muleman
Gone But Not Forgotten
Wife and I left for a fairly long drive about 10 this morning. All was well when we left the place. Got back right at dark this evening and after unloading car checked for messages and no phone. Dead line. No internet. Took my trusty old construction phone and plugged in at the network interface and nothing. Used the cell and managed to get a call to phone co. by standing just right. They would send someone out. Drove to neighbors up and down the valley and all had phones. About 8 this evening tech shows up and nothing. Tell him to check down in the valley where they took off for my power line and all is fine there. He started at my place and walked the line and at the bottom of my hill the idiots were cutting trees in their pasture and ripped down the line. They even took the wire and wrapped it back along the barbed wire fence so they could drag out logs and never said a word. I ended up helping him string out about 300 ft. of wire to splice in a temp wire to get my phone and internet back for the weekend. It is -4F outside and I really want to go choke the fucking idiots. Guess it will be another trip to the elders this week. I thought about going to wherever church is tomorrow but the wife says don't do that. It just pisses me off that they damage stuff and act all innocent about it. Last time we had phone trouble they had knocked the pedestal over down the valley with a hay wagon and same thing. Never said a word. They are quick to want to use a phone or call for a ride but don't have the common courtesy to man up and let someone know so it can be repaired.
