{"id":58472,"date":"2015-08-11T22:25:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T04:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=58472"},"modified":"2015-08-11T22:25:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T04:25:00","slug":"it-is-getting-cramped-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2015\/08\/11\/it-is-getting-cramped-here\/","title":{"rendered":"It is getting cramped here\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I woke up way too early so at 5am I went out to see if I could catch any of the meteors\u2026 I did see about 4 meteors and maybe as many planes moving across the sky before the sun came up\u2026Later, I got out and worked on the new 160 meter loop a <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/bit\/\" title=\"View all articles about bit here\">bit<\/a> today\u2026 early I moved some wires around and got ready for a welder to tack on a plate to a guy post so I can boost the <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/wire\/\" title=\"View all articles about wire here\">wire<\/a> loop up and away\u2026 will use 2&#215;4 to boost it up about 12 feet above any of the metal posts I had been using\u2026 except for on corner that I have no other alternative at this point\u2026 getting nearly 600 ft. of <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/wire\/\" title=\"View all articles about wire here\">wire<\/a> up about 20 ft. off the <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/ground\/\" title=\"View all articles about ground here\">ground<\/a> and on a double <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/lot\/\" title=\"View all articles about lot here\">lot<\/a> is a challenge but I have it all worked out and it will be up, hope by weekend\u2026 then test and trim and all that stuff\u2026 although it will not be a real \u201cloop&#8217;\u201d\u2026 more like a big rectangle but that is where I had the space, and it would fit\u2026 and not be over the house and the noise there, etc.&#160; Hey it ain\u2019t the flux capacitor or anything like that\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/flux-capacitor.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"flux-capacitor\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"flux-capacitor\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/flux-capacitor_thumb.jpg?resize=415%2C370\" width=\"415\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> Anyway it is just a bunch of <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>wire<\/strong> and a few dollars of 2&#215;4 supports and a couple of trees\u2026 if it bombs\u2026 will put it back to either an 80 loop or a 160 dipole?&#160; <\/p>\n<p>At noon I went to town for lunch and a few small parts\u2026 and realized that it must be move in <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/time\/\" title=\"View all articles about time here\">time<\/a> for the university\u2026 I know I put in that <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/last\/\" title=\"View all articles about last here\">last<\/a> week the sorority girls were all in for Rush but hey\u2026 this week it is the general student population that is moving back. So about 10 times as many crazy people are driving on the roads now as there was <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/last\/\" title=\"View all articles about last here\">last<\/a> week and that was about double the week before\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_848094146731.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_848094146731\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_848094146731\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_848094146731_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C569\" width=\"640\" height=\"569\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With moving in, no one has food, etc.&#160; and they are all out at the restaurants with parents (in some cases) and moving beds, misc. and other stuff in\u2026 easy to&#160; spot all the full cars of clothes and junk working their way to campus\u2026 or at the restaurants\u2026 best I take the back roads for a month or so\u2026 to that end I spotted some new Buses for OSU\u2026 nice paint job\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SAM_3141.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_3141\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_3141\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SAM_3141_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were only two in the <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/lot\/\" title=\"View all articles about lot here\">lot<\/a> so not sure what they will be used for but assume they will be local as they are CNG bus so distance driving may be a problem?&#160; Could be they are the new Tulsa route buses? <\/p>\n<p>While on our way home from lunch I found a \u201cfree range\u201d family car\u2026 I think?&#160; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SAM_3138.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_3138\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_3138\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SAM_3138_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C303\" width=\"640\" height=\"303\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I remember when we were all \u201cfree-range\u201d kids\u2026 mom said get outside and do <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/something\/\" title=\"View all articles about something here\">something<\/a> other than bother me\u2026 so we learned how to \u201cstay alive\u201d , \u201chave fun with out technology\u201d and \u201cfigure s) tuff out\u201d\u2026 But today they better pull that kid back in or risk being turned in for neglect\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>As I come by the practice field I see that even the flag girls (team) have to practice a lot\u2026 seems we were seeing band members in the <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/past\/\" title=\"View all articles about past here\">past<\/a> week or more so I guess they are just as important as the sports teams and have to show early to get the music and routines down\u2026 and back to the issue of check in???? When I was \u201cat the university\u201d and yes it was a damn long <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/time\/\" title=\"View all articles about time here\">time<\/a> ago, I think we checked in on Friday before class on Saturday or something\u2026 ? not sure but it might have been rigged that way to prevent a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>lot<\/strong> of \u201cearly out\u201d situation and all?&#160; now they are here about a week before class or more\u2026 prime party <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>time<\/strong> for some\u2026 glad I am not out at night\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SAM_3145.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_3145\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_3145\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SAM_3145_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C343\" width=\"640\" height=\"343\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>oh and yesterday when I came in from something??? I found my Grandsons cat on the couch\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SAM_3129.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_3129\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_3129\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SAM_3129_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t&#160; think that looked to comfortable but I wasn\u2019t going to tell her\u2026<\/p>\n<p>This afternoon I had a few minutes to set on the back deck and drink some cool water and remembered I had not pictured the new birds\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SAM_3148.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" 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as they fatten up before they leave next month\u2026 Still not as many around this year as in years past\u2026 figure the late spring rains moved some of them on, while it helped some of the other locals\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SAM_3152.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_3152\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SAM_3152\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SAM_3152_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think this is a second hatch for the mocking birds\u2026 we had a <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/bit\/\" title=\"View all articles about bit here\">bit<\/a> of a staring contest 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