Subj : moving or not was: CFBBS To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Thu Aug 29 2019 19:32:00 Hi Nancy! NB>> I've been figuring that adding some sort of internal date-stamp as to NB>> when I'm answering becomes especially helpful at times like this, NB>> where I've been gone more than being home, and then it overlaps with NB>> your month away... :) This is part of a humungous packet downloaded NB>> on the 10th when I got home from the second trip, taken with me when NB>> I left on the 13th for the third trip... and then answered more at NB>> leisure, since you'd be gone into August.... You'll get the whole NB>> chunk as part of your humungous pile to deal with when you return.. NB>> So my internal datestamp gives a little bit of context for you... :) BM> A bit. :) LIS some time before I left for Vienna, I had played some BM> to try to correct the timestamp issue but (obviously) without success. BM> At that time mainly looking for a setting within Wildcat!; this time BM> I'll probably look for a setting (switch) in PKZip. ...But First! NB> It would be nice if you did finally figure it out, especially for NB> you... but in the meantime, I guess I'll just continue to give NB> the occasional internal context... Speaking of which... NB> this batch being answered 28 August, starting just before 8pm... NB> ;) Yes, one of those old back-burner jobs of which I occasionally brush the dust off and play with, don't get anywhere, and so put it back until another consideration occurs. NB>>> That would make sense.... Also, regional brands might not refine their NB>>> own oil into gasoline, but get it from other/major refineries.... :) BM>> True, though I'm only vaguely familiar with the details so off to BM>> Google-land! NB> (snip) BM>> The next paragraph is important: BM>> The point is that the refineries have contracts to supply gasoline, BM>> diesel, fuel oil, aircraft fuel, etc., tailored to the specific BM>> requirements of that customer. BM>> So to make the example easier we'll just say all gasoline starts off BM>> at the same place but is refined, processed, etc., differently before BM>> gets to the local pump. NB>> Which does make sense... :) And the tailoring is what feeds the NB>> marketing of the differences between the different companies' NB>> products... BM> Yes. I don't know the details but generally it all starts with a pool BM> of squished dinosaurs. I'd suppose there are differences dependant on BM> what was squished, but probably essentially the same, so the BM> processing is what makes the differences in the final product (heating BM> oil, gasoline, etc.). NB> Or even Shell oil, Casey's oil, Mobil oil, Speedway... etc... NB> with whatever they claim as their exclusive offerings.. ;) Well they are exclusive in their final formulations before being shipping off to the pumps. ...I half-did an experment several years back: was between a BP station and a Hy-Vee one, selection mainly based on final cost per gallon (so coupons and other discounts). Any miles- per-gallon differences were apparently based on other factors: idling to warm up the car and clear of snow, road construction slowdowns, etc. Major flaw was I would fill at a half-tank, so if previously filled at BP and then went to Hy-Vee the tank was mixed. Did numerous times do consecutive fills at the same station so a more-pure fuel oin the tank. Didn't see anything significant other than a smaller draw on the credit card. And of course the YMMV, etc., disclaimers: certain engines and driving habits may prefer one gas over another. And as for cost around here "below the hill" is usually several cents cheaper than "on the hill", so location of the station factors to cost. BM>>>> And there was something in the news a few days ago about train funding BM>>>> in Illinois but at the time wasn't clear on how affecting the proposed BM>>>> line for here. So the trains will continue, we just don't know where. NB>>>> Just have to pay attention when it comes on the news.... and keep NB>>>> your eyes open for when things do change... :) BM>>> Nothing seen since, though doesn't mean nothing happening! NB>>> Quite true.... just not hitting the news.... :) BM>> Right. Maybe nothing did happen that day or week, maybe did but was BM>> so minor only 'the research nerd in the corner' could find (^*), maybe BM>> something did happen but overshadowed by another event..... NB>> Or, as usual, the cogs grind slowly.... ;) BM> IMO not necessarily a bad thing. I tend to be more concerned with BM> 'knee-jerk legistation', those rules and regulations passed within BM> days or weeks of a usually catastrophic event. NB> Sometimes it's a good thing to enact things quickly... but, NB> agreed, usually better to consider the issue for at least a NB> little while... Agree: depends on the circumstance. BM>> (^*) On the 'research nerd', thinking of someone like the BM>> person/people at law offices who comb the newspapers for the BM>> bankruptcy, etc., announcements, go to the library and courthouse to BM>> dig up details for a court case, etc., etc. I'll admit to enjoying a BM>> bit of digging research every so often but not as a full-time job. NB>> My nephew works for a title company... and that pretty much does NB>> describe his job.... digging up all the details for the title NB>> searches... :) He enjoys it, though... :) BM> That's good! I tend to like doing in-depth researching but for myself BM> or a personal link, and of something interesting to me. NB> I've done the title searches as part of a history project for our NB> campowners association... some of the stories behind the land NB> transfers get interesting on their own... ;) And I've done NB> research in the land records when I was doing my family history NB> research... ;) Land transfers can be part of family history. Son gets married, parents 'break off' a piece of their farm for the newly-married couple. ...Or a piece is transferred as payment for debt. BM> Know some of the warning bars hung across the street to warn of a low BM> overpass are hung from chains and designed to 'chime' (plus set off BM> other warnings). NB> And not being fixed in place the same way, might not actually do NB> so much damage to the vehicle triggering the warning.... :) I'm thinking a dent but that's better than a removal of the roof! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... 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