Raining, yay, but what happened to the phone?

[starrkers]

Ah the joy. It started raining the night before last; rained most of the night and into the next morning, not heavy, just steady drippy rain.
It's doing it again today.

This is bloody wonderful. It's the first decent, soaking in type rain we've had in forever. We've had sharp storms that dump lots of rain and scour away the topsoil, flood the roads and create merry hell, but no slow and steady rain.

But now the phone and internet are screwed.

Much noise on the line and the internet keeps cutting in and out. Guess the insulation on the wiring's not as good as it could be...

*sigh*

 

[TE999]

Ah the joy. It started raining the night before last; rained most of the night and into the next morning, not heavy, just steady drippy rain.
It's doing it again today.

This is bloody wonderful. It's the first decent, soaking in type rain we've had in forever. We've had sharp storms that dump lots of rain and scour away the topsoil, flood the roads and create merry hell, but no slow and steady rain.

But now the phone and internet are screwed.

Much noise on the line and the internet keeps cutting in and out. Guess the insulation on the wiring's not as good as it could be...

*sigh*

Relatively speaking, that is a small price to pay for a gentle soaking rain. We could use some weather like that here in Florida. Alas, all we get is lightning, thunder and a gully washer that dries up in no time.

If you're not around much today, we'll know why.

At least the trees will be easier to plant. What kind are they?

 

[starrkers]

Relatively speaking, that is a small price to pay for a gentle soaking rain. We could use some weather like that here in Florida. Alas, all we get is lightning, thunder and a gully washer that dries up in no time.

If you're not around much today, we'll know why.

At least the trees will be easier to plant. What kind are they?

Fruit trees - apple, cherry and Medlar (don't know much about that one, but curiousity got the better of me ).
They're sitting out in their pots beside where they will be planted, enjoying the rain.

We've also discovered the driveway profoundly needs gravel - getting in and out is a bit of a lottery on greasy clay right now!

 

[TE999]

Fruit trees - apple, cherry and Medlar (don't know much about that one, but curiousity got the better of me ).
They're sitting out in their pots beside where they will be planted, enjoying the rain.

We've also discovered the driveway profoundly needs gravel - getting in and out is a bit of a lottery on greasy clay right now!

Here's a primer on the Medlar tree: http://www.southmeadowfruitgardens.com/FeaturedFruitTrees.html

It sounds like a right interesting fruit tree. I don't believe it's grown here, probably too tropical a climate. Maybe up north.

 

[starrkers]

I'm getting more intrigued by this tree the more I read about it.
Mine currently isn't particularly interesting - one long stick with two short ones branching off at the top, and half a dozen orange-yellow leaves, falling off.

 

[TE999]

I'm getting more intrigued by this tree the more I read about it.
Mine currently isn't particularly interesting - one long stick with two short ones branching off at the top, and half a dozen orange-yellow leaves, falling off.

It appears to bear a fruit that is desired by gourmands. I have to taste one of those beauties. Now how to find one...

It may be a tad pot bound. It will no doubt flourish once it's planted.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Saw a cool thing called a rain chain. It's a chain made of little perforated copper cups, one atop the other, you hang from your porch gutter, and as it fills with rain, the water cascades from one cup to another in a little waterfall and it makes a pleasant gurgling, waterfall sound, kind of Zenny.

I love those weather gimmicks: windchimes and rain hammers and stuff. Especially since we got our roof fixed.

 

[MarshAlien]

w/r/t the phone, it occurs to me that since you're in Australia, it may be simple matter of turning the phone upside down and speaking into the other end.

No need to send me gifts; I'm happy to help.

 

[starrkers]

It appears to bear a fruit that is desired by gourmands. I have to taste one of those beauties. Now how to find one...

It may be a tad pot bound. It will no doubt flourish once it's planted.

Yes, if I can get it to grow I may become popular with some of the arty farty tourist trap coffee shops and wineries around here

It's looking completely crap cos it's deciduous and has just decided to deciduo (if that ain't a word, it should be!).

Saw a cool thing called a rain chain. It's a chain made of little perforated copper cups, one atop the other, you hang from your porch gutter, and as it fills with rain, the water cascades from one cup to another in a little waterfall and it makes a pleasant gurgling, waterfall sound, kind of Zenny.

I love those weather gimmicks: windchimes and rain hammers and stuff. Especially since we got our roof fixed.

Those things are great! If it actually rained more than once in a blue moon, I'd get one. But it'd fill with dust.

w/r/t the phone, it occurs to me that since you're in Australia, it may be simple matter of turning the phone upside down and speaking into the other end.

No need to send me gifts; I'm happy to help.

Umm, yeah. Good. Thanks for that, Marsh.

 

[TE999]

No need to send me gifts; I'm happy to help.

Do UPS, DHL and Airborne deliver to your planet?

Just wonderin'

 

[Weird Harold]

But now the phone and internet are screwed.

Much noise on the line and the internet keeps cutting in and out. Guess the insulation on the wiring's not as good as it could be...

*sigh*

Actually, it's probably not an insulation problem but a splice-point problem -- if you've got underground wiring, the splce-point caison is flooding. If the line are on poles, the splice point is the big fat spot on the lines and the waterproof covering is probably not waterproof.

