Re: [Palindrome] Land line?

[Eric Albert <Eric ericalbert net>]

"Ah," I say, ahingly.

Then the cell phone sounds just fine.

As does Last Minute's suggestion of having a place
to keep it, preferably bolted down.

-- Eric (A.)

>Hello,
>
>No, we have not achieved land-linedness, and I do not think it is 
>possible.  I thought I made it clear before that my cell phone works fine 
>in both the rooms... and I volunteered its use.  (The problem with the 
>cell phone two years ago was that it was T-mobile, not that it was a cell 
>phone!  Different providers have widely varying quality on campus.)
>
>In any case, the matter is much more complicated than simply running a 
>long cord from one place to the next.  The phone jack first needs to be 
>*activated*, which it is not.  Regular students cannot activate it, and 
>it requires a room reservation.  Last year I was able to funnel the 
>funding for the land line through the student group I was a president of, 
>and even then it was complicated to get it set up and took several days 
>of having my department secretary contact appropriate people.
>
>In light of us not having a room reservation for the room, me no longer 
>being president of the group, and it being only two days before the 
>mystery hunt, there is really no way to get this done.  And even if we 
>did get it activated, the room is on a different floor and not really 
>close at all to our room.
>
>
>Carol
>
>On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Eric Albert wrote:
>
>>Have we achieved land-linedness?
>>
>>If not, do we have someone who is willing to commit to
>>bringing the tools and supplies necessary to let us do so?
>>
>>Last I heard, there was a land line somewhere in our
>>building, on another floor.  I was hoping it was on the
>>same side of building, in a room that wasn't in use this
>>weekend.
>>
>>If so, it's a mere matter (I think) of getting into that
>>other room, running phone wire from that phone, out
>>the window, up the wall, and into one of our windows,
>>to a phone we've brought.
>>
>>If not, things get more complicated.  But many of us
>>feel that having a land line, like, *REALLY* improves
>>the quality of life at Hunt Headquarters.
>>
>>So, anyone willing to take on this task?  It's a major
>>contribution to team effectiveness and morale.
>>
>>-- Eric (A.)