Random Babbling Post #104

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Balle: It was just recently when High speed came to the area, but the company talking the best deal is under yet another delay in being able to provide the service.

 

gnarff? and no DSL or ISDN or anything?

i was just very surprised that anyone is still using a dial-up modem not in 3rd world countries or something

 

I had dial-up until about 8 months ago at my house and that's not even the worst part... our ISP was AOL!

 

say what? i can't quite see how you would be able to survive...

and i can't quite grasp that some places are so milenial

 

Three days of no computer access ending up in an exam I'll have to repeat in two weeks ... and I seem to have missed out on some fun on the boards. Just my luck.

Floppy drives, VHS... Twilight Zone Thread

revmaf: "Summon Honey Golem?" In case of Polar bears use the variation: "Summon cans of sweetened milk powder".

DotW: Apprentice? Think independent companies with similar tools of trade.
(Besides, my maniacal laughter is a joke.)
Things exploding however...

 

Thanks for the spell advice, all.

Ah, internet access. At work I have rather slow DSL, but at least it's DSL. At home - you guessed it. Dial up. Can't quite afford the cost of DSL at home - there's only one local provider and they're milking the monopoly for all it's worth. Yes, in the good old U.S. of A., but remember I'm way back in the hills here, and I keep getting indignantly reminded by my telephone company that we're lucky to have telephones.

Rainy off and on and oh so humid. September in East Tennessee. Also high pollen count, low air quality, wheeze city here.

OK, get through today and - I hope!! - Friday off! Whoo-hoo.

 

well, just popping in for a little random babbling ... i can't wait for friday. been a long week.

 

What's been happening here?

 

Note to self: avoid drinking beer before, during, or after drinking stronger spirits.

What do you say on a 9/11 anniversary? My heart goes to all those who lost friends or family on that day, and I hope they are at peace - as much as can be - and provided for.

 

One company got a grant to bring High speed to every citizen in the county, even the rural ones. One of the big companies moves in and serviced the villages, so the original company just did a half-assed job, and last fall could not guarantee us service. Another company had an information session, planning to start extending services early in 2008. Since then it's been one delay after another, and we're still waiting. A third company sent out flyers, but for now we're waiting on the one that's delayed because they offer the best deal...

 

I'm sure that eventually it will happen. Who knows when eventually will be.

 

Screw beer!

I saw a couple of more nutjobs at work those last two days - one of them offered me coke, bought two Red Bulls and gave me one. Since he insisted, I took the Red Bull (it was a loooooooong and boooooooooring night), but told him to keep his dope. Oh yeah, and there was this other dude who was frantically looking for aluminum foil from a pack of cigarettes to craft an artisanal bong out of a 591ML bottle of Pepsi. I had just bought a pack of Cherry Vendettas, so I gave him the foil he wanted, and he came back maybe 20 minutes later and asked me if I wanted a few tokes. Thanks but no thanks.

*shrugs* This stuff is bound to happen since I'm working in a rather... weird neighborhood.

 

Huh, at first I thought you meant coke as the beverage. Weird thing.

 

Last night I was walking to go play some basketball and just at a stoplight two guys walking the other way stopped in the crosswalk next to me...

"Hey man, you smoke pot?"
Me= "Naaaaah, not really."
"Damn"

And they walked away into the twighlight.

 

You know, given the price and danger associated with pot, you would think that users would tend to want to hoard the stuff and not share it -- I knew a guy when I was a teen, he was always offering me some of his weed after work. I always turned him down, obviously, but still, I always thought it was weird.

This is the guy who took a pill of unknown composition and had a fight with a garbage bag one night. It was entertaining to say that least.

 

Same here.


Home alone (more or less) tomorrow... make that today. Midnight is a sneaky thing.

 

Given my experience with the stuff I'd say that people like to share it because it is kind of a social drug. When I used to smoke pot I would almost always invite someone else to join (friends and acquaintances, not strangers). As far as "danger" goes ... it isn't anywhere near as dangerous as physically addictive substances such as cigarettes. In fact people are more willing to share a toke than a cigarette.

 

Yeah it really isn't too dangerous compared to lots of things, so I'll agree with you there. But at the same time it does really baffle me how much it is shared with its cost.

 

Just got started in an online Diplomacy tournament. I have England, and already 5 of the other 6 players haver said hi...

 

Independent company? No no no, that won't do - don't want the two Puters' Bane going (barbed wire) head to (barbed wire) head, now do we?

Just give me a black suit with a black shirt, a big lavish chair and let me do the megalomaniac rants and laugh.