Tuesday, September 29, 2009
BOBS EYE VIEW
LET THERE BE LIGHT
If you think the service that Sprint provides stinks, or that the service that AOL provides stinks even worse, of course you'd be right. However, I have a new winner in the stinky service business. The winner, hands down, is FPL, which stands for Flori-DUH Power and Light.
In south Florida, a day without some sort of power interruption is like a day without sunshine. In the good old days, if there was more than one thunder clap, the power would go out, if only for a few seconds.
Now, it seems that if more than five people fart at the same time, power is interrupted. Trust me when I tell you that there is a lot of farting going on in south Florida. This loss of power, or drop in power, affects the television reception as well. The other day I was watching an excellent documentary, The National Parks, by Ken Burns.
As the picture on my television began to dissolve, as it does on nearly a daily basis, the opening title read, The Ntinal Prks by Kn Brns. For the duration of the two hour documentary, the sound alternated between loud, as in standing next to a runway as a jumbo jet takes off, and silent, as in Helen Keller silent.
I am not even sure if the problem lies with FPL or at COMCAST, a yearly runner-up in the stinky service awards. Sometimes I refer to COMCAST as COMCAN'T, or COMCRAP.
Today, I am having a visit by a COMCAST service person, to see why the picture on my two televisions dissolves faster than the prospect of any meaningful health care reform.
I will keep you posted on the outcome.
SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY.
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