My poor husband has so much trouble using his cell phone. He tried to call me yesterday while he was out and was unable to call. As I was typing this, I just realized I can probably set his phone up, so he can call home without difficulty. Anyway, he loves technology. If it were not for him, I would probably still be using an old fashioned dial phone. When car phones first came out, he had one installed in my 380 SL. You know, that little phone saved me one evening when I had a flat and was on my way home from an evening class. I called him, and he told me to drive it. I was trained never to drive on a flat, because it could ruin the rim. He said, "Drive it to the next exit with a service station, and I will met you there. I don't give a d**n about the rim on the car." Somewhere along the way, I found myself with a pager clipped to my hip and carrying a "heavy" cell phone around. I rebelled after a few years of wearing a pager and said, "If my staff have to call me when there is an emergency instead of taking care of it themselves, then I need to do a better job of training my personnel." A couple of government agency representatives didn't like that, but they had a hard time challenging my unwillingness to place my patients at risk. All of the above was replaced with a small cell phone a seemingly hundred years ago now ...and I seem to be stuck with this one. And you know ...since my technology man is struggling with technology these days, I have a feeling my equipment will become more and more outdated as the years go by.
He doesn't give up easily ...as evidenced by his asking me to look at something this morning. He led the way and then pointed at the wall where my thermostat was yesterday. Last night after I went upstairs, he obviously had installed a new thermostat, and he was proud. He said, "If you are in North Carolina, you can control this thermostat from there with your smart phone." I just can't leave my country roots behind, obviously, as I said, "Well, I am not in Noth Carolina. I am here, and actually, I would much prefer controlling the thermostat in North Carolina from San Diego. However, I AM impressed. Wow!" Now THAT is what he wanted to hear.
I once told him that I think what I found most attractive about him was the fact he is unpredictable. There have been times during our marriage that isn't so good, but for the most part, it goes a long way in preventing boredom and I get bored easily.~DrJ51
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