A Landmark Moment in Internet History
Or a landmark moment for me anyway. As I sit here in my trailer house bed listening to KMUD and waiting for my coffee to happen, I am updating my blog via satellite. Sure, I still don’t have running water, but it’s kind of startling how easily I seem to be able to live with that. And yet the thought of living without the Internet for few days left me in tears.
Yesterday, the Diesel Mechanic came over early and we finished up the trenches for the leach line. My job was to help him get the floors level and tell him where to dig in the areas that he couldn’t see for himself. I had a great time challenging his abilities, which by definition probably makes me not very good at that job, but I can tell you now that after three days of testing, he is highly skilled at his. He was so precise that he could put the bucket within a quarter inch of the cement “D” boxes in the center trench.
The finished septic system makes it look like I’m putting in a small apartment complex, but the good news is that it’s not likely to fail and hopefully will pass the county’s requirements when the inspector comes out in a few days. I’d show you pictures, but my USB cable is either hiding out at the Worm Lady’s or has disappeared among the tools, toilet paper, and emergency canned meat I store behind the seat of my pickup. Maybe it will reveal itself later today and I will be able to upload some photos. [It did, and I have.]
While we were finishing up the leach line, the ForSat guys showed up and went to work locating a satellite for me to connect to the Internet. It turned out that Leon, who owns the business, is married to a woman I went to high school with and who also has family ties to Blocksburg. His assistant was the star point guard on the boys varsity team when I was in high school. We had a great time catching up, and the whole experience was a hundred times better than the time I wasted with that installation outfit from Washington. So, if you’re thinking about having a broadband satellite dish installed in Humboldt County, call Leon at (707) 768-2149. I highly recommend him.
Anyway, that’s all for now. I’m headed over to have some coffee with our local postmaster.
Amazing story. Love your blog Kristin, you ciber-hick.
One question: Can Diesel Mechanic help me figure out how to run a new electric main into my 1 bedroom apartment in Buenos Aires, so that the breaker box can be by the front door and not the living room? I need to figure this out. thanks
Posted by Mike Kay on 07/05 at 09:13 PMThe Diesel Mechanic can do anything! What are you doing in Buenos Aires?! So nice to hear from you!
Posted by kristin windbigler on 07/06 at 07:09 AM
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