I had a moment of inspiration
@GardenGerty (169489)
United States
March 2, 2023 8:10pm CST
I had been looking under and behind things for my phone. I checked the laundry.
I stripped the bed. . . it needed it anyway.
Monday through Thursday I have an alarm on my phone for a trivia game. It goes off every five minutes for an hour. When I did not hear it in the house, I took a flashlight and headed out to the car to see if I could hear it. I did.
Sure enough, when the alarm went off the phone lit up. I still needed the flashlight to find the dark colored phone in the dark in a dark floor board.
You might ask why I did not just try calling it. I did try that, but it is on vibrate only, because of work. I was so convinced it was in the house or at school that I did not try to see if I could hear it vibrate in the car. I did try it in the house.
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@MarieCoyle (59259)
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3 Mar 23
Yay! I am glad you found it. Sure does save a lot of money and time not to have to replace it.
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@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
11 Mar 23
It saves both on frustration from having to do all of that and anxiety as well.
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@Aquitaine24 (12000)
• San Jose, California
4 Mar 23
And you don’t have to worry about someone getting into your account.
@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
11 Mar 23
We are being remarkably well. I just have minor things go on for me.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
11 Mar 23
@GardenGerty Minor is always better than the alternative.
@BarBaraPrz (51837)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
3 Mar 23
My portable landline phone has a button on the base unit that'll make the handset ring until I find it. But no such luck on cell phones, I guess.
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@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
11 Mar 23
Oh, someone, somewhere probably has it, but I have very simple, very inexpensive cell phones. I do remember what you are talking about on the landline, though.
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@BarBaraPrz (51837)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Mar 23
@GardenGerty I believe there's an app that'll let you find somebody else's phone (I've come across people using it in a couple of novels).
@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
3 Mar 23
Kudos to you Heather..I am so glad you found it
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@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
11 Mar 23
Me too, I guess I have become very dependent on it.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
11 Mar 23
@GardenGerty Oh this was when I did not have my glasses and misspelled found..I just corrected it lol
@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
3 Mar 23
Glad you found it. Losing a phone can create lot of trouble.
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@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
11 Mar 23
Yes, it can. I was heartsick thinking of it.
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@aninditasen (18198)
• Raurkela, India
13 Mar 23
@GardenGerty I would have gone mad as I have lot of information in my phone.
@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
11 Mar 23
Mine was missing about thirty hours. Yes, it had fallen out of my pocket, into the floor of the van.
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@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
11 Mar 23
If I set an alarm on my phone and it goes off,it will ring about one minute and stop. Then start again in four more minutes. If I hear it the first time, I hit "dismiss" then it will not ring again. Kind of the same as "snooze".
@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
11 Mar 23
We were calling it, but we were looking inside. As luck would have it, it was face down in the floor of the car, so we did not see it light up.
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@LadyDuck (502657)
• Italy
11 Mar 23
@GardenGerty - It happens, my husband forgot his phone in the pocket of his jacket last week. It took a while to find it.
@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
3 Mar 23
I'm glad you finally found it. It's a pain to buy a new phone and set it up.
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@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
11 Mar 23
Yes, it is. Not to mention not needing any extra expenses.
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@RasmaSandra (98026)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Mar 23
Glad you found your phone,
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@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
11 Mar 23
OH, me too. I spend more time looking for things than enjoying them.
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@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
11 Mar 23
Did it still work? Hubby loses his debit card more often than I like.
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@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
11 Mar 23
Me too. It was such a huge relief!
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
11 Mar 23
@GardenGerty I’ve lost my covid vaccination card. I always keep it in my purse and I can’t think why I would take it out.
@LindaOHio (222624)
• United States
3 Mar 23
I'm glad you found your phone and did not have to buy a new one.
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@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
11 Mar 23
Yes. I manage to misplace it way too often.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17243)
• China
3 Mar 23
It is a good job you have a timed alarm on your phone ! However I haven't experienced the problem as looking for phone so far.
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@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
11 Mar 23
I am glad you have not had this problem.
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@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
11 Mar 23
That eliminated the complication of buying a new one and setting it up.
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@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
11 Mar 23
The inconvenience is what was disturbing to me.
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@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
11 Mar 23
It was about a day and a half. The charge was almost gone. That is why I was relieved to think of that alarm and find it.
