There’s more to the story that I’ll share at a later time, but wow, this wind came up quick and left it’s mark! Thankful that my dogs and I are OK. Can’t really say that for the two big trees in my backyard or the little bird nesting nearby. 
Switching to AT&T Fiber… biggest mistake of my adult life
I’ve had AT&T Fiber for about a week and I’ve come to this conclusion:
I’m basically paying $60/month to NOT have internet.
In fact, this post is happening by using the hotspot on my phone. You know there’s a problem when your phone’s hotspot is what you rely on when you definitely pay for home internet! This has become what I see throughout the day when I try to do anything on my computer.
Hulu and YouTube show different error messages than Safari, but they all mean the same thing: I’m paying AT&T to keep me offline. How many people can say that? Actually, probably a lot of people can, based on reviews I’ve seen. There are so many message boards out there with people trying to figure out how to fix the issues but my best guess is I just need to cut my losses and go back to Xfinity.
I know one thing for sure: this is NOT the freedom our forefathers promised us. I never thought I’d miss Xfinity so much. I’ll have updates soon, that is, if I can connect to the internet to make new blog posts!
Oi vey.
-Out of the Wilderness
Remembering the Nashville flood… and what I regret to this very day!
I can still remember it as clear as day, which is rather ironic because on this day, it was anything but clear. It rained. I don’t mean on and off rain… it rained all afternoon. And then it rained all day the next day. Nashville was experiencing what will be record-setting setting rainfall causing floods around middle Tennessee.
On day 1 of the rain, Saturday, I was doing a volunteer thing my church had put together. As I recall, we were at a school painting and cleaning and sweeping and all that fun stuff. I think I remember the weather being cloudy but not much rain on my way to the school. On the way home a few hours later the rain had already begun. So much that there were already police and firefighters at certain intersections making sure everyone could navigate the intersection because a nearby parking lot was beginning to flood. Here’s a quick video I recorded on my phone.
But it was at the school gymnasium where something crazy happened.
I so wish I had this one video but sometime around lunch we all took a break from the work inside the school. There were a few basketballs laying around so we started shooting, and some of us were trying half-court shots. Of course, most of our shots were unsuccessful.
Well, I’m not lying at all when I say this… I heaved up a half-court shot and it looked promising. As it descended, as if it were edited in a studio somewhere, just as the ball ripped through the basket the loudest clap of thunder boomed. The timing was perfect and everyone there was startled by what just happened.
It was pretty wild, and I know a video would be much more entertaining for you, but you’ll just have to cope however you can I’ve been coping for 10 years. I still remember that moment as if it was yesterday. Such perfect timing and to make the shot, too, was magical 🙂
Nashville went on to get double digit rain totals (in inches) and the week following this rain I didn’t go to work at all because the basement of the downtown building where I worked flooded. It was a devastating week for a lot of folks, and now, 10 years later, the event is still remembered with somber thoughts……..
…….and regret for not asking someone to record my half-court shot!
Out of the Wilderness
Driver goes wrong way on a one way highway ramp!
When I hear on the news that a driver was going the wrong way on an interstate ramp, I usually can’t understand how that can happen. But to be totally honest, as much as I’m driving around town, I can sort of understand. There are on-ramps and off-ramps that can be a little confusing. Such is the case for this driver, apparently.
Caught this on my dash cam yesterday afternoon, May 1, 2020. The “victim” in this clip DID stop further down the road after what sounds like contact between the two vehicles. As you’ll see in the clip, the driver at fault did NOT stop to check any damage. I’ll be tweeting this to the Metro Nashville PD in case there was a report and the police need license plate numbers, etc.
Have you ever witnessed something like this? Comment below!
-Out of the Wilderness
2020 Land Rover Discovery… what happened?
THAT’S a Discovery? Ewww!
I recently was at a stoplight next to an SUV that looked new; I didn’t recognize it by the body style. The only thing that gave it away was the word “Discovery” spanning the width of the rear end.
All I could think in that moment was, “What? This looks like almost every other SUV out there! What happened to the old Discovery trucks that stood out in a crowd?” Remember these….
So much more original, right? Looking back, I think the brand began conforming to a common body style in the late 90s with the Freelander but what I saw yesterday was such a disappointment. No originality. No personality.
It looks more like a new Kia Sportage than the Discoveries in its lineage. And to be totally honest, I’d get a Kia before I’d get a Land Rover, even if they were sold at the same price! The Kia Telluride is a beautiful SUV.
I can’t speak to the mechanics of the Discovery (engine, interior features, etc) so maybe some of that still sets it apart from other SUVs in its class. However, when it comes to the wow factor, the “safari” look… that’s long gone. I guess they saw a brighter future building SUVs that fit in on the streets of LA, not the mountain trails.
-Out of the Wilderness
Out of the Wilderness 