So I go to Home Depot for a few things to finish up some Steam Punk projects and re cycle some fluorescent light bulbs. Every time I go there, or better yet, a good Hardware store I have to peruse the hardware aisle. I just like the smell of steel, brass and copper.
As I am walking around, my cell phone rings. I take it out, look at it and see who it is. When I try to answer it, it goes blank. I go to put it away and it comes on again. I go to talk, and it goes blank, I go to put it away and I hear "Beep" and I lost the caller.
So I walk around a little more and decide to call my wife because she wanted me to pick up something and I never pay attention to these things so I forgot what it was.
I call my wife and I hear "Hello". I go to talk and I get "beep" and the thing goes dead.
I call her back and see that she answered, I go to talk and "beep".
"Jesus Mary and Josephine" What the heck is going on? It's like I am in the Twilight Zone stuck in a phone time warp with no way out.
I have been having trouble with this phone but not like this.
My wife calls me back. I say, "My Phone is ............................." and it goes dead. No screen, no noise, nothing.
So I figure the thing is toast and I will have to get a new phone.
I check out and as I am walking to my car, the phone rings. I answer it expecting it to go dead, and it works fine.
I call back my friend and it works fine.
"AHA" It hits me. I think I know what happened. I picked up the stuff I bought in Home Depot, put the phone next to it, and it goes dead.
I bought a cabinet magnet that keeps a door closed. I took out my phone with my right hand and then transfer the phone to my left hand to talk. I just like my left ear better what can I tell you.
My left hand had the magnet in it. I didn't know that when you put the phone next to a magnet, it croaks.
Who Knew!
