Subj : Wegman's
To   : Nancy Backus
From : Barry Martin
Date : Tue Sep 03 2019 08:33:00


Hi Nancy!

 NB>> Replying to this set of messages on 29 July, currently 10:55am...
 NB>> still home, even... ;)
 BM> Must be getting antsy by now!
 NB> Actually, not too much by then... I didn't leave again until the
 NB> 13th of August... it was nice not to have to go too soon again...
 NB> ;)
 BM> "Hey! I'm home!" :)
 NB> And now, having been home since the 16th of August, it's time to
 NB> be off again to the Pond this coming weekend... ;)  Leaving
 NB> Friday or Saturday, probably returning Wednesday, possibly
 NB> Tuesday... ;)
 
Looks like it was Monday as today is Tuesday.


 BM>>> Well, it had stopped seeping into the basement and was drying out!
 BM>>> (Opening comment.)
 NB>>> And then more heavy rain arrived.... oh, well....
 BM>> And the cycle starts all over!  ...As long as the water gets pumped
 BM>> out and none into the basement.
 NB>> Exactly.  :)
 BM> There have been times we can hear the water pouring in to the sump pit
 BM> (it's sealed) and hear the pump pump every 15-20 seconds.  I think
 BM> it's closer to 30 seconds but gets to the level trips the switch to
 BM> start emptying quickly!
 NB> It's doing what it should be doing... :)

Yes.  Nice not to have to use the wet-dry vac to slurp the water out; we
still keep permanent items off the floor to allow for air circulation 
but no longer keeping up higher because of water.



 BM>>> I got interested in the 'Millikan Oil Drop Experiment' somehow when I
 BM>>> was probably in Junior High, maybe late elementary school.  Have a
 BM>>> book (wonder if packed away in a box in NH?) which explains it, plus
 BM>>> how to build one's own.  Was going to.
 NB>>> Maybe some day you'll find the book again, and run the
 NB>>> experiment... ;)
 BM>> I didn't even think of it while visiting!  Probably just as easy to
 BM>> look up the project online.  ...Well, there is at least one kit
 BM>> available; manual here:
 BM>> https://hepweb.ucsd.edu/2dl/pasco/Millikans%20Oil%20Drop%20Manual%20(AP
 BM>> - 8210).pdf
 BM>> I'm pretty sure my book showed how to build one's own device; didn't
 BM>> see a from-scratch instruction but quite sure just didn't use the
 BM>> correct search terms.
 NB>> And possibly the book you have is out-of-print now, too... :)
 BM> That I'm fairly certain of: received in the late 60's/early 70's, so
 BM> around 50 years ago.  LIS it didn't occur to even look for it.
 NB> Maybe next trip to NH....?  ;)

Possibly!


 BM>>> True.  Maybe when Daryl gets back he'll explain it to us.
 NB>>> I don't think I've seen him jump in on this yet...
 BM>> A week or so ago I had received a distribution from Daryl indicating
 BM>> he would probably be off-line for a while with kidney surgery and
 BM>> storms / bad weather in his area.
 NB>> He's been back since... and while you were gone, did post quite the
 NB>> treatise on thunderstorms.... I saved it to a textfile for reference
 NB>> later, although it didn't exactly answer our wonderings... :)
 BM> Oh Daryl!!
 NB> Didn't you see the message I referred to....?  It was from Daryl
 NB> to me...  As I said, I did save it... did you want a re-post...?

Ahh.. yes, please!  


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