Yep, it's January...
[Cross-posted to mock_the_stupid]
We have a cordless phone. Nothing fancy, just a wall-mounted unit and cordless handset. Very basic, but the handset is at least two or three times the size of my dad's cellphone. So you wouldn't think they would be easy to confuse with each other...
Earlier today my dad was the on the above-described phone talking to a friend. They still had more things to talk about but it was time for him to leave to run some errands. So, still talking on the phone, he went out to the garage, got in the car and drove off. About a block and a half later, the signal starting cutting out pretty badly, so he said good-bye to his friend and hung up.
And realized he wasn't on his cellphone.
Oops.
Ah well, it's nice to know we get that much range on the cordless. Always wondered about that. ;)
/cross-posted part
It ceased being quite as funny, however, because after coming inside and admitting to his stupidity, Dad went out to get the newspaper out of the driveway and fell on the ice. We don't think anything's broken, but he's definitely in pain. He wracked up his right knee, arm, hip and wrist. >_< Extreme suckage.
The Sullivan family January Curse strikes again. :-p
We have a cordless phone. Nothing fancy, just a wall-mounted unit and cordless handset. Very basic, but the handset is at least two or three times the size of my dad's cellphone. So you wouldn't think they would be easy to confuse with each other...
Earlier today my dad was the on the above-described phone talking to a friend. They still had more things to talk about but it was time for him to leave to run some errands. So, still talking on the phone, he went out to the garage, got in the car and drove off. About a block and a half later, the signal starting cutting out pretty badly, so he said good-bye to his friend and hung up.
And realized he wasn't on his cellphone.
Oops.
Ah well, it's nice to know we get that much range on the cordless. Always wondered about that. ;)
/cross-posted part
It ceased being quite as funny, however, because after coming inside and admitting to his stupidity, Dad went out to get the newspaper out of the driveway and fell on the ice. We don't think anything's broken, but he's definitely in pain. He wracked up his right knee, arm, hip and wrist. >_< Extreme suckage.
The Sullivan family January Curse strikes again. :-p