FOAK query - Motorola L6 phone unlocking..

Of the many highly dubious looking sites on the interweb thingy,
which site do the team recommend as being reliable and honest?

Chz

Chris D (who wants to pass on his ex-Orange moby to SWMBO to use on
O2)

 

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Agreed. Unfortunately we seem to be plagued with dodgy towns around
here in the East Mids where only legitimate phone people seem to
exist...

(But there are some very dodgy 'whiteys' whose dubious reputation is
legion!) However, next time I am in Hucknall... maybe...

Ironic really!

Chris D

 

Bear secured a place in history by writing:

Croydon has about 20...

 

Bear secured a place in history by writing:

I've just finished two months of Jury Service at Croydon Crown Court, so
walked through it every day (West Croydon -> East Croydon). Really
fantastic range of shops, interspersed with really pikey range of shops and
hordes of menacing hoodies, trying to sell me dope, presumably for no other
reason than I was smoking...

For the 3rd financial centre of the UK, it's a shithole. But good for
shopping: I will go there again - for shopping.

 

Bear secured a place in history by writing:

There are limits. First two weeks is abut £50 a day, up to 200 days its
£120 odd, after 200 it rises to about £200 I think. That is net, mind -
not taxable. I had to argue with my employer about making up the
difference since their 'policy' is not to do so after the initial two
weeks. So I told them my 'policy' would be to totally ignore them for two
months unless they started being a tad reasonable.

It was an interesting experience. I've facilitated more group sessions of
some ilk than I can remember, but trying to get 12 people of totally
different background, intellect, age, experience etc to work toward some
consensus over 19 different, complex verdicts, when no-one actually has any
stake in the outcome.....it was hugely challenging. Very good thing to put
on the life CV. All future 'workshops' will be a piece of piss after the
week I spent locked in a room with that bunch.

 

Then you may like watching "The Grönholm Method" (yes, named after highly
competitive rally driver Markus). Tribal pride note: Started as a theatre
lay in city of mine ;-) where the author Sergi Belbel is producing very nice
things.

http://twitchfilm.net/archives/003553.html

Seven applicants arrive at the gigantic tower of the headquarters for Dexia,
a multinational corporation. They are all there to apply for the same
position, some high-level executive job within the company. The first clue
that something is not quite the right and the usual protocol is not being
followed is that typically companies bring in applicants separately for
interviews whereas here they are letting the applicants mingle. The
candidates are as suspicious of this aberration as Dean Keaton and company
were in The Usual Suspects. The second clue is that the company makes them
all redo their applications in the front office in front of each other. You
can feel the competitive juices begin to flow as each candidate sizes one
another up. They are brought into a large conference room near the top of
the building and told that the company has a new method for recruiting for
senior positions. They all are going to have to go through a bunch of tests
against one another (in each other presence and at the mercy of each others
judgements) until it is last man or woman standing.

This is the latest and greatest corporate recruiting system: The Grönholm
Method. If you have ever done job interviews or businmeetings which employ
consultant designed systems (from 6 Sigma to Myers-Briggs) you will quake in
fear from this unholy incarnation. For example, one of the tests involves
simply selecting a 'leader' for the group. Considering that all of these
people are power-players, just the act manoeuvring for, or around, this
position is fascinating. Another test poses the hypothetical situation of
the earth being ravaged by some disaster and there is bunker that will hold
a number, which is one less than then the number of candidates. Each has to
justify their worth to the society within this bunker, using only what is on
their resume, and vote would be the most expendable. Much like a certain
successful reality-based TV show, when the person is voted off, they are out
of the interview process. Several of the candidates are even on to this,
immediately expecting one of their fellow interviewees as a company planted
mole. The psychology, power struggles, and scheming is taken about as far as
one can take it as office politics are played on dizzying level which
includes humiliation and cruelty so savage, you might even accept that these
executive wannabes might kill one another for the position.

The seven characters are all types, but are so well written and distinct
that they manage to go beyond 2 dimensional cut-outs. This is helped by the
solid acting across the board which make the film as perfect as this type of
pure dialogue film can ever get. The dialogue is razor sharp, insightful and
always crackling, but in a way distinct from say the ratta-tat-tat of David
Mamet.

 

Ferger wrote:

(Re: jury service)

Which one were you? Henry Fonda or Jack Klugman?

 

Eiron secured a place in history by writing:

Heh. I wish it had been that straightforward....

 

Bear secured a place in history by writing:

You mightn't, but it's not a bad deal for the average employed person. I
think most employers will cover the first two weeks (which is as much as
most people do anyway). Thereafter, up to £120 a day net is more than
most people earn by some margin

Well, you could try it....but the courts take it pretty seriously if you
get caught....

We were given two hours to arrange for employers etc to fax in a
representations, once over the shock of being told we were coming back on
Wednesday to start an 8-weeker. I think 8 people had something come in
but, when summoned back to court after lunch, the judge essentially told
us he wasn't interested. He did let one bloke off - because he couldn't
read the oath card..... "I don't wish to embarass this gentleman,
but.....Not For This Jury....." Which was fair enough, he would never
have coped - by the time we retired, we had 4 solid ringbinders of
evidence in front of us.....

I wouldn't say that - it was certainly a somewhat unique experience, but
I think I took much away from it. Not least, a renewed faith in people:
Granted 12 is not a huge sample, but, despite huge differences in
background and ability, nobody took their responsibilities anything less
than seriously. Of course, none of them were crims in the first
place....

 

Sounds like a plan.

Illiterate Dave, for next time I get the call.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"A scone and tea at half past three
Makes the day a little brighter
Keep your cakes and fancy tarts
And stick them up your shiter."

 

For info, I finally went for this site
http://www.unlockcentral.co.uk/
...and within 24 hours received a code which unlocked my
Motorola L6 for 5.99 GBP off my PayPal account without any of the
test point hardware messing about that other more expensive sites
said would be needed.

HTH

Chris D

 

hmmm.

 

I know, I know. It feels low though.

Obviously IT people in The City are grossly overpaid, but no-one in my
team is paid as little as that (and I'm including the permies here).
I've had contractors in my team on more than £1000/day (before tax,
but still...)

 

good point. BTW, did you get that CV I emailed?

 

I like the second-hand record shop.

 

Not just The City - There's also a world of difference between Southern
and midlands/north salaries.

That said, with the house prices to consider I'd probaly look for +20K
to work in London.

 

And the rest, iwht. Well, depending on how much mortgage you have.

My sister's 4 bed detached house in Mickleover was £255k last year.
The same type & condition in our area (Bracknell-ish) are a minimum
£400k.

 

The last time I went anywhere near Croydon I ended up buying a £7k
motorcycle.

 

I'm not sure that 'luck' comes into it that much, or at least it's not
the sole criteria- you need the luck to have been born with a modicum of
intelligence (but not that much) and you also need luck to recognise
opportunities when they arise.

However you also need the gumption to make use of these opportunities
and also the ability to appear credible[1]. On top of all this you also
need to be willing to work when it's needed; this is something that I
don't think we're good at as a nation.

I also don't think it's a difficult duty to remind oneself how fortunate
one is to earn a good salary. I find it really quite easy to remind
myself of this.


[1] Which includes a degree of self-confidence sadly lacking in many.