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<p>Yeah. I’ve got one more to put in – for the living room. The units were all here, they weren’t stuck in the windows yet. I’m out of gas though. I think I’ll be able to get the bed made up (I even bought a new set of sheets!)</p>
<p>I’m trying to run window fans as much as possible. I think this place has been empty for some months – the owner moved out and has been painting, doing new floors, and stuff. But, it’s musty.</p>
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<p>How is it compared to hardwired CAT5 Comcast? I’ve seen some outrageously high download speeds and have no trouble streaming high def video. I would hate to lose that with a wireless bottleneck.</p>
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<p>My mother’s (good) advice was that the first thing you do when you arrive at your new place is make the bed! That way, when you can’t stand up another minute, you’re all set to go.</p>
<p>ComCast typically provides 25 mb or 3 MB. CAT5 supports 10/100 mb or 1-10 MB. mb = megabits, MB = megabytes. I did some reading on Wireless N throughput and it looks like it maxes around 50 mb and will slow down based on distance, interference, etc.</p>
<p>My old Linksys WRT54g claims 54 mpbs max, it seems to be fine for watching HD movies through my Roku across the entire house.</p>
Wireless N will generally be faster than your ISP connection unless you’re one of those folks with ComCast’s 75-100 mb service. CAT5 is generally not a problem with getting data off the internet; same thing with Wireless N. They are more of a problem if you’re moving big files around on your home network.
The setup for a home is typically a port near a system or systems on a floor so the system that you use the most or that needs the most bandwidth sits hardwired and other systems run on wireless.
If your systems already have Wireless N, then the cost to experiment is a Wireless N router - or you might already have wireless N if it’s a new device from ComCast.
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<p>I thought about it, but I was way too grubby to dig into a brand new package of sheets before a shower. This moving is dirty business. I’m more pitted out after a day of this than I am after a 5K walk/jog!</p>
<p>Anyway, bed is made</p>
<p>Went for a run/walk this morning, while it was only 78 degrees out. Supposed to be 90 by this afternoon! :eek:</p>
<p>DH is out of town…if he were home, we’d be sitting around reading the paper & drinking coffee.</p>
<p>Well, a workout today was wishful thinking.</p>
<p>I got up and put the third air conditioner in the window and headed for the old house. Did three loads of laundry there and filled the car up with a dump run – metal recycling, paper recycling, etc.</p>
<p>Emptied out every kitchen drawer. Every kitchen cabinet. Brought every last bit of clothing, every last bit of bedding – all freshly laundered. Brought the entire contents of the fridge and freezer. Had more kitchen stuff packed than would fit in the car. Left for the return trip about 7 o’clock after eight hours of sorting, loading, etc.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I brought two kittties. One was hunkered down in deep hiding (rafters in the basement) and it took most of the afternoon to entice him down. I got one in the crate with a trail of kitty treats. Put the other one in a laundry hamper and bungied a lid. They are now totally freaked and hiding amongst boxes in the basement.</p>
<p>I am so tired and sore I can barely move. I’ve decided that the lifting alternating with sitting in the car is doing me in. I probably have one more good car load of odds and ends. And a day of clearing out extra cardboard boxes, putting together a bin of chemicals and cleaners to sit in my storage here until the next town disposal day.</p>
<p>idad, how far is it from Old Place to New Place?</p>
<p>I did an easy walk with the doggies today, and lucked out – just as I pulled back into the driveway at home, it started raining. Gawd, was it humid in the woods. I dripped; the doggies panted. </p>
<p>I think the iPod nazi core workout is changing my abs, for the better.</p>
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<p>40 to 45 minutes. Just under 30 miles if I recall.</p>
<p>The little boy kitty is happy as a clam. He found his queen sized bed and all is right with the world again. The little girl kitty is wedged in between two boxes in the basement, catatonic. I expect her to move in maybe two or three days!</p>
