The Hobo Camp Fire Is going well #VI.. Stop In!!!

[Running Bear]

Went to see the doc about my prosthesis this morning. He's very happy with the progress I'm making. I told him of the minor problem that's been a minor nuisance and he made an adjustment that so far has been satisfactory. Upon getting back here my father and I went over to my trailer where he worked on the steps and I went inside and filled a couple of large trash cans. As I've said in the past I have never claimed to be a good housekeeper. Not even a somewhat good one. In fact absolutely terrible. While I was there I fired up my HP PC. Windows8! Yuck! The only thing I know of that's worse is rutabaga! The PC started up OK. I needed to give the modem a kick in the pants though. Got it up and got online. Got some of the newer forum site links updated. Also turned on the power to my TV and satellite TV system and found that I couldn't access any channels. They're on the guide but when I attempt to access any of them it says 'Unauthorized Programming' and there's a 005 error code. I went back up front and helped my father with the steps. He modified them as I asked and I can get up and down them much easier now. We also installed a hand rail. It's on the right side of the porch as you're looking at the trailer. This allows the door to open all the way to the left or to the rear of the trailer. When we got back here I got in contact with the satellite TV company online and told them what kind of problem I was having. I had left the receiver on so they could do anything they needed to do. The tech sent a code to the receiver and said it should be working properly the next time I go back there. I hope so. I get a bit ornery without my TV as my father can tell you. His cable his terrible. I've been getting by watching my DVD's and watching some movies online. I brought the first two seasons of Star Trek Enterprise back with me today. I saw my black Apple IIe. A sight for sore eyes. I also started up my van today. After sitting for six months I figured the battery would need charging. NOPE! I turned the key, pressed the starter button and it started cranking over like it didn't have a care in the world. I sprayed some starter fluid in the carb and cranked it again and it fired right over. The gas has been in the tank for just over six months but there seems to be nothing wrong with it. Either that or that old van could run good on kerosene!

Got back here and found some packages waiting for me. Three to be exact. A memory card organizer that can hold ten SD cards, a computer cord for my mothers old IIe and an unopened box of twenty-five blank 3M 5.25" floppy disks. I formatted all of them front and back so I have the equivalent of fifty blank floppy disks. There's one item still on it's way. A twelve foot video coax cable for my mothers old IIe. It's in New Jersey at present. Couldn't resist $3.79 and FREE shipping.