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| The jack was corroded. That's it. $#^%!! |
| 04.21.06 (5:37 am) [edit] |
Okay, I think I've FINALLY got the DSL problem fixed. Will there ever be an end to our computer problems? Seems it's all I'm talking about lately. Anyway. I had been disconnected since Monday or Tuesday and we finally got a BellSouth technician out here yesterday (Thursday). He ran a load of tests at the phone box, then ran some tests inside and finally got to the base of the problem: a faulty phone jack. It was so old and corroded, no wonder we've been having such problems! ALL of this time... it was the goshdanged JACK. Why didn't we ever think of that?! He assured us that the modem was fine, the outside line was fine, and that the 50-foot line from the wall jack to the modem wasn't the problem. He installed a nice new wall jack and changed some filters outside, and now it's working perfectly (but I'm crossing my fingers!). At least I've gotten to be welcomed back at least 20 times in the past three months. Feeling welcomed is always fun.I don't think it's hindering the connection or phones at all, but some of the lines running from our house to the telephone pole are a bit torn away and exposed. They've been that way since Hurricane Wilma, and while they're still connected, they shouldn't be like that and have to be fixed as soon as possible. But we have to call BellSouth again for that (and wait for hours on those stupid, automated menus) - the guy who came here yesterday worked in a seperate department and has nothing to do with phone lines. Hopefully after that's done, it'll be the end of fixing and repairing and technical problems for a long time... and no more lizards in the house!! Not that one has to do with the other... Incidentally, my cheap HP speakers were shipped here lightning fast and work great; I was getting tired of those little headphones. They smell a bit like smoke, but only if you get real close to them. Now that all of that's covered, I'd like to take a moment to tell you about our new toilet seat. Actually, it's not exactly new, we've had it for two or three months, but I still haven't told everybody about it. It's just so cool, so I HAVE tell all about it at some time or another. So here goes: a few months ago, our old toilet seat cracked. Ya ever have that happen? You've gotta wrap tape around the crack until you get a new one, because if you sit on the crack, it'll somehow get hold of the skin on your thigh or butt and pinch you to heck and gone. Seriously, it hurts. You're sitting there innocently taking a crap, then *PINCH*, "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHWWW!!! !!", "What's wrong?!???", "THE TOILET PINCHED ME!" So there we were, with a pinching, cracked toilet seat and medical tape wrapped around the crack. That's classy, right there. A few days later, I wake up in the early afternoon, go to the bathroom, and see......... the most interesting toilet seat I've ever seen in my life. Paddy must've gone to Home Depot or Lowe's before I'd woken up and bought a new seat. It's made of translucent, bright blue resin, with all sizes of bubbles in it. "With Chrome Hinges!!!" It was such a change, after years upon years of plain white seats, I walk in to see... that. I started laughing, of course. It figures he'd go and get something crazy! It's a bit smaller and more round of a shape than we usually had, so it took me a while to get used to the feel of it... But, I like it now. Our friend Charlie was over last month and had to go to the bathroom - he walks in and shuts the door, opens the door and comes right back out, "...New toilet seat?", "Heh. Yeah.", "Heh." then he goes back in, shuts the door, and that was that. He was here again a couple weeks ago, and we suddenly hear this voice coming out from the bathroom, "Is this seat skid resistant??" Here's a picture of it, for your viewing pleasure! (I didn't take this photo - I found the same toilet seat on eBay and nabbed the picture from there... but it's the same exact thing).  Oh and here's something I'm really happy about - I finally found a font that A.E. and I have been searching for for months. Maybe even years? Reguardless, it's been a really, really long time. It's a commercial (AKA: not free) font called "Rosewood"; it has kind of an old-time Western or circus style. I see it all the time on advertisements, and even in resturaunt menus, but we could never find it (for free) online. Not even a ripoff of it (where somebody uploads the same font as freeware but under a different title). I was determined to find it tonight (make that "last night" since it's now 5am), and after a few hours, I actually found it under two aliases! "GoldRush" and "CoffeeTin", but I won't post the links to where I found them so as to protect the guilty.... in case the real font owners find my blog in a search and sue the people who run the sites they're on for copyright infringement or something. I can't help but think like that! Actually, I will post the link to "CoffeeTin", simply because if you compare it with the original "Rosewood", there are subtle differences in the design of the font so you can't say it's an illegal copy. It's the sixth one down on that page. Remember that neon guitar lamp I mentioned a few posts back that I was hoping to win? I won it (weeks ago, it's had a nice spot above the computer for a while now). It's so awesome, lights up the whole room at night, which is great when I'm up late on the computer and Paddy's asleep. I took a crappy picture of it - it's bright pink, blue, and magenta. See the little figurine standing just beneath the guitar's neck? That's Barbossa. To the right of him is my little pirate ship, and to the left of the guitar is a pirate skull with pinwheels sticking out of it (don't ask). There's some more pinwheels to the far right (one of which Tree sent me), on the FAR left, past the skull, are a bunch of bullets and cartridges. Oh and behind the guitar is my Ireland tea cloth. Annnnnd I just described only two square feet... I'm gone.  |
posted by: aesav23 (reply)
post date: 04.21.06 (4:48 am)
Every square inch of your roomS is a fire hazard. :o) And, huzzah for the font...FINA-FREAKIN'-LY!!
BYE
~ae
posted by: dangerkitty (reply)
post date: 04.21.06 (5:48 am)
"That's classy right there." Seriously, I am jealous of the new toilet seat and lamp. Does that toilet seat come in just transparent, no colour (so it just looks like cream soda)?
posted by: dangerkitty (reply)
post date: 04.21.06 (6:22 am)
P.S. Your toilet seat retails for $60!!
posted by: drcrotch (reply)
post date: 04.21.06 (9:33 am)
Reply to: aesav23
LOL...don't worry, I'm careful about cords and carefully place every single plug. Believe it or not, the neon light doesn't get hot at ALL. I worry about the lava lamps more. Really, you can touch it after it's been on for HOURS and it hardly has any warmth to it! And YAY about Rosewood >I MEAN< Goldrush.
BYE
posted by: drcrotch (reply)
post date: 04.21.06 (9:41 am)
Reply to: dangerkitty
Got the guitar on eBay for about $20. And, while I was looking for the photo of our blue one, I DID find a clear one!! It's about $55 though :o( I have no idea how much Paddy paid for ours. Tblog isn't letting me post the link, so I'll mail it to you.
posted by: Abby (reply)
post date: 04.22.06 (5:12 am)
Is the toilet seat squishy? Like gel?
I LOVE the guitar! You need t blog about your room, and get pics (with good lighting) so we can see what your room looks like. That would be INTERESTING, I'm sure.
posted by: dustyjumpwings (reply)
post date: 04.22.06 (7:48 pm)
Reply to: Abby
No, it's made of resin, which feels like hard plastic.
LOL, you mean BOTH rooms! I've fully custumized the computer room as well as my own... I would if I can hopefully get my scanner working and take some pics with the regular camera - the cell phone and little digital crappy camera wouldn't show details at all.
