Subj : flood stuff was: Vacation To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Jan 22 2020 10:10:00 Hi Nancy! Had glanced at the preview of this message, hit the key sequences to reply than cancelled and went back to read the header. Went back because something didn't look right/caught my attention. The display had shown "Message # 11100" -- the binary-like message number had caught my attention. (BTW, it's the number of the message here; woul dhave a different number at other sites.) NB>>> Then I'm certainly glad I didn't work for them... sounds more like NB>>> an over-reaction than a nuanced policy.... BM>> Corporate sometimes got a little overboard. At one time the dress BM>> code was white or black shirts. OK, fine. Black shirt had white BM>> buttons - nope! Had to be black buttons! What was 'funny' is the black BM>> shirts we had for sale had white buttons. NB>> Yes, I remember your mentioning that before... and it would have NB>> made sense to be able to wear the shirts you had for sale.... ;) BM> Corporate did finally allow a tiny bit of colour on the buttons and BM> seams/decoration. NB> Someone talked some sense into them, I guess... ;) Or enough complaints from the smaller stores! The large stores probably carried acceptable merchandise but us medium-sized stores did not. BM>>> To me it would make sense. Warn and act on the ones who are BM>>> habitually late. NB>>> It would certainly seem to be a more intelligent response.... If they NB>>> did follow thru and fire those who were late without any of their own NB>>> fault, I'd think it would open up the company to lawsuits for unjust NB>>> labor practices.... BM>> That comment was tossed about by some of the more vocal Illinois-side BM>> associates. NB>> Did it ever actually happen, that you know of...? BM> I'm thinking a yes but can't remember to whom. Know for certain a BM> friend of mine in Large Appliances was right at the line and as he was BM> a really good performer the store management didn't want to see him go BM> for something so stupid so they begged and reminded him not to be late. NB> And apparently he also made the effort to be on time pretty NB> much... AFAIK yes. He was 'fiesty' enough where he would attempt to comply within reason so leave early to compensate for a traffic slow-down and travel time to use a different bridge if a reported traffic jam but if the traffic jam occurred after he left (so no notification) he would fight any 'black marks'. I was aware of some of the activties but didn't inquire: some times one is better to not know the details and so could be helpful. BM>>> Semi-sort-of did: small "spare" TV is powered by a 12vDC wall wart, so BM>>> a 12v battery will also work. Can be a car battery, except not that BM>>> convenient to run a wire or haul the battery inside. I usually have a BM>>> spare battery or two for the UPS here, so they're already inside and BM>>> easy to move around. Ordered and received some extension cables with BM>>> the correct DC connectors. Put those together yesterday, plus a BM>>> digital voltmeter to monitor the voltage level: drop below a certain BM>>> voltage might damage the TV. BM>>> Only problem right now is recharging the battery. So that's why in an BM>>> earlier message the looking around for a 'special' battery charger. BM>>> Also have a solar cell I bought ages ago -- it shows someone on the BM>>> beach using it to power a radio -- so will see if this will recharge BM>>> the battery. Yesterday was overcast and the solar cell was outputting BM>>> only a few volts; Sun's out and looks like will be pretty bright so BM>>> will see how it works. NB>>> Did you get enough sun for that to work...? BM>> So far no. There were a couple of sunnier days and appears the BM>> problem is I need to lower the solar cell's position on the window: the BM>> top is shadowed. But First's and Round TuIts popped up..... NB>> Of course... At least you figured out the shadowing part.... BM> Though haven't done anything about it yet. Might also try it (the BM> solar cell) up here: this window gets full exposure to the Sun but has BM> the UV block so may not work. The potential bad storm has passed, BM> another storm coming in for the weekend but not as bad, plus ended up BM> with three charged batteries for the TV. NB> So less urgency to check out the solar option.... at least for NB> now... Yes, for now. Good news: I got the urge to straighten out that part of the basement. Bad news: some of the mess is just moved to a different location while being sorted. Good news: some of the moved mess is waiting to be put out in next Monday's trash pickup. Good news: found another solar charger which I brought up here to test, so suppose the 'bad news' is haven't tested yet. (Need to find a Round TuIt!) Was sort of checking out the original solar charger in the basement window while doing my clean up: lowering it would get rid of the shadow from the house but not sure if enough. At this point moved stuff is in the way. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Avenge yourself: live long enough to be a problem to your children. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .