Subj : Re: flood stuff was: Vacation To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Wed Feb 05 2020 01:34:22 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 30-Jan-2020 15:38 <=- BM>> Had glanced at the preview of this message, hit the key sequences to BM>> reply than cancelled and went back to read the header. Went back BM>> because something didn't look right/caught my attention. The display BM>> had shown "Message # 11100" -- the binary-like message number had BM>> caught my attention. (BTW, it's the number of the message here; would BM>> have a different number at other sites.) NB>> Cute... and right that it would be unique to your system... :) NB>> If I just did the math right, that would be 56 in decimal....? BM> 28. 16 8 4 2 1 BM> 56 is 111000 32 16 8 4 2 1 Ah... I remembered wrong which place was which... I'd made the last (first?) digit 2 instead of 1, I think.... never had to calculate in binary, just was exposed to it later... 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... ;) BM>> Or enough complaints from the smaller stores! The large stores BM>> probably carried acceptable merchandise but us medium-sized stores did BM>> not. NB>> True... that might have played into it... :) BM> Probably. The ones making up the rules may have wandered the BM> departments (or sent a flunky) and came back with "yes, we have it" and BM> forgot the other stores wouldn't carry all the merchandise. Or BM> intended to send and never did. A range of where the shortsightedness might have stemmed from... NB>>>> 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 now... BM>> Yes, for now. Good news: I got the urge to straighten out BM>> that part of the basement. Bad news: some of the mess is just moved BM>> to a different location while being sorted. Good news: some of the BM>> moved mess is waiting to be put out in next Monday's trash pickup. BM>> Good news: found another solar charger which I brought up here to test, BM>> so suppose the 'bad news' is haven't tested yet. (Need to find a Round BM>> TuIt!) NB>> Overall, not a bad set of affairs... ;) I see more positives than NB>> not, there... ;) And useful to have a second solar charger as long as NB>> it works, too... ;) BM> Which I haven't tested yet. Still waiting for Round TuIt, though I BM> might be able to give a more believable excuse as it's been cloudy BM> outside. If the Sun does break through hides quickly. OTOH low Sun BM> conditions would be a good test. ...Moved the box the solar charger BM> is in to 'slightly in the way' to remind me this afternoon. Any progress there...? BM>> Was sort of checking out the original solar charger in the basement BM>> window while doing my clean up: lowering it would get rid of the BM>> shadow from the house but not sure if enough. At this point moved BM>> stuff is in the way. NB>> As long as you get it moved back out of the way fairly soon, it NB>> shouldn't be much of a setback... ;) And it does sound like it will NB>> be a trial and error sort of assessment... BM> As I mentioned in an earlier message I'm (finally!!) cleaning up my BM> Electronics Workbench Area. Part of the delay was no projects to work BM> on -- nice to have those teeny-tiny components so the device is BM> compact but can't hand-solder! (Imagine the size of your cellphone BM> with integrated circuits the size of a thumbdrive!) Plus some of the BM> old stuff I had been saving for parts, etc., is now just too old. So the But First list has dwindled down to Now This Project... ;) BM>> ... Avenge yourself: live long enough to be a problem to your BM>> children. NB>> That could backfire.... BM> Wonder if I can find the tagline about the children are the ones BM> selecting the retirement home?! I've seen a pin with that on it... Be kind to your children, they'll be choosing your retirement home... Dunno if I have a tag with that either... :) ttyl neb .... Heredity is what sets parents of a teenager wondering about each other --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .