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Just a note on the Comcast game. We found out we were paying for a service that we didn't have to have. It had always been listed in our bundle and just happened to be listed separately one month. So we called and complained...asked to be reimbursed back to the date we got the service. Long story short, we ended up talking to someone in the "retention" department. At the end of our phone call we had our same package, plus movie channels for $10 less a month...and here's the kicker...guaranteed no rate increase for 5 years. Squeaky wheel....

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Welcome from up on Signal.

You're right...I don't get violent. That's what my vicious dogs are for. "Sick balls!!!"

Mutts...no argument there. I do, however, take exception to "ankle biting". I'd hate to have to get violent.

No room left on the bed.

My dogs prefer regular ole sliced cheese above all other things...including hamburger. *off topic grenade*

Long read here: This is an interesting topic. I had two German Shepherds for a long time that had very different personalities. They were both trained to stay in our yard. I will never say never, because they are animals that run on instinct, but I "never" had an issue with them going out of the yard. One was very passive and didn't really react to anything with anything other than cocking a head and staring, but the other one was a barker. Joggers would go by and he would run to the edge of the yard and bark 5 or 6 times then turn around and come back to me. I know it was very disconcerting, but he never did anything more than that. Admittedly, they were very rarely in the front yard without a leash just because I didn't like the idea of the neighbors being worried. One of our neighbors loved the dogs and would come into the yard to pet them and rough house, but there was another neighbor who was very scared of them...not a dog person at all...and I just preferred to not even try to explain to him that all he would have to do is call their name and stop for a second for them to know who he was. I knew he wouldn't believe me. Those dogs are gone now (died of old age), but I do have new ones that are very similar. As for dog on dog action... A few months ago, I was walking one of my young German Shepherds up the street (on a leash) when a little Maltese came running out from behind a bush, barking and growling and running right for my dog. I wasn't scared for my life...it was a Maltese for goodness sake...but it really startled my dog. Before I knew it, my dog had the Maltese pinned down under her front paws and had the little dog's neck in her mouth. At that point everything froze and my dog just kept growling while the other dog lay there perfectly still. The neighbor came running our apologizing about leaving the Maltese outside. When I told my dog to "drop her", she did and little yipper ran off. I know people will say they know how their pets are going to react to things, but you never can tell. Having said that, "knowing" how our dogs are and how dogs are in general, I would hate to make a blanket statement on how I would react. I will say this, I will choose my life over a dogs, but I bet I'll end up hurt, because I'm sure I'll hesitate.

And just about the time I click the submit button on an order, the other places will get more in stock at the lower price. But hey...it's just money, right? Clicking now...........

As far as video conferencing goes... A couple of $10 or $20 webcams and Yahoo will do. Grab a couple of microphones and there you go. Quick and cheap. For a while in the late '90s BestBuy and CompUSA were always showing up with $20 webcams with $20 mailin rebates. I collected about a dozen of them for scenarios just like this.

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Don't listen to those guys. Not everyone will be staring at you. The only people that will be staring at you are the liberal hippies that don't believe you should own a handgun...much less carry one. And don't let them worry you. They're all just made out of hemp and left over Birkenstock leather. They're easily deterred by a simple non-vegetarian meal.

Congrats +10 Come on down the the gun show in Chattanooga tomorrow. I'm sure they'll have holsters galore.

We have one of those too, but we call it, "Who installed a sprinkler system in our server room...and where are the matches?"

You got it. What did we do before the internet?

Network/Security Admin (I love/hate you Cisco) When I leave, all I'm going to do is loosen that one cable...and maybe route all the internet traffic to this one site with these 2 girls.........................

XD9 Service is what I'm carrying now. I wouldn't mind something a little more narrow, but I'm in no hurry, because that might be an excuse to just own another gun. I've put about 400 rounds through it and had only one "user error". I thought my slide wasn't locking open after the last cartridge was fired. Come to find out, the way I was doing my two-handed grip was preventing it. I adjusted my grip and was very relieved that resolved the issue. Everything else was as good as I could have hoped for and I didn't want anything to make me feel bad about buying the gun...and so far, nothing about the gun has.

Welcome from Signal Mountain. I have an aunt and uncle in Cottontown. Small world.

Sorry Cayn, but they actually send them to be polished in Alcoa...just outside of Knoxville. Who would know polishing better than a town named for bright shiny aluminum.

*smiling while watching mike pull the wings off butterflies* Satt...they could be out of ink. These cards are pretty colorful.

It'll happen...until then, wear your holster at the range. That made me feel 90% better.

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History repeats itself Try and you’ll succeed Never doubt that you’re the one And you can have your dreams!

Try to believe Though the going gets rough That you gotta hang tough to make it

Try to be best ‘Cause you’re only a man And a man’s gotta learn to take it