# But then I lucked out.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-then-i-lucked-out/29703>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 17, 2000, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-then-i-lucked-out/29703 "2000-08-17T08:06:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-then-i-lucked-out/29703/1 "2000-08-17T08:06:14Z")

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So, as you know from [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=34941) I mushed my hand. I also wore my favorite pair of Abercrombie & Fitch khaki shorts while working on my car today. Ruined. My ISP has been down since earlier this week. And I can’t find my NetZero software for NOTHIN. So I pick up a copy of Juno. Only problem is, the number for it is long distance on our ISP phone line. So I gotta wait until after 10 pm so I can use our standard phone line. I try to get on. And I try. And I try. And I try. And it keeps cutting me off.

Finally, I get on. I surf a while, then Juno starts crashing. Error after error. Everything’s going haywire. The ad bar crashes. The mail program crashes. The GUI crashes. But then I luck out. After the dust settles, everything’s dead and gone. Except the connection. The 44kbps connection. It’s been solid for about 4 hours now. Oh. Yes. This comes this close ::holds fingers really close together:: to making up for me ruining my fav pants.

–Tim

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**Author:** ![Jenie\_in\_a\_Bottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Jenie\_in\_a\_Bottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenie_in_a_Bottle)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-then-i-lucked-out/29703/2 "2000-08-17T08:54:07Z")

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I’m so sorry. You poor baby! I feel your pain. Juno SUCKS \*$^%&

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-then-i-lucked-out/29703/3 "2000-08-17T16:44:52Z")

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Let’s see here. You fucked up your favorite shorts? That’ll teach you to let mommy dress you. When you get to be a big boy and learn to dress yourself, you can wear old clothes if you choose.

And as far a Juno and NetZero, all I gotta say is, you get what you pay for. Spend the 20 bucks and get a real ISP.

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**Author:** ![MadHatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MadHatter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadHatter)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-then-i-lucked-out/29703/4 "2000-08-17T16:47:30Z")

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So in the States…

To “Luck out” means to actually _have_ luck?

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**Author:** ![Phobos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Phobos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phobos)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-then-i-lucked-out/29703/5 "2000-08-17T17:14:17Z")

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yeah, and “slow up” and “slow down” mean the same thing.

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**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-then-i-lucked-out/29703/6 "2000-08-18T01:35:21Z")

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Thanks for the encouragement, UncleBeer. You are truly a scholar and a gentleman.

And if you’ll be so kind as to notice, my ISP has been down for about a week. That’s why I was using Juno.

–Tim