Thursday, January 28, 2021

Consumer Cellular phone DORO 7050

I signed a friend with Consumer Cellular a few weeks ago.  They sent her a DORO 7050 flip phone.  It worked great until it didn't. Two days ago, she stopped being able to dial out.  She could receive incoming calls, but could not call out.  So I googled it and found that supposedly she had deactivated outgoing calls.  It gave me a proceedure to get in and reset. So, armed with that knowledge, I go over to her apartment.  I try the phone.  The phone is completely frozen.  I cannot get into menu.  I cannot do anything.  None of the icons work.  So I did some more searching on google and found that this is not uncommon with this phone.  One person said that he had just put it down to a lemon of a phone.  So next step is to send it back.  And I am getting her an Alcatel flip phone.So now we will see if it works.  I do not recommend the DORO 7050/ 

Sunday, January 10, 2021

French doors.

 I do not recommend them.  I had them put in in my sun room.  I have spent the morning covering the glass in them with quilts I made for that purpose.  They don't keep out the heat and they don't keep out the cold.  They may look good, but they are not practical from a standpoint of energy efficiency.  I will be replacing them with a single fiberglass door or a single door with glass with built in shade.  

Electric heaters

 Ok, I need work done on my heating system.  I had it shut off back in March, 2020 because I thought I detected gas.  Fast forward to now.  I have not had it fixed because of Covid.  So we are in the middle of a winter storm.  I had already purchased two DurFlame quartz heaters.  They work so-so.  Yesterday I bought 2 DeLongi oil filled heaters.  I have used these in the past.  They work so much better than the quartz heaters.  I have one in my living room and it has kept the room at 70 with no problem.  The other one I put in the bedroom my granddaughter uses.  That room is 20x15.  It is warm.  And the two quartz heaters, on in the back and one in another bedroom, are really straining to keep a temp of 64.  So The quartz heaters will go and I will keep the DeLongi.  Oh, and I am calling for repair on my heating system tomorrow.  I'm feeling brave because I am scheduled to get my first Covid shot next week.  So if you are looking for a heater to just keep a room cozy, I do recommend the DeLongi oil filled heater.  I paid around $75 each for mine.  I found them at Lowe's.