(1 PM – promoted by TheMomCat)
Of the houses in my neighborhood the one which was perhaps the worst hit was flanked by 2 large Oaks. They lost several limbs and detached some of the wires, though not evidently the electrical connection because when power was restored you could see smoke from their chimney and furnaces to not work at all without power.
Since it is unoccupied at the moment and not affecting service to the other homes it was understandably low on the priority list.
So yesterday the contractors for the Electric Company came and started clearing the debris, a job they were not particularly fussy about and in addition to the branches on the ground did some pruning with the Cherry Picker.
When I say not particularly fussy I mean that they sent several large chunks of wood bouncing off my utility lines and even when this was mentioned to them politely seemed rather indifferent to the potential consequences.
These did not manifest instantly, but soon enough I lost my dial tone and shortly after that my DSL. I can’t say the phone company is unsympathetic to my plight since I’ve been unable to find a single human on their help line, just several robots telling me my problem has been noted and they get to it as soon as they can.
Monday, 8 pm at the latest.
And while I have hopes it might be fixed before that, it is also a holiday weekend. Occasionally the DSL and Internet lights on my modem turn green and during those spells I’m trying to be as productive as I can manage under the circumstances, but it’s not very.
TheMomCat will attempt to keep the plates spinning, but it would be a great help if she didn’t have to do that and provide content too. I’m hoping you’ll find ways to make your own fun.
As for Formula One, I’ll try and remember to amuse you with Max Mosley’s judgement against Rupert and Nigel and News of the World when my connection gets stabilized.
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