Ok, He probably wouldn't say anything for some time, and even then he would probably just let the occasional detail out, but Scott (aka Muadib) has had a hard couple of weeks.
Two or three weeks ago Scott had his gall bladder out. That went well enough. He is recovered from that. Fortunately. He needed to be well for what he's gone through this week!
Two days ago his daughter wrecks his secondary transportation. She is fine. A bit sore, but fine. The van is somewhat less than fine. It still runs and drives, but it is a total loss.
The weather has turned here in the DFW area. It has been snowing and sleeting for a day now, and more or less below freezing for more than a full day and that is expected to continue a while longer. Two days ago someone ran over his gas meter. A neighbor calls the police, the police come out and call the fire department, the fire department calls the utility company, and they remove the gas meter. No gas meter, no gas. No gas, no furnace, no hot water, no stove for cooking. Yesterday Scott works all day to dig down, survey the damage, buy parts and tools (I help a bit), and reassemble. It leaks. Today he fixes all leaks and finally gets a green tag from the city building inspection department (and was commended on the quality of his work!:~), finally works his way through to the utility company (he said he was on hold for 45 minutes) and they say they will be out sometime today (it was 6:30 in the evening last time I called him and they still hadn't shown up, but there are still several more hours left in 'today'.) So he sits down to his computer to give ramva a read. Only his router isn't working...
Seems the plug the computer is plugged into is the only one working in that room! Took him almost three hours to track down and fix a minor electrical problem (bad connection at a different plug in the next room!:~) I said it is almost comical. Scott allowed as how that is true, in a hysterical kind of way...
Last night they all came over to use our facilities since they had no hot water. I wish we could have done more.
At least the sleet seems to have stopped. At the moment.
I hate uncivilized weather. Anything under 50 degrees is uncivilized.
-- John Willis snipped-for-privacy@airmail.net (Remove the Primes before e-mailing me)