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Monday Send message Joined: 24 Sep 05 Posts: 9676 Credit: 20,067,888 RAC: 12 |
My sister just rang me to tell me she droped her iphone 5 in the dunny and killed it. How hilarious is that? |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Well, I dropped a cell phone in orange juice one time and it was fine, albeit a little sticky after it dried out. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Monday Send message Joined: 24 Sep 05 Posts: 9676 Credit: 20,067,888 RAC: 12 |
I've just done something totally stupid and I have to tell someone. I better call my brother.lol lol |
Monday Send message Joined: 24 Sep 05 Posts: 9676 Credit: 20,067,888 RAC: 12 |
Well, I dropped a cell phone in orange juice one time and it was fine, albeit a little sticky after it dried out. It just amazes me where people drop their phones. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Well, I dropped a cell phone in orange juice one time and it was fine, albeit a little sticky after it dried out. I'm not a phone fanatic. Mine is just a little dumb phone. I was half asleep, and just plopped it in my orange juice, lol. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
I've just done something totally stupid and I have to tell someone. I better call my brother.lol lol I contacted my sister to let her know I'd locked myself out. When she contacted me a little while later to find out how I was getting on, I was wedged in the cat flap with my watchstrap caught on a coat hanger I'd jammed in the letterbox. She contacted me again...periodically... throughout the whole ninety minutes, just to top up on laughs. Fortunately I still had one hand free to enable her with... The ultimate phone killer of all time I believe is my mum. Not by dropping them though... oh no... oh that she would be that merciful :) and just plopped it in my orange juice, lol :))))))))))))))))))))) edit: sorry that ^ should read "lol" lol |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22216 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Monday - I guess your sister WON'T be sucking this one dry.... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
Monday - I guess your sister WON'T be sucking this one dry.... :))))))))))))) *sustain further wheeze injuries* please stop... I need to say something.. :)))))))))))))))) *gasp* edit: Doo yew havv enny ideeyar whot sowndz aah emminayting phrom mye throwt wen ewe mayck mee laarph...? |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20307 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
My brother has had one of those restroom problems too. His was a dumb phone. It accidently came out of his pocket and fell into the porcelain flusher. Before he could do anything about it. The phone was gone from sight with a automatic flushing noise. |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Eric worked on a satellite once that got rained on. Somebody forgot to close a dome door. Anyway, it turns out electronics can be "washed". Just don't turn them on until they are dry. The satellite worked fine once it was completely dried. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
My brother has had one of those restroom problems too. His was a dumb phone. It accidently came out of his pocket and fell into the porcelain flusher. Before he could do anything about it. The phone was gone from sight with a automatic flushing noise. I used to work in a camera store, and we had to extricate a stuck roll of film out of customers' cameras occasionally. We did this in a bathroom with the lights off. Plop went the roll of film... Oops, no ma'am, there wasn't any film in your camera... The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65757 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
I washed a cell phone once by accident in the clothes washer, I'd forgotten to check all the pockets in a pair of jeans, needless to say the phone sort of worked, though it couldn't connect and the phone ate the batteries charge after 30 minutes, there was only enough time to copy the phone numbers to the PC by typing in the info I saw on the phone into the PC, I've not repeated that since then... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Monday Send message Joined: 24 Sep 05 Posts: 9676 Credit: 20,067,888 RAC: 12 |
Monday - I guess your sister WON'T be sucking this one dry.... No I don't think so. LOL |
Monday Send message Joined: 24 Sep 05 Posts: 9676 Credit: 20,067,888 RAC: 12 |
I've been having the same cell phone for over 5 years now and it most certainly isn't dead yet:) I've had my cell phone for a few years too and it doesn't hve a scratch. |
Dimly Lit Lightbulb 😀 Send message Joined: 30 Aug 08 Posts: 15399 Credit: 7,423,413 RAC: 1 |
Lol :) A previous phone of mine ended up in a pint of beer :( Member of the People Encouraging Niceness In Society club. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19072 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Eric worked on a satellite once that got rained on. Somebody forgot to close a dome door. Anyway, it turns out electronics can be "washed". Just don't turn them on until they are dry. The satellite worked fine once it was completely dried. Absolutely nothing wrong with water and electronics, the water just has to be pure distilled or de-ionized, with no contaminates. I used to work on 20 kW water cooled amplifiers. The supply voltage was ~35 kV. It's the conducting contaminating dirt that does the damage. |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34258 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
Lol :) A previous phone of mine ended up in a pint of beer :( Now i know why most smart phones are that huge. LOL With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
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