Useless announcement

[Pilgrim]

Having just replied to Dave about how people want to share the tiniest details of their lives on social media, I can now cheerfully commit that egregious error in judgment myself.

I therefore announce publicly that I have broken my third cell phone screen in the past six years. Evidently I have a real gift for dropping any cell phone 30 inches, and despite having it in a light protective case, shattering the screen with great predictability.

I guess this ability is a gift.  Or something.

My last phone was a Samsung Galaxy 6 - which has a Gorilla glass front AND back panel.  It's a great phone, but what evil genius decided that the smart way to build a damn phone was to make the entire thing GLASS?

This is not what I'd call leading genius design, at least not if you think human beings are ever fallible enough to drop something even a few scant inches.

I have therefore ordered a new Motorola Droid Turbo 2, a phone with a guaranteed unbreakable screen because it's NOT glass.  The screen on one of these survived a 900-foot drop. If I can't summon the motor skills to avoid dropping the damn thing a few inches once every two years, maybe I can idiot proof myself with this new model. Fortunately this is a university-contract phone and therefore is relatively inexpensive and covered by my unit's operating budget.



I now shall end this highly important announcement about a major event in my life and return you to lesser events such as world climate change, peace, and balancing the budget.

[Highlander]

I'm in Orkney at the moment, doing some photography er... working...

Did the same thing to my work phone recently... oh well...

[rahock]

Wow! That might just be your super power. You guys could be super heros
Rick

[66Atlas]

I hadn't heard of the phone yet but I usually only go shopping for one after I drop mine for the 20th time or so and it inexplicably shatters.  Either that or I forget that it's in the pocket of my swim trunks and I cannonball into a lake/pool.  Or I drop it in a toilet and despite the fact that it dries out and starts working again I can't bring myself to put it anywhere near my face.

I look forward to seeing how I can eventually destroy the new indestructible phone 

In another important life announcement - I was told this morning that there were donuts in the conference room and when I got there they were gone. 

[Pilgrim]

Wow! That might just be your super power. You guys could be super heros
Rick

I......am Phone Destructo Man!!

In another important life announcement - I was told this morning that there were donuts in the conference room and when I got there they were gone. 

It's a plot!  They're out to destroy our American way of life!

[nofi]

cell phones, the real reason of the decline of civilization. we are a nation of zombies who can't walk ten feet without whippin' out the phone to amuse ourselves. pathetic, really.

[Pilgrim]

I dunno, there's that satisfaction in....whippin' it out!

Just ask the new sheriff...

[gearHed289]

Unbreakable screen - cool. Verizon only - not cool.

[tore00]

I'm gifted with the ability to loose my mobile phones. I've lost four in five years

[uwe]

"Or I drop it in a toilet ..."

Been there, done that.

[Pilgrim]

Unbreakable screen - cool. Verizon only - not cool.

It's a university phone and Verizon is the contract. I have no beef with Verizon, their service has been consistently good.

[gearHed289]

It's a university phone and Verizon is the contract. I have no beef with Verizon, their service has been consistently good.

I don't either, it's just that I've been with T-Mobile since day 1 and haven't had a single problem.