Shopgirl's Scoop

SCOOP:
Pronunciation: 'skūp
Function: noun
1. a usually hemispherical utensil for dipping food
2. information especially of immediate interest

Oct 12, 2006

Thursday Thirteen.....


.....things I do while my i-net is down.

  1. whine.
  2. phone the cable company.
  3. drink.coffee.water.beer.water.starbucks creme liquor.water. Lack of i-net drives me to drink.
  4. peruse the growing stack of catalogs that have been delivered to make Holiday shopping so much easier.
  5. play spider solitaire. two decks. w/o i-net its all I have patience for.
  6. reload my homepage.
  7. feel thankful that I didn't bit the bullet and have cable phone service. (as that would be out as well)
  8. check the modem lights hoping to see them ALL green. Green means go, yanno!
  9. whine.again.
  10. plan blog posts for when i-net is back up.
  11. re-reload my homepage.
  12. contemplate my apparent i-net usage dependance. What? Its my window to the world. heh heh!
  13. check modem lights again. Its been a few minutes, maybe there is a change.

~ how's your i-net treating you today?
* I may or may not be online. Its all gonna depend on the mercy of my i-net connection. See ya when I see ya.*

scooped by shopgirl @ 09:24  

2 Comments:

  • At 19:50, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    oy! problems like you wouldn't believe
    1 two competing anvi virus software competing and causing sloooooow downs! drum the fingers over & over & over til the pages load

    2, watch tv
    3 knit a sweater
    4 knit the matching mittens
    5 go make a four course dinner for guests
    6 go check the monitor and see if anything is going on
    7 play computer mah jong til yr eyes cross
    8 turn coputer off and on about 10 times and see if it makes a difference
    9 plan next four course meal
    10 get groceris and see if hard drive light is flickering
    11 drum fingers again but this time against the coffee cup
    12. whining is goog
    13 call the ISP help desk just to talk to the young man ( they are ALWAYS young men) and see if he has any advise... all the way from India!
    aka... you know who..

     

  • At 19:51, Blogger shopgirl said…

    Good list. Seems we do stay busy when the i-net/computer is down. Keep your fingers crossed about mine. Its been a go for a while now, but it did the same thing yesterday and then it just crapped out on me and didn't come back up until this morning.

    *sigh*

     

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