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7:24am on Wednesday, 15th July, 2026:
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Well, I don't have my fibre-optic Internet connection yet.
The chap came round yesterday and installed everything, but he didn't connect the unit to the telegraph pole. This is because he's not allowed to use a ladder without there being a colleague present.
So, he didn't know that he was going to have to climb up a telegraph pole, even though everyone else whose house he has connected to the telegraph pole required him to climb the telegraph pole?
His colleague, it transpired, commanded a cherry-picker, so no ladder was necessary when he was present. He wasn't present, though, because he was installing someone else's cable. He would, however, be present later in the afternoon.
He wasn't. He couldn't make it because he had to go to an emergency. My guess is that "go to an emergency" is code for "go home because he overran".
We should be connected up this morning.
Yes, well we "should" have been connected up yesterday afternoon....
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