Puzzle: how to get this light fixture open?

On 2/6/2010 5:43 PM Metspitzer spake thus:

But *I* don't want a picture at all. It's other people who want one here. I'm fine. (And yes, no digicam and no cell phone for me. By choice.)

I am on one of the Virgin Mobile pre-paid plans, set up to top itself off automatically every 90 days, from the expendable credit card I only use for Internet. Works out to about 8 bucks a month, and I probably have $250 in unused air time on it by now- haven't checked lately. They ride Sprint network, so the coverage is not the greatest, but it is available almost all the places I go more than once a year, so it works out okay for me. Phone lives in my briefcase unless I am expecting a call, or I am on call that day. I try to remember to check the voice mail once a week or so- almost always they are wrong numbers. I haven't been on their web site in over a year- not sure if the plan I am on is still available, or if I am grandfathered. I only NEED a cell phone 3-4 times a year, so there was no way I was gonna get under one of the $30+ per month plans. Kind of hard to not have one these days, seeing as how pay phones have basically vanished, at least in this part of the country.

-- aem sends...

There are quite a few prepaid ones under that. Reviews here: >

Yes, Divco trucks were popular with dairies that delivered milk. If you don't stomp on the parking brake hard enough it will drag the truck to a stop eventually, and that is what he is probably describing. I didn't drive them much, as I didn't like them plus I only had to jockey them around the body shop property. My father serviced the local dairy, they had over 100 of these trucks. That was in the days when 6% milk was considered to be normal milk, now they skim the cream off the milk and sell 5% as light cream, and call 3% as normal milk. Jersey cows regularly gave 6% or richer milk.

The only plan I see from them is ~$30.00 a month, how did you set it up to only be eight?

Jon

Thanks for that Dean, I never would have found those!

Jon

Like I said, not sure if the plan I am on is still available. Buy a phone, activate with 20 bucks (online or scratch-off card), and every 90 days, throw another 20 bucks at it to keep the number hot. Unused minutes/units/whatever roll over forever, which is why I have $200+ in unused air time sitting on it. ISTR the 30 a month is for unlimited use. I pay some token fee per call, plus ten cents or something a minute. I use the thing so little, I'll probably never burn up the air time. By modern standards, a stone-age phone (it is silver- remember silver cell phones?), but I have never used half the features on it. I know it doesn't have camera or internet, though. I can text to an email address, and get text sent to a pseudo-email address. I've tried it a couple times out of mild curiosity, but is so cumbersome to use it would be useless for more than a 5-word note.

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