At long last the SDSL connection is working (again!)
BT had to install a whole new line – which went live about 30 mins ago.

Email/Internet + Remote VPN & interoffice connections!!

**HOORAY**

What a weight from my shoulders that is…

Sometimes it is impossible for small companies to provide an exceptional level of service when the big boys rule the roost.

Still it’s fixed now..

Simon

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Well, today we got a ‘reinstall’ date from BT – client #should# be working again by Wednesday.
(one probably shouldn’t hold one’s breath )
We’ll see…

Found out a friends father died last week
Funeral tomorrow.
Kinda odd really – He was one of those people you think will be around for ever.
I hope all your family and friends are ok – you have my best wishes…

Tor got back from holiday today too – back to some form of normality!
(at least the anecdotal abuse carries on )

Also got time to update the blog!
Oh, you realised that did you?
Sorry! :hehe:

Early night tonight
Simon

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I’m soooo glad it’s Saturday :satisfied:

Apologies for the lack of updates – MAD week! :crazy:

This week the BT issues STILL haven’t been fixed – my client’s broadband is STILL down
This means that they literally cannot work!

BT, in their wisdom, decided to withhold the real cause of the issue until Wednesday, meaning I/we wasted 3 days (including the bank holiday Monday) trying to diagnose a fault and await a fix.

Had BT told us they f##ked up, then we all could have made provisions and got on with something more productive.

As it turns out BT decided to ‘pull’ the SDSL connection because it had a fault – Strange since I know it was working for about 3 hours!
Now they cannot plug it back in ‘cos it takes 5 working days to reconnect!
WHAT ?!?!?!? 5 days to plug something in? :confused:
Meanwhile – the client cannot work.
Do BT give a s##t?
Don’t be silly – they get paid anyway…

Lets hope it gets fixed this week (could everybody out there pray for this??)

In better news, we still have one (slightly bigger) baby fishy! Hopefully it will get reunited with its parents in a couple of months…

Simon

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BT are rubbish!
Office move over the bank holiday with a new SDSL install (like ADSL but upload and download speed are the same) due to start and end on Friday.
None too hard methinks – WRONG

:) SDSL link made – working like a charm :)
:) Add a desk to the server room – requires ‘downing’ the SDSL router :)
No SDSL handshake from the BT routers
ISP – “your signal is lost in the BT notwork”
BT are ‘working’ on the exchange
Cant get anything done until Tuesday after the bank holiday!

BT ARE RUBBISH!!!

Everything else in the move works perfectly

*Sigh*

Simon

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Today was a quiet day.
My 3 ‘o’ clock cancelled

But my wonderful young girlie friend decided to desire fondue for lunch.
Out came the associated apperatus, duly setup on the table for maximum accessibility.
(Complete with a heatproof mat for safety)

Unfortunately the aforementioned apperatus was a little dated and i guess the term leaky would be an understatement in regard to the burner.

The burner decided that it wouldn’t light
I added a little more fuel…
And a little more…
And a little more just for luck…
Still nothing…

Flooded it (meths everywhere)…

Now it lights…
As does the handle of the burner, the base of the burner, and the sides, bottom and top of the burner.
Simon remakes a mini towering inferno at home.

The fondue is now getting warm…
Warmer…
Hot…
Boiling!!! Now what??
“Simply turn down the heat to keep the fondue simmering” – Recipe book :confused:
Eh?? Turn down the heat???
Tried turning the burners handle (now excruciatingly hot) to cover up some of the flaming air holes.
Now the sides are alight, as is the top…
Places cover onto burner to attempt to extinguish the burner.
Now burner AND cover are alight… :crazy:
Decides to remove source of heat to garden as risk of fire escalates. BUT the handle of the burner is too hot to hold – ponders – “Oven gloves?” – “In wash”
Kitchen roll (that well known non flammable paper cloth) – quickly Simon is holding a small but painful Olympic torch. Throws burning mass into garden (Its raining – GOOD!!)
Grabs a soaked kitchen towel – removes source of heat into garden – saves day

Burner continues to burn in garden (safely) for HOURS…

Not having fondue for a while again.

For those of you who do not know me, I am quite a hairy guy.
The house now smells of meths and burning hair. :laugh:

Simon (wishing for eyebrows…)

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