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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

15 Weeks, 57 and Download Speeds




Well where do i start? I suppose saying YEEEAAAHHH!!! DING 57! is a good place to start, finally i've knuckled down and gained that last 20% needed to hit lvl 57, so my hunter is now merely 13 levels behind the rest of the guild (oooh lucky number there i guess!) after what's that so far? 2 months since TBC launched? and yet i'm still not even 60! god that's commitment for you! hmmm maybe i'll play more in future.

So with the good start over i'm going to have a grumble about my download speeds with Virgin Media (or NTL:Telewest is really at fault i suppose) Until a few weeks ago i was running on the 10mb NTL cable connection, it was basically the one thing i wanted when i moved in with t'other half and she agreed it was fine, and all was well with it. However when i decided to tell Sky where to shove their digibox and stroke NTL's ego by moving to them for all three important services (Phone, TV & Internet) i decided to take a drop in my net speed as i thought 10mb was a bit much considering how little downloading i do outside of gaming. But since dropping from 10meg to 4meg my download speeds seem to have dropped through the bloody ringer! and i'm not happy about it!!!!!one!!! but Virgin dont seem to give a shit, yes they acknowledge i should get a faster conn but wont accept blame, so i'm tempted to phone them and tell them i'm going back to sky and will be taking my cable modem and shoving it up (non)Virgins arsehole! replacing it with a 16mb DSL connection with Sky. But i can't even do this, NTL installed a new line to the house, meaning that my phoneline isn't with BT! so i can't even try and get DSL over it anyway!!!! fecks sake! they really know how to make a person cry. In-fact i think i'm going to stop myself there, i don't really want to depress myself anymore!

On an alternative note i'd like to say a big thanks to my mum who called me tonight (after speaking to my sister whom i'd been texting about there only being 15 weeks left before she is an auntie) in shock having been under the illusion that this birth thing was happening at some point in the very far future and that she would not be a Grandmother for a long time to come! Strangely it seems my wife is still in denial, despite this revelation she is also convinced that the little blighter will not be escaping her body EVER if labour is involved. It's hard for me to remain straight faced when that type of hysteria is thrown around, yes it's scary, yes it's probably going to be very painful but does trying to convince yourself it's NOT going to happen really make you feel better? Meh i'll call it a night at that, it's nearly 2am and i want to get some sleep at some point this year, here's an image showing what the 25th week looks like!

5 comments:

Vastian said...

Broadband bust and wife going into a somewhat manic state... I don't envy your position.

You starting to get worried about all the paternal responsibilities yet or would you like me to shatter your self confidence in preparation?

Grats on the ding btw.

Anthony Ogden said...

Oddly no, i can honestly say i'm not worried about paternal responsibility at the moment, i'm (dare i say it) looking forwards to it.
Will make a big change but my mind can't envisage that massive responsibility shift that i'm going to have to go through yet. I think i'm probably just in denial lol.

Vastian said...

Extra mouth to feed, have to make sure to keep the money coming in to pay the electricity, no more nipping out to the pub...

Vastian said...

Late night feedings...

Anthony Ogden said...

Extra mouth to feed? Dude, 1/5th less of a portion for me and the little blighter will be fine! ;)
Nipping out to the pub? i'm a gamer... when does that EVER happen?
Late night feedings? you dont think i got to this size without participating in my own late night feedings? ;)

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