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To: bigbob

Funny story about my visible phone.
I live in a valley so I can only use the phone on a wifi connection as no carriers signal reach my home.. so if the internet is out so is my phone unless I drive somewhere... soon as I get 500ft away from the house I have great signal.

We had a power failure and of course internet went out so I duct taped my visible phone to a 40ft push up pole for ham radio antennas and it allowed it to connect to the cell tower and I had internet over that phone.. it was kinda like the old “Green Acres” phone on a pole... if you remember “Green Acres”


20 posted on 01/30/2025 3:41:09 PM PST by Bobalu (I can’t even feign surprise anymore...)
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To: Bobalu

lol! Nice job!


30 posted on 01/30/2025 3:56:13 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (If you're Black don't Vote Blue cuz then you'll just be Black and Blue)
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To: Bobalu

The only way that story could be any better is if lightning struck that phone but it still worked.


36 posted on 01/30/2025 4:01:42 PM PST by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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