On Saturday 08 May 2004 02:23 am, cr wrote: > For me, the clincher was when the phone company tech came to check, went > out to the junction box in the street, disconnected the line from the > exchange - crackle stopped - and reconnected it - crackle restarted. And > then the tech told me it must be something in _my_ equipment. I suppose > that's the official line. :(
Whee. Well, I can sympathize. > > I make the house payments, so anybody else living here can get over it. > > :) > You are obviously not married <g> Am so! :) Happily even. She knew I was a geek when she married me, and it was never an issue. I guess I had pretty much been keeping the phone tied up for hours at a time since '93 or so. Now that it rings, we don't know what to do with it. > > Indeed. For me it was a question of time. 36 hours is a long time, but > > still faster than waiting several days for CDs to arrive in the mail. > > Cheaper too, for me. > Two different sorts of time. Your method gets you updated sooner. Mine > takes longer but uses very little of my time while waiting. (And I do > shop around to get CD's at the best price). Well, my method wasn't really using any of my time either. It's not like I sat there and watched the thing count ever so slowly. :) But you have metered service, so there's little question that CDs must really be the only practical option for you. That makes further beating of that dead horse pretty pointless, I suppose. The main thing is that you've found a way to do what you want, and you have the good sense to be running Debian. :) -- Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
