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  1. #31
    mrtravel
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    Re: If your cell phone falls in the toilet, what you gonna do

    Brian Wickham wrote:

    > All quite beside the point. Doesn't everyone know by now that if you
    > dowse a cell phone it is irrevocably killed?


    I wouldn't be too sure of that. Many electronic devices come back to
    life when they dry out.




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  2. #32
    NobodyMan
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    Re: If your cell phone falls in the toilet, what you gonna do

    On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 17:05:52 -0000, "Peter Fox" <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    >
    >"kl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:tio5qvg00d3ae7420a292lcqpd6f08pr9o@news...
    >> Reach in and try to grab it, of course
    >>
    >> NEW YORK (Reuters) --Cell phone users have been known to complain about

    >poor
    >> service, but one New York man's mobile literally went down the toilet.
    >>
    >> The man was on a suburban train from Grand Central Station on Wednesday

    >night
    >> when he went to the bathroom to make a phone call, dropped the phone into

    >the
    >> toilet bowl and then his hand and arm became stuck trying to retrieve it,
    >> officials said.
    >>
    >> Metro-North Railroad staff could not help the man, so they stopped the

    >train and
    >> called police officers and firefighters to extricate him, a process that

    >took 90
    >> minutes using "jaws of life" rescue equipment.
    >>
    >> "The toilets are made of aluminum so I imagine he was down on hands and

    >knees
    >> with his shirt rolled up and hand and arm down inside, trying to flush out

    >his
    >> cell phone," said Jim Cameron of the Connecticut Metro-North commuter

    >council.
    >>
    >> He said that because of the design of the train toilet, the mobile

    >probably
    >> ended up in a chemical holding tank.
    >>
    >> A spokesman for the railroad that serves the northern suburbs of New York

    >and
    >> Connecticut identified the man as Edwin Gallard, 41, of New York, who

    >suffered a
    >> minor injury to his arm as firefighters cut the toilet apart.
    >>
    >> The track was closed and thousands of commuters were delayed during the

    >evening
    >> rush hour.

    >
    >But why could not the train continue its journey while this was going on?
    >
    >Peter Fox
    >


    Yea, I'm sure you want somoebody with the jaws of life and/or a
    cutting torch right up in your face while the train is moving,
    jiggling side/side, speeding up/slowing down (as all trains do), etc.






  3. #33
    Phil Kane
    Guest

    Re: If your cell phone falls in the toilet, what you gonna do

    On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 01:00:48 GMT, Brian Wickham wrote:

    >All quite beside the point. Doesn't everyone know by now that if you
    >dowse a cell phone it is irrevocably killed? Ask a rep at a cell
    >phone store what the number one cause of returned dead phones is.
    >People dropped them in the toilet.
    >
    >This guy was on a fool's errand.


    Maybe not if he needed the dead phone to exchange for a good one.

    --
    ===> Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Please <===

    Phil Kane -- Beaverton, Oregon
    PNW Milepost 754 -- Tillamook District






  4. #34
    Phil Kane
    Guest

    Re: If your cell phone falls in the toilet, what you gonna do

    On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 01:37:34 GMT, mrtravel wrote:

    >
    >Phil Kane wrote:
    >> On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 20:51:21 GMT, mrtravel wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>>>That would be nasty. Paying for his own rescue will probably be a
    >>>>financial hardship as it is; there's no sense in bankrupting the guy
    >>>>for a stupid mistake. It's not like he did it on purpose to create
    >>>>havoc.
    >>>
    >>>Why should the railroad pay for his stupidity?

    >>
    >>
    >> They do it all the time. Settling that way is cheaper than
    >> defending a lawsuit even if they win same.

    >
    >They aren't defending, they would be the plaintiff.


    If they sue him, he will counter sue for failure to maintain a safe
    environment for the passenger, or maintaining a defective toilet or
    some such claim, valid or otherwise.

    In any event, it will cost the RR $$ to either bring their suit or to
    defend against his suit or both.

    --
    ===> Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Please <===

    Phil Kane -- Beaverton, Oregon
    PNW Milepost 754 -- Tillamook District






  5. #35
    Brian Wickham
    Guest

    Re: If your cell phone falls in the toilet, what you gonna do

    On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 03:47:32 GMT, "Phil Kane"
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 01:00:48 GMT, Brian Wickham wrote:
    >
    >>All quite beside the point. Doesn't everyone know by now that if you
    >>dowse a cell phone it is irrevocably killed? Ask a rep at a cell
    >>phone store what the number one cause of returned dead phones is.
    >>People dropped them in the toilet.
    >>
    >>This guy was on a fool's errand.

