TinBoats Twitter - Random posts

[S&MFISH]

Been there,did that.In that situation,all I can think about is "Man,I hope this car doesn't break down".I have a really good roadside assist package with my cellphone(better than most Motor Clubs).To use it though,you need your cell with you.It works anywhere,with any vehicle.

 

[Jim]

11PM at night...neighbor outside snow-blowing his driveway. :shock:

 

[dyeguy1212]

11PM at night...neighbor outside snow-blowing his driveway. :shock:

Own an airsoft gun? :|

 

[Jim]

11PM at night...neighbor outside snow-blowing his driveway. :shock:

Own an airsoft gun? :|

Nah, Why fake it...I have the real deal! :LOL2:

 

[dyeguy1212]

Not a matter of faking it.. just a matter of getting some revenge without reveling yourself... or going to prison..

 

[Jim]

Not a matter of faking it.. just a matter of getting some revenge without reveling yourself... or going to prison..

Here is the issue. The guy is like 100 and has these two top of the line hearing aids. He must forget to put them in or something.

 

[dyeguy1212]

100?


take away his snow blower and he'll be gone due to natural causes after the next wave of snow storms... the inevitable heart attacks that come with shoveling snow... [-X
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVWdf1Ky2bI

 

[Bugpac]

Throw some big ol rocks over there the next snowfall, They tend to tear up the snowblower...

 

[KMixson]

Throw some big ol rocks over there the next snowfall, They tend to tear up the snowblower...

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Captain Ahab]

Throw some big ol rocks over there the next snowfall, They tend to tear up the snowblower...

Just a few rolled up newspapers will work even better - the blower eats them and it is a super PITA to get them unstuck - frozen wet newspaper clogging the blades

 

[Jim]

Guys.....my wife uses that snowblower during the day! :LOL2:

 

[Waterwings]

11PM at night...neighbor outside snow-blowing his driveway. :shock:

Maybe he's shy and doesn't want to do it during the day when the neighbors can see him :wink:

 

[Captain Ahab]

11PM at night...neighbor outside snow-blowing his driveway. :shock:

Maybe he's shy and doesn't want to do it during the day when the neighbors can see him :wink:

 

[Waterwings]

I guess you could say that's some cold a$$ work :shock:

 

[S&MFISH]

More snow today! %$#@&^*% SNOW!!!!!

 

[wasilvers]

Words of warning - stay away from HostMDS for webhosting. Had a ton of issues with them last year - to the point I chose a separate host (hostgator - no problems with them at all, and I can talk to a person who speaks without an accent!). I moved the files, but couldn't move the domain registry because hostmds wouldn't give me my (epp) authorization code. I kept receiving emails that my domain reg was expiring and I'd contact them via support website - with no luck. Finally at day 30 till I'm cut off, I start calling and leaving messages, trying to get my code so I can transfer the account to someone else - with no responses. Day 0 hits and still no contact from them. I left messages with their billing, sales, and tech departments and no calls back, emails, nada. I emailed every department they had listed and no response.

So day -1 hits and my .com address is not working - my email address I've used for the last 5 years is suddenly gone and the wife is none too happy. I called hostgator to ask what to do. They said since HostMDS is a reseller thru tucows - and since I am the admin on the account, I should contact them and see if they can help me. So I went to tucows (who redirected me back to hostmds about 3 times) and contacted their compliance department - giving the same story. Amazinginly, about 10 minutes before tucows contacts me and gives me my code to move the site registration elsewhere, hostmds contacts me and says - GET THIS - and say to me, since my account is expired, I'll have to pay a renewal fee ($21.00) before I can get it MOVED - SINCE I LET IT EXPIRE they will not give me access to move it till I pay them! SO FOR NOT CONTACTING ME BACK THEY SHOULD GET PAID! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!

Tucows sent me a message later today with my authorization code allowing me to move the account - without paying the other slackers another dime. They never did refund my money for the unused year I had paid for as had been in my previous contract (yeah, don't beleive everything you read)- so I was already out about $60 in the first place.

Just venting,
Will

 

[Jim]

Words of warning - stay away from HostMDS for webhosting. Had a ton of issues with them last year - to the point I chose a separate host (hostgator - no problems with them at all, and I can talk to a person who speaks without an accent!). I moved the files, but couldn't move the domain registry because hostmds wouldn't give me my (epp) authorization code. I kept receiving emails that my domain reg was expiring and I'd contact them via support website - with no luck. Finally at day 30 till I'm cut off, I start calling and leaving messages, trying to get my code so I can transfer the account to someone else - with no responses. Day 0 hits and still no contact from them. I left messages with their billing, sales, and tech departments and no calls back, emails, nada. I emailed every department they had listed and no response.

So day -1 hits and my .com address is not working - my email address I've used for the last 5 years is suddenly gone and the wife is none too happy. I called hostgator to ask what to do. They said since HostMDS is a reseller thru tucows - and since I am the admin on the account, I should contact them and see if they can help me. So I went to tucows (who redirected me back to hostmds about 3 times) and contacted their compliance department - giving the same story. Amazinginly, about 10 minutes before tucows contacts me and gives me my code to move the site registration elsewhere, hostmds contacts me and says - GET THIS - and say to me, since my account is expired, I'll have to pay a renewal fee ($21.00) before I can get it MOVED - SINCE I LET IT EXPIRE they will not give me access to move it till I pay them! SO FOR NOT CONTACTING ME BACK THEY SHOULD GET PAID! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!

Tucows sent me a message later today with my authorization code allowing me to move the account - without paying the other slackers another dime. They never did refund my money for the unused year I had paid for as had been in my previous contract (yeah, don't beleive everything you read)- so I was already out about $60 in the first place.

Just venting,
Will

Web hosting is a love hate relationship. My last provider was a joke. This one is very good(so far). The next one will be a private server. I have learned allot these last few years.

What I do know is that there will always be a "down time" expected or unexpected. The good hosting companies get you back up and running quickly......

Also, If a hosting company does not BS you about there issue, that is even better. The previous provider would say it was me and my computer and they don't see anything wrong from their end.

Little did they know that I know my site is down before they do. I use a web recorder to run synthetic transactions against the site. Every two minutes a browser opens, connects to the site, logs in, goes to the watering hole and then closes the browser. If this does not happen within 20 seconds, I get paged, emailed, and alerted like NASA. :LOL2: I connect from 3 different areas(2 different states) at the same time and my blackberry. If I cant connect with either, I know it is not me...don't BS me, this is what I do for work.

 

[wasilvers]

What I do know is that there will always be a "down time" expected or unexpected. The good hosting companies get you back up and running quickly......

Also, If a hosting company does not BS you about there issue, that is even better. The previous provider would say it was me and my computer and they don't see anything wrong from their end.

Ditto that! Last year they were down 60% of the time for 2 months straight! (I built a page checker too, just so I'd have proof of what I was talking about). Of course they said it was me, that my ip was blocked, that I had pointed to a different site, that they were under attack, etc... Never was it their fault. I asked to be moved to a different server and that actually worked for about 2 weeks, then the same problems again. I think their equipment was faulty.

The best part was their repeated statements that they had redundant backups - you could never 'loose' your site. So I had been using the site as a backup for the family pictures (1.5G of 5 gig purchased storage) They 'lost' everything - then told me I could pay them $100 to see if they could get it back - HA! Very underhanded I thought. Of course, I had my own backups.
Will

 

[Jim]

 

[Jim]

Laugh all you want, I once had a job exactly like this. I did it all summer!