Two mile radius

Like so many good ideas, the communication plan On My Terms and I had only appears to have a two mile radius, if that.

When the walkie talkies arrived at her house, On My Terms took a picture of the boxes and sent it to me. I excitedly asked when we could meet up’ She advised me she planned to test them prior to splitting them up and, if they worked, she would leave a handset and charger in my milk box. A few minutes later she sent me this text, “They COME WITH BELT CLIPS.” This was going to be awesome.

The next day, On My Terms utilized the assistance of her neighbor to test them out. “Just drove down to state street & 8th South. Radios didn’t work from that distance. Doing more testing.” That distance was only 2.5 miles from her house and the online description stated the radios worked up to 27 miles. Things weren’t looking good. I suggested she send him to my stoop to test them, since our purpose for having them was to communicate from home. “Maybe it was a channel problem. He left but we can try more later,” she replied.

Later, via another form of communication (twitter) we have been utilizing, she sent me this message, “Maybe these stupid things are only good on flat land? Not having much success with testing in our coordinates. May return.”

Two days after receiving them, and less than two miles away, On My Terms will most likely be returning our communication dream. Guess we’ll have to go back to landlines and letters. Luckily, the United States Postal Service and the telephone company work within our two mile radius.