    >
    > Maybe not if he needed the dead phone to exchange for a good one.


    Maybe? Maybe it was really a ... oh forget it!. I have Verizon and
    they offer a replacement-phone insurance policy that is not void if
    you can't produce the dead phone. Do you honestly think that any
    policy would not replace a lost phone?

    If you don't have a policy and you bring in a dead, or violently
    twitching, phone asking them to see if it will work they say last
    rites over it and you buy a new one. If you bring them a dead phone
    and tell them it was dropped in liquid they smile and perform the
    above mentioned rites, and you buy a new one. The chip set in a phone
    dropped in liquid shorts out fatally, even if some other people can
    tell us about the transistor radio that survived high tide at the
    beach.

    Face facts. The guy wasn't thinking straight or was an ignorant fool.
    As the prophet Kenny Rogers tells us, "You got to know when to hold,
    and know when to fold."

    Brian Wickham



  6. #36
    mrtravel
    Guest

    Re: If your cell phone falls in the toilet, what you gonna do


    Brian Wickham wrote:

    The chip set in a phone
    > dropped in liquid shorts out fatally, even if some other people can
    > tell us about the transistor radio that survived high tide at the
    > beach.


    I have seen a wet phone dry out and work.




  7. #37
    Randy Hudson
    Guest

    Re: If your cell phone falls in the toilet, what you gonna do

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Brian Wickham <bwickham@NO~SPAM.nyc.rr.com> wrote:

    > The chip set in a phone dropped in liquid shorts out fatally, even if some
    > other people can tell us about the transistor radio that survived high
    > tide at the beach.


    My cell phone has been immersed twice. Each time it died for a few days,
    then recovered. While cell phones are mostly not designed to survive after
    immersion, sometimes they do.

    --
    Randy Hudson



  8. #38
    Jon Porter
    Guest

    Re: If your cell phone falls in the toilet, what you gonna do


    "Peter Fox" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    >
    > "kl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:tio5qvg00d3ae7420a292lcqpd6f08pr9o@news...
    > > Reach in and try to grab it, of course
    > >
    > > NEW YORK (Reuters) --Cell phone users have been known to complain about

    > poor
    > > service, but one New York man's mobile literally went down the toilet.
    > >
    > > The man was on a suburban train from Grand Central Station on Wednesday

    > night
    > > when he went to the bathroom to make a phone call, dropped the phone

    into
    > the
    > > toilet bowl and then his hand and arm became stuck trying to retrieve

    it,
    > > officials said.
    > >
    > > Metro-North Railroad staff could not help the man, so they stopped the

    > train and
    > > called police officers and firefighters to extricate him, a process that

    > took 90
    > > minutes using "jaws of life" rescue equipment.
    > >
    > > "The toilets are made of aluminum so I imagine he was down on hands and

    > knees
    > > with his shirt rolled up and hand and arm down inside, trying to flush

    out
    > his
    > > cell phone," said Jim Cameron of the Connecticut Metro-North commuter

    > council.
    > >
    > > He said that because of the design of the train toilet, the mobile

    > probably
    > > ended up in a chemical holding tank.
    > >
    > > A spokesman for the railroad that serves the northern suburbs of New

    York
    > and
    > > Connecticut identified the man as Edwin Gallard, 41, of New York, who

    > suffered a
    > > minor injury to his arm as firefighters cut the toilet apart.
    > >
    > > The track was closed and thousands of commuters were delayed during the

    > evening
    > > rush hour.

    >
    > But why could not the train continue its journey while this was going on?
    >
    > Peter Fox
    >
    >

    Fingers, metal, cutting equipment and a moving train, not a good combination
    perhaps?





  9. #39
    Bill Hayles
    Guest

    Re: If your cell phone falls in the toilet, what you gonna do

    On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 01:00:48 GMT, Brian Wickham
    <bwickham@NO~SPAM.nyc.rr.com> wrote:


    >>

    >All quite beside the point. Doesn't everyone know by now that if you
    >dowse a cell phone it is irrevocably killed?


    I've been following this with interest. I managed to drop my phone
    down my own home toilet. Without thinking, I put my hand down there
    and retrieved it, but enough of that.

