You might have noticed the duplicate entries problem I had posting from my Sidekick while in the hospital… Apparently the 3G cellular band interferes with some sort of defibrillator machine or something, because when I tried to submit my post, the geezer next door crashed. (That’s ‘hospital’ for “beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep”.) After a few minutes of “code blue!” and running orderlies and and “clear!” and that cool capacitor charging sound, the guy finally stabilized and all was well.

During the time the guy was flatlined though, my Sidekick was busy reconnecting to the 3G network and automatically tried submitting my post again. The attempt at submission coincided with all the orderlies leaving the geezer’s room, causing them to rush back in again amidst more yellings of “code blue!” “clear!” and capacitor charging sounds. Once again my phone attempted to resend the data while the guy was out, once again succeeding right as the orderlies were leaving.

Luckily the guy died for good this last time, allowing my Sidekick and me to go about what we were both trying to accomplish. What a relief.