I heard so many times in my home that something was lost and can't be found, but then I switched on the superpowers that every mom possesses and voila - the lost thing was found. Sometimes it takes longer, and other times it is just a question of minutes or seconds so I know where the object is. It shifts from the world of non-existing items to the normal world that we know.
However, there are things that even a mother can't find. Let's be honest, we can write off that stuff then. Officially announce that the item we are searching for doesn't exist anymore.
This is what happened with the charger of the Xiaomi band 5 that my son doesn't use anymore. He changed the phone a few months ago, so this band doesn't match anymore the brand of the new phone. It sleeps somewhere on a shelf, in a box, unused.
I mentioned to him some weeks ago that I could use it and seems that he was willing to give it away to me. I would have a Mi Band (lol - matching my hive username :D ) but one little detail, it doesn't work if not charged and the last time it happened... a few months ago.
The search for the charger started, as of course, it was not in its box. Why it wasn't there? We don't know. 😁
Cables and more cables appeared in the drawers. All drawers, shelves and corners were checked, and no, the Mi Band charger was not found. This is just a small amount of chargers for old phones, gadgets, and earbuds that we came across. Maybe just the tenth part of all of them having a deep sleep in the apartment.
Speaking about the old phones and chargers for them seen in the previous photos.
Do you remember those old Nokia phones, whose batteries lasted for several days? Well, I don't have the oldest model, the most famous one that looked like a brick, but I do have a bit newer and smaller ones. The phone with the blue details on it, on the right in the next image... I think it was more or less 15 years ago I had it. I remember that I have used it for several years, even photos could be already taken with it hahaha. Oh, and I suppose it had at least two games, not just the Nokia snake game 😂
These phones don't work anymore, I don't know why we still have them? But the thing is that I found them while searching for the Mi Band charger...
...which didn't want to appear.
The search for it started two days ago but with no success. The Xiaomi Mi Band 5 is still lying peacefully, without signs of life. If it can't be charged, obviously it can't be used either.
Seems that I will not monitor my heart rate, nor count my activity and steps. Neither I will use the option of reminders, notifications, or finding my phone if lost. I will calmly keep on living without it, but damn, why I can't find that charger?
The only explanation is that it doesn't exist anymore.
Now I will eat one - or probably two pieces of the Christmas cake and go out to take a walk, without my steps being counted :D
I am a Nokia user too. This was the last one that I had before buying a smart phone last 2013 I think. This is so precious to me because this was the first colored screen unit of Nokia. My husband gave this to me as a birthday present. I think I used this for ten years? I guess! Haha. Even when I had the smart phone I still used this because even when I'm driving I can still text because my fingers and the keypad are bff's.... Haha. My fingers know all the letters and symbols already. How many presses to go to a certain letter or symbol ...... One time I was mocked and made fun on one of our executives before when we had our Mancom meeting where I used to work. She made fun of my phone because all of the Managers and even the lower ranks uses the latest smart Samsung phones. She told me why are you still using your Jurassic phone? In front of the rest of the attendees while we were waiting for our big boss inside the conference room.... And you know what I replied!
I said: Ma'am never underestimate this Jurassic phone because even if it's old and worn out, you can't see the letters anymore but this one ai love so much because it is very reliable that even if I am driving I can still communicate with it my fingers know how to type. it's small so it can fit inside my pocket. I don't worry If it will fall because even if I will throw it, it won't break also if I will loose it, it will not be very painful because I have used it for many years it has served its time and has served its purpose unlike the smart phones that everyone has but still paying them under their credit cards or on loan from the network companies who are offering a lot of new smart phones which are very expensive.
I said ai am using it but I can sleep well at night not thinking of any loans. I told her I don't use my phone just to please anyone. I use it for its sole purpose and that is to communicate which it is really what it is doing.
And lastly, I said. Well only if we give incentives to top grossing stores, I would have many smart phones already for all three stores that were under me always top beyond our monthly sales quota.
I can't wait to be an executive Ma'am so I too will have a free smart phone!😄😄 Of course I said this last part in a funny joking way... Or I might get a reprimand..😂😂
Haha, I left her speechless.
Then the other fellow Managers did a second the motion by saying, oh yah, nothing can beat Nokia phones. They are old but very reliable. Then the other one told stories about leaving her Nokia phone inside the washing machine that it still worked even after it was washed.😊😄
Which I happily contributed my own experience as well. Had the same experience with hubby's 3310 Nokia phone. It still worked.
Well, everyone in the room really don't liked that executive for she got her position because she is liked by the Big Boss.... You know the beautiful sexy kinds... Haha
Beautiful but lacked the brains.
Very tactless!
Oh my, typing this story stirred back not so good emotions., Oh dear, oh dear!😁😅😅
This still works but same as you, can't seem to find the charger as well... Haha.
