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I'm baaaccckkk!
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I'm baaaccckkk!
So I'm back after a sudden period of awayness, about as sudden as a lightning strike...
We had some pretty serious storms here last week, during which we got a very nice direct hit around 11pm, after that did a quick walk around the house, no damage, good to see, everything is as it should be... Except for that little fire out the front of the house in a Telecom pit
Two fire trucks, an inspection by firefighters of our house, and two of our neighbors places. Our direct neibours house had everything connected to the "net" (computer, modem etc) go bang, which required a whole re-wire. Our neibours on their side had a few things go bang. We (somehow) got away damage free, except for our trailer, which was parked over the pit and needs rewiring, even our phone still works fine.
Except for the several hundred meters of internet cable that has being destroyed. I'm currently using a Telstra mobile USB which I picked up today
So yea, I'm here, just not completely. At least I can finally access my Steam games again!
We had some pretty serious storms here last week, during which we got a very nice direct hit around 11pm, after that did a quick walk around the house, no damage, good to see, everything is as it should be... Except for that little fire out the front of the house in a Telecom pit

Two fire trucks, an inspection by firefighters of our house, and two of our neighbors places. Our direct neibours house had everything connected to the "net" (computer, modem etc) go bang, which required a whole re-wire. Our neibours on their side had a few things go bang. We (somehow) got away damage free, except for our trailer, which was parked over the pit and needs rewiring, even our phone still works fine.
Except for the several hundred meters of internet cable that has being destroyed. I'm currently using a Telstra mobile USB which I picked up today

So yea, I'm here, just not completely. At least I can finally access my Steam games again!

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Re: I'm baaaccckkk!
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Re: I'm baaaccckkk!
Haha I was talking about the one from last fortnight Tuesday, that wasnt a bad storm, seen better as well though.
So we found out why our connection was dead, apparently our modem/router blew up, wouldnt have thought it since it was still getting power, but oh well, DSL was dead in it...
Bought and installed a new one today, still not getting connection on my desktop... the LAN component on my motherboard has gone as well, and I dont have any avaliable ports on the board to put a new one in
On the plus side, I have a (near) valid reason for a new computer
So we found out why our connection was dead, apparently our modem/router blew up, wouldnt have thought it since it was still getting power, but oh well, DSL was dead in it...
Bought and installed a new one today, still not getting connection on my desktop... the LAN component on my motherboard has gone as well, and I dont have any avaliable ports on the board to put a new one in

On the plus side, I have a (near) valid reason for a new computer

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Yea, there's a lesson in anything if your dumb enough...
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Re: I'm baaaccckkk!
We got a few of those surgecube protector things after a lightning strike fried our old tv. Many years ago. Have a look in dick smith for the 'belkin' insured ones but dont buy them there, daylight robbery.
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