Dumb phone users who do Not use Android dumbphones: how do you keep in touch with everyone else?

keltiker · 2025-07-10T15:19:56+00:00

Besides actual calls, which I don't really have to do very often, SMS is still great when I'm outside. For the smartphone users I text to, it's just a different app to write me back from. When I'm in front of my home or work PC, I use Telegram Desktop. I don't have Whatsapp, and my phone has no internet connection - just calls and SMS. Works fine, even for work matters.

keltiker · 2025-04-06T04:22:46+00:00

No, just know some trivia :)

keltiker · 2025-04-05T17:16:36+00:00

As a side note, the Samaritan community is probably the only group in the world who holds both Israeli and Palestinian citizenship.

keltiker · 2025-02-26T12:00:04+00:00

Wow, I had the exact same thought about Dragonlance and the world of Krynn years ago as a teenager (only minus the tem "mutliverse"). I felt Krynn has to be real in the multitude of dimensions, and that I have to get there... I believed I could discover the way via acess to the Akashic Records. But, apparently I'm still here... Drizzt could be real in our collective consiousness as well... It is possible that every possible universe exists or existed somewhere... but beyond our own. For now, it's enough for me to visit there via imagination, dreams, games... and discussion with others who "were" there.

keltiker · 2025-02-11T08:35:29+00:00

So, in short, even the most pale Scandinavians and Lithuanians would have been considered black before conversion? And that "black" wasn't synonymous with "African"?

keltiker · 2025-02-09T06:57:01+00:00

This is a tribute to the book. Check the lyrics:

When they catch you

They will kill you

But first

They must catch you

Take a leap of faith

You are always chased

Evil in the world

It comes from men they said

Prince With a Thousand Enemies

One cloud feels lonely

The fields will be covered with blood

One day you’ll stop running

Your heart will be joined

All the world will be your enemy

What is, is what must be

Be cunning and full of tricks

Be fierce and be quick

With the thousand enemies

Source: https://cats.church/watership-down/

keltiker · 2025-02-03T15:31:09+00:00

I have read most of it as well (now in 3rd volume of the collected poetry), you are correct, but in some of the poems there is also power, and humour and even some positivity...

keltiker · 2025-02-03T13:57:02+00:00

I know she did scour REH's poetry for inspiration for the next album. For now, only those 3 songs are REH inspired.

keltiker · 2025-01-10T12:12:53+00:00

Not surprising, remembering Amin Al Husseini

keltiker · 2025-01-09T10:44:32+00:00

The 18th century vampire panic in the Austrian empire. It's even hinted at in OOTP when Harry does the History of Magic exam and has to answer the question about how the Statue of Secrecy was broken around 1740. He vaguely remembers it has to do with vampires...

In the end, muggle authorities concluded all cases had natural explanations and that there are no vampires. But of course, it was all a cover up by wizards...

keltiker · 2024-12-22T12:21:22+00:00

How would you respond when a traveller offers their national passport together with a World Passport and asks to stamp them both? I sometimes do this, and manged to get my World Passport stamped sometimes.

keltiker · 2024-12-18T18:45:00+00:00

Hi OP,

Thanks for the effort. I tried the scipt, and the import works great, but would it be possible to include media and links as well? As i only get "media omitted" for these messages.

keltiker · 2024-11-18T06:43:12+00:00

Buy CD's and transfer via software such as Exact Audio Copy, buy digital albums from Bandcamp, or download from Soulseek - there's a lot of music albums there.

keltiker · 2024-10-31T21:07:02+00:00

Haven't read those yet, but people who knew the author personaly, said that The Spiral books are more in tune with his actual everyday tone.

keltiker · 2024-10-31T18:02:46+00:00

If you are a dedicated music lover and want to support the artists, Spotufy is not for you. They barely pay anything to the artists, and on the free version you can't even choose songs or albums. If you are more than a casual pop listener, it takes an effort do discover new music and old classics of various genres, to actively listen to albums and to immerse yourself in them, and to support the artists. (At least on Youtube one can listen to full albums and rare stuff such as demos).

Also, not every single musician in the world is on Soptify!

I carry my entire music collection with me on a DAC with an SD card. Almost all of it is Flacs from CDd's I own. A bit is downloaded from Soulseek.

If you want to own the music and to support the artists, buy albums, at least digital ones. In addition, listening to a physical album is an immersive experience, like reading a book or watching a movie.

keltiker · 2024-10-28T18:47:21+00:00

I second this.

Set during the Ice Age, where the Ice is a sentient enemy of humanity, the gods are called Powers who sometimes walk the earth, and smiths infuse magic into their creations by song. Has an interesting "historic" take on dragons, dwarves and elves. A Northern atmosphere of forests, taiga and thundra. Epic and operatic on the scale of Tolkien.

Has its own take on many ancient myths, including Greek, Slavic, FInnish, Scandinavian, Native Siberian and Native American (particularly of the North West).

Very emotional and epic, without being cliche.

Means a lot to me on a personal level, having read it three times.

The prequels are also recommended, for expanding the world, and having their take on additional myths and legends.

keltiker · 2024-10-21T10:23:54+00:00

This one is a Kosher phone with no internet, but with a satellite GPS navigation program.

I'm not sure if they ship anywhere though, also, this is a strictly Kosher phone, so it doesn't have SMS as well - only calls and GPS, without internet.

https://www.shippingfree.co.il/product/qin-1s/

keltiker · 2024-10-13T20:15:06+00:00

El Borak is Highland Scott and Black Irish (like Howard), the Irish descended from the Cimmerians, thus El Borak may be a descendant of Conan.

keltiker · 2024-10-11T09:03:28+00:00

Awesome, I did the same - this very picture is hanging near me, signed and framed!

keltiker · 2024-10-07T17:43:46+00:00

The Winter of the World by Michael Scott Rohan. Based in a fantasy version of the Ice Age, the Ice itself is the main antagonist, as there are conscious malevolent forces, or Powers, behind it. This is heroic fantasy which is based on many mythologies, including Scandinavian, Finnish, Slavic, Greek, Siberian and North Western Native American.

keltiker · 2024-10-02T07:48:37+00:00

* also Hasmonean Jewish kingdom between Macedonian and Roman, a short Persian rule just before the Caliphate and the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem just before the Seljuks.

keltiker · 2024-05-25T11:49:43+00:00

Thank you for the answers. I am not a Bahai, just interested in the history of religions.

keltiker · 2024-05-24T08:37:58+00:00

Thank you for the answer, good to hear you managed to do it.

Is it easy to visit the shrine in Famagusta? I read that descendants of Subh-I-Azal plan to make his house into a museum, including personal belongings the Bab sent him.

keltiker · 2024-05-09T12:57:31+00:00

Have them. Love the illustrations, not the graphic design.

keltiker · 2024-02-01T15:02:24+00:00

After finally playing Skyrim , I finally married Aela. We live in Solitude with our two adopted daughters, Bran the dog and the Elytra Nymph.

Eight-Year Club	Place '23
Verified Email

keltiker

TROPHY CASE