The best way to fall asleep

Two brothers are sitting at the kitchen table with their parents.
The mother asks the oldest:
“What would you like to have for breakfast?”
The boy says:
“I like to have fuckin’ French toast”.
The mother gets upset by this reply and slaps the boy in his face, once, twice, three times.
Than his father takes off his belt and hits the son in a way he never forgets.
When the harsh punishment is all over the mother asks the youngest son:
“And what would you like to have for breakfast?”
This boy replies:
“I’m sure I am not going to ask for fuckin’ French toast”.

Are we in the good mood now?
A good joke extends life three days.

This is why before to fall asleep the comedy channel of XM Radio is listened to.
Sometimes it happens a real good comedian makes the aspiring sleeper roll around in his bed of laughter.
What better way to enter the land of the thousand dreams, no?

But these days the option is not available.
The Fuso Szulc is equipped with special marine XM antennas.


Inside is not only a coil that serves as the receptor.
But also an amplifier to boost the strength of the satellite signal.
In this way it is possible to receive here in Mexico XM radio.


But for a week now, the signal weakens at the end of the day.
And already during the preparation of dinner, a fantastic moment to listen to the radio, it has become impossible to hear the XM radio programs.
The sound comes and go and on the screen of the XM receiver one sees only one bar for quality of reception.
A bar that goes on and off.

This poor reception continues all the way until it is bedtime.
And therefore no jokes as a lullaby.

But then in the morning we have two bars on the screen and reception is fine.
To listen to DJ Vincent Caruso and his excellent choice of classical music.

Somewhere it was read that reception with an XM antenna would improve if the base was of metal.
So, an aluminum foil platform was handymanned and put around the base of the XM antenna.



Any improvement?
No, not at all but thank you for the effort.

Fortunately the Sony XR-CA640X radio on board the Fuso Szulc is equipped with short wave band.
This radio is owned for at least 5 years and was specially ordered from Abu Dhabi.
Served first in the Summerwind truck camper.
Was used in the pre-satellite days to listen to the BBC, the radio from the Netherlands and the Voice of America through short wave stations.
But now the XM satellite radio being unavailable in the evening, it has been discovered that all those radio stations that used to be on the short wave have disappeared.
Probably because these days hardly anybody still listens to short wave because of Internet available.

The only radio stations left on the short wave are of religious American organizations.
Still spraying their holy propaganda to the few who have been stuck technically in time.

It is not advisable to fall asleep listening to an American preacher threatening with Bible texts.
To hear we are all sinners and will end up in hell if we don’t follow his words and please send your money order to...

The reason XM satellite radio has bad reception part of the day this time of year may have to do with atmospheric circumstances.
Because reception has been excellent in the recent past.

So now falling asleep is while listening to the waves of the Pacific Ocean.
Pacific like a good joke.