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Alatariel75 wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »
Is reception in the U.S. Bad compared to Australia? That seems odd to me. You would think it would be the other way round.
Yeah, you'd think so. I think it might have something to do with all the competing telcos. We also spend a lot more on infrastructure than the US does.
It also depends who you're with.. I'm with Vodafone and lose reception earlier than my hubby who's with Optus. Telstra seems to be the go to for good reception pretty much everywhere.
Yeah, I used to have to travel regionally a lot for work, and I had to be with Telstra. My brother still spends a lot of time in the middle of nowhere and Telstra is his only option.Alatariel75 wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »
Is reception in the U.S. Bad compared to Australia? That seems odd to me. You would think it would be the other way round.
Yeah, you'd think so. I think it might have something to do with all the competing telcos. We also spend a lot more on infrastructure than the US does.
So on TV and movies when they lose reception it might not be to create suspense or push the story along it might be a realistic depiction of what would happen if chased by a crazed murderer on some country road.
Haahaa yup!
My brother's the same. His phone bills are extortionist. Telstra are such a rip-off. I used to have their mobile broadband and that was a REAL rip-off! 15GB for $110 a month; WHAT WAS I THINKING?
yikes that's pretty bad. I'm not with telstra, but I pay $55 for a *kitten* 7GB. Royally ripped off!
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christinev297 wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »
Is reception in the U.S. Bad compared to Australia? That seems odd to me. You would think it would be the other way round.
Yeah, you'd think so. I think it might have something to do with all the competing telcos. We also spend a lot more on infrastructure than the US does.
It also depends who you're with.. I'm with Vodafone and lose reception earlier than my hubby who's with Optus. Telstra seems to be the go to for good reception pretty much everywhere.
Yeah, I used to have to travel regionally a lot for work, and I had to be with Telstra. My brother still spends a lot of time in the middle of nowhere and Telstra is his only option.Alatariel75 wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »
Is reception in the U.S. Bad compared to Australia? That seems odd to me. You would think it would be the other way round.
Yeah, you'd think so. I think it might have something to do with all the competing telcos. We also spend a lot more on infrastructure than the US does.
So on TV and movies when they lose reception it might not be to create suspense or push the story along it might be a realistic depiction of what would happen if chased by a crazed murderer on some country road.
Haahaa yup!
My brother's the same. His phone bills are extortionist. Telstra are such a rip-off. I used to have their mobile broadband and that was a REAL rip-off! 15GB for $110 a month; WHAT WAS I THINKING?
yikes that's pretty bad. I'm not with telstra, but I pay $55 for a *kitten* 7GB. Royally ripped off!
Yeah, well now I have wifi in my house, 200GB for $55, much better.
At the time I was toting my laptop around university and places and providing my own internet while living at home, and Telstra was the only company that guaranteed coverage. That's why their charges are so criminal; they are taking advantage of those who can't use anyone else.0 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »
Is reception in the U.S. Bad compared to Australia? That seems odd to me. You would think it would be the other way round.
We have lots of dead zones. Not surprising at all. We have rural areas and mountainous regions with no reception. I'm that will change however.0 -
We have been told by the rescue people: part Boxer and part Pug. So from your statementm they are, at least, half right.UltimateRBF wrote: »
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Getting back: Say what you will about prepacked/processed food, using the bar code reader sure makes it easy to log in your intake. Well, it makes an easier starting point. ;-)0
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camillemilton1 wrote: »I know...it's a daily battle with my dog. I've explained CICO to him so many times but apparently he just doesn't want to take care of his body. And he doesn't even lift. It makes me doubt if he actually takes his weight loss goals seriously.
My cats are both intuitive eaters. They eat small meals when they are hungry or need to fuel a long snoozing session and they both are maintaining a healthy weight. They have tried to teach me through a Vulcan mind meld (as well as injections through their claws) but it just hasn't stuck in my brain.
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Alatariel75 wrote: »
Is reception in the U.S. Bad compared to Australia? That seems odd to me. You would think it would be the other way round.
It's getting much better than it used to be, but once you leave a metropolitan area, it's quite spotty. You into any real country area, and good luck. In very low population areas, like the Dakotas, Montana, etc, it's quite possible to have absolutely no reception at all if you have the wrong cell company. Sprint is bad enough, that in most of Wisconsin, once you leave the interstate, you're SOL.0 -
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Yeah OP, I mostly agree. Trying to be accurate with homemade stuff can be a pain in the *kitten*..0
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WinoGelato wrote: »khristiana wrote: »They might be easier to scan into the database, but they are exponentially worse for you, health wise. I'll take my time preparing my food
Wow, exponentially worse? Care to elaborate/quantify? Given that whether or not a food is "clean" or not or "healthy" or not is something that is constantly debated in here since everyone has different definitions.... I'm very eager to learn about a system that you've found which not only quantifies the health of an individual food without knowing anything about the context of the consumers overall diet, BUT it is also such a wide scale that there are exponential degrees of variation between healthy and unhealthy..,
See..a well worded and effective debate...bravo!
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Getting back: Say what you will about prepacked/processed food, using the bar code reader sure makes it easy to log in your intake. Well, it makes an easier starting point. ;-)
I agree. I eat a mix of homemade and prepackaged. Anyone really concerned about the extra calories that might be in the prepackaged food compared to what's on the label could just assume there's a certain percentage of error in all their prepackaged food and deduct that from their calorie intake for the day.
And since y'all are posting cute doggies and such, I have to show you mine too
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Also, FWIW, I'm in the US, been with Verizon for 13 years and never had a no-signal problem even when up in the mountains of New Hampshire or boondocks in Texas. Sure the signal is not a strong in those areas, and I may not be able to use data (or my data is slower), but I've never not been able to make a phone call.
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Getting back: Say what you will about prepacked/processed food, using the bar code reader sure makes it easy to log in your intake. Well, it makes an easier starting point. ;-)
I agree. I eat a mix of homemade and prepackaged. Anyone really concerned about the extra calories that might be in the prepackaged food compared to what's on the label could just assume there's a certain percentage of error in all their prepackaged food and deduct that from their calorie intake for the day.
And since y'all are posting cute doggies and such, I have to show you mine too :
Also, FWIW, I'm in the US, been with Verizon for 13 years and never had a no-signal problem even when up in the mountains of New Hampshire or boondocks in Texas. Sure the signal is not a strong in those areas, and I may not be able to use data (or my data is slower), but I've never not been able to make a phone call.
Beautiful doggy! And yes, Verizon is definitely the winner in the US signal wars. Since we switched to them, we've always been able to make calls. Out west, though, I hear there are still issues in some isolated places.0 -
Getting back: Say what you will about prepacked/processed food, using the bar code reader sure makes it easy to log in your intake. Well, it makes an easier starting point. ;-)
I agree. I eat a mix of homemade and prepackaged. Anyone really concerned about the extra calories that might be in the prepackaged food compared to what's on the label could just assume there's a certain percentage of error in all their prepackaged food and deduct that from their calorie intake for the day.
And since y'all are posting cute doggies and such, I have to show you mine too :
Also, FWIW, I'm in the US, been with Verizon for 13 years and never had a no-signal problem even when up in the mountains of New Hampshire or boondocks in Texas. Sure the signal is not a strong in those areas, and I may not be able to use data (or my data is slower), but I've never not been able to make a phone call.
Beautiful doggy! And yes, Verizon is definitely the winner in the US signal wars. Since we switched to them, we've always been able to make calls. Out west, though, I hear there are still issues in some isolated places.
I have Verizon and the drive to Montana on vacation starting in San Diego.
Cell service was sporadic all the way to Glacier National Park.0
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