Monday, January 18, 2010

My trusty installatie bedrijf came to move a geizer and install a groepenkast. Who would ever think that lifting floorboards in search of a water pipe would get someone sprayed by said water pipe? Yes, that happened because a different someone long ago nailed down the floorboards without thinking what was underneath. Water seeped and creeped down the ancient wiring to the light in the WC where some of it actually accumulated inside the lightbulb. (The installatie man brought the bulb back to his place of business as a souvenir). The fellow disconnected things to eliminate the fire hazard. But that's not all: a nail from the floorboards also pierced electrical wiring. And the project has only just begun...

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Ziggo. Need I say more? I've been without internet since January 8 because their gateway won't work. Ziggo steadfastly insists there is no problem but, if there is, it must be my problem. Well, thanks to unnamed friend who did something like spoof a new IP address for me causing Ziggo to automatically assign me a new gateway to the 'net, my problems were solved - the internet was back. Alas, after a power outage, Ziggo reassigned me to the malfunctioning gateway resulting in no more internet. We countered that again with a spoof IP, but with no confidence that the connection will last. With such a tenuous link to the 'net, I've been looking around for a new internet service provider. We'll see.

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