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33. Yep, I get really ticked off about that too ... hard not to take it out on the operators, but not their fault ...

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 04:50 PM

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We dropped WOW for cable and phone largely because I can never reach anyone there ... they have that kind of phone service and an online chat which is very slow, because obviously one person is handling multiple customers ... and you can't make certain changes online, only by phone ....

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That's interesting about the French PatSeg Thursday #9

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An Occitan author won a Nobel Prize in Literature. eppur_se_muova Thursday #20

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Yep, I get really ticked off about that too ... hard not to take it out on the operators, but not their fault ... eppur_se_muova Thursday #33

Yea popsdenver Thursday #39

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