They are available at many retail outlets, though not cheap if you want decent quality. I got a UNI-T brand one and have been fairly pleased with it, though I think Flir is more common.

https://thermal.uni-trend.com/

I also have a coworker who recommends a thermal monocular for longer ranges, though I can’t particularly comment on that. He uses his to watch animals on his property. I’ve heard they’re commonly used for hunting.

I don’t have a ranking list or anything, so I won’t compare it to other holidays, but I wouldn’t call it harmless. Sports fans can be … Excitable.

This was back in 2006 or so. I don’t recall if 4G was around then, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t available as an internet provider. If it was, I wasn’t aware.

I’m pretty happy with my current internet solution, but I’ll keep your suggestion in mind. Thank you!

Very fair point.

Inhaling poison seems like a bad idea.

It’s surprising they would need more than 640kb, really.

Yes, 10MB, apparently.

I tried this in the first place I lived at where I paid for my own internet, which was Comcast at the time.

They said (paraphrasing because it was a long time ago) their contract specified they were not responsible for any outages, nor any income lost due to same. I don’t know if that’s true, but I was young and naive and accepted it at face value.

Then it’s an appropriately named community.