Paul, Not free here in Anahiem unless your an HHHonors Gold or Platinum(?) member. I've seen the same in Boston where the big hotels are gouging for internet service. Ticks me off when I know it's free almost everywhere along the interstate motels. Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Paul Sorenson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmmm. In what way was the internet not free? I'm an HHonors member and the > few times I've stayed there's not been a problem with free internet service. > Is it just up to the individual hotels to make that decision? > > -p > > > On 2/23/2013 1:49 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: >> >> Speaking of Horseshit, I have another nomination. >> I'm staying in a Hilton hotel tonight. >> As an HH Honors member they seemed to offer free internet. >> (Most every motel on the interstate highway offers free internet.) >> On closer inspection, not really free at Hilton. >> No problem says I, the alternative is free to ATT customers. >> So I try that option, not quite. >> We need your ATT address and password. >> That I don't really remember, but with a cell phone call they help me >> with my address. >> Can't do anything about the password though. >> Have to call this other number for that. >> So I call. >> While a black man with poor English was helpful on the first call, >> the oriental woman on the second call was unbelievable! >> First, she has an unintelliginle accent - very poor Engllish language >> pronounciation. >> Second, she's talking so fast, I can't make out what she is saying. >> (And I've got a pretty good ear for it after my share of 3 hour conf >> calls to China.) >> Third, everything she says is clipped. It is being dropped by the >> cellphone connection. >> And fourth and most infuriating, she isn't listening! >> I say something and she launches into a 25 second sing-song monologue. >> I talk over her, but she just continues to speak.. >> I tell her to listen, but she doesn't. >> I tell her she is not conversing with me. >> I tell her I can't understand what she is saying. >> I tell her she has poor language skills. >> She continues to ask me about irrelevant questions. >> I finally give up and just start guessing at my password. >> I make a good guess and get signed on, after 30 minutes of horseshit. >> ATT blows dead bears. >> Now how do I get ATT to hear this? >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 1:11 AM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 22/02/2013 12:10 PM, Walt wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2/21/2013 7:51 PM, Bill wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 20/02/2013 8:18 PM, Walt wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2/20/2013 8:15 PM, Bill wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> OK, so I got that out of the way. >>>>>>> I just bought my wife a new laptop, which unfortunately came with Win >>>>>>> 8 >>>>>>> installed. To say it licks donkey balls is being both kind to it, and >>>>>>> unkind >>>>>>> to donkey balls lickers, who are not so bad when compared to Windows >>>>>>> 8. >>>>>>> It is a crap spewing, drowning us in chunky wet vomit, puerile, >>>>>>> golden >>>>>>> shower of an operating system. >>>>>>> I just cannot say enough bad about Windows 8 to get my point across >>>>>>> about just what an abomination it is, and those of you who have been >>>>>>> on this >>>>>>> list for more than a bakers dozen years are well aware of just how >>>>>>> much bad >>>>>>> stuff I can say about things that annoy me. >>>>>>> I must get rid of it, and soon. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Help me. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> bill >>>>>>> >>>>>> Untold millions share your pain. FWIW, here's what I did for the new >>>>>> desktop at work: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.classicshell.net >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Yup, that helped. Actually gives it the best of both worlds. Has the >>>>> Win >>>>> XP look and usability with all the progressive features of Win 8. >>>>> Wife happy. Happy wife, happy life. I'm happy. >>>>> Thanks Walt. >>>>> >>>>> bill >>>>> >>>> Glad to help. >>>> >>>> Here's a long (23 minutes) video review with a litany of all that's >>>> wrong >>>> with it -- so far. >>>> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTYet-qf1jo >>>> >>>> -- Walt >>>> >>> Yeah. That's pretty much it. >>> bill >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> > > -- > Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
