Visiting Rushville

I went to Rushville, NE for the past 4 days to help my Mom and Dad get their yard into order. I took my laptop so I could keep up on my class. It is amazing how going to a small town up in the desolate Sandhills can make you appreciate your cable modem and all the technology that you have at home. I had to sit outside to catch a wireless hookup from across the street at the Nebraska Land motel. I was able to connect, but wow so slow. Needless to say, I only got on a couple of times.
The other technology amazement was when my sister wanted me to go over to her mother-in-laws to figure out why she couldn't get a network connection on her computer. She had not been able to get hooked up for almost a week. As I checked out her DSL I found she had put her line directly into the computer and not into the DSL modem. It took me about 4 minutes to fix the problem and get her back on-line. I got a large loaf of banana bread for my troubles. It actually was very good. Anyway, I am home now and very much appreciative of my Charter connection and all my toys I have to use.