The Musings Of An Opinionated Sod [Help Me Grow!]

It’s amazing that everyone saw 2020 as a year of insanity, but frankly, 2021 has more than lived up to the same billing.

Sure, we now have a vaccine.

Sure, the World is opening up.

But people are still dying and – if you’re in NZ – you have experienced another long lockdown, which makes you feel like it’s still pandemonium out there.

Add in the fact we were living in England at this point last year and now we’re in New Zealand … in a new house, with new cars and a new job, and you’ll understand why in many ways, 2021 has been equally – if not more so – crazy for us.

Talking of crazy …

A few weeks ago, Jill’s iPhone woke us up.

However this time it wasn’t by the alarm.

But with the smell of burning.

Have a look at this …

Yep, it basically caught fire.

No idea how or why, but it did.

Fortunately we woke up before it could get worse.

But nothing says ‘broken’ like an Apple logo in red.

Amazingly it still works.

OK, so some of the buttons are hard to see – and press – but generally it’s good. Well, I say good, if you ignore the huge burn mark on the screen.

Weirdly, someone I know had their iPad do exactly the same thing the day before … the day after Apple announced their new iPhones and iPads to the World.

Now I don’t want to start any conspiracy theories, but an iPhone that explodes for no reason is a pretty good reason to buy a new one.

Which is exactly what we have done.

My god, Apple are devious bastards.

And I – or should I say Jill – are proof a strong brand can make you do idiotic things.