[AFMUG] Ot: class rings, 2021

2021-04-01 Thread Steve Jones
We never did yearbooks. I lost the first year if my oldest boys pics just after I started the format of a hard drive a decade an a half ago. That realization sucks, being the interim generation of analog to digital. As I age, having almost zero of that little bastards pics for his first years sucks

Re: [AFMUG] Who is going to WISPAMERICA?

2021-04-01 Thread Steve Jones
Like everywhere else in 2021, wispa will have to make a decision on the color of their shirt vs the color of their money (hint, green always beats brown). 2020 didnt help them, luckily, they got out of the politics of a 2020 event. They dont have the easy out this year. Percieved "safety" or real

Re: [AFMUG] Who is going to WISPAMERICA?

2021-04-01 Thread Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi]
In most states, if you want a covid shot, you will have it by the show. The single shot effectiveness is 70-80% depending on which study you read. So, lets break it down: Very few people are infected with covid in Texas. Most people who want a shot will have their first shot by the show, yieldin

Re: [AFMUG] Who is going to WISPAMERICA?

2021-04-01 Thread Daniel White
The venue and city/county officials will have more to do with it than the state mask mandate (or lack thereof). WISPA has little to no say in what the rules are going to be. photograph Daniel White Co-Founder phone: +1 (702) 470-2770 direct:+1 (702) 470-2766 > Jay Weekley

Re: [AFMUG] Who is going to WISPAMERICA?

2021-04-01 Thread Daniel White
Yes Arielle is still with WISPA. photograph Daniel White Co-Founder phone: +1 (702) 470-2770 direct:+1 (702) 470-2766 > Chuck McCown via AF > April 1, 2021 at 15:56 > I keep refraining from making a joke at Trina’s expense.  >   > I always got along with her just fi

Re: [AFMUG] Who is going to WISPAMERICA?

2021-04-01 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
I am banking on my vax to protect me these days. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 1, 2021, at 7:00 PM, Robert wrote: > > That answer would be totally ignoring the question. Texas isn't a mask > requirement state and what numbers they are reporting might not have any > relationship to the actua

Re: [AFMUG] Who is going to WISPAMERICA?

2021-04-01 Thread Jay Weekley
I was wondering if everyone was going to be required by Wispa or whoever to where a mask etc. Robert wrote: That answer would be totally ignoring the question. Texas isn't a mask requirement state and what numbers they are reporting might not have any relationship to the actual state of the

Re: [AFMUG] Who is going to WISPAMERICA?

2021-04-01 Thread Robert
That answer would be totally ignoring the question.   Texas isn't a mask requirement state and what numbers they are reporting might not have any relationship to the actual state of the disease at the time of the conference.  Wear a mask, maintain distance, don't eat indoors or go to bars.   Do

Re: [AFMUG] Who is going to WISPAMERICA?

2021-04-01 Thread Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi]
Don't lick the doorknobs. You'll be fine. Texas' numbers are way down and will be further down by the time the show rolls around. Jim Bouse Owner - Brazos WiFi 979-985-5912 http://www.brazoswifi.com -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Jay Weekley Sent: Thursday, April 1, 2021 6:4

Re: [AFMUG] Who is going to WISPAMERICA?

2021-04-01 Thread Jay Weekley
Does anyone know what the Covid guidelines for the conference are? Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: We're waiting until WISPAPALOOZA in the fall... We had basically decided a while ago to not do any business travel before June 1st, unless something major changed. So we didn't make

Re: [AFMUG] Who is going to WISPAMERICA?

2021-04-01 Thread Sam Lambie
I wear hearing aids and if I am going to be listening to people in rooms with bad acoustics all day long, I'm not psyched about wearing a mask all day and missing more than half of the conversation. I'll wait... On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 3:23 PM Josh Luthman wrote: > Since you need your second shot

Re: [AFMUG] Who is going to WISPAMERICA?

2021-04-01 Thread Jeff Broadwick - Lists
Yup Jeff Broadwick CTIconnect 312-205-2519 Office 574-220-7826 Cell jbroadw...@cticonnect.com > On Apr 1, 2021, at 5:57 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > >  > I keep refraining from making a joke at Trina’s expense. > > I always got along with her just fine. I thought she was a hoot. > >

Re: [AFMUG] Who is going to WISPAMERICA?

2021-04-01 Thread Mike Hammett
I believe so. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Chuck McCown via AF" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Cc: "Chuck McCown" Sent: Thursday, April 1, 2021 4:56:34 PM Subject: R

Re: [AFMUG] Who is going to WISPAMERICA?

2021-04-01 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
I keep refraining from making a joke at Trina’s expense. I always got along with her just fine. I thought she was a hoot. But if I was to make a joke it might have gone something like this: No way Wispapalooza will be a success unless they have some broad walking the floor with a tumbler

Re: [AFMUG] Who is going to WISPAMERICA?

