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Chewpito
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01-04-2004

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 10:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
OK, first and I dont know if this is true, but someone said if you put a phone that had water damage in a covered container with rice...that it would help to dry it out.... I dont know if that is true..and on the inside of the phone there is a little round sticky thingy that turns color if its water damaged.... so you cant pretend it dropped or some other story...been there with my daughter..

Costa, thanks for the info about the dsl....I have a power surge and this never happened befor they put the meeters in..... its already happened 3 times this morning.....I have earthlink and am not in the right frame of mind to wait for an hour for a tech, although they are always very nice....a combo of me having poor hearing and their accents....Its always so frustrating...
As far as the meeters thing....they came in here on the 5th, then again a few days later, then again and again.... did not go in my back yard, but only because my old equipment is right befor the gate...but they dont warn you when they come, they just show up...then a week ago a huge pg&e truck with about 6 guys show up and are outside drilling up the street for most of the day.....covered it up when they left and then patched it....
I dont like it because its just one more thing that I have no control of ... I hate people comming and going, doing things around my yard with no warning.... Now Comcast is starting a new thing effective tomorrow that if you dont have a special little box for each tv, then you can only get local stations.... They gave me one and its sitting in my room....the instructions seem easy enogh as long as you dont have a vcr or a cd player... then it gets dicey.... I swear that there is a little camera in all these boxes everyone is pushing on us, so that they can moniter our every move....how many hrs of tv do you watch, how much computer, how many showers you take or loads of laundry you do..... I know Im paranoid...but Im sick of all these damm boxes and stuff...... I seriously think Im going to cancle the dang tv...and just get the local stations....I will miss some stuff....
on top of the cable box sits the vcr, on top of the vcr sits the cd player, on top of that sits the new box.... geeeze everything is about to topple over on its self...wires everywhere...yuk....

Chewpito
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01-04-2004

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 11:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
Goddess, that is so funny about Colossus cell phone, glad he got it back...

Rissa
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03-19-2006

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 11:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
YEH!! I can help with the cell phone!!! A few weeks ago my daughter picked up her blanket to come in the house and knocked her itouch in the swimming pool. (sigh) Your chances of recovery are actually very very good provided that you have NOT done two things.... tried to turn on your phone.... tried to charge your phone. If you have then oops, might be too late. Remove the battery and dry as well as you can with a towel. Then put all the pieces in a sandwich bag full of uncooked rice. As much as you may be tempted, do not touch it for at least 2-3 days and 4-5 would be better.

If you try to turn the phone on or charge it while still wet then you could short it out and there is no repairing that. My dd's itouch spent a solid 5 minutes in a chlorine filled pool after which time I rinsed it out under the kitchen sink (to get the chlorine out, as long as the power is off this will not damage it, trust me, the chemicals are worse then the water), did the rice bag for a week and it is working just fine now although her battery doesn't hold much of a charge. With a cell phone you can replace the battery so even that wouldn't be a problem. Good luck!!

Chewpito
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01-04-2004

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 12:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
Thanks Rissa, I knew I had heard that..I wish I would have known the 'rest of the directions' befor we replaced my Daughters phone.... But I have had other people tell me it worked for them as well....

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 12:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
My dh washed my cel phone and surprisingly enough, it did dry out and worked *almost* as good as new. The screen was never quite as bright but it was totally functional.

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 12:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
Aww, thanks everybody! Amazingly enough, I took the battery out and put it in the sun for a little while and then it did turn on. But, I could see the moisture in the screen so I took the battery back out and will try again later. I really hope I can at least retrieve my numbers with the back up assistance.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 2:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Chewpito, hate to tell you this but if you don't do the comcast thing now and decide you want to later, it will cost you.

My sister did that, decided to just get the local stations, didn't work out that well and now she has to pay to get the boxes.

