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Moondance

Sunday, April 20, 2003 - 06:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You can call me MsHalfCrazyUnit anytime or Shilo can call the girls!

Webkitty

Monday, April 21, 2003 - 07:44 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for info Half, that IS cheap.

I find I have pretty much switched over to using my cell phone for everything.
I never have a long distance charge on my cell phone. (ever, to anywhere, expect overseas, which I never call anyway) I also get unlimited anytime calling between my son and me. I get 500 anytime minutes to other numbers, and unlimited to same on weekends and after 9:00pm. This is enough for me, so I almost never use my home phone anymore for
anything other than my webtv connetion. (unlimited connection time)

Kaili

Monday, April 21, 2003 - 08:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I would also get rid of my phone line in favor of a cell phone if it weren't for my internet needs and my unwillingness to pay for cable internet. But I have found a really really cheap long distance company. I know they aren't available everywhere but if you look on lowermybills.com they will list companies available in your area and their rates so you can choose the cheapest. I have found that MCI, AT&T, etc are always on the high end.

link to site

Lizadee

Monday, April 21, 2003 - 09:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Does anyone use a microphone with there internet
my DD wanted one so I bought her one it was kinda cheap (I should have known better)she is getting poor reception her girlfriends say it sounds crackly (sp)

Will the more expensive ones get better reception or am I just wasting money ?

Heyltslori

Monday, April 21, 2003 - 09:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I use one sometimes Liza and I only paid about 10 bucks for it. It is very clear sounding...never had any problems with it. It says Compaq on it, if that helps. :)

Juju2bigdog

Monday, April 21, 2003 - 10:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Halfunit, thanks for the information. We don't even have a long distance phone company, just use the 10-10 dial arounds if we use all of our cell phone minutes. But I do check the 10-10 rates every now and then just to keep up to date on them. I used to have three different ones to call, one for in state, one for out of state and Europe, and one for Australia.

Thanks to you posting that thing above, I went to www.10-10phonerates.com and checked the latest. The one I had been using for out of state has just gone to a monthly fee, so I won't use them anymore. So I consolidated my Australia and out of state numbers. I will now use 10-15-335. I used to just use that one for Australia. I use 10-16-868 for in-state and Canada.

Oh yeah, can't use the cell phone to call Australia or Canada, very expensive. Since we live close to Canada, we call Canada fairly frequently.

I didn't see 10-10-987 on the chart I checked. Maybe it is too new.

Anyway, anybody needing to save a few buck on long distance, go to that website and check out which ones are available in your area and which are best for you.

Thanks, Halfunit!

Jed245

Monday, April 21, 2003 - 10:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Lizadee here's what I know about the subject.

Most mics out there do the job fairly well even the cheap ones. Ofcourse better mic= better quality. But, if you have a slow connection speed or the recipient of your voice has a slow speed. AND they or you are multi tasking or taxing the download bandwidth. Then the quality will suffer as well.

You might want to check your and her friends internet speeds... and see exactly what kind of noise they are hearing.

Or ya could just buy a more expensive mic (I wouldn't spend more then 15 bucks) Take it home test it. And if the results are the same take it back... THEN check for that other stuff :o)
I hope that is some help :o) heh.

Jed. :o)

Halfunit

Monday, April 21, 2003 - 03:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Juju,

10-10-987 Rates

Checked out more, and they claim no monthly or plan fees.

This rate is good for calls to Canada and Western Europe - (Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and Vatican City)

Uh... does anyone ever call Andorra ???

Bob2112

Monday, April 21, 2003 - 04:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
"Uh... does anyone ever call Andorra ???"

Not since she died in 1974!

Endora

Zachsmom

Monday, April 21, 2003 - 04:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Uh... does anyone ever call Andorra ???

I am sure Samantha and Tabitha do..but I don't believe Darren (either of them) does..Sam & Tab actually use 10-10-777 though..

I actually know it's Endora but hey..I was having fun

Halfunit

Monday, April 21, 2003 - 04:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hmmm....... Bob and ZMom think the same.


...scary...

Moondance

Monday, April 21, 2003 - 04:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
wow!

Zachsmom

Monday, April 21, 2003 - 07:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
GMTA and all that

but it is kinda weird that we posted at the same time..lol

wait..was that supposed to be an insult? lol

Juju2bigdog

Monday, April 21, 2003 - 07:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay, Half! I checked it out. (10-10-987) It is a better plan for my in state, out of state, and Canada. Australia calls are about the same. I am posting it by my phones. Thanks a bunch!

Zeno39

Friday, April 25, 2003 - 08:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Have any of you ever bought phone cards from Sam's Club? It is very cheap, and I dropped AT&T and use phone cards now for long distance. AT&T was charging me per month for NOT making any calls, plus the taxes and charges made it so high that I got fed up. I should not have to pay for not using the phone. I love the phone cards- last one I got from Sam's was $20 for 500 minutes. You can't beat that!

