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Subject: [OM] Re: Fw: semi-[OT] -- of disasters and Disasters....
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 08:40:23 -0400
Ouch!  Moving is an sob, Clint, but it sounds like you're getting there, 
step by step.

John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY 11743
631-424-2121  |  omtech@xxxxxxxxx
              www.zuiko.com
Factory Trained OM Service since 1977
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PhotoSphere Olympus Camera Service" <olyfix@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 12:36 PM
Subject: [OM] Fw: semi-[OT] -- of disasters and Disasters....


>
> OK, let's try this once more....
>
>
>> Can you hear me now?
>>
>> Hopefully your reading this means I've solved the latest "disaster"
>> (little-d) that has befallen Photosphere related to our recent move, that
>> being the failure of our email capabilities.  Seems our virus scan 
>> program
>> somehow "upgraded" us so well that it completely blocked all outgoing
>> emails!
>>
>> (I was only able to unpack and assemble this computer a week ago and at
>> least download emails.  I wondered what I'd find on the O-list.  No, let
> me
>> rephrase that -- I knew what I _expected_ to find, and sure enough.... 
>> To
>> bastardize literature, "it was the best of lists, it was the worst of
>> lists...."  I laughed, I cried, I swore.  Still, I wouldn't change a
> thing.
>> But I digress.)
>>
>> Prior to that, it took our friendly phone company a week to properly
> program
>> our call forwarding.  During that time, everyone who called Photosphere
> was
>> told "either the number you have called has been disconnected, or you 
>> must
>> dial one and the area code to complete your call".  But dialing a one
>> resulted in the message, "you need not dial one to complete this call".
>> Great.
>>
>> Once _that_ problem was fixed, we found that somehow one pair of wires 
>> for
>> the phones were good, but the other pair were not, so while one line
> worked
>> the other was dead.  Right now, I've got a phone wire plugged directly
> into
>> the junction box outside and run into the office through a window to make
>> and receive calls.  How quaint.
>>
>> Of course surrounding the window are dozens of boxes of camera repair
>> "stuff" which I haven't had time to unpack.  But it seems like every
> repair
>> requires that I dig through half of them to find something I need.  Which
> is
>> something I just haven't had time to do because....
>>
>> Because I've been a little busy helping some people who are faced with a
>> real Disaster, with a capital "D", victims of Katrina.  Oh, nothing 
>> really
>> major -- just taking a few loads of stuff to some people who could use
> some
>> of the extra things we've accumulated.
>>
>> Obligatory Olympus Content?  I've handed out a few new "exchange" Olympus
> co
>> mpact cameras (sorry, no OM's), along with batteries and film, to some
> folks
>> who lost just about everything.  Hey, what better time than the present 
>> to
>> begin capturing family memories again?
>>
>> Anyway, it's good to be back online.
>>
>> Clint
>>
>> Address all shipments and postal correspondence to:
>>
>> Photosphere
>> P.O. Box 251026
>> Plano, Texas   75025-1026
>> U.S.A.
>>
>> Specializing exclusively in repairs of Olympus photographic equipment for
>> over 20 years!
>>


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