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So last night I was out in Boston with my sister (I'm visiting family this Christmas) and managed to drop my iPhone while we were walking around the Commons. When we got back home I noticed that the phone body was starting to separate a little bit. Phone still worked fine, and glass was uncracked, but the case was not happy.

So today I had a free day while Mary worked, and planned to wander around Boston. I pulled up the Apple Store location on the phone and made my way there (Boston public transit is great). I talked with one of their "Genious" guys -- silly name for their service/help folks. I was just looking to see what my options were for repair, so I could plan for the costs involved. After explaining to the fellow what had happened, he told me that they would do a one time free exchange (the issue was considered "cosmetic" under their normal terms, which makes sense). So in a few minutes I was back out the door with a new phone, free of charge!

The gent was even nice enough to find one of the replacement phones that had some battery charge in it, as I told him I was out and about for the day. A small thing, over all, but still a great way to start the day. I'm out my tunes for the rest of the trip, but that's a small thing next to having a working phone.
 
Good deal. I'm lost without my electronic leash these days.

But did you say that "Boston public transit is great"?

In truth, the transit system isn't the actual problem for me.....it's Boston itself.
It's layed out in such a random, chaotic fashion.
My older daughter lived there for three years and even after a couple of years, I could never reliabley find her house (this was pre-GPS).

She finally bought be a tee shirt with ~This~ on it. :jester:
 
aeronca65t said:
In truth, the transit system isn't the actual problem for me.....it's Boston itself.
It's layed out in such a random, chaotic fashion.
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Thats what happens when street/road layout is based on animal trails. Much of old Europe is like that as well. You'd have "fun" in Italian Hill Cities. Especially those that are Etruscan in origin (pre-Roman). Even Rome is bad. They may have developed the grid system layout of a city but they didn't always follow it themselves.
 
GregW said:
Was the T-shirt printed upside down, or did you have to take it off to read it? :blush:
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LOL. I did once ask a random stranger to tell me where I was by using the shirt to ID my location.


swift6 said:
Thats what happens when street/road layout is based on animal trails......
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Yeah, that's the Boston "cow pasture theory". After being there, I think it's true!
 
My sister offered me her car to get around, but I wasn't interested. I've driven in lots of cities, but have no desire to do so in Boston.

Boston's a great tourist town. With a train pass and my repaired iPhone I was able to cover quite a bit of ground. It helps not needing to be in a huge rush.
 
I went to Northeaster U. in Boston for four years, and still had trouble driving around. It is not an easy city to learn. When I was there, (mid '60s) the taxis driver's had some kind of directional code book they used to find places. I guess today, GPS could handle those duties.
 
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