PBudge at cbsol.com
PBudge at cbsol.com
Thu Apr 10 08:24:33 CDT 2003
Oh gaaawd. . . *hangs head* SORRY! Honestly, I've GOT to start drinking
that coffee earlier. ;-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
DULY crossed.
There. Is that better? ;-)))))))))))))))))))))
Pamela G. Budge
PBudge at cbsol.com
Creative Business Solutions
"William Hindman"
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04/10/2003 08:06 AM
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"My fingers are dully crossed" Pamela
...hhhmmm ...too much keyboarding wore the edges off eh? :)
William Hindman
"All it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing." Edmund
Burke
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To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: The Archives are cursed!
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> My fingers are dully crossed. Good luck Drew! Glad all the PEOPLE made
it
> out ok too! ;-)
>
> Pamela G. Budge
> PBudge at cbsol.com
> Creative Business Solutions
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>
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> Drew Wutka
> <DWUTKA at marlow.com> To:
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> 04/09/2003 09:25 PM
> Please respond to accessd
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>
> Okay, follow this evidence of the curse.
>
> I initially built and hosted the archives on my work machine. In early
> January of this year, I moved the entire archives to my home machine.
That
> was on a weekend, and that Thursday (so 4 days later) my DSL provider (IP
> Communications....who my ISP was leasing my DSL through) went bankrupt
and
> just switched off their network. It took close to a month to get my DSL
> back up and running. When my DSL finally came back up, so I could once
> again 'host' the archives, I had them online, and had even built the
index
> portion (just didn't have the search using that technology yet). Two
days
> after getting my DSL back online (with SBC as the new DSL
> provider...through
> my normal ISP), my wife decided to move us to a new apartment (300 feet
> away), so I had to move my phone AND DSL (however I cancelled with my
ISP,
> and went with SBC directly, which took close to a month to get that to go
> through....go figure). So mid March I finally had DSL again, in my new
> apartment. Two weeks ago I 'rebuilt' my website (actually it's blank,
just
> a new theme and menus......), and last week I began putting the index
> capability into the search pages. I announced their existence and
> availability Monday night. This morning (Wednesday around 12:30 am EST),
> our apartment building caught on fire. 3 of the 4 top apartments are
> completely gutted by the fire. I am/was in the bottom apartment in the
> middle of the three 'gutted' ones. My apartment has a little fire
damage,
> but a LOT of smoke and water damage.
>
> Thus, the archives are offline, once again! ARG, I swear they are cursed.
> However, there is a silver lining. The complex we were leasing with do
not
> have another apartment of the same size for us. However, just down the
> street there is a brand new complex (with a sprinkler system and
firewalls
> in and around all of the apartments...go figure...), which is offering a
> similar sized apartment, for about the same price, however water and
cable
> are included, High speed internet is available for less then DSL (and I
can
> get a static IP), not too mention free membership to their Golf club
> (course
> and club house). It's beautiful, and we already have a deposit down on
an
> apartment. So, if all goes well, I'll have the archives up again in a
week
> or so, otherwise I've been given 'permission' to move them back to work
> here, until I get my home system up and running.
>
> I am at work now, and have brought my home 'server' in with me (first
thing
> I grabbed from my apartment, when a fireperson let me go in real
> quick)......<grin>. Everyone wish me luck, because in an hour or so, I
am
> going to bravely clean up the box, and see if it turns on! <Keep your
> fingers crossed!>
>
> Drew (Who is currently chain smoking and taking several Tylenol every
four
> hours.....)
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