Yep. Some of the really good ones you can do just about anything and it will mute out the majority of the background noise pretty nicely.
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Yep. Some of the really good ones you can do just about anything and it will mute out the majority of the background noise pretty nicely.
I called my cousin at Christmas. We talked for 20 minutes. She informed me that they were driving home. I had no idea she was in a vehicle rolling down the interstate.
Impressive, and I told her so.
Yep. Window up or down, doesn’t matter.
I didn't realize I forgot to post my updates. Must have fallen back asleep this morning. Bladder woke me up around 4am.
My week thus far:
Sunday we had massive thunderstorms. Power went out multiple times and stayed out for a few hours each time. When power was back on again the internet wouldn't work. Starlink satellite got borked. Gen2 version so it's discontinued. Setup phone as mobile hotspot and did troubleshooting. Decided fastest option would be to replace the old kit with a new gen3 kit (sold at Bestbuy and in stock). Knew I needed the longer cable and pole mount (since the mount mechanism is different on the standard gen3. I had standard gen2 but it articulated. Not so with standard gen3. The articulated gen3 was over $1k just for the kit without the longer cable and without pole mount adapter. Ended up costing over $550 for the whole shebang (at least $50 of that was sales tax). Set it for in-store pickup.
Monday I got up around 6am and started cleaning the living room. The mountain of bottles and trash Mom accumulated was in the way of being able to get the cable in for the new kit and get it over to where we wanted the modem. After 1pm my brother was nagging me to go to the store to get the new kit. Stopped at HD for a climbing harness and some zip ties for cable management. Ate at the local Chinese buffet. Grabbed a couple things from Samsclub-including fleece-lined pants for best friend (he's still feeling cruddy but no longer in such immense pain and he had to work on his usual day off). Then picked up the kit. Did that last bc I thought the box might not fit in the back seat, but it did.
Tuesday I got up around 7:30am and continued cleaning up the trash in the living room. I was still cleaning when friend showed up a little before 5pm to take down the old dish and install new dish. Brother came in and pulled the new cable from the inside while friend was pushing it through on the outside. Fortunately the new proprietary ends are easier to fit through holes. I got the cable over to the new location for the modem and unplugged the old one and moved it out of the way. Continued cleaning until just before 7pm. Back tapped out on me so I needed a rest. Mom was happy and said I could get BK shroom & swiss melts so I made a quick trip into town and back. Brother cooked for her so she was fine. I then racked tf out. She'd woken me up at 2am to have me set my phone up as a mobile hotspot for her. After I took a break from cleaning for the day I set up the new wifi info on Mom's computer so she could use it right away.
Today my bladder woke me up around 4am and I checked message boards and stuff. Saw that Bacpacker on homesteading passed and cried while reading through stuff. Went back to sleep til probably after 2pm. Got up and got food for Mom and resumed cleaning up the trash in the living room. It was dark by the time I finished. Asked my brother to haul out the trash bags. He said the burn pile was taller than him. He set it on fire to make more room. Nice warm bonfire out front.
Now I'm getting some rest. Need to get most recent pics for before and after but my back needs a break.
Before: the bottle mountain from hell
This was before I finished cleaning up all the bottles on the left side
I got all the trash out from underneath the furniture after this. I desperately need to vacuum though.
I kept some of the larger empty bottles/containers to use for storage.
Will have to get more updated pics later.
On the bright side, friend got cleared for closing on the house he's buying and asked me to help him start moving stuff over to it tomorrow. Also, Mom stopped throwing her trash over there since I got her some bags to keep near her desk to fill up with trash and I've been taking the bags out since brother won't do it.
My week thus far:
Sunday we had massive thunderstorms. Power went out multiple times and stayed out for a few hours each time. When power was back on again the internet wouldn't work. Starlink satellite got borked. Gen2 version so it's discontinued. Setup phone as mobile hotspot and did troubleshooting. Decided fastest option would be to replace the old kit with a new gen3 kit (sold at Bestbuy and in stock). Knew I needed the longer cable and pole mount (since the mount mechanism is different on the standard gen3. I had standard gen2 but it articulated. Not so with standard gen3. The articulated gen3 was over $1k just for the kit without the longer cable and without pole mount adapter. Ended up costing over $550 for the whole shebang (at least $50 of that was sales tax). Set it for in-store pickup.
Monday I got up around 6am and started cleaning the living room. The mountain of bottles and trash Mom accumulated was in the way of being able to get the cable in for the new kit and get it over to where we wanted the modem. After 1pm my brother was nagging me to go to the store to get the new kit. Stopped at HD for a climbing harness and some zip ties for cable management. Ate at the local Chinese buffet. Grabbed a couple things from Samsclub-including fleece-lined pants for best friend (he's still feeling cruddy but no longer in such immense pain and he had to work on his usual day off). Then picked up the kit. Did that last bc I thought the box might not fit in the back seat, but it did.
Tuesday I got up around 7:30am and continued cleaning up the trash in the living room. I was still cleaning when friend showed up a little before 5pm to take down the old dish and install new dish. Brother came in and pulled the new cable from the inside while friend was pushing it through on the outside. Fortunately the new proprietary ends are easier to fit through holes. I got the cable over to the new location for the modem and unplugged the old one and moved it out of the way. Continued cleaning until just before 7pm. Back tapped out on me so I needed a rest. Mom was happy and said I could get BK shroom & swiss melts so I made a quick trip into town and back. Brother cooked for her so she was fine. I then racked tf out. She'd woken me up at 2am to have me set my phone up as a mobile hotspot for her. After I took a break from cleaning for the day I set up the new wifi info on Mom's computer so she could use it right away.
Today my bladder woke me up around 4am and I checked message boards and stuff. Saw that Bacpacker on homesteading passed and cried while reading through stuff. Went back to sleep til probably after 2pm. Got up and got food for Mom and resumed cleaning up the trash in the living room. It was dark by the time I finished. Asked my brother to haul out the trash bags. He said the burn pile was taller than him. He set it on fire to make more room. Nice warm bonfire out front.
Now I'm getting some rest. Need to get most recent pics for before and after but my back needs a break.
Before: the bottle mountain from hell
This was before I finished cleaning up all the bottles on the left side
I got all the trash out from underneath the furniture after this. I desperately need to vacuum though.
I kept some of the larger empty bottles/containers to use for storage.
Will have to get more updated pics later.
On the bright side, friend got cleared for closing on the house he's buying and asked me to help him start moving stuff over to it tomorrow. Also, Mom stopped throwing her trash over there since I got her some bags to keep near her desk to fill up with trash and I've been taking the bags out since brother won't do it.
