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Post by Plainsman on Aug 29, 2023 17:48:13 GMT -5
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Post by Darin on Aug 29, 2023 18:03:26 GMT -5
I'm sure these fine humans were the cream of the crop ... and D.C. is a great place to learn respect and good decision making, right??
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Post by Plainsman on Aug 29, 2023 18:35:24 GMT -5
Oh, woe.
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Post by urbino on Aug 29, 2023 19:32:59 GMT -5
My internet is going up and down like a pogo stick. About every 5 minutes, it craters. Xfinity says there's no problem in my area. Clearly, they are wrong. Could it be your router? It can't be ruled out. I just bought it earlier this year, though, so I would hope it's got a lot of miles left in it. I've got a service call scheduled for Thursday. |
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Post by urbino on Aug 29, 2023 23:59:38 GMT -5
It cratered again tonight for an hour. Then it worked for an hour and cratered again for a few minutes. I cancelled that service call and scheduled a new one to hook up to a new ISP. I'm an IT guy who works from home 3 days a week. I need my dang internet to work.
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Post by trailboss on Aug 30, 2023 9:37:50 GMT -5
Long overdue for Social Security recipients, if you are one it might be worth the 10 minutes, and badger your representatives to do the right thing.
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Post by urbino on Aug 30, 2023 18:24:17 GMT -5
I just got home from the office and here’s a shock: my internet is down. They are 3 for 3 this work week.
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Post by Plainsman on Aug 30, 2023 18:44:59 GMT -5
Very annoying, Urb. I hope this gets sorts soonest for you.
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Post by urbino on Aug 30, 2023 19:29:34 GMT -5
Thanks, Charlie.
It just came back online. We'll see if it lasts. If tonight is like the last 2, it will continue dropping and reconnecting all evening.
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Post by urbino on Aug 30, 2023 20:53:59 GMT -5
I've been trying to schedule a service cancellation with Xfinity. Unfortunately, they engage in the shady business practice of not allowing you to cancel service online. You have to let them call you and run you through a sales pitch, and only if you have sufficient patience to endure that nonsense will they let you leave.
Anything you can sign up for online, you ought to be able to cancel online at the same site. That oughta be a law.
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Post by toshtego on Aug 30, 2023 21:20:24 GMT -5
I've been trying to schedule a service cancellation with Xfinity. Unfortunately, they engage in the shady business practice of not allowing you to cancel service online. You have to let them call you and run you through a sales pitch, and only if you have sufficient patience to endure that nonsense will they let you leave. Anything you can sign up for online, you ought to be able to cancel online at the same site. That oughta be a law. Seems there should be but that is more of the pesky government regulation so many argue against. I hope you get satisfaction with this problem. |
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Post by trailboss on Aug 31, 2023 21:59:34 GMT -5
Quite a day…. Durango Colorado, on to Silverton, then Ouray… it would have been kind of cool to go to Telluride, but it has suffered the same fate as Vail and Aspen. Both once nice towns, but the big money moved in, along with that the snobiness and those that want to achieve that status.
Silverton and Ouray are the real deal, the people in Durango are pretty cool. The highway from Silverton to Ouray has spectacular scenery, but there are 8% grades, 155 turns, many hairpin and no guardrails if you are headed north… the bottomless canyons are spooky to think about.
I have pulled a lot of serious grades in my duties hauling 80,000# gross.
Most of the heavy loads were done in days of my yute… no Jake Brake/ exhaust brake, just using the gearbox and brakes to control my downhill speed. I can just say that I am glad that this was not part of my runs back in the day.
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Post by coalsmoke on Sept 1, 2023 6:48:23 GMT -5
Home of the Durango & Silverton Railroad, Charlie. Beautiful country.
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Post by toshtego on Sept 1, 2023 9:18:35 GMT -5
Quite a day…. Durango Colorado, on to Silverton, then Ouray… it would have been kind of cool to go to Telluride, but it has suffered the same fate as Vail and Aspen. Both once nice towns, but the big money moved in, along with that the snobiness and those that want to achieve that status. Silverton and Ouray are the real deal, the people in Durango are pretty cool. The highway from Silverton to Ouray has spectacular scenery, but there are 8% grades, 155 turns, many hairpin and no guardrails if you are headed north… the bottomless canyons are spooky to think about. I have pulled a lot of serious grades in my duties hauling 80,000# gross. Most of the heavy loads were done in days of my yute… no Jake Brake/ exhaust brake, just using the gearbox and brakes to control my downhill speed. I can just say that I am glad that this was not part of my runs back in the day. That brings back memories of my youth. Driving an Autocar tractor truck with a gasoline engine, Brownie-Spicer transmissions. Hauling logs. Down shifting on grades took skill. I did not do that for long. Yes, those old mountain towns have changed with the influx of wealthy people with attitudes of superiority and entitlement. This is happening in Taos today. Sad to see it happen. |
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Post by Plainsman on Sept 1, 2023 9:53:55 GMT -5
Soon there won’t be any room in grassroots America for grassroots people. That’s why I tell everyone how terrible it is to live where I do. Monsoons, rabid animals, cannibals. It’s awful.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Sept 1, 2023 11:06:04 GMT -5
 Wife has been on me to sell the farm, go to surburbs, no thank you, went to one with her, 5 ft between houses, basketball goals in front of some houses, KIDS, raised mine got enough. Gonna croak on my porch smoking a stogie overlooking where I played as a small boy, 2 houses on 81 acres is enough for me. I GARRONTE!
