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  • RCprince
    Fast Electric Addict!
    • Jul 2007
    • 1637

    #1

    25 Things About To Become Extinct

    25 THINGS ABOUT TO BECOME EXTINCT IN AMERICA Many of us can remember “candy stores” and dial-up internet, even if we do not want to tell others. I found this information found below fascinating.
    Samuel Johnson - “An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.” William Cooper "listen to everything, read everything, and believe nothing unless you can prove it in your own research!"
  • AndyKunz
    Fast Electric Addict!
    • Sep 2008
    • 1437

    #2
    He has dial-up Internet on his list. Funny - that's the only way to get it where I live! And I have to dial long-distance for a connection, which tops out about 22K.

    He also has incandescent bulbs there, which is dumb. CFLs will bring us back to the 1960's with Hg in our food chain again. Wait till the greenies figure that out!

    Andy
    Spektrum Development Team

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    • RCprince
      Fast Electric Addict!
      • Jul 2007
      • 1637

      #3
      Originally posted by AndyKunz
      He has dial-up Internet on his list. Funny - that's the only way to get it where I live! And I have to dial long-distance for a connection, which tops out about 22K.

      He also has incandescent bulbs there, which is dumb. CFLs will bring us back to the 1960's with Hg in our food chain again. Wait till the greenies figure that out!

      Andy
      Are you serious, the last time I used dial up was in 1999.
      Samuel Johnson - “An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.” William Cooper "listen to everything, read everything, and believe nothing unless you can prove it in your own research!"

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      • egneg
        Fast Electric Addict!
        • Feb 2008
        • 4670

        #4
        I didn't see you on the list.

        IMPBA 20481S D-12

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        • domwilson
          Moderator
          • Apr 2007
          • 4408

          #5
          Didn't see individualism on there either.
          Government Moto:
          "Why fix it? Blame someone else for breaking it."

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          • AndyKunz
            Fast Electric Addict!
            • Sep 2008
            • 1437

            #6
            Originally posted by RCprince
            Are you serious, the last time I used dial up was in 1999.
            Yup. I guess I could get a Hughes dish, but $70/month is a bit high for what you get speed-wise. Or maybe a 3G card - a guy about a mile away has one of those, but I don't have a machine running Windows to use it and Linux doesn't support them well yet.

            People closer to the grain elevators have dishes to talk to an antenna on the elevator, but I'm too far away for that, and besides they lose their connection every time it rains or the wind blows (and that's almost ALL the time here in Illinois).

            Dial-up is the closest thing to "reliable" that is still cost-effective (if you can call $25/month "cost effective"). We don't have cable TV here (doesn't bother me), nor DSL.

            It's worth it, though, and in about 5 years I wouldn't mind moving further out.

            Andy
            Spektrum Development Team

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