Subj : Re: Miss.RvrDamBreach-Davenpt To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Jan 24 2020 01:20:16 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 18-Jan-2020 08:13 <=- BM> Until they come up again, I guess... ;) BM>> As for the thumbdrives of pictures for my Mother and Aunt, I did find BM>> it took around a minute for the digital picture frame to load -- BM>> something I could sort of put up with knowing what was occurring in the BM>> background but the two who got sometimes confused by a remote control BM>> were too tempted to hit a button to get something going. Dividing BM>> pictures to multiple thumbdrives helped speed up the loading time, plus BM>> a little less fiddling with getting to a section/event. (I put the day BM>> trip to our visit with relatives in Slovakia on its own thumbdrive.) NB>> One does have to consider the audience... :) As long as they NB>> could handle switching thumbdrives for the next set of pictures, NB>> breaking it down makes a lot of sense for them... :) BM> Well when I sent the digital photo frame and thumbdrive last year my BM> Mother did her appreciative of the thought but we (my Aunt and Mother) BM> barely know how to operate a remote control, blah-blah-blah, excuse- BM> excuse-excuse for not using it. Me: "Did you read the letter?" My BM> Mother answered either "what letter" or "haven't had time yet". BM> Either way was a 'no'. My letter gave detailed instructions with BM> pictures, plus had Google-translated for my Aunt so they could talk BM> back-and-forth about it. Plus both have people who'd be able to help BM> just by looking at the things - no instructions needed. You did what you could.... If they want to see the pictures, they can figure it out or get someone to help them do so... possibly even you, next visit... ;) BM>>>>> Here we stick government facilities in the middle of the River BM>>>>> ==> the Rock Island Arsenal! NB>>>>> But that's on a fixed island, not a floating one... ;) BM>>>> We'd better hope it doesn't float downstream!! NB>>>> True... :) BM>>> I can just visualize that mess! Arsenal Island breaks loose, floats a BM>>> little way down the Mississippi until it gets stuck. River is BM>>> effectively dammed so floods a bit, which creates pressure and works BM>>> the Island loose, so downstream another little ways.... NB>>> Yup... that would indeed be messy.... BM>> "So where am I being relocated?" BM>> " on Arsenal Island between Iowa and Illinois. BM>> ... No, between Illinois and Missouri ... No, now BM>> between......" NB>> And drifting.. except for when it snags.... BM> That would be something to see!! Yup. :) ttyl neb .... Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .