Subj : Re: nuts was: logs and To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Oct 08 2019 16:06:48 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 25-Sep-2019 08:57 <=- BM>> Anything potentially overweight/oversize I take to the Service Desk at BM>> Hy-Vee and have them slap a postage label on. ...The Post Offices BM>> around here are and aren't convenient; just easier to do at the BM>> grocery store where I already am. NB>> I don't think that our Wegmans has quite that service, the stamps yes, NB>> but one still has to go to the PO to mail the package... I tend to NB>> have enough reason to be near the main post office locally to do most NB>> of my business there, either dropping mail into the boxes outside, or NB>> going in for extra postage or the like... Saves at least a day on the NB>> transit time that way, too, since all mail goes out from there... BM> True: there is probably a day's delay when I mail at Hy-Vee but the BM> convenience outweighs the transit time. For me the location of the BM> post offices isn't that convenient -- not inconvenient, just way out of BM> my usual travels. There's been a time or two when that extra day might have made the difference between a bill arriving on time or being late and incurring charges.... ;) So it's become a habit, here... :) NB>>> That, too... ;) And, AIS, for this next trip (leaving Wednesday NB>>> to NC) I decided not to tempt fate, and am renting a vehicle... NB>>> over 1200 miles just for the round trip itself... and needing to NB>>> drive on both the Baltimore and the Washington Beltways... much NB>>> better safe than sorry, I figure... :) BM>> I agree! Renting the car may be a bit of an additional expense but BM>> you don't have to be concerned with being stranded some place. NB>> Exactly... and since I made the reservation through AAA, I got a NB>> pretty good deal on the rental, too.... And I'm guessing it would be NB>> a lot less expensive than having to deal with car repairs on the NB>> road... ;) BM> I'm quite sure! And thinking of when I had to have a new wiring BM> harness because the socket for one of the tailights was corroded -- BM> took two or three days just to get that. Yup, waiting for special order parts would also be a hassle.... better to not tempt fate... :) The rental worked out pretty well... :) BM>>> That lock-up, etc., issues were resolved but not quite sure how. Well, BM>>> I replaced the video card for other reasons and that seemed to solve BM>>> the lockups, etc. I don't think the card bad/faulty, just the TV and BM>>> the card are not happy with each other. LIS the card played nice with BM>>> the test TV up here. NB>>> Some things just don't play nice together, and not always clear why NB>>> or why not... :) BM>> I swapped video cards and the problem is gone. :) The old video card BM>> will be used eventually elsewhere and probably not create a problem. NB>> Just keep trying it places, as projects continue, to see if it'll NB>> work there...? BM> More or less. I know the card will work fine with other televisions: BM> worked fine up here on the test TV. I do have a vague Black Box sort BM> of idea why it didn't work downstairs -- had the problem before and I BM> found a solution, of course couldn't find those notes! Swapping out BM> the video card was easier, plus I installed one with more video memory BM> which took care of an occasional video jitter/jutter issue. Sounds reasonable, and a useful upgrade... :) BM>> They may have to hire another intern or two in Washington, BM>> then update the database twice a day.... Getting a new one that comes BM>> up "Directory, IA 563-555-1395". '555' is what thety used to use on BM>> TV and in movies for a fake telephone exchange -- spammer has a bit of BM>> humour?! NB>> Possibly... Lately some calls which used to come up with a proper NB>> name (both charities), have been showing up with the same number as NB>> before, but with Not Assigned as the name... They let it ring 4 NB>> times, then hang up... we just wait for the ring to quit, now.... BM> We got one identified as "Bankers Life" with a local number the other BM> day. Let that one ring out the three or four rings. Even if properly identified, you have no interest in more insurance... and no need to answer, unless you happen to already have business with them, in which case it could be something valid and important, but only then... ;) BM>>> I wonder if I can find my adapter? TouchTone pad which connected to BM>>> the phone line -- once past the 'section' where rotary was needed to BM>>> get to the TouchTone portion used it! NB>>> I take it you've used that successfully...? I do have one rotary NB>>> phone still in service (it has pushbuttons, but what you get when you NB>>> push them is the rotary "clicks")... it works fine for just answering NB>>> the phone and talking to a real person, but I can't dial out on it NB>>> any more, and it never did do the tones needed for computerized call NB>>> responses... BM>> My adapter worked; just had to get connected to a TouchTone line. BM>> (With an old-old telephone line initially connected to a rotary line BM>> where the information was make-and-break [switched].) Your rotary phone BM>> will work fine in the same way. TouchTone system doesn't 'understand' BM>> the makes-and-breaks of the rotary phone ("why hanging up and picking BM>> up so quickly?!") but once the connection is established works fine for BM>> voice. Only problem (and you'd know by now) is a rotary phone could BM>> also have a ringer requiring a lot of current. Too much and various BM>> ringers won't work. NB>> The fix back then, was to turn off some of the ringers, so that they NB>> wouldn't draw.... Dunno if your adapter would work for my phone NB>> anyway, though, it's a pretty simple corded phone, all in the handset. BM> I think it wired in to the wall jack as I don't recall a headset nor BM> acoustic connection. ...I have an all-in-one type of phone in the BM> basement next where the phone line comes in ==> reasonably compact as BM> stored 'in the wall' but not connected; is used as an emergency phone BM> should something happen to the wiring in the house: unplug the house BM> from the outside, wait a minute for the Central Office to reset the BM> line, plug in the emergency phone. Original intent was an easy way to BM> disconnect all the house phones, answering machine, and later Caller BM> IDs should there be a line issue. And then just use the emergency phone to connect with the phone service techs... not a bad thought... ;) ttyl neb .... Cook It And They Will Come. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .