Fios box: disconnect the battery completely to stop the beeping. Then wheedle Verizon into updating your box for free because the newer ones don’t have built in batteries (I held out until they had a free promotion). You can plug it into a UPS if you want battery backup, and everything - not just phones - will continue to work if there’s an outage. Don’t forget to put your router on a UPS as well.
Was just about to share this advice. The box is called an ONT and you have an old one. Once you get the Verizon technicians into your home, they'll upgrade everything at no charge. The challenge sometimes is just getting them to come in the first place for zero service fee. Tell them that THEIR ONT is "acting up" or something.
Please note that Gertrude Beasley, the friend of Miss Marple name you (presumably) made up and stuck in there because it sounded good (that is, old-fashioned and a bit silly) is the actual name of a woman who had an astonishing life which was detailed in one of those NY Times retro-obituaries: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/obituaries/gertrude-beasley-overlooked.html.
She wrote an incredible memoir, tragically titled "My First Thirty Years" (tragically because her last thirty were spent locked up in an insane asylum because she was a troublemaker). "My First Thirty Years" was republished by an obscure press last year and is really worth reading.
"I think a radio station should play only songs by Dylan and the Beatles. I would be called Dyatles or something." I propose the station be called "BeaDyls"
I, too, am a hoarder. Because I support Microsoft Word, I can easily justify keeping old versions of Word and the wonderful manuals that came with them, but I can't explain why I still have the 4″-wide slipcase for the manuals for WordPerfect, which won't even install on Windows 10. Or why I have saved the 5¼″ diskettes for software I will never again install (again, probably wouldn't install in W10).
That's just the tip of the iceberg, however. I also have programs from plays, concerts, and other occasions that have programs. I save the newsletters from the Friends of the Library (nostalgic for the days when I was the newsletter editor/publisher). I'm the family archivist and have a $60/month storage locker full of family photos and papers. I'm the de facto historian for my Rotary club (since no one else seems to save anything). Even on my hard drive, I have documents and emails going back to the year dot. But I am the go-to person for information no one else can find.
Gene, getting a leg joint replaced isn't an excuse to not ride a bike. It's a reason to ride a bike. More muscle mass around a joint protects it better. Of course, I'm sure that you enjoy it every time that Stephan Pastis pokes fun at Jef Mallet.
My wife and I are Nats fans. While she doesn't usually watch the MLB playoffs if the Nats are not in them, we have been watching the Division and Championship series. We both despise the Houston Assho...errrr Astros. But we had a conflict during the Atlanta-Philadelphia series. She hates the Philthies. I curse the Barves [intentional] fans every time they start doing the chop. Watching the Atlanta -Philadelphia series required us both to contain some of our emotions. However, we both agreed that Bryce Harper is a narcissist. We have gotten onto the same page during the Championship series. We're both rooting for Arizona and Texas.
Jessica Fletcher had to move to the city because her ability as a serial killer who always found a way to pin it on others was becoming obvious. Dr. Seth Hazlitt should have confronted her, "Jessicaaah, it appears half the population of Cabot Cove has perished since you came here." The most imperiled person on Earth would be one of Jessica's old friends.
Sport cheerdom is based on a hierarchy of factors 1) your team 2) the team opposite of a team you hate, likely a team that beats your team 3) a team that hasn’t won anything in years 4) the opposer of a team that has. Etc.
To me, once I get past my own team, it's mostly about schadenfreude.
You'd think this would be difficult when, say, the Phillies are playing the Braves in the playoffs, but no.
Phillies fans are reprehensible for myriad reasons, but I respect their passion. Braves fans are as arrogant as Yankees fans but without the championships, and they have The Chop, and so need to be put in their place, and having the Phillies do it makes it even more delicious.
So that one was easy. Now I root for Arizona to demolish the Phillies because I have nothing against Diamondbacks fans.
