COVER-UP....
(begun Wednesday 24th August at 6am...)
*I guess it's pretty obvious I'm struggling to keep up... Feedburner? *huffs and puffs mightily....*
I'd not been up the top in the dark since our power was casually flicked back on, on Monday afternoon at around 2pm.. I've just gone up now, to put the garbage out, only to discover that ours is the only streetlight operating in this section of Harris Crescent that's visible to me... *blinks... Problem not fully resolved then, Mistuh Sewsunker? More fun and games planned? More destructive surges, spikes and 'cable theft' in the very near future? *teeth...
Once you get your pointy heads arounds the fact that copper 'theft' is set to continue until the bulk of the country is wirelessed, you'll begin to grasp that the so-called syndicates and copper thieves are all indirectly, employees of either Telkom or your local Municipality.. Ain't that a fact, Janneman?
More than a few of my kid's friends up in a backwater in the Midlands have recently had their fixed line cables 'stolen', and have been told it's unlikely they will be replaced... Another proud moment for your company, hey Mr. van Zyl? They're way more vulnerable than your average city-dweller, but hey, they're on the itinerary, so take away their safety nets? Lovely... *snarls...
Man, you may be wearing your vodacom dress right now, but you're a Telkom man through and through, and there's no denying it....
LATER at 9.10am
The Solid Waste guy hasn't shown up to put all the bags ready for the gobbler, and I guess they might be giving us a miss today? A pity, as I see the Ballirams have put out a great deal more domestic rubbish bags than usual HERE.. Debris from a kiddies party perhaps?
When I took my camera up to get a shot of the rubbish bags for the record, I found THIS young handy-man banging away on Sue the Book's roof.. He had his back to me, and I'd not been studying him for even a minute when he whipped out his cellphone and took a call... I watched until he'd finished and put it away before he turned to look at me, as I knew he would, and I waved....*grins...
LATER at 12.45pm
B.Snr. called while I was still busy in blogger earlier. Our fixed lines are back! *dances... I'd subsequently called the Microwave Boffin to thank him for making enquiries on our behalf, and he said he'd been told it had been an underground cable fault somewhere much nearer the Depot.. Really? *squints...
Odd then, that when I'd called No. 18 to check that her line had also been restored, she'd said she'd seen Telkom techs busy in the little park this morning, opposite No. 33, just prior to the lines being reinstated? But hey, take your pick of the lies that fly around...
There've been wekkers beavering away at Balliram's both yesterday and today... When B.Snr rang after 10.am he'd also said there were three guys replacing all the bulbs in Balliram's outdoor signal enhancers, and I'd replied that maybe he was having the evidence removed... My little joke folks, because of course that's not the case at all.... May I guess why they're replacing the bulbs?
See, on Monday at 1.45am Balliram gave himself the pleasure of carefully choosing which jackpoints to specifically spike in ours, and proceeded to shut down our power supply.. The fact that HIS power was still running 5 minutes later, suggests that either he'd arranged with a chommie down at Springfield depot to do HIS house (for appearances sake), or, he had to hastily get out of our system and back into his own, to knock HIS power out.... Whichever way it was done, it was a complete cock-up, and he came darned close to destroying his own home.... Eish!
Of course, my clueless husband will no doubt assist in paying the salaries of the three guys it's taken to come out and repair some of the damage to those enormous lights, and absolutely nothing will be said about the costs incurred just so as Balliram could achieve one miserable payback effort... *yawns....
I wasn't treated to the Burning Shins and Feet last night, and nor did I endure more than a few pockets of BackFire around the house.. That of course has changed since his lights were mended, and right now the Chop has steadily increased the BackFire up to eye-watering levels...
LATER at 1.25pm
I couldn't resist... I heard the wekkers chatting here next to der Bunker, so I took my trusty camera and trotted up the stairs to take THIS picture of the signal enhancer that sits on Balliram's wall within a few yards of where the GW sleeps... Just a minute or two before the droog put it's cover back on... I'll have to do better than that if I want it to stand up in a court of law, but it's not bad, and certainly shows that it's no ordinary light at all.. Are they made locally, or are they imported from the Far East? Japan perhaps? Maybe they're standard lights that have simply had devices added to them.. Man, it doesn't take three guys to fit a light bulb, and yet the chap that was holding the cover was as nervous as a cat .. Like as if his job depended on not dropping the thing?
