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Originally Posted by Peaches
Several years ago I lived next door to a Chinese man who was a day trader (he was actually a pharmacist at a top hospital but took a sabbatical to make and then lose a few million day trading). The power company came out one day and cut his power and internet connection. It was down for 4 hours. He was out there the entire time screaming at them in alternating English and Chinese 
You'd THINK he'd be smart enough to have a back up carrier...or at least go to Starbucks. But it was pretty entertaining to watch from my office window ;) |
I did think about going into central London and finding an internet cafe but I didn't really want to leave my house with workmen in it. Plus, you know all about the censoring at London internet cafes