My phone is dying a slow painful death.

My youngest and I have the oldest smartphones and they are both starting to die.

My youngest son is having cellular issues, which is another way of saying he is dropping phone calls or having problems connecting to the network.

Mine is having operating system problems which is another way of saying the hardware is starting to fail and the operating system is crapping out.

I guess that means we need to replace our phones. In order to keep the costs to a minimum, we'll replace one phone at a time. Since I'm the dad, I'll replace his phone first. I don't like the idea of him not being able to make a phone call.

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• Only in Florida.



• Time to visit the Unhappy Hipsters.



• Key entry from our favorite Police Blotter: "6:53 a.m. An Olney woman reported her handgun and bible as stolen."