Subj : Re: Huntsville Hamfest
To : Daryl Stout
From : Moondog
Date : Mon Mar 13 2023 05:24 pm
Re: Re: Huntsville Hamfest
By: Daryl Stout to Jimmy Anderson on 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.
Have you considered doing a sleep study regarding your insomnia? Sometimes
the body wakes itself uyp if something isn't right. A bipap or cpap may be
necessary to correct sleep patterns.
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