monday morning
Monday, 26. October 2009, 14:48:44
I have this week off from work, so my mood is fantastic. It's a great week for personal development and slouching around. 
Clean the house? Oh no, mustn't do something so needed as that.
I started the morning off with a large strong coffee and some shaking of the the house with some trance from Soma FM. I like the channel called Tag's Trip:
"Tag's Trip: Progressive house / trance. Tip top tunes."
I have plenty of heavy/good stuff to read this week, plus I have chats lined up all over the globe. It still amazes me how the computer can so easily traverse the planet. When I was younger, any international communication cost a fortune, now you pay the monthly ISP fee, or go sit in the free-wifi public library, and off you go!
This addiction to international communication goes way back for me. It has included letter writing (a long time ago), playing with the phone system
, "slight" manipulation of the CB Radio service, Amateur Radio, then the Internet.
Calling CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ DX. Can you hear me?
Clean the house? Oh no, mustn't do something so needed as that.I started the morning off with a large strong coffee and some shaking of the the house with some trance from Soma FM. I like the channel called Tag's Trip:
"Tag's Trip: Progressive house / trance. Tip top tunes."
I have plenty of heavy/good stuff to read this week, plus I have chats lined up all over the globe. It still amazes me how the computer can so easily traverse the planet. When I was younger, any international communication cost a fortune, now you pay the monthly ISP fee, or go sit in the free-wifi public library, and off you go!
This addiction to international communication goes way back for me. It has included letter writing (a long time ago), playing with the phone system
, "slight" manipulation of the CB Radio service, Amateur Radio, then the Internet.Calling CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ DX. Can you hear me?
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WIDGETIZE
PainterWoman # 26. October 2009, 16:06
My high school boyfriend started out with the CB then took the test to be a Ham operator. He was thrilled when he passed it! For 35 years or more after, I remembered his call number....or is it 'handle'? TRG...something. I no longer remember the numbers. Whenever I'd be over at his house for dinner, he'd let me talk to people a little. I remember one of them was a trucker. The trucker told me 'little girls shouldn't be on the radio'.
operainchicago # 26. October 2009, 17:15
slackwrdave # 26. October 2009, 18:45
Originally posted by PainterWoman:
Perfect! I tell my mother something similar when she gets upset that she's not getting things done. I also sometimes say, "the planet will turn another day even if you don't get it done." If it gets ultra-serious, I say, "why don't you just walk out the front door and burn the place down.!
Originally posted by operainchicago:
Now that would eliminate the fun and mystery! I'm a Chippendales dancer and race speed boats. Doesn't everybody online do this?
slackwrdave # 27. October 2009, 06:52
All so lovely! Nice friends.
Shaunak # 27. October 2009, 07:21
slackwrdave # 27. October 2009, 07:31
hungryghost # 28. October 2009, 05:59
slackwrdave # 28. October 2009, 06:33
Originally posted by hungryghost:
Everybody says I should patronize the locally owned hip and chic coffeeshop, but their beans *suck*. The beans are dry and lifeless, and way expensive, so I get all my coffee at the Starbucks. I have a bean grinder and a French press. Very yummy.
After I have the giant coffee half consumed and my hands start to shake, I'll usually have a romping net chat going in the morning with somebody in Russia, India, or Iran, or all 3 at once. At the same time I read the news from unusual sources. It's a nice way to start a day off from work.
This only happens when I have time off from work, otherwise I'm usually hauling ass down the interstate to get somewhere. In that case I try for a quick coffee stop at McDonald's. Theirs is the best. If not available, Burger King is #2. All the others suck.