Subj : Re: Do Not Call To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Mon Sep 30 2019 11:54:06 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 20-Sep-2019 09:02 <=- I've been out of town, and Tiny's hasn't been responding, even though I've had access, so took a break from answering here... Currently about 7:50 am on 30 September, and answering from Wake Forest NC (just north of Raleigh).... 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"! NB>> They think we should believe them on that... ;) Both the hold NB>> message and the scam/spammers play to our supposed credulity... ;) BM> Yes; we tend to believe others even though we don't know who they are BM> -- otherwise why would they take the time and effort to inform us? Guess there's not that much effort in simply having a recording keep replaying.... and much repetition is supposed to make it more believable.... ;) NB>> I did hear later that Dorian hit Halifax later, so she probably NB>> did get some of the edge of the storm where she was.... BM> Probably -- about 50 miles from the coast. I think I remember her BM> talking about heavy rains. ...Locally supposed to be getting the BM> remnants of whatever tropical storm/hurricane hit the Houston area BM> earlier this week. Currently overcast; had some thunderstorms around BM> 4 a.m. but only about a tenth of an inch of rain. Weekend's supposed BM> to be rather soggy. Couple weeks later now, so you probably don't remember if it was or not... It's been in the 90s down here this weekend, but mostly we've been inside where things are air conditioned... no rain here... 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. NB>> A little harder to set up emergency lighting for her, then... BM> Yes. LIS (I think) she does have some, so not like she is going to be BM> in the dark. Just I could enhance; she doesn't want it, so haven't. As long as the important places are lit, there's no need to go overboard, eh...? :) 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. NB>> Probably no way for us to find out... :) BM> Probably not, and doesn't make that much difference if we know or not: BM> still unable to connect. Might learn what to do or not do: don't BM> unplug that plug! Have backup power! (Etc.) And more important that the service (weather from graph.no) actually still is working, despite the short glitch... :) 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! NB>> Now that IS odd... I use it without the double_quotes and it NB>> works just fine for me... BM> That's what I figured (no quotes needed). The on-line instructions BM> didn't state, you didn't state. ..,Tested just now: yup - needs the BM> double quotes; single quotes and no quotes displays Celsius. Possibly BM> has something to do with this is a Virtual Machine, so to pass on a BM> command character needs to be in quotes. ...Possibly: at Linux BM> doesn't seem to matter: ^, "^" and '^' all display in Fahrenheit Ok, that makes sense... :) 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! NB>> Yours is obviously more of a challenge... ;) BM> Sometimes!! It would appear... ttyl neb .... I used to finish everything I started, but now I ... --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .