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Shoot the Breeze With the Cooler Crew - Ableminds Edition

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mrmnmikey

on the same note....

Penny called comcast and asked for the rep who handles old customers and got some money off our cable bill. Was quite a bit actually. Not sure all the details but I know she had to specifically ask for the "loyalty" department or loyalty deal or something like that.
Tue, 02/21/2012 - 3:12 PM Permalink
OT

I got my Comcast bill down $25 a month at the office in WSP a while back. I have cable TV and internet, not phone. So I'm pleased with that.
Tue, 02/21/2012 - 4:24 PM Permalink
Terry

Doorstep delivery would be okay. If it wasn't in the box, it was in the bushes, out by the fence, randomly thrown into the yard, The box would be easier than the doorstep. Our neighbors would laugh every time they saw us out grabbing the paper from random spots in the yard while theirs was neatly in their box.
Tue, 02/21/2012 - 5:43 PM Permalink
ares

the only times we've ever not gotten doorstep delivery is when we get a foot of snow overnight and the sidewalk isn't clear. in that case it ends up in front of the garage door :smile:
Tue, 02/21/2012 - 7:08 PM Permalink
Clue Master

Well my paper was supposed to start today and I see nothing. Huh. I do see the $2 taken out of my account tho. :coolfrown:
Wed, 02/22/2012 - 4:54 AM Permalink
Terry

Doesn't surprise me. Call them and keep on them.
Wed, 02/22/2012 - 5:49 AM Permalink
me2

My paper came yesterday and was rubberbanded and on my front porch.

Today it was in a bag and right outside on the top step.

:smile:
Thu, 02/23/2012 - 8:00 AM Permalink
Grey Wolf

Ours tends to arrive either in a bag or with a rubber band depending on the weather.
Thu, 02/23/2012 - 9:44 AM Permalink
Clue Master

Got mine today! Granted it's way out on the driveway but it's in my yard anyway
Thu, 02/23/2012 - 10:02 AM Permalink
Downtown Dave

Paper is on my doorstep at 5 am every day. Never have to worry about it.

Had a rough patch for a while where it was coming at 10 am for about 2 weeks. You do get the standard, "I'll alert the route manager". I got it for days, until one of the customer service reps let it slip that the route manager was my paper boy, temporarily.
Thu, 02/23/2012 - 2:50 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

you people who don't get a daily paper must really know the back of the shampoo bottle by heart.
Thu, 02/23/2012 - 2:51 PM Permalink
Grey Wolf

:sillygrin: :sillygrin: :sillygrin: :sillygrin:
Thu, 02/23/2012 - 6:06 PM Permalink
Grey Wolf

until one of the customer service reps let it slip that the route manager was my paper boy, temporarily.

I had some issues once with deliver and when the district manager called me back, he said he knew my address well, as he often delivers the route. Seems they went through a period of high carrier turnover.
Thu, 02/23/2012 - 6:09 PM Permalink
diggin4it

Amazingly, we have had the same carrier for 5+ years! (the couple comes from Woodbury, by their Christmas card enclosure every second Sunday in Dec. and our return to mail address with tip/card) .... Everyday Wednesday - Sunday, paper is in a rubber band or in a plastic bag (weather determining) our paper is on the front deck around 5:00 - 5:30am. Price was really going up, but this new deal cut us back to half ..... :cool: thanks guys!!
Thu, 02/23/2012 - 7:35 PM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

With my current job, I have to hit the road by 6:00 to get to work on time. The paper delivery guy stops on our block between 5:55 and 6:10, so there is only about a 30% chance I'll get a morning paper IN the morning. Not gonna subscribe.
Thu, 02/23/2012 - 9:13 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

hmmm...maybe the neighbors are playing a joke on you?
Fri, 02/24/2012 - 4:09 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

wash, rinse, repeat. Who doesn't :sillygrin:
Fri, 02/24/2012 - 4:12 PM Permalink
Terry

No. They are the best neighbors anyone could ever hope to have.

At one point, we would get up early and wait for the carrier du jour to drop it in the wrong place so we could personally ask said carrier to put it in the box. It would last a day or two and then it was again thrown to the wind to land wherever.

Thank goodness for online news.
Fri, 02/24/2012 - 6:11 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

I tried to go to Mr. Med Hunter's website today and only got a black screen with the definition of integrity....

http://www.wintercarnival.8m.com/

I assume this has to do with the whole hunt controversy?
Mon, 02/27/2012 - 2:53 PM Permalink
Clue Master

Huh......
Mon, 02/27/2012 - 4:16 PM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

Heh.
Fri, 03/02/2012 - 6:31 PM Permalink
Eags

My Facebook account has "sessions" showing up from elsewhere (NY, NE, IA, TN). The first time my posts were disappearing. I was able to see that someone from New York and from Nebraska had some kind of activity. I ended their sessions and changed my password. Next I saw someone from Iowa had some sessions. I stepped up the security settings so that Facebook is supposed to e-mail me when someone from a new device tries to access, and for Facebook to also require that I enter a password sent to my phone. The phone passwords are happening when I try to log in (for example from my Droid). But no e-mails are coming through to let me know anyone (including me) is starting sessions on my account.

