back online after a week without a landline, no phone, no internet. transformer across the road blew up that caused the car parked next to it to blow up. burned for an hour and a half with nasty black smoke that was so thick ya couldnt see thru it. the fire was so intense we didnt realize there was a car there til the fire started to burn down. the telephone pole next to it wasnt stable enough for the phone repairmen to climb up and fix the wiring til today. its like living in a third world country when things like this take so long to fix. none of the 12 houses affected are very amused. grrrr. now to see how much free service they'll pass on to us for the lack of service. the promise is if they cant fix the prob in 48 hrs or less they'll give one month free service. lets see, 48hrs = 2 days, the phone was out for 7 days. i make that 3 months free service. the new neighbour runs his online business, giving him a lot of bother. i reckon they owe him more than me anyhow. for me its just my contact to the outside world. i hope someone finds something on this site that is of use to them. heading back to read thru some of the multitude of goodies on there. j.
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this has soooo many 'make your own' projects and things you can make yourself i'm still working thru the menu there. worth a look if you're into making various things yourself, other than quilts, of course.