Subj : Re: moving or not was: CFBBS To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Mon Sep 09 2019 23:47:18 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 04-Sep-2019 09:12 <=- Replying from the Pond, 9 Sept at about 7:45pm.... BM>> Yes, one of those old back-burner jobs of which I occasionally brush BM>> the dust off and play with, don't get anywhere, and so put it back BM>> until another consideration occurs. NB>> One of these days it'll come clear... ;) And in the meantime... NB>> This set starts afternoon of Sept 3rd... :) BM> My yesterday, and answering your tomorrow. As for the problem BM> with the timestamp, yes, just need to look at the various switches for BM> PKZip and start playing. ...Actually looks like might be adding '-k' BM> -- just have to find the batch file. Worth a try... :) BM> ...Had a But First yesterday morning. Received a phone call, BM> connection line was scratchy/noisy. Some testing to figure out whose - BM> ours. Call the telephone company as appears the problem is external to BM> the house. Tech earned his pay! One failing connection in a connector BM> box about a block away and then he found someplace else that was BM> failing. So get that fixed. Never did have to come inside. Very nice... :) And especially nice that it really was outside... BM> Good news and bad: "bad" news is my DSL is back down to where I pay for BM> -- had been getting a kilobit extra. Good news is the apparent download BM> speed is surpassing what it had been, so what I'm requesting shows up on BM> the screen significantly faster. Sounds like mostly a betterment.... ;) BM> Now will have to dig out the NCID project (for call-rejection of BM> spam calls) and see if it works up here now. Probably still should BM> move/have moved the electric line running next to the telephone, BM> antenna coax, and network cable. And we are starting to get the sort of temps now that should make it a possible job... just have to get an electrician in now... ;) 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... with NB>>> whatever they claim as their exclusive offerings.. ;) BM>> Well they are exclusive in their final formulations before being BM>> shipping off to the pumps. ...I half-did an experment several years BM>> back: was between a BP station and a Hy-Vee one, selection mainly BM>> based on final cost per gallon (so coupons and other discounts). Any BM>> miles-per-gallon differences were apparently based on other factors: BM>> idling to warm up the car and clear of snow, road construction BM>> slowdowns, etc. Major flaw was I would fill at a half-tank, so if BM>> previously filled at BP and then went to Hy-Vee the tank was mixed. BM>> Did numerous times do consecutive fills at the same station so a BM>> more-pure fuel in the tank. Didn't see anything significant other than BM>> a smaller draw on the credit card. NB>> Yeah... to really compare one to the other you have to be working with NB>> pretty much full tanks of each... not mixing the two.... Unless, of NB>> course, one is appreciably worse than the other, and mileage tanks NB>> immediately when one puts even a half tank of it in... As long as NB>> the station of whatever brand is getting good quality gas, there NB>> isn't that much difference between them other than cost... BM> That's pretty much what I'm thinking. Hy-Vee is not going to risk BM> their reputation selling bad gasoline. The gas may or may not have BM> additives my car wants - - I didn't notice any difference in mileage BM> nor reaction (peppiness, etc.). And yes, major flaw in the study with BM> filling at half-tank but knew that. We've found that the gas that BJ's sells is at least as good as the major brands.... :) And is much less expensive... :) BM>>> I tend to like doing in-depth researching but for myself or a BM>>> 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 research NB>>> in the land records when I was doing my family history research... ;) BM>> Land transfers can be part of family history. Son gets married, BM>> parents 'break off' a piece of their farm for the newly-married couple. BM>> ...Or a piece is transferred as payment for debt. NB>> It also documents where a family is living, perhaps where they came NB>> from or where they moved to, and often can list all the heirs (with NB>> married names and spouses) when something was inherited by all, and NB>> then sold or transferred either to one of them or to a new owner... BM> That would be helpful in verifying genealogical records! Everyone BM> present and accounted for? Someone not listed? Why? Yup, sometimes verifies, sometimes brings up questions to pursue, and sometimes gives information about spouses and/or married names that one hadn't yet known.... :) ttyl neb .... Not only does history repeat itself - historians repeat each other. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .