Fun situation: a crash-bang-thumper of a thunderstorm blew through our neighborhood the other night. No animate casualties, gratifyingly. But among the inanimate ones:
- The Missus’s computer.
- our network router
- the base station of our cordless phone set
- our phone service, briefly, and
- either our DSL modem…
- or my computer’s network card…
- or both.
Not a happy Internet user here.
I”m hoping it will take only a day for me to get back online. (The Missus: not that lucky.) Until then, I’ll be checking my favorite haunts via Blackberry. And maybe even posting that way (as in the present instance).
whaddayamean says
oh nooooooooooooooooooooo.
DISASTER!
marta says
Condolences to the Missus. Good luck to you.
Nance says
I thought I’d stop by and see if you were dead or something!
Close? Not so bad? How is it, really?
DarcKnyt says
Good luck getting the smoke back into all your gadgetry, John! It’s hard to go back to pre-‘Net days. :)
Sherri says
Oh, crap! Condolences.
John says
Update: Thanks, all, for the condolences and good wishes!
The current status is largely unchanged. During the day, when time allows, I can still access the Interwebs from work. As for home:
I’m beginning to think tomorrow’s whiskey river Fridays post may be very short. :)