Subj : Re: Do Not Call To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Mon Dec 23 2019 21:06:02 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 12-Dec-2019 12:30 <=- NB>>> Might as well leave it to the 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. NB>> Probably... :) And might be keeping their own journals and graphs NB>> as well.... ;) BM> If they go to the detail of connecting to one of the amateur weather BM> networks they probably have more than a casual interest, so a BM> journaling and graphing would probably occur. To me interesting, but BM> not enough to do myself. Still need to do my only little display of BM> the others' findings (because the wireless sensors don't work up here). You'll get to it eventually... ;) My interest doesn't extend beyond seeing what WUnderground or norway predict, and how it turns out... ;) 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. NB>> I skip the emails... the deposit/withdrawal receipt slip from the NB>> teller is sufficient for me.... ;) BM> For in-person, yes. I meant the automated ones. Ah, the ones I don't do anyway.... ;) 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. NB>> She got it worse than we did... but that's what I'd heard... New NB>> England got it much worse than NYS, at least upstate/western.... NB>> Apparently she didn't need the flashlight anyway, though.... ;) BM> No, my Mother didn't need the flashlight; she did get 24" of snow. BM> Didn't have to go anywhere but did sort of complain to me she didn't BM> get plowed out until the middle of the afternoon. Just as well that she didn't need to go anywhere.... ;) When that happens to me, I generally just relax as long as I really don't need to be going anywhere.... BM> ... I'm in a class by myself. Everyone else graduated. Cute one... ;) ttyl neb .... Definition: Protein -- In favor of young people. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .