Curious...

[JKY88]

So I lost my phone two Saturdays ago (Oct 24th). I suspect it dropped out of my pocket while I was visiting my grandparents' gravesites.

Tuesday morning (two days ago), my dad tells me that a lady may have found my phone. She called him Monday night and the conversation went something like this:
My Dad: Hello?
Lady: Hi, is this dad?
md: ....excuse me?
l: Is this dad?
md: This is A dad
l: Oh sorry. I found a phone, looked in the phone book and thought it would be best to call "Dad"

Also, the lady left a message on the machine at my office Monday night asking for "Joseph Liu" and saying that she found my phone. I guess she also found "Work" in my phone book as well.

Anyway, my dad makes a plan to pickup the phone Tuesday after work. The lady lives near the cemetary so I guess I did drop it in that area. I run out at lunch Tuesday to buy a container of strawberries plus write her a thank you note and give it to my dad to give to the lady.

I get my phone back yesterday (Wednesday). I turn it on, and there is one bar of battery left.

I am grateful for that lady, and for getting my phone back. But I am also majorly confused, because:
1. Why is there one battery bar left? My phone runs out of battery in a week under normal usage. If the lady found it on Monday, Nov 2nd, that would be 9 days from when I lost it. And the battery wasn't full when I dropped it.
2. Why is the phone still working? Yes, it was in a case but said case isn't water-proof. Remember, it was pouring rain the weekend of 24-25th (Tyson's birthday) I remember thinking even if I found my phone, it would have been waterlogged by now. For sure I didn't spend any time in the covered areas at the cemetary (I don't even remember there being any covered areas there)
3. When the lady left a message at my office, she asked for "Joseph Liu". How did she know my name? I'm forgetful, but I'm pretty sure I didn't put my own number under my own name in my phone book (I checked)

Curiouser and curiouser...

[geForce]

That's awesome! Good to hear you got your phone back.

My guess for some of the confusing things you listed below:

Maybe she used the cell phone to call her own phone to check the caller ID and saw your name. If not, she could have called Telus to find out.. or someone called your phone and she picked up and asked who they're looking for.

With the battery thing, maybe she turned it off for a while when she had it in her possession. Or it could've turned itself off when it dropped onto the ground.

And with the waterlog thing, maybe the lady picked it up right away after you dropped it but didn't do anything about it until Tuesday.

Just some theories.. I hope it's enough to help you sleep at night! haha

[jeSteR]

So did you actually have to spend a lot of money on that new unlocked phone? That's too bad if you did, but at least now you have a spare, like my wife who has 3 spares.

[Duncan]

Depending on the phone you have, sometimes it registers your name and number into it during initial set up.. although I'm not sure which phone you have so I don't know if that's true.

Also, if she's super nice, she could've charged your phone for you if she had a similar make at home?

Either way, i'd be thankful to find my lost phone... I think in this day and age, I'm ashamed to say that I'd feel naked w/o one haha...

[se7entse7en]

Maybe check the call-history (incoming/outgoing) when you get it back.

[JKY88]

I checked the call history, she called Anthony (first name on my list), then my mom, then my dad. No other calls were made so that rules out the call display theory. If she got my name from someone she called, then why would she still call my office?

Phone is a LG chocolate.

I actually only didn't have a phone for half a day, I got a replacement Sunday afternoon. But I kind of like not having a phone, its very freeing. Also, Telus will let me return the spare phone! (Minus $20 activation credit but that's OK)

I remember when I could dial people from memory by remembering where on the phone's push-button pad their numbers were. However, it made for very strange wrong numbers.

[jeSteR]

That's why I always chose my phone numbers to be easy for people to remember..

604-783-JCHU

Inhee's was still the best

604-VIC-TORY

[geForce]

Or Nathan's backwards 187-THUG, which is 604-781-THUG with 187 being the police code for murder.

[tiger]

I've always like 724-JOEL. Let's us know when he's available for poker too.

[nature boy]

backwards 187-thug is the best. it follows a theme, the theme that i'm a pastor.

anyway, i bet she called your mom and your mom was like, "helllllooooo joey!" and she was like, "does this phone belong to joey?" and your mom would be like, "no to joe liu!" and then the lady just hangs up, mission accomplished.

[jeSteR]

[nature boy]

i have a feeling 781 has its own meaning. and i think 187 only applies to california (i think).

anyway, it was a joke. not many pastors consider themselves thugs. just me. lol.

[[JT]]

THE ONLY THING I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS... IS SHE HOT?

[nature boy]

yeah so it turns out 781 doesn't mean anything.

and 187 is primarily in california. i just got it from snoop's "187 'um" song.

[Duncan]