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Old 02-02-2014, 04:28 PM   #1
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Default Saw a group of school kids today.....

They were sitting on the school oval, in a circle and NONE of them were playing on their phones. Poor kids, surly there is something wrong with them

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Old 02-02-2014, 04:48 PM   #2
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They were sitting on the school oval, in a circle and NONE of them were playing on their phones. Poor kids, surly there is something wrong with them

You should have taken a photo with your phone...
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Old 02-02-2014, 05:05 PM   #3
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This is indeed strange...
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Old 02-02-2014, 05:48 PM   #4
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School turned off the WiFi...
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Clearly they're up to something bad
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Old 02-02-2014, 07:08 PM   #6
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bad reception perhaps?
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Were they smoking?
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school on a sunday?
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Could of been some Bretherend kids?
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Who buys the the phones for them ?...
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what clothes were they wearing??? Don't usually go to school on sunday.....unless its sunday school.


erm, i think u'll find out the 3/4 brethrened kids have phones.
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I didn't think traveling back in time was possible?
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what clothes were they wearing??? Don't usually go to school on sunday.....unless its sunday school.


erm, i think u'll find out the 3/4 brethrened kids have phones.
Really? I thought they were limited to technology to avoid social media mainly?
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Default Re: Saw a group of school kids today.....

Sad how smart phones have crept into our lives.
Stand in a taxi rank and look at how many have their phones out.
Even out at dinner in a restaurant people are always looking at emails etc
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Who buys the the phones for them ?...
Not me! Ive already told the wife that our kids (eldest is 5) will not get their own phone. Actually they are cheap enough now that they can buy one themselves when they get a job.

It sad to see some of the ages kids get phones these days../old man stereotype
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Sad how smart phones have crept into our lives.
Stand in a taxi rank and look at how many have their phones out.
Even out at dinner in a restaurant people are always looking at emails etc
Whenever I go see my daughters (19+17) I ban the use of mobiles except for answering calls. Fair dinkum, you virtually need a scalpel to remove them from kids hands these days.

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Old 03-02-2014, 08:21 PM   #18
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Default Re: Saw a group of school kids today.....

Well, in fact this occurred on the Friday. The said kids appeared to be talking to each other. Seemed very odd because the VAST majority of school kids I saw that afternoon all had their noses glued to their phones. Even other groups on the same oval were all doing the phone thing. Its amazing what can be observed when stuck at a set of lights
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Old 03-02-2014, 11:01 PM   #19
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just like with some adults some kids dont actually like facebook and other said sites not all kids are the same
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the internet was wonderfull, until everyone else started using it.
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Default Re: Saw a group of school kids today.....

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Not me! Ive already told the wife that our kids (eldest is 5) will not get their own phone. Actually they are cheap enough now that they can buy one themselves when they get a job.

It sad to see some of the ages kids get phones these days../old man stereotype
I bet if you revisit this quote in 7 years time you'll have changed your tune...

I too said this but even now my oldest 2 (15 & 12) have one each, just for piece of mind when travelling to and from school.

Just yesterday I was waiting at the bus stop for them when my 15yo daughter rang to tell me that the bus was running really late and hadn't even left school yet. So I told her to wait with the other 2 and I'll be down to pick them up (we had an appointment to get to, and the bus delay meant we would have missed it). They are a necessary evil thesedays.

Just wait for the peer group pressure placed on your kids if they conform with the majority.............
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That would not be weird at all, taking photos of school kids from your car, pretty sure you would end up arrested and facing Court on some sort of child predator charges.

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Haha good one, good luck with that……I bet you the price of a new iPhone that both your kids will have one before they hit 15, there is no way you could put up with the nagging and whinging , mine is only ten and they been nagging since they are 8 to get one, I am guessing by the time they hit high school it's mandatory to have one or they will be an outcast.
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At parties and things it is pretty sad the level of rudeness with people using phones when a conversation is going on. I still use this.

Going on 10 years old now. Battery still lasts 2 days which most modern phones can't even dream of achieving with mild usage.
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Sorry mate but they must have been statues as that is simply not possible in 2014
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Stop Go man was playing on his phone today. I had to toot him so he'd turn his sign around to "SLOW" to let us go..............
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