Subj : weather was: food option To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Jan 31 2020 08:23:00 Hi Nancy! BM>> there's bare ground near the rear bumper. Will go out later to move BM>> the white stuff around, plus around noon the temperature is supposed to BM>> start dropping to 0ø, Then the winds kick in; yesterday they indicated BM>> around 40 MPH, today 30. NB>> Sounds a lot like what we got last weekend, too... And we're being NB>> promised some sort of storm this coming one, too. starting Saturday.. :) BM> Which probably are my Wednesday-Thursday-Friday systems. NB> Probably was.... :) So now you can be ready for that "weather event" we're having Tuesday (probably to you by Friday). Maybe I won't write about it so it will be a surprise for you too! NB>>> (Like me and Wizard-speak...? ) But yes, that's essentially how I NB>>> remember it being explained before, that MS-DOS couldn't see or use NB>>> it... BM>> Yes, you and Wizard-speak! :) And sometimes the "motherly 'because'" BM>> is sufficient: one can look at the "how is it formatted?" part, see BM>> "Y", know it should be "X" and know that's the problem. Don't really BM>> have to know more other than "because". NB>> Back to Wizard-speak... I don't need to really know anything other NB>> than that the Wizard does know what he's talking about and doing... ;) BM> At least you are taking an interest to learn some of the vocabulary BM> and definitions. NB> Or at least absorbing some of it.... Which is good. At least you have a Black Box idea of what the Wizard is talking about. BM>>> Plus goes with my sort of wish-thought of it only snows on green BM>>> surfaces ==> have the snow to make things wintery but no shovelling BM>>> sidewalks, cleaning off cars, etc.! NB>>> I'm with you on that last... my idea of a proper snowfall... ;) NB>>> Generally, even if the streets and sidewalks stay clear, the cars NB>>> might not, unless one has just been out driving them, though.... BM>> Even then one can get a bit of a build up of snow and ice in protected BM>> areas like the side mirrors and rear window. NB>> Especially if there's much of a wind blowing things about and into NB>> such areas... :) BM> True. I don't know if it's something I learned from Dad or experience BM> (or both) but I'm a little obsessed with clearing the glass on the BM> car. Mainly want to see, so that takes care of most of it, but then BM> there's a little point at the front of the side windows which if isn't BM> cleared blocks the view of the side mirrors. NB> Probably some of both... I may not always clear all the snow off NB> the top of the car, but I do clear all the "lights"... lights, NB> windows, mirrors.... I do clear the glass and mirrors (understand the 'lights' term, just not something I use) because I want to see. Do try to remove the snow from the rest of the car (so painted surfaces) but sometimes can't because stuck on. Don't want to have a slab of snow-ice fly off the car but if I can't get it off..... BM> ...And I'm thinking of a house at the corner of where I turn to get BM> into my extended neighbourhood. Kept up, but whomever selected the BM> colour must have been more colour-blind than I am: is a burnt-orange, BM> which looks bad in the summer with the green lawn but even worse in BM> the winter with the snow-covered lawn. And not just me seeing an odd BM> colour: other people have remarked. OTOH it is unique among the BM> whites, light grays, light golds! NB> Unique isn't necessarily a bad thing, after all... no mistaking NB> that house, if one has guests coming, or even a delivery.... ;) Yes, we've used "we're the only two-story house on the street" as an identifier. BM>> To me a nice-looking house (and roof) with a blah yard is better than BM>> the other way around. Though it's the people inside that count the BM>> most! NB>> Indeed. :) BM> So I suppose now I need to visit the people in the 'pumpkin house' to BM> see what they're like! NB> Now that's a good thought.... ;) You could also find yourself NB> becoming accustomed to the strange color, over time.... ;) Or NB> someone else might paint their house an even stranger color, NB> putting this one into a sort of perspective... Hmm: 'light lavender' comes to mind! Could be one of those sneaky colours which appears bluish in bright sunlight but dawn or dusk or overcast days shows the real colour. ...Don't think we'll try with this house! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... "A modest little person, with much to be modest about." --- 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) .