Subj : Re: Computer Failure Haik To : Daryl Stout From : George Pope Date : Tue Feb 02 2021 22:51:42 > George, > GP> Is this the same Daruyl Stout who, IOIRC, was sysop of a Florida BBS in > GP> Jax? > Nope...I originally am from the Miami, Florida area, but my late father's > job transferred the family to Arkansas in mid-1977, and I've been here since > then. I didn't start calling other BBS's until 1985, and didn't start my own > until 1990. You sure seem like the guy, including your love of meteorology (including knowing it has nothing to do with falling space rocks) ;) I'm pretty sure Thunderbolt BBS (in your orgin line) had a Forida area code when I called it. . . > GP> BTW, you're still getting more snow than I do here in Canada (HI had > GP> more snow than me this winter, too!) > Much of Arkansas...especially central Arkansas...has been in a snow > drought for awhile (at least 1111 days). However, that may change early > next week. Much colder air is forecast by Saturday, lasting into next > week. However, forecasting winter weather in Arkansas is a nightmare. > You have the Ozarks and Ouachita Mountains in northern and western > Arkansas, respectively...and that can dam up/bottle up the cold air > from getting further into the state. The vertical temperature profile, > from the ground through the midlevels to the clouds, makes all the > difference in the world, as follows. You used to rag me about Canada being so cold, while seeing more snow than I do/did! I'm kind of pissed off that the creeping Ice Age has killed the grapefruit growing territory of Florida, & I can't get my jug of pure unsweetened white grapefruit juice each week any more. . . :'( > 1) If the temperature is below freezing through the entire vertical > column...the precipitation type is snow. I've h eard somethig similar. . . I don't have to have any love for "Sky- Feces" (what I call it), though. . . especially being in a wheelchair. . . If it snows 2cm, I'm housebound for weeks until it's all gone, because nobody shovels! (Or they shovel an 8" trail down the centre suitable only for a supermodel or chihuahua, walking single file) > 2) If the temperature is below freezing aloft, with a shallow layer of > warm air at the mid-levels, but below freezing toward the ground, the > precipitation type is sleet (technically, ice pellets). Not a fan of this weither, because locals can't drive in this, & I got to worry, even on the sidewalk, about getting hit full-on, at speed! > 3) If the temperature is below freezing aloft, with a deep layer of > warm air at the mid-levels, but below freezing toward the ground, the > precipitation type is freezing rain (an ice storm, with widespread > and devasting, long term power outages and icy roads). This is the worst, yup. . . > 4) If the temperature is above freezing through the entire vertial > column...the precipitation type is rain. Lots of that here on the Wet Coast! > And, that's meteorology 101 for today. I'm not a meteorologist, > but I'm an amateur weather enthusiast. I know enough to be dangerous... > and "I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night". *G* Yup, you're the guy I recall. . . from my dialling days. . .you don't remember the guy who called kitty-corner across the continent nearly daily to hang out on your BBS? > GP> Things That Are Difficult to Say When You're Drunk: > GP> Indubitably; Innovative; Preliminary; Proliferation; Cinnamon. > Spit it out. :P Yeah, that YouTube cinnamon challenge is dangerous! > GP> Things That Are VERY Difficult to Say When You're Drunk: > GP> Specificity; Cogito ergo sum; British; Constitution; Passive- aggressive > GP> disorder; Loquacious; Transubstantiate. > You'll spit your teeth out on these. :P Mine are still original & somewhat well-rooted in my mandible. > GP> Things That Are Downright IMPOSSIBLE to Say When You're Drunk: > GP> Thanks, but I don't want to have sex; Nope, no more booze for me; > GP> Sorry, but you're not really my type; Good evening, officer, isn't it > GP> lovely out tonight? Oh, I just couldn't-- no one wants to hear me sing! > Honest, Ocifer, I'm serfectly pober...not as think as you drunk I am, not > under the alcfluence of incohol...and can straight a walk line. Starkle, starkle, little twink Who the hell you are, I think I'm not as drunk as some thinkle peep I am Besides, I've only had tea martoonies And, anyways, I've got all day sober to Sunday up in I fool so feelish, I don't know who's me yet But, the drunker I sit here, the longer I get" Cop sees a man carryinng a desk, computer, & lamp staggering up the sidewalk, & asks him wha he thinks he's doing. "Impersonating an office, sir!" > GP> My DOS/Dialup computer is not hooked up, so I'm going through a local > GP> web- accessible BBS. . . > Whatever works. :) > The charges now for dial-up analog lines (even if it's a "no frills > line" are ridiculous. In many cases, over $75 a month...yet, a MagicJack > VoIP line can be under $50 a year. The phone company can't touch that. > Daryl > ... This week was next week last week. > === MultiMail/Win v0.52 > --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 > * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (1:19/33) Your friend, <+]:{)} Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM --- SBBSecho 3.12-Linux * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757.2) .