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Ugh.. August 10... Summer? The days are certainly getting shorter, so it's just about dark at 8:30, but the temp is already down to 56! That would be a nice over-night low when the daytime high is 80, but that isn't the case these days. It's been cool and wet. And I still have outside painting to do this summer.
The garden isn't going to produce much, except for butternut squash. There's only one beefstake tomato plant surviving, and a few cherry tomato plants, but they have very few buds. The squash, on the other hand are going nuts, and there are a few cukes, including one that I harvested but haven't eaten yet. I hope I can find a recipe for squash that I like. Donna is doing Atkins, so I'll be eating the squash alone.
The BS with the internet phone provider is finally over. I called them on Monday, and they gave me the same old story. "We can't contact the person who has the device registered to her account; take it back to Wal-mart...blah blah, blah." I told the guy that none of that was going to happen. When a tree fell on the phone line at the Delhi house, the phone company was here within an hour on a Friday afternoon to fix it. I told the guy that I wasn't about to spend any more time or gas taking the grand tour of the local stores to try and fix my own phone line. I told him that it would be more cost effective to cancel the Vonage account and use our cells.
Next thing I know, there's an Indian princess, or whatever the hell she was on the line who had "the power" to help me. She decided to send us a new (refurbished) router. And I shouldn't mind the charge for $118, since we'd be credited for that. They could have done this a week and $40 ago, but nooooooo... So, Donna hooked the thing up earlier, and after making a few adjustments that she hasn't explained, the thing works! Case closed (I hope). As soon as I can get rid of the landline here, we'll have real cell phones that we can use anytime like walkie talkies.
I took my coupon for free Everybody's Nuts to Wal-mart the other day. Guess what? They don't carry the brand any more. I asked the cashier at Price Chopper if she has ever seen Everybody's Nuts, and although I phrased the question correctly, her expression suggested that she misunderstood. But bottom line: Price Chopper doesn't handle Everybody's Nuts either.
I could be watching the Olympics, but instead I'm watching Iceroad Truckers on the History Channel. Yup, driving big rigs on Arctic ice. Yup, beats tandem diving every time!
Have a good one......
Oh, as for the subject line.... How about: Internet phone is to reliable service as mail-order fast food is to fine dining?
I've seen the previews of Ice Road Truckers, but haven't watched it.