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Going backward, I am reading Cold Welcome (Vatta’s Peace Book 1) at the Volvo Cave on my Kindle. This is a Space Opera series and the final two books. I had read the first series and left the finish for another time, or in other words, now. I recommend reading them in order, starting with Elizabeth Moon’s first book, Trading in Danger. Excellent. 

Before this, Air Volvo delivered me to the Volvo Cave from Portland. I picked up Corwin at 3ish at his house to help him make a few trips (he still is not driving) and drove him all over Beaverton. We had some spare time, so I stopped by Tammy’s Hobbies and bought some flat black spray paint (Chaos Black)–since the pandemic paint is not always available. Next, we dared the lousy traffic and went to the Pearl District in Portland. I found parking on the street a short distance from Von Eberts. We took a table outside and had a few beers and some excellent wings; the legend is that the wings are so good, smoked first, that the chicken volunteer. The staff remembered me and were helpful. Dinner was excellent outside on a picnic table set on the street.

Next, we were going to spend money on Powell’s, but we resisted and instead stopped at Screendoor for pecan pie and coffee. They make a dessert that makes you wonder if there are other real desserts in this world. The staff were happy to serve us at the counter. Our waiter had on a mask and kept her distant–excellent. The coffee was good.

Before picking up Corwin, I worked at home and attended various Zoom meetings. I had to participate in the 1:30 and 2 meetings. While they were going on, I wrote a status report on my new project at work–all good news.

Moving back towards lunch, I took Air Volvo to see Susie after reheating two pieces of leftover pizza. The travel across Beaverton was without events, but I did need to refuel Air Volvo. We are still learning how to do gas as Oregon left behind full-service this month to a mix of self and full-service. I pulled into full-service without thinking, and the attendant filed Air Volvo at $4.89 a gallon. Remember, we don’t have a sales tax, and the price is the same for full or self-service (self-service is faster).

Traffic was higher this Wednesday, and I had to be attentive to avoid unplanned stops. I soon arrived safely at Susie’s place at Allegiance Senior Care LLC, 9925 SW 82nd. Ave. Portland (Tigard), OR 97223; phone (503) 246-4116. Susie was thrilled to have me there for a short work-day visit. Soon, Susie, now in her wheelchair, we were sitting on the shady bench near the redwoods and cedars in Metzger Park. I called Susie’s mother, Leta, and Susie’s sister, Barb, on the iPhone using FaceTime to do a three-way call. We had a pleasant call, but a yellow jacket wasp did come to check Susie out. She is just too sweet, I think. I was able to wave it away. It was good to get caught up. Leta and I talked about my upcoming visit to my sister’s wedding. I will try to meet Leta for lunch or breakfast while I am in Michigan for the weekend of 10 September 2023.

I could only stay for a short while as I had Zoom work meetings in the early afternoon I could not miss and needed to be online. After the call, Susie and I finished the tour of the park. I soon delivered Susie back to the hummingbird house, left with a kiss, and took Air Volvo back to the Volvo Cave. Traffic was worse, and I took three times to get through some lights.

I started my day by waking before my alarm and finding the kitchen and heating water for my French Press-made liberal coffee. While the water heated, I climbed into Immobile Schwinn and rode for thirty minutes. Managing to not travel over six miles with some resistance and going at two bars. I watched the ABC News stream on cable while I rode. It is 50% commercials. I might have to buy Bloomberg News.

Next, I made the first Zoom status meeting at 8:05 with a NYC bagel (thanks, Joyce) and cream cheese. I added some peaches from a can to balance out my breakfast. I then did hours of meetings, sneaking a break in for twenty minutes to shower and dress. I did not get another break until after 11:30.

Aside: I wrote a letter to the People’s Republic of China Ambassador to the US about the disappearance of Naomi Wu, Sexy Cyborg. I fit that in during boring Zoom meetings. In my letter, I told Ambassador Xie Feng that Naomi was my hero, and I suggested that she was a great asset. It went out with today’s mail, and I hope it will help.

As I said, I reheated some pizza for lunch and then headed out. And that brings the story full circle…

I paid the bill for Susie’s care. Thanks to Michelle Nixon and her staff for all your good care of Susie! I put the check in a goofy or nice card each month.

Thanks for reading. Please remember Naomi Wu.

Before I start with Tuesday, I should add a few items to Monday.