Hope you find the charger for your xiao mi band 5 so you can count your steps dear.
Btw, is there a way you can purchase only the chargers?. Maybe you can find some sellers online. Here in my country you can just about anything that is second hand.😊😄
Wow, you still have that Nokia!
You also got the phone from your husband and it served you for several years- it must be a sign - the phones we get from our husbands last longer hahah. Just kidding the reason is that these phones were durable, and of good quality.
Yeah, I also remember knowing to type without looking at the keyboard, and how many times to press a certain key to get the desired letter haha.
You responded very well to your boss, I am glad you know how to "fight" for yourself and not let yourself be mocked. 👌
I hope you will find the charger for this Nokia in the photo one day (if not, I can send you one hahah, I do have one from them) and for the Xiaomi band, well, I gave up on searching. I was so occupied with other things (and that is why I am late with my response to your comment, my apologies)
Have a great New Year @aideleijoie and thank you for this great comment!! 🙌
I still have Nokia 3310 :D
Ow, do you 🤩? Does is still work?
It would be a sin to throw it away, these pieces will be like the old-timer cars one day :))
Yeaaaa :D My second one cause the first one was stolen.
I don't know if it works, but if they are unbreakable then it should, right? :)
can't remember if I have a charger for it. I will have to look for it next time I go to PL.
Yes, it would definitely work!!
Ask your mom to find the charger. If she can't find it, than it means just one thing - the charger doesn't exist anymore 😂
😂😂
I still have those chargers! 🤣
We keep so many things from the past :) ☀️😇
Haha I have a nokia 2110 somewhere in my house I think. I hope you find the charger :)
Seems we were all Nokia fans :)))
In those days, Nokia totally dominated the market.... And then got totally left behind
That's true.
That's a nice old brick too :D Does it work?
I should be there somewhere. I wouldn't keep a phone and ditch charger. But never know after years of moving things around.
I have no idea if it still works. Usually the batteries die so they can't be tested
Or maybe we talked less then? 🤣
And I had a Nokia phone 🤭
And I also can’t find a charger for the camera and also Nokia 🤣
How similar we all are in taste! 🤣
Oh no, you can't find the charger for the camera?
I have bad news then for you... It simply doesn't exist anymore 🤣
Otherwise, you as a mom would find it! Be sure.
No no no!!!
I do not want you to be right, since I have not been looking for this device for a long time, I still have hope! 🤣 🤣 🤣
Hahahha, ok, then I don't want to be right either :P
I shouldn't take away hope from you, and also I wish you to find it :)) 😇
The title reminded me of something. Someone said his wife created a fine jar and every time someone in the house got her to find something they couldn't, they would have to put $5 in the jar. After 18 months they were able to buy a new car. 🤣
Why do we hoard and retain so many electrical items and cables, yet can never find the cable we need when we want it? We looked through cables several times to find the one for our car starter charger one day and went past it several times because it just didn't look like it could be the right one. After that we put a label on it. 😅
Hi @minismallholding
I am sorry for this super late response, I was super occupied with some unexpected but very nice things, but I didn't forget that I have comments here to respond to. Especially as I like the story of the jar and $5 every time the wife finds something. That is cool, I think we (mothers, wives) would be super rich if we would implement this :D
Oh, and putting a label on the cable is a great idea too. Why we didn't think about it earlier? :)
Hei I was interested in seeing that nokia, I also have one, but it seems that he doesn't live anymore because it has been unused for so long
When not used for so much time, those gadgets indeed seem that stop working. But, if you charge it and try maybe it would work :)
That's right, I didn't think about it, I'll try it later😊
Your posts are always interesting to me and this title is a wow. I still believe we can keep items and refurbish them much later which will bring a nostalgia to those with beautiful memories of such items like cars, etc. And where the luxury of space is, keep those gadgets, you never know when they'll be useful. 🤗
Hey there @jjmusa2004
Thank you for stopping by.
Well, not sure if these phones would ever work again, but I do keep them probably of nostalgia. :)
I miss those Nokia phones! I really wanted a Nokia 5310 music express but I never got it cos it was expensive at that time. I was really jealous of people who have it cos I really liked music. The moment phones slowly evolved and got more affordable, I instantly put some pirate music when I had one. I remember choosing only the most favorite ones cos I only had 12mb so can only put 10 songs in it hahah
That Nokia Xpress music was a gift from my husband. He bought it as a surprise present, and when I saw it I noticed that it had Russian keyboard 😂 (he didn't notice it while buying it.) Btw we don't speak Russian so it was funny, but I do know the Cyrillic letters and also it has the Latin alphabet, so all was good and it served me for a long time.
In the end, you managed to have some music on your phone, 10 songs - if good ones can bring a lot of joy, even if they have to be on repeat :)) Those were some different times, right? Now everything seems so easy and accessible compared to time just 10 - 15 years ago.
