Subj : food, etc To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Jul 02 2019 15:28:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>> Sometimes I bring the laptop, sometimes not... depends on whether NB>>> or not I think I'll have need or use for it.... :) BM>> Right. Staying overnight with friends, probably can do without it. BM>> Staying overnight in a hotel for a seminar or business function, BM>> probably bring the laptop to have something to do. NB>> For me now, it's mostly when I'll be gone for more than an overnight, NB>> and expect to have time to use it... possibly for games, possibly NB>> like this, to catch up, or at least not get any farther behind, on NB>> echo messages.... BM> Make sense: if probably going to have the time may as well bring the BM> laptop along. It's not that heavy and bulky, but probably nothing one BM> wants to haul around just on a whim. NB> Yup... I wouldn't want to bring it along when I was sure I'd not NB> be using it, or have any call to wish I'd brought it along.... NB> It'll be going with me on the next two trips, for sure.... to the NB> Pond this week for the 4th and following, and then from the NB> 13-20th for my family's camping week... Makes sense. Won't be in constant use but there when needed. Have fun! BM>> I can relate! I used to go home to the apartment and type up my notes BM>> -- before forgetting what the scribbling meant and also a lot easier BM>> to study from typed notes than written ones. Also found out saved a BM>> lot of room: a written page was about half a typed one: NB>> Did you say that backwards....? Wouldn't the typed one be the NB>> shorter one...? BM> Uh, yes. Wonder if dyslexia can extend to entire words?! NB> Probably to entire thoughts, for that matter.... I may resemble that comment! BM>> notebooks weren't as thick nor heavy! And transcribing the notes BM>> was like sitting through the lecture again, so learned twice. NB>> And possibly typing them out might clarify something that wasn't NB>> quite so clear the first time... :) BM> Possibly: at the time of typing I knew what was coming up so when the BM> initial concept was introduced when scribbling down my notes I didn't BM> know and so 'distracted' by "what is ?" yet still had to BM> write to find out. Whatever the overall process was seemed to have BM> worked for me. NB> And that it worked for you was the important thing.... :) Yes. Was thinking how might it would be done now -- college students still scribble down notes or they hold their cell phones towards a speaker and it transcibes the lecture for them? BM>>> I'd be reluctant to! And yes, the old stuff didn't have the newer BM>>> security protocols, mainly because they didn't exist back then (!). NB>>> Yup. BM>> Just had a thought, and may not be worth persuing: can the old BM>> protocol of the PCCard be linked to a device using the current BM>> protocol? Sort of a translater/repeater. Sloppy example would be BM>> laptop has VGA output, connect to a DVI adapter, and that adapter to BM>> HDMI. NB>> Possibly, but I'd guess probably not... or at least not easily... NB>> or he would have done something like that already.... BM> Probably. though sometimes not a bad idea to suggest an alternative BM> way: sometimes breaks the thought loop and opens a new possibliliy, BM> sometimes just gets a good laugh. NB> Or an are-you-crazy? look.... :) I thought I was the only one!! NB>> I went back before leaving on the trip, and tweaked the route some... NB>> Got a different counselor... and the shortcut I do still use that was NB>> on the first routing wasn't on the second... so maybe it has to do NB>> more with who is putting in the routing... or how Google is feeling NB>> that day... BM> Or both! I haven't noticed so much with using the Maps option but BM> with the search feature the sequence of the words makes a difference in BM> outcome. NB> I don't generally use either... but I suppose that could be a NB> factor... Some people have a better sense of direction, some just know the area. ....Others could get lost on their way to the end of the block. BM>> Apparently I don't drive 'suspiciously' as my turn signal was out for BM>> over a month. (Thought was just the bulb, ended up being the socket BM>> was corroded.) NB>> You at least didn't attract any attention... :) I was thinking more NB>> a certain make/model/color car being looked for, and somewhat meeting NB>> that description... BM> Yes, I wasn't concerned about it: bulbs burn out, Actually I was more BM> concerned with not being able to fully signal my intentions ==> put BM> the blinker on to let the driver behind me I was going to turn soon and BM> so might be a good idea to slow down because I probably will. BM> ...Nothing happened, no close calls. :) NB> That worked out ok then... :) I had a daytrip home and back to NB> camp in the middle of that last trip, had a doctor appt I NB> couldn't move... on the way back to the camp, a deer ran in front NB> of the car, connecting with the passenger side corner, and NB> smashed the headlight assembly, including the turn signal... it's NB> in the shop now, insurance covers it, but for about a week, I was NB> driving it with no front signal... the back one worked, but NB> fast.... just a bit of annoyance... Neither of us was hurt, the NB> car kept driving (I drove another 400 or so miles before I left NB> it at the collision shop), but at the moment, I'm driving a NB> rental until things are fixed... also bent the hood (which still NB> opens and closes fine, though) and a bit of the front of the NB> fender, and knocked out the grill... Car kept telling me that NB> multiple bulbs had failed and needed replacing... like I needed NB> to be told... The electronics is just doing its job! So far we haven't hit an animal but have seen some cars that have and you got off lightly. You were fortunate! NB>>>> Was it at all near what might have become the construction at some NB>>>> future date....? BM>>> Maybe by a mile or three. I think it was selected because technically BM>>> the shortest route (I-74 and the Google Maps selected were essentially BM>>> side-by-side). NB>>> Still sounds like they were just a little early on avoiding NB>>> construction by their routing.... BM>> So maybe I was a test to see how well the suggested detour would BM>> work?! NB>> Now that's another possibility.... BM> "Well according to his phone he didn't use our suggestion!" NB> How inconsiderate of you... I'll probably be on The List! BM>> LIS in another message in this packet, the very top layer where we BM>> planted the flowers is dry and even cracking a little (not sure why BM>> didn't also mulch); when dug the holes to plant the soil was moist. BM>> Right now the roots of the new plants are still only as long as the BM>> selling pots allowed - haven't had time to grow and extend into the BM>> moist soil. NB>> Hopefully they'll reach the moist soil before they dry up... :) BM> Well lately the poor plants don't know what to do: has been in the BM> mid-50's first thing in the morning, getting into the upper 70's to BM> mid-80's. Past several days has rained just enough to keep the upper BM> layer of soil moist; tonight they're predicting heavier storms. Early BM> next week more on-and-off rain and upper 70's, then the latter part of BM> next week "the three H's: Hazy, Hot and Humid" with temperatures BM> getting to the low 90's and heat index into the 100's. ...Well, was BM> nice just having window fan cooling off up here! NB> I guess that summer has officially arrived now, in more ways than NB> one.... Yup: Sunday about 5:30 p.m. had a very strong storm come through. Thought I heard a siren -- between the noise of the window air conditioner and as the horn of the siren rotates it isn't too loud when pointing away from the house. Looked outside: pretty much like it was earlier with lightly hazy skies and a bit of a breeze. TV that was being watched downstairs just had a crawl but if it was the Iowa PBS it's a statewide broadcast and they don't break in. ...Back upstairs, check wUnderground: ooo! brightly-coloured blob heading right towards us! Was monitoring the storm's progress as approaching: about the time the blob hit where western edge of Davenport would be on the map (I'm just east of Davenport) the sky really turns dark and the wind starts to get gusty. Did go outside on the porch for part of the main storm: rain swirling around from the gusts. Flexibility of the tree branches still surprises me; none broke but did pick up some twigs yesterday. 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