Re: Crossed the threshhold

From	Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com>
Newsgroups	alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Subject	Re: Crossed the threshhold
Date	2023-05-21 12:11 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<XnsB00B535F24A5CKamilot@135.181.20.170> (permalink)
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BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in news:u47jjc$lb87$1@dont-email.me:

> On 18.05.2023 13.59, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:u43hk2$5h4$2@dont-email.me: 
>> 
>>> On 17.05.2023 13.05, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:u3rl6h$2o42q$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>
>>>>> On 13.05.2023 13.13, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>> news:u3iepj$12gio$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 09.05.2023 14.48, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>> news:u3be28$3unlf$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 07.05.2023 15.46, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [Out with the old...]
>>>>>> [There's still old stuff here]
>>>>> [Yes, and I'm not going anywhere.
>>>>>  There is much less old text than there was before]
>>>> [You're not *that* old]
>>> [Not as old as dirt, but older than the text that isn't here any
>>> more] 
>> [That applies to everyone here]
> [The scale for oldness is different for people as opposed to usenet
> post text, though]
[A people year = a usenet year]
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am fighting with the cable company. They sent an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 'update' to my digital boxes which zapped them. I feel
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> they did this on purpose to force people to use their
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> IPTV service. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why would they do that? I thought thay were all about
>>>>>>>>>>>>> providing choices and doing their best for the customers
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and so on. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> *falls off chair laughing*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I hope you didn't hurt yourself...
>>>>>>>>>> Nope. The yoga mat saved me.
>>>>>>>>> It's good for something, then, this yoga thing.
>>>>>>>> For breathing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Such an underrated feature... Also weirdly paradoxical.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> (and the comfy pants)
>>>>>>> There is no rule that says you have to do yoga to wear comfy
>>>>>>> pants. 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Lots of people wear yoga pants but don't do yoga.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There are non-yoga related comfy pants in the world.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sure.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> But seriously why? With actual hardware and dedicated
>>>>>>>>>>>>> cables they have a much tighter hold on their customers
>>>>>>>>>>>>> that what every other IPTV service can hope for,,,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I was on the phone with several customer care people for at
>>>>>>>>>>>> least 2 hours on the weekend. At first they wouldn't
>>>>>>>>>>>> acknowledge that they had done something. The next person
>>>>>>>>>>>> blamed me for owning old equipment. By the end of it, I was
>>>>>>>>>>>> so angry and frustrated that I completely lost my shit on
>>>>>>>>>>>> someone and then hung up and had a cry. After that I sent
>>>>>>>>>>>> them a harshly worded email  about my experience with quote
>>>>>>>>>>>> unquote customer service. Someone called me last night not
>>>>>>>>>>>> to offer me technical assistance but a deal. Now I have a
>>>>>>>>>>>> better package for $100 less a month. 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> And a new cable box, one assumes.
>>>>>>>>>> Two actually and a new modem.
>>>>>>>>> Why two? And why isn't the modem integrated into the box(es)?
>>>>>>>>> Seems a bit wasteful to me. That's probably why they can't
>>>>>>>>> afford proper customer support. You know, the kind where the
>>>>>>>>> person answering the phone knows something - anything...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have 2 tvs.
>>>>>>> Ooohh... fancy. But also CAPITALISM!!1!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I like shopping.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is this thing called window-shopping... Just as 'enjoyable'
>>>>> and a lot less expensive.
>>>>>
>>>> Not true!
>>>>>>>> If the modem was in the receiver then I would have to have the
>>>>>>>> tv near where the cable comes out of the wall. Now the tv can
>>>>>>>> be anywhere. 
>>>>>>> Well, you could decide which program to watch before moving to
>>>>>>> the other tv, but I suppose your way is more convenient. Still
>>>>>>> need cabling though. The previous owner of this place installed
>>>>>>> a mess of phone- ethernet- and coax-cables everywhere, with at
>>>>>>> least one swich box in the attic and outtakes everywhere. I
>>>>>>> should probably map all that out at some point. 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or not.
>>>>>
>>>>> You are right. I should just leave it all there for the mice to
>>>>> nibble at. 
>>>>>
>>>> They will do regardless of whether or not you map it out.
>>> But I will know exactly which cable has been chewed when something
>>> doens't work any more...
>> 
>> Do you?
>> If something stops working and you find a chewed cable, are you going
>> to repair it? Or splice a working one?
> I would have to, wouldn't I. If I want the thing to work again. Like
> my internet connection or the TV... Unless I can find an alternate
> route on the map of all the cables.

I'm guessing you won't map the cables until something bad happens and 
you are forced to.

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Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-20 00:50 +0100
  Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-20 20:11 +0000
    Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-21 22:37 +0100
      Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-23 11:59 +0000
        Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-24 00:06 +0100
          Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-25 13:38 +0000
            Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-26 00:11 +0100
              Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-28 11:14 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-30 00:23 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-30 12:22 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-31 17:23 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-01 14:24 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-03 13:17 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-03 20:15 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-05 21:43 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-10 17:26 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-11 12:40 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-12 10:56 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-13 23:09 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-14 11:34 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-15 01:33 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-16 13:33 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-17 21:52 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-20 11:00 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-21 11:23 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-22 14:08 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-23 21:31 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-25 11:08 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-26 12:16 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-28 12:35 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-29 18:56 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-30 11:52 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-02 21:23 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-05-03 11:17 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-05 22:19 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-05-07 13:46 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-08 20:12 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-05-09 12:48 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-11 12:07 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-05-13 11:13 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-14 23:52 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-05-17 11:05 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-17 23:40 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-05-18 11:59 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-19 12:38 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-05-21 12:11 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-23 16:43 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-05-24 11:06 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-25 12:59 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-05-26 15:44 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-28 17:50 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-05-31 13:41 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-01 17:45 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-02 11:19 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-04 17:27 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-04 22:58 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-08 00:30 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-09 12:58 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-11 00:04 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-12 20:15 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-13 21:37 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-14 15:01 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-15 21:51 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-16 15:54 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-17 21:59 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-19 12:40 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-22 21:51 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-23 16:06 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-25 00:22 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-28 11:31 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-30 11:59 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-02 14:29 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-04 13:55 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-05 12:14 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-07 23:40 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-08 15:01 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-10 19:54 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-12 11:22 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-14 13:05 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-18 11:24 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-20 15:22 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-22 15:21 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 12:44 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-27 13:32 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-29 16:17 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-01 11:32 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-06 10:11 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-09 12:19 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-10 23:28 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-13 21:28 +0000
                Re: Crossed the threshhold BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-16 14:04 +0200
                Re: Crossed the threshhold Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-18 12:51 +0000

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