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  1. This is sad. I always liked her in the parts she played. My wife met her and saw her numerous times in the 80’s. My wife was a nurse and worked for Ms Garr‘s doctor. Routine stuff. I never met her, but would have loved to. 

    Rest In Peace, Teri Garr :(

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  2. Too many teachers that I can recall turned kids off with their history lessons in my day. Why? Because the teachers focused more on the dates and time lines of when things occurred than they did what happened and what we could or should have learned from each incident. 
    I can recall numerous “C” grades on my papers / tests because I couldn’t remember an actual date but I could recount the events that occurred on those dates accurately. I had teachers that were baffled by my knowledge of events but I could never recall the dates that they occurred. 
    I think that method of teaching soured future teachers over time and these teachers got tenure or went off to work in government and at some point there was a consensus that history wasn’t important. 
     

    Was it a conspiracy started 70 years ago by communists that infiltrated our schools of higher learning? God only knows. We imported enough Europeans after WW2. I’m sure there were a few in the wood pile. 
    OR was it just bad teaching policy?

    Either way, we are not better off as a society or a country. 

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  3. When I was around 5or6 years old I told my Dad I had a lollipop made just for him.

    He said “Really?”

    I said “Yeah, look Dum Dum, Pops”

     

    I spent 15 minutes standing in the corner. 

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  4. 2 hours ago, John Kloehr said:

    I use https://fast.com but same difference. If Comcast was available, it is good enough but the numbers I get with Spectrum fiber rock! Not as good as on frozen winter nights, but my numbers right now are:

     

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    I have seen numbers close to 400 on nice days, have rarely seen anything below 100 which is still better than what I often got from Comcast (which was still fine). When numbers are below 40, then it is time to ratchet video streaming down from 1080P to 480 or even less.


    I took this just a moment ago. This is the highest up load I have seen in a while. Cropped to remove ads. 


     

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  5. 2 hours ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said:

    Well heck.  I'm late to the party.

     

    I was going to suggest I have had excellent relations and service from Xfinity.  Super reliable.  At one time had miserable results with providers that promised the moon but were a ROYAL PITA to do business with.  Have also done similar with Xfinity agents to dodge the ubiquitous rate increases.  I will without doubt, stick with Xfinity.

    I truly do like the service we get from Xfinity. We were disappointed when we moved here and found out the only game in town was Comcast Xfinity. After we started their service I would check the download rates using an app called “Speedtest”. Day and night we get fantastic download speeds. Plus we rarely have an issue and if we do it’s remedied in minutes. 
    I am glad we stuck with them. 

  6. 12 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

    Cant answer about frontier. I have Fidium fiber, way faster than xfin/comcast and cheaper and customer service friendly. And upload speed equals download, not that I use it much.

     

    id do it just to tell comcastto put it where the sun doesn’t shine.

    I only have Comcast Xfinity, Frontier Fiber and Breezeline available. Comcast in CA was a PITA in Sacramento (2010-2013) but here they’ve been great. 

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