Daily Archives: October 29, 2014
Always the last to know . . .
We bumped up to almost 10 pages or 240 vehicles today, mostly due, I think, to a new workover rig that came into a pad that we didn’t know existed here. At least it’s labeled wrong on the info that our oil company gave us.
When we moved to this new gate, we were told that the pad we’re parked on was 1H and 2H, which means there are two wells here. The pad right down the road, where they’re getting ready to frack, is 3H, 4H, and 5H, i.e. 3 wells there.
But today I found out that 1H is not here, but about 1/2 mile on down the road, all by itself. And they’re moving another workover rig in there.
Thanks for telling us. We’re always the last to know, Which is sad because the guys coming in here are asking us for directions.
Of course some of these drivers are their own worst enemies. I had one truck come in this afternoon looking for a drill rig that wasn’t here. So I ask to see his directions. And they were pretty specific.
“Turn right at the intersection on US190 and go 4 miles. Then turn right on Junction Lane. The rig will be on your right.”
So I told him where he turned in is only 2 miles from the intersection. Then I ask him if he noticed what our road is named.
He said, “Simpson”.
So then I asked why he went 2 miles and turned on Simpson, when his directions said to go 4 miles and turn on Junction.
He said, “Cause I saw another truck turn in here.”
Whoever said men won’t ask for directions was only half-right. In many cases they won’t follow them either.
I think my venerable Cradlepoint CTR-500 router is slowly giving up the ghost. I mean it’s only 6 years old, so what gives. Anyway, the problem seems to be with the Wi-Fi part of it. It’s apparently gotten flakey.
I’m still using a USB 3G modem that looks like a large pack of gum. And the reason I’m still using it is that I’m grandfathered for unlimited data, and I don’t want to lose that by upgrading to a 4G one. And I’ve heard a lot of horror stories about numerous problems with the new ones.
At first I was afraid that my modem was dying and I’d be forced to upgrade, but it works fine plugged directly into my laptop. And with the modem plugged into the router, my desktop works fine directly connected with an Ethernet cable. And I know the Wi-Fi on the laptop and the desktop are OK, because they have no problems using my Galaxy 5S as a Wi-Fi hotspot.
But anytime I try to use the Wi-Fi from the router, my signal comes and goes, so I’ll now I’ll have to look into getting a new one, I guess. I’ll let you know what I find.
Or maybe I’ll just bang on it.
Finally, it looks like we’ve got some pretty cold weather coming through in the next few days.
I’m really looking forward to that 39° one.
(you did get the sarcasm there, right?)
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Thought for the Day:
Been There. Done That. Never Got A T-Shirt.
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