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Batteries don’t like water

You know sometimes we think we are in charge as we grab the tools we use all day long… Power tools, electric drills and screw drivers, cell phones, portable laptop computers, all the "smart equipment"… but let a little dampness get to them and woooomp they’re dead. I guess I should have been smarter, but I put my phone in the soap dish and it jumped into the sink for a swim. After a soaking in kittie litter for 24 hours the phone worked fine, but the battery was slowly dying. Finally it would not recharge. I took it to a repair store and "Eloy" sent me down a few stores to "Jose" at the ATT store… Oddly enough they don’t sell phones at the ATT store, and they sent me back to Best Buy. A battery can easily be ordered at a battery store which is full of tiny to large, but they were out of mine so I did the next best thing… I used Amazon.com to order a book and a battery. Life certainly depends on technology doesn’t it? When some of us were in college, who ever would have thought we could go to Barnes and Noble and buy a book and a battery, let alone use a small keyboard with a rechargable battery for a thesis?

The morning news shows, including our all time favorite Sunday Morning, eulogized Mary Tyler Moore who moved the psyche of women into high gear! A "girl" can work in a man’s world. She earns a lot less… but she can work and gradually she shines through all the male dust and power! It’s time finally to put the bins of Christmas decorations into the attic. We were a little delayed by travel, but all is organized and ready to be put away. The house is a little bare now without all the angels, holy families and santas!!! God bless you on this happy Sunday.