It's been a while since I have been called a "tyke," but I guess it's all relative. Assuming you have more grey hair than I do, I'll let it go. 8)
Out of respect for the literary and humoristic value of our exchange on the Sister Site, particularly its happy if O'Henry-esque ending, I have decided to let you know over here that I jumped the gun in diagnosising my modem problem as "whoops....duhhhh!"
Shortly after we finished our exchange, and with the modem securely plugged in, I assure you, the lights went out again. I wasn't able to get it to work again for the entire evening, and only recently got back online. [In fact, while writing this, it went out again and has taken me about two hours to get back online!]
So, back to the drawing board for me. Going to call Cox I guess.
Yours on the Half Shell,
Quahog