I try to use a phone until it completely dies, or until it has a problem that makes it useless. The last one I bought in 2020 (during the lockdown) as I was using the combo of my previous phone and laptop to give online lessons to the students. It fell so many times from the stand that one day it just decided to take a long break from giving me its services 🤣 So my current phone is more than 2 years old, but I don't think to buy a new one until it stops working properly ;)
Lol was he in a rush with buying? I would notice it fast hahah.
Yeah that was 2009 or so. I really was listening to the same songs everyday. :D
With the quality of phones today and how much you can use them for, it is wise to let it die by itself before spending for a new one. :D It's always not necessary to buy a new one unless it interferes with your workflow. It's nice to hear yours is still working good. Hope it lasts more than 5 years. :D
Hahah, maybe he didn't have his glasses on? 😂
But anyway, a gift is a gift, and I didn't complain a lot :D
5 years? I am not that optimistic, but who knows :)
I hope you are having a good day and happy holidays @hiddenblade 🎄😊
Funny but so right… hehehe when a mum can’t find it… it’s gone for sure !LOL
Great to see some old phone, I think I have some old ones in a box somewhere 😉
Have a wonderful new week @mipiano 👋🏻🎄🎅🏻
That is true, I see now everyone agrees with me :))) Yay 😁
Seems that we all have some hidden gems, those old phones... I think my father still has the first ones, like the old Motorola flip-phone I mentioned.
Hope you are enjoying yourself with the family.
Is it cold in the UK?
Hugs and thanks for stopping by Jackie 😇
Funny right… little treasures 😉
That’s cool he has.
Yes, it’s a lovely time with the in-laws 😊🎉 time goes toooooo fast… hehehe 🤭
So far it isn’t bad. It is colder but mostly dry the last days and around 4 degrees Celsius. If you wrap up warm it is fine. I did get a cold though… 😔 but think I caught that in a busy restaurant meeting up with friends.
Thanks a lot, you are welcome.
Huggsss🤗🤗🤗 have a lovely new week.
Oh, no, wishing you a quick recovery from the cold. It is so easy to catch one. It has been a lot of things happening lately, packing, moving, planning and all, so our defence can be also weaker... take care! Wrap up yourself warm! 🤗
Thanks @mipiano I think it is part of that. Me doing so much lately. I’ll take it easy 😊🤗
Have a wonderful week further.
Wrapping myself up on the sofa.
I think it's time to let go of some things that are no longer useful or used 🤣, how good were those phones, everything old becomes a better object with the passing of time, that includes us 😁😘
Hahaha, I must agree with you, especially with the part that we become better if older 🥳🥳🥳
Thank you for sharing with us this wisdom, I will have it my mind every day 💗
Lol did you get that phone on the right with Vodafone written on it from Africa? Vodafone is a mobile phone carrier around here and they customize some of these Nokia phones to only accept their sims.
Sorry you couldn’t find the band with your mom powers. It works most of the time so I’m a little surprised it didn’t this time. I mostly never announce anything missing until after my mom can’t find it herself.😂
Who knows what Vodafone gave me 😂
I bought a Vodafone number (it was here in Spain) and this phone probably went in the package with the number, I don't really remember. I do remember that it had some problems, and I didn't use it for a very long time.
Hahaha, I see that the same rules apply at your home too, nothing is lost until your mom can't find it 😂
I'm a little confused. Do you have you sim cards delivered to you in Spain?
Isn't it a universal rule already? If it isn't we hereby announce it one eh?😁
No, not delivered. With the "package" I mean buying a sim card and having a monthly payment plan, so that is when I probably got the phone included.
Well, yes, you are right. Now it is already a universal rule :))
Hey those phones were ancient history apparently to us now 😊
And these are not the first ones we had. There were some older models too. My very first mobile phone 20 years ago was an Alcatel, later I had one of those Motorola flip phones.
As you say, these are just history now :))
Never heard of a Alcatel I remember from those days when phones couldn't hardly break
I have a Nokia like the one Vodafone says. Mine is pink. Well... actually my mum is the one who keeps it and charges it, it lasts for a week.
Well it doesn't exist and you can't do anything about it at the moment 😂 you'll have to live on the edge without that much monitoring.
What will happen is that when you stop looking it will appear.
Wohoooo, and it still works? Antique pieces in home hahaha 😂
Yes, exactly. I can't find it - it actually doesn't exist! Nothing more to add to it and just keep living without it, as until now :D
{He regresado del paseo y estoy comiendo roscos y mantecados 😱}
Sí, funciona. Se me quedaron contactos en ese teléfono y mi madre me llama a veces cuando le suena la notificación de un cumpleaños 😎
Pues yo como estoy enfermita me estoy tomando ahora un té de jengibre con hojas de guayaba... Y preparando un caldo de pollo.
