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the 2nd Friday in June

Today is the 6th day of the 23rd week, the 9th day of the 6th month, the 160th day of 2017, and: 
ON THIS DAY:  In 411 BC the Athenian coup succeeded, forming a short-lived oligarchy.  In 1311 Duccio's Maestà Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, was unveiled and installed in Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.  In 1523 the French Parliament fined Simon de Colines for publishing the Biblical commentary Commentarii initiatorr in quatuor Evangelia by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples.  In 1534 Jacques Cartier sailed into the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, looking for gold and a northwest passage to the Orient; he named the river for St. Lawrence on his feast day.  In 1537 Pope Paul III declared in his encyclical Veros homines that Indians are "truly men", beings with the qualities and faults of other humans; they should not be enslaved, and should receive the Roman Catholic faith  In 1954 Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashed out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"  In 1957 the first ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.  In 1959 the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, the USS George Washington, was launched.  In 1973 Secretariat won horse racing's Triple Crown with a victory at the Belmont Stakes, the first horse to do so in 25 years. 

 

I have had a cell phone for 23 years now – the first one was one of those infamous bricks, but it enabled me to make and receive calls so I was happy with it and our service provider was AT&T.    Frank was never that fond of  tech, nor was he really gungho about getting the latest gadget, but he really liked the idea of being able to call from the car in case of emergencies so we were early adopters.  As time wore on, the contract was faithfully  renewed every two years, and I was one of those lucky folks who were grandfathered in for the unlimited data plan.   When I went to the AT&T store this time around, I got a shock.   It would seem that I am behind the times, “contracts” are no more and one has to sign up for a “plan” now.  Like every other change, this is both good and bad news.  OTOH,  the customer can change their options or even leave for another service at the drop of a hat.  OTOH, the service provider can discontinue your plan or change the billing structure with equal ease. The poor guy waiting on me was very patient with explaining the difference because it was just not sinking in at first – I felt genuinely fumble-witted  as I slowly grasped  that the existing contract could not be renewed.  In the course of signing up for a plan and cleaning up the billing for my account, we got to talking about DirectTV because they are now owned by AT&T and of course they will.  Doesn’t sound like a bad idea or deal, but I am  frankly puzzled about how they get DirectTv to a residence’s television without a satellite dish.  I’m assuming they have to use the same wireless connection our phones are on?

 

I couldn’t help but remember the days when all we did was fiddle with the rabbit ears to improve the reception…..

 

 

Oh yeah, don’t forget putting little foil wrappings and flags on it

 

 

 

*sighs*  now I feel old…..


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