I've been really busy since my landline was restored, and I rang No. 33 as well, only to hear that their power STILL hasn't been restored since Monday at 1.45am... *spews freely...
I guess that proves that although you're the one wearing the fancy title Allen, it's the Cracker thug that outranks you every time?
When I'd rung Eddie at Raw Power to apologise for the tirade I knew Sewsunker would direct at him, I was too late, and our Ed had been brought up to speed, and had his story ready for me... Geez Louise - You should've heard me bleating to the dude that I'm not the bitch I've been painted to be, when Eddie had obviously made his mind up years ago... *grins...
LATER at 2pm
Within minutes of me going up top and taking pictures of the wekker droogs fiddling with the wall enhancers, His Shiftyness has arrived back home..*winks... I was up doing the gates for the GW and took a dekko at their vehicle... NPN 78909 ANW Solutions? (Nothing like a bit of free advertising?). An old established company, or one of the dozens created for the Metro Connect Project specifically? *curious...
Of course I'm guessing again when I say I doubt your average Sparky will have the spares for those particular outdoor lights, and that only specialised dealers will carry them... *shrugs...
Thursday 25th August at 3.40am
When I say that it's never been just about me on my own enduring Balliram's vicious spite, I mean it, and he's spread his vindictiveness to anyone that's so much as ever smiled in my direction...
I took a call late yesterday afternoon from a pretty jagged No. 33, whose power has been out since we were all slammed off at 1.45am on Monday..
AFAIK, the only home that hasn't had their power restored since the DickHead next door indulged in one of his more flamboyant self-gratifying payback schemes....
I gave my friend both Eddie and Sewsunker's numbers, but as it happened, a friend of No. 33's sent a tech out shortly afterwards who scaled their streetlight and in minutes their power was back on... A loose connection? *looks at the Controller... The only loose connection in this sorry saga would be you, you Chop...
Ai Balliram... My only consolation is that there's no ways you'd intended to damage your own system to the extent which you did, with your stupid games, and I'll bet that in your twisted mind you've told yourself the damage only confirms your innocence? *cackles... After all, why would you hit your own home quite so badly?
Because SOMEONE fumbled the ball briefly at 1.45am on Monday, that's why... When I'd called out to the GameWrecker that your lights were still on and he'd replied that he'd already noticed, somebody panicked and overdid the surge to yours... Odds are, that somebody was you yourself, but you're not gonna tellus, are you... *winks...
For the record my modem sat rock steady as I browsed mybroadband last night, but I've little doubt I'll be given cause to whine again soon.... Also for the record, B.Snr told me yesterday that he's losing his lightbulbs regularly, and he can't figure out why they keep popping (his words)..
The day before, Missus Bernie up at No. 17 had said their lights go up and down constantly (dipping?), and I've an idea were I to check with Sue the Book, she'd have a similar tale to tell... You listening there Allen old son? *snarls....
When I'd called Raw Power yesterday, on my newly restored fixed line, I told Eddie quite clearly that I was baffled as to why ours is the only streetlight working since the power was restored, and that even the overheads (Mothership) by No. 2 are still out...
Our lights in the lounge were flickering last night as well, and you can put it on record that I'm more than gatvol with these dangerous games being played with our lives...
It's not enough that we're being subjected to the Area Controller's sadistic pastime employing the devastating wireless frequencies, that our power supplies are now rendered so unstable as well?
Do you get a fat bonus each time you deliberately turn a blind eye to this obviously criminal behaviour, or do you allow it to continue simply because you're still enjoying it? *looks with interest at the Superintendent of Electricity for Durban..
The GW has repaired the damage Balliram managed to achieve on Monday, including the jackpoint for the computer.. Everything ran perfectly last night, right up until I was getting ready to hit the sack, when the lounge lights suddenly began flickering... *nauseous.... Enough with this disgusting collusion, and get yourself a spine FFS...
Peace...
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Friday 26th August 2011 at 7.51am..
