Subj : Re: moving or not To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Feb 14 2020 01:28:08 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 07-Feb-2020 08:57 <=- BM>>> And no, Autumn has not been burned while cooking. NB>>> That's a good thing... BM>> Agree. We're somewhat prepared for such an emergency but of course BM>> don't want it to happen. She will sometimes start to get a little BM>> close or careless and given a reminder warning. Better safe than BM>> sorry! We try not to get overly protective; hopefully coming across BM>> more as a 'we care about you'. NB>> And in another year or so, she'll probably be able to tell you NB>> why she should be more careful, not too close, etc... :) BM> Probably so! The 'nagging' we gave will come back! And I bet sometimes telling you not to be too close, etc.... :) NB>>> I don't remember that being the sort of thing they were referring to NB>>> as having fun with cooking.... :) But the recipes were reasonably NB>>> simple and produced good food... :) BM>> We'll probably start introducing some simple meals shortly. LIS some BM>> times back I'm getting a little pancaked out; one of favourite meals BM>> so.... Not going to force her; same as she is given a choice for BM>> dinner and it's what we'll have. (She eats meats, vegetables, at home BM>> - just here she's on the Pancake Kick.) NB>> Just have to figure out a new specialty for fixing/eating with you... NB>> :) She might enjoy that spaghetti and meatballs smiley face, NB>> actually.. BM> Possibly! In the meantime I did 'play with food' presentation-wise. BM> Cut a couple mini powdered donuts in half, stood up on the side and BM> lined up, couple of raisin for eyes, served on a small silver platter. BM> Reminded me a bit of the Loch Ness Monster but she said it was a worm. BM> She also said she doesn't like raisins anymore but ate them anyway. Novel presentations sometimes do get food eaten anyway... ;) BM>>> ...When I first moved out here in 1975 there was a station which BM>>> advertised it as a heavy metal station; per my 'Boston standards' BM>>> (raised 50 miles north) wasn't close. NB>>> The midwest equivalent, perhaps.... BM>> They thought so! Neither the Boston nor local version was something I BM>> was something I'm into, just there are some crazy little outlaying BM>> quirks in my musical and art tastes! :) NB>> Understood.... I'm similar.... and will listen (at least in short NB>> spurts and sporadically) to a wide variety of things... :) BM> I figure as long as I like it that's all I really have to worry BM> about! Exactly... :) NB>>> What I see as the most iffy part of it is not being able to tell just NB>>> from listening which particular station you are tuned to... but that NB>>> goes by the boards anyway when they announce all the different NB>>> stations you might be listening to... eg here, "WXXI 91.5 Rochester, NB>>> WXXY 90.3 Houghton, streaming from wxxi.org, or from your phone app NB>>> (etc)" BM>> So essentially WXXY is repeating what originates on WXXI; essentially BM>> the same as the Iowa PBS network is the source and the transmitters BM>> throughout the state are the repeaters. NB>> Pretty much so... There is a slight variance, as WXXY gets a simulcast NB>> of the news shows from WXXI-AM in the early morning and the evening, NB>> but otherwise is getting the FM feed... So I imagine their station NB>> would have a slightly different call signs announcement at those NB>> times... and the AM station here would be acknowledging their presence NB>> along with the other local stations receiving the same feed... but NB>> then I'm not listening to those stations... ;) BM> Right. The FCC regulations have relaxed somewhat over the years. My BM> guess is under the old regulations even though all the Iowa Public BM> Broadcasting were transmitting the same information from a common BM> source the FCC considered each transmitting site unique and so had to BM> be identified uniquely. Could be... BM>>>> And good news: AFAICT no one lost their job with the merger (?)/new BM>>>> affiliation: Abby and Dan are the two humans doing most of the BM>>>> hosting, DanBot the robot (who thinks he's Dan's son) are still BM>>>> present. Not recalling if I've seen Steve, the guy who plays the BM>>>> guitar -- sort of. NB>>>> Just have to keep your eyes and ears open, I guess.... BM>>> He's still on the website. NB>>> As an icon, or actually doing things...? BM>> So far I've just seen him in 'group' commercials advertising IowaPBS, BM>> nothing specifically of him. NB>> So maybe he's actually moved on.... just still lending his archived NB>> images to the commercials... BM> Possibly. Or maybe waiting until Spring comes: most of his segments BM> (that I recall anyway) were outside and since it's a little cool out BM> there lately.... Yup, that does sound like another possibility... BM>>> When I had my dog I did learn quickly not to leave BM>>> paperwork on the floor: sometimes pawed at, sometimes sat/laid on. BM>>> OTOH we did leave newspaper on the carpet: she liked to run and slide BM>>> on the sheets. NB>>> Which is fine if you are done with the paper... :) BM>> It did take us once to learn that detail! NB>> Just a little destructive... unintentionally, to be sure... ;) BM> Just slightly. :) Before the humans read the paper, not good; after BM> humans read is OK to play. And since dog doesn't know if you were finished reading yet or not, it's up to humans to keep track of it until it has been read... :) ttyl neb .... I never steal Taglines - I'm a genealogist, I just adopt them --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .