Subj : Stormy To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Jun 28 2019 08:38:00 Hi Nancy! BM>> It started off at 54ø this morning and the forecast high is in the BM>> mid-80's. Unfortunately the humidity is up there: think it was close BM>> to 90% (and that's the official readings, not here at the house). BM>> Normally would open the windows and let some fresh air in but not BM>> with that humidity! NB>> No, indeed... you don't want to let in all that humidity... that's NB>> harder to dispel than the heat.... Fortunately, we were dry, so the NB>> heat was simply pleasant... :) BM> We're on the verge of turning the furnace back on! Not really: plenty BM> warm inside the house but was 52ø this morning; high only to be 70ø. NB> When I was up to the Pond, even though the lows were lower 50s NB> and the highs only in the low 70s I didn't bother putting on the NB> heat even at night... not all that different from what we'd been NB> having back home, and there were plenty of covers on the bed... NB> :) We're finally using the fans at the house now... :) The house has been 'closed up' pretty much all week. Started off cool but humid in the mornings and "starting to get warm in here" in the evenings. Think Tuesday Mother Nature decided to let summer finally come and a 'gradual' increase into the upper 80's and now end of the week and weekend close to 100ø NB>>> Ah, that's rather drastic... I can only think of one classical NB>>> piece I'd be happy to do that to... BM>> I'd probably not have to kill off a classical piece either -- just BM>> isn't composed and formatted in a way that's 'undesirable' to the BM>> way I like my music. NB>> Well... there's probably a much wider range of music that is NB>> designated classical than you are all that aware of.... ;) So you NB>> might well find some there, too, that you really don't care for... ;) NB>> But, overall, you probably are correct there... :) BM> Yes, I think the string quartet would not be my cup of tea as BM> generally think of them as playing the slow puts-the-audience-to-sleep BM> music but they can also play up-tempo. NB> I was thinking more likely the atonal or the minimalist types of NB> classical rather than the string quartets or such, that might be NB> more likely to be problematic... I'll admit to starting to flounder as not familiar enough. BM> Actually doing a little bit of 'transposing' with the music currently BM> on my Pandora station. Bit of slow country-western - do a little BM> mental alteration and 'overdub' to a quartet sound. NB> That's an interesting concept.... I think if I had a suitable background so I could communicate my ideas I would have had some fun with altering music. NB>>> That is even more drastic... The composer of the piece I'd ban has NB>>> mostly very nice music, which I quite enjoy... it's just that one NB>>> piece.... BM>> Maybe his wife nagged him or he lost a bet. NB>> The composer himself referred to this piece of his as 15 minutes NB>> without a bit of music in it... quite an apt description of it.... NB>> Some people enjoy it and think it's great, but I find it very NB>> grating... ;) I forget why he wrote it... maybe just as an NB>> exercise in orchestration... BM> I think that "15 minutes without music" comment is funny! Would seem BM> odd a piece he essentially despises he'd publish. Could see if it was BM> a developmental lesson: I started with this , BM> fiddled and altered and remade it into this and then tweaked BM> it to . NB> You might have to actually listen to it once to see what I'm NB> talking about... ;) There's a snaredrum tapping out a repeating NB> spanish dance rhythm all through the piece, and then above that NB> various instruments taking turns on two alternating snippets of NB> almost tune... the whole getting louder and louder until the NB> climax at the end... just one long annoying crescendo.... the NB> best part of it to me is the last 10-20 seconds at the end where NB> it lurches to an end... Maurice Ravel's Bolero.... Good description! I can somewhat come up with bits and pieces of deliberately annoying mental sound bytes. Yes, based on what you said I can also half come up with a movie scene of two people getting on each other's nerves with one repetively drumming on the table. NB>>> I did a similar thing yesterday, almost taking a turn that was my NB>>> usual, instead of going straight to take a friend home... :) BM>> Habits! Not necessarily a bad thing, just not always right for every BM>> occasion. NB>> Funniest thing was that she and I had just been discussing that... NB>> I hadn't switched lanes yet, so she'd reminded me that we needed to NB>> turn, and I told her that that was my usual way home, except that for NB>> taking her I'd be going straight after the turn instead of a quick NB>> turn onto another road.... Got into the lane, made the turn... and if NB>> I didn't automatically get into the lane with my turn indicator on NB>> for that next quick turn... Laughed as I recognized it, just in NB>> time, canceled the indicator and went straight... probably confused NB>> the car behind us, though... Had I not made the correction, NB>> there were alternate ways I could have easily gotten to her house NB>> from there... the other was just a bit more efficient, probably... :) BM> Yes, habits can do that. Guy behind you probably figured either BM> accidentlly hit the lever accidentally and didn't realize or you BM> realized it was the wrong exit. NB> Wrong turn, not exit... it was on city streets, not on a NB> highway... Um, turn - exit - same difference! NB>>>> One would think, though, that you all aren't in much danger of NB>>>> drought this year... ;) BM>>> Would seem not! Trouble is, if the summer has a lack of rain there BM>>> will be drought conditions. Think I typed a while back had a couple BM>>> of days without rain, were walking around the back yard close to where BM>>> water was pooling -- grass thin there and the dirt was cracking! NB>>> Yeah... I remember that... Let's hope that things even out instead.... BM>> So far eveything looking healthy around the yard. Still need to trim BM>> the dead section out of the shrub in the front and the shrub in the BM>> back corner. Backyard weeding is pretty much caught up -- probably BM>> work on the front "for real" later today. NB>> Finally... one can get into the proper patterns for gardening and NB>> yardwork.... :) BM> I don't know: now too cold! (That 52ø this morning.) NB> Just put a sweater on.... ;) You'll warm up soon enough doing NB> the work... ;) And now almost too hot to do anything. Wait to cut the yard, etc., until the dew dries - by that time too hot! BM> Yesterday had Autumn, this morning errands and this afternoon company. BM> ...It'll get done; always does! NB> Eventually... :) Eventually! :) ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... He Was Soooooooooooooo Blond he thought Meow Mix was a CD for cats. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .