Posted on 03/02/2009 2:03:53 PM PST by posterchild
BUSINESSMAN who lost his mobile phone on a beach was amazed when it turned up — in the belly of a massive cod.
Andrew Cheatle thought his Nokia handset had been lost at sea after it slipped from his pocket.
But a week later his girlfriend’s mobile rang and it was fisherman Glen Kerley saying he’d found the phone in a 25lb fish.
Andrew got the handset back, dried it out — and amazingly it still works.
Andrew, 45, said: “I was messing about with my dog and my phone must have fallen out and been swept out in the swell.
“I kept calling it but I gave up hope after a couple of days.”
He was shopping for a new phone with girlfriend Rita Smith, 33, when her mobile went off.
She told him: “Your old mobile number is calling my phone.”
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I thought I was doing well after putting my USB key drive through the washing machine at the weekend - still works!
Sounds fishy to me.
The English deliberately pick different words for simple things just to annoy us I swear.
I took the lift to the car park and pub my mobile in the boot.
pub=put
I see a Nokia ad involving a fish......
At least that way your mobile will stay on the motorway instead of ending up on your plate next to your chips.
Can you catch me now?
I can imagine this guy a few months later going into a store for a warranty repair and swearing up and down he never got his phone wet.
LOL...Can you catch me now? I am on the net.....
I had a phone get only slightly damp and it stopped working. Phone co told me there would be no charge for repair so I sent it in for repair and then they charged me $70 for a replacement. Then they told me that customer service is not qualified to make an assessment. Guess I need to direct all my service inquiries to the board of directors.
Save everything on that USB drive as soon as you can. Although it survived the initial washing, parts it might corrode or you might get short circuits between pins later on if the wash water got to the circuit board.
Motorola phones (and a couple of other brands) have a little sticker behind the battery that turns red if it gets wet. Frankly, even the slightest moisture can hurt a phone (like most electronics).. the transmitters are especially sensitive in newer digital phones.
TIMEX...?
Not sure how well it works with cod digestive juices.
And my sticker on my V300 showed no indication of water damage. If they are going to use that as a metric and declare that there will be no charge then they should stick to their word. Otherwise I might have made a different decision such as apply the money to a new phone or find another company.
I'll bet that annoyed the cod!
That isn’t a be all and end all test, it is just a quick indicator.. kind of like the pop-up thermometer in a turkey.. it helps you determine if it is properly cooked, but it doesn’t guarantee it. I can’t tell you how many phones I’ve lost due to water damage.. I know enough to pop them open and see, most folks I wouldn’t recommend that.
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