Good old British weather

[slycat]

I left the house this morning in t-shirt and shorts as it felt like another hot day (and sure enough just walking down to the train station had me sweating).  However, on my way from the train station to the opticians, it starting to rain.  As it was hot, I thought it was quite pleasant, but then the heavens opened and in the space of 30 seconds, I was soaked to the bone.  The rain was coming down so hard it felt like it was hailing...  So, being the clever person I am, I went into John Lewis which was on the way to the opticians, still soaking wet and dripping with water, and politely asked where the towels were :).  Found a nice towel which was on offer for half price and went to buy it.  I couldn't help feel like I should have been in some sort of candid camera show as the whole situation felt a bit odd.  I certainly got some odd looks being a wet through person casually drying himself off in the middle of a shopping centre.

After feeling a bit silly at the opticians as I was still very wet, I got myself switched to daily lenses which are so much nicer than monthlies.  I found I rarely wear contacts for work so I've just got 10 lenses for £10 per month which works out £5 cheaper than the monthlies I was on, plus I dont need to worry about cleaning them at the end of the day which is a relief.

What I had planned to do next was to meet up with some furs who were in town today.  However thanks for mother nature, my phone had drowned and wouldn't turn on.  I went into Carphone Warehouse thinking I could just go for the upgrade I've been due (I've been waiting for the Nokia N93 to come out) but couldn't be bothered with the queues.  I ended up deciding to see if TK was at Sega Park (as he works there) and see about getting the numbers of people I was due to meet.  However when I got to Sega Park, I found everyone I was due to meet, plus a few others were all grouped around the new Dancing Stage Supernova game, so all was well.

An interesting day to say the least, hopefully my phone can be resuscitated.  If not, I'll either get a cheapo phone or actually use the upgrade.  If I were to upgrade, I'd be torn between the Nokia N80 and the Sony Ericsson K800i... but I really want the Nokia N93.

Comments

[copperfeel.livejournal.com]

The same happened to me! I was stuck a 10 minute walk from the shop I needed to go in (to drop off a DVD that wasn't even MINE!) and thought 'It won't get that bad', when it got that bad. So I dropped the DVD off and retreated to the safety of the train and the underground.

I love the Nokia N series. I've been after one for ages, but due to complications it has been a long slog.

[nomadfox.livejournal.com]

Its been drisling a bit up here, but its still pretty humid. *_*

[gerald_duck]

If your phone drowns, take the battery out at once. Then, as soon as possible, dismantle it, dry any obvious patches of water while observing anti-static precautions, swab and rinse bits of it with isopropyl alcohol then leave it to dry. If there's any risk you've not got all the water out, leave it to dry somewhere warm but not humid.

I and a friend at the office resurrected my girlfriend's phone that way a couple of weeks ago.

[paw-fox.livejournal.com]

unlucky, I was in toys R us, at the time playing gutiar hero! and then it started pouring, but yeah I found out i really do suck at DDR oh well!

[emeraldo-dragon.livejournal.com]

I know of a Sega Park up in Edinburgh (I'll be going on holiday there in a week's time), but I think it changed to a regular Game Park a couple of years ago.

[colifox.livejournal.com]

dont get the n80 - from what ive heard from preople that have it, it has some real issues compared the the n70