Right there with you. And as a life-long Dodgers fan, I’m still snarling whenever the TV commentators mention Houston’s 2017 WS title without the slightest mention of their villainy in getting it.
Interesting, this concept of morality. It started out as utilitarian, normative behavior some 400 millenia ago when we found cooperating or collaborating in the daily tasks of life was more efficient. Then it was subsequently seized upon by religion long about the 17th c. as just the thing to allow it, as self-proclaimed official arbiter, to command and control--- and has since had a largely religious connotation. And, of course, has mutated into the convenient conditional or situational morality we see in some quarters today, where it has even been elevated to something akin to divine right. But fortunately, that original concept of behavior in the collective interest, apart from the dictates of formal religion, still exists in many others.
Oh, wait, I have one! I use someone else's login credentials for Disney+. It took me a moment to recall that this is morally sketchy because it is, technically, stealing. From a wealthy company that underpays the creators of the material it streams for a butt-load of money (even acknowledging that many of us are "stealing"), so it is stealing from thieves. I hate the whole model of streaming subscription. If we used to pay $X for cable service with a program package, now we pay half that for the cable or optical fiber service with no program package, plus a quarter of $X for each of the maybe 4 (in our case) to 8 different streaming services that one might subscribe to in order to see the one program on each service that you actually want to see. The net result is that we now pay 1.5 to 2.5 times what we used to pay, for pretty much the same service.
I'm not sure it's entirely accurate to say that I have not done anything morally sketchy as an adult, but that was the option closest to what I do: when I realize I have misbehaved, or risked misbehaving, or done something that could be perceived as misbehaving, I come clean. I admit it. So where does that put me?
Fios box: disconnect the battery completely to stop the beeping. Then wheedle Verizon into updating your box for free because the newer ones don’t have built in batteries (I held out until they had a free promotion). You can plug it into a UPS if you want battery backup, and everything - not just phones - will continue to work if there’s an outage. Don’t forget to put your router on a UPS as well.
Was just about to share this advice. The box is called an ONT and you have an old one. Once you get the Verizon technicians into your home, they'll upgrade everything at no charge. The challenge sometimes is just getting them to come in the first place for zero service fee. Tell them that THEIR ONT is "acting up" or something.
This is exactly what I did.
Please note that Gertrude Beasley, the friend of Miss Marple name you (presumably) made up and stuck in there because it sounded good (that is, old-fashioned and a bit silly) is the actual name of a woman who had an astonishing life which was detailed in one of those NY Times retro-obituaries: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/obituaries/gertrude-beasley-overlooked.html.
She wrote an incredible memoir, tragically titled "My First Thirty Years" (tragically because her last thirty were spent locked up in an insane asylum because she was a troublemaker). "My First Thirty Years" was republished by an obscure press last year and is really worth reading.
"I think a radio station should play only songs by Dylan and the Beatles. I would be called Dyatles or something." I propose the station be called "BeaDyls"
I, too, am a hoarder. Because I support Microsoft Word, I can easily justify keeping old versions of Word and the wonderful manuals that came with them, but I can't explain why I still have the 4″-wide slipcase for the manuals for WordPerfect, which won't even install on Windows 10. Or why I have saved the 5¼″ diskettes for software I will never again install (again, probably wouldn't install in W10).
That's just the tip of the iceberg, however. I also have programs from plays, concerts, and other occasions that have programs. I save the newsletters from the Friends of the Library (nostalgic for the days when I was the newsletter editor/publisher). I'm the family archivist and have a $60/month storage locker full of family photos and papers. I'm the de facto historian for my Rotary club (since no one else seems to save anything). Even on my hard drive, I have documents and emails going back to the year dot. But I am the go-to person for information no one else can find.
Trumps is now my household name for clumping poos and pees.
I may have to get a pet just to start using this.
An excellent reason to rescue a cat. Please do so and don't blame me later.
Gene, getting a leg joint replaced isn't an excuse to not ride a bike. It's a reason to ride a bike. More muscle mass around a joint protects it better. Of course, I'm sure that you enjoy it every time that Stephan Pastis pokes fun at Jef Mallet.
