Who's that knocking on my wall?

Nothing like being ready to jump into the shower only to hear banging against the outside of your house--coming from right above your head.

Turned out the phone company was working on the utility pole across the street and decided that they needed to check my phone wires. Which meant leaning a ladder up against the house without first checking to see if anyone was home.

Threw on clothes, went out to investigate. Was able to inform the workers that yes, they'd startled me. Pulse rate dropped about the same time DSL service came back up.

I have no wires and I must scream

The helpful Verizon crew completed their work on the utility pole but not before knocking out my DSL service. Once I discovered this I called the tech support number, who seemed unable to grasp the concept that DSL was working right up until the moment that their guys started fiddling around. I suspected cause/effect, while customer service wanted to ask me if I'd installed a new modem recently or upgraded my software....

So, I have no DSL, and had to relocate elsewhere to finish up the day job. And I have to set my alarm for OMG tomorrow in order to get to the site to start the database loads at 6AM. Then scurry home to meet a service tech who is going to arrive between 8AM and Noon... if I'm good.

Grr and argh.