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Finally got through to a human after about twenty minutes on hold, during which the service status page insisted everything was fine. They said it would take a couple of minutes to run their tests. Ten seconds in they said yes, there's an area-wide fault, but it'll be fixed by teatime.
This is exactly what they said yesterday
And now the service status page is admitting there's summat wrong. So I've achieved something
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Got a text from the GP's surgery saying flu jabs were now available, so I popped next door to make an appointment. They said I could get it now, so I waited fifteen minutes, and jabbed I was
While there, I used my wi-fi connection to check the cable modem status page, and it said it had just reconnected, about the time I headed downstairs. So that's working again, for now at least
And there was a poster in the waiting room advising that they now have free NHS wi-fi, which it turns out I can connect to from my living room, just as I can connect to my own when I'm there. So next time there's an outage, I'll be able to use the NHS's network to get online
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Failed to define which teatime.Originally posted by NickFitz View PostTen seconds in they said yes, there's an area-wide fault, but it'll be fixed by teatime.
This is exactly what they said yesterday

Just had a nice doze.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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The remains of Monday's chicken are now in the slow cooker, in the early stages of chicken and barley soup
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Ham toasties for lunch
It's turned sunny and Simpsonesque here now; the temperature outside is up to 19°C
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I can almost see Margam.
Not sure if this is A Good Thing or not.
There's a new ship in the dock.
This one is loading scrap metal from the other side of the dock.
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Sun's out.
Still can't see Margam.Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 4 October 2018, 15:12.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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At least they aren't unloading fish immediately below the air conditioning intakesOriginally posted by DoctorStrangelove View PostI can almost see Margam.
Not sure if this is A Good Thing or not.
There's a new ship in the dock.
This one is loading scrap metal from the other side of the dock.
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Sun's out.
Still can't see Margam.
The air ambulance was buzzing about very low and nearby earlier on. Turns out some bloke got hit by a car a couple of hundred yards up the road and for some reason the helicopter was needed, so they were probably trying to find somewhere to land.
Seems a bit odd, as A&E is only a mile away almost straight up the road from where the accident happened. But maybe they just wanted the helicopter doctor to prep him for a road trip, or perhaps they took him up to Nottingham or down to Coventry - they do that sometimes.
*checks local paper website*
His injuries weren't serious or life-threatening, and he was taken to the local hospital, so no idea why the helicopter showed up
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Tea this evening, just for a change like, was lentil <pfffft> soup.
Very unusual for a Thursday.
The R4 comedy very rapidly bit the off switch.
There was a stiff found over in Skewen a couple of days ago & as I was travelling home on the luxurious X55 I noticed what might have been a copper & some sort of camera on the canal overbridge near McDonalds on the A465.
No helicopters though.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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