Into the depths

Our humble mobile phone has been through much abuse. But this past week took the cake.

The toilet seat needed fixing and so I bent over to see what could be done.

In a flash our mobile had taken a dive deep into the bowl. A yelp from me and a quick grab brought up the errant little pup. I tried a quick dry but the damage had been done.

Over the next 3 days I felt very much an orphan - not having access to others over the mobile (and having the office phone on the blink as well).

I did what I had done previously with wet electronica - laid the mobile in a cardboard box with a low intensity bulb in it. And prayed. Gary Larson drew a cartoon about "Appliance Healers" - showing guys with bouffants laying their hands on non-functioning mixie-grinders and vacuum cleaners. It may sound strange, but I talked to God about the little wet mobile.

The first time I tried it did crazy things. A few hours more in the hot-box, again not so fine. After 2 cycles of this the mobile seems to be back to its previous capacity (which was not so great in the first place).

Moral of the story - be careful when you lean over. Moral No. 2 - don't borrow our mobile - you know where it has been...

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About 10 minutes after the dramatic dive of our mobile into the loo - Enoch called me and said "Daddy, Daddy, your plug is in the toilet!" I couldn't understand what he was saying and so took a look. Lo and behold, the pen drive had also followed the mobile in - and was lying submerged all this time.

Same treatment (along with the wet mobile). Same results - the pen drive seems none the worse from its submarine venture!