We moved into our house over a year ago. For the past year, the cable company has promised to come and bury it. Finally, Susan called and complained. Last month, they came out and spray painted the grass. So, yesterday, the cable guy comes and digs this big huge trench … and cuts the phone wire. Of course, he doesn’t MENTION this to me.

I took today off of work, and around noon I was thinking, boy I sure am enjoying some peace and quiet. Around that time I got an e-mail from a friend of mine who said he was trying to call me. I picked up the phone to call him … dead.

Fortunately the phone people came out and fixed the problem in just a few hours, and managed not to cut the cable cable while they were out.