Subj : same as it ever was
To   : Nancy Backus
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Tue Apr 17 2018 04:36:03

Hey Nancy!

 NB> Found this in a "dump" of messages when a sysop changed systems

Understood.  I have two paths for fidonet messaging and one of them is 
completely dead and has been for at least a month, but even before that it has 
been hit and miss for weeks at a time.  I've gave up on it when I discovered 
that someone along that path is reformatting my messages.  This one via your 
neck of the woods is VASTLY more reliable and never screws with messages that 
I've ever noticed.

 NB> that could explain why things got so quiet

Could be.  Things aren't what they used to be that is for sure.  However I am 
still here ... wherever 'here' actually is.  ;-/

 NB> but we did just have a minor ice storm

I heard Toronto had over a 100,000 power outages that other day due to it so 
perhaps you only caught the edge of it.  Also they have been getting more 
winterish weather before this particular bout with high winds and icey 'rain'.  
Still nothing like the back to back storms on the east coast has been seeing so 
far this year from what we see of it from this angle.  As for us, we're seeing 
wet, windy and cool weather since we last talked but have had a couple nice 
days of sunshine.  Last I heard we're ontrack to have a higher than normal 
amount of rain this month given we're only at the halfway point.

 NB> Your spring does come earlier than ours

For sure.  This spring has been cooler and wetter than average but is still 
better than last year and is definetly more springish than the northeast, 
including this year.

 NB> but the birds are back and singing

I noticed a local male hummingbird doing it's mating dealie at the northeastern 
corner of my place so I figure it has a nest somewhere in the bushes there.  I 
haven't located it yet and when I do I am hoping my neighbour will get some 
good pictures of it once it attracts a female to occupy it with a new harvest 
of young.  Also the local quail have been less active than usual so I think 
they are getting ready to sprout soon.  The females like to travel in packs 
with their young in between when they make the rounds, and my backyard is on 
their daily foraging route.  No young yet but should see some soon.

Life is good,
Maurice

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