I just came through a weekend that was very trying. On Friday my cell phone decided to freeze up. Being tech savvy, (sort of anyway) I took the battery out and left it on the counter for 10 minutes. I then put it back in and closed the cover. Nothing. I changed chargers and charged it some more. All this time I got absolutely nothing except the name of the phone on the front. I tried taking the battery out again. I held the power key down. Nothing worked. I did not panic because I still had the house phone. And then it rained on Saturday evening.
Now the house phone did not work. That happens every time we have a deluge. No problem. I still had the Internet. I contacted Century Link and told them I had no house phone. They made arrangements to come on Tuesday and asked for a way to communicate, meaning an alternate phone number. It is hard to explain to some one that you are telling them via chat that you have no phone they can call. So I gave them Mikie's number knowing full well he would be out of town with no way to contact me. But they asked.
I was still able to communicate via facebook. For the first time in my life I was really thankful for social media. Monday morning I got up knowing I still had facebook. Not! The Internet was now down. Luckily the phone line had dried out and I now had that means of communication. And then God sent me a miracle. The house phone now had a dial tone! Course the cell phone was laying there with it's guts spread across the counter and the word "Pantech" glowing on the screen.
As luck would have it, by the time I got back from town I had a message on the house phone that the technician would be able to come a day early! And the Internet was back up. Sadly the cell phone had now lost even it's name. To make a long story short, the Century Link man came and I explained about the phone going dead when it rains. He worked some of his magic up on the corner and said that should take care of that problem. And I now have a direct line to call for help. Hooray.
You should know that I never gave up on the cell phone. I kept fiddling with it and holding different buttons. At one point I actually got a message in tiny, tiny type that said "Do you want to reboot your phone?" Oh, hell yes! I was able to select my option and immediately a big picture of a forest came up and the words, "YOU ARE ENTERING AREA 51 (or o57) DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE?" I pressed the power key to select and that was the last thing the phone ever did. Apparently it is out there some where doing something.
I called the cell phone carrier and by the end of the week I will have a new phone. Hooray! And last night my son called. I told him about my problems and when I explained that the cell phone was toast he said "Do you have a smart phone?" I told him "It can't be very damn smart because it can not turn itself on!"
He thought I should do a blog about this, so here it is. Today I am content with only some of my technology working. I have a house phone. I have the Internet. I have a dog and a cat. I feel like Judy Garland! https://youtu.be/SrUuHutYlj8
Have a good one.
Now the house phone did not work. That happens every time we have a deluge. No problem. I still had the Internet. I contacted Century Link and told them I had no house phone. They made arrangements to come on Tuesday and asked for a way to communicate, meaning an alternate phone number. It is hard to explain to some one that you are telling them via chat that you have no phone they can call. So I gave them Mikie's number knowing full well he would be out of town with no way to contact me. But they asked.
I was still able to communicate via facebook. For the first time in my life I was really thankful for social media. Monday morning I got up knowing I still had facebook. Not! The Internet was now down. Luckily the phone line had dried out and I now had that means of communication. And then God sent me a miracle. The house phone now had a dial tone! Course the cell phone was laying there with it's guts spread across the counter and the word "Pantech" glowing on the screen.
As luck would have it, by the time I got back from town I had a message on the house phone that the technician would be able to come a day early! And the Internet was back up. Sadly the cell phone had now lost even it's name. To make a long story short, the Century Link man came and I explained about the phone going dead when it rains. He worked some of his magic up on the corner and said that should take care of that problem. And I now have a direct line to call for help. Hooray.
You should know that I never gave up on the cell phone. I kept fiddling with it and holding different buttons. At one point I actually got a message in tiny, tiny type that said "Do you want to reboot your phone?" Oh, hell yes! I was able to select my option and immediately a big picture of a forest came up and the words, "YOU ARE ENTERING AREA 51 (or o57) DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE?" I pressed the power key to select and that was the last thing the phone ever did. Apparently it is out there some where doing something.
I called the cell phone carrier and by the end of the week I will have a new phone. Hooray! And last night my son called. I told him about my problems and when I explained that the cell phone was toast he said "Do you have a smart phone?" I told him "It can't be very damn smart because it can not turn itself on!"
He thought I should do a blog about this, so here it is. Today I am content with only some of my technology working. I have a house phone. I have the Internet. I have a dog and a cat. I feel like Judy Garland! https://youtu.be/SrUuHutYlj8
Have a good one.
