I’m not a cell phone user. I have one but it crapped out months ago and
wouldn’t charge up again. And I can’t
say I really cared or noticed. I had
taken a few pictures and was just learning how to text, but for the rest –
well, I couldn’t even really figure out how it worked. But since I’m headed off to NY next week for
RWA *happy dance* I need it again for its texting abilities and I decided I’d
best start looking on how to get it fixed.
I scoured the internet – at work – for someplace that could fix it,
tried a few numbers but they were asking an arm and a leg. I finally got hold of one place that was
reasonable and had been around for a while.
I drove quite a distance after work to take it there. They took one quick look and told me it was
obsolete and they didn’t have any parts for it.
Come On!! I’ve only had the phone
for about 3 years. How can it be
obsolete this soon!!
So I drove a long ways once again to my local
Rogers thinking ‘the heck with it, if my phone is outdated, I may as well get
another one and Rogers is the provider.
Well, I hit another nasty snag there.
I’ve had this plan I’m on for so long now, that I would have to get a
new one if I were to get a new phone. At
present I pay $15/month, which for me is too much since I’ve gone months and
months now without using my phone. But
if I were to get a new phone the monthly cost would jump to $80/month!! And that’s not even with internet
capabilities. Well dang straight if I’m
not getting my money’s worth at $15/month, I’m sure not going to pay $80! So then he said the only other alternative
was to buy a phone outright and transfer the info. The lowest priced phone they had was $300. I hate Rogers, hate them hate them. I know they are in to make a profit and I don't begrudge them that. But what they do is highway robbery!!
I looked at him, blinked a couple of times
and then said “well, I don’t like either of those options” I think I rather stumped him. I was on my way out of the store thinking to
myself ”shit! Shit, Shit!” when a young mother stopped me and said she
overheard the conversation and said she had gone through the same thing and
ended up getting a real good phone for a real good price on Amazon. I thanked her but inside was thinking (I do a
lot of thinking inside my head – and cursing too) “but I need it by Friday.” I looked on Kijiji and Amazon last night but
as for the most part I can’t even figure out how to answer my phone, knowing
what to look for was beyond me so I quit in frustration and went on to watch So
You Think You Can Dance. It was rather
funny as one of the peeps I tweet with sent me a private tweet asking if my
phone number was the same as she’s going to RWA also and that’s the best way to
connect. So I’d hit the wall on the
phone issue.
BUT
I was telling one of my co-workers yesterday about
the problems I was having with the cell phone and she looked at mine and said
she thought her son had almost the same one on his desk – several cell phones
before. And lo and behold didn’t she
bring it in this morning for me just in case I needed it. Bless her heart!! I took out the charger to plug it in and get
it charged up after changing SIM cards so all my info on the other phone would
be in this one – including the phone number so she said and wasn’t it so not
the right phone charger. I don’t even
know where I got the one I was carrying around.
And since I thought it was the right one for the phone, which means I’ve
no idea where the correct charger is! So
I have a feeling my next hunt will be for a phone charger.
*sigh*
*sigh*
I was being pulled over for speeding. Now this is where it gets strange. He gave me a ticket but the ticket didn’t say
how much I owed. I was to enter my plea
and sent it back. Being a mostly law
abiding citizen – except for my need for speed – I pleaded guilty and mailed it
back. And I’ve never heard from them
since. That was months and months
ago. Now I’m crossing the border again
and in the back of my mind I’m terrified I’ll get stopped at the border for the
criminal I am. I tried calling yesterday
so get it sorted out but talk about voice mail hell!! Yikes!
By the time (20 minutes later) I got through to the proper place, the
office had closed. I did learn though
that they closed the DMV in Buffalo which is where I would have gone. And that you can pay on line with Master Card
but I have Visa. I’m just keeping my
fingers crossed now that they are busy at the border and backed up and they’ll
just waive me through.
I have On Star.
I love On Star – one of the reasons I haven’t worried too much about not
having a cell phone. In case of
emergency I can phone them through my car and if my car crashes and air bag
deploys, they call me. But the last
couple of times when I’ve headed home, for some reason they can’t download
directions home. And I don’t remember
exactly the route – it’s an 8 hour drive to my sister’s place. The last time it was almost funny if it wasn’t
so nerve racking. I had a live OnStar
person talking me through Troy New York while at the same time I had happened
to have an old GPS that I ended up using too.
The live On Star person could hear the Garmin and was saying “yes that’s
the way you go,” or “no, don’t turn that way”
By the time I got onto the I95, it’s no wonder I was stressed and
started to speed. I just wanted to, like
ET, go home.
'til later
