Beat the Winter blues Contest

[tick22]

That's tomorrow? I miss a lot without TV.

Anyway, it sounds like it stinks. My internet just crawls along anyway, so I doubt it would make a difference where I live.

it could be more of a cost factor for you kathi.

depending on what the new rules are, it may determine if costs are controlled, go wild, bandwidth is wide open or not etc. it is more like regulating or not regulating the internet and the companies that deal with the pipelines and services. Yes it is more involved but for you, it's the possible cost increases depending on what happens. Doubt if you will get better service, no matter what....

Well, not til you move to NC. snickers

 

[kathi17]

#3
2/25


I personally think the government should keep their hands and pockets out of it. When they controlled phone regulations we advanced from rotary dial to push button dialing, that was 40 years of advancements, they opened up the market and look at the phones we're using now!

Seeing as how our phone lines are terrible, and we don't have real cellphone signal here, I can't say much about that either. All I know is we pay more for less service than we had when it was regulated, because no one wants to bother with rural areas, and now they don't have to.

When they deregulated the electricity, it really hit us hard. The big power companies swallowed up the little ones, doubled the rates, and moved all the trucks far away from us, so now we don't get serviced, then the Canadians took over the larger regional companies, and things got even worse.

I guess it all depends on whether you live in an urban area or a rural one.

 

[wvducklady]

I know what you mean Kathi. I do not have TV either, and sometimes I feel so lost

"Be cautious taking advice from someone you would not trade places with."

 

[vvaappeerr]

2/25 #5

My regular setup is a simple clearo and Ego battery. I have an MVP with a drip setup to try new flavors/change flavors, etc.

Thank you so much for the chance and the contest!

 

[kathi17]

2/15
#4

"net neutrality"

Lets just say, I miss the early 90s internet before the Corps and such took over. it was a fun, informative place. where else could you find a step by step instructions for bomb making and how to bake a chocolate marble cake. AOL, let you see their world but no further, it was a portal, but real internet providers let you see the real WWW, (world wide web). Before voice, Youtube and real Government monitor and mining of your information.. So it took half a day to upload a 2 minute clip of music. You could make your own pages,(geocities was one), newsfeeds and chatrooms for any subject or imaginations. A real wild west back then. "net neutrality" is really a government over reach of of a once free internet.... No matter how they spin it, the internet of old is long gone.

ok, old man rant over.

I spared you my thoughts on what it could mean and for who, why no or yes....

I loved the internet of the 1990s. It was really so much nicer then, even though it did cost us .60 per minute, so being on for 10 minutes per day costed us $6.00 per day in long distance charges, plus the $45.00 it costed per month for the ISP.

I couldn't afford to go on line every day, but I did have a huge Geocities website, which is still on a few archived places like Reocities. I can't change anything on there, and if you try to follow links, you have to change the url in the address bar, but it's still there!

It really stunk when Yahoo took down all those Geocities sites, because there were actually some very good ones, in with the bad ones!

The internet was a very close knit community in those days, because there were so few people on it!

 

[kathi17]

Well, not til you move to NC. snickers

I sure hope that will be soon, before we are too old to enjoy it!

 

[Slowone2]

Contest will be ending soon. Go here for more fun and great chat tomorrow
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ctusesmokes-its-getting-hot-outside-sale.html

 

[Slowone2]

Thank you cactus. Power and kathi for a fun learning week...

 

[kathi17]

Contest will be ending soon. Go here for more fun and great chat tomorrow
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ctusesmokes-its-getting-hot-outside-sale.html

Thanks Slowone!

I'm headed for bed now, got to get up early and find out who the lucky ones are!

Good luck everyone!!!

 

[kathi17]

Thank you cactus. Power and kathi for a fun learning week...

Thanks, see you on the other thread tomorrow!

I'll announce the winners here, and PM them as soon as I run the randomizer!

 

[DaveOno]

A lot of cool information and great discussion on this thread.

I hope my friends in Alabama, Georgia and the Carolinas stay safe, powered and warm tonight.

 

[DaveOno]

Thanks, see you on the other thread tomorrow!

I'll announce the winners here, and PM them as soon as I run the randomizer!

I just wanna tell you both: good luck. We're all counting on you.

 

[Stosh]

"net neutrality" as being written is a joke, and a bad joke for the consumer.

The ISPs and cable providers want to be able to charge content providers more for higher speed based on content. That is Microsoft and hotmail gets the fast lane, ECF gets the dirt road.

The government wants to be able to control the content in general, decide what is suitable for your viewing....hmmm, FDA decides there is no upside to allowing ECF to exist. Also they will want to tax the internet to pay for the government service they are providing you....

As a consumer you know anything the government controls the price always goes up, insanely at times, for poorer service.

 

[Slowone2]

Good luck and congrats to the winners

 

[Ladybear]

Probably not everything.
If you really want to give him a shock, ask if he enjoyed whisper alley.
After he recovers he might ask how you know about these things. That's when you throw out the old line about how parents know lots of stuff.

Lol....I will definitely do that. I'll get a kick out of it because he's awfully shy with things like that....so different from his brother who would tell me everything even things I don't want to know...lol

 

[Shawn Hoefer]

yea... it was too easy to go there so I didnt

I think it's required by federal law that someone go there.

I figured I'd be the one to throw myself on the verbal grenade just to save you, Bruce. Remember that when picking the winner. [emoji15]

 

[Ladybear]

Thanks Slowone!

I'm headed for bed now, got to get up early and find out who the lucky ones are!

Good luck everyone!!!

Good night Kathi and thanks for all the help.....see you on the other thread

 

[Shawn Hoefer]

so on another off topic subject
anyone concerned about the "net neutrality" attempt to take over the internet tomorrow?

Very. However 300 million people marching on DC the day after they take our por... er, I mean ECF away might make 'em think again.

 

[RaceGun59]

02-25
Last post in thisthread except for the congrats postings tomorrow to the lucky winners. Tomorrow over to the other home thread.
Good lucky everyone.
Thanks to Bruce for sponsoring this contest.
Big thanks to kathi for all your time in running it.
Glad to see all the new posters and some familar posters.
I'll close with a not so funny vape story.
The gal at work who is(was) a vapor won a drawing at a local B&M. It was a nice mechanical mode. A clone of something very expensive I'm sure. She went to the B&M to pick it up. They stuck in a 18650 screwed on her evod tank. Told her"screw this little ring here up and push the button"
That's it. No mention of battery safety.
No mention of the fact there was nothing to show her battery needed charging.
Nothing about what watts she might be running.
She showed it to me because she was "scared" to use it.
I started to explain all this to her and she got "deer in the headlight look"
I asked her if she wanted to sell it and she said sure. I asked a price, she quoted me something really low. I gave her double.
I figure I saved the vaping community from another " E-cig exploding headline"
She has since completely stopped vaping. Quiting smoking and then quiting vaping was her goal and she succeeded in both.

This same B&M store was heavily involved in the local movement when the city wanted to include E-cigs in their expanded smoking ban. When they were at a local comission meeting they were trying to hand out free juice and discount cards. When they handed me the items, I looked at them and handed it back. NO THANKS. It so happens the owner of the stores was there and he "swelled up and asked "What's wrong you think vaping is smoking?". I pulled out my VTR, took a big vape and proceeded to VERY LOUDLY tell him his employees should explain to his customers what they were getting.I then told him the above story. I got the "oh crap" I am going to be sued look from him. He turned to the store manager and as I walked off they were having a very animated conversation.

Thanks again Bruce and kathi and to everyone that posted.
See you at the other thread.

 

[jpf880]

#4
2/25


G'Nite and Good Luck Everyone!