[LazyScot]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

thanks patricia. maybe if we both keep our fingers crossed for each other we'll multiply the good luck effect.

Here's hoping for a nice strong positive feedback loop.

Originally Posted by YGG-

I'm trying to recover after a) one day of painting the kitchen & b) another unsuccessful attempt at installing Internet at home

Did the internet come from Ikea?

Originally Posted by tirsales

Try "the weather is much to fine to work inside" - always worked for me

Unfortunately, if what you are procrastinating about is digging c. 20 m^2 in preparation for sowing lawn seed, this particular excuse can backfire a little...

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i can. i've had troubles with it on a couple of occasions, most memorably when i first switched to broadband, and either the isp or the teleco (whichever one you talked to claimed it was the other) apparently mistakenly gave "my" cable to someone else. it took them MONTHS to work it out. i nearly went mad.

Nearly?

Originally Posted by krisk

huh? moving *confused* I just moved...

May I suggest a ZCD at this point? It may not cure the confusion, but it should, how shall I put it, help reality be redefined such that confusion is a state of enlightenment.