THE NEGATIVE REACTION

"WHATEVERS BARNEY"

What a cool day. I finally got my cd player in my car!! Now I'm looking for some speakers and I'll have to install my amp as well. I was listening to the Manchester United darby on the internet (which is totally cool - come to think of it.). They were up 1-0 when the MU.TV servers went down - oh well, I hope they hung on. . .

Today's Observation

Is it just me or are people becoming more and more reliant on other's and technology in general? Since I was always brought up to try and figure something out BEFORE I go asking anybody else, this troubles me. I figure you learn more by doing it yourself and in turn get confidence that you can do more in the future.

I run into people everyday that just assume that something is totally out of their reach. So they call me up and I in turn walk them through it. So what am I rewarded with them wasting my time with mindless tasks? "Cool, now I can call you WHENEVER I have a problem!!" Gee thanks people. The conversation usually goes something like this:

CUST: "I dont know how to store numbers in my phone."
ME: "Have you tried reading the manual?"
CUST: "Nope - I threw it out with the box."
ME: "You try finding any info out on the internet?"
CUST: "Nope - I just figured you could tell me how to do it."
ME: (thinking to myself) - yeah sure buddy - WHATEVERS!

Anyways - all is good with me - I went biking last night at Lebanon Hills. It was quiet and I ran the trail in 23 minutes. My friend Bad Andy did in 18 min, so I figure I can improve my climbing skills and I think I can tie that time. I'll keep working at it. My cardiovascular strength is coming back and I've already lost a few pounds (I want to loose a total of 5 lbs) and am feeling my legs returning. Jeeps, last time I rode Lebanon it was a disaster! My legs felt heavy, I had no cardio and I felt like I was dying every turn of the pedals. So things are turning around.

My friend Pat is doing better. He was in Fargo for his brother's wedding and just went into for a biopsy to see how his blood level are doing. He said he will know by Friday. I pray for him every night (along with the usual suspects) and hope that he gets better!

Work is continuing to go well. Rick just siged this HUGE deal with DishTV to do all of thier installations. So far, we've been doing 6-8 installs for them a day. The guy at DISH said once this ramps up - we'll be doing 15-20 installs a day!! The wireless side is going steady too. Verizon just launched its push-to-talk service. We have four phones but have yet to light them up to see how it actually works. When I get the skinny and a decent field test - I'll post it here!

Anyways - thats all I got. . . . .and I got to go help Johnny get on the internet (new NIC in his puter!).

Till tomorrow

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