Subj : Re: peeves was: Eagle Cam To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Mon Sep 23 2019 23:49:02 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 15-Sep-2019 10:56 <=- NB>>> Maybe this flood will add to the old back-to-back flooding to create a NB>>> little more urgency now... and hopefully some sort of solution in place NB>>> for the next flooding, whether it comes next year or a few more years NB>>> down the road.... BM>> Hopefully! If there is flooding next year Davenport will have to rely BM>> on the 'old' floodwall protection techniques as (AFAIK) nothing has BM>> changed. I'd assume some conversations, but nothing physical. Of BM>> course any project is going to take a long time to get started much BM>> less actually do. NB>> Maybe something is being done in the background...? Some sort of NB>> store it for now and bring it out if another flood threatens....? BM> Probably so. Same as for all those HESCO barriers -- the giant BM> plastic boxes filled with sand to create the floodwall. All those are BM> stored some place. Collapsed and flat, but still thousands of them and BM> takes up space. (No idea if emptied and reused, thinking not.) Might depend on how easily one can get new stores of sand to fill them with.... and/or whether one needs to use fresh sand... probably at least has to be dry... :) BM> As for something going on behind the scenes, my guess is yes. BM> Entirely possible nothing is happening now because waiting for BM> information, but quite certain something will be done. And hopefully sooner than later... :) BM>>> And I haven't heard any updates on the railroad tracks and no need for BM>>> me to wander to where they were elevated. NB>>> Not any place you'd normally travel, eh...? BM>>> Not really. No 'draws' to that area. NB>>> About what I'd figured... have to be a special trip just to satisfy NB>>> curiosity, I'd guess... :) BM>> I think someone just yelled 'road trip!' in the background! NB>> Anything come of that....? BM> Same status as the flight to and from the Davenport Municipal Airport BM> to check Customs. The railroad track one probably has a better BM> chance. Sounds a bit less involved.... BM>>> ... Mommy Dearest: Do you think your socks are going to pick BM>>> themselves up? NB>>> "Ye-es......??" BM>> Oooo: those socks are _really_ dirty to walk by themselves! NB>> I was thinking of a conversation I had with one of my nephews when he NB>> was maybe about 4, and had just yet again pooped in his underpants... NB>> I asked him if he thought I enjoyed washing out his pants... The above NB>> was his response... My answer to him was "nope"... :) And proceded NB>> to teach him how to wash out his own pants in the toilet... BM> Just don't pull that lever for the rinse cycle!! Or at least wait until you've got the pants out... :) BM> Actually a good method to get the lesson across: do it yourself and BM> see how you like it, even though the pants needed to be properly washed BM> later. Of course... this was just a rinse to get the solid stuff out... it then went into the diaper load to be properly cleaned and sanitised... ;) BM> Don't know why this came to mind: I got sick at my Uncle and Aunt's. BM> I was in the bathroom and feeling I had to throw up but where? It had BM> been some time and all I remembered on where to throw up in to was BM> some bowl/container. Tub? No - too big a bowl. Toilet? Maybe. Sink? BM> Well that seems maybe right.... Uuuurk! Nope: wasn't the sink 'cause BM> of the drain. ...Told my parents and 'the problem' was taken care of. Sounds like it was a good thing that you didn't have it exploding out of you... you had time to get your parents' input as to the proper recepticle... ;) How old were you at the time....? ttyl neb .... WinErr 00D: Window closed - Do not look outside --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .