Subj : Re: Do Not Call To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Oct 11 2019 00:49:02 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 03-Oct-2019 07:42 <=- And now answering from the Pond, 10 September at about 12:15am (yes, that's just after midnight)... got up here this afternoon, had just enough time to unpack stuff before a friend came over to work on our Pond Directory... it was needing final tweaks before we publish... our fall Board meeting is Saturday... ok, by the time you get this it will be was Saturday.... ;) Then I went and visited with another friend that I'd not been able to connect with all the previous visits this year... So here I am, answering a couple messages before going to bed... ;) Editing to say... I guess I was already partly asleep, as that should be October not September there.... NB>> I've been out of town, and Tiny's hasn't been responding, even NB>> though I've had access, so took a break from answering here... NB>> Currently about 7:50 am on 30 September, and answering from Wake NB>> Forest NC (just north of Raleigh).... BM> Apparently fixed whatever problem there as - sometimes things appear BM> working properly from the SysOp's side but not on the User's side. Turned out that I'd not updated the port number in the dialing stack on the laptop, so it couldn't connect... that will be fixed before my next trip with expected access.... :) I had wondered if that was the issue, but didn't have access to anything that could confirm, or give me the right port... 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? NB>> Guess there's not that much effort in simply having a recording NB>> keep replaying.... and much repetition is supposed to make it NB>> more believable.... ;) BM> Yes, recreate the format of a real/valid source to reinforce the BM> hoax's validity. LIS, we've gone to not answering the phone if we BM> don't recognize the number display on on the Caller ID. Sometimes I'm just curious enough to pick up, just not say anything until there's a real hello... but usually it just drops the call on its own.... 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. NB>> Couple weeks later now, so you probably don't remember if it was or NB>> not... It's been in the 90s down here this weekend, but mostly NB>> we've been inside where things are air conditioned... no rain here... BM> I don't remember what? Do recall last weekend was rainy; enough BM> so the river levels were getting close to flood stage and though hasn't BM> rained this week locally it has to the north and all that water is BM> coming down and will cause local rivers to go over flood. Nothing BM> major like last Spring. but the usual low-lying areas will be flooded. It's like the on-going issues here (Rochester) with the Lake Ontario shoreline any time there's some rain and a bit extra wind.... BM> And 57ų this morning and that's close to the expected high; supposed to BM> be 41ų overnight. Fall's 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. NB>> As long as the important places are lit, there's no need to go NB>> overboard, eh...? :) BM> Yes........ (Bit of worrying/concern about could be better, reliance BM> on flashlights -- the getting to a flashlight part...... See what BM> happens when one is a bit techy?!) Yeah, one has more things to worry about.... ;) 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.) NB>> And more important that the service (weather from graph.no) NB>> actually still is working, despite the short glitch... :) BM> Yes; short glitches are better than permanent outages! SOW, this morning when I was doing the morning checkup, it wasn't responding again... hopefully by the time I get home, it will be back to normal... :) 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 NB>> Ok, that makes sense... :) BM> Don't know if it's the right answer but as long as it works! Yup... ;) 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!! NB>> It would appear... BM> Sometimes that is the problem: it appears, just isn't apparent! Ummm..... ok.... ttyl neb .... Instant gratification takes too long.SEEN-BY: 1/1 452 .