Over the past few months, my Dad has been viewing certain sites that aren't kosher with my Mom. Specificly, ones with Java based chat rooms. My Mom has learned of these sites, and threatned to rip the modem out of the wall if she had proof of his visit to one of these again. Being that she now knows how to check recent history in all browsers we use (NS 6, NS Communicator, IE 5), she has seen numerous instances.

Last night, he did it again. Now I am throughly pissed off because he lost the internet access for all of us, not just himself.

So if you don't see my online much, you now know why you haven't seen me. I will try to be as active as possible in the next 2 weeks, while I can, for a short time, access the web from work. After August 16, my job here ends, and so does the internet access.

At home, I may be able to use the model sporaticly, by connecting it to the back of my system directly (opposed to over the router).

My only idea left is if I can block access to the web (TCP port 80) to one router address (the offending system, 192.168.1.100). I have a Xsence Router, (I forget the model number), and I know I can access most of the router security configurations, but there is no guarantee of having internet back home any time soon.

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Captain Z - Mobile Operations Commander
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It was your Dad that went to that site, so why are you also suffering from the consequences? Thats just not fair...

Either way, good luck, and i hope to see you back soon!

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And the reason why I am suffering is because my Mom has no desire to divorce my Dad. They have been married a long time (30 years this Sept.) and she still loves him.

He also still loves her. He sees it as harmless chatting. (I actually observed him last night, and he did nothing. He jumped into a chat room, watched for about 10 min, and then left, never saying a word.) He doesn't see why she is reacting this way.

It's going to be a long night...

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Captain Z - Mobile Operations Commander
68K Macintosh Liberation Army
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If you're interested in a clean-up utility and you haven't cheated but using something non-Macintosh, , i can send you a copy of Mac-Washer.

Good Luck

Since the cable modem has been ripped out, now one week ago, there have been noticeable changes around the house. Both my Mod and Dad are not talking to each other, and if they are, they blow up in anger at each other.

My brothers have been spending less and less time at home, prefering to be out with their friends. Combined between the 3 of us, we would have been online for at least 6 hours a day each. Since the modem is gone, total time using a computer has been cut to about 15 a day, if that... My brothers are angry at both my parents; my Mom for taking the modem away from us even though we didn't do anything, and against my Dad because he was the cause of this whole mess.

My Mom is still very unhappy. If you act nice to her or even talk to her at all, she will break down crying practicly. She has said that the thinks that removing the modem will kinda repair their marriage back to the way it was 2 years ago, before the modem. Unfortunetly, because of the way my brothers are acting in this, she sees it as she will either lose he husband if she keeps the modem, or loses her sons if she doesn't.

I believe that the majority of the problem here is a lack of communication.

My Mom thinks she is loosing my Dad to someone he met online (which is the same way my Aunt left my Uncle), which is why she wants him not to speak to anyone there. She has told me that she still loves him, but she doesn't know if he is still interested in her after 30 years.

My Dad thinks he is doing nothing wrong talking to someone online. He has told me that he still loves my Mom (and in his exact words, "Marrying Mom was the one thing he has done right in his life"), but he doesn't know how to show it to here without her either accusing him of lying, blowing up at him, or breaking down crying.

Being that neither of them are willing to talk to each other, neither of them know how the other feels.

This week, starting Sat. 5AM, my parents and brothers are going on a trip up to friends in SE New Hampshire. They will be gone for 7 days, and they are leaving me home (I have to got to my 2 jobs). On the plus side, I get the modem back (Yay!). I only hope things get better while they are up there. Only time will tell...

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68K Macintosh Liberation Army
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