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You can rely on Billy!
Sep 1, 2004

Ahhh... Micro$haft.. Yes, you can always rely on Micro$**t!

Guess who suffered a total mental breakdown and thought it might be a good idea to install Service Pack 2 for Windows XP?

But I'm back! Yes, after nearly 24 hours of frustration I've finally managed to get this machine back to where it was last night. Someone once said that whatever doesn't kill us can only make us stronger, (or something like that), if anyone could direct me towards him I've a trick involving a size 12 tackity boot and his nether regions that I'd like to demonstrate .

(1 reply, Latest reply: Sep 2, 2004)

I'm Back!!!!!
Jun 10, 2004

So it's Friday night (27th May), and the phone line goes down - zilch, nada, all!

Onto BT on the mobile - and yes, there's a fault, and the engineers will fix it as soon as possible... Fair enough, these things happen .

Sunday, still no phone, but the broadband is back - though the connection breaks after about 15mins and I have to redial... Still, it shows something is being done .

Monday, (30th May) phone is back ! But the broadband is gone !

From then I've been dealing with the usual round of \%$#*! brain-dead idiots on the BT fault line answering callcentre who insist that since their line test says that there's nothing wrong, then the script that they're following means that it MUST be something wrong with the set-up at my end of the line <bangingheadagainstbrickwallsmiley>.

Thursday, (June 10) BT engineer finally arrives at door to check line at this end . Of course, no-one told him that the problem started with a genuine fault on the phone line or that I might even have an idea of what I'm talking about . A quick check on the line into the house and he's off to the exchange - an hour later and here I am... Back Online!!

Next installment will probably be when the bill comes in and they try to charge for the time I've been been offline - that should be lots of laughs!

(2 replies, Latest reply: Jun 11, 2004)

I'm One!
Apr 15, 2004

It's my Hootoo Birthday !

A year of broadband (all I have to worry about is how to pay the bill), and a year since Wildman first registered here .

(4 replies, Latest reply: Apr 19, 2004)

Old and Decrepit?
Oct 11, 2003

My niece had a baby this morning, Thomas Alexander.

I'm a Great Uncle!!!

When did I get old? (Driving tonight, so I can't even wet the baby's head.)

(2 replies, Latest reply: Oct 15, 2003)

120 Days
Aug 12, 2003

Editor's Selection today!

This made me sit back and do a little reflecting .

I've been registered here for 120 days now ...
Become a Sub-editor - Good fun and worthwhile .
Written 5 Edited Entries, 1 University Entry, and 4 'In Progress' .
Contributed to 3 Collaborative Entries .
Joined way too many Clubs and Societies .
Racked up 250 results and 50,000 points with the H2G2 team on http://www.grid.org/projects/cancer/ .
Got deeply involved with H2G2 Researcher Team @ Distributed Proofreading A981065 .

And had a h**l of a good time!!

THANKS HOOTOO

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