well here it is, December
The time of year when those of us with iffy connections have even more trouble getting onto the internet. It happened last year and the year before when I was living in a different suburb, so when I had hours of frustration Saturday afternoon, I wasn't all that surprised. For most of November, I've been able to connect and stay connected from about 9-9.30pm until I go to bed. 10-10.30 is my bedtime, so I don't have much time to zip around and visit all my favourite people. Saturday, even 9.30pm was frustration hour here, I managed to read one email and after that every page I tried to load just took way too long, or I got a window saying that Firefox could not find the server. I hadn't been able to connect at all until 9pm when I read the one email. I guess all the airwaves were jammed. If I remember correctly, this will go on pretty much in this fashion now until after Christmas, with another disruptive few days over the New Year period. I still have the ea...