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Talk about pulling above your weight… Back in 2009, AT&T California was perplexed when one of their transmission towers suddenly wasn’t emitting signal anymore. Its strength had been weakening for a little bit, but it appeared the antenna had finally kicked and needed some maintenance. When they arrived, technicians were surprised to see the antenna cover bulging, apparently stuffed with, well… they didn’t know, but it was obviously a lot of something. When they inspected it closer, it turned out the antenna had mysteriously been completely filled with an insane amount of acorns. In fact, around 300 POUNDS of acorns...

After a three week absence which ran from Feb 5 to 19, I'm back. Some FReepers will celebrate my return. Others will feel differently :) Long story short, I live out in the country in Aiken County, SC. Nearest neighbors are 1/4 mile away and we don't communicate that much. Due to the remote location, there is no "wired Internet" out here. I chose to use my cell phone's Hotspot to connect to my home computer and the cell tower located about .75 mile from here. This worked fine for 4+ years. I use the Internet A LOT to keep...

We're getting reports that the cell towers have been shut down in the area of the Cliven Bundy Ranch. We need your help in confirming these reports as we cannot reach our correspondents on the scene. Please leave your comments below if you are able to verify these claims. VIDEO