This morning I tried to order a spare modem from Tiger but I couldn't do it because I could not remember my pass word to an account that I should not be required to have to buy something on the Internet. Isn't paying for it enough?
So I went to the Library after that. I haven't been there in 15 years and I wanted to get another Library card. I bought my D/L down there along with my credit card, D-License, DD-214, birth certificate, baptismal certificate and a letter of recommendation from the Vatican. And hoped that would be enough. The guy put my D/L number in and "oh your still in system. You just need to renew your old card. It's $1.50." It took about 5 minutes.
For several years now, I've been bugged about whether the Internet is worth all the hoops I have to jump through. It isn't. When the day comes that it's easier to deal with a county bureaucrat than the "Super Highway," it's time to leave. And so it shall be.
I'm going miss everyone here, especially the old friends from CoinWorld, and especially OldDan. But I'm pulling the plug on July 21. I now have Nokia Net 10 phone that I've been using for a month and it works just fine. Even has voice mail. Maybe they'll be some surprises with that down the road, I don't know. But AT&T can shove their phone line, and their ISP. I sick of paying for crap ISP connections, crap anti virus "protection" crap modems, crap, crap, and more crap. But it's been fun being in here, I'll miss all of you.
Bill