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Originally posted by Zigenare View PostAren't you a little "old" for that kind of thing anyway?"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Broadband is down. Just to add to the fun, the Service Status section of the Virgin Media site, which had been insisting everything was fine, is now also down - all links, attempts to log in, and so forth lead to a 500 Server Error
At least nowadays the laptop can piggyback on the iPad's 4G connection when this happensComment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostBroadband is down. Just to add to the fun, the Service Status section of the Virgin Media site, which had been insisting everything was fine, is now also down - all links, attempts to log in, and so forth lead to a 500 Server Error
At least nowadays the laptop can piggyback on the iPad's 4G connection when this happens
That was the last straw that got me off NTLHell.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View PostJust as well you don't have to use a dial up modem since, IIRC, your phone line doesn't work.
That was the last straw that got me off NTLHell.
Just got a text from VM saying the problem is fixed. It isn't. Luckily the Service Status page is working again, and admits there may be an "intermittent" problem, which it claims is due to them carrying out "planned improvements" to their service.
It then goes on to say that an engineer is on their way and will hopefully fix the problem soon. That doesn't sound very well planned to me, though I suppose fixing it would count as an improvement
Somebody using the initials RF has been doing a good job of trying to help on their Twitter account though, so credit where credit's dueComment
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Another text message saying everything's fixed, and the Service Status page agrees. The cable modem doesn't; nor does the automated phone wittering system. I finally found a route through said system that got me to a human, and they confirmed that the robots are lying (except the phone one) and it's all fecked
Might wander up to the next corner and see if the engineer's at the box and can give me a better estimate of when it'll be fixed than the robots can manage…Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostAnother text message saying everything's fixed, and the Service Status page agrees. The cable modem doesn't; nor does the automated phone wittering system. I finally found a route through said system that got me to a human, and they confirmed that the robots are lying (except the phone one) and it's all fecked
Might wander up to the next corner and see if the engineer's at the box and can give me a better estimate of when it'll be fixed than the robots can manage…
'sorry, gov, - i'll need to ask the robots'
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Originally posted by BR14 View Postgood luck with that,
'sorry, gov, - i'll need to ask the robots'
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostProbablyComment
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It must have seemed like a good idea to someone I suppose:
Bullseye, with Michael Caine and Roger Moore directed by Michael Winner.
Bullseye! (1990) - IMDb
Stone me.
Tea was that thing with onions & carrots & the end of last Sunday's roast that I do.
It was ok, and at least the Marmite made it taste of something.
Dunno if the lack of salt is improving the BP coz I can't be arsed to measure it.
Sweet was stewed pears (the last off the tree) with custard (made with some full fat milk I brought home from the fridge in work and BBE a week ago).
It was nice enough but I'm not used to full fat milk so it tasted a bit odd to me.
The BBE 25/09/18 is neither here nor there.
<hiatus>
Well thank feck that's over.
Bullseye: I'd never heard of it before & hope to never hear of it again.Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 3 October 2018, 21:22.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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