St Albans, Vermont Spring 2006

This is a really short take...
Opening up the summer place...called the phone and power companies a week ahead so the utilities would be in place when we arrived. The lights were on but there was no dial tone on the phone. (Aside: why do we still call it a dial tone? Shouldn't it be a 'touch tone'?)

To get cell phone reception in our rural area, we must walk to the edge of the lake and face East. So I did and called the phone company with the resulting conversation:

Me:"Hello, our phone which was supposed to be connected last week doesn't even have a dial tone."
Phone repair service rep: " Is that the phone you are calling from?"