Lately things have been strange in the Howard house-hold. Or phone went dead on Monday. After contacting AT&T we were told that indeed there was a problem with our line, which I had already figured out doe to the fact that when I picked up the phone to make a call there was no dial tone. The first person we talked to told us to "unplug the phone for five minutes and plug it back in." We scratched our head and did as he suggested but alas, that brilliant technical advice did not work. The next person we talked to said that indeed there was a problem with the line and they would send someone out on Tuesday between 4 and 8 p.m. Well 4-8 p.m. came and went and our phone was still dead so I called back on Wednesday and was told "Yeah, we have you scheduled for Thursday between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. I asked what happened to Tuesday between 4 and 8 p.m. but the lady didn't seem to have any record of that appointment. Whatever.
Well just to make life a little more primative when my wife was taking a Valentine's Day bath she went to turn off the water and the hot water would not turn off! The washer in the faucet had completely deteriorated. So I got to spend a few hours on Wednesday night hacking through our shower enclosure and twisting off the faucet stem, then going to the Home Depot to match up the parts. So at some point on Wednesday we had not phone and no indoor plumbing. Well we got the shower fixed with the help of a little duct tape and plastic but in the process of turning off the hot water I managed to turn off the pilot light to the water heater. No hot water when I woke up on Thursday to go to work. So at 6:30 a.m. I am naked on the floor in the laundry room with a long match lighting the pilot light. Neat.
Well now the hot water is fixed and the guy from AT&T came out on Thursday afternoon. The problem was at the telephone pole across the street and he scaled it nimbly and strung a new line - everything is fine now. I kind of liked it with no phone though.
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