Long standing resentment is evident in my response. My wife and I
have been married 27 years. Her family has visited us only a handful
of times and since we moved from the north never.
However they travel in winter all the time to see his children (Both
were married and lost their spouses so two sets of children)
My wife's sister lives in town and they almost never see them. My
B-I-L moved to Alberta (Ft. McMurray oil boom) and gets back
occasionally. My wife is only child to live in the states so we just
don't get to see them. But we take the time to do so. My mother is
78 and travels all the time, her parents are a few years younger but
claim not wanting to travel.
My family is closer and we see them 1-2 times a year.
They could fly here. We are only 4 hours from Atlanta and we do have
service from Atlanta here. But it is a family preference not to
travel here, so we put up with it, (does not mean we like it. Have
used weather enticement but they like cold and snow, but then again so do I)
We do have broadband in the church. Unless someone wants to pay the
confiscatory fees to step it up we will live with the 450 kbs
up. (The cable monopoly in this area is pretty bad. Plus only one
phone company so we have either or, not a great choice. Nothing is
really faster unless you pay through the nose.)
Stewart
At 01:27 PM 1/18/2008, you wrote:
It's REALLY far to drive, and air fares are high, so I wouldn't call
them lazy, but I don't know your in-laws.
Can't you sell travel with weather? Isn't it still winter in
northern Ontario? ;-D It wasn't all that warm when we went to the
Ontario provincial ag. expo. in the summer a few years ago.
Go ahead. Test it. If anyone has fast broadband in the vicinity,
would it be legal to use a Meraki box to bounce/boost it for a day
[with permission from ISP]? http://meraki.com/,
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/flat/bown/2007/computing/item_28.html
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
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Prince of Peace
Ozark, AL SL 82
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