Subj : Re: Health Was: Nuts To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Nov 08 2019 19:03:30 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 01-Nov-2019 10:07 <=- BM>> Right. Some of the people including us on this block do look out the BM>> window and observe what is going on (especially with noises, etc.), BM>> but most seem to be behind closed drapes. I don't mind not being BM>> chummy but if something doesn't seem right will monitor and possibly do BM>> something if the situation warrents. NB>> A lot of it is in knowing what the normal pattern is, so that an NB>> abnormal one stands out.... :) BM> Right: Dad had taught me "know what's normal, everything else is BM> abnormal". Potentially very good advice... :) BM>>> Yes, Fedora has its own set of 'magic spells' from Ubuntu BM>>> which I use here. one reason I don't want to play with it here. BM>>> Nothing wrong with it, the GUI is probably no problem but I use a lot BM>>> of command line and that would get confusing. (The Raspberry Pi's BM>>> Rasbian operating system is pretty close to Ubuntu.) NB>>> A lot of it is what one is used to... and which is close enough to that NB>>> to be easily picked up... :) BM>> True. The Windows command to display the network connection is BM>> "ipconfig"; the one in Linux is 'ifconfig'. No idea why didn't stick BM>> with what I'm guess is the 'Internet Protocol' but probably a reason. BM>> OTOH nice to use "iwconfig" for the Wireless information; no idea what BM>> Windows uses. NB>> And I've not a single clue on that one... :) BM> Nor I when I started back in my MS-DOS 2.11 days! But you've had cause to learn some of that since... :) NB>>>> ... I try to take one day at a time, but often several days attack at NB>>>> once BM>>> Is that a 'daze'?! NB>>> Some daze, yes.... BM>> Good news: I'm not confused! NB>> Good... ;) BM> Or maybe.... Must be more days attacked at once again... ;) BM> ... When my computer is down, what can I do to cheer it up? Reboot it... ttyl neb .... "What's the use of a good quote if you can't change it?" - Dr. Who --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .