u/BrightRick

I live in a multi-building condo complex. There's an individual internet drop to each building's maintenance room. Our building of 14 units has had no streaming or internet for over two weeks. I called service - they showed up, checked and told me that they need to access to the maintenance room where the connection is because "there's no signal on the line." I told him I was a tenant and had no access. He actually asked me "Then why did I call?" Er, because I have no internet or streaming. "Well, the building management has to arrange it." OK, two weeks later and nobody has called Spectrum and Spectrum has not called them. Our property manager quit a month ago, so the office has been empty since then, except on random days once a week when someone stops by to pickup checks.

I received a notice today from management that the trouble ticket was closed and the issue solved. Except it was not. I messaged with Spectrum. They REFUSE to accept a complaint from me concerning the entire building and refuse to call anyone but me. Their solution is to send a maintenance guy out again, and I know how that will end. So what I am going to do is have service come out every single day until it's fixed. I have to use my phone as a hotspot to use the web. Maintenance will be here in an hour (impressive actually) to twiddle their fingers and ask for access to the maintenance room.

I purchased an A1 a few months ago and love it. I see a lucky few snagged one off Vine. I just grabbed a hotend and nozzle from two different vine listings. Spares are handy!

Last weds I thought it was a sore throat. Waited for a day - the typical gargling with salt water, etc. Next morning my throat was obstructed about 60% and my uvula was almost sideways. Hit the emergency clinic, they wheel me over to the ER and they do an emergency cyst removal - a 1.5CM and several 1-2mm cysts had formed in under a day. The pain was insane. Worde than the two tooth extractions I had a month earlier. All done, out patient. Go home.

The next day I'm feeling terrible, but they just dug a hole in my throat, so.... 1am. Fever hits 103, throat is swelling closed again. Drive to the ER - it's 7 minutes away. I won the lotto - I'm the only person in the waiting room. Explain the problem. Several hours in an ER bay (tests, xrays, CT scan, etc.) and two days in the hospital. They thought sepsis may have started because of the bloodwork - it was that close. Removed the tonsils with a LASER the first day. On IV antibiotics from Fri. in the ER to Sunday, plus steroids, etc. Sunday I'm sent home with a hip-flask of opioids and a box of Narcan, antibiotics, etc.. The nurse tells me that the pain from the previous Thursday was lightweight training for what to expect in the next few days. Yea, I joke around with the staff wherever I am and they tend to loosen up around me.

Friggin 66 years old and had my tonsils removed. Pureed and liquid foods for at least two weeks. Soft foods after that. Stay sedate. Nothing to dry out or stress the throat. I have 7 types of pureed beans in the fridge. Fruit-pops smashed into diet pepsi is my newest friend. I can't do sugar, dairy or salt, and have a literal prescription to eat ice cream. And can't.

Beans. Protein shakes. No alcohol, caffeine, citrus. The White Scabs (good name for an indie band) are forming up nicely - my throat looked like the set from some cave-based horror movie. Now it's the spider-web covered caves from LOTR. Yes, I'm, taking daily photos.