Subj : Re: What a day
To   : Ray Quinn
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sat Mar 19 2022 05:42:00

Ray,

 RQ> If I don't get some money coming in from State Disability or getting
 RQ> back to my job hauling equipment, they may just have to go back to the
 RQ> store, or sell them locally. I've been dealing with sciatica on my
 RQ> right side. I've been going to physical therapy twice a week for
 RQ> several weels and am getting a lot better.

  With my heart condition, I don't have any RF gear. I operate "internet
radio", but at least my license isn't just a sheet of paper. Last night,
in using the ThumbDV from Northwest Digital Radio with the BlueDV program
from PA7LIM, I was having a terrible time receiving signals (it was all
garbled and R2D2 on D-Star)...but they said my signal was OK. I have a
spare ThumbDV, so I might swap that out. But, beforehand, the computer
couldn't find the comport for it...so, I had to reboot...and was late
starting early checkins for the Trains Net. With all the issues last
night, I was "running the yellow boards".

  Yet, with degenerative disk disease in my back and spine, it's very
hard to be at the computer for long periods of time. Nature, a
nightmare, and insomnia, woke me around 3:15am...so, I decided to
just update the weather data on the BBS, and answer QWK Mail, before
"the buttcrack of dawn". I have to conduct a ham radio license exam
session later this morning...a father and his son are going for their
Technician license.

 RQ> I cancelled my pain management appointment for today as the pain is
 RQ> mostly gone and I couldn't really pay the $75 co-pay and the 80 mile
 RQ> round trip with gas over $5.00 a gallon here in the San Joaquin Valley.
 RQ> I found it for $4.999 today using a gas card. The credit price was
 RQ> $5.09 and some places $5.60 per gallon. In So-Cal, I've seen pictures
 RQ> with gas over $7.00. A few weeks ago, there was a couple stations
 RQ> advertising $3.659.

  Midgrade gas here (Little Rock, Arkansas) is $4.60 a gallon...over $3.25
more than it was 3 years ago. Yet, the greedy politicians in Washington, DC
and elsewhere "don't have to worry about that". They have no clue on what
it's like for their constituents. The concept of "term limits" will NEVER
see the light of day in Congress.

 RQ> Well, my age is catching up with me. I think I can do something, but my
 RQ> body says "No, you can't!" Last week, I inched ever closer to that 6th
 RQ> decade mark. My dad is now an octogenarian. My grandmothers passed at
 RQ> 95 and 94 plus one day a few months apart back in 2016. I'm hoping that
 RQ> is a good sign, but God only knows.

  I turn 62 next week...but I'm too old to cut the mustard, yet I can still
stir the mayonnaise, and lick the jar. So, pass the BLT, onion rings, and
Dr. Pepper...and no one gets hurt (hi hi).

 RQ> Well, with the inability to get around without pain for nearly two
 RQ> months, it is going to take a bit to get to where I won't be eligable
 RQ> for the above test group...

  I see my cardiologist on Monday...I'm sure he's going to chew me out for
my weight.

Daryl

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