Subj : Re: Posts To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Sun Jan 05 2020 01:50:52 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 29-Dec-2019 07:39 <=- BM> Whoa! Must have been some party Friday: only one message uploaded BM> Saturday! And, as I recall, was actually written the day before... It was less that the party was intensive as that it did take up pretty much the whole day and evening, and then we had extra things to take care of on Saturday, so no more messages were ready by the time I did that bbs run... I'm getting better on the backlog at the moment... we'll see how that continues... 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. NB>> And, then I suppose, it worked as it was supposed to... :) BM> Yes. And the turkey was nice and tender. Rest of the meal came out BM> good also. :) That's good... :) 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. NB>> That worked... :) BM> It did. I'l just have to hold my decorated-paper-plates-as-a-covering BM> for some other time. I'm sure you'll find an appropriate place to use that idea... :) 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. NB>> I'd seen that little detail before... yes, markers will act as NB>> highlighters, but you do need to use thin line, and only underline NB>> carefully, not cover the entire text... BM> And tend to be not that cautious. I can draw fine lines, under text, BM> but then I get in a bit of a hurry as the reading is more important BM> than the highlighting. Plus some of the markers bleed through the BM> paper so underlining or marking through the wrong text. Better to just BM> do it with the right device. True... Makes things much simpler to just use highlighters to highlight, as that's what they're designed to do... :) BM>> Yes. I don't know how 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. NB>> I've not seen the difference with "roaming" costs on my phone for NB>> ages... it's always the same charge of one unit for each minute or NB>> fraction of for talk and .30 units for each text (with longer texts NB>> counting as two or three texts)... not usually using data charges NB>> which are weird on my phone, just roll along the small fractions that NB>> add up... ;) Using to watch videos or listen to music would have to NB>> be something actually on the phone and that doesn't take any units, NB>> just wears down the battery... mine doesn't really access the web.... BM> Some time ago I looked at the coverage map for this area and there are BM> some places in or around smaller towns where it appears I'd be BM> roaming. Oddly quite a few were along small creeks/brooks. That didn't BM> make sense as transmission is usually in a circle, so would have BM> appeared as dots. Maybe the slightly lower terrain along the water? BM> Don't expect to chat while fishing? I'd guess those would be places where the signal wouldn't be strong enough to be usable... maybe because of being slightly lower, maybe some other reasons.... 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. NB>> Dunno as I remember that incident.... but good that there weren't any NB>> issues from the one tower collapsing... maybe it was mostly redundant. BM> Or maybe it wasn't a cell tower, or at least not one for public use. Also possible.... :) ttyl neb .... 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