After I wrote the blog, I stopped by Barnes and Noble–their magazine department is better than Powell’s in Beaverton. There I found the current Fine Modeller issue with an article about the build of a vast (five-foot-long) IJN Yamato 1/200 model. Something I only dream of building (and the matching scale versions of KMS Bismarck and USS Arizona). I also found a copy of Strand, a mystery writer magazine, and a travel book on New Orleans. Depending on events, I plan to make my first visit to the Crescent City in 2024. I also got a fan magazine for Doctor Who as it came with the Doom Comic book I have been buying (#2 is sold out).

Air Volvo took me home with the magazines, travel book, and 1/2 of a pizza from The Rock Wood Fired Pizza. I then returned to my radio project and tried to hot glue the new power board on the inside of the left side of the antique radio box. This failed as the glue bound to the dirty wood was not strong. Eye rolling occurred. I used the matching prototyping board, I had two, and drilled small shallow holes through the stand-off holes. I then counter-sank those with my small drill just fitting in the radio box. Next, I mixed up yet more epoxy (15 min hobby stuff) and glued the brass stand-offs into the holes; and they fell over. More eye-rolling. I then put them in the board holes, and that then held them in place.

I then started to code the new board, M4 Grand Central (from AdaFruit in NYC). And then the serial communication was not available. Well, puke. It seems the incredible and powerful board does not have easy-to-use serial ports. My code will not work, and I will have to configure the ports to make UART connections; oh my, how to do that? It was 11PM, and it was time to head to bed.

Which takes me to Tuesday. I woke before 6AM with it still dark–summer is nearly gone. My arm hurts, and I am enjoying a random pain in my arms (but not my legs) and hands–not cool. I try to roll over and go to sleep. Nope. Have to prove hydration, and then my colon wanted attention–F**k. I pretended to sleep and fell asleep until the next pain woke me. D**n. I rise like an old man and stumble to the kitchen, make hot water with the electric kettle, and work out how to turn on the ABC streaming news on cable, which is about 50% commercials. I then board Immobile Schwinn and go nowhere for thirty minutes and six miles of non-travel. Twice now, I have reached a thirty-minute workout–a personal best, I suspect.

This leaves me with just enough time to make a bagel with cream cheese (again, thanks, Joyce, for the Zabar NYC authentic bagels) paired with some canned peaches in a bowl. Coffee too.

Aside: Grammarly wants all those commas there. I think it is crazy. A bit too staccato for me.

Work begins, and I spend hours in status meetings. As I am working from home these next two weeks (our new Nike WHQ building is not ready for us), I am sleeping in until 7 (at least I try to), exercising, and just making the first meeting at 8:05 AM PDT after making breakfast. I have meetings all morning. I shower and dress at 9:45ish and have some more communications until just before 11AM. I board Air Volvo and head to Susie’s place at Allegiance Senior Care LLC, 9925 SW 82nd. Ave. Portland (Tigard), OR 97223; phone (503) 246-4116.

The trip across Beaverton was eventless, and there were no entanglements with Beaverton’s finest. Susie was excited to see me, and Jennifer popped Susie with envious nonchalance into the wheelchair from her recliner in the shared living room. We headed over to Metzger Park, next door, and found my favorite bench was available, the shady one in the cedars and redwoods. Sitting there and Susie in a wheelchair, we called Leta and Barb (Susie’s mother and sister, respectively) on my iPhone using FaceTime to do a three-way call. Soon everyone was talking, and we had an excellent call. Leta had finished lunch at Panera, and Barb had a late lunch at home.

I could not talk long or stay long. I had a hard stop as I had important work meetings at 1 and 2. So I took Susie for the complete circle and looked at the magnolia tree (no flowers). Jennifer took over as I rolled Susie inside and kissed her goodbye–a usual working day visit. My travel back to the Volvo Cave was also without events, and the traffic was still light.

Another M4 Grand Central from NYC arrived today (a spare, just in case), and some more tools (my small files are aging, so I replaced them). The mail was junk and catalogs. I returned to work online with just a few minutes to spare. I did two more hours of Zoom meetings. I rested for thirty minutes and then moved my Nike laptop to the kitchen.

