The rest of us can probably not worry much.
Cool and wet in Houston. Last I heard from up north a storm was rolling in at the lake… but because of the complete lack of comms there, I’ll find out when I get back up there later today.
Regarding Barbara… I put up a post on her site and did an update comment late yesterday. Long story short, her knee got infected (some MRSA variant) the knee replacement implant was removed, and she’s at a facility where they are both managing the infection and doing PT to get her strong enough to return home. She is doing ok, better than the last time this happened, almost exactly 2 years ago. She expects to be at home in a couple of weeks, and will probably not post until then. If I have any news I’ll post here and at her site.
Regarding my adventures in BOL land… no comms. My older cell booster couldn’t see anything. The neighbor says his booster works ok, but only with verizon. I’ll try my newer booster, but even if it works, someone in the family will be getting a verizon phone plan. The neighbor is amenable to sharing his starlink service if it ever arrives, so that should ease things a great deal.
My wife spent the day painting out 70s plywood paneling. I was messing with the antenna and booster most of the afternoon. We got a late start, and wanted to take the first full day there a bit easy. Kids were inflating stand up paddle boards, and kayaks. Maybe we’ll get out on the lake today, if the weather opens up. It was cool in the morning but got uncomfortable in the sun by afternoon.
I came home to reload the trailer and make a second run. I also brought a bunch of scrap home to dispose of here. No trash service up there. I spent the evening loading up, and will load a bunch more stuff before leaving this morning. I’ll unload and head back to Houston in the afternoon. I have to return the trailer before 6pm. I will probably spend tonight in Houston like last night, and head back up Wednesday morning. I’ll load some more in the pickup, if it’s not raining.
It’s very unnerving to be completely without news up at the BOL. No AM radio during the day, only a few FM stations, mostly church stations, and a country station. No news breaks that I heard all morning. I’m taking a shortwave with me today. Funny if that works better than local. I can also take my XM radio. I will be putting up a tower at some point, for TV, cell, and ham radio. We don’t have to watch or listen, but that’s a bit different than not being able to. At some point I might try my DirecTV “camping” system. It’s a dish on a ground supported tripod with 50ft of cable. I’ve got plenty of DirecTV gear, but no active subscription. It didn’t occur to me yesterday morning to try the XM in the car. In any case, the world survived another day. Gnu willing that will continue.
Busy days, lots of driving, and WWIII rumbling in the distance… interesting times.
Stack something new today.
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