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My phone's been playing Chipsmore cookie with me recently.

'My M****' was assuringly and deceivingly displayed on screen.

So it wasn't until half past last midnight, when 3 text messages came in one after another, that I realized that I had been incommunicado for a bit more than 24 hours!

This is because one of the messages received was actually a reply to a text I sent around 10.30 the evening before.

While another was the line provider letting me know that I missed a call at around 8.00pm when in fact I received absolutely no calls all day long.

I'm not sure if it's the line or the equipment because both have recently showed signs of problem.

If it's the line, then tough luck for me. Because I have been using this same number since I got my first mobile phone back in the year 2000 and I have gotten very attached to it.

If it's the equipment though, should I be threatening it with the impending purchase of a new one? Hmm...