Subj : moving or not was: CFBBS To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Oct 16 2019 10:52:00 Hi Nancy! NB> Replying 11 October from the Pond, about 10:00am.... Not September?! NB>> Also valid... ;) and the But Firsts get me, too... Got home on NB>> the 1st, but the transfer of the reply packets from the laptop to NB>> the main box didn't happen until the next day... Found out when I NB>> did my regular run that the reason I couldn't connect to Tiny's NB>> while I was away even though I'd been able to get access to telnet NB>> was that I hadn't updated the port in my dialing stack for Tiny's... BM> Just another sneaky little detail! And I probably would have been in BM> the same situation as normally I don't go fiddling with settings BM> unless I know I changed something shortly before the problem started, BM> or know the other side made a change. NB> I so rarely have internet access when I'm using the laptop on NB> trips that I don't always think about the telnet dialing stack... NB> nor have I set up an address book in the email reader on the NB> laptop. Probably the last time I made sure the telnet stack was NB> up-to-date was when we needed to use someone else's access when NB> our DSL was down at home... and I guess Tiny changed the port NB> number (to foil the script kiddies that were ramming his board) NB> after that... and somehow I didn't think about fixing that on the NB> laptop... as I said earlier, now I have it available with the NB> laptop to put in... Yes, along the lines of "it worked before so it should work now". forgetting about that 'minor' detail about the port number change. NB>> So here it is, already the afternoon of the 4th (Friday), and I'm NB>> finally getting back to answering more messages... One of the But NB>> Firsts, yesterday, was recovering from a grueling hour plus in the NB>> dentist chair that morning... triggered my dizziness rather badly, NB>> so I just spent most the rest of the day in bed... ;) Much better NB>> today... :) And today is the first day since getting back that I NB>> don't have to go out for anything... ;) So here we are, back at NB>> the computer, answering messages... :) BM> Hmm: I think your dizziness wins over my gag reflex! Immediate guess BM> would be leaning back in the chair altered your posture and your body BM> didn't adapt. NB> Good guess... I have what is called benign positional vertigo, NB> and certain positions are likely to trigger the dizzies... NB> staying in one of those positions for a longer time makes it NB> harder (and take longer) to recover... I'm often just at the edge NB> of the dizzies, but that I just cope with... Yes, something one gets accustomed to and automatically deals with it. Common example is one gets out of bed, stands up and feels faint/dizzy. "Fix" (really workaround) is to sit on the edge of the bed for a few seconds before standing up: gives the body an intermediate step for time to build the blood pressure up. BM>>> Maybe someone else was having problems and they did a reboot. NB>>> Sounds plausible... :) And a good thing it was essentially just NB>>> a glitch for you.... BM>> Yes, though glad I'm not doing something important at the time like BM>> on-line banking or a purchase. NB>> Indeed... probably would have had to start all over, and hope NB>> nothing untoward happened in the meantime... ;) BM> Yes. I'm thinking generally the obvious of a transaction did or BM> didn't occur and normally could log back in and check transaction BM> history, if a money transfer was made, etc. ...eBay -- know they have BM> auctions but don't think they have live bidding. Suppose someone could BM> try to swoop in at the last minute. ..Ah! RPG - Roll Playing Games! BM> *Poof!* Where did Queen Nancitina go?! NB> Got out of your clutches while you were being distracted... Who said that?! BM>> Yes: overall faster even though one set of numbers would indicate BM>> slightly slower. ...Ah great! Shouldn't have looked! Now I'm down BM>> another 1Kbps! So 1K less than I'm paying for, which of course they BM>> can weasel out of with the 'up to' clause. OTOH I don't know how long BM>> it's been at that speed as haven't checked it since when I typed the BM>> previous reply. Part of the I-74 Bridge construction is around the BM>> Central Office, so could be something to do with that. NB>> And it probably varies some from day to day and hour to hour, anyway, NB>> depending on how many other people are trying to use it at any one NB>> time... ;) BM> My guess also. Ages ago when cable was getting in to the -- what is BM> it called? Cable version of DSL -- market there as the 'warning' of the BM> connection would slow down the more people on the block/in the area BM> were on-line. ...And I just checked: back up to 8Mbps. ...Can tell BM> I'm really concerned about the speed as the last time I checked was BM> when I talked about it in an e-mail with you. (FWIW last time I BM> checked the max. rate level available here was 10 Mbps.) NB> As long as it's fast enough to get things done in a reasonable NB> amount of time, the actual speed doesn't matter that much... NB> Most of my online activity doesn't really require that much NB> speed... but when Richard is sending the emails Sunday night with NB> the service attachments to our shut-ins, speed matters more... NB> those are big files, and it hogs the bandwidth at our house... I NB> can't get online when he's in the process of sending it, so the NB> faster it finishes, the better... We have watched on-line shows, videos, etc., and rarely had the buffering issue; when we did there was a known issue with the (transmission) line outside. I don't think there has been a problem since the repair tech was here two months ago. OTOH downloading an e-mail with pictures attached can involve a bit of a wait. BM>>> Now will have to dig out the NCID project (for call-rejection of BM>>> spam calls) and see if it works up here now. Probably still should BM>>> move/have moved the electric line running next to the telephone, BM>>> antenna coax, and network cable. NB> (snip) BM>> Yes. Today would be good (except for other projects going on) as BM>> currently 70ø and one set of forecasts indicated a high of 74 or 75ø BM>> and another a little bit warmer. Cloudy (on and off rain all day) so BM>> no Sun to heat the roof up. Will have another opportunity. NB>> Hopefully soon... :) BM> Got tbose But Firsts going on so holding off. NB> At some point this project will have to become a But First for it NB> to happen, sounds like.... ;) Yes.... There are also a few semi-nebulous options I'd like, like having the NCID unit correct the name displayed to all Caller IDs rather than just on the NCID display. OTOH that want has nothing to do with NCID's main function of blocking spam calls. Plus throw in get one project completed before starting another. BM>>>>> Land transfers can be part of family history. Son gets married, BM>>>>> parents 'break off' a piece of their farm for the newly-married BM>>>>> couple. ...Or a piece is transferred as payment for debt. NB>>>>> It also documents where a family is living, perhaps where they came NB>>>>> from or where they moved to, and often can list all the heirs (with NB>>>>> married names and spouses) when something was inherited by all, and NB>>>>> then sold or transferred either to one of them or to a new owner... BM>>>> That would be helpful in verifying genealogical records! Everyone BM>>>> present and accounted for? Someone not listed? Why? NB>>>> Yup, sometimes verifies, sometimes brings up questions to pursue, and NB>>>> sometimes gives information about spouses and/or married names that NB>>>> one hadn't yet known.... :) BM>>> Those little surprises can be interesting! NB>>> And sometimes even give the little tidbit of information that NB>>> breaks down a brick wall... :) BM>> "All of a sudden it makes sense!" NB>> Exactly... :) And might finally prove a connection that one NB>> suspected, but could never state, since unproven... BM> Or inquiring would not be 'socially correct'. NB> More likely, nobody left to ask.... That too! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Two fish in a tank. Says to other, "you know how to drive this thing?" --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .