The Coffee House

smoke665 · Nov 30, 2017

Dean_Gretsch said:
I have had Frontier for several years now

Bless your heart, I owned a sizable chunk of stock in Frontier at one time, paid excellent dividends, and then it tanked. Finally dumped it to save my rear. No doubt they have some serious problems.

The wife! · Nov 30, 2017

SquarePeg said:
What do you guys consider "good" internet speeds?

In Maine it is anything that's not dial up.

Gary A. · Nov 30, 2017

smoke665 said:
SquarePeg said:

I did a speed test and have 24 download and 50 upload.

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divide your download by 3, and it's still faster than mine. We have a fiber optic cable in front of our property, and a box I can see from our bedroom window, but for some reason, they run our service from another box that's almost 15,000 feet away.

Isn’t that ... like three miles away?

smoke665 · Nov 30, 2017

Gary A. said:
Isn’t that ... like three miles away?

Just under, I rounded up. Typically that's the very outside limit for the box to service, and normally I would be SOL, but Bell screwed up and installed a state of the art box because they were under the gun to get service started to me (long story on the reason), that box is capable of servicing up to 19,000 feet. I could initially get 12 meg on a hand picked copper pair, but there was a major mess when a county mower hit a pedestal between our house and the box.

smoke665 · Nov 30, 2017

On another note, Sadie Mae, got the pleasure of meeting up with 2 of her own kind (Brittany) tonight, a 1 yr old and a 5 yr old. Another couple from PA in the RV park we're in have two. I'd always heard that dogs could recognize their own breed, don't know if they did, but it was hilarious watching them act silly and play together.

smoke665 · Dec 1, 2017

The wife! said:
In Maine it is anything that's not dial up.

At least we've had better than dial up for years now, but as soon as I read your post that annoying sound that it made when it was making a connection immediately popped up in my mind. Weird how you don't forget some things.

JonA_CT · Dec 1, 2017

Good morning.

No-shave November came to a close. This is exactly 30 days of growth. Beards ‘til Christmas? I think I might let it go for awhile.

smoke665 · Dec 1, 2017

@JonA_CT For several years, in September, I would start letting mine grow out for Deer season in November, every now and then I'd let it stay till summer heat made it a pain.

SquarePeg · Dec 1, 2017

What does your wife prefer? She looks at you a lot more than you look at you I bet.

terri · Dec 1, 2017

SquarePeg said:
What does your wife prefer? She looks at you a lot more than you look at you I bet.

I like it, but agree that what your wife thinks is kinda important.

davidharmier60 · Dec 1, 2017

Dave just got out of work. Almost 4.75 hours. Post office should have all the mail tossed pretty soon. I'll go by there then hit the home 20.

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Dean_Gretsch · Dec 1, 2017

JonA_CT said:
Good morning.

No-shave November came to a close. This is exactly 30 days of growth. Beards ‘til Christmas? I think I might let it go for awhile.

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Gary A. · Dec 1, 2017

smoke665 said:
On another note, Sadie Mae, got the pleasure of meeting up with 2 of her own kind (Brittany) tonight, a 1 yr old and a 5 yr old. Another couple from PA in the RV park we're in have two. I'd always heard that dogs could recognize their own breed, don't know if they did, but it was hilarious watching them act silly and play together.

Mary Lou and Gary felt guilty that everyday we would leave Cookie and go to work. We rescued a Wire Hair Fox Terrier as a companion for Cookie. In the beginning they played and played for about six months. Then, all of a sudden Shelby, (the WHFT), started attacking Cookie. Truly violent attacks and blood letting battles occurred. The attacks seemed triggered whenever I enters the same space as the two dogs. Apparently, two female terriers will not get along and Shelby wanted to eliminate the competition. Unfortunately, we had to find another home for Shelby, she was a great dog, but her instincts kicked in.

The new owner said the Shelby quickly became queen of the house. When he took Shelby to dog parks, she would socialize with all the dogs, but she would growl at Wheatens.