Subj : Re: Back from vacay
To   : All
From : boraxman
Date : Sun Jul 14 2024 20:58:07

-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to All <=-

 pF> 10 days and the BBS didn't crash...

 pF> I spent 3 days in London, did the tourist thing. Saw Mamma Mia on the
 pF> west end, amazing show. Took a train to Bath, walked around the Roman
 pF> baths, then explored some small villages looking for inspirations for
 pF> retirement locations.

 pF> Then, went to Portsmouth and caught up with in-laws I haven't seen in
 pF> 10 years.

 pF> The rest of my family is jetlagged out, I'm doing OK. Stayed up until
 pF> 9pm last night doing laundry, woke up at 5. Shockingly, everything is
 pF> washed and the suitcase put away less than 24 hours after landing.

 pF> My favorite town was Tisbury, in Wiltshire. We found a 2 bedroom, 2
 pF> bath flat with a garden, 2 car garage and a commercial space on the
 pF> high street for around a third of what our current house in California
 pF> is worth. Train and bussable to Salisbury, the next big town, lots of
 pF> activity, 2 old churches and friendly people.

 pF> Staying in contact was a pain. My wife and kids have iPhones, I have an
 pF> Android. I tried buying a SIM card for her, then realized her phone
 pF> does eSIMs. Tried buying one online, they worked for phone calls and
 pF> SMS but no MMS. Wife had podcasts set to update over cellular, so we
 pF> burned through all of her data in one go.

 pF> Later went into a Vodafone store and got an eSim set up. That worked
 pF> well, but couldn't send pictures via iMessage.

 pF> I set up a VOIP.ms account last week, that worked well. Picked up a
 pF> F/OSS SIP client and was able to make and receive phone calls on a
 pF> local number.

 pF> I brought a Lenovo Duet tablet for cheap a year ago and brought it
 pF> along. After a week on its cramped keyboard, I'm missing keys on my
 pF> home desktop keyboard!

Welcome back!

I too have been absent from here for a while.


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