10 days and the BBS didn't crash...

I spent 3 days in London, did the tourist thing. Saw Mamma Mia on the
west end, amazing show. Took a train to Bath, walked around the Roman
baths, then explored some small villages looking for inspirations for retirement locations.

Then, went to Portsmouth and caught up with in-laws I haven't seen in 10
years.

The rest of my family is jetlagged out, I'm doing OK. Stayed up until
9pm last night doing laundry, woke up at 5. Shockingly, everything is
washed and the suitcase put away less than 24 hours after landing.

My favorite town was Tisbury, in Wiltshire. We found a 2 bedroom, 2 bath
flat with a garden, 2 car garage and a commercial space on the high
street for around a third of what our current house in California is
worth. Train and bussable to Salisbury, the next big town, lots of
activity, 2 old churches and friendly people.

Staying in contact was a pain. My wife and kids have iPhones, I have an Android. I tried buying a SIM card for her, then realized her phone does
eSIMs. Tried buying one online, they worked for phone calls and SMS but
no MMS. Wife had podcasts set to update over cellular, so we burned
through all of her data in one go.

Later went into a Vodafone store and got an eSim set up. That worked
well, but couldn't send pictures via iMessage.

I set up a VOIP.ms account last week, that worked well. Picked up a
F/OSS SIP client and was able to make and receive phone calls on a
local number.

I brought a Lenovo Duet tablet for cheap a year ago and brought it
along. After a week on its cramped keyboard, I'm missing keys on my home desktop keyboard!




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10 days and the BBS didn't crash...

I'm jealous! haha :)

I set up a VOIP.ms account last week, that worked well. Picked up a
F/OSS SIP client and was able to make and receive phone calls on a
local number.

What SIP client do you use? I have Groundwire on my phone (not F/OSS) and it has seemed to be good, but I don't use it extensively nor have I tried many other clients. (also using voip.ms here)


Sounds like it was a good trip, and welcome back!


Chris/akacastor

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Re: Back from vacay
By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Mon Jul 08 2024 06:48 am

I spent 3 days in London, did the tourist thing. Saw Mamma Mia on the west end, amazing show. Took a train to Bath, walked around the Roman baths, then explored some small villages looking for inspirations for retirement locations.

Then, went to Portsmouth and caught up with in-laws I haven't seen in 10 years.

That's cool. :) The UK is pretty interesting. I visited the UK and Ireland in 2013 on one of those guided bus tour vacation packages. Visited multiple cities, in England, Scotland (Edinburgh), Northern Ireland, Ireland, and Wales (Cardiff). I thought London was cool, but definitely has that busy big city vibe. And I thought Edinburgh was especially cool, and I had a thought that living in Scotland could be pretty awesome.

My favorite town was Tisbury, in Wiltshire. We found a 2 bedroom, 2 bath flat with a garden, 2 car garage and a commercial space on the high street for around a third of what our current house in California is worth. Train and bussable to Salisbury, the next big town, lots of activity, 2 old churches and friendly people.

That's cool, to be able to find something that would be affordable.

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west end, amazing show. Took a train to Bath, walked around the Roman baths, then explored some small villages looking for inspirations for retirement locations.

What's it cost for a glass of hot cloudy water these days? Back in 1995 it was 51p in the restaurant above the ruins.
There was a pub, "the smallest Pub in Bath" that had singer sewing machines for the few tables they had. Best sandwich I had in England, not so great beer... Something was off and they only had bottles... everyone was in a hurry up over the 4th of July which we all thought was a bit funny as teens from America. I suppose any reason to have a drink is a good one!

Glad it was a good trip, mobile phone woes here as well.

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Hello pF!

Later went into a Vodafone store and got an eSim set up.
That worked well, but couldn't send pictures via iMessage.

Telegram does a pretty good job with image attachments. The
images are scaled down (compressed) automatically if desired.



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AKAcastor wrote to Poindexter Fortran <=-

What SIP client do you use? I have Groundwire on my phone (not F/OSS)
and it has seemed to be good, but I don't use it extensively nor have I tried many other clients. (also using voip.ms here)

I bought a Yealink DECT phone for home (Thrift store find - $10 - it's
what inspired me to play with SIP again...) on my phone, I'm using
MizuDroid. My only requirement was that I didn't want nagware or ads, so
I'm pretty sure I found it on F-Droid.



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n2qfd wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

west end, amazing show. Took a train to Bath, walked around the Roman baths, then explored some small villages looking for inspirations for retirement locations.

What's it cost for a glass of hot cloudy water these days? Back in
1995 it was 51p in the restaurant above the ruins.

It's free now. Worth every penny.

There was a pub, "the smallest Pub in Bath" that had singer sewing machines for the few tables they had. Best sandwich I had in England,
not so great beer... Something was off and they only had bottles... everyone was in a hurry up over the 4th of July which we all thought
was a bit funny as teens from America. I suppose any reason to have a drink is a good one!

I was looking for a good hand-pulled pint of bitters, was unable to
find Fullers ESB anywhere. Did see signs for it, but alas we were
unable to stop. I did find a nice micro-local brew made for our inn
that was pretty good.

I worked for an English company in the 90s and garnered a liking for
warm beer.


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poindexter FORTRAN wrote to All <=-

10 days and the BBS didn't crash...

I spent 3 days in London, did the tourist thing. Saw Mamma Mia on the
west end, amazing show. Took a train to Bath, walked around the Roman baths, then explored some small villages looking for inspirations for retirement locations.

Then, went to Portsmouth and caught up with in-laws I haven't seen in
10 years.

The rest of my family is jetlagged out, I'm doing OK. Stayed up until
9pm last night doing laundry, woke up at 5. Shockingly, everything is washed and the suitcase put away less than 24 hours after landing.

My favorite town was Tisbury, in Wiltshire. We found a 2 bedroom, 2
bath flat with a garden, 2 car garage and a commercial space on the
high street for around a third of what our current house in California
is worth. Train and bussable to Salisbury, the next big town, lots of activity, 2 old churches and friendly people.

Staying in contact was a pain. My wife and kids have iPhones, I have an Android. I tried buying a SIM card for her, then realized her phone
does eSIMs. Tried buying one online, they worked for phone calls and
SMS but no MMS. Wife had podcasts set to update over cellular, so we burned through all of her data in one go.

Later went into a Vodafone store and got an eSim set up. That worked
well, but couldn't send pictures via iMessage.

I set up a VOIP.ms account last week, that worked well. Picked up a
F/OSS SIP client and was able to make and receive phone calls on a
local number.

I brought a Lenovo Duet tablet for cheap a year ago and brought it
along. After a week on its cramped keyboard, I'm missing keys on my
home desktop keyboard!

Welcome back!

I too have been absent from here for a while.


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