Hi everyone,

I'm starting to notice a bit of a fall-like feeling in the air locally
though I know darn well that towards the end of the month it'll get hot as
hell again before fall settles in. But it's nice to have a bit of cool air. Autumn is my favorite time of year. I am hoping to have a better autumn than
I did last year as around Labor Day (1 September), I caught COVID again and
it was the worst case yet. I hope not to repeat last fall and winter as I
was not only sick the whole time but I was hospitalized for nearly the
entirety of winter.

I bought a new little pre-lighted Christmas tree that I didn't even get to
take out of the box lasy year. I'm hoping to be able to spend all of the holidays at home and happy this year.

I recently discovered that one of my amateur radios that I thought was broken is ineed fully functional so I have been saving up for a few months to buy a special type of amateur rafio antenna that I can use in my living situation. It's not cheap--around USD$450 when it's all said and done--but I'll be able
to mount it on my access ramp without issue. It's 23 feet (7 meters) tall
but has a profile to where it is not easily noticeable. It will be nice to have the radio working to have something fun to do when it's too cold and
dark outside to do anything else.

The new BBS is going well and I'm glad I finally switched over systems.

Now to get the apartment cleaned up and ready for winter...my next big
project!

-- Sean

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Re: Autumn
By: digimaus to All on Sun Aug 11 2024 07:19 pm

I bought a new little pre-lighted Christmas tree that I didn't even get to take out of the box lasy year. I'm hoping to be able to spend all of the holidays at home and happy this year.

My dream is still to have a silo in the floor of my living room. Flip a switch and the tree retracts into the floor. Come Thanksgiving, flip the switch again and have a fully-decorated tree come out of the floor.
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Hello Kurt!

11 Aug 24 17:42, you wrote to me:

My dream is still to have a silo in the floor of my living room. Flip
a switch and the tree retracts into the floor. Come Thanksgiving, flip
the switch again and have a fully-decorated tree come out of the
floor.

My friend hangs his Christmas tree from the ceiling so his cats won't get into it. So funny...the cats sit there and glare at it for three months straight.

-- Sean


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Hello Sean!

My friend hangs his Christmas tree from the ceiling so his
cats won't get into it. So funny...the cats sit there and
glare at it for three months straight.

An upside-down installation?

Or.. is it just a regular look but off the floor a few feet?

In either case, I would imagine that it would need to be fairly
high off the floor inorder to discourage cats, 'cuz a frisky
young cat could still try to leap or jump into it.
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I'm starting to notice a bit of a fall-like feeling in the air locally
though I know darn well that towards the end of the month it'll get hot as hell again before fall settles in. But it's nice to have a bit of cool air. Autumn is my favorite time of year. I am hoping to have a better autumn than I did last year as around Labor Day (1 September), I caught COVID again and it was the worst case yet. I hope not to repeat last fall and winter as I was not only sick the whole time but I was hospitalized for nearly the entirety of winter.

Autumn is also my favorite, and I hope yours goes much better this year. I also agree there is a near-guarantee that it will get hot as hell at least
one more time as the Kentucky State Fair will start here soon. ;)

Mike


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