While making dinner, I listened for the last long status meeting, the 4:35 end-of-shift meeting. I grabbed a frozen broccoli beef from Trader Joe’s and followed instructions while making some rice (only 14 months expired, but it is rice). Rice is not suitable for folks with diabetes, but I am hoping it will not be too bad. The food was spicy, almost too spicy, and the rice created a fire extinguisher effect that I appreciated. The meeting finally ended just as I finished cooking–good timing. I ate the meal while watching The Swedish version of The Girl Who Played With Fire (Extended Edition). This version is far from the Hollywood version (The Girl in the Spider’s Web), and I like it. Recommended. After an extra bowl, or may two, I put away the food for another dinner or lunch.

I made a pot of tea (Sticky Rice Tea which comes in little blocks) and headed into the office to write and work.

While writing, I looked at the alternative to the M4 Grand Central called a Tensey, a more usual Arduino but insanely fast–180 MHz. There is a new version, and I went to their website to order two new ones, 600 Mhz. I am sure I can find a use for them.

Well, I am now caught up on today and Monday; thanks for reading.

 

I woke before my alarm at 7AM with pain in my right hand. This is a new thing, and I am unsure of the cause. I am currently using my hands more for reading and working on my radio project. My hands and toes feel odd after the chemotherapy, so this might be the next round of chemo leftovers. Every day I treat my hands and feet with Utter Smooth with Urea cream, and yes, the cow pee is helping. Recommended.

I was up at 7AM and started the water in the electric kettle to make coffee later in the French Press. Next, I mounted the non-moving Schwinn bike, rode a bit faster (two bars), and did not travel over five miles for thirty minutes. It was my first time reaching my goal of thirty-minute workouts. I then found some yogurt (with fruit) in the frig. I also opened a jar of canned peaches and had three halves with the yogurt, plus liberal coffee.

I was on time for the first status meeting at 8:05 and continued status meetings with a few breaks when they finished early until 9:45. While there were breaks, I read emails and Slack channel updates to catch up. I had powered on the Nike laptop the night before and logged in. All the updates and emails were already downloaded for the week.

I found a break at about 10AM and slipped into the shower. I quickly dressed (including the application of Utter Smooth) and was back online and texted various folks about my new work. I was ready for a break at about 11:30. I watered the roses without soaking my shoes. It has not rained in weeks, and there is no rain in the forecast for the next ten days–regular for us. I started a load of laundry after I discovered somehow I had flooded the shower, and my towels were soaked.

At 11:45ish, I started to chop carrots and celery to add to the lettuce I tore by hand. I added some cheese, olives, croutons, and a can of good tuna. Lunch. Topped with some ranch dressing. I ate that while watching some videos on YouTube (Nerd of the Rings).

Air Volvo, after I boarded, flew me to Susie’s place at Allegiance Senior Care LLC, 9925 SW 82nd. Ave. Portland (Tigard), OR 97223; phone (503) 246-4116. There were no incidents or close calls today; Monday seemed calm with school starting, and the smoke was gone. While still burning, the fires sent their smoke east and not toward us (north). Our skies are still pale blue, showing the air quality is still not great, but I no longer feel my throat burning after talking.

Susie was in her recliner in the shared living room when I arrived. Jennifer, the weekday nursing aide, popped Susie into her wheelchair. We then headed to Metzger Park with the light again clear and white (not the yellow color we see with the smoke). We sat on the shady bench by the cedars and redwoods. Using FaceTime, I called Leta and Barb (Susie’s mother and sister, respectively) on my iPhone to form a three-way call. Everyone was happy to see each other and us out in the park. The park was busy but not packed like it was on the weekend. We had a friendly chat and then, after ringing off, finished the loop through the park and back to the hummingbird house. A yellow jacket wasp did land on Susie a few times, but I managed to wave it off before it did any harm.

Once back, Jennifer sat Susie in bed, and I put on M.A.S.H. for Susie. I set up my Nike laptop and Apple and sat in the overstuffed chair doing work items. I had to stop M.A.S.H. for one call, but other than that, Susie was awake and enjoying M.A.S.H. while I worked next to her. Jennifer also brought in an Ensure, and I helped Susie finish that as a snack. We are always looking to get a few more calories into Susie. I finished at 4PM and headed home with a kiss and a promise to return on Tuesday. I always pull up the gate and set up the crash pad before I leave.

Air Volvo then steered a course for The Rock Wood Fired Pizza, and there I had a pizza, salad, and a brewed product, a red ale. I was hungry and thought an early dinner would be good as I have an 8PM meeting with India tonight.

