An explanation for those of you wondering where I’ve been for the past two weeks.
Bunnies have no proper respect for the wiring, which connects one to the Internet, and tend to chew it into tiny bits.
Bunnies don’t understand what a pain it is to install new wiring under one’s house, where spiders as large as one’s hand, multi-legged horrors, and assorted creepy-crawlies live.
Bunnies do not have the language skills to explain to the Internet provider what happened and convince them to help one reconnect.
No bunnies were harmed or even relocated during my reconnection. The wiring was simply placed out of harms way.
Missed you guys!
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May 12, 2008 at 12:10 am
Corina
Bunnies under your house? Wow! At first I thought you were talking about a pet bunny inside your house. So now you have to figure out a way to keep the bunnies out of the wiring?
I missed you, too.
May 12, 2008 at 12:38 am
Shawn W
Corina, the bunnies wintered under our house, and I guess they decided to make it a summer home as well. When I installed the first phone line, the guy that hooked us up didn’t pull it tight enough to get it off the ground. All our other wiring runs through PVC and is safe. When I ran the new line, I made sure it was up off the ground and out of the reach of nibbling critters.
May 12, 2008 at 8:13 am
Wanda Rizzuto
Oh. I missed you too Shawn!
At least it wasn’t mice.
May 12, 2008 at 9:09 am
kmcdade
May 12, 2008 at 1:57 pm
pandemonic
Bunnies! Whodathunkit!
May 12, 2008 at 2:03 pm
tigereye
You know, if they’d been more thoughtful, like the bunnies in Watership Down, they could’ve at least eaten the big flabby basement-dwelling spiders instead of the wiring.
Welcome back!
May 12, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Shawn W
Thanks, Wanda! The cats keep the stupid mice in check.
I know, Pan! I thought the were suppose to be sweet and cuddly.
I’d be nicer to them too, Tigereye. Thanks!
May 12, 2008 at 11:47 pm
davidrochester
Wow. That’s the weirdest reason I’ve ever heard for losing an Internet connection.
May 13, 2008 at 12:04 am
Shawn W
David, you should have been here while I was explaining it to Verizon.
May 15, 2008 at 7:13 am
TheOtherIvy
Missed you, too.
Bunnies, who knew?
May 15, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Shawn W
Hi Ivy!
LOL, I do now.
May 16, 2008 at 5:30 am
Stevo
Ah, Bunnies.
Glad you’re back.
May 16, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Shawn W
I knew you’d understand, Stevo, after the cat incident.
Thanks. Glad to be back.