What else do I need to do to further secure things?

Thanks for any help you can provide.
Sun, 03/04/2012 - 7:43 AM Permalink
Med2k

Greetings one and all!

Been about 4+ years since I've logged in here, huge thanks to the very generous gift by Clue Master to sponsor me and let me post again.

A while back I was surfing the WCCO site and came across the story they did on you all for the pre-dig gig this year and though I spotted some familiar faces. After getting back to the cooler crew website, and emailing CM, he directed me back here. I haven't been able to hunt as much in the past years and lost touch with the peoples forum/ableminds websites. It's great to be back!

I suppose 4+ years of slogging might be in order, but I'm thinking that would be borderline impossible, so I might need some cliff notes.

Hope everyone is doing/has been doing well and looking forward to catching up with you all!
Sun, 03/04/2012 - 4:27 PM Permalink
Clue Master

You made it! whoo hoo! Glad you could join us med2k. It's a little slow at this time as you know. But aw has his hunt going on in the medallion thread. Although many may not choose to noodle out loud. Glad you're back.
Sun, 03/04/2012 - 6:10 PM Permalink
Terry

Welcome back Med2k!!!
Sun, 03/04/2012 - 7:44 PM Permalink
ares

just goes to further show that you can log off anytime you like but you can never leave.
Sun, 03/04/2012 - 7:54 PM Permalink
Med2k

Thanks, Terry! How are you and Inks?

Aint it the truth, ares... Good to see you!
Sun, 03/04/2012 - 8:52 PM Permalink
Terry

You're welcome. We are both good.
Mon, 03/05/2012 - 5:51 AM Permalink
Eags

Welcome back, Med2K!
Mon, 03/05/2012 - 6:21 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

Should be an interesting year for it.
Tue, 03/06/2012 - 6:28 AM Permalink
me2

Where on facebook do you go to look at 'sessions'?
Wed, 03/07/2012 - 9:46 AM Permalink
me2

WoW! Welcome back!!!!

have a seat, stay a while.
Wed, 03/07/2012 - 9:46 AM Permalink
Eags

To see sessions, click on the down arrow to the right of "Home", then click on Account Settings-Security Settings, then look for Active Sessions.

Someone told me that can happen when you check Facebook from your cell phone. The call gets routed through other locations. Now that I know that, I've been checking the times, and they do seem to coincide with my cell phone use of Facebook.
Wed, 03/07/2012 - 5:38 PM Permalink
Artemis The Huntress

Author "Larry Millett" is going to be at the Isle Library on sat March 31 at 10:30 am...

cooler
Fri, 03/09/2012 - 3:32 PM Permalink
Med2k

Great to be back, although I probably didn't pick the best timing with people not being around as much this time of year.

How have things been going ?
Sun, 03/11/2012 - 1:45 PM Permalink
Clue Master

There's a hunt ggoing on dude. Actually 2. See the hunt thread
Sun, 03/11/2012 - 9:08 PM Permalink
ares

And one of em is almost over. We did remember to handcuff jake to one of the non pine trees before we left right?
Sun, 03/11/2012 - 9:13 PM Permalink
Clue Master

Check. Coldest hunter has first watch.
Sun, 03/11/2012 - 9:16 PM Permalink
ares

Suppose someone should go relieve him?
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 4:59 AM Permalink
Clue Master

Not me. It's raining heh
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 8:55 AM Permalink
me2

I was gonna ask where is that?

Then realized.... wow, that's a drive - he is a nice guy but shy.

Figure out your list of hunting questions for him.

Ask him what his last hunt was that he even HELPed with clues OR hiding.
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 12:42 PM Permalink
Clue Master

like



Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

Fri, 03/16/2012 - 10:57 PM Permalink
Clue Master

Voted - Looks like you have half the vote so far :cool:
Thu, 03/22/2012 - 11:33 AM Permalink
ares

yup. me2. looks like you're down to a third :frown:
Thu, 03/22/2012 - 12:23 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

My grandmother went home to be with the lord today. I will miss her more than words can express.

At least she is no longer in pain. Although the groaning sounds she made from the last few days will not soon be erased from my memory.
Sat, 03/24/2012 - 5:44 PM Permalink
Terry

I'm so sorry for your loss. Grandparents are special people.
Sat, 03/24/2012 - 5:46 PM Permalink
Eags

My deep sympathy to you.
Sat, 03/24/2012 - 7:10 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

Thanks Eags and Terry. You're so right. I've kinda felt numb all day. After she passed away (which btw there were 3 others at the senior care center she was at that passed away within the same hour she did) and we helped load her into a mini van to be transported to the funeral home, we went to her house and cleaned. I think mostly because no one wanted to think about planning a funeral yet.

She crocheted a blanket for me a couple years ago, and I've been trying to find it, don't think I'll fall asleep tonight until I do. Mainly because I really want to have it on my bed. :crying:
Sat, 03/24/2012 - 9:04 PM Permalink
OT

Very sorry to hear that. You've mentioned her in the past and seemed to be very close to her.
Sat, 03/24/2012 - 9:05 PM Permalink