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Thu Dec 14, 2017, 08:08 PM Dec 2017

Two funny stories from today - Net Neutrality and FOOD

My pre-teen middle school daughter, "Did you hear about this thing Trump did today about the internet?"
Me: "Net Neutrality?"
Her: "Yeah, I heard it'll cost two dollars to log on to Google (they use google chrome on their school laptops) and $5 a month for YouTube"
Me: "Google?"
Her: "Yeah. Either two dollars per log on or two dollars per search"
Me: "Did you read this somewhere or hear it?"
Her: "I heard it"
I told her I didn't think that's how it's going to work.


Shopping for groceries with money contributed my our staff for a local food program. I had a massive cart full of food (about 200 pounds). I bought 293 pounds today and we are contributing 855 pounds in total. 😀 We didn't just go for weight but bought the 17 items the program asked for.

The guy behind me had a candy bar and a Mt. Dew but heard what this was for and where I work.
Me: "Man, I'm sorry you have to be behind me with all this."
Him: "Hey no problem. With all that rice I'm just worried you know something about what's going on in Korea that we don't know about"
I told him he was my laugh of the day.

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Two funny stories from today - Net Neutrality and FOOD (Original Post) underpants Dec 2017 OP
Those are both pretty good! bearsfootball516 Dec 2017 #1
Indeed, Google was one of the ones most opposed to the change. nt Wednesdays Dec 2017 #2
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