Subj : food, etc To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Aug 13 2019 10:24:00 Hi Nancy! NB> Replying 11:25am on 23 July, from home... :) And probably no e-post card unless one lives some place semi-famous! 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 be NB>> using it, or have any call to wish I'd brought it along.... It'll be NB>> going with me on the next two trips, for sure.... to the Pond this week NB>> for the 4th and following, and then from the 13-20th for my family's NB>> camping week... BM> Makes sense. Won't be in constant use but there when needed. Have BM> fun! NB> It was sorta in constant use... I left it on, and used the NB> blanked screen (still backlit) as a nightlight in the camp/cabin NB> each week... ;) Worked nicely... ;) That works! I 'noticed' in Vienna at the hotel my laptop put out a relatively large amount of light until it went to sleep ==> rooms had the lights off but could see the glow of the laptop's screen in the main room from the bedroom once my eyes accomodated to the dark. Had a sort of nightlight in the bedroom: LED on a flexible ~14" 'stick'. Powered from 5v USB port, so good U.S. or Europe with the correct adapter. Will have to look for a brighter one. NB> And I did use it regularly, NB> for doing messages a little each day, at the Pond for some NB> Association business, at the family camping for keeping the NB> yearly record (who was there, when they came/left, how many were NB> there, memorable activities, weather, etc), and for the NB> occasional game of solitaire or mahjongg... :) I did do other NB> stuff as well, not involving the computer, of course... I used the laptop in Vienna (left behind when did the three-day side- vacation to South Austria) for daily journal notes and 'homework assignments' from my Mother and/or Aunt ==> stuff would come up like "so who is ?" and we were trying to remember the name of a female movie star who during WWII was part of the Dutch Resistance. Fortunately I had planned ahead a bit and copied a lot of documents and letters I had sent to my Mother to the laptop so when got back to the hotel was able to look it up that way. BTW, was Audrey Hepburn. 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.... :) BM> Yes. Was thinking how might it would be done now -- college students BM> still scribble down notes or they hold their cell phones towards a BM> speaker and it transcibes the lecture for them? NB> Probably some of each, depending on the student... :) Or NB> something in between... ;) Something like that! Someday when the opportunity arises will have to ask. Probably still depends on personal preferences, but would be interesting to see how lecture note-taking has changed in 40-50 years! ("What's a 'notebook paper'?" ) 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 factor... BM> Some people have a better sense of direction, some just know the area. BM> ...Others could get lost on their way to the end of the block. NB> I'm generally in one of the first two categories... and I know NB> others that are definitely in the latter... Or at least they NB> claim to be... Generally I've found that everyone has some sort NB> of sense of direction in their own home territory... :) True. I won't claim to have a fantastic sense of direction but don't get lost because follow the signs. Here at home generally don't use signs as familiar with the area and tend to use landmarks. 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 camp NB>> in the middle of that last trip, had a doctor appt I couldn't move... NB>> on the way back to the camp, a deer ran in front of the car, connecting NB>> with the passenger side corner, and smashed the headlight assembly, NB>> including the turn signal... it's in the shop now, insurance covers it, NB>> but for about a week, I was driving it with no front signal... the back NB>> one worked, but fast.... just a bit of annoyance... Neither of us was NB>> hurt, the car kept driving (I drove another 400 or so miles before I NB>> left it at the collision shop), but at the moment, I'm driving a rental NB>> until things are fixed... also bent the hood (which still opens and NB>> closes fine, though) and a bit of the front of the fender, and knocked NB>> out the grill... Car kept telling me that multiple bulbs had failed and NB>> needed replacing... like I needed to be told... BM> The electronics is just doing its job! So far we haven't hit an BM> animal but have seen some cars that have and you got off lightly. You BM> were fortunate! NB> It's a Volvo, after all... I've got it back now... took it NB> for the last trip for the family camping... :) It came mighty NB> close to being considered totalled, though.... cost of repairs NB> came close to book value of the car... guess the deer had better NB> stay out of my way from now on...! Bet the deer's familiy is saying it better keep out of the way of those super-fast gigantic turtles scooting along on those hard trails! (Cars on streets/highways.) 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.... NB> And speaking of Hazy, Hot and Humid, we got just that the 19th NB> and 20th... like you with temps in the 90s and heat index into NB> the 100s... definitely not our normal, even for summer... NB> thankfully Monday cooled down to something bearable, even a bit NB> cool, but useful for cooling off the house... especially as we NB> still only have the window fan (and other fans) for cooling NB> here... ;) LIS while I was gone it was in the upper 90's/low 100's and no rain. I came back and it's rained -- gues that's good! -- but the humdity is so high (still 94% and not raining) makes it pretty much unbearable to be outside. ...Historically not unusual for this part of the country to be hot and humid from mid-July to mid-August. By my unofficial observations the hot-and-humid season has shifted to a few weeks later, so now more the entire month of August rather than starting the middle of July. BM> Yup: Sunday about 5:30 p.m. had a very strong storm come through. BM> Thought I heard a siren -- between the noise of the window air BM> conditioner and as the horn of the siren rotates it isn't too loud BM> when pointing away from the house. Looked outside: pretty much like it BM> was earlier with lightly hazy skies and a bit of a breeze. TV that was BM> being watched downstairs just had a crawl but if it was the Iowa PBS BM> it's a statewide broadcast and they don't break in. ...Back upstairs, BM> check wUnderground: ooo! brightly-coloured blob heading right towards BM> us! BM> Was monitoring the storm's progress as approaching: about the time the BM> blob hit where western edge of Davenport would be on the map (I'm just BM> east of Davenport) the sky really turns dark and the wind starts to BM> get gusty. NB> Sounds like it was a fun storm to watch.... :) You know me and storms! :) As long as don't do damage. NB> We had rain all NB> day the 17th, heavy at times, but not much to watch, just rain NB> falling... ;) Good thing I was staying nice and dry in my rented NB> cabin... :) Friday there had been a thunderstorm predicted, but NB> it went south of us, I think... I did see a bit of lightning in NB> the sky, but we didn't get any storm after all... :) While in Vienna did have a couple of 'fun' storms. Not all that much thunder but did have some heavy rain and one seemed to have mostly- melted hail: my suite was on the upper floor and so skylight windows (~45ø angle in the roof/ceiling). Was cooler so had the windows open some; did hear distant thunder and rained rather heavily with frequent 'splats' of either huge rain drops or I'm guessing mostly-melted hailstones. Was listening to Radio Wien on the TV and they were off the air for a while, came back on, then off for numerous shorter periods. Lights never flickered. BM> Did go outside on the porch for part of the main storm: rain swirling BM> around from the gusts. Flexibility of the tree branches still BM> surprises me; none broke but did pick up some twigs yesterday. NB> Guess the trees are designed to weather quite a lot... else NB> there'd be no trees left standing anywhere... Or they'd all be short! I've watched here at some of the branches flexing in the gusts: what looks to be solid is relatively flexible! BM> Ended up over 42,000 people lost power in the area; our power blinked BM> a couple of times at the beginning and that was it. NB> You were fortunate... :) Yes. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... "Static electricity routing is acting up." "I hope I won't be charged." --- 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) .