Monthly Archives: July 2021
A Glass Carrot . . .
I mentioned yesterday that we were going to see Yakov Smirnoff this Saturday. In the past we’ve seen the Smother’s Brothers and 3 of the very funny Tuna Texas shows, among others.
But with all the COVID stuff seeming to go away, I was surprised when we got our emailed tickets and found that we will be required to wear masks during the performance, in fact as long as we’re in the building.
Hopefully, Yakov will not be wearing one too.
And apparently the concessions and the bar are not open either. This seems funny since all the local movie theaters, AMC, Regal, Cinemark, etc. are no longer requiring masks. And it’s been so long since I’ve worn one, I’ll have to dig one out.
I didn’t get a chance to take a look at my work WiFi problem, but because she was behind processing yesterday’s orders, and today’s new ones coming in too, the office manager asked me to wait until tomorrow to take a look at it.
Turns out there’s apparently a power glitch due to a passing thunderstorm in between when it was working and when it wasn’t. So that will give me a place to start. But I have run across this problem a couple of times the past, and it turned out to be a problem with the motherboard.
So it may be about time to think replacing this machine. It’s the only one that was here when I came back four years ago, and the dates on it indicate it’s almost 6 years old. So even if I get this problem fixed, I might be replacing it anyway.
Came across these photos of the elusive Glass Octopus found deep in the waters off Australia.
Sometimes Nature is just amazing. But I’m sure what the ‘carrot’ is all about.
And here’s a neat video to go with it.
Thought For The Day:
Every girl is beautiful. Some just take more alcohol than others to see it.
Always Have A Plan C . . .
Jan and I have tickets for the 1894 Opera down in Galveston this Saturday to see Yakov Smirnoff. The show starts at 5pm so we’ve got reservations at the Saltgrass Steakhouse for dinner afterwards.
This will be our second time to see Yakov, but it’s been a while, about 12 years in fact. The first time was in November 2009 after we had come back from doing the east coast from Key West all the way up and out to Newfoundland. Then back across Canada, coming back to the U.S. near Niagara Falls.
So how we ended up in Branson, I’m not sure. 2009 was our second year on the road, and we tended to wander around a good bit.
You can read about that here.
And the day before we saw another favorite, Jim Stafford’s show. Also really good.
Spiders and Snakes…that’s not what it takes…
About 1pm Jan and I had lunch at Dickinson Seafood. We hadn’t been for a while, but it was just as good as always.
We both had the Blackened Catfish and Shrimp with Grilled Veggies, which also comes with a salad.
Then it was on up the Interstate to get our hair cut at the CostCutters on FM646. Jan went first, but before she was done and it was time for me, my client called and said that the Shipping Computer had lost its Internet connection sometime this afternoon. And since the other computers were having no problems, it had to be the machine itself.
And after having them reboot and then trying to connect, the machine couldn’t see any WiFi signals at all.
So after Jan was done, we headed up to Webster to see what the problem was. Turns out it was apparently a problem with the WiFi adapter, which the computer didn’t seem to see at all. Since the adapter was internal, I plugged in an external USB model and rebooted. Still nothing.
So next I pulled the side of the computer and replaced the internal one with a spare, but again no luck with Plan B.
Moving on to Plan C, I dug out the 50 ft. Ethernet cable that I keep tucked away just for times like this, I spooled it out down the hall from the router in the utility room to the computer in the Shipping area. And presto, chango, we had Internet and the shipping could commence
Always have a Plan C.
Normally I would have been at work today, but this week I’m working Monday, Thursday, and Friday, instead of my normal Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. So I’ll tear into it tomorrow and see what the problem is.
It’s always something.
Thought For The Day:
My approach to anything the government says is this: Never believe anything until it has been officially denied.
