problems, i hope, have now been fixed. the static is gone. the problem seems to be in the under-ground lines they just put in two years ago. they may need to dig up those underground wires and replace them, but the repairman thinks they will hold for now. let's hope he is right and the static on these lines is, at least, less!
2.) [computer problems] the computer that crashed just before three weekends ago while i was gone is now up and running. it is doing some very weird things that i do not understand, but so far, it is working again as a typewriter with a really easy delete 