Aquí en La Habana llueve.
He visto que estás malita y con fiebre 🤒 Espero te recuperas pronto 🤗
Gracias! 🙃
I'm sure the charger is there somewhere, you just don't know which one is it or where to look for it. I know the feeling, been there done that and it's frustrating 😒
However, Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 and have some fun. If you're good, maybe next year you get a fitness band from Santa 😂
Áldott Karácsonyt ❤️
Hahah, yes, first I have to be good to get one 😂
However, I have another chance before next Xmas. Here is Spain the Three Kings are bringing gifts also. So maybe in some ten days I get a charger or a new band, who knows 😁
Köszönöm, viszont neked is 🤩
When I can't locate something I call on @farm-mom, who will usually locate the item in a few minutes. I swear that once she gets looking a little magic happens and the lost item appears.
We have a saying we use whenever an item can't be located, "It must have fallen into the farm hole.
Talking about old phones, up to about 6 months ago I still had a flip phone which I loved. Very simple to use as I only need a phone to be a phone.
Happy holidays!
Haha, so you also call your lady to find the things for you when lost? This post and all the comments confirmed that this is a universal truth :))
Women are doing magic while finding lost items at home 😉
Sorry for this late response, so nice but time-consuming things happened at my side 😅
Happy holidays to you too @thebigsweed 😎
I think the biggest reason that we can't find stuff is because of a lack of patience. Why spend too much time looking when the lady of the house can usually find what you were looking for in less than a minute?
Have a wonderful New Year!
Thank you, it is coming very soon :)
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Un viajecito en el tiempo 😆
Vine a casa de mis padres.
Buenos días, @mipiano
Es chulísimo 😍
El color me encanta, que bonito es verlo funcionar - es genial!
Disfruta con tus padres 💞
Your title got me, and I haven't even read the post yet, its so true in every family, funny I just found a pair of shoe everybody couldn't find in the house after turning everywhere upside down, I found it without much hassle too lol😂😂
So, you are good in finding things in the house too 🥳
Yes, I am and also the mom of the house.
That's why you understood me immediately 😁
Yea😂
https://amzn.eu/d/fj6Ikql 😉
ow, you found it!?!?! So it escaped to amazon and now it is posing there??
hahahaha
The topic alone says alot.🤣🤣 Just reminded me of my mom something will be missing from the house and we all be acting tired for looking for what is lost but the day she needs that thing we gonna find it by all means😅 she gonna parade us all and we must search till we find. 🤣🤣
I see you obeyed your mom when it was needed :)) 😂😂
Yeah😅😅 to avoid huge trouble 🤣
😂😂😂 Good choice 👍😂
Yeah if mama can’t find it then all hope is lost! Lol if it turns up it will be the moment you get a new thing to replace the one that you wanted to use it for, because of course that would be the case! Lol
Hahaha, that is the most probable outcome 😂
But I still think if I can't find it... it is not at our home anymore 🤣🤣
:D Perhaps the festive fairy hid it so you can eat the cake and not worry about the steps right now.
Those cables though, huh? They seem to multiply when nobody's looking! 👀
Hope you had a good one.
p.s. the cable will probably turn up when the band is out of date and you have a new one. They can be sneaky like that.
A festive fairy exists? It just makes a lot of sense, indeed. And I even had another piece of the cake later in the evening, I so don't need now to think about getting fit 😂
Thanks, festive fairy :))
True!!!
We just imagined her into existence and if it means more cake then so be it!
We can get fit after the holidays... ;)
Take care of you and enjoy the cake until we meet again. 💕
Here at home... When someone can't find something, they would eventually declare it as a lost item. Lol. But after a few days or weeks, the lost item would suddenly appear somewhere, lol..
Sometimes I told them in my mind, can they use their eyes, not their mouths in looking for something 😂.
Haha, I know, it can be declared as a lost one. I completely agree with that. If it is found, then it was probably a woman who found it 😂
🤣
This phones bring me the memories and this is classic I have been this such a memory when my mom alive, this kind of thing happens every time. We are always facing the difficulties to find stuff because we have the issue of quickly forgetting.
Yes, old phones can bring back memories too...
Forgetting can be also the reason why we can't find stuff, that's why I am good at finding lost items as I do have a good memory. This charger disappeared as it was not me who saw it for the last time :D
Yes, my mother often behaved like that, like that carger for example, although it was useless anymore she would still look for it on the grounds that maybe someday it could be reused😅,
The charger still can be useful, that's why I was looking for it. But right now I don't search for it anymore, simply don't have time for that. Maybe new year hahaha
😅😅😅, yes the new year there may be a lot of fun, but it's not where I live, yes that's the rule in my province😁
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