Subj : Re: Do Not Call To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Sep 20 2019 00:49:12 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 12-Sep-2019 15:45 <=- -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 27-Aug-2019 09:58 <=- NB>>> Ran out of time last night, so continuing now... :) BM>> And either got uploaded late or I downloaded early and so didn't BM>> receive this until Tuesday September 3rd. NB>> Dunno... I think that that should have been in a packet I uploaded NB>> late Saturday night (31 Aug)... maybe you missed a day as well as NB>> d/l'ing early...? Or it took an extra day to get to you, maybe...? NB>> You'll get this one late guaranteed, as I'll not be uploading until NB>> I get home either Tuesday or Wednesday this week (Sept 10 or 11), NB>> probably late night... :) BM> Ummm, something like that!! Received you packet Thursday morning; BM> wasn't available with yesterday's mailrun, though could have missed. BM> Got it now though. :) As it happens, it was late(ish) night Sept 11th that I uploaded it.... got home during the afternoon, and after unloading and basic unpacking it was pretty much my usual time for my nightly bbs run... :) BM>>> Sort of speaking of "Do Not Call" (the Subject) the spammers were busy BM>>> yesterday: lots of nuisance calls. NB>>> Hmmm.... do you suppose that if we'd changed the subject the scammers NB>>> would all have disappeared....? Nah.... probably not.... So far NB>>> today, I've had two calls, one certainly a scammer, the other possibly NB>>> legit, but not something I recognized from the recorded message, NB>>> either.... :) BM>> We had one yesterday late afternoon -- must have forgotten it was a BM>> holiday in the U.S.! NB>> I thought the spammers/scammers prefer to do them on holidays... makes NB>> the call seem that much more important... BM> No, that's the real calls when I call for an appointment or BM> information: "All operators are busy, please continue to hold - your BM> call is important to us"! They think we should believe them on that... ;) Both the hold message and the scam/spammers play to our supposed credulity... ;) BM>> Yes, and probably very busy with Hurricane Dorian -- looks like BM>> between the Bahamas and Florida. NB>> Possibly.... And now leaving our east coast pretty much... last NB>> I heard it was skimming the shores of New England.... BM> Probably correct when you write that; my Mother (southern NH) had BM> mentioned heavier rains and winds. Nothing about having the BM> flashlight next to the bed but probably did. I did hear later that Dorian hit Halifax later, so she probably did get some of the edge of the storm where she was.... BM> (And of course I'm thinking of the automatic stuff here: "House UPS" BM> running some lights, plug-in emergency lighting for others.) ...Was BM> half-looking around when I visited and generally the outlets are in BM> the wrong place for the plug-in lights to do any good. A little harder to set up emergency lighting for her, then... BM>>> Still would like find out what that BM>>> strong signal is, just because. Not really seeing a low-budget way to BM>>> find. Portable signal detecting device isn't all that cheap and BM>>> probably don't need after finding, so the price has to be even less BM>>> expensive as is a one-project usage. NB>>> Maybe you could borrow such a device from somewhere... maybe from NB>>> one of the local colleges and possibly with an earnest gung-ho NB>>> student to trot around with it....? ;) BM>> Possibly; thinking sort of low probability as sending a student to an BM>> stranger's house with semi-expensive equipment to try to locate an BM>> unknown source's signal. OTOH they have made movies of stuff like BM>> that: Blair Witch Project, Ghostbusters.... NB>> Might be a class project... I could see a teacher finding it an NB>> interesting change of pace for a class, or maybe just a couple of NB>> his bright students... :) BM> Hmmmm.....! Worth a check, anyway... ;) BM>>> Yes, I switched to finger davenport@graph.no some time ago because the BM>>> previous option I was using stopped working. It wasn't working a BM>>> little while ago -- last weekend? -- so just timed out. NB>>> Yup, happened here, too... for a couple of days... and then it NB>>> came back... :) BM>> They were cleaning the lab that weekend and needed the outlet for the BM>> scrubber! NB>> Possibly.... Or maybe just had a brief power outage.... BM> A possibility. UPSs only last so long and generators don't always BM> power everything. Or just down for maintenance and took longer than BM> expected. Probably no way for us to find out... :) BM>>> Every so often there is a brief message -- if you like this service BM>>> let them know, an option up for consideration, etc.; occasionally I BM>>> will respond. NB>>> I haven't figured out any way to actually respond, with my setup... BM>> Mine had an address so just sent an e-mail. If you type @graph.no BM>> will get a help screen; played with some -- Imperial Units option BM>> didn't work so still need my Temperature Cheat Sheet (lists øC to øF BM>> -- was originally for my Aunt and Mother)); about@graph.no lists a BM>> contact address. (I don't recall if was the same as the one in the BM>> display.) NB>> Richard discovered that if one types "^" before the name of the NB>> place you want, it will give the temps in degrees F... it worked NB>> for me, too... :) BM> I thought I tried that. .... Tried, didn't work. Did see this: [Mail BM> a "thank you" to finger@falkp.no if you like the service.] BM> finger ^davenport@graph.no ==> I still get Centigrade. Same for BM> their example (^newyork). ...Oh! Literally "^" works!! Double_quote BM> caret double_quote and I do get Fahrenheit! Now that IS odd... I use it without the double_quotes and it works just fine for me... BM>> Sort of like the 'secret communications' our generation has the BM>> teenagers don't know how to decode: cursive handwriting! NB>> Depends on how clear the writing is... although, true, some letters NB>> can look totally different.... just not the majority of them.... I NB>> think a clever teen should be able to easily decipher it... :) BM> Really clever to decipher some of mine! Not illegible but sometimes BM> close,plus I tend to use a lot of abbreviations and symbols. NB> Well, that is more cryptic than merely cursive... BM> Though I've been cursed at for my cryptic cursive! Yours is obviously more of a challenge... ;) ttyl neb .... Breakfast in Paris, lunch in Greece, luggage in Japan... --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .