Tuesday Update

Good Evening! Happy Tuesday. I have to say the weekend came and went much too quickly. Saturday was fairly rainy at times, and when it wasn’t raining, it seemed like their was a threat for rain any minute. Sunday was a bit nicer, but still kind of cloudy and raw. It was raining when I first got up, but it stopped early enough, to allow me to walk down to the bus stop – but it was still pretty damp on the walk down there.

First Weekend In Town in a While. I did stop out at Partidge Run on Sunday prior to going out to my parents house to do a little plinking in one of the gravel pits in the woods, most of the weekend weekend was pretty quiet. Spent a fair bit of time down at the Bethlehem Library playing on the Internet and working on some behind the scenes parts of my blog. Also finally got caught up on uploading a lot of the photos that I’ve taken the past couple of weekends.

Finally Got the Seat Comfortably Adjusted in My Truck. I hate when other people adjust the seat in my truck when they drive it. I know that most other drivers are shorter then I am, but could they not just touch the seat controllers when driving the truck in and out of the shop? There is a specific position that is most comfortable, and it’s a pain to figure which position that is after it’s changed.

Started Looking at New Cellphones. My cellphone is finally getting on it’s last legs, with the back piece constantly slipping off and not holding a charge that well. I think I am getting ready to be the last person on this earth to get Smartphone, so I can actually check things like Twitter and Facebook without using my clunky to surf the web, not so Smartphone.

I like my $30 StraightTalk month plan, but it’s getting difficult without modern technology. I think I will switch to their $45 month unlimited plan with the additional data service for the Smarphones. I can buy 3 or 6 months in an advance, and that will lower the rate to $41.50 or $42.50 a month, which makes it somewhat less expensive to have the fancier phone. More money then I want to spend, but I guess it kind of sucks having a basic phone.

I think a Smartphone would be great especially back in the woods, when the I have cellphone service, to have access to things like Twitter and Facebook. I also could post some nicer pictures that way and do more blog updates, beyond what I can currently do by text message or low-resolution picture message. It could make rainy nights a whole lot less of a downer, and keep me entertained by the fire.

Thinking an Android phone, as the operating system is largely open source, abit with some proprietary drivers. This will make it easier for getting additional software on the phone, and possibly writing some of my own software for the phone to meet my own needs.

Did Some More Shooting This Weekend in the Woods.Β It was fun, although i have to say the Express Loads are so much louder then the regular Game Loads for the Number 6 shot, which I have been using. Getting better at my accuracy, and still loving my Remington 870. Basically no recoil with the 20-gauge, and with ear-protection and the game loads, it’s not really all that noisy.

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