Subj : Re: Do Not Call To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Wed Dec 11 2019 18:27:54 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 05-Dec-2019 08:02 <=- NB>>> If you'd been the journaling type, you'd also have to have been the NB>>> store them somewhere convenient type to be able to check now... BM>> More stuff to store! But yes, probably would have journalled and BM>> graphed -- latter so easier to see a pattern. ...And with weather BM>> (and other things) there are more little details than just time: I'd BM>> guess the Sun's activity, probably the Moon's location (tides, and so BM>> water mass), NB>> That's a lot to keep track of... ;) Might as well leave it to the NB>> professionals... ;) BM> And they don't get it quite right! OTOH it could be a fun hobby. I BM> would assume the folks who put up their own little weather stations BM> and plug them into weather networks like Weather Underground have more BM> of an interest than to see which way the horsie points and how fast BM> those half-balls spin. Probably... :) And might be keeping their own journals and graphs as well.... ;) NB>>> I do the same thing... generally it turns out that the problem is a NB>>> general one... and then I commiserate with the operator on the other NB>>> end that gets more of the brunt of it.... :) BM>> Right. The operator or person answering the phone can't do anything BM>> and sometimes may not have been aware of a problem other than "gee the BM>> phones are quiet". Always good to remember the other person is a BM>> human too! NB>> Indeed. BM>> (OK, so sometimes there is that computer menu thing,.... Handy BM>> sometimes, sometimes not.) NB>> I don't mind getting the computer menu (when it is working smoothly) NB>> for making bill payments on the phone... as long as I can get a real NB>> person if there ends up being any problem.... :) BM> Agree: there are times and places for both. While I prefer to be BM> assisted by a teller at the bank I also like the e-mails (so computer) BM> telling me a deposit or withdrawal was made. I skip the emails... the deposit/withdrawal receipt slip from the teller is sufficient for me.... ;) NB>> Just as well it was a false alarm, you didn't need more bad weather... NB>> As it was, we did get that "promised" wintry mix on Sunday... wasn't NB>> as bad as it might have been... we had frozen rain (sleet) to begin NB>> with instead of freezing rain... so it wasn't as slick as it might NB>> have been... evening church got canceled, but more as a precaution NB>> than as a really needed to.... it did turn to snow, but we only got NB>> another few inches, not a huge dump.... BM> My Mother in southern NH (about 45 miles north of Boston) said she got BM> 18", the bottom layer of which was a little icy. No Meals on Wheels BM> but they had provided an emergency meal prior to the storm and she has BM> plenty of her own food. She did mention she forgot to put the BM> flashlight by her bed in case the power went out. She got it worse than we did... but that's what I'd heard... New England got it much worse than NYS, at least upstate/western.... Apparently she didn't need the flashlight anyway, though.... ;) NB>>> ... "8-BIT MACHINE - a computer selling for four quarters" BM>> Hmm: by the time it gets done processing all the data the information BM>> will be outdated! NB>> You're just trying to process too much at once... poor thing is NB>> overwhelmed.... BM> Should I have a heat sink installed for my brain? I think that comes standard equipment... ;) ttyl neb .... It doesn't work, but it looks pretty. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .