[conspire] CABAL (in-person + Jitsi Meet), Sat., Feb. 14, 2026

[Elise Scher]

Hi People,
My husband Robert is moving slowly but doing much better. He is able to do
taxes for his clients; which is wonderful! You see; this is his busy season
as a tax preparer. He has a small practice. It is very good that he can
work during his busy season.
To change the subject, you all are a very good bunch of people to ask my
internet connectivity question. Actually two questions.
How can I improve my internet connectivity on my year old iPhone in my
bedroom? How can Robert again connect to the internet from his desktop
computer on his desk in his office at the other end of the house?
You need more details. Our internet service provider is AT&T. Regarding my
iPhone problem, I seem to get partial internet service. After all I am
typing this message on my iPhone and hopefully Rick and the rest of you
will eventually get it. So Gmail works to an extent. But when I click on
secondary links, they time out. YouTube works. But again when I click on
secondary links they time out. This doesn’t happen all the time. It happens
intermittently. It is happening now.
I thought I might turn off and then right back on the router or whatever
you call it under the desk in Saul’s old studio. Saul is my stepson who
grew up and moved out to go to college in Ohio.
This is after we got the new router which Rick helped us with.
Robert asked me to go to his office area and see if I can access the
internet from his employee’s desktop before I turn off and on the router.
Also some local computer service company came and set up a network for
Robert’s office that I think piggybacks off our home setup.
There is a half working electrical system here. And it is old. And only
maybe 1/2 the electrical outlets work. So we have lots of extension cords
here.
To call in the computer service company is, I believe, expensive. Robert
and I don’t make a lot of money. Yes, Robert should charge more to do
taxes. But he does not.

I appreciate anything you can do to help.
The school is closed this week. So I am not substitute teaching this week.
But I am working 20 hours at the market this week. I am working 4:30 pm to
8:30 pm today.
Tomorrow and the next day, no market but dental cleaning.
Tomorrow and the next day I will be at the Foothill College dental clinic
getting my teeth cleaned. Partially cleaned. There will need me to come
back 2 more times. But I think it is free. 9 am to noon. And Robert has
doctor visits I need to drive him to because he is not supposed to drive
for 6 months because of his recent heart afib incident. About one month ago.

Thanks again!
Elise Scher
Los Altos, California

On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 11:16 AM Les Faby <lfaby2018 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Glad to hear he is out of the hospital.
>
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2026, 9:23 AM Elise Scher <elise.scher01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Robert is back home and snoring away.
>> I checked him out of El Camino Hospital in Mountain View last night.
>> He rejected being wheeled out to the car in a wheel chair. So we walked
>> out. And he walked out much faster than I expected. But still slower than I
>> walk. And usually he walks faster than I do. Even though he only has 1/2
>> his toes from prior blue toes syndrome.
>> So Robert didn’t get much sleep in the hospital. I hear that most people
>> don’t get much sleep in the hospital.
>> He says he read over his discharge papers. I will read them too.
>> Last night I helped him to empty his small drainage bottle that is
>> attached to a tube that goes into his abdomen. Red liquid drains out into
>> the small bottle. One has to reattach it squeezed. So there is a vacuum.
>> To draw out the fluid.
>> Robert had his gallbladder removed a few days ago. The gallbladder was in
>> very bad shape.
>>
>> Thank you for being our friends,
>> Elise Scher
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 1:29 PM Elise Scher <elise.scher01 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Sure.
>>> But he is in surgery now to remove his gallbladder.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Elise Scher
>>> Wife of Robert Scher
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 1:25 PM Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Quoting Elise Scher (elise.scher01 at gmail.com):
>>>>
>>>> > Hi Rick,
>>>> >     I may come briefly. My husband Robert is at El Camino Hospital.
>>>> He will
>>>> > have his gallbladder removed soon. He will be in the hospital a few
>>>> days.
>>>>
>>>> I hope Robert recovers quickly.  Would it be perhaps appropriate for me
>>>> to visit him during his time at El Camino?
>>>>
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