In 2001? At the time, no one seemed to question that brief calls were possible, and in fact they were sometimes made.
The technology is totally different now. Vastly more sophisticated.
We are taking about the level of difference between a walkie-talkie and a directed energy beam.
Are you sure? 2001 cell phones (and supportive telecom systems) were very simple and would not know if a call was placed from 33,000 feet up, or 33,000 feet horizontally across the earth. If the radio works, then you are golden.
Most people I worked with had cell phones in 2001, but I didn't. It was already difficult to find a pay phone which still worked. Then again I worked for a telecommunications company in an area near "telecom corridor" (where the movie "Office Space" was filmed).
In 1988 (or 1989), one of my...
California still has Proposition 13. If you bought your retirement home 47 years ago, you would be just fine. Your $60k house might be worth a couple of million, and the taxes would still be ok.
Arizona has a property tax but they have a wonderful feature in that they can not increase your...
I have heard the same. Since I am now old, I can see that the forests are not like when I was young. When I was young, you could just walk through most of the forest, but now it is often impenetrable brush, or young trees so close together you can almost not stick your arm between them.
To me...
The huge fires on the north rim of the Grand Canyon 1/5 of forested area burned already) have given the forestry department the heebie-jeebies. The fire which burned the Grand Canyon Lodge was being used like a controlled burn.
Fires are actually a good thing, if there are enough of them. The problem is that the full suppression approach used for a great many years has made many fires into a calamity. If there are many smaller fires, them the forest and scrub land is much nicer.
So how do we reset our forests to the...
I don't recommend Phoenix or other crowder inferno places.
The Democrat politicians seem different than California and not as batshit crazy. The governor seems rather thoughtful and describes why she makes her decisions.
Regardless, as one would expect, the wild horses are in 'red' politics...
I guess that Goodyear is the Budweiser of tires. It is no accident that many businesses only sell Anheuser-Busch beers, even if some of the beer names don't sound like it.