Subj : nuts was: logs and To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Oct 09 2019 09:27:00 Hi Nancy! 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. NB> There's been a time or two when that extra day might have made NB> the difference between a bill arriving on time or being late and NB> incurring charges.... ;) So it's become a habit, here... :) True! Better to mail early and loose a half-cent of interest! Even with the electronic bill pay option I'll transfer a before the due date, even if means several days because of weekend,s holidays, etc. ....Always thought a little nasty the bill is due on a Sunday or whatever day but can't present it because of effectively being closed. 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. NB> Yup, waiting for special order parts would also be a hassle.... NB> better to not tempt fate... :) The rental worked out pretty NB> well... :) Good. A car will work without a turn signal; doens't work all that well without a transmission. 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. NB> Sounds reasonable, and a useful upgrade... :) Yup. And have seen posts where a video card and a TV don't play nice together without a little tweak. 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. NB> Even if properly identified, you have no interest in more NB> insurance... and no need to answer, unless you happen to already NB> have business with them, in which case it could be something NB> valid and important, but only then... ;) Right. In this instance no affiliations and not interested. As for "Bankers Life" being attached to a local number, have seen other instances of real companies' names being attached to local numbers. "Deere Co" came up the other day -- John Deere is local; no reason for anyone there to call us so didn't answer. 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. NB> And then just use the emergency phone to connect with the phone NB> service techs... not a bad thought... ;) Right. Actually did use the 'emergency phone' a week or two ago. The computer I've been working on somehow managed to capture and lock the telephone line (voice and DSL). No idea how as I hadn't worked on it in maybe an hour -- spam call came in and we noticed a problem with the network and phones a half-hour or so later. (Weird!). At first thought a phone line problem (external to the house) but lasted too long plus some other indicators which didn't feel right so I disconnected the house, waited a minute to allow the Central Office to reset (here the telco won't release/reset the line immediately), then plugged in the emergency phone - dial tone! Plugged the house back in -- back to the off-hook/line in use -- off to looking for what the problem is! NB> ... Cook It And They Will Come. Free food is good food!! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Bad Gift Ideas: "Learn To Cook Before You Kill Us All!" 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