Meg was my waiter in the bar, and soon I had my favs and was writing this blog.

And that, dear reader, is where the story ends for Monday. Thank you for reading.

 

I just got back from Dungeons and Dragons at Cory’s house. This was the first time playing this character for a whole gaming session (5:30 to 9) as my last character sacrificed himself to save a planet. I now play (instead of a Lawful Good, holy warrior) a cleric of War that is effective (Lawful Evil). I had to remember how to play a cleric (it has been years since I played one), learn the features of War, and how to use my spells again. I managed to not make any terrible mistakes, and we all had a good time taking on various spell-jamming challenges–think Swords and Sorcery with space-traveling sailing ships. It was an excellent way to end Sunday and my week of Rest and Recovery from the shoe company.

Before this, I stopped at the Oak Hills McMenamins for chili and an iced tea for dinner. This is on my way to Cory’s house, and I stop to grab something quick after leaving Susie’s place at 4PM. About $13 for a bowl of soup of the day and an iced tea, perfect.

Returning to the early afternoon, I spent the time with Susie at her place found at the hummingbird house in Portland (Tigard) at Allegiance Senior Care LLC, 9925 SW 82nd. Ave. Portland (Tigard), OR 97223; phone (503) 246-4116. I arrived after lunch at the Volvo Cave in Air Volvo, having survived some emergency braking without losing any paint. Air Volvo’s autobraking started when the truck in front of me braked short but had no break lights (including the third light) to warn me. I saw something strange with the truck and was gently braking when Air Volvo took over and slammed me to non-movement. I was surprised but not shocked as I was about to stand on the brake (there was no room).

Susie was happy to see me. The air in Tigard was worse than in Beaverton (already yellow status), and later moved to Orange. I was coughing in the car and sneezing. I decided no trip to the mall, and we stayed inside. The air worsened as the day went on–forest fire smoke from the Cascade Mountain fires. The hills disappeared into a grey smoke.

Susie and I watched a few episodes of “Only Murders in the Building.” Susie was sleepy, but she wanted to stay in her wheelchair. I stayed with her and watched carefully so she would not fall out. Susie woke up when I was laughing. She was trying to stay awake with me, but she was tired. As I said, at 4PM, I left Susie safe in her bed, watching M.A.S.H.

Moving to the start of the day. I was up before 7AM–my hand hurt. I was reading a book on the Spanish Armanda last night, and the weight seemed to have stressed my hand–this has happened to me before. I made coffee and then rode Susie’s non-moving bike to not travel about 5 miles for twenty-plus minutes while watching the CBS morning news (ABC just showing ads). I could not quite do thirty minutes–soon. This is part of my retirement plan–lose twenty pounds in six months.

I spent the whole morning writing the blog for Saturday, including some commentary here and there. Lunch was reheated pasta and homemade veggie sauce with shredded Italian sausage. Excellent when reheated. I watched ShipHappens on YouTube while eating.

And that is an excellent place to stop tonight. Thank you for reading.

 

I am writing this Sunday morning, and the smoke is here. It came yesterday, which started with clear dark blue skies and ended with a smokey, yellow sunset. This morning I saw the yellow light telling us the smoke was still here. I do my exercising on Susie’s non-moving bike inside the AC house. The Air filters will have removed much of the worst smoke and pollen. So a more brutal start today.

Let us return then to the clear skies of Saturday morning!

I managed to get some good sleep and woke at 8ish and soon turned on the ABC News on the News channel on Amazon Fire and mounted the no-travel bike. I was at my limits at twenty minutes of two-bar peddling and did not travel four miles. This is my workout for the day and part of my retirement plan to lose twenty pounds. I prefer Bloomberg News, but that is $$.

Breakfast was an NYC bagel (thanks, Joyce) from the freezer. Popped into the microwave for twenty seconds, easily cut in half now that the bagel is not frozen and toasted. Added cream cheese to the bagel and poured liberal French Press coffee into a cup, and breakfast is done. Off to the office to read email, FaceBook stories, and news.

I ignored the laundry still in the dryer (it was already too wrinkled), stayed in the office, and disassembled the radio project. It has become a rat’s nest of wires, and the primary microprocessor is too slow and cannot store information between powering off and on. I am resolute that what I have is not what I want. I have another radio working with the same wiring, and I really wish it could remember the last station played. The new attempt included connecting the wires to a main board instead of the microprocessor and then connecting the processor to the same board. This created chaos instead of the order I thought it would create. Do over.