Emeraldfire

Friday, April 25, 2003 - 08:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Zeno, I started using the phone cards from Sam's Club for the very same reason. They are great!

Teatime

Saturday, April 26, 2003 - 06:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Zeno, our whole family has used the Sam's phone cards for a few years now, too. Never found anything cheaper. I use a debit card and recharge my minutes over the phone 1000 min. at a time. Less than $40 for 1000 min.

Whoami

Saturday, April 26, 2003 - 04:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
<peeks in and just has to mention....that's Endora.>

The old journalist coming out in me. Just has to get a name spelled right. One of the big rules they made us follow in journalism class.

edited to add...oops, I see Zmom already mentioned the correct spelling.

Going away now....taking my nose with me....leaving you smart folks to your own business like I should have!




Bob2112

Saturday, April 26, 2003 - 07:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoami, my bad with the picture, I really meant to reference:

Eudora, the eMail program.

Thanks for pointing out my error.

Rissa

Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 02:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Alderwoman claims she was kidnapped

K, We will see how this goes. It's just one of these stories that has hit me the right way and I find it totally fascinating. Anyone here who is Cdn, has probably been hearing this non-stop since the weekend. For the rest of you who may not want to read the whole article, let me summarize:

1) Wed/Thurs - a group of aldermen and women from Lethbridge, Alberta go to Great Falls, Montana to hold meetings of SOME sort with their city officials. Everyone comes home Friday except one woman (Dar Heatherington) who tells her husband that she is staying an extra day so she can go shopping with a friend of her who is on the Great Falls city council.

2) Dar makes arrangements to meet this girlfriend at 11 am Saturday.

3) At 10 am Saturday she cancels shopping date with friend, tells friend she needs to go home ASAP so as not to miss her child's recital. At the same time she asks husband to VIDEO the recital so she can watch it when she does return.

4) After cancelling shopping with friend, she is spotted that afternoon SHOPPING in Great Falls (apparently alone). She purchases a mountain bike (used) for $10 and tells the clerk she is in the mood for a ride.

That's the last she is seen and our news stations start reporting that she has gone missing.

Flash ahead the next 48 hours... police find her rental car in a parking lot (right beside where she purchased bike). In the car is her purse, money, credit cards, luggage... everything. UNDERNEATH the car are the car keys.

Flash forward to last night. Police in Las Vegas get a phone call either FROM a distraught woman or ABOUT a distraught woman who is wandering the halls of the Treasure Island Hotel. She (Dar) tells police that she was kidnapped, drugged and raped but is too tired to be examined and/or questioned, she just wants them to leave her alone. They keep her at hospital for 5 hours where police describe her as combative and uncooperative. They have allowed her to get some sleep before continuing. Preliminary report is that she is healthy with nothing in her system.

And that's what is known at this hour.

Opinions? RFLOL It's just so bizarre. My first flash impression is that she has had some sort of mental break. A bit more sinister is that she staged a disapearance and is now digging the hole deeper with lies. But why would she? It doesn't make sense, but neither does her behavior BEFORE she disapeared.

Meme9

Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 03:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Rissa, that IS odd. Now, I'm wondering what the whole story is.

Rissa

Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 03:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I know... no matter what angle you look at it.... it doesn't add up.

If you believe her and she was abducted during her bike ride (that's the assumption) then why the heck did SHE throw her car keys under the car before she left on the bike? That would imply she was abducted AT HER CAR in which case, where is the bike? THe kidnapper took it too? LOL

But you look at her professional record and photo and she doesn't seem the 'let's get looped and screw the husband' type either.

There is a comment that the local police "know her and her family" which is totally stupid. Of course they do, she is an alderwoman and her husband is the deputy fire chief. So no answer to be found in that silliness. LOL The Montana police have been busting their butts searching for her, including (I believe) helicoptors over the river. If this does turn out to have been some sort of stunt... man, I wouldn't want to be in her shoes.

Meme9

Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 04:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Soooo many questions. Your going to have to keep me posted on this one.

Rissa

Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 05:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Latest: Dar is back in Great Falls, Montana and hubby has joined her. Vegas police are NOT going to pursue this case unless advised to, they have put it "on hold" which implies (IMO) that they don't believe her (or rather believe that a crime has not occurred). Her friends/neighbors are telling reporters that Dar had been in contact with Lethbridge police several times lately over fears that she was being stalked (setting up a scenario???) She apparently has STILL not spoken to police or had a full physical (because of her refusing to do so) although she keeps telling police she does want to lay charges ... but won't give description or details, a name... anything.

Sia

Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 07:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That IS a weird story. Remember several years ago when Margot Kidder (Lois Lane from "Superman" movies with Christopher Reeve) disappeared for a few days and surfaced with a similarly bizarre tale? I never did feel like her "disappearance" was adequately explained.
kidder