2025-12-10

Posted on December 10, 2025 by Paulie [eatl/ga]

Wordle: five, my starter was NAKED

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26 Responses to 2025-12-10

  1. David says:
    December 10, 2025 at 7:52 am

    Wordle in 2. Dicey scare yesterday, Steve!

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  2. Steve says:
    December 10, 2025 at 9:16 am

    Wordle in 5. Another friend got a deuce as well. Good work David!

    No further issues with chest pain, other than normal stuff. Coincidentally, I have a video call with a United Healthcare nurse this morning. Just a check in and chat scheduled a couple weeks ago. I’ll see if she has any bright ideas on next steps.

    Final Games meeting of the year- just the BoD. Filled 2 open slots on the board and still have one in our pocket. Lost money this year with the rain on Sunday. Saturday’s gate was great, but those were a lot of Sunday folks. All in all, a good year. It was a long meeting though and I only got home at 11.

    -FP

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    • Barb says:
      December 10, 2025 at 9:53 am

      bummer the games lost money…….

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      • Steve says:
        December 10, 2025 at 10:06 am

        It happens. I would say we’re on a “downward trend” as far as attendance. It’s a tough market, we’re very dependent on good weather. While there is a large contingent of folks who will show up no matter what, they can’t carry us. We also lost a whisky sponsor and were left on our own to provide whisky to the clan tents. We were able to do that from inventory, but lost the dollars and will have to restock.

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  3. Jenka says:
    December 10, 2025 at 9:21 am

    Glad you’re feeling better, Steve! What a scare.

    Our house guest reported to us that the downstairs bathroom isn’t working. Both the toilet and the shower apparently don’t work. WTF? So we have a plumber coming tomorrow. I don’t know why the cleaners never told us about this, but it’s frustrating.

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  4. HamWithcam says:
    December 10, 2025 at 9:24 am

    In other news, ATT has (apparently) “turned off” our home landline. It’s dead Jim. Dead at the NID.

    The home security system uses the land line to phone home.

    I understand ATT wants to “phase out” copper land lines. I get it. I’m sure I’ve received notice of their intention to do so “by 2027”, but nothing specific for “December 9, 2025”.

    Our home security system will not work with VoIP.

    And no land line means no 911.

    After 5 calls and significant rigamarole, I got through to ATT Repair and insisted they roll a truck to address the trouble. It costs ATT significant $$ to roll a truck, exactly what ATT is trying to avoid.

    At least two other friends had their home land lines unceremoniously go dead as well. Coincidence?

    73 de JG/HamWithCam

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    • Jenka says:
      December 10, 2025 at 9:28 am

      If it makes you feel any better, you can totally call 911 from your cell. I’ve done it and it works just fine. Well, as fine as Atlanta 911 is.

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      • HamWithCam says:
        December 10, 2025 at 9:42 am

        Yes. Thanks.

        City of Decatur is kind of funny.
        911 on a mobile gets you Dekalb County.
        Or used to.
        I only call 911 when I’m lonely…. 🙂

        73 de JG/HamWithCam

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        • Steve says:
          December 10, 2025 at 10:11 am

          I think if you call 911, you could ask for Decatur and they will forward. Seems like I needed Coweta and got Newnan and they forwarded me.

          Copper is dead or dying but they still have to provide you something.

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          • HamWithcam says:
            December 10, 2025 at 10:29 am

            Yeah, we have a direct (non-911 number) in Decatur.

            I have it written on a 3×5 card beside our non-working alarm panel.

            Dial tone, straight out of a good old Southern Bell CO, the one thing you can depend on, no matter.

            Not anymore. I get it. Times have changed.

            73 de JG/HamWithCam

    • Barb says:
      December 10, 2025 at 9:38 am

      is there any options besides AT&T for land lines?
      I have no idea.

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      • HamWithcam says:
        December 10, 2025 at 9:51 am

        There are numerous “home phone” options. VoIP, etc.
        None are “copper” land line with dial tone.

        73 de JG/HamWithCam

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        • Jenka says:
          December 10, 2025 at 9:59 am

          I didn’t think there were any actual landlines anymore, I thought they were 100% VoIP. Our alarm system is either cell or VoIP, not sure which.

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          • Barb says:
            December 10, 2025 at 10:11 am

            dont tell anyone – we have no alarm – as Allan HATES alarms (I’m pretty sure every firefighter hates them – so many false alarm calls, and usually in the middle of the night)

          • David says:
            December 10, 2025 at 10:54 am

            I’m with Allan, back when I was a homeowner I only ever used my home alarm system for fire detection. Many moons ago I had an office on Glenridge Drive in Sandy Springs that got broken into 3 times. All the alarm did there was set a time limit on how much time those fuckers had to steal my shit. They didn’t get anything the second time, as they assumed I would have used the insurance money to immediately replace everything they got the first time. I hadn’t replaced anything yet, I was determining what I truly needed. After the third break-in a year later, I said fuck it and moved into a high-rise on the Tech campus, which amazingly solved my break-in issues. 😉

        • Bob says:
          December 10, 2025 at 11:41 am

          Kids these days will never know the importance of picking up a phone and listening for a dial tone. You hear the dial tone and know the apocalypse has not happened yet 🙂

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          • Barb says:
            December 10, 2025 at 11:50 am

            and – the satisfaction of slamming the handset down when you are pissed!!!!

          • David says:
            December 10, 2025 at 1:01 pm

            Yeah, slamming one’s smart phone down can be expensive! 😉 It’s an absolute wonder that I made it through my divorce without throwing my phone through a wall at points.

  5. Barb says:
    December 10, 2025 at 10:23 am

    Nothing exciting going on around here.
    I still haven’t put up the Christmas tree, I’m not sure I’m going to, but we are having a party here Saturday, so I feel like I “should” decorate. I just don’t want to. I’m not a decorating person.
    We do have lights on the outside of the house.

    I think I got all my Christmas cards in the mail – that was an accomplishment.

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    • Jenka says:
      December 10, 2025 at 10:52 am

      We got your card a couple of days ago- very cute! I was hoping for a white line…

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      • Barb says:
        December 10, 2025 at 10:53 am

        I do have plenty of those – I can send you the one with the line thru it.
        (I need more stamps 1st)

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      • Steve says:
        December 10, 2025 at 10:54 am

        Likewise- I’d have taken the white line as well. Barb, you are so organized. One day we’ll send out cards and people will fall over!

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        • Barb says:
          December 10, 2025 at 11:40 am

          Steve – you need to!!!
          We need pictures of ALL the animals – it would be a fun card!

          If CVS had given me a refund for the cards instead of 100+ more, you all would have gotten cards with a white line thru them.

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