They are pretty simple to put in place but your VCR won't work the same anymore and Comcast doesn't care, they want you to pay for their DVR system. Anyway, once you put the digital boxes in place your vcr will still record, but it doesn't change the channel so will only record what is on the channel that the TV is on. I have to remember to put the TV on the correct channel when I want to record and then go to the other room to watch something esle. It really annoys me but I haven't found a solution yet, and when I talked to the comcast tech in my home (They had to come out for one of the boxes) he said Comcast had no plans to solve that little problem for the vcrs.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 2:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Chew, when you say "just get the local stations", do you mean antenna TV only? I have never had cable or satellite. Never had a huge desire for either. If I want to see cable programs, I rent or buy the DVDS. Works well for me. I still have two "boxes" hooked up to my TV though -- DVD player and TiVo. VCR is a thing of the past. DVR is the greatest. I could not live (watch TV) without my TiVo.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 4:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    

quote:

My gripe is that I got a charley horse in my leg at 5 a.m. that made me limp so bad I couldn't go to the gym this morning, and it still feels like a bruise!


Mak1, I started taking turmeric after reading that it helped with muscle cramps. Haven't had a charley horse since I started taking it, used to have them a couple times a month.

Oh, and I might have spoken too soon yesterday when I said I was confident summer was coming because I had turned off the furnace. Had to turn it back on this morning. Sigh ... High of 61 predicted for the rest of the week, lol. I don't mind it so much. I have lots of long sleeved t-shirts.

Mak1
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08-11-2002

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 5:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
Costa, I frequently have butt muscle pain after a workout. LOL

Juju, thanks for the helpful tip. I usually only have a couple instances a year....so far, anyway. Each passing year seems to bring more physical surprises.

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 6:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
phone is working, I put it in the sun and last night I put it in a bag of rice but got impatient, so it still has some moisture in the screen.
I have to eat a banana almost daily to keep the charley horses away.

Southern_grits
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10-08-2009

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 7:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Southern_grits a private message Print Post    
Gosh, I am with you guys on charleyhorses.. or leg muscle pain anyway. My leg has felt like it's twisted over my shoulder for weeks now and the calf is swollen. Lots of foot cramping too. I thought it was back related, and probably is, I have a very bad back. Every time I pick up Martina I think it throws my whole body out of alignment. But with the calf being swollen I just don't know, just know it's agony. My regular appointment with the pain doc is Monday, hopefully they can do some adjusting.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 8:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
My butt pain is mostly gone today. Same with my abs. My trainer really worked me yesterday. Fortunately, it's the "no pain no gain" stuff that doesn't stick around for long. That plus the fact that I'm actually getting in better shape, so the workouts, while hard, aren't killing me like they did 3 months ago.

I don't get cramps or charley horses. I think I'm glad.

Mak1
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08-11-2002

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 8:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
I eat a banana every day. That isn't a gripe. I have no gripes today. :-)

Southern_grits, that sounds horrible! i hope you can get some relief soon.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 8:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
My butt pain is mostly from my children.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 9:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
LOL!

Mack
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07-22-2002

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 9:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mack a private message Print Post    
I divorced my butt pain.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 10:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
It's too hot for the kids to go outside this morning. They're doing everything they can to irritate each other. And me.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 10:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
OT..but just wanted to complete the convo about San Diego weather...yes it was June gloom but for me it was PERFECT Sea world weather!!! No sun beating down on us or in our eyes while watching the shows and my body felt great! My fibro took a vacation from my body! I loved it! Really showed me that I need to live closer to a beach breeze, not on the beach but even in Escondido I felt good. The kids still went on the water rides and we all had a blast!
My gripe today is that our little get away ended too soon!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 10:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Actually, the temps in Escondido were cooler than normal. So that may be a wee bit too far inland for you, at least during the summer months.

However, I'm glad you had a great time. And for you, I'm glad the weather cooperated.

(For me, I'm so OVER this!!!)

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 11:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
Boston I think has been warmer than normal this spring/summer. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are going to be cooler than normal low to mid 70's which after the heat we have been having will feel great

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 1:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Sigh. I'm heading for two for two and I'm gonna pout!!

Tomorrow was supposed to be the "celebrate the birthdays at the fair" day. It's looking like the birthday celebration is going to have to be canceled.

This weekend was supposed to be "head out to the desert and warm up" weekend. Drive out, camp overnight, offroad the next day. The Hummer needs to go in for repairs and it may either cost too much or take too long and it's now looking like the weekend trip is gonna be canceled.

Two for freakin' two! Anyone want company this weekend? :-)

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 1:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
come on out to Boston Costacat

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 3:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Be careful, I may just show up on your doorstep! :-)

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 4:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
okay as long as you don't mind going to 2 different cookouts over the weekend. one on Saturday and one on Sunday