[Roxy]

Decided to have a bonfire before the rain started.  Put everything in a box, carried it to the garden, lit the incinerator, and came indoors.  It then dawned on me that I had left my bag on top of the box .........unfortunately burnt to a cinder.  Had to ring card companies, phone company etc.  Will be without cards for about a week now. Its the phone I will miss. Being out on the farm, I always have my phone with me.  And have lost all my contact numbers too.

What a nightmare!!

[RUSTYME]

sorry to hear about you losing all your cards ...(at least you can't go spending loadsa money ...lol ) , and the mobile. I don't rely on a mobile ,and most of the area where I am , there is no signal anyway , but losing all your numbers is a pain . You can upload all your contacts from your mobile to your pc via data cable or bluetooth and the appropriate software . Not any use now really , as you have lost it all ... , but for future reference it may be of use . If you really need a mobile with you , you can get cheap basic ones for less than £20 PAYG . One I saw recently ( forget where though  ) was £19.99 and had £10 worth of credit on the sim ...so the phone only cost £10 really !!!
 Just think of all those phone calls you have now missed !!!! 

cheers

Russ 

[Daveravey]

 

I can do those clever things as well Roxy.... like cutting through the power lead for my hedge trimmer whilst using it  

[Roxy]

I think we have all done silly things at one time or another ......except my husband, who read me the riot act.  Could not have happened at a worse time - with us about to move out of the farm, we will be relying on the mobiles instead of the landline.

Yes, I should have recorded the numbers elsewhere, but not being brilliant at technical things, uploading them to my computer would be beyond me anyway.  Nothing to stop me writing them all down - I know I have some, so not all bad.

Anyway, new cards and phone on their way, hopefully, but it will take a few days all the same.

[Rosemary]

Ooh, the computer thing's a good idea. I'd hate to lose my mobile - for the numbers. I'm not attached to the phone itself.

What a bummer, Roxy. I can sympathise as it's the sort of thing I'd do, being all efficient and doing three things at once. 

[jameslindsay]

Hey Roxy hindsight is a brilliant thing. We all make mistakes and you are already at a stressful point in your life. Keep smiling, everything you lost can be replaced.

[Sandy]

Oh dear, maybe the fresh start is what you need!! THings always happen when you are under stress or busy and I recon, subliminry messages told you to burn the lot

[RUSTYME]

http://www.netpcdirect.co.uk/mobile-phone-gadgets/sim_master.html

that is just one of the many different gadgets that allow you to upload information to your pc from your phone sim card. It is handy in that all you need do is slip in the sim card and upload all contact numbers etc and any sms messages you want to save , to your pc hard drive.  It isn't much more complicated than entering information on a forum such as this , ie when you want to post a reply etc . All very straight forward and usually clear instructions are available with the unit.
 Most mobile phones that I have had also allow this information to be uploaded via an RS232 cable (these you normally have to purchase for your particular phone !! ) .(This is a slightly out of date way of doing it now , and your phone may not have this facility) , it may offer the use of a usb connection cable ? . Software supplied with the phone on cd or dvd , will then make it a simple job to upload all your info , or even with more modern smartphones etc , things such as films , audio books etc . The later depends on the memory available on your particular mobile .
 All this sounds very complicated and techy ... but in reality it is a very simple operation , much like uploading a picture to photobucket or flicker or even just to your pc , from your mobile phone camera or from a digital camera proper. 
 The slightly more modern mobiles also offer the use of bluetooth to upload information as well as downloading too your phone from the pc  . The software to do this is usually on the cd/dvd once again , that came with the phone . If you don't get such a cd/dvd , then you can normally go to the website of the particular mobile and download the software from there .
 The software usually, but not always ,self loads when you put the cd/dvd in the pc . Then if you are using an R232 cable , you go in manually to the appropriate program file and  upload/download the information you want. If you have bluetooth though , the phone will mainly do all this on it's own , after the initial loading and setup of the software. It is then called synchronization , or some such similar phrase.
 Most of this sort of stuff is more or less plug and play , ie you plug it in and it is recognized by the pc , and does more or less everything for you .
 Failing all that , do as you have done already , and write the contact details down in a phone book  aaaahhhhh the good ole days eh ? pen and paper.

cheers

Russ

[RUSTYME]

http://www.netpcdirect.co.uk/hubs-card-readers/sd-mini-micro-usb-sim-card-reader.html

another cheaper sim/memory card reader ....once again , very simple to use .

cheers

Russ 

[Daisy]

Oh No! Roxy what a pain, hope you get your new cards asap and a new phone

[CameronS]

My sisters phone was eaten by a horse, and was only found when it came out the other end ringing!! 

[belgianblue]

don't worry dear, done the same thing, but not my mobile phone,

[Daveravey]

My sisters phone was eaten by a horse, and was only found when it came out the other end ringing!! 

Was it a neigh bour ?

 

[Sandy]

FOrgot to add this bit, we moved to SOuth Lanarkshire and were looking at properties and arranged a view of what happend to be the one we bought and live in, my in laws came the same day and as the mum in law is a  bit of a know all etc I really did not like the idea of them visitng with us, anyway, they set off to view the property in thier car and to meet us when we arrive, well, what a journey!!! fist there was a huge tail back and diversion for us as there was an accident after my in laws had passed that spot, so we rang to let them know, then we joined another route after filling up our VW camper with petrol and suddely we smelt strong petrol and lost all the power, gliding to a halt on a dul carrageway....I thought we were going to go on fire and we had 2 dogs in the back as well...lot's of other things happened but to cut a long story short, the fire brigade came out and had a bit of a laugh with us as it was only a clip off the pipe and only a little fuel spilt out!! we then re- arranged and visited the house very much later that night and on our own!!!! BUT, my phone had dropped out of the car in all this panic and it was the only phone we had as we moved to a place with no reception and no landline...I was after doing agency work and looking to buy the house so HAD to buy a cheaper one as soon as I could but...a fresh start..old contacts gone, new ones made!!!!! easy these days on internet, i USED INTERNET CAFES

[Roxy]

Oh dear, Sandy, that sounded a traumatic day you had there!!!

I keep looking round for my phone. Use it for the time etc.