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First of all, before I forget, and while the internet connection is working, thank you

dickgloucester for the tip to mandolin the potatoes and baking them at a lower heat over a longer time!
It worked absolutely perfect! About a pound of potatoes, spread over a jar of home-made sauerkraut, with a bit of cream with spices added, in the oven at 250F over a good two hours. Both sauerkraut and potatoes turned out absolutely perfect.

And belated and nearly belated birthday wishes to

elfarren and

a_bees_buzz! I hope you've had wonderful birthdays and may this year be the best yet!

I am srsly grumbling at comcast right now. I know they have a fairly decent reputation, which is why we went with them when we moved here. And aside from the occasional storm-related outage, we've had no problems. Although frankly, if I headed a company, I'd insist on crediting a day's worth of internet access each time it conked out for whatever reasons, but alas. That's why I don't own a company I guess. They still insist they never did cut us off, however, tonight, the internets came back, but demanded us to download some software. Naturally, I scoffed at that, seeing that we have wireless and both the iMac and the macbook pick up any connection without downloading software when it's a wireless one. DB downloaded it on his laptop, kept getting error messages, and eventually gave up. An hour later, yahoo IM on the iMac coughed some and suddenly told me I have new email. Yup, suddenly, we all were online again. Now isn't that funny. At some stage yesterday morning, after 7am and before 12.30pm, DB phoned comcast to downgrade the TV. When we moved and were new to comcast, we had this special offer, like x number of tv channels plus internet for a very low amount, like $75 a month or something like that. Then, six months later, we were suddenly charged $150 a month for the same package. It took us a while to make up our minds, but seeing as the only time we watch tv is when there are tornadoes about, it really isn't worth paying that amount. So finally, DB phoned them to downgrade. Only to be told that if we subscribe to only the very basic package, it's going to cost us $20 more than if we subscribe to the next package up because the very basic one involved an additional $15 for internet access. WTF? Okay, so we took the package that works out cheapest for us, somewhere around $48, which includes the internets and a few tv channels we never watch. An hour after that phone call, we lost our connection. And how strange is it that it's back now, after hours, but well before the technician is due to turn up to "check out and repair" our connection??? /rant

I've had enough of Memphis for the moment, so Sara and I will be going to Little Rock tomorrow. JK. She's got tickets to see some rock band and I'm in need of a change of scenery. :-) I should have wireless internet at the hotel, yay!

ETA: Someone pointed out that I'm thoroughly ignorant of so called music... So I'm attempting to put it right here: The bands she is going to see are: Breaking Benjamin*, Three Days Grace, and Seether. Of which Breaking Benjamin are the bestest. *hmph*

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"Some rock band"? I kick you! It's 3, and they're not just "some rock band" *grumbles* l2appreciategoodmodernmusic IMO.

Ask your flist who those 3 bands are I bet ya most of them will know!!

I would if I remembered who they are! All I do remember is something Benjamin. *ducks and runs*

*Breaking Benjamin*, Three Days Grace, and Seether. Breaking Ben are the best *nod*

*glares* Edited it according to your requirements. *hmph*

Thanks, honey!

You're welcome! I hadn't thought of doing the potatoes over sauerkraut, but it sounds nice.

I know someone who works for ~~Comcrap~~ Comcast, and he has had nothing good to say about them. He was an Adelphia employee until they were absorbed. This guy works on the tech side of things, so he's fairly well versed on the inner workings. Let's just say that they run roughshod not only over their customers, but their employees as well. It would not surprise me if this was some sort of 'tactic' to get you to subscribe back to the higher package.

And don't forget they admitted to throttling folks who use a lot of bandwidth by cutting off their up and downloads.

Of course, most folks really don't have any choice as to which cable company they use.

I hate cable monopolies.

Thank you for the birthday wishes :) And don't feel too bad, I just had someone call me Monday to say they forgot too *L*

As for Comcast *cringes* I feel your pain. I've been a subscriber for some time and have found that it either works out great or there are nothing but problems with them - there's no middle ground. The first time I had their service in Savannah it was like nothing could go right (only getting a bill every other month and then getting charged extra for their error, etc.), but the second time I went through them it was awesome. Apparently the guy hooked us up with free cable and HBO, and then one night at 7:30 some technicians knocked on our door to tell us we were going to get $10 off a month for being good customers *bizarre* Since we've been hooked up in Richmond it seems to be going like it did the first time in Savannah ... we were getting free basic cable without realizing it and when the guy hooked up my box he turned it off, leaving us with four channels. *WTF?!?* I don't watch a lot of tv, but I have my shows, and not being able to get ABC to watch Lost and Fox to watch House was a scary thought. Thank Merlin for "bunny ear" antennas, even though they're being phased out (bet you Comcast has something to do with that!) I won't even go into calling their customer service line *L*

I saw those bands when they played near Underfunded - Breaking Benjamin is by far the best - Seether opened (yawn), BB played second (amazing), and Three Days Grace headlined. We left in the middle of TDG's set - one good song, but mostly screamy shallow shit. (Pardon my language.) I write to Breaking Benjamin a lot :)

Have a great time!

*waves

*agrees* Seether are good but kind of... yawnful indeed, especially compared to Breaking Ben. I quite liked Three Days Grace, although they get kudos taken away for playing Pain >.>

*laughs in agreement* "Pain" was the song that had us looking at each other and saying, "Oh, please" and leaving. :)

Hehe yep, tis overplayed and then some. I will admit though, that I love 'Never Too Late' and 'Let It Die' and they played a song called 'Scared' which I hadn't heard before that... and after listening to the studio version, that was actually really cool live. Ah well though, twas worth it overall. Did Breaking Ben play any of your fave songs?? I was pleasantly surprised by their chosen set, they played 'Topless' which I absolutely love, so I was ecstatic =P

*grins* They do a great show, don't they? My favorite BB songs are "Breath" and "Evil Angel," with "Dance with the Devil" and "Until the End" running a close second to those two. They played all four, and I was thrilled. Glad you enjoyed the concert! Even with the yawn factor of Seether, it was one of the best shows I'd been to in a long time.

I head glimpses of all three of them, but I just can't get into them. *shrugs* It's not like I can't stand modern because of my ancient age, it's more like I miss the harmony in some, well most, modern rock/punk/pop/noise.
*laughs* I'm hopeless, aren't I!

*grins* Not hopeless at all, oh partner in Pachelbel. There are just times when the noise is exactly what this strange Ari needs... :D

*grins back* That's why I find you absolutely lovable, oh strange one. :)

Oh, Pachelbel! I really need to do some musicking... *puts time-turner on wish-list*