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Post by urbino on Sept 1, 2023 19:27:09 GMT -5
I've spent all day dealing with technology, and not the kind I get paid for dealing with. AT&T was here to hook me up to their internet. I've still got a lot of work to do to get all my various devices switched from one network to the other -- Alexa devices, smart LED bulbs and the like.
I also switched to them for my wireless. Getting Xfinity to transfer it was a tremendous pain in the hinder. I will not miss those guys. AT&T may be no better, I don't know, but they can hardly be worse.
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Post by coalsmoke on Sept 2, 2023 6:53:42 GMT -5
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Post by Darin on Sept 2, 2023 7:26:35 GMT -5
Home of the Durango & Silverton Railroad, Charlie. Beautiful country. One of the last narrow gauge RR's in existence in this country ... incredibly scenic ride. 👍😎 |
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Post by coalsmoke on Sept 2, 2023 7:34:15 GMT -5
Home of the Durango & Silverton Railroad, Charlie. Beautiful country. One of the last narrow gauge RR's in existence in this country ... incredibly scenic ride. 👍😎 Yes, along with the Cumbres & Toltec RR that shares the other half of the former D&RGW with the Durango & Silverton. The last 3 ft. gauge railroad in the East is the East Broadtop RR in PA and there's the 2 ft. gauge Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum in Maine. |
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Post by Darin on Sept 2, 2023 7:37:17 GMT -5
Nice ... thanks! 😊
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Post by toshtego on Sept 2, 2023 10:40:37 GMT -5
Soon there won’t be any room in grassroots America for grassroots people. That’s why I tell everyone how terrible it is to live where I do. Monsoons, rabid animals, cannibals. It’s awful. Also Zombies. Courtesy prevents me from assigning a political affiliation,  . |
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Post by toshtego on Sept 2, 2023 10:41:51 GMT -5
Wife has been on me to sell the farm, go to surburbs, no thank you, went to one with her, 5 ft between houses, basketball goals in front of some houses, KIDS, raised mine got enough. Gonna croak on my porch smoking a stogie overlooking where I played as a small boy, 2 houses on 81 acres is enough for me. I GARRONTE! Brad, I have a similar attitude about ending my days on my own ground or on the irrigation system, "La Acequia". |
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Post by coalsmoke on Sept 2, 2023 11:55:52 GMT -5
Yeah...I'm a railfan.  |
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Post by don on Sept 2, 2023 12:02:14 GMT -5
Quite a day…. Durango Colorado, on to Silverton, then Ouray… it would have been kind of cool to go to Telluride, but it has suffered the same fate as Vail and Aspen. Both once nice towns, but the big money moved in, along with that the snobiness and those that want to achieve that status. Silverton and Ouray are the real deal, the people in Durango are pretty cool. The highway from Silverton to Ouray has spectacular scenery, but there are 8% grades, 155 turns, many hairpin and no guardrails if you are headed north… the bottomless canyons are spooky to think about. I have pulled a lot of serious grades in my duties hauling 80,000# gross. Most of the heavy loads were done in days of my yute… no Jake Brake/ exhaust brake, just using the gearbox and brakes to control my downhill speed. I can just say that I am glad that this was not part of my runs back in the day. Durango used to be a lot better. I went to college there in the early 80’s. It is way more crowded, commercial and expensive than back then. A ton of people with money moved in from out of state and drove up property values around the outskirts of town. I don’t like it near as much any more. I guess I can say that for a lot of the mountain towns I used to love. Cripple Creek, Breckenridge, Central City, and others are now too big and too commercial. Sigh… |
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Post by Plainsman on Sept 2, 2023 13:19:24 GMT -5
Soon there won’t be any room in grassroots America for grassroots people. That’s why I tell everyone how terrible it is to live where I do. Monsoons, rabid animals, cannibals. It’s awful. Also Zombies. Courtesy prevents me from assigning a political affiliation, . Did I forget the zombies? Dang. What was I thinking? |
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Post by coalsmoke on Sept 2, 2023 13:34:01 GMT -5
The problem that we have here in "agriburbia" is with small farms being sold by families who can't, or aren't willing to, keep the farm going any longer. Part of the corn field down the road was sold off by the owners and is now a condo community. The remaining part of the adjacent field has been cleared, so I guess that'll be "developed" as well. This isn't the same as having wealthy people from out of state come in and buy up land for building their huge houses, but the character of the area is changing and that's the same.
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Post by taiguy66 on Sept 3, 2023 9:40:47 GMT -5
Think this pic says it all. Haha….  |
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Post by taiguy66 on Sept 3, 2023 9:45:16 GMT -5
Will be a Golf Nomad again starting next Sunday. First stop Seoul and finishing either Singapore or Bali around March-Apl 24 (assuming I don’t run out of fund’s first). Will most likely be off the grid but will try to drop in on occasion. Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and everything else in between. 👍👋👋
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Post by Plainsman on Sept 3, 2023 10:19:04 GMT -5
Will be a Golf Nomad again starting next Sunday. First stop Seoul and finishing either Singapore or Bali around March-Apl 24 (assuming I don’t run out of fund’s first). Will most likely be off the grid but will try to drop in on occasion. Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and everything else in between. 👍👋👋 Take some piccies for us, when able. (No golf courses, please😏). Have a great time and don’t forget us. |
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Wife has been on me to sell the farm, go to surburbs, no thank you, went to one with her, 5 ft between houses, basketball goals in front of some houses, KIDS, raised mine got enough. Gonna croak on my porch smoking a stogie overlooking where I played as a small boy, 2 houses on 81 acres is enough for me. I GARRONTE!
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