It’s Funny Until Someone Gets Hurt

Boy that title changed fast, here is why.

Today was going OK. I was running just a little late to make it to the phone store when they opened. I got outside and noticed it had been misting or very light rain. I stepped off the porch and took my first step on the wet cement. Holly cow, it was black ice. I could not believe how slick it was. My car was outside so I needed to scape it. Now that was amusing. If anyone was watching I am sure they were cracking up before I drove away. I took my scraper and scrapped a few swipes before I was pushed away from the car (no traction an all). Then I went back to the car, took a few more swipes with the scrapper, was pushed away and had to stop and find my way back to the car. This happened for the whole driver side of the vehicle (I drive a mini van with lots of glass) and part of the windshield. The other side of the car was next to a dirt planting bed and that provided me with much needed traction. To bad I did not have some curling stones. This surface was a perfect sheet for curling, well accept for the stress relief points on the cement.

After amusing everyone I got in and pulled cautiously away. Throughout the journey I kept checking the roads by applying the breaks ... I slid pretty far. Once I got going I think I could have turned the car off, hit the breaks and slid to where I was going. Thank goodness there was not to much traffic on the road.

Lets shorten this up a little. I got to the phone company and ended up with a 15 minute wait. The gentleman that helped me was fantastic. Not only did he get the phone situation straightened out for me, he also told me how I could take the phone apart and switch a few parts and have a working phone without having to go back to where I bought it. Of course that was after he tried to sell me a new phone but hey, that is part of his job.

Going back out to the car I took a spill and I came down hard. I landed on the right side of my body. My arm already hurt some, now it hurts more. I am sure my hip will be fun over the next handful of days and my wrist is a little sore. I don’t think I did any permanent damage but I am going to be feeling this for a while to come.

When I got home I took the phones apart and played surgeon, or was that God? I had to decide who lived and who died. Well now I have one completely working phone and one more or less dead phone. I will take a look at it to see if I can at least use it to charge my second battery I have. If not, I will take it apart and see what I did wrong. The good new is, I have a working phone. Yeah!


[Fred has just fallen down after taking a swing at Barney] Whale on the beach! Whale on the beach!
-- The Flintstones