There are many good things about living in a remote location and, as you would expect, some not so good. One of those not so good things is connectivity. Where I live in rural Tennessee is serviced by a phone company, but I built my home about half a mile from the road. I was willing to run the power underground because power lines across the landscape is damn ugly and I was able to find someone willing to dig a trench 4 foot deep and 2500 feet long at a reasonable price. Water was the same way, but it came in from a different direction. and ran almost a mile. When it came to phone lines and an internet connection I opted for a satellite. Now satellite service is perfectly adequate until heavy rains or significant cloud cover blanket the area. I had both yesterday and it made it difficult to post. In short, blame the weather and not your host for yesterdays slim postings !