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Last night, I had the electronic chat for my on-line class. Tom suggested we meet at the Northampton Brewery. I had been planning to have the chats from a variety of places during the semester but hadn't had time to organize anything, so I was pleased to accept the suggestion. But when I got to the Northampton Brewery, I found that they didn't have wireless network connectivity. When I mentioned this to Tom, he said, "Oh, yeah. But occasionally, I've been able to find a signal in there anyway." I grumbled a bit that I wanted something more reliable for my class, so he suggested the Haymarket. I went there, found a wireless signal and power, but then the network flaked out -- it would work for a few seconds and then stall for minutes. The appointed hour arrived and I couldn't even get the page to load. Tom suggested going to back to Woodstar. Finally, that pretty much worked. It took me a while to get my network working properly, but then I was able to chat with my students. After the chat session, Tom said, "Boy, you sure are tense this semester." Afterwards, we went to some pizza place to finally get our beer. Maybe next week, we'll find a place to run the on-line chat that has both wireless and beer.