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[jack]

Tiresomeness:

* Bike puncture
* First line of defence, self-sealing inner tube. Failed (in fact, I think this was an old puncture which had been fixed fine, but finally failed again, permanently).
* Second line of defence: spare inner tube. Unusable due to shraeder valve too wide to fit hole in wheel.
* Third line of defence: get new inner tube and spare. Valves are broken and leaking sealant
* Fourth line of defence: Patch inner tube. Lasts long enough to go to the shop, and looks like it will last permanently
* Fifth line of defence: Still need spare tube. Go to get replacements for busted inner tubes. *Next* two are the same, fortunately I check in shop. Decide batch from factory is buggered. Find one that seems unbuggered, refund other.

Also:

* Old mobile telephone giving up the ghost. Doesn't like to charge.
* New mobile telephone getting back the ghost. After a few days, boots when put battery back in, and seems ok.
* Although, front buttons "talk to people" and "stop talking to people" are inoperative. Which you don't need, but is annoying.
* Any suggestions? I think probably due to some wine spill (no fault, just unlucky I had left it on the table) so not defective. Didn't iirc pay for any insurance policy.

Although:

* Acquired stacking trays for letters and living-room-stuff that now have a place in which they can be
* Phone works
* Bike works
* Productive at work
* Talked to glasses direct

Comments

[d37373.livejournal.com]

Depending on your liking of mobile phone companies and moral beliefs, you could attempt to return it anyway.

For a more legal approach, assuming you are on a normal tariff and have been so for more than a coupe of months, you could call your provider and ask for a new phone for free. Saying you want to leave for another company and can you have your PUK code tends to help negotiations.

I got my latest phone from a friend's flatmate's friend, who works for Nokia. Maybe you have a similarly unlikely connexion.

Stuff working despite circumstances/because of effort is good. May it continue =waves hands in the air mysteriously=

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Depending on your liking of mobile phone companies and moral beliefs, you could attempt to return it anyway.

I'd rather not. *Most* things work...

(And I'm on a contract with time to run, so I don't expect they'd be giving me anything unless I sign up to a longer one.)

[pizza.maircrosoft.com (from livejournal.com)]

given that patching inner tubes (a) doesn't require tedious wheel removal and (b) is about a tenth of the price, why does it not come in as the second line of defence?

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Ah, hm. Maybe if I had more practice. However, (a) the wheels whip off fairly easily, it seems easier than finding and patching a puncture in a tube mostly on a bike and (b) patches don't seem to last.

*Should* patches last? I still have my inner tubes so I can, if I so decide, take an orgy of patching and get a big supply of patched inner tubes and then use, so I'm not losing money insofar as a cupboard full of inner tubes is money. Alternatively, I can trade them to damerell (iirc) or someone who does patch inner tubes in volume (thus being more time-efficient) for hugs or other personal favours :)

[pizza.maircrosoft.com (from livejournal.com)]

*Should* patches last?

mostly