Friday 13th February 2009

I went out to a friend's place this afternoon for our weekly game of cards. Very enjoyable!



Roy & I went for our little walk early this morning. We are trying to work off the fat that we have accumulated since we both retired. It seems to be working, Roy has lost 7kgs and I have lost 4kgs. This picture is of how I would like to look!!!!!

Thursday, 12th February 2009


I was invited out to the Bulli Angican Church ladies craft group this morning to teach them how to do Tunisian Crocheting. Had a lovely morning. The ladies were keen to learn and I sold about 12 hooks. Am going again next week.

Well, what a frustrating 3 weeks I have had! It all started after I came back from a week in Adelaide - went to dial up internet and it kept cutting me off. I took my hard drive to my computer man who checked it out and said the modem was okay...... Changed the telephone extension cord. So then I rang Optus and spoke to lots of different people - some hung up on me - some left me dangling on the phone - some transferred me from one dept to another. In the end, I was getting nowhere, so I rang TIO (Telecommunication Industry Ombudsman). They gave me a reference number and was told to ring Optus back. So I did. Then I was given a case manager to look after my problem. She got me to talk to one of their top technicians, who on a couple of occasions, changed settings on my modem. Still no good.

In the meantime, I changed my phone service from Optus to Telstra, which took nearly 3 weeks to connect (happened today actually).

I have rung TIO about 3 times overall.

Then last night at about 7.30pm my case manager from Optus rang me - she put me on to a girl in the phone dept. She did a couple of tests on the line and then (after consulting with her bosses) came back and said she was going to send out a technician, but because I was changing over to Telstra phone, she couldn't do that now............. Talk about passing the buck!!!

I am so peeved off with Optus - so today I rang Telstra Bigpond and am now (AT LAST) going broadband with them as soon as they send me the stuff....

All I can say is steer clear of Optus if you want anything fixed........ bad news!!!!

But get this......................... The phone went over to Telstra today and tonight I signed on to the internet and it is working as normal ....... how does that work?????

Australia Day Roy and I shared a lovely couple of hours with our friends, Sandra and Steve and Carol, on a cruise of Sydney Harbour. Had a very nice buffet lunch on the boat.

Thursday, 5th February 2009
Believe it or not!!!!!!! I am back on the internet, am not sure how long for but it seems to be working okay at the moment. What a 3 weeks I have had trying to get this internet sorted out. Finally, Ben (an Optus top Technician) seems to have sorted the problem. We will wait and see....

FEBRUARY 3rd 2009

I am just about pulling my hair out - have been unable to get a decent line onto the internet through OPTUS since the 17th January 2009. Keep getting cut off. (which will probably happen in a minute)..........
WHEN, WHEN, Optus finally get around to fixing the problem, guess who will be leaving OPTUSNET.,....Me!!! The sooner the better.....

Will update my news in the near distant future..................................hopefully!!!!!