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Woodwizard

(1,125 posts)
4. I live in the boonies
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 07:51 PM
Wednesday

We had satellite for about 12 years it sucked, better than dial up but if you went over 250 megabytes of data in a day it slowed to less than dial up.

Saw a cable truck going up our road and checked their website and sure enough I could sign up for cable broadband to be available in a few weeks.

The day came and this small guy gets out it is the coldest day in January he had to get a 30' ladder on the pole and then run the line I helped where I could and gave him a 50 dollar tip he earned every bit of it.

That was around 2018.

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I just tipped the cable guys [View all] Brenda Wednesday OP
only tipped one? nt msongs Wednesday #1
Guys is singular? nt Torchlight Wednesday #2
Yeah, I thought about that. Brenda Wednesday #3
I live in the boonies Woodwizard Wednesday #4
Is your point that I tipped too much or too low? Brenda Wednesday #5
Not at all. Woodwizard Wednesday #6
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