So I was sitting at home on Thursday morning, working on the computer in the office upstairs. I went down to the kitchen to get a cup of tea and when I passed the phone in the hallway, I noticed the display said “Extension in use”.<\/p>\n
“That’s ODD,” I said to myself.<\/p>\n
I picked up the phone, and listened to the crackling sound of static. I then went all around the house and disconnected every other phone, and even checked the two empty phone jacks to see that they were clear.<\/p>\n
I tried calling the telephone company repair line, but of course I couldn’t get a dial tone! Then I tried calling them on my cell phone. When I tried to call the Bell Canada<\/b> service number (416-310-BELL), my Rogers AT&T<\/b> cell phone said it couldn’t complete the number as dialed. Odd that!<\/b> (Anybody want to fire up the Conspiracy Theories on that one??)<\/font><\/p>\n Eventually, the phone line cleared itself and I was able to dial 6-1-1<\/b> and place a repair call. The earliest they could come out to check would be the next day. They would send somebody out, but there would be a charge if it had anything to do with the phones or lines INSIDE my house. I gave them my cell phone number so they could contact me if needed.<\/p>\n Yesterday, I was at work when my cell phone rang about 2:30 p.m. I looked at the display, and the call was coming from my home phone!<\/b> The Repair Guy (he was French Canadien, doncha know! heehee)<\/i> said he was at the house and wanted to know when I would be home in case he needed to get inside to check stuff there. I told him “after six o’clock”, completely forgetting that I had to go to a Bowling Birthday Party then! Oh, well! He said he would investigate outside in the meantime.<\/p>\n After work, I went to the Bowling Birthday Party. There was no further call from The Repair Guy. When I got home, I noticed the snow in the back yard had been trampled, and there was a new telephone wire stretching from the pole at the back fence to a new junction box on the side of my house!<\/p>\n Well, duh! I told them<\/b> I was having problems with my phone line<\/b>. Why don’t people believe me?<\/p>\n You can try calling me now if you want. Just press “Button 3” on my parents’ phone set…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So I was sitting at home on Thursday morning, working on the computer in the office upstairs. I went down to the kitchen to get a cup of tea and when I passed the phone in the hallway, I noticed … Continue reading