bill swisher (1:124/311) wrote to Steven Horn at 14:35 on 02 Oct 2011:

 bs> Works swell!  :-)  Works the same no matter where I am as long as I
 bs> can hit the internet.  I have an account at Fidotel for this echo
 bs> and as a backup for the cooking echo.  He, Fidotel, will disappear
 bs> for days at a time for no apparent reason.  I have another account
 bs> at Waldo's for the cooking echo, but he doesn't carry this one and
 bs> I've never asked.  He'd probably do it if someone asked.  I used to
 bs> go to Doc's Place and download QWK packettes via HTTP but I've lost
 bs> my userid/password and never asked about getting it reset.  I'll
 bs> send you email and attach a file for your perusal.

The problem I have [or think I have] is that as moderator, I have to have
my own node address.  I have that but there are days that I could scream
about running my Oracle VirtualBox under Windows 7.  I did get your email
and will respond separately to that.

 bs> We bought another 5th wheel, an older/bigger one than we already
 bs> had.  It's pretty much permanently parked in Arizona since we
 bs> bought another car and left it there, think of the RV as a
 bs> small/cheap condo with
 bs> water/sewage/trash/groundkeeping/parking/pool/WiFi included in the
 bs> rent.  We fly to/fro Las Vegas and rent a car to get to/fro the
 bs> airport/RV park (about $60 for the 24hour car rental and drop fee
 bs> for the one-way rental, a 2 1/2 hour drive but we overnight in Las
 bs> Vegas before/after the flight).  The original 5th wheel, and truck
 bs> for towing it, are still here in Anchorage.  We use them in the
 bs> summer here in the form of a cabin that we park down in a little
 bs> place called Funny River from early June through late August.

That sounds good although I'm not sure I could adapt to that lifestyle.  I
had a major illness shortly after I retired and am really not up tp driving
long distances any longer.  It's a shame because I enjoyed doing that.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven.horn{at}northwestel.net)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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