Haven’t posted one of these in a while. You would think that sitting still for week after week there would be nothing to go wrong, go wrong, go wrong!
Earlier this week Carol’s computer (new in November) started having problems with using the power button to bring it up after a night’s sleep. Then the WiFi device went away. Did all the usual hoops including reboot and uninstall reinstall the device, no go. Even spent time with Dan finishing some more esoteric diagnostics. There was no WiFi device to be found. Found a JCAT with an adapter from ethernet to usb and got her online. Called Lenovo got a ticket number. They are backed up two weeks! Very next morning after the usual struggles to start the computer it came back on WITH wifi! Go figure. Will probably send it in for repair anyhow, it is under warranty. I have set it to NEVER turn off and it seems perfectly happy.
Went out to our shed and found the power was out. Did the usual, reset the breaker, no help. Decided to wait for a warmer, drier day to work on it. That was today. I tore into the box with the switch and the outlet and puzzled and puzzled. My meter showed power to ground, but nothing to the negative. Finally I noticed that the outlet I was holding in my hand was a GFCI and it was tripped. Reset it and put everything back together feeling just a bit dumb. There is now a great big label above the box “GFCI ” maybe I will remember the next time.
As we prepared dinner last night there was no hot water flowing from the water heater! It had been a bit erratic recently so this was not a total surprise. But it was particularly unpleasant as it was Friday night, of course. We went into “camping mode” and prepared to do without hot water until at least Monday. This morning while washing up I ran the hot water more as a joke than an expectation. And there was hot water. Maybe the fact that the rain has stopped and the humidity is returning to normal made a difference. I have no clue and no expectations other than we will now replace the water heater after 8 years of intermittent problems.
A final minor kerfuffle involved Zoom. I have a licensed account. I noticed when Carol installed her free account the application was a newer version than mine. When I tried to update I got a message “Auto Update Blocked, Call your IT Admin” I tried calling myself, then I called Dan, again, and we spent an inordinate amount of time trying to fix it. Even tried reinstalling it which did nothing. Eventually out of lack of anything better to do I, uninstalled the application and rebooted the computer. Then I went through a new install which brought me to the current version with all the new security “stuff”.
That was one week of stuff during which the temperature never rose above 60 and the rains were almost continuous and we were content to being Safe in our coach in our wonderful SKP Resort where the virus has not yet intruded. At least I didn’t have a lot of time to develop cabin fever.
Paul,
Sometimes your travails make me “miss” our coach. But then the reality of keeping the house, barn, and yard in order confuses me. At least we are not bored!
Larry
Oh, Paul!!! I know just what you mean. Dave’s PD is progressing and we’ve had so many issues of him trying to cook, do the laundry, or really anything that needs short term memory. Every day has brought another crisis for the past 2 weeks. Also, we have a duplex we are trying to rent and get ready for a new tenant. Of course, nothing has gone smoothly with that either. I, too, have had internet problems and I was very aggressive and obnoxious but finally got someone from Frontier here to get me back on line. Spectrum is not able to service us for 3 weeks to 3-months!!! But, when they are able, I’m getting rid of Frontier since this is the 5th time in 3 months THEIR equipment has thrown me off. So, there are days when I would just love to get a bottle of sparkling wine and drink myself to a stupor!!
We did watch A Star is Born – very good movie. Other than that, we don’t watch TV much – there is always something to do. Just helping Dave keeps me busy all day and sometimes most of the night! I talked with Carol Ann Pierce the other day and she says Green Book and Lady Bird are also very good movies. I have Green Book on my DVR, but I haven’t seen it yet. Haven’t seen Lady Bird being available on HBO or Showtime yet.
Please keep us in your prayers and we’ll keep you and Carol in ours!! God Bless & Love – Darlene