 

[colddiesel]

Rain

Fruit trees - apple, cherry and Medlar (don't know much about that one, but curiousity got the better of me ).

The medlar(mespilus germanica) is one of the only 30 or so trees which is a genuine native of England. I think but am not certain that the fruit has to be partly rotten before it's edible. Thus the old English expression "as rotten as a medlar"

I share your joy with the rain. We have a beef property in Northern NSW well to the west of the mountains. 8 years ago we ran 2800 cattle. By last December we were down to 400 having had no really useful rain for 5.5 years. Things are looking a little better but we need 3 months steady rain just to get ground water levels up. Thank goodness we don't rely on this property for our basic income because it has lost us a fortune.

 

[DesertPirate]

Actually, it's probably not an insulation problem but a splice-point problem -- if you've got underground wiring, the splce-point caison is flooding. If the line are on poles, the splice point is the big fat spot on the lines and the waterproof covering is probably not waterproof.

It could also be that some one left the splice point open (the one next to a pole) had that happen here a few years ago.

 

[The_Fool]

Saw a cool thing called a rain chain. It's a chain made of little perforated copper cups, one atop the other, you hang from your porch gutter, and as it fills with rain, the water cascades from one cup to another in a little waterfall and it makes a pleasant gurgling, waterfall sound, kind of Zenny.

I love those weather gimmicks: windchimes and rain hammers and stuff. Especially since we got our roof fixed.

Saw one of those rain chains on a show on the DIY Network. They were draining the water into a small cistern for use in watering plants.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

Ah the joy. It started raining the night before last; rained most of the night and into the next morning, not heavy, just steady drippy rain.
It's doing it again today.

This is bloody wonderful. It's the first decent, soaking in type rain we've had in forever. We've had sharp storms that dump lots of rain and scour away the topsoil, flood the roads and create merry hell, but no slow and steady rain.

But now the phone and internet are screwed.

Much noise on the line and the internet keeps cutting in and out. Guess the insulation on the wiring's not as good as it could be...

*sigh*

We get that problem here too, when we get a lot of rain. I keep having to call the phone company and they fix something on the box outside. They told me I have sub-standard wiring.

 

[The_Fool]

We get that problem here too, when we get a lot of rain. I keep having to call the phone company and they fix something on the box outside. They told me I have sub-standard wiring.

I have never considered nothing associated with you to be sub-standard. Non-standard maybe, but never sub-standard....


ducks in a hurry...

 

[oggbashan]

The UK's National Fruit Tree collection is not far from me at Brogdale, near Faversham, Kent.

They have several varieties of medlars. The fruit looks disgusting when it is ready to eat. I tried some but I'm not convinced that I want to repeat the experience.

Og

 

[Stella_Omega]

The UK's National Fruit Tree collection is not far from me at Brogdale, near Faversham, Kent.

They have several varieties of medlars. The fruit looks disgusting when it is ready to eat. I tried some but I'm not convinced that I want to repeat the experience.

Og

Didn't taste good?

 

[oggbashan]

Didn't taste good?

It might be an acquired taste. My wife enjoyed it. I didn't.

I would put the taste experience above camp-fire roasted goanna but below raw widgetty grub...

Og

 

[starrkers]

Ah well. If it proves less than edible to our palate, I'm sure the birds will still appreciate it.

Today we awoke to dense fog, which is still yet to lift substanitally. Everything is drippy damp The chooks keep sliding on the lenghts of old lino we've got as a path from the main van to the shack.
We've had 25mm rain since Tuesday. And it's getting the chance to soak in a bit, instead of running off or baking off.
We need much more. And like this, not as storm fronts.

 

[starrkers]

And the phone and internet are dogdy as sin, again.

We know what section the problem is in, and it's not a joint. They've been checked by a tech last time it rained and the line went out completely. He thought he'd fixed it, by swapping which pair of wires were connected, but it's gone again, which means both pairs are affected.
The line in has been down for many years (so many they don't exist on the telco's maps) to the old shack, but haven't been used for at least 20 years.
We know the line is fine as far as the new house (we actually found the phone line with the excavator when digging the foundations )), it's just back to the camp that they're dodgy.
So, on the weekend we run new cable. Till then, I'll be blinking on and off here and using my mobile phone instead of the landline for calls.

So,

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Special Award

I'd like to nominate this thread for some special award, but I'm not exactly sure what. Is there a commission or body that gives awards to internet discussion threads that focus on Rain, Phones, Fruit Trees, and Wire Splices? If so, we should certainly bring this thread to their immediate attention.

--Zoot

 

[starrkers]

I'd like to nominate this thread for some special award, but I'm not exactly sure what. Is there a commission or body that gives awards to internet discussion threads that focus on Rain, Phones, Fruit Trees, and Wire Splices? If so, we should certainly bring this thread to their immediate attention.

--Zoot

There must be special mention of it appearing on a Pron board

 

[OhMissScarlett]

I have never considered nothing associated with you to be sub-standard. Non-standard maybe, but never sub-standard....


ducks in a hurry...

Hey, everything about me is a double-standard, I'll have you know.

 

[TE999]

There must be special mention of it appearing on a Pron board

Now all we need is a pron story featuring rain, phones, fruit trees and wire splices in addition to hawt sex and the circle will be complete.

What about it, all you perverted and inventive minds out there in Lit land?