As the radio wires all landed in screw connections or other connectors, it was no problem to remove them. That at least worked. Soon I had the radio box back, empty, with wires in orderly bundles. Better. Ready to start again.

It was now time to visit Susie. I showered, dressed, and boarded Air Volvo. It is the last weekend before school starts for the teachers and another week for the kids. Some colleges are also beginning in August. Labor Day, the unofficial end of summer in the USA, is 4Sept2023 and is only a few weeks away. The sunlight was blindingly bright, and the skies were perfect dark blue, letting us know the air quality was good. The traffic was light (when soccer and other sports start running, even Saturday will be an adventure of dodging SUVs and minivans with desperately late soccer moms and dads), and I soon arrived at Susie’s place at the hummingbird house in Portland (Tigard) at Allegiance Senior Care LLC, 9925 SW 82nd. Ave. Portland (Tigard), OR 97223; phone (503) 246-4116.

(Yes, I copy that last bit into most blogs.)

Susie is happy to see me, and this time, as promised in the previous blog entry, I present Susie with her new scarf that I found at the Portland Art Museum (PAM). It was created by a native Pacific Northwest (PNW) American gal and is printed with local tribal imagery. It is soft silk and wide; soon, it will be the fall, and we will need it!

Before fall reaches us, after putting away the scarf for next month, Susie and I head out to Metzger Park next door; Anassa (the nurse aide on for the weekends) pops Susie into the wheelchair, and soon we are out the door. The weather was showing hints of fall already, as the temperature was back to reasonable, almost cold, and Susie had a blanket over her legs. The park was packed with events, and dogs were out with the humans; some of the humans were not even leashed. One large dog came over to be petted, but the unleashed human had to get the canine visitor as it taste-tested the gravel with likely unwanted results of those tests.

We found a bench for enough away from events not to have to claim we were their long lost relatives, Michael and Susie, and “Why, yes, I would like a hot dog and a beer.” But I digress. Instead of joining the 2023 Annual Cornhole Contest (with medals and ribbons to win), we called Leta and Barb, Susie’s mother and sister, respectively, by a three-way call on FaceTime. Barb was at Leta’s house but in the garden, and Leta was inside–kind of funny. We had a short happy chat. After the call, we finished a quick tour of the park and headed back inside. Susie was placed in her bed by Anassa, and I put on her TV the next season of “Only Murders in the Building.” Susie was soon asleep (she was sleepy in the park), and we just watched one episode; soon, I left after getting Susie safe with the gate and the crash pad in place (Susie sleepwalks or, in most cases, sleep falls). This setup process woke her, and I kissed her goodbye and promised to return on Sunday, and Susie agreed to get some rest. Friday’s Barbie movie trip wore her out.

Evan came in as the show started and was confused as he had not seen it before, but mostly the show is new each season. Evan and I were headed to the Scandinavian place after leaving Susie, but I forgot it was Viking Beer Festival, and I did not have tickets. The 649 was the replacement, but we ate at the Mexican place across from The 649. We had our usuals, and we learned that the Mexican waiter’s son married a Jewish girl, and he had a new grandbaby in Israel. What a fantastic world we live in–Grandpa was proud and slightly worried about understanding another culture.

Next, at The 649, Evan and I soon tried the new add-on for a favorite board game, Furnace. I incorporated the new components into the base game and got the game started with just a little fiddling. The new rules, components, and design for an automated opponent for two-player games worked well, except the Agent (as the automata is called) seemed unstoppable. Evan crushed me but was twenty points behind the machine player.

The changes to Furance were interesting. This included a way to buy another bid token. The new setup calls for separating the new cards and the basic cards from the original and selecting a limited amount of cards from the original game to balance the game better–exciting change. The game includes the addition of a possible fifth player. I have not tried the solo rules, and I assumed these, too, are improved rules. The game designers managed to avoid the usual bloat of add-ons for no purpose and to have recreated Furnace as an even better game. Recommended.

