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I have personally been the victim of a much-inferior mobile phone as a loaner. I owned a Nokia phone (probably a [[:wikipedia:List of Nokia products|Nokia 239]]) that was on the United States AMPS analog network around 1997, and broke the LCD display. I brought it in for service, and while they worked on it, they issued me a [[:wikipedia:MicroTAC|Motorola MicroTAC]] type phone, which was only slightly better than the original "brick phone" design. Due to delays in repair and distance from the shop itself, I probably used the loaner phone for longer than the phone which I had nominally purchased. [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 06:10, 10 January 2026 (UTC) | I have personally been the victim of a much-inferior mobile phone as a loaner. I owned a Nokia phone (probably a [[:wikipedia:List of Nokia products|Nokia 239]]) that was on the United States AMPS analog network around 1997, and broke the LCD display. I brought it in for service, and while they worked on it, they issued me a [[:wikipedia:MicroTAC|Motorola MicroTAC]] type phone, which was only slightly better than the original "brick phone" design. Due to delays in repair and distance from the shop itself, I probably used the loaner phone for longer than the phone which I had nominally purchased. [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 06:10, 10 January 2026 (UTC) | ||
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| + | Not necessarily "inferior", but the last time I had a car in the shop I got a car very different from what I'm used to. I normally drive a sedan (Camrys and Accords for several decades), but the loaner was an SUV, which took some getting used to. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 15:21, 10 January 2026 (UTC) | ||
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I wonder if “Planetary Alignment” refers to the astrological notion of “the planets are in alignment…”? | I wonder if “Planetary Alignment” refers to the astrological notion of “the planets are in alignment…”? | ||
| + | :It's not just astrological, astronomers also call a group of planets close together in the sky an alignment, although the more technical term is syzygy. That's what I expected the comic to be a pun on. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 15:21, 10 January 2026 (UTC) | ||
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Remember to buckle your seatbelts! King Pando (talk) 05:20, 10 January 2026 (UTC)
Inferior loaner items
I have personally been the victim of a much-inferior mobile phone as a loaner. I owned a Nokia phone (probably a Nokia 239) that was on the United States AMPS analog network around 1997, and broke the LCD display. I brought it in for service, and while they worked on it, they issued me a Motorola MicroTAC type phone, which was only slightly better than the original "brick phone" design. Due to delays in repair and distance from the shop itself, I probably used the loaner phone for longer than the phone which I had nominally purchased. Elizium23 (talk) 06:10, 10 January 2026 (UTC)
Not necessarily "inferior", but the last time I had a car in the shop I got a car very different from what I'm used to. I normally drive a sedan (Camrys and Accords for several decades), but the loaner was an SUV, which took some getting used to. Barmar (talk) 15:21, 10 January 2026 (UTC)
Relevant XKCD
Seems related to 3059, same clipboard and everything. 64.114.211.116 08:46, 10 January 2026 (UTC)
Also related to 3037. These three comics seem to form an arc.
I wonder if “Planetary Alignment” refers to the astrological notion of “the planets are in alignment…”?
