Not particularly good. I am amused by, and have fun with, the “detection by coincidence” that’s a regular feature, but it’s a dumb story when that’s the solution.
Before I finally gave up the landline and ported the number to a cell, I had an old corded phone to use during power outages. It was an easy way to check status when away to wait out the power situation. If the answering machine from the cordless picked up, power was back.
do·ing /ˈdo͞oiNG/
gerund or present participle of “do”:
solve; work out.
“Joe was doing sums aloud”
produce or give a performance of (a particular play, opera, etc.).
“the Royal Shakespeare Company is doing Macbeth next month”
travel at (a specified speed).
“I was speeding, doing seventy-five”
make progress or perform in a specified way; get on.
“when a team is doing badly, it’s not easy for a new player to settle in”