Can confirm. New digital pump replaced it, but the install looks like crap witch the electrical box dangling

You can get cheaper slower speeds, but idk if it is really worth switching. $50month for 200mb. $80 for 500. They have fine print about your modem rental/purchase and free install for the $80 and $100, but idk why you couldn’t just change your speed to the cheapest one after getting the “free” install… and avoid the bs.

The just buried the stuff this month in my area for a start date in April. Att also sent letters that fiber was available soon as well.

My promo rate with att ended and they said they could get me a cheaper rate (not as good as the promo), but had to have a new line buried to the house from the box. Still don’t know how that makes since

417magazine online has some good info.

Springfield noteworthy things:

Chinese cashew chicken (Leong’s in credited as inventor, but several other joints have good chicken as well.)

Bass Pro store here is OG. Good stop, “museum” is Johnny Morris’ money pit. The outlet store is the first storefront besides his brown derby lure hustle.

Fantastic caverns “America’s only drive thru cave”

Route 66-couple of historic sites still exist (history museum has some stuff)

Red’s giant Hamburg-recreation of a reported first drive thru joint.

Notable landmarks

Gray Campbell farmstead in Nathanael Greene park-moved and saved farm from 100+ years ago

The square- only location where a legitimate western duel was documented

The city hall-cool building

Pythian castle-old building turned venue

Commercial street has a bicycle museum and quaint restaurants and 100+ year old steel girder footbridge(although out of commission due to need of repair lol)

East Walnut street has all the old large houses

Lots of stuff downtown that exists in most other moderately sized cities and good hiking in the area like most of the ozarks. A few breweries and couple distilleries.

everyone will tell you to eat breakfast at gaileys or early bird breakfast pub. The vandivort hotel is fancy, but some rooms you can hear live music from the bars… it does have a rooftop lounge that anyone can drink at

If ok with used, recycling center on chestnut has great deals

Company I work for wanted a new street sign. City wanted money for sidewalk improvements or company build it to city spec. No sidewalk on our side of street for blocks… ( mostly due to elevation and drainage ditches). Boss didn’t get new sign, said something along the lines of either we had to build the 20 ft of sidewalk or pay the city money for “sidewalk”.

I am willing to bet dominos paid the city and the city dumps that money into sidewalk improvements fund to be used everywhere, but mostly the dominoes area being least priority in new sidewalk construction and is used for a different sidewalk improvement

Hopefully not more stroads… they just increase traffic

Second volt. My family has been using them since the 70s and has some decent perks (regularly have free shot at the yearly member meeting or in lobby)

Old handle from high school

I haven’t seen any, but telling the drive pickup that you don’t need all the straws, utensils, napkins, sauces, or whatever helps.

I have a napkin stash in my kitchen and keep the plastic take out containers that have the dishwasher symbol for whatever projects I do in the garage or for leftover food.

Taco habitat seems to try the mostish, but the owner is a fraud for embezzling (bourbon Beale, hot clickers, taco habitat, etc)

I can’t remember but depending on what you order, canton inn, pine garden, and golden house does have the containers that are dishwasher safe. Golden house definitely uses them when you get a side of steamed veggies

Not really a good place anymore. Scalpers, Facebook marketplace, eBay pretty much killed it.

10 years ago I could list 5 places and most were on trafficway

Weight is the only thing I would consider to be a benefit. Acidic foods can mess with aluminum ware over time

Just wait until the presidential caucus our state’s fearless leaders brought back from the 90s where it should have stayed

Had a buddy sawzall their’s in their living room rather than move it done the stairs whole

At least she isn’t brad Bradshaw, but then again idk which one is least sufferable

This belongs on r/diwhy

IDK if there is a legitimately good Chinese buffet in town. They all seem to be good the first couple of years and then go down hill. Of ibachi, mikado, and Asian king, I think Asian king is probably better, but not by a huge margin and smaller selection than ichiban. Sushi at both sucks. Idk what was in the soy sauce bottle at Asian king, but it wasn’t good. I went to mikado once when it first opened and was fantastic, but ever since Covid and their sprinkler lines freezing and bursting, seems they can’t keep it clean based on reviews.

Jade east is supposed to have a tiny buffet that you would expect from the tiny town Chinese places that I would guess is decent since their takeout is ok. Maybe one day I can figure out how to make my own fried rice

There is a fb group

I thought their burgers were ok, but I am a guy that likes to taste pickles on my burgers. Those 3 pieces of “house made “ pickles ain’t gonna cut it for me

Yes! People talk about civil kitchen, but the only rings I have had that weren’t greasy were at Chicago cheesesteak co

Why would you have a tire shop change your oil?