Yesterday I was so steamed about the couch that I didn't even mention the DW disaster. The DW is our satellite Internet service. It consists of a huge satellite dish mounted on a surveyor's tripod which we have to aim to get the strongest signal and then pass online standards to be able to go online.
Lately this has been taking us about 10 minutes total time but yesterday was simply a continuation of the bad new of the morning. Denny and I had the dish set up and we were preparing to make sure the whole set up was level (a requirement to obtain the best satellite signal) when all of a sudden the whole set up fell forward, nearly crashing into Denny, whose back was turned at the moment. Yikes! I grabbed and got smacked in the leg as a result, but the damage was done. A leg had broken off the tripod and the dish and feedhorn had smashed into the ground. When we picked up the dish we saw some cracks around the feedhorn mount and scratches on the dish but it looked okay otherwise. A quick trip to the neighboring Home Depot and we had a new tripod but we apparently have a problem because we were unable to get a satellite signal strong enough to get online after a couple of hours of trying. Thank goodness the campground has wi-fi, but it is unsecured so we want to get our DW service up and running if possible.
I thought all the bad stuff was supposed to end when the year 2006 ended. No such luck so far. I think the travel gods are testing us. Well, ppbbbttthhhht to them.
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