Next, Evan and I returned to the board game Architects of the West Kingdom. This game (my version is the final extended version with the matt) is a worker placement and resource management game with a suggestion of engine building. Scores are usually close, so every point (or negative point) matters. Evan knows this one well and fights to the end to win. I was running an alternative plan of building the cathedral and a great work. Evan had built high-value buildings. The final score, with my last turn empty (I was out of meeples, but I had no additional way to score anyway), was Evan’s 42 and mine’s 41. Anyone’s game, and I would play it the same way again. Evan built a building as his last act, proving that the game was ending in the next turn or so.

After that, I order too much food. I had ham and cheese (it is cheap there and a pressed sandwich) and a hummas** plate (less affordable)–I should have gone home and made a salad, but I wanted one more beer, and food is good with beer if you are soon driving, even one. Evan and I headed out our separate ways, with me winning no games and Evan proud of his scores. Next time!

**Grammaryly changed this word to human. Yikes! Always re-read!!

I rested at the house and read the adventure for the newish Role Playing Game (RPG) (Lamentations of the Flame Princess–lotfp), The Green Messiah. The adventure is written in the first person to the game runner (DM in RPG speak) with Bastard suggestions and references to other adventures. This low-level adventure is set on Earth in the 1600s is part of a set. I will have to get more.

lotfp is an alternative to the Old School Rules (OSR) of the original Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Rules (AD&D) set in a 1600s alternative history Earth with magic (evil) and the church (the Spanish Inquisition being much less successful in this version of history) and royalty (the high authority still and using both forces with the means certainly justifying continued rule). Some day I will have to try it and maybe write for it. The Green Messiah is close to an adventure I wrote with aliens and mind control. I wrote this sci-fi adventure for Dungeons and Dragons 5E (Corwin wanted to try the SciFi alternative rules in 5E); I like this new stuff.

Next, I slept a bit (food and beer do that to me), woke up, and returned to the radio project. I drilled the radio case and installed a new power board by mounting it on brass stand-offs that I epoxied into the holes. This part needs a USB plugged into it, so it needs more stability than just hot glue. It will not move now.

I read some more while I let that dry for an hour. Next, it was getting late; I wired the new power to a new power board, replacing my previous idea of an interface board. I need power to be reachable, and I don’t care to have all the wires soldered to the same pin. I still need 5V and 3.3V power, so I used a Buck Regulator from Sparkfun in Denver this time. This excellent device is efficient and will cause lower heat than a usual regulator–it is much more expensive. I have it on stiff wires, which will float in the air. The power board, as I am calling it, will be mounted on the side and attached with hot-glued brass stand-offs. I do not need to have it do more than just stay up.

I put a coin battery-powered LED light in the radio box with hot glue holding it in place. This allows me to see better in the box. Initially, I was going to connect the light to the power board, but I burned myself on the diode I used to cut the power–talk about inefficient. The Internet is not always helpful in electronics; as I read that diode had to release 1/2 watt of heat, I wondered why this was OK when reading–so I tested by holding the parts together–pain! After running my fingers under cold water–it was not a cool design (pun, sorry). The tiny diode-sized blister is a good reminder that if it sounds wrong, it is likely wrong.

Going for the most uncomplicated design, I remembered I have hundred 2032 coin cells from China I bought some time ago (you are not surprised, I suspect, dear reader, that I have them). I had just ordered battery holders (single and two-cell versions with on/off switches) for another project (lighting gaming-sized buildings). So I just soldered up a coin cell light with a cool bar light (also from China and 3.7V and great with one coin cell)–these lights are used on kites to fly them at night as the lighting is lightweight and bright, and the extra metal, so helpful to attach it, is the heat sink too. Now I have a little light inside the radio box, making seeing so much better. I managed not to burn myself with the hot glue gun.

I tested more of the power, and everything worked. I connected the amplifier for the speakers. I split up the 3.3V and 5V without issue. Everything is ready for me to bring the M4 Grand Central Arduino Mega-styled board to the radio. This is a significant increase in power, and I hope my power system can handle the board, amp, and displays.

It was near midnight as I soldered the last wires not connected to the Grand, so I had gone as far as I could without programming. I did try to program a Gema (from AdaFruit in NYC) in Python to run the display. I have decided to run the excellent display with a separate M0 based $9 microcontroller, but my Apple M0 cannot handle the alternative storage of these devices. I will have to switch to my Windows system I have for such issues. Time to rest.

I, having taken my night meds, go to bed and sleep.

Thanks for reading.