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mbstone Nov 25, 2008 4:32 am
You Know You Are In The MFN When...
 
  • You look up at the night sky, and you realize you haven't seen this many stars since your school field trip to the planetarium.

  • It is 10 PM, you are hungry, the hotel restaurant and room service are both closed, and there are also no fast food outlets, no Denny's, no Waffle Houses, nor even 7-11 rotating hot dogs, there's absolutely nothing to eat available anywhere within miles of the hotel.

  • There is no cell phone reception.

  • You get out of your car, it is quiet, and you suddenly realize it's been a long time since you experienced quiet.

  • Only AM radio works, and then only at night, and the only station is airing Coast to Coast AM With Art Bell.

  • The motel front desk clerk calls you right after check-in to exclaim that she's never before had a guest from as far away as the address on your driver's license.

woojink Nov 25, 2008 9:01 am
Or when the telephones still use rotary dialing and do not have touch tone.

JerryFF Nov 25, 2008 11:26 am
MFN Most-Favored-Nation
MFN Metromedia Fiber Network
MFN Money For Nothing
MFN MusicalFans.net (website)
MFN Multi Frequency Network
MFN Milford Sound, New Zealand (Airport Code)
MFN Mini-Fiber Node
MFN Mississippi Food Network
MFN Marsalforn (postal locality, Malta)
MFN Metropolitan Fiber Network (NextLink)
MFN Main Frogans Network
MFN Mantrafreenet (free internet service in India)
MFN Master File Number

smackfu Nov 25, 2008 2:59 pm
The M is middle and the N is nowhere.

Fraser Nov 25, 2008 3:55 pm
Originally Posted by mbstone (Post 10809455)
    Blessing in disguise ;)

    JerryFF Nov 25, 2008 4:22 pm
    The first four on the list describe where I live.

    ctstan Nov 25, 2008 4:48 pm
    Originally Posted by JerryFF (Post 10813361)
    The first four on the list describe where I live.
    the question is do you consider it MFN ?

    joer Nov 26, 2008 5:12 pm
    Originally Posted by mbstone, who's west of the Rockies (Post 10809455)
    • no fast food outlets, no Denny's, no Waffle Houses, nor even 7-11 rotating hot dogs,
    And this is a problem because...?
    • There is no cell phone reception.
    And this is a problem because...?
    • Only AM radio works, and then only at night, and the only station is airing Coast to Coast AM With Art Bell.
    Not to nit-pick, but if you're listening to Coast to Coast AM and it's Art Bell on, you might want to call in and tell him about the time-traveling you just did, as Art retired almost a year ago.
    • The motel front desk clerk calls you right after check-in to exclaim that she's never before had a guest from as far away as the address on your driver's license.
    Never had one call me, but did once have one who was VERY excited to have someone from as far away as Illinois check in. Of course, this occurred in San Francisco, so it could have been her first day or something.

    RichardInSF Nov 26, 2008 5:42 pm
    Hasn't someone else taken over Art Bell's show?

    sbm12 Nov 26, 2008 6:50 pm
    Originally Posted by mbstone (Post 10809455)
    • it is quiet, and you suddenly realize it's been a long time since you experienced quiet.
    Living in NYC this is one that I never get over. My in-laws live in the suburbs outside STL and we're headed there in a few hours. I know that the house will be ridiculously quiet when we arrive and have to prep myself to handle for when we arrive.

    I used to live in a 1st floor/basement duplex ~50 feet from the #1 subway line. We could feel the train rolling by every 5-7 minutes (more frequently during rush hour). When the trains weren't running we noticed the quiet.

    Quiet can be very disconcerting when you're used to the dull drone fo background noise.

    wsucougarchick05 Nov 26, 2008 7:42 pm
    Originally Posted by JerryFF (Post 10813361)
    The first four on the list describe where I live.
    Same here. Except I can get cell phone reception...if I'm in the right spot in my house and don't move from that spot. LOL

    wandering_fred Nov 27, 2008 2:23 am
    I wonder how many more comments we will get about the real stars and real quiet we have in country Western Australia. No wandering required.

    Oh yes - along with no Sunday shopping....

    YMMV

    Fred

    mbstone Nov 27, 2008 2:40 am
    Originally Posted by RichardInSF (Post 10819856)
    Hasn't someone else taken over Art Bell's show?
    Yes. This is one of the spooky things about the MFN.

    joer Dec 1, 2008 3:13 pm
    Originally Posted by me (Post 10819726)
    Not to nit-pick, but if you're listening to Coast to Coast AM and it's Art Bell on, you might want to call in and tell him about the time-traveling you just did, as Art retired almost a year ago.
    So, you'll never guess who hosted Coast to Coast Am last night...

    N965VJ Dec 1, 2008 5:04 pm
    Originally Posted by wsucougarchick05 (Post 10820304)
    Same here. Except I can get cell phone reception...if I'm in the right spot in my house and don't move from that spot. LOL
    Same here, one or two bars of 1xRTT goodness.



    Originally Posted by joer (Post 10839210)
    So, you'll never guess who hosted Coast to Coast Am last night...
    Parallel universes could co-exist with us, such as in our own living rooms, said Kaku, though there is an astronomically small chance we would ever enter into one of these worlds.
    LOL wat?


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