My wife and I are Nats fans. While she doesn't usually watch the MLB playoffs if the Nats are not in them, we have been watching the Division and Championship series. We both despise the Houston Assho...errrr Astros. But we had a conflict during the Atlanta-Philadelphia series. She hates the Philthies. I curse the Barves [intentional] fans every time they start doing the chop. Watching the Atlanta -Philadelphia series required us both to contain some of our emotions. However, we both agreed that Bryce Harper is a narcissist. We have gotten onto the same page during the Championship series. We're both rooting for Arizona and Texas.
Jessica Fletcher had to move to the city because her ability as a serial killer who always found a way to pin it on others was becoming obvious. Dr. Seth Hazlitt should have confronted her, "Jessicaaah, it appears half the population of Cabot Cove has perished since you came here." The most imperiled person on Earth would be one of Jessica's old friends.
Sport cheerdom is based on a hierarchy of factors 1) your team 2) the team opposite of a team you hate, likely a team that beats your team 3) a team that hasn’t won anything in years 4) the opposer of a team that has. Etc.
To me, once I get past my own team, it's mostly about schadenfreude.
You'd think this would be difficult when, say, the Phillies are playing the Braves in the playoffs, but no.
Phillies fans are reprehensible for myriad reasons, but I respect their passion. Braves fans are as arrogant as Yankees fans but without the championships, and they have The Chop, and so need to be put in their place, and having the Phillies do it makes it even more delicious.
So that one was easy. Now I root for Arizona to demolish the Phillies because I have nothing against Diamondbacks fans.
Right there with you. And as a life-long Dodgers fan, I’m still snarling whenever the TV commentators mention Houston’s 2017 WS title without the slightest mention of their villainy in getting it.
Oh for the good old days, when politicians cheated on their expense reports and not their country.
And if you upgrade, does the button deliver an extra climax? Asking for a friend.
If your friend wants the full Pool experience they'll have to upgrade to "Fondling."
I suggest changing the name for the upgrade to "Foundling"
Interesting, this concept of morality. It started out as utilitarian, normative behavior some 400 millenia ago when we found cooperating or collaborating in the daily tasks of life was more efficient. Then it was subsequently seized upon by religion long about the 17th c. as just the thing to allow it, as self-proclaimed official arbiter, to command and control--- and has since had a largely religious connotation. And, of course, has mutated into the convenient conditional or situational morality we see in some quarters today, where it has even been elevated to something akin to divine right. But fortunately, that original concept of behavior in the collective interest, apart from the dictates of formal religion, still exists in many others.
As far as I know, I did coin "Trumps" to refer to my cat's litter box deposits. But surely I'm not the only person to have had this idea.
Any adult human being who says they’ve never done anything morally sketchy is either self-deluded or a liar.
Or has a bad memory, like me.
Well then, since you’re human, you have to assume the worst. But that might just be my misanthropy talking.
Oh, wait, I have one! I use someone else's login credentials for Disney+. It took me a moment to recall that this is morally sketchy because it is, technically, stealing. From a wealthy company that underpays the creators of the material it streams for a butt-load of money (even acknowledging that many of us are "stealing"), so it is stealing from thieves. I hate the whole model of streaming subscription. If we used to pay $X for cable service with a program package, now we pay half that for the cable or optical fiber service with no program package, plus a quarter of $X for each of the maybe 4 (in our case) to 8 different streaming services that one might subscribe to in order to see the one program on each service that you actually want to see. The net result is that we now pay 1.5 to 2.5 times what we used to pay, for pretty much the same service.
I'm not sure it's entirely accurate to say that I have not done anything morally sketchy as an adult, but that was the option closest to what I do: when I realize I have misbehaved, or risked misbehaving, or done something that could be perceived as misbehaving, I come clean. I admit it. So where does that put me?