You’ll Believe A Goat Can Fly
Things didn’t go exactly as I had hoped today. First of all, I didn’t get my key. Not that I had really expected to get it already. Just hoped, a little. But I managed to drop off the form with my name for the name tag on the door. And at noon on Wednesday I can pick up my key and finally step inside my delux appartment in the sky. Or bottom/first floor at least.
I have agreed with my dad that we’ll get his friend Oluf to help us move on Thursday. So on Wednesday I’ll just syne the thing and start planning what to do. And then Thursday we move. That’s also the day that my internet should kick in so I’ll try and get that set up. If it all goes well then I might move in officially on Thursday and spend the first night there. That’s how it’s looking at the moment.
There’s no phone there. I have decided not to get a.. normal phone line. Whaddaya call that? A normal subscription line thingiemajig. I’m just going to have a cell phone. Since I’m going to virtually never make calls or receive calls. There’s really no point in paying a monthly subscription then. Instead I went to Bilka today and bought a subscription-free cell phone and a starter-pack with calling time. Meaning I only pay for the calls I make and there are no fees or subscriptions. Nice and cheap.
Unfortunately there were some problems with the cell phone. There was no battery included. There should have been, at least I figured so. Either that or the sales clerk should have said “you might want to get a battery too”. In any case I’d have to go back and either get the missing battery or buy a battery. Luckily my dad was willing to go. As I have mentioned he is always happy to help and run errands and so on. I was quite thankful for that since I was very tired and my head hurting. I have been tired a lot lately, have I mentioned that? Very tired. Anyway. My dad went and got the battery. It was supposed to have been included. Now I figured all would be fine and dandy. Unfortunately there was another problem. The ‘5’ key was very sluggish. I had to really press hard for it to register. And the phone wouldn’t accept the SIM lock PUK1 code thing I had to input. Turns out that when I pressed the 5 key down hard it would eventually register either a 4 or a 6. I couldn’t see that at first because when you input the code it doesn’t show the numbers, it just shows a * for every digit you input. So I tried entering that damn code time and time again but it wouldn’t accept it and I wasn’t sure why. When it finally did accept the code then I tried typing in a phone number on the cell and now I could see what numbers I were actually typing and I could see that most of the times I pressed 5 it came up as 4 or 6. God, am I the worst person at explaining things in the world or what? You probably haven’t a clue what I’m talking about hah. The point is that I’ll have to go back to the shop tomorrow and get the phone exchanged. Again. Nothing is ever easy, eh? I am dreading all the many things that can possibly go wrong with the move… I’m sure it won’t go smoothly. Murphy’s law. Paragraph 6, pont 4: Everything that can go wrong does go wrong. FOR PLUME.
No, no. I’m sure it’ll all be fine. And it is all so very close now, so very very close. So close I can taste it.
I can also taste the incredibly yummy liquorice ice cream sticks. Blimey they are tasty.
Finally, let’s check in with the goats.
Yup, everything seems to be in order!
July 31st, 2007 at 1:00
Is “land line” the phone word you’re searching for? We have a land line and cell phones. Mainly we have the land line for internet connection which doesn’t tie up the phone when we’re online.
And also due to the “911” system for emergencies. When we dial 911 from our home phone, it registers the location to law enforcement in case of emergency. And then they can come save us if there is a fire or intruder or mountain lion. (I just threw in the mountain lion to see if you were still reading this.)
We have the people who sold us the cell phones and cell plans program the phones. We are incapable of this high a level of technology. I just figured out how to use the cell phone after we had got a new one a few years ago. I’m very technologically challenged!
July 31st, 2007 at 2:52
I have a list of people that I answer whenever they call me on my cell. If there is a call that I do not recognize (and that’s a very, very rare occassion), I simply do not answer.
As for the land line, I never use it. I practically live on my cell. So I think it’s a great idea for you to use a cell service that doesn’t have a contact and only set minutes to use.
Believe it or not, I am obsessed with privacy and have two cells, one for only business and the other for family and friends. I don’t like using cell phones but it’s a necessary evil if I want to keep my privacy intact.
I hope you returned the one you have and get one that does work. I have a drawer full of old cell phones and don’t have a clue what to do with them. I can’t throw them away in the trash since it’s against the law in California.
But I’m basically the laziest person on the planet–I’ll probably end up keeping all those old cells until the day I die. Maybe I’ll will them to some relatives of mine that drive me crazy.
July 31st, 2007 at 19:31
Debster – Land line seems to work. In Danish we call it “fastnet”, not because it’s fast but because it’s.. fixed. Or something like that. Anyway, a cell phone will do for me. My intarwebz will be over the dsl line. Which goes through the phone line I guess, but I don’t need a land line phone subscription for that.
You oughta write a book about mountain lions! “How To Face A Mountain Lion (And Live To Tell About It). It’s got bestseller written all over it. If you write “bestseller” on it, at least.
Cell phones are the devil’s making. The devil’s, I say.
LuisLemmings – Privacy is important. In this day and age moreso than ever. It won’t be long before they implant us with chips so they can always see where we are and what we’re doing. Brave new world.
If I’d know you had a drawer full of old phones then I would have asked you to send me one! I wouldn’t mind an older phone. Bigger with less functions. I hate cell phones. Tiny little things with millions of useless functions. The future is overrated.