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Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts)
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 11:08 AM Sep 2012

Just a quick post-move "Hello" / check-in...

Arrived in Nevada on Friday. Lots of stories surrounding the move. Mitt Romney ads air approximately every 30 minutes here, sunup till sundown. Am shopping around for a Wireless USB adapter so I can have connectivity back at the house...right now I'm at my sister's place, on her computer. Definite culture shock going on...this definitely ain't Silicon Valley. But as Sheryl Crow once sang...

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Just a quick post-move "Hello" / check-in... (Original Post) Amerigo Vespucci Sep 2012 OP
~ Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2012 #1
Hey Duer 157099 Sep 2012 #2
hey Kali Sep 2012 #3
Thanks for the update AV. bluesbassman Sep 2012 #4
Are you in the Mojave Desert? Its lower levels are even more brutal than our Sonoran Desert summers. MiddleFingerMom Sep 2012 #5
I'm in Pahrump Amerigo Vespucci Sep 2012 #6
He said Pahrump. MiddleFingerMom Sep 2012 #8
Thanks for the replies everyone... Amerigo Vespucci Sep 2012 #7

Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts)
6. I'm in Pahrump
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 02:29 PM
Sep 2012

And for someone who's spent the last few decades in Silicon Valley, it's brutal enough (although things are starting to cool down now and last night was quite nice)

Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts)
7. Thanks for the replies everyone...
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 02:33 PM
Sep 2012

...Internet service is going to be a challenge here (a few $45 a month providers with setup fees ranging from $150-$250)...AT&T is suggesting digging a trench from my sister's property to me (300 feet). Radio Shack suggested the same solution. It may be what we end up doing but for now, I will probably come to her house daily and catch up on things, do whatever my clients need (I did not give that up...all of my Silicon Valley clients are now long-distance clients, but still clients). I just won't be active at all on DU until I have my own connection...so please keep the home fires burning and a light in the window.



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