Speed-Dial

Last night (Friday, June 19, 2009) I decided to perform a small amount of technical wizardry on my cellphone.
Namely, assigning speed-dial numbers to various of my slowly growing list of contacts.
Two steps were required: -a) making my cellphone speed-dial functional (this is called “one-touch dialing”); and -b) actually assigning speed-dial numbers.
As always, the old stroke jones is at play, which in my case is to get easily frustrated when some hairball surfaces — hairball being some unknown or unknowable.
Unholster manual.
Yada-yada-yada. Overwritten instructions detail how to engage one-touch dialing. I glance at it, and see a menu-path described.
Toss manual aside, grab cellphone, and try menu-path.
The old waazoo; “Get outta here with that manual.”
Once I know the menu-path, I can figure the sucker out myself.
One-touch dialing is already engaged.
Next, assign speed-dials.
Another menu-path from manual; manual again tossed aside.
“This speed-dial number unassigned; do you wish to assign it?”
“Yes.”
“Select number from contact list.”
“The mighty Mezz.”
“Do you want to assign speed-dial number 7 to the mighty Mezz?”
“Yes.”
Okay, try it. Hold down 7.
“Welcome to Messenger-Post Media..... blah-blah-blah.”
Works.
Triumph of stroke-survivor over technology.
Right after my stroke, I couldn’t even reset my digital watch back to standard time.
But all that came back, or I guess I made it come back.
I was persistant; the drill was “I used to be able to do this.”

I had a stroke October 26, 1993.

The “mighty Mezz” is the Canandaigua Daily-Messenger newspaper, from where I retired over three years ago. Best job I ever had.

RE: “Messenger-Post Media......” —The Canandaigua Daily-Messenger newspaper bought the local “Post” suburban weeklies when their publisher retired.