Just a few minutes more....
Sep. 15th, 2009 08:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
slowfoxOverslept by 40 minutes today... kinda. I heard the alarm, and was sort of awake, but just lay in bed for... y'know, 5 minutes. When I checked the (super-accurate-to-1-millisecond-every-six-ice-ages-radio-synchronised-atomic) alarm clock '5 minutes later', however, it was 6.25. Gah.
Nonetheless, I still shaved, showered, walked Mali, got to work at the usual hour and all that. Still feel tired, though. Blech.
The washing machine at Castle Fox has gone on strike. I think the problem will be that the filter needs clearing out. Unfortunately, the Book of Words for the device insists that it possesses a 'self-cleaning' filter unfettered by the need for human interference (yes, my washing machine has its own Prime Directive), so this may be a job beyond my abilities (is there no beginning to my talents?). In the interim, I'll need to re-acquaint myself with the joys of the laundromat. Fortunately,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
brundle lent me Reefer Madness by Eric Schlosser the other day, so at least I'll be able to make a start on that...
aome was asking whether Castle Fox was back on the net. The answer is yes. And no. And all points in between. It's mostly back, I think*, but is somewhat tempremental, and even when the connection is up, the router's reporting the line speed as 460kbps, which is just a little shy of the purported 'Up to 12Mbps' that the account's quoted at. Hull is a monopoly for ISPs, so room for manouevre is limited, but yes, I really ought to mention it to someone at KC. That and the static filled line.
* Verily: give me certainty or give me something else
Nonetheless, I still shaved, showered, walked Mali, got to work at the usual hour and all that. Still feel tired, though. Blech.
The washing machine at Castle Fox has gone on strike. I think the problem will be that the filter needs clearing out. Unfortunately, the Book of Words for the device insists that it possesses a 'self-cleaning' filter unfettered by the need for human interference (yes, my washing machine has its own Prime Directive), so this may be a job beyond my abilities (is there no beginning to my talents?). In the interim, I'll need to re-acquaint myself with the joys of the laundromat. Fortunately,
brundle lent me Reefer Madness by Eric Schlosser the other day, so at least I'll be able to make a start on that...aome was asking whether Castle Fox was back on the net. The answer is yes. And no. And all points in between. It's mostly back, I think*, but is somewhat tempremental, and even when the connection is up, the router's reporting the line speed as 460kbps, which is just a little shy of the purported 'Up to 12Mbps' that the account's quoted at. Hull is a monopoly for ISPs, so room for manouevre is limited, but yes, I really ought to mention it to someone at KC. That and the static filled line.* Verily: give me certainty or give me something else
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Date: 2009-09-15 02:55 pm (UTC)Your description of the washing machine cracked me up. :D What makes you think the filter is to blame? I hope it - and the Internet - manage to behave themselves soon.
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Date: 2009-09-15 03:03 pm (UTC)I suspect it's the filter because I know that cat hairs used to clog it up in lives previous, and Mali's coat does tend to shed somewhat. Thus I'm guessing that somewhere deep within the machine is a no doubt soggy and matted ball of fluff that's blocking the filter, and causing the water to find alternative routes of egress.