So, we have this iPhone 7
Working on four years now
Had to have it in order to communicate….anywhere…when living off grid….as long as we have this Jet pack gizmo
Over the years, I learned to not hate it
I can get weather…now, as in immediately
Pics…now
Everthing I never wanted…..now
Just at the touch of a finger or two
Pack it to town
Never know when ya get stranded
Well, we musta hit a wrong button
The thing died
Keeping it charged has become my religion, so not a battery issue
No matter what we did, it wouldn’t power up
Just a black screen
Thought, ‘well crap, gotta travel 50 miles to the Verizon store, now (after a thought to call them quickly faded)
2nd thought, ‘the damn thing has some sorta time bomb to get me to pay another $700 for a new phone
3rd thought ‘get on the PC, google ‘iPhone 7 dead’
Found this
Tried it
It worked
Realized how much I could love/hate some….thing
Also realized how dependent I was, even off grid
My self-satisfied smugness, when hearing of power outages in our area, waned a bit
I’m just as dependent as anyone, with maybe the exception of keeping warm
….unless a tree falls on the stove pipe (had sustained winds of 30-40 mph, and gusts of 60 mph last night)
and more snow