I didn’t get through it. I agree with your comment about the characters not resonating. I got about a third of the way in and just decided to go on to the next book in my pile.

OpenAudible - because Audible cycles books in and out of the membership too fast and sometimes their phone app sucks.

Prairie dogs along the front range of Colorado, deer in the Colorado mountains…

I wouldn’t cap it but put in a Studor vent if there is a chance that you need more venting.

They make what is called a studor vent for this situation. Not sure if there are code restrictions for different areas. If allowed you can put them under sinks etc to get better venting of sewer lines.

I had instability in kde when an upgrade moved me away from the proprietary Nvidia drivers. Might be worth checking that.

Please don’t do that while hiking around others, lots of people go hiking to get away from constant sounds like that.

Exactly the same story for me, the free Linux cost didn’t hurt either.

Thanks for sharing, internet archive has a ton of this type of stuff and it’s fun to dig thru!