[09:16] <brobostigon> morning boys and girls.
[09:36] <zmoylan-pi> o/
[09:36] <brobostigon> o/
[09:38] <zmoylan-pi> heating is off, i've had a peek outside and most of the now outside seem gone. bare ground in lots of places...
[09:40] <brobostigon> now? has now been aborbed into a blackhole or something outside your window? lol.
[09:40] <brobostigon> absorbed*
[09:57] <zmoylan-pi> ireland as an low island with high rain falls has very good drainage... there will be flooding not where i am...
[10:00] <brobostigon> here neither.
[19:36] <daftykins> yay for it not raining today, so my 60/10 connection is stable at 10/3
[19:37] <daftykins> oh yeah can't remember if i came in to say, the weather has ruined my phone line
[19:40] <penguin42> was it 60/10 before?
[19:40] <daftykins> yep
[19:40] <daftykins> i think the snow sat on the connection box and then melted and rolled into it
[19:44] <penguin42> it might resync itself back up as it dries out?
[19:45] <daftykins> nah it's screwed, huge noise on the line
[19:45] <penguin42> oh that's much better; if the audio is bad you can tell them to come and fix it
[19:45] <daftykins> they're meant to be replacing it since it's war time age, the properties either side of me still have the ol' lead cables leading up to it
[19:45] <penguin42> lead cables?!
[19:46] <daftykins> mmhmm
[19:46] <daftykins> war time!
[19:46] <daftykins> mines normal though
[19:46]  * penguin42 has heard of lead piping, but not lead cables
[19:46] <daftykins> yeah i did that but i'm in a big queue for all the ones that the weather ruined
[19:46]  * penguin42 wonders if you go mad faster by watching stuff downloaded over lead cables
[19:46] <penguin42> nod
[19:47] <daftykins> basically the box has been swinging on the wall in front since we got it detached from my house and i painted the front, but the lad that was meant to arrange the ground being dug up for the lines to be replaced swanned off on holiday it would appear
[19:50] <daftykins> it's only staying stable today since it's not wet, heh
[19:52] <penguin42> perhaps you should wrap a scarf around it?
[19:53] <daftykins> hehe, i don't own a ladder - it's at first floor level and my lane has a steep gradient so you couldn't use one without some kinda block under one leg
[19:53] <daftykins> i'd have gone up there, whipped the cover off, cleaned up my pair and wrapped a plastic bag around it otherwise
[19:53] <daftykins> i've got a few of the grease taps they use to join pairs together
[19:54] <penguin42> sounds like you need someone with a landrover that you can stand on....
[19:54] <daftykins> pedestrian only lane :)
[19:55] <penguin42> horse?
[19:56] <daftykins> can't stand 'em!
[19:56] <penguin42> can't say I've had enough contact with them to know
[19:57] <daftykins> apparently they're common and cheap to keep up there, but they're costly on the islands
[19:58] <zmoylan-pi> home made stilts...
[19:59]  * penguin42 wonders what you'll have to do to get BT etc to get to it if it's in such an inaccessible place; you can imagine it having to be a BT awkward-places team
[20:00] <daftykins> we don't have BT here :)
[20:00] <zmoylan-pi> a guy on a bike with a ladder... does windows in his spare time...
[20:00] <penguin42> daftykins: Fortunate
[20:00] <daftykins> they were pretty cool when i wanted to paint the house, came out same-day and took the box off the front and lashed it to the scaffold
[20:01] <daftykins> it's possible they might tell me to just deal with it and wait for the proper road dig up
[20:01] <penguin42> hair-dryer on a long poll
[20:03] <daftykins> i did lean out the nearest window when i got up today to see if i could reach it xD not a chance
[20:03] <zmoylan-pi> i can smell darwain awards nomination... :-P
[20:04] <daftykins> naaah i know when i'm beaten
[20:09] <zmoylan-pi> it's not over till you're wrapped in 20ft of coax face down in a water butt... :-P
[20:10] <penguin42> nah, coax is no good to get tangled in
[20:10] <zmoylan-pi> you'd think... :-)
[20:11] <daftykins> https://i.imgur.com/a4BGATo.jpg this is it btw
[20:12] <penguin42> daftykins: Oh well....
[20:12] <penguin42> daftykins: You've obviously missed the trick of laying a ladder across from the neighbours
[20:12] <zmoylan-pi> it could have an accident so they have to replace it...
[20:12] <daftykins> it'd be one long ladder :D
[20:13] <daftykins> oh they're doing it anyway yeah, just they're not being too quick on making the arrangements
[20:13] <zmoylan-pi> put those hacking classes to good use and build a suspension bridge from ice lolly sticks across the gap... :-)
[20:13] <daftykins> allegedly all this bit does is join up with runs in the road, below - so they'll only replace the 3 metres up the wall
[20:13] <penguin42> scary bits of wires and knots :-)
[20:14] <daftykins> can see all the neighbours lines look rubbish since we removed all the fixings from the front of my place to do the painting, though
[20:16] <daftykins> the scaffolders had nothing so i had to give them a bit of cat6 UTP to tether the box to the front of my place off a gutter bracket
[20:17] <penguin42> cat6! The luxury!
[20:17] <penguin42> I guess, your cats do get the cream
[20:20] <daftykins> :o
[20:25] <daftykins> ugh these products that are amazon prime members only
[20:29] <daftykins> even a keyboard o0
[20:30] <zleap> you need to be careful with amazon you end up on prime without realising it , i did once, noticed and cancled straight away
[20:31] <daftykins> ah just buying some stuff for a client, looks like i can share his wifes prime membership with him so these items can be had :D
[20:34] <zleap> :)
[20:35] <daftykins> yep, that was easy
[20:37] <zmoylan-pi> ...too easy... ::cue ominous music::
[20:37] <daftykins> i'll be nipping to London for their new flat soon, to go and set things up
[20:38] <daftykins> means i have to ship these things to there and not be a tax dodger for once!
[21:10] <zmoylan-pi> apple to release a $999 mac air this year... at that price it'll problably have 0 usb ports... :-)
[22:55] <zmoylan-pi> here's a lad to fix your external broadband box... :-) https://imgur.com/gallery/wA165
[22:59] <daftykins> :D