2021-04-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
We're waiting until WISPAPALOOZA in the fall... We had basically decided a while ago to not do any business travel before June 1st, unless something major changed. So we didn't make any plans. Part of what we were waiting for was for either cases to settle down a lot more than they are even n

Re: [AFMUG] Who is going to WISPAMERICA?

2021-04-01 Thread Josh Luthman
Since you need your second shot on the Thursday of the show...that's bad timing. You could just wear your mask like you're already doing. Josh Luthman 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 5:17 PM Sam Lambie wrote: > I

Re: [AFMUG] Who is going to WISPAMERICA?

2021-04-01 Thread Sam Lambie
I am not implying that Las Vegas was unorganized or uninformative, quite the contrary, I learned a lot and met some interesting people there. Just trying to get a feel for the event as to whether we should wait till October (hopefully Wispapalooza can happen) or go to this one. I just got my 1st as

Re: [AFMUG] core drill recommendations?

2021-04-01 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
We have a company in Salt Lake City that makes them. https://www.terradiamond.com/ Nothing wrong with Bluerock but Terra Diamond last as long or longer, they are probably 70-80% the price and the will rebuild them for about 75% the price of a new one. That is the bit. Drill we use is a: ht

[AFMUG] core drill recommendations?

2021-04-01 Thread Dev
Looking at various models, what have you found that works? I’m looking at the Bluerock 8” Z1, not sure what the best water system is either. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] fiber followup crews

2021-04-01 Thread Jan-GAMs
Just make sure the outside jacket is made of a soy-byproduct and rodents will do the chewing like on my Honda car. On 4/1/21 9:44 AM, Bill Prince wrote: We have industrial-strength gophers. They can bore through concrete. bp On 4/1/2021 9:21 AM, Larry Smith wrote:   East of the Mississippi

Re: [AFMUG] fiber followup crews

2021-04-01 Thread Bill Prince
We have industrial-strength gophers. They can bore through concrete. bp On 4/1/2021 9:21 AM, Larry Smith wrote: East of the Mississippi we seem to have more problems with moles than we do gophers. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] fiber followup crews

2021-04-01 Thread Larry Smith
East of the Mississippi we seem to have more problems with moles than we do gophers. -- Larry Smith lesm...@ecsis.net On Thu April 1 2021 10:39, Steve Jones wrote: > thats not out of the realm of possibility, it will probably be called a > snake or a gopher. but just expand and contract and pu

Re: [AFMUG] fiber followup crews

2021-04-01 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
https://youtu.be/krVXRCcr2M4 From: Carl Peterson Sent: Thursday, April 1, 2021 10:02 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] fiber followup crews It needs to be smart enough to work around other utilities and to just chew the jacket of competitors fiber a little now and th

Re: [AFMUG] fiber followup crews

2021-04-01 Thread Carl Peterson
It needs to be smart enough to work around other utilities and to just chew the jacket of competitors fiber a little now and then. On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 10:41 AM Steve Jones wrote: > thats not out of the realm of possibility, it will probably be called a > snake or a gopher. but just expand and

[AFMUG] Sonicwall DC?

2021-04-01 Thread Adam Moffett
Looking at rack mount Sonicwalls with redundant modular power supplies.  I don't see a DC module.  Do they really not have a 48V option? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] fiber followup crews

2021-04-01 Thread Steve Jones
thats not out of the realm of possibility, it will probably be called a snake or a gopher. but just expand and contract and push forward. Id put a rattle on the end (for echolocating it) On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 10:32 AM Carl Peterson wrote: > I'm working on training a crew of gophers to do the un

Re: [AFMUG] fiber followup crews

2021-04-01 Thread Carl Peterson
I'm working on training a crew of gophers to do the underground work for me. On a more serious note, with advances in battery tech and AI how long till we have robot gophers that can just do the underground work for us? Just drop em off by the side of each house in the morning and then pick them u

Re: [AFMUG] fiber followup crews

2021-04-01 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
Snake holes. From: Steve Jones Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 10:36 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] fiber followup crews You're doing the microtrenching arent you? Through anthill tunnels and sidewalk cracks On Wed, Mar 31, 2021, 9:01 PM Chuck McCown via AF wro

Re: [AFMUG] Who is going to WISPAMERICA?

2021-04-01 Thread Mark Radabaugh
Numbers are looking decent. The spring show tends toward more technical tracts. What did you think was lacking in the informative and organization of the Las Vegas show? The comments are usually the opposite - that the shows are informative (even overwhelming) and well organized. What can

Re: [AFMUG] Who is going to WISPAMERICA?

2021-04-01 Thread Cameron Crum
Better bring a fat wallet On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 5:56 PM Caleb Knauer wrote: > I'm buying shots for every time someone says "uncertain/unprecedented > times". > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 4:01 PM Sam Lambie wrote: > > > > Just wondering if during these unprecedented times if there will be a > c