Week 5 Busy Busy

This week went by in a blur. My internet connection at home went down suddenly after my son telephoned the phone company to upgrade the service. Having no Internet connection makes online classes a little more challenging. Whenever there is a request for an upgrade the service disappears for an indeterminate period of time. When it reappears, it may be better or it may not be. Four days and three technicians later, it seems to be working again. They complained about the telephone wire I've strung from the street side wall to the house, suspended in a tree. "Not a standard telephone company wire," he said. He didn't seem to notice it was hanging in a tree and passed through an open window into the house. At least he didn't make me change it. Standing in the street he connected a machine to the wires and pronounced the system working.

"But, can't you hear that awful screech coming from the telephone inside?"

"Yeah", he said. "It's not a standard wire you have there."

"That only started after you fixed it." I said.

"Not a standard wire. You need to change the wire."

"OK" I said, and went in and disconnected the telephone. Unplugged, it stopped its screech. This is why the whole world is using mobile phones.

I enjoyed the mid term assignment but still have not figured out how it will fit into the final, if at all. I wrote about men and women interacting online. I had not really worked through my ideas yet and could have been a lot better focused. I'm never quite sure what to include when talking about such things. Sometimes I feel like the ambassador from Mars.