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BenB
BenB HalfDork
10/4/23 3:52 p.m.

It turned me into a newt!

codrus (Forum Supporter)
codrus (Forum Supporter) PowerDork
10/4/23 4:53 p.m.

At 11:18 when it went off, I was sitting at a traffic light with a police car behind me.  Super annoying, because technically it's illegal to do anything with your phone while you're driving, even shutting off the damn test alarm, even if you're not moving.

I managed to do it stealthily enough, though.  And then it went off again 5 minutes later at 11:23 while actually driving, which was even more annoying.

 

rob_lewis
rob_lewis UberDork
10/4/23 5:11 p.m.
BenB said:

It turned me into a newt!

Hands down one of the best responses I've seen.  Thank you for the hefty belly laugh.

It only alerted on my phone, not any other of my various devices.  I assume because my phone was the only one tied to a phone number?

I do have the urge to head to D.C. and smack around a few (i.e. all) of the government, but that urge started about 10 minutes after I was born....  :D

-Rob

XLR99 (Forum Supporter)
XLR99 (Forum Supporter) Dork
10/4/23 6:15 p.m.

Man that was annoying... we were in clinic with a bunch of patients, and everyone's phone went off two minutes early.   Totally ridiculous

TheRyGuy
TheRyGuy Reader
10/4/23 8:41 p.m.

In reply to BenB :

I hope you get better.

GIRTHQUAKE
GIRTHQUAKE UltraDork
10/4/23 9:07 p.m.

fasted58
fasted58 MegaDork
10/4/23 10:09 p.m.

I turned 65 today.

Got a Presidential Alert on my cell, thought it was a birthday greeting from Uncle Joe. But not.

triumph7
triumph7 HalfDork
10/4/23 10:21 p.m.
superfund said:

Dang government setting off my phone and telling me to do nothing about it. 

I did enjoy the people saying this would be some kind of energy pulse that would fry everyone's brains. 

Well, people would first have to have brains to be fried.  I see less of that every day.

triumph7
triumph7 HalfDork
10/4/23 10:22 p.m.

In reply to BenB :

But did it got better?

AnthonyGS (Forum Supporter)
AnthonyGS (Forum Supporter) PowerDork
10/4/23 11:18 p.m.
triumph7 said:

In reply to BenB :

But did it got better?

Well he's not a newt anymore.  Burn her!

dean1484
dean1484 MegaDork
10/4/23 11:51 p.m.

Right in the middle of an important Zoom meeting with some rather interesting clients.  Everyone's phones go off.   Except mine, I had left it in the car. . .   :-)

11GTCS
11GTCS SuperDork
10/5/23 3:41 p.m.

A little late to the game but appropriate here:

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