tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post6896424201772955218..comments2024-01-28T08:54:32.914-06:00Comments on That's interesting...: I'm backBill Garthrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-75693634088374880982013-01-30T09:48:00.490-06:002013-01-30T09:48:00.490-06:00My electric service is overhead from the pole, but...My electric service is overhead from the pole, but it's underground <i>to</i> the pole, and right in the same part of the alley. Luckily (for them and for me), they were careful to avoid that.<br /><br />And they worked late yesterday afternoon, so now I have a path out of the garage,... sort of. I'd have to back out, all the way to the other end of the city block, on an unimproved alley (my end, at least, is rocked).<br /><br />Under ordinary circumstances, that would be doable. After six inches of snow,... I'm not sure I'd want to try it, not unless I really needed to get somewhere.<br /><br />If we get any snow at all, I usually shovel my driveway and the alley, too, to the street. But I don't think I'm quite up to shoveling <i>that</i> much. (And there won't be any traffic down the alley, not with my end blocked.)<br /><br />But, honestly, I haven't even been out to shovel the walks yet, so I really don't know. And I'm sure they'll want to finish up here as soon as the weather permits. Meanwhile, I can still play computer games. :)<br />Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-9155910566898272272013-01-30T09:32:32.026-06:002013-01-30T09:32:32.026-06:00I wasn't too happy, John, especially after the...I wasn't too happy, John, especially after they lied to my face afterwards. But you've got exactly <i>zero</i> leverage in a situation like that.<br /><br />Luckily, I didn't need to leave, and there wasn't anything time-critical I needed to do online, either (taxes, investments, etc.). It's hard to get too upset over the principle of the thing, not without being a complete jerk about it.<br />Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-65054728835479173632013-01-30T06:41:56.300-06:002013-01-30T06:41:56.300-06:00Hope you can get your truck out soon - you wouldn&...Hope you can get your truck out soon - you wouldn't want to walk anywhere this morning!<br /><br />It's a good thing it was just the phone line they cut - could have been a buried electrical cable or natural gas line. It's frustrating when they're that irresponsible - it's just a good thing no one was injured.Gregg Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01024020470731804949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-90404762398532364522013-01-29T23:20:52.546-06:002013-01-29T23:20:52.546-06:00I would have given them a piece of my mind. That&#...I would have given them a piece of my mind. That's for sure. Probably wouldn't have helped the situation though. Keeping your cool will probably help in the long run because they won't deliberately inconvenience you like they might if you'd insulted them.Chimeradavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14373236451090168388noreply@blogger.com