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Baba Alex
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 Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:01 am Post subject: Secret Credit Stash |
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For Turkcell "Pay as you go" customers, did you know about the secret staff of credits you may have? You earn them each tiem you reload I believe. I only found out about this t'other day and found that I had 300 unused credits, I told a friend who had 500, and another had 700. Dial
*131# to see if you have any.
......carry on. |
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dmb
Joined: 12 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:05 am Post subject: |
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whenever I top up I automatically add them on. Other people I know 'save them up' for a rainy day
(maybe because I am Scottish and I think FREE, QUICK. Add them on.) |
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Baba Alex
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| Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:14 am Post subject: |
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| dmb wrote: |
whenever I top up I automatically add them on. Other people I know 'save them up' for a rainy day
(maybe because I am Scottish and I think FREE, QUICK. Add them on.) |
So everybody knew about his except me.
pffffft |
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howmucharefags
Joined: 30 Nov 2004
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Location: Eskisehir
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| Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 10:44 am Post subject: |
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| That's news to me as well. Cheers Baba!! We Scots like freebies. |
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justme
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Location: Istanbul
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| Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:12 am Post subject: |
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HOLY SH*T I had no idea!!! Thanks Baba. Apparently I have 625 credits I had no idea about.
And here I thought this Konbara crap was just something to spawn more annoying commercials and messages from Turkcell...
Thanks again!
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dmb
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yaramaz
Joined: 05 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:31 am Post subject: |
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| When I moved to Kumbaraci Yokusu in Tunel, I learned that a kumbara is an old style non-domuz eti piggy bank (and the kumbaraci is their maker, natch). Ergo, those annoying konbara ads were there to mess with my head when I couldn't find the damn word in the dictionary. Now i know. And now I have a domuz-etisiz bankasi full of 600 bonus kontor! woohoo! |
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dmb
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| Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:38 am Post subject: |
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| And did you know el kumbarasi means hand grenade. I wonder what the etymology is behind that. |
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dmb
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| Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Entrailicus wrote: |
| Do you think the English word 'grenade' comes from the fruit grenadine? |
from etymonline
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| small explosive shell," 1591, from M.Fr. grenade "pomegranate," from O.Fr. pomegrenate (infl. by Sp. granada), so called because the many-seeded fruit suggested the powder-filled, fragmenting bomb, or from similarities of shape. Grenadiers (1676) originally were soldiers "who were dexterous in flinging hand-granados" [Evelyn], from Fr. grenadier; later "the tallest and finest men in the regiment." |
What's it got to do with piggy banks though? |
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justme
Joined: 18 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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Isn't grenadine syrup made with pomegranate?
Maybe the Turkish hand granade one comes from the same idea as the pomegranate seeds, like a small box that holds many smaller things that explode all over the place...
Or perhaps it's the shape too? If Turkish piggy banks aren't shaped like pigs, what do they look like? Maybe hand grenades? |
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Baba Alex
Joined: 17 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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| justme wrote: |
HOLY SH*T I had no idea!!! Thanks Baba. Apparently I have 625 credits I had no idea about.
And here I thought this Konbara crap was just something to spawn more annoying commercials and messages from Turkcell...
Thanks again!
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You're welcome guys! I wish that they did the same thing with beer. |
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dmb
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| Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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sort of relatedHas anyone taken advantage of the free sms between midnight and 5am during ramadan.
I haven't. I'm usually asleep.
btw how much do you reckon the marketing bloke that came up with that idea is getting paid? |
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howmucharefags
Joined: 30 Nov 2004
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Location: Eskisehir
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| Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Does it include free texts to a phone in Glasgow? |
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FGT
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| Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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| I made use of the free post midnight message service when issuing invites to my recent birthday party. Saved me loads but I got some flack from friends who were woken in the early hours of the morning! |
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yeovil50
Joined: 17 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:10 pm Post subject: ALEX - your a star! |
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You have just saved me a fortune!
I have just done it and found...........2280 kontor waiting for me!!!
I am a textaholic and god knows how much I spent each month!
Thanks again Alex |
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