When last we saw our Briefly Patient Heroine, she was about to make Yet Another phone call to India, in order to inquire after her new cell phone number, and to ask why it was that the small! improved! edition of her communication device was still reporting itself off the grid.
This second call was much shorter, given that I didn't have to spend thirty minutes waiting to talk to someone who would immediately put me on hold for fifteen minutes. So, from that respect -- all good.
The young man who assisted me quickly discovered my new cell number, but none of his Magic Strings of Code(tm) was sufficient to the task of raising the grid. He therefore very sensibly handed me off to his boss.
Armed with computerized maps, this gentleman was able to assure me that my cell phone will work beautifully in...Lewiston. Also in Lisbon (which is hard by Lewiston). And in Kennebunk, and Augusta. It will transmit with bell-like clarity from the top of the hill where the day-job is located. In fact, he assured me, the new phone will work all over the United States.
Excepting, of course, in East Winslow, and -- you saw this coming, right? -- Unity.
Need I say that the other cell phone, condemned to death at the end of the day for lack of the Right Stuff, worked Just Fine in those areas?
Sigh
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