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Yeah, believe it or not. Sometimes the wife will have work stuff she has to fax- can't always attach stuff to an email for whatever reason.

On the day service terminates, you'll get an email with instructions and a bar code. I took the boxes, network adapters, and power supplies, tossed all that in a box, and took it to a UPS Store (FedEx Office will also work). They will scan it in and give you a sheet of paper confirming it...

I turned in my D* boxes yesterday, the dish is now just a decoration. I was getting tired of the continued price increases for something I didn't even use that much- while we had a lot of channels we didn't watch much, some I did, so we kept a high tier package. Price was hitting $227/mo... and...

Bet he hates sand.

Ehh, they've always done that. It's how we got Ewoks.

Lucas ripped off EVERYBODY. Dude was a real equal opportunity plagiarist. But he was entertaining. At first.

It's a long standing feature of the SW universe. Spice is the name for a generic drug, in the EU it's described as something like a hallucinogen. Jabba was a major spice distributor and that's the load that Han Solo had dumped prior to A New Hope (which is why Jabba had a price on Han). Spice...

We're way behind on this and just watched that episode last night. Man, that was cringey. It looked like the "plucky teenage spies taking on the man" type of crap. Even the special effects weren't that good. It ended up looking like a low speed chase where they were knocking crap over just...

No clue. But I like that soundbar- works well in that application and the remote is nicely universal. Works as a bluetooth speaker too.

I know Bose isn't often the best choice, but they do have certified refurb stuff available on their eBay store. I've found their bluetooth speakers and soundbars to be acceptable. $139 for a Solo Soundbar II with free shipping. I put one of these in our motorhome and it works great...

It can help. Specifically, if there’s a specific offer being made or it makes me aware of a product I might like and of which I was clueless. Generally, it can build a sense of good feeling toward the product or brand. I’m not likely to buy a Chevy truck over a Ford because I see a Chevy ad, but...

Yeah, the drive to generate cash from advertising has made the internet a crappy experience all too often, and now mere commercial breaks aren't enough for them. The device makers are trying to get in on it- we bought some onn brand TVs for church (they use Roku software) and the smart...

Ours was a Goodman system, 95% efficient gas furnace, multi speed blower (which is a must to have... very nice to have it be able to run at lower speeds). I used Budget Heating/Cooling in St. Peters, MO.

Who'd you have come out? That's way expensive. When we had our electric A/C and furnace replaced with a gas furnace/heat pump setup, it only ran us $7500. Is the install that painful?

We've been watching The Mysterious Benedict Society on Disney+. It's an adaptation of young adult novels. The plot is a little convoluted, but it's really well done and extremely well acted. It's not a comedy but has a lot of laugh out loud spots.

Here we are talking telecommunications and Towen just goes right into the gutter. Increased penetration... yeah, we bet you want to ram that fiber right in there, don't you?

And then there's the economic case for it- it's just not cheap to lay fiber. It's going to be in more densely populated places long before it comes to more spread out suburbs.

The moment I see somebody laying fiber down my street I'm calling them. I'll put my $ where my mouth is. But I don't think anybody will- we're down a residential street on a dead end. When I check with AT&T, using their tool to check availability, the result has zero mention of FTTH service...

It really seems like providers are super-spotty in how well they work. In my neighborhood AT&T is absolute garbage, especially down my street... we're on the tail end of a run from the node and when I used them it was nothing but trouble. Nowhere near the speeds claimed, constant dropouts, noise...

Man, some guys will use anything as an excuse- "I hAd A tUmOr!" Seriously though, I just plain hate painting. I know it's not difficult, but it just always feels like I'm going over it again and again, even when I buy the good paint and rollers. I also can never get the corners and edges...