Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
Already delayed buying for at least a year.
Was going to go today but not on boxing day!
And I need new phone!
Any suggestions?
I would need a SIM card to use it as my cell phone, I think.
Dh cannot help, just confuses me, saying that after using my Chromebook keys to type, a tablet will be hard for me to touch screen.
He also says that a tablet cannot be used as a cell phone/except somehow via skype. I think he is wrong.
Will be going to a carrier store like T-Mobile. Maybe take lessons at the senior center.
Ask at the desk.
Ask a nurse for those cotton blankets.
Fitbit was not compatible, a benefit of my OTC health insurance plan.
Flip Phone that was never able to add pre-paid minutes to.
$5.00 in minutes pre-paid card.
An "Activity tracker" watch purchased when the fitbit did not work.
It cannot even tell time accurately. Going into the drawer this week.
My Chromebook can no longer be updated.
Should I try a tablet? For posting and email mostly.
I said all that to say this: I didn't want to cave and get a new phone, either, but I finally did. I purchased used on a resale site and, so far, have had a decent experience for the past 8 months or so with the new-to-me phone.
Planned obsolescence is illegal in France. It needs to be illegal everywhere.
I purchased a Pixel model SPECIFICALLY because Google advertised it would support its software through 2030.
I really do understand the frustration. 😅😠 Perhaps check out Back Market or other phone resale sites when you finally cave.
I've been here since 1971 and have only experienced kindness as have my children, and now my grandkids.
My GD, age 7 3/4, was totally unfazed. Was sitting with a security guard at the Museum of Natural History, sketching.
Grateful for all of you, because I'm not ratting my ex out to anyone. He needs to own this.
Barb, Must have been two hours of sheer hell for all informed. Scary business. I panicked when I lost mine in the grocery for two minutes, never mind two hours.
I call this a lesson from the Gods.
Merry Christmas to all.
Good news about your hub.
I need to vent. Ex DH called me a bit ago; he and his wife lost my 7 year old granddaughter on the NYC subway today. Wife (someone I love and trust) and DGD went ahead through the turnstiles and ex stopped to argue about why she'd left him behind. GD got on the subway, thinking her grandparents were with her.
She's fine. A good citizen asked her where her grownups were and where she had come from. He took her back to the Natural History Museum; they alerted NYPD. After two tense hours, they were reunited.
I just needed to let that be out there.
We see the surgeon on Tuesday, hope he gets to start PT early in the New Year.
Happy and Healthy holidays to you all.