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Subject: [OM] Fw: semi-[OT] -- of disasters and Disasters....
From: "PhotoSphere Olympus Camera Service" <olyfix@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:36:00 -0500
OK, let's try this once more....


> Can you hear me now?
>
> Hopefully your reading this means I've solved the latest "disaster"
> (little-d) that has befallen Photosphere related to our recent move, that
> being the failure of our email capabilities.  Seems our virus scan program
> somehow "upgraded" us so well that it completely blocked all outgoing
> emails!
>
> (I was only able to unpack and assemble this computer a week ago and at
> least download emails.  I wondered what I'd find on the O-list.  No, let
me
> rephrase that -- I knew what I _expected_ to find, and sure enough....  To
> bastardize literature, "it was the best of lists, it was the worst of
> lists...."  I laughed, I cried, I swore.  Still, I wouldn't change a
thing.
> But I digress.)
>
> Prior to that, it took our friendly phone company a week to properly
program
> our call forwarding.  During that time, everyone who called Photosphere
was
> told "either the number you have called has been disconnected, or you must
> dial one and the area code to complete your call".  But dialing a one
> resulted in the message, "you need not dial one to complete this call".
> Great.
>
> Once _that_ problem was fixed, we found that somehow one pair of wires for
> the phones were good, but the other pair were not, so while one line
worked
> the other was dead.  Right now, I've got a phone wire plugged directly
into
> the junction box outside and run into the office through a window to make
> and receive calls.  How quaint.
>
> Of course surrounding the window are dozens of boxes of camera repair
> "stuff" which I haven't had time to unpack.  But it seems like every
repair
> requires that I dig through half of them to find something I need.  Which
is
> something I just haven't had time to do because....
>
> Because I've been a little busy helping some people who are faced with a
> real Disaster, with a capital "D", victims of Katrina.  Oh, nothing really
> major -- just taking a few loads of stuff to some people who could use
some
> of the extra things we've accumulated.
>
> Obligatory Olympus Content?  I've handed out a few new "exchange" Olympus
co
> mpact cameras (sorry, no OM's), along with batteries and film, to some
folks
> who lost just about everything.  Hey, what better time than the present to
> begin capturing family memories again?
>
> Anyway, it's good to be back online.
>
> Clint
>
> Address all shipments and postal correspondence to:
>
> Photosphere
> P.O. Box 251026
> Plano, Texas   75025-1026
> U.S.A.
>
> Specializing exclusively in repairs of Olympus photographic equipment for
> over 20 years!
>


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