What in the name of all that is holy?

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looking for at least one more bar (aka, the 4 bar blues)

Back in March or April or something, I got a new cell phone from AT&T and gave my pay  as you go Nokia tracfone to my wife, who has yet to dip below 300 minutes in the tank (I gave it to her with 389 minutes).

In July or August or something we moved here to our new house in the semi-rural wastelands (only kidding, it’s actually very nice, see my banner above for proof… that’s not our house, btw). It was however, a quasi-wasteland in terms of cell phone signal. My verizon friends walk around all by themselves, with no army of techs led by a geeky dude with curly hair following them. My sprint friends, well I don’t even talk to them because their phones are useless here. Don’t know how tmobile is doing, but if any new G1 owners wanna stop by, we’ll check out the reception. Then you can go ahead and forget your phone when you leave.

I on the other hand, had signal. 1 or two bars at the most, but enough so I could, for the most part, stay inside the house to make calls. Sending MMS messages worked okay too, provided I placed the phone in just the right spot in my office while the message winged its way toward the web or wherever.

Until yesterday when the sun dawned on a brave new world. I woke up, turned on my cell (that’s right, I’m one of the, like, 17% of people who actually turn the thing off every now and again… mostly while I sleep) and… NO! WAY! 4 bars of beautiful 3G! I turned off the phone, pinched myself and turned it on again. Four bars again! 3G, again! Let the praises resound! And the post office didn’t call, either. It was a good day!

I texted. I phoned people. I sent picture texts. I exhausted that stinkin’ battery! (Incidentally, the Nokia 6555, my phone, has a battery that yields a 2 hour or less talk time… I think this is low. You?)

I told all my church friends about it last night at a meeting. They were in awe (because they’re all on Sprint or Verizon. Suckers).

Then this morning it was gone like yesterday is gone. Like history is gone. Like Elvis and his mom.

And  now my song is a sad one…

Suddenly

There’s just half the bars there used to be!

There’s less signal that’s surrounding me

Oh yesterday went suddenly.

 

(refrain)

My phone was so strong

And I thought that it would stay

Now my signal’s gone, how I long

For yesterday… ay… ay… ay.

sigh.