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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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Words of wisdom from my awesome son-in-law on Facebook this morning. My daughter is a very lucky woman. [View all] generalbetrayus 13 hrs ago OP

Great attitude. badhair77 13 hrs ago #1

Oh, the butt hurt boys are always getting pissed off at being laughed at Walleye 13 hrs ago #2

I'm 100% with your Son-in-Law. MineralMan 12 hrs ago #3

It could make some people feel excluded PatSeg 12 hrs ago #4

Most people aren't being talked about by others in public. haele 12 hrs ago #6

This is true PatSeg 12 hrs ago #7

For most of history, in most parts of the world, a polyglot population has been the norm. eppur_se_muova 12 hrs ago #5

I'm too lazy to provide a link(s), but from my reading of the Middle East at the time of Jesus Christ, I have learned generalbetrayus 12 hrs ago #8

That's interesting about the French PatSeg 12 hrs ago #9

I know that Occitan/Provencal was actively spoken in the south. Probably German in the east. Dutch to the north. erronis 12 hrs ago #11

An Occitan author won a Nobel Prize in Literature. eppur_se_muova 11 hrs ago #20

Thank you, that was helpful PatSeg 8 hrs ago #29

Click on the link to the Wikipedia entry; it's pretty thorough. eppur_se_muova 11 hrs ago #18

Thank you PatSeg 8 hrs ago #30

This message was self-deleted by its author eppur_se_muova 11 hrs ago #19

What bothers me the most? otchmoson 12 hrs ago #10

Had an incident many years back in a Walmart rurallib 12 hrs ago #12

And I was sitting on a flight from Seattle to DC with a bunch of burly men speaking a strange language. erronis 7 hrs ago #31

It was a long time before English-speakers first showed up Seinan Sensei 11 hrs ago #13

I am pleased to send you a DU heart for this wonderful post. NNadir 11 hrs ago #14

Thank you! generalbetrayus 3 hrs ago #40

The GOP members LittleGirl 11 hrs ago #15

Exactly 👍👍💙 TommieMommy 11 hrs ago #16

I was six years old when we left Budapest I. 1956. ChazInAz 11 hrs ago #17

A very healthy attitude! You got a good one in that son-in-law. hamsterjill 11 hrs ago #21

I hear him. As for people who 'love to hate'. They are projecting their self-hatred onto others. Sick fucks. Joinfortmill 10 hrs ago #22

"Conservatism" isn't a coherent political philosophy; it's just a bad attitude William Seger 10 hrs ago #24

I prefer to hear people talking to each other in languages other than English. tanyev 10 hrs ago #23

I like hearing the other languages because they are beautiful and remind me that we are multi-cultural. erronis 7 hrs ago #32

Echo this! ihaveaquestion 10 hrs ago #25

Your son-in-law is a good person LetMyPeopleVote 9 hrs ago #26

Thank you, I agree. generalbetrayus 3 hrs ago #41

You know what irritates me???????? popsdenver 9 hrs ago #27

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 6 hrs ago #33

Yea popsdenver 3 hrs ago #39

I grew up with relatives speaking Italian around us kids... Historic NY 9 hrs ago #28

Wow, thanks for that ! nt eppur_se_muova 6 hrs ago #34

I'm very impressed. He knows a lot of words and is willing to learn more. Better than most Americans. erronis 6 hrs ago #36

The guy is brilliant! Easterncedar 1 hr ago #42

that was WONDERFUL Kali 4 min ago #43

I always feel guilty that I lost all of my Spanish vocabulary from mis-use kerry-is-my-prez 6 hrs ago #35

just curious Skittles 6 hrs ago #37

My daughter had a spanish speaking care giver, at her day care. My daughter was her favorite, cksmithy 4 hrs ago #38