Subj : flood stuff was: Vacation To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Feb 05 2020 08:39:00 Hi Nancy! 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 NB> Ah... I remembered wrong which place was which... I'd made the NB> last (first?) digit 2 instead of 1, I think.... never had to NB> calculate in binary, just was exposed to it later... For me more or less the same (surprise!! ). I have used the decimal-to-binary encoding to troubleshoot a TV (!!). Heathkit offered electronics kits: computers, oscilloscopes, Ham radios, televisions, ... freezer failure alarms, water leak detectors.... Anyway, built a TV, the channel display was sometimes not quite right: was supposed to display "Channel 4" and it would sometimes display something like "Chanbel 4". A little detective work and I found in binary the problem was always because a specific line (connection) was supposed to be high (1) instead of low (0). Narrows down from around fourteen connections to two (seven wires, two ends). Yea! Resoldered both ends, no more display issues. 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 NB> 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. NB> A range of where the shortsightedness might have stemmed from... Yes. The 'clean look' of all-white or all-black was a good idea, just could not be properly implemented. It could be done, but at a cost, and the cost was to the employees and the company as we would have to spend more money elsewhere (no assosicate discount) and the elsewhere meant we were not spending money with the company. 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. NB> Any progress there...? Yes -- three or four days ago reported it wasn't working. (This being behind in e-mail does have some disadvantages!) As I mentioned then, I think the primary problem is the UV Block in the windows: doesn't allow the Sun to fully activate the solar cells. I had the same issue with a 'solar flashlight' I carried with me at the store. To recharge I had to put it outside as it wouldn't recharge through the window. 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. NB> So the But First list has dwindled down to Now This Project... ;) For now! Plus I made a bit of a mess up here because of cleaning downstairs: some items downstairs currently make more sense to be up here so were brought up. Need to sort but various interruptions. 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?! NB> I've seen a pin with that on it... Be kind to your children, NB> they'll be choosing your retirement home... Dunno if I have a NB> tag with that either... :) I think I looked in my collection while getting ready to pack the reply into the REP but didn't find. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... 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