Heh. Nebraska is probably much more civilized than here.
luv,
-Su
>
> WOW, sounds like you live in Nebraska =D
> Toni aka Katashaka Naboombu
> Championsofwar
>
>
> Su <suceress@...> wrote: Heh. I live in the boonies. They won't
even put cable TV out where I live.
> Nor will they make the lines DSL ready. Y'know how cable shares a line for
> internet? My phone company was too cheap to put full phone lines out to my
> area. So they just take a single phone line that is supposed to service
one
> house, and splice it up to service all of the houses in my area. I was
> connecting at 26k until my neighbor got another phoneline installed so now
I
> only get 21.6k. They actually took some of my line away to give him a
line--
> they did it wrong at first so one of my lines wasn't usable and it kept
> saying it was ringing for 3 days in a row (which is how long it took them
to
> come out and fix it). Ruined 2 of my phones.
> But that's life.
> luv,
> -Su
>
>
> > get DLS or a cable modem.
> >
> > or do you live in the BOONIES
> >
> >
> > --- Su <suceress@...> wrote:
> > > I wish I could. But my phone company has a monopoly
> > > in the area and won't do
> > > anything about it. I can't even get them to do
> > > maintenance that they are
> > > supposed to be required to do. I'm going to have to
> > > call someone above their
> > > heads to get something done.
> > > luv,
> > > -Su
> > >
> > >
> > > > Gotta hope you get that connection problem licked.
> > > Especially with
> > > > such a nice rig as you have described.
> > > >
> > > > Barto Proudfoot
> > > >
> > > > --- In EverQuest@y..., "Su" <suceress@k...> wrote:
> > > > > I absolutely hate game death and try to avoid it
> > > whenever possible.
> > > > I let
> > > > > people know right off that if I think I am going
> > > to get killed I
> > > > will flee.
> > > > > A dead cleric isn't very helpful. Especially
> > > since I only have a
> > > > 21.6k
> > > > > connection and we're talking about waiting 5 or
> > > more minutes to
> > > > reload from
> > > > > death. When my mother is playing also, my zoning
> > > like that can
> > > > cause her to
> > > > > lag very badly. If she has to zone or gets
> > > killed then one or both
> > > > of us get
> > > > > booted offline. And I lose alot of xp. So that
> > > isn't fun.
> > > > > luv,
> > > > > -Su
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > My locution in the previous message expressed
> > > my feelings toward
> > > > game
> > > > > > death, and raised my curiosity. What are other
> > > player's attitudes
> > > > > > toward game death?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I play solo most of the time, and haven't had
> > > a guild to depend on
> > > > > > since Wave of Change faded away. So, death,
> > > especially death in
> > > > > > awkward circumstances, is more serious to my
> > > character. I can't
> > > > just
> > > > > > call on my guild reserector to pull my butt
> > > out of the grave, nor
> > > > do
> > > > > > have high level guildies to drag my corpse out
> > > from under some big
> > > > > > nasty.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My son-in-law plays with abandon. He leaves
> > > corpses all over the
> > > > > > place, joins groups readily, and seems to have
> > > great fun doing all
> > > > > > that.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > My son, on the other hand, is in a powerful
> > > guild on our server.
> > > > He
> > > > > > is less cautious than me, but still uses sound
> > > strategy and
> > > > tactics
> > > > > > and utilized his guild to advance on his
> > > goals. His guild is the
> > > > > > Guardian Alliance on Zeb.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I figure I will have to do the guild and group
> > > thing soon, but
> > > > enjoy
> > > > > > my independence enough that I want to do so as
> > > late in my career
> > > > as
> > > > > > possible.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Barto Proudfoot
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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