Chainsaw chews internet cable :(
Which is about when you realise that you are no longer able to function in a meaningful way without access to the net.
I wish I could say I was doing something useful when it happened but I was actually waiting time playing Facebook games.
So the story is – we got the Lawnmower man in to chop down a hedge. The people who built this house helpfully put a nice windbreak hedge along the patio. Which is great except you cant see the rest of the garden fro the house – so sitting out in the sun gives you a view of – the hedge.
Now the hedge is no longer there – we can see the garden, and the hills in the background from our patio, and even our Living room and dining room. Its rather wonderful.
We just forgot that in typical kiwi “No.8 Wire she’ll be right” style – the cable for the Internet from the radio mast into the house ran right underneath that hedge. Which meant the Chainsaw munched straight through it like butter.
Thankfully the guys at WizWireless got the cable replaced yesterday – but that did leave us with a whole weekend of no Internet at the house.
Ahh – life in the countryside – your broadband goes kapput because of a chainsaw
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2 Comments on Chainsaw chews internet cable :(
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menace on
Wed, 25th Nov 2009 3:56 pm
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Hubby on
Sat, 28th Nov 2009 9:20 pm
Being a typical kiwi i would not of used number eight wire for this job but i would have grabbed the soldering iron, solder, small wire cutters, craft knife, cable shrink rap stuff* and some insulation tape and had it fixed in a jiffy of 10 or twenty minutes. 
Still it’s better than the sheep chewing through the cable. 
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