Mobile phone theft. Stuff I learned!

I've never had a mobile phone stolen before, but I did yesterday, and apparently this is what you are supposed to to. I thought you might find this useful if you don't know it already. I didn't know this stuff!

Call the provider (you will need to be able to remember your mobile number to get through, so make sure you remember it!). 118118 will tell you their number.
Report it stolen
Ask the provider to Block the sim cad
Ask the provider to Deactivate the handset.
Ask the provider to send you a new sim card. Usually about £10.
Ask the provider for your IMEI number, if you don't know it already.

Drop in to your nearest police station. Fill in a form including IMEI number.
Go to immobilise.com. and register your stolen goods.

When buying a replacement handset.
If buying on ebay. Ask the seller for the IMEI number. If they don' supply it, they are probably dodgy.
If they do supply it, (as far as I know) you will not be able to check the IMEI number yourself to see if it is stolen. The police can, but you can't.

Also you can look on ebay to see if your phone is for sale on it!

For future reference:
The police tell me that it might very well be useful to use the track-a-mobile web services, such as:
followus.co.uk.
locatemobiles.co.uk.
mobilelocate.co.uk.
world-tracker.com.
The accuracy of these services is between 50 and 500 meters. You can tell the police the location details, and this will help them find the stolen goods.

Oh yeah, and always back up your phone to your pc and that way you don't lose any data or numbers. Well that's ONE thing I got right!

What is the IMEI number?
To find your phones IMEI see under the battery or key in *#06# The number will be between 15 and 17 digits

Dang and blast!
Moral of the story: When running in busy streets in daylight hours with the ipod on full blast, be VERY conscious of your bum bag (or whatever place you keep your valuables) when you wait at lights at junctions and road crossings.
I'm so used to running before dawn that I just FORGOT that I am at VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY to other people when I pause at busy junctions during daylight hours.

Doh!
Ah well. You live and learn!
A new phone is gonna cost me 300 smacks! Ah well. I think this is what you would call a 'high class problem!''

Two Alaskan 'sacred space' sprays at the Homeopathic Hospital Pharmacy

They now sell these two sprays which I really like.
They are a handy way to 'transport yourself' into a 'better space' with very little effort! They will not have much of an effect if you have other very destructive life habits! But they can have a very pleasant improvement when your life is based on generous spirited principles and you would like a bit of a lift when something difficult has come along.

(No I do NOT have shares in these things!)

Calling All Angels.
(£12.50 or something for 150ml.) 
This one REALLY does connect you with a VERY NICE energy. I'm not an expert on Angels, but it DOES feel like angelic energy. Very SOFT. Beautiful actually.

Guardian (£12.50 or something for 150ml.) 
This one is protection. I feel 'safe' and 'contained' and 'not grubby' (like I have something 'grubby' stuck to me) when I use this one.

Royal London Homeopathic Hospital,
Great Ormond Street,
London WC1N 3HR
Pharmacy is open from 9 to 5. Monday to Friday.

Limitless digital music for your ipod!

Buy one of these, they're GREAT!! Its called the Bug too.
As you probably have figured out I have a weakness for both gadgets and music! I LOVE dance music but have a REALLY !! hard trying to find what track is what? It's ALWAYS beyond me! Too much effort. If I ever decide to become a DJ. (Never!) I will get round to figuring out what is what. Until then, this FABULOUS NEW INVENTION will have to do.
As you know, I'm always nagging you all to get down the gym!, and uplifting dance music is the BEST gym/running ally. You can record digital tracks onto a SD card. Load your SD card into your laptop, and hence onto your ipod!!! Instant gym fix!
Anyway this fabulous machine can record 30 !!! Hours of programming on a 2gig SD card. I think they sell tthese radios in john lewis on oxford street for 100 quid. You can pick up SD cards dirt cheap on ebay I think. I don't know about you, but for me music is priceless, so this is a very sensible investment.
I know it looks like KACK, (Blame Wayne Hemingway) but it has the best features.
If you really wanted something less naff looking, you can get a portable version called the PocketDAB 2000 but its 170 quid.
Finally, they have gotten round to making a decent digital radio with decent record features. Thank god! About flippin time!
I can heartily recommend (tedious sounding but rather impressive) Radio one Friday evening programming for great ! dance tracks. It all helps when you're down the gym! Plus you can set this thing to record stuff in advance meaning you never have to hang around to record stuff. Cool!

By the way check out the bug's links page. It's quite cool!
The subservient chicken is quite amusing!