Subj : Re: Huntsville Hamfest
To   : Jimmy Anderson
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sat Mar 11 2023 03:08 am

Jimmy,

 JA> I remember we talked back during that time - maybe the year after you
 JA> went is when I went?

  It's possible. I heard there was a great hamfest in Trussville, Alabama
this past weekend (the Birminghamfest). With health, financial, plus the
transportation issues, I rarely leave home now, and don't go outside the
Little Rock area anymore.

  For the second time since I've been with Lyft, they tried to pair me
with a high ground clearance pickup truck. The step to get in is as high
as my groin, and I'd either rip my pants, fall to the ground, or twist
something (nuts to that...pun intended (hi hi)) trying to get in. So, I
wrote them a stern letter, asking them to NOT pair me with these high
ground clearance vehicles. 

  The arthritis is so bad throughout my body, especially in my left hip 
and left knee...as well as degenerative disc disease in my back and spine, 
that I'm in constant pain. I can not sit at the computer for long periods
of time, whether for ham radio traffic nets (with having congestive heart
failure, I operate "internet only"), or for the BBS. I had to reduce the
"early checkin time for my nets" from an hour to 30 minutes, and I may
need to soon cut that to 15, or eliminate it.

  My health comes before any ham radio operator's ego that may be crushed
if a net shuts down.

  I've got insomnia (never mind the call of nature, but I take my Lasix
at lunch), so that's why I'm up right now. Plus, hailstorms are forecast
here Saturday afternoon and night, as we're now into our spring tornado
season.

Daryl, WX4QZ

.... I xeroxed my watch. Now, I have time to spare.
--- MultiMail/Win v0.52
 þ Synchronet þ The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas

.