Snow day
Maybe the snow will stay this time; as you can see there's a bit more coming down than the last few times. Leeta and I aren't getting our hopes up too high though, it'll probably melt again. At least the satellite is cutting through the snow most of the time.
I have to admit that as much as I hate the latency and sometimes slow upstreams on this dish, on a purely philosophical level I absolutely love what that dish represents. That said, I think that satellites are maybe not the most cost effective solution — I'm more inclined to say that a blimp at 10 miles is the way to go. It would have basically zero latency, and could be much cheaper to deploy.
I rode in to Belleville this morning with Ryan and picked up a few of the things I needed for the Jeep. I've replaced the winch hook, and now there is a good tow rope and jumper cables. I was surprised how hard it was to find decent rope and hooks at Canadian Tire — most were rated at 3500 pounds and below, as were their winches. If I'm remembering right I'm running a 9500 pound winch.
Anyway, as you can see I also had just a little bit too much fun on Rachel's 4-wheeler… Because the snow is fresh/wet, I'm still getting traction, but at the same time it's slippery enough to do donuts. Want to place odds on what injuries I get this winter?
Damn I love living out here. The isolation gets to me from time to time, but it's just so much fun.
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