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AT&T has the best customer service system in the world. I mean it. They hire terrific people and you can reach some of them 24/7 ( Read more... )

The Great Rather Manor Internet Service Switchover: Update ( Read more... )

Today Dad put the window air conditioner unit in at the living room of Rather Manor. It's strange how just a while ago we had horrible cold weather, and suddenly the switch turned to summer without any preambles. Just chaotic, it's been.

Remember when the above was Mazda's buzzword in their car advertisements? Well, I was thinking about that when, a little while ago, I rearranged part of our pantry so that seldom-used items were no longer blocking things we use all the time. Pretty elemental, but sometimes what seems to work at first glance--or just looks neat--doesn't work for ( Read more... )

Spent most of the day off the Internet due to a wait for important phone calls. We will have our new water heater delivered sometime tomorrow.

As in...the water heater in Rather Manor burned out, yet again.

I'll try to stay downwind from everybody else.