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Who keeps the Ping Me When the Internet Goes DOwn ping list?

Posted on 02/21/2022 10:18:55 AM PST by BenLurkin

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To: Pollard

NICE!
That yours?
Just send me a PM when you hear via shortwave, when the internet, she be back up.


21 posted on 02/21/2022 10:37:13 AM PST by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: Yo-Yo

Had to be!


22 posted on 02/21/2022 10:38:08 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Robert DeLong
Do you understand sarcasm? Apparently not. 😋

Some people have no sense of fun. 😏

(Am I logged on?)

23 posted on 02/21/2022 10:41:20 AM PST by Allegra
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To: griffin

Naa, I’ve been wanting to get into Ham for a while but haven’t done it yet. I did a Ham license search and there’s a guy and his wife about 5 miles away from me that have licenses. She’s Tech and he’s General. Found the house with antenna tower. Have been meaning to stop by some Saturday and introduce myself. His setup is a repeater. We’re in a hilly area but by looking at a terrain map, I think I’m pretty close to line of sight so I could probably get away with a handheld or mobile unit.

I’ve got a couple of CB radios and have listened but I guess no one uses them around here.


24 posted on 02/21/2022 10:49:22 AM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- https://youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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To: Pollard
you could swap that for the woman switch box...


25 posted on 02/21/2022 10:59:34 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: BenLurkin

The same person that keeps the Rapture ping list.


26 posted on 02/21/2022 11:04:16 AM PST by BraveMan (Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might)
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To: griffin

All your base...loved it then and still do.

However, I prefer “fuhgeddaboudit”

https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2016/05/25/heres-where-brooklyns-unique-fuhgeddaboudit-oy-vey-signs-come-from/


27 posted on 02/21/2022 11:33:22 AM PST by Veto! (Political Correctness offends me)
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To: BenLurkin
Before the Internet it was actually possible to communicate. Prior to telecommunications it was still possible to communicate. With each of these two steps communications speed increased a lot.

Prior to electronic communications people used couriers or mail. Wanderers in the same vein as the Medieval traveling minstrel would go from town to town delivering information. Recall that all throughout the Renaissance scientists continuously communicated with each other in this fashion. Sometimes they would congregate at various academies. We must not forget public bulletin boards were available for tacking notices.

I clearly remember in the 1960s subscribing to publications of all sorts. A lot of information moved in that manner. The electrostatic copy machine was invented in that time frame; and, certainly boosted the ease of disseminating information.

The telephone modem became a very common method of moving a lot of information around in the 1960s. That was accomplished over dial-up landline communications. With the advent of hobbyist computing came the BBS, or bulletin Board Service: A dial-up center for distribution of information over telephone modems. These centers moved information an software in large quantities. Your computer probably contains a telephone modem.

The FAX machine has been around since the late 1890s.

In the 1980s I helped organize and operate a public UFO Forum. Our information came through BBS services, wandering minstrels, books, magazine subscriptions, and paid lecturers from out of town.

Fear not. It will always be possible to communicate with like minds.

28 posted on 02/21/2022 11:48:38 AM PST by GingisK
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To: dinodino

Do you understand that the Internet can be withheld at any time?


29 posted on 02/21/2022 11:49:19 AM PST by GingisK
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To: Pollard

Holy Moley! That is a NICE receiver!


30 posted on 02/21/2022 11:50:11 AM PST by GingisK
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To: GingisK

I’m thinking we also need a low tech solution.

Maybe do what our Founders did and meet up at local watering holes.


31 posted on 02/21/2022 11:55:59 AM PST by mewzilla (God bless Canada's Freedom Truckers!)
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To: BenLurkin

There are usually several different phone numbers you can try in the event it goes down. Just be careful as long distance charges may apply.


32 posted on 02/21/2022 12:04:19 PM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: GingisK
Wanderers in the same vein as the Medieval traveling minstrel would go from town to town delivering information.

I have always wanted my own personal bard. That would be SO cool.
33 posted on 02/21/2022 12:06:27 PM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: mewzilla

I’m definitely with you here. I think we need to start building a low-tech communications network.


34 posted on 02/21/2022 12:07:11 PM PST by GingisK
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To: mmichaels1970

Stay away from the Knights Who Say Knee.


35 posted on 02/21/2022 12:08:22 PM PST by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: mmichaels1970

Some of them probably smelled bad; and, they typically ate quite a lot.


36 posted on 02/21/2022 12:09:26 PM PST by GingisK
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To: Robert DeLong
Do you understand sarcasm? Apparently not.

That inability is called a sarchasm.

37 posted on 02/21/2022 12:10:15 PM PST by SFConservative
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To: dinodino
Ping!
38 posted on 02/21/2022 12:13:33 PM PST by aspasia
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To: BenLurkin
Stay away from the Knights Who Say Knee.

As a former landscaper, I am knowledgeable of and experienced in the removal and collection of various forms of shrubbery and therefore have very little to fear.
39 posted on 02/21/2022 12:14:19 PM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: mewzilla
Maybe do what our Founders did and meet up at local watering holes.

You will only be allowed in if you show your mark err... vaccine passport.

40 posted on 02/21/2022 12:15:02 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
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