Some Times It Works Out

I am very excited my home phone broke.  It is still usable but the caller ID button/phone book and scroll button doesn't work on one of the handsets.  The best part???? I purchased the extended warranty and the phone is still covered.  I bought the phone at Radio Shack.  I spent $80.00 on the phone and $20.00 on the extended warranty.  The warranty also included new batteries every six months for the two years.  The batteries alone cost more than $20.00.  I am one month away from the warranty expiring.  I called Radio Shack, they took my info and told me to send the phone back.  Once I take the phone to Fed Ex and they scan it in, Radio Shack is notified I dropped it off and I get a refund gift card via email within 24 hours for the price of the phone plus tax.  SCORE!!!!!  This is one time I am glad I purchased the extended warranty.

I Screwed Up

I am officially a dumb ass (again). I think it happened once in 1985.

Joe and I just got home from our Christmas rounds and decided to give the computer a try again. Joe being the optimist that he is thought that maybe there was a Christmas miracle while we were gone and everything was fixed. I hooked everything back up with the same result. The phone didn't work and neither did the Internet. I thought I would do a little troubleshooting so I decided to try the connection in another jack. I took everything into the kitchen with me and attempted to hook it all up. This time however I was looking at the back of the modem instead of trying to look over top of it and upside down as I was before. As soon as I looked at it I knew what I had been doing wrong. I was plugging the phone line into the Ethernet plug instead of the phone plug. DUH!

I admitted my mistake to Joe and I took the teasing like a man. Then Joe says: "I was going to ask you if you had it hooked up in the right holes." "Why didn't you say something????" "I'm scared of you!" Bryan told me the other day that he was scared of me too. Really? What exactly is it? Why am I scary? I don't yell and scream. I can't even remember the last time I punched someone. (Honestly I've never punched anyone unless you count the time I got in a fight with Sally Batton when I was 12, and all I really did was pull her hair.) Maybe I'm not really scary, maybe it's just that you all see the potential for me to be scary and you don't want to go there. Is that it, you don't want to let Pandora out of the box?

How scary can I be, I'm willing to call myself a dumb ass. (Just don't you do it).

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone! I'm writing on Bryan's computer because I am having internet issues again. This time It may be my phone line. Who knows!!!!! I called to report my issues to Verizon and as usual I got someone from out of the country. This guy was in Mexico City. While I waited for him to test the lines, he engaged me in conversation; asking me about my Christmas plans etc....we ended our call after he connected me with someone else. "Thank you for calling Verizon and have a Happy Easter"! Wait...what???? That pretty much illustrates the proficency with which complaints are handled. Hopefully my phone will be fixed by 2010.

Patti's Phone Infomercial

One of my phones died the other day so I thought I'd try a new battery. It didn't work, so I had to get a new phone. I did a little research and found that the newest phone technology was DECT 6.0. I don't know the technical info except that the 6.0 is supposed to get rid of interference on your line by not competing with other electronic appliances. Since I can't walk into my kitchen or dining room with a cordless phone without having to compete with screeches and scratches I thought that I would try out the 6.0. I bought a Radio Shack (Presidian)6.0 since they were kind enough to give me credit for the battery that didn't work in my phone. Low and behold no static anywhere in the house!!!! I can even walk outside with it. It's the little things in life that give me such pleasure. It's great when a product claim matches up to the service. So, if you are in the market for a new phone and static is a problem, check out the 6.0. By the way if any phone manufacturer wants to pay me for my promotion of their product I would be happy to accept any and all gratuities.