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the door of Settle’s store, it caused quite a stir. And I had finally figured out, after twoplus years, the exact technique required for opening the old door - press, pull, press, push, wiggle, push. Thankfully, old dogs can learn new tricks. We love the door upgrade!
I had an interesting day this week. After returning home from physical therapy, I did what I always do. I picked up the portable phone, pressed “Talk” and listened for a dial tone or the beeping signal letting me know that I had a message. But all I heard was silence. I hung up and tried again, but still no sound. About ten minutes later I tried the base phone in the kitchen - still no dial tone. A few minutes later I tried the portable again and got an annoying sound, like that of a fax machine. This happened three times and then I finally got a dial tone. Good. No messages. Then things got interesting. Within two minutes of hanging up the phone, there was someone pounding on my front door and ringing the doorbell. From the window I saw three cars. Two were brown and gold with lights on top and the other was “unmarked.” It is amazing how many things can run through the human mind in a matter of seconds. What did I do? What do they think I did? What did one of my parishioners do? Who died? What would bring three county sheriffs to the door of a 50-something clergywoman and grandmother? Smile when you open the door, Leah!
Well, it turns out that there was a 911 hang up call from my residence and our law enforcement personnel dutifully responded. I explained that I did not call 911, but I was having phone problems. The good sheriff suggested I call the phone company,
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