<p>Woke up around noon today and was very sore. I was okay about five hours later. A moderate workout on strength-training at the YMCA is enough for me. I have a little furniture stuff to do this evening and will try for a better workout tomorrow.</p>
<p>The Y was just about deserted today - not too surprising.</p>
<p>Glad the kitties got moved. We adopted one from a coworker of mine a couple of year’s ago and she didn’t come out from under the bed for 6 weeks!</p>
<p>10 miles with my daughter this morning. It got hot even though we started at 7. Trying to keep up with the 2000 mile pace bunny.</p>
<p>I’m downloading some eFit30 videos from YouTube (they were remastered) and doing the video conversion thing so that I can do workouts from the iPod Touch or iPad or my laptop and did a little testing on throughput. On Wireless N, I was getting around 13 MB through the LAN. On Gigabit Ethernet (rated 1,000 mb), I was getting around 65 MB throughput. On the Gigabit, I’d guess that the bottleneck wasn’t the network.</p>
<p>CAT5 throughput is usually around 12 MB so my findings are that Wireless N is comparable to CAT5/Wired 10/100.</p>
<p>So far so good with the jog/walk combo. The only part of my body that has objected so far is my ankles. I’d like to run faster because it seems like that would be easier on the ankles and more fun in some regards, but I am resisting because I think I should let my body build up more on the cardio end.</p>
<p>I like the core additions to at home workouts. I can do planks whereas pushups, um, no. ;)</p>
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<p>If it hurts, don’t do it. Particularly for ol’ geezers like me, but really for everyone, there is no way to exercise through pain and hope that it will get better! I think it’s super important to look at programs like Couch to 5K as only a guideline and adjust as needed. I repeatedeach week of my first workout program for 2, 3, or even 4 weeks because that’s what it was taking for my fitness to improve to the point where I was ready for more.</p>
<p>I walked for a year and a half before jogging my first step. You are probably in a lot better shape than I was (I was pathetic), but I felt like I good solid benefit from the entire year and half of walking. I progressed the challenge by building up the distance (to 5K or so), increasing the number and length of the steep hills on my route (including a half mile climb up from the footbridge over the dam at the old mill house), and pushing the pace.</p>
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<p>For pushups, try them with your hands on the kitchen counter, feet outstretched back. The angle reduces the effective load. You can progress in reasonable increments by going to a lower “box”. Maybe put your hands on a bench or sofa next. You can even do them on a stairway – start with your hands on maybe the third step, then the second step, then the first step, and then finally the ground. I started out doing them from my knees (couldn’t do one from the ground), but this is a much better way to progress pushups as you get stronger (and lighter!).</p>
<p>Thanks, Interesteddad. The ankles don’t bother me when I’m jogging/walking. It’s later in the day after the routine or the next day that I will notice as I’m going downstairs that they’re sore. If it’s more sore than I want I wait an extra day (beyond the regular every other day) before jogging again. So far that has been sufficient.</p>
<p>It would be cool if I could build up to pushups! Not cool if it made me lose weight. 
We have a kitchen counter and stairs so I can give either of those methods a try.</p>
Deborah T, weight loss is not among your goals??
Did a new personal best today on the treadmill. Lifted heavy things over my head. Walked the dogs with DH while a realtor showed my house – probably another 2 1/2 miles.
Actually, the best exercise was the hour between the time the realtor called and the time we vacated the premises. I’ve never seen DH and I move so quickly to clean up.
<p>My realtor had a 24 hour notice rule, so showings were always for the next day, at the earliest – a rule she only broke on a couple of occasions when she called first thing in the morning for an afternoon showing. I don’t think serious buyers and serious agents would be put off by that.</p>
<p>Still no workout for me. I got off to a very late start this morning (haven’t moved the alarm clock yet!). I had hit the proverbial wall and really needed a couple of extra hours sleep this morning.</p>
<p>I’ve been busy watching ankle strengthening exercise videos. Quite a few out there. Who knew? Well, possibly everyone else here but me. Wouldn’t be the first time.</p>
<p>Always been thin, VeryHappy. Fast metabolism? Genes?</p>