    The point is that I took it apart, dried all the bits very
    carefully, and after a day or so put it back together. It still
    works perfectly.
    --
    Bill Hayles
    [email protected]
    http://billnot.com



  10. #40
    Dan Pendragon
    Guest

    Re: If your cell phone falls in the toilet, what you gonna do

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Bill Hayles <[email protected]> wrote:

    > On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 01:00:48 GMT, Brian Wickham
    > <bwickham@NO~SPAM.nyc.rr.com> wrote:
    >
    >
    > >>

    > >All quite beside the point. Doesn't everyone know by now that if you
    > >dowse a cell phone it is irrevocably killed?

    >
    > I've been following this with interest. I managed to drop my phone
    > down my own home toilet. Without thinking, I put my hand down there
    > and retrieved it, but enough of that.
    >
    > The point is that I took it apart, dried all the bits very
    > carefully, and after a day or so put it back together. It still
    > works perfectly.



    If it falls into dirty water/the ocean, you'd remove the battery, rinse
    it in distilled water, then dry, and leave 24 hours to further dry.



  11. #41
    Farmer Alfalfa
    Guest

    Re: If your cell phone falls in the toilet, what you gonna do


    "Jess" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news[email protected]...
    > Candide <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >
    >http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/01/ny...8354000&en=98e

    6658dcb73ecc9&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE
    >
    >
    > Best part of the article:
    >
    > Diana Finlay, a hospital administrator waiting for a train to take her
    > home to Fishkill, N.Y., agreed. "I think it's pretty lousy of them to
    > expect him to cover the cost," she said. "Do they go after the people
    > who are attempting suicide on the tracks when they have to stop the
    > trains for them?"
    >
    > LOL !


    If they hadn't already thought of that.....

    Imagine having to have post-life insurance!

    F A





  12. #42
    The SPCS Guy
    Guest

    Re: If your cell phone falls in the toilet, what you gonna do


    #1, If I dropped my phone in a PUBLIC TOILET wehre everyone else done
    ****ted and pissed, it CAN STAY THERE. I don't know what other people
    got!

    That hand gon be permanently contamintaed with gook! He should cut it
    off.

    It's always some idiot with LOTS a cash that don't wanna spend it.

    --
    Posted at SprintUsers.com - Your place for everything Sprint PCS
    Free wireless access @ www.SprintUsers.com/wap




  13. #43
    Vikas
    Guest

    Re: If your cell phone falls in the toilet, what you gonna do

    kl <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<tio5qvg00d3ae7420a292lcqpd6f08pr9o@news>...
    > Reach in and try to grab it, of course
    >
    > NEW YORK (Reuters) --Cell phone users have been known to complain about poor
    > service, but one New York man's mobile literally went down the toilet.
    > A spokesman for the railroad that serves the northern suburbs of New York and
    > Connecticut identified the man as Edwin Gallard, 41, of New York, who


    I read in Star Ledger he is from Brooklyn, New York



  14. #44
    Brian Wickham
    Guest

    Re: If your cell phone falls in the toilet, what you gonna do

    On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 12:03:07 GMT, Bill Hayles <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    >On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 01:00:48 GMT, Brian Wickham
    ><bwickham@NO~SPAM.nyc.rr.com> wrote:
    >
    >
    >>>

    >>All quite beside the point. Doesn't everyone know by now that if you
    >>dowse a cell phone it is irrevocably killed?

    >
    >I've been following this with interest. I managed to drop my phone
    >down my own home toilet. Without thinking, I put my hand down there
    >and retrieved it, but enough of that.
    >
    >The point is that I took it apart, dried all the bits very
    >carefully, and after a day or so put it back together. It still
    >works perfectly.


    I stand corrected. My experience is just the opposite but then it
    might be a function of the particular cell phone in question. My
    wife's high-end Motorola went nuts when water was spilled into her
    handbag. The Verizon tech confirmed that it was permanently damaged
    and had to be replaced. I had let it dry out, but to no avail.

    Brian Wickham



  15. #45
    Graeme Wall
    Guest

    Re: If your cell phone falls in the toilet, what you gonna do

    In message <[email protected]>
    mrtravel <[email protected]> wrote:

    >
    > Brian Wickham wrote:
    >
    > The chip set in a phone
    > > dropped in liquid shorts out fatally, even if some other people can
    > > tell us about the transistor radio that survived high tide at the
    > > beach.

    >
    > I have seen a wet phone dry out and work.
    >


    If the liquid is water then it probably will, Uric acid, on the other hand...

    --
    Graeme Wall
    This address is not read, substitute trains for rail.
    Transport Miscellany at <http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/index.html>



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