Subj : Re: Posts To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Sat Dec 28 2019 01:47:34 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 20-Dec-2019 11:09 <=- BM>> No, but getting there: the Family Christmas is this Saturday (December BM>> 14th). NB>> And now it's already happened... or didn't the weather cooperate NB>> after all...? BM> Weather cooperated: cold but not bone-chilling. Dinner came out BM> nicely. Minor problem initially with the turkey: had purchased one with BM> the pop-out thermometer. Well, the thermometer itself had popped out! BM> More looked like never inserted in to the breast but there was a little BM> tear in the skin where it seems like it should have gone. Good news BM> was the thermometer was found in the bottom of the overwrap so just BM> stuck it in. And, then I suppose, it worked as it was supposed to... :) BM> Oh, as for the wrapping of the solar lights, took some paper towel BM> tubes and inserted them over the stake portion. Loosely wrapped gift BM> wrap over the top (lighted) portion and twisted and so sort of looked BM> like the fancy wrapped Christmas candies. That worked... :) BM>>> Autumn is into drawing and I somewhat expect her to continue as her BM>>> mother is artistic, so pens, pencils, coloured pens and pencils, BM>>> supplies, etc., will probably be easy gifts. I have a holder with a BM>>> variety of coloured pens, markers and highlighters -- yes, slightly BM>>> colourblind but I still colour code! Autumn uses those when she BM>>> brings up her sketch pad. NB>>> That's handy, then... :) Even slightly colorblind, you probably NB>>> see the colors as being somewhat different from each other.... BM>> Yes: glancing at the holder there happens to be a pink marker and a BM>> pink highlighter next to each other: close but definitely different BM>> cap colours. NB>> And as long as the colors are different when used, you'd still be NB>> able to distinguish between them, I'd guess... BM> Yes, though the missing detail is one set is a marker and the other BM> highlighters. I think when I got the markers they were out of stock BM> of the highlighters, plus tired of shopping (five minutes is more than BM> enough! ) and so got the markers thinking they'd work as BM> highlighters. Well, they do highlight on the page but tend to BM> obliterate the text! Was thinking of giving them to Autumn but won't: BM> keep them up here and when Autumn wants to come up and visit/change of BM> scenery she has the coloured markers, highlighters and pens to draw BM> with. I'd seen that little detail before... yes, markers will act as highlighters, but you do need to use thin line, and only underline carefully, not cover the entire text... BM>> The only problem might be if you roam into an area only served by BM>> Verizon. I'm thinking that's now extremely rare. (Back in my cell BM>> phone selling days at the store we originally warned our customers BM>> because the Williamsburg IA area was roaming; no big deal other than BM>> there is a large shopping center there. For whatever reason the BM>> original carrier couldn't get an agreement in that area; has been BM>> taken care of since.) NB>> It seems that in most areas now the carriers have made agreements NB>> to service each other's customers, or allow use of their tower NB>> for the other carrier... BM> Yes. I don't know who much roaming occurs now. I sort of figure if I BM> need to use the cell phone I need to use it regardless of the BM> credits/units being withdrawn. Of course I'm not using the phone just BM> to watch videos or listen to music, etc. I've not seen the difference with "roaming" costs on my phone for ages... it's always the same charge of one unit for each minute or fraction of for talk and .30 units for each text (with longer texts counting as two or three texts)... not usually using data charges which are weird on my phone, just roll along the small fractions that add up... ;) Using to watch videos or listen to music would have to be something actually on the phone and that doesn't take any units, just wears down the battery... mine doesn't really access the web.... BM> No idea on the tower arrangements now. Know used to be one would get BM> good reception on the back deck or front sidewalk so drive along and BM> see people pacing along the sidewalk, etc. You might remember last BM> summer a tower collapsed on top of a bank building here. (The tower BM> was on the roof of the building.) I never heard of whose tower, nor BM> any service interruptions/issues. Dunno as I remember that incident.... but good that there weren't any ussues from the one tower collapsing... maybe it was mostly redundent... ttyl neb --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .