# I just got a new cell phone. Let's have some fun with the old one. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 14, 2004, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-new-cell-phone-lets-have-some-fun-with-the-old-one/229199 "2004-02-14T10:50:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-new-cell-phone-lets-have-some-fun-with-the-old-one/229199/101 "2004-02-24T13:25:20Z")
Oh dear. [Unknown Object Falls From Sky Near Gaffney](http://www.thecarolinachannel.com/news/2868221/detail.html) ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-new-cell-phone-lets-have-some-fun-with-the-old-one/229199/102 "2004-02-24T13:44:57Z")
😕 “Hey, honey, something fell in the woods next to the power lines and started a fire! Get the kids, let’s go watch!!” 😕 They must be related to my dad. He’d wake up at 3:00 AM if he heard sirens, and drive clear across town to watch firemen put out a burning trash bin. He was weird that way. ---
**Author:** ![french\_frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c77e96/32.png) [@french\_frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/french_frog)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-new-cell-phone-lets-have-some-fun-with-the-old-one/229199/103 "2004-02-24T17:05:59Z")
It’s been a while I haven’t logged in, and I just saw it. \*\* Bruce\_Daddy\*\* I just have one word : WHOAH ! Thanks, you made my day!!! 😃 - And if you’re changing your cellphone before 08/24/2004, I found out what \*\* Coileán\*\* was talking about here. Nice too 😉 \* …French frog, still waiting to see some balloons in the New England sky… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-new-cell-phone-lets-have-some-fun-with-the-old-one/229199/104 "2004-02-24T17:20:24Z")
I so want to e-mail this thread to the Gaffney SC police dept, but I don’t want to get **BruceDaddy** in any legal trouble. Thanks for a great thread! ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-new-cell-phone-lets-have-some-fun-with-the-old-one/229199/105 "2004-02-25T00:29:49Z")
Please don’t. You know the movies with the real rednecky cops. GPD is the prototype. Hey Gaffney, expect more "UFO"s in the near future. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-new-cell-phone-lets-have-some-fun-with-the-old-one/229199/106 "2004-02-25T16:00:42Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > You’ll be the first person to put a handheld electronic device into orbit. [It’s already been done.](http://w3eax.umd.edu/spre/spre.html) Check the technical reference – the project used handheld ICOM 2AT and 4AT radios for ground station communications. You can still vie for the first private, civilian _launch_ of a handheld electronic device. Go for it! ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-new-cell-phone-lets-have-some-fun-with-the-old-one/229199/107 "2004-02-25T17:14:55Z")
[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben] [It’s already been done.](http://w3eax.umd.edu/spre/spre.html) [QUOTE] Reading that article got me thinking. (uh oh!) To bad I didn’t research the GPS locator capabilities on the phone before I got rid of it. I could have at least maybe tracked it. Oh well, next time I suppose. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-new-cell-phone-lets-have-some-fun-with-the-old-one/229199.md?page=5)