Subj : Millikan's was: Wegman's To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Nov 01 2019 10:07:00 Hi Nancy! BM>>> She's too young to be assigned a science fair project. NB>>> Give her just a couple years...... ;) BM>> Right. At this point she's very interested in animals - not just cats BM>> and dogs but birds, butterflies, insects.... More the veterinarian BM>> side of things than the common house pet side. We'll see how that BM>> progresses; encourage but not push. NB>> Could be interesting... :) As you say, one doesn't want to push, but NB>> there are certainly ways to encourage... :) BM> Right: encouraging (IMO) is a much better way -- explore and maybe BM> find something you didn't know you liked. I even sort of encourage BM> doing things the wrong way (up to a point!): I know from experience BM> it's going to come out wrong but she doesn't, and for sometimes BM> personal experience is the best teacher. Also sometimes can be used to BM> emphasize I/we know so go by what we say. NB> One does tend to learn how not to do things better by experience NB> than by just being told, for many things.... Right; failing generally isn't a good thing, but it does help one learn how not to fail the next time. And there probably will be a 'how not to fail as badly next time' as one usually doesn't totally succeed on the first or second try of something new. BM>>>> NB>>>> As I did... BM>>> And glad you did! NB>>> And for once, saved to its own file, to make it easier to locate... NB>>> also made it easier to forward back to you... ;) BM>> And that's how I ran low on hard drive space over the years: this BM>> looks interesting, this is worthwhile to have handy.... NB>> Yup... a little file here, a slightly larger one there... sooner NB>> or later, they all add up... :) BM> And thus the need for multi-terabyte drives! NB> Or at least lots of zipdisks... ;) And/or a periodic winnowing NB> out of the saved stuff.... ;) I've not played with zipdisks; one of my refurbished computer purchases some time back came with one but never got around to getting the disk. As far as sorting through the data, not really around here! Too much of 'may be needed some day'. OTOH the last time I went into those directories.... No real need to: have only used 16% of this hard drive. BM>> And now Daryl has additional Arkansas Square Dancing duties.... NB>> Mostly only himself to blame... ;) Not a bad thing to keep busy, NB>> though.... :) BM> I don't think I'd use 'blame'. :) Keeping busy is a good thing! And BM> something enjoyable even better. NB> I was using it in the semi-jocular sense... And as long as it is NB> enjoyable, probably not too much of a burden... :) Knew that. :) And he's either really busy with the square dancing or lots of thunderstorms down there. No automatic posts lately either. BM>>> ... We specialize in precision guesswork. NB>>> I've seen some projects that looked to exemplify that method.... ;) BM>> When were you here??!! NB>> Never.... ....you mean that tag was from personal experience...?? BM> Umm, no? NB> Just not going to admit it, eh...? Mmmm..... NB> ... Multigrain cereals: boxes full of small cookies with oat bran NB> added. Reminds me of my grocery shopping trip yesterday. Glance through the ad - their store brand cereal is on sale at 99›. OK, I could pick up some at that price. Ends up just their 'cookies for breakfast' cereals were, not the healthier (and so more expensive) ones. Not a case of false advertising as different brand line. The ones I like will be on sale eventually, not for 99›. Have to pay for the better ingredients. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... News Flops: Chemical-Resistant Lice Have Experts Scratching Their Heads. --- 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) .