Daily Archives: September 10, 2016
Blue Moon’s and Sunsets . . .
Today, with a high of 85, tonight’s forecasted low of 67, and Blue Moon BBQ for lunch, just couldn’t get much better. At least for a gate day, anyway. And the fact that the vehicle count was only 33, just made it even better.
The original forecast called for ‘Scattered Thunderstorms’, and lucky for us, that’s what they did. Just scattered all around us, but never over us, so that was nice too.
Back on the subject of mail delivery, our carrier showed up about 12:30 today with our Jet.com package, so I guess that’s all worked out now. At least I hope it is.
I spent some more time this afternoon looking at my Wilson Cell Phone Booster problem. First thing, because it was the quickest and easiest, was to check the cables running from the outside directional antenna to the amplifier box, and the cables running from the amplifier to the ‘inside’ (even though it’s outside too) antenna,
After cleaning the connections and checking them for continuity and no shorts, I then tried the next thing that Patrick, the Wilson Tech Support guy, suggested – bringing the two antennas closer together to see if the amplifier is actually amplifying. If it is, then the lights on the amplifier should turn from green to red. This shows that the amplifier is going into shutdown mode due to the feedback between the two antennas.
This is the same as when you get a microphone too close to the speakers and get that high, piercing shriek, only with radio waves instead of sound waves.
And I was showing an overload condition on the amp, so that meant it was actually ‘amplifying’.
So why isn’t it working. . . at least somewhat?
One thing that was kind of funny is that while I was using the Open Signal app on my phone to find the direction of the nearest tower, I was also watching the signal strength of the signal, shown as -110 dbm, which is pretty weak. But then suddenly it jumped up to about -95 dbm, which is a decent signal.
What the heck?
But then I noticed that my phone had dropped back to 3G instead of 4G. Then after a couple of minutes it popped back into 4G mode. And my signal strength dropped back down to -110 dbm again.
What the heck?
So I guess Monday morning I’ll be back on the phone with Wilson again.
As I mentioned yesterday, today was a ‘Blue Moon BBQ for lunch’ day. So about 11:30 I headed over there to pick it up.
Jan did a changeup today and went with the Blue Moon Nachos, which several workers had recommended.
And she was really happy too. Blue Moon’s version is a little different, with muliple layers of chips, chopped beef, beans, and cheese, stacked about 2 inches deep in the container, and coming with sour cream and a Chipotle Jalapeno Dip.
She got the large version, to have leftovers for another meal, as well as an obligatory ‘Only Available on Saturday’ HotShot, a fresh jalapeno stuffed with 3 cheeses and chopped beef, then wrapped in bacon and tossed on the pit.
She said it was all delicious, and she’s found her new favorite dish.
I got the 3 meat plate, choosing Sliced Brisket, PepperJack Sausage, and Ribs, along with Potato Salad, Beans, and of course, a HotShot.
And, even better, we both had plenty leftover for dinner tomorrow.
Wrapping up for today, Jan got some really good shots of the rig at sundown today.
This is a first for me, since I’ve never seen the rig at sundown.
I’m already asleep by then.
Thought for the Day:
Nature abhors a vacuum, but not as much as a cat does.
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