Subj : 2020, The year that Keeps on giving
To   : Charles Pierson
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon Oct 26 2020 18:18:11

 CP> Hello, All.
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 CP> Could this year get any better?
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Yesterday I discovered that an over grown Manitoba Maple had uprooted at my barn.  The upper branches leaned against the overhead phone line that feed my house - stretching the wire pretty far to the side. 

I started to clip at those smaller branches with one of those cutters that is on an extended pole and a pulley mechanism with rope to operate.  After about 1hr (with less thany 30 minutes to spare before sunset) I managed to free up the phone line. 

But... a new thing developed. The phone line had been so stretched out that it now had a large amount of slack. Part of the line comes from another pole across the country road.  A tall truck could certainly snag it. 

I found out that there is no emergency/field number to call regarding overhead phone wires. After a few minutes of minimum options on the automated system to the phone company, I reached an agent located in the Philippines! (Why they can't give those jobs to domestic Canadians is strange to me. But I digress..)  They booked a service call for 8am this morning, but no one showed up. Great system.

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