), Motorola Razr V3, Samsung d415.

The price just went down on the Samsung d415, which is a slider phone, but I'm not sure if I want to switch to sliders although they look pretty sweet.

So, my questions are:

Does anyone with a slider phone (that slides up to expose the keypad and answer the phone) have any issue with the screen getting bumped or scratched since it's exposed? I kinda liked flips because the screen isn't exposed.

Ok, anyone who's bought a phone from T-Mobile lately (or is familiar with current phones they carry) have any suggestions?

If you want, I can scan the pages of a recent issue (Feb 2005) of Consumer Reports that has ratings of providers and cellphones and e-mail it to ya... :)

Just lemme know.

KTT: Thanks, it's all good :D I'm not too worried about the camera quality or anything. My old one's camera isn't really good, it just happened to come with one but it was one of the first camera phones available in the U.S. at the time ;) I just want a spiffy phone that won't go to crap in less than a year, but one that won't leave burn marks on my wallet :sweat:

BMW: It's okay ;) I'm pretty up on the providers but my choices are limited anyway with T-Mobile. My only beef with them is low selection. Most of the phones I'm looking at weren't out in February, but I'm pretty happy with Samsung so I'd stick with them. Just wondering if you heard any improvements with Motorola though.....they used to suck terds but people are raving about them now. Maybe just because of the cool releases they made, but I have no idea if they are long-lasting...

KouSeiya315 wrote:KTT: Thanks, it's all good :D I'm not too worried about the camera quality or anything. My old one's camera isn't really good, it just happened to come with one but it was one of the first camera phones available in the U.S. at the time ;) I just want a spiffy phone that won't go to crap in less than a year, but one that won't leave burn marks on my wallet :sweat:

BMW: It's okay ;) I'm pretty up on the providers but my choices are limited anyway with T-Mobile. My only beef with them is low selection. Most of the phones I'm looking at weren't out in February, but I'm pretty happy with Samsung so I'd stick with them. Just wondering if you heard any improvements with Motorola though.....they used to suck terds but people are raving about them now. Maybe just because of the cool releases they made, but I have no idea if they are long-lasting...

Can't say that I'm up to speed on all of the changes/improvements for the cellphones: I'm still using my three-year old Nokia 5165... Maybe not the best or the smallest, but it's been bulletproof so far. :thumbsup:




....Now watch the damn thing stop working. :beaten: :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:
Can't say that I'm up to speed on all of the changes/improvements for the cellphones: I'm still using my three-year old Nokia 5165... Maybe not the best or the smallest, but it's been bulletproof so far. :thumbsup:




....Now watch the damn thing stop working. :beaten: :bleh:

My first phone was an Ericsson (not Sony-Ericsson, just Ericsson). It was kinda big and heavy (not like an analog Zack Morris phone though), and it was a piece of POO. That's when I had Cellular One that changed to Cingular. I hated that company.

I switched to Voicestream and got a Nokia 5190 (same as that but black, older model) back in 2001 or 2002. That one started crapping out 9 months into it although everyone said it was great. I must use them too much :beaten: Voicestream changed to T-Mobile some time during the time I had that phone.

Then I got a Nokia 3390 and that was a pretty good phone. It was gold too :woot: 1 year and no problems. I liked that one.

In Japan I had a Sanyo JA(insert some number, 105 maybe?). I adjusted to having a flip so I wanted one. In 2003 a few months after coming back from Japan I got my Samsung that I have now, best phone I ever had. Phones normally wouldn't last very long for me because I use them a lot and they are in my purse and stuff. So, almost 2 years for a phone to last for me is pretty damn good and I use them now more than ever.

i've never had a cell phone yet, even up to now...

niko2x wrote:i've never had a cell phone yet, even up to now...

:wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow:

damn ... man u got DETERMINATION !!!!

its like living without internet in these days !!... i am impressed

z123_us wrote:

:wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow:

its like living without internet in these days !!... i am impressed

:shocked: Im impressed too. do you not need a cell phone Niko??

K.T.Tran wrote:

:shocked: Im impressed too. do you not need a cell phone Niko??

:lol: :lol: :lol:

see the words which came from your mouth were

"do you not need a cell phone "

more like an essential need than a choice these days

z123_us wrote:

:wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow:

damn ... man u got DETERMINATION !!!!

its like living without internet in these days !!... i am impressed

yeah, have to agree with that, no cell phone, no internet, now that would be even tougher. :bonk:

K.T.Tran wrote:
I never got the chance to ride stealth, but i heard from some of my friends and cousins that it wasn't all that great. Some said you're strapped in too tight and it doesn't feel like you're flying.

IMHO, I think it was one of the better rides there, so that's not saying much. The only gripe is that it always broke down, and for some reason they decided to not put the final track portion under a roof. So if they were taking longer unloading the other car (when that worked :grumble: ) we were left out in the sun to bake. :hot:

@Kou: I will probably be looking for a new phone to replace the LG one I have (blasted two-year contracts) so I'll be curious also. My friend at work just got the Moto Razr V3. It's damn small, but it may be too small for me.