Subj : Re: flood stuff was: Vacation To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Feb 28 2020 16:47:30 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 23-Feb-2020 08:37 <=- NB>>> Yes, I do believe you'd mentioned that before... BM>> Me? Repeat myself? Nahhh!! ..OTOH that did remind me to write a BM>> reminder note: was told one of the area stations will require a rescan BM>> around March 17th. The station is affiliated with two local stations; BM>> not sure about them but will be on the lookout; rescan should catch BM>> but if too early ==> Channel 6 had done theirs at 11 a.m. while other BM>> local stations a little after midnight. NB>> Nothing really wrong with a little repetition... and reminders are NB>> always good... ;) You might even hear something closer to the rescan NB>> date about what time each will be happening.... BM> Yes: with me sometimes with the repeat I'll remember a detail I didn't BM> catch before. As for the rescan, have a couple of people also looking BM> for the date as they will have to rescan their TVs also. So someone's likely to catch it... ;) BM>>> ...And if one doesn't know what they're BM>>> doing better to leave alone and have a professional correct but BM>>> one can still observe "this outlet works and these do not". NB>>> And observation can give a pretty good idea where the issues are... NB>>> whether or not one can do the fix... :) BM>> Right. And sort of laughing because of an incident here years ago: BM>> had the dining room/family walls redone. Paneling had been glued to BM>> the drywall plus some other issues so had the old drywall removed and BM>> new installed. We were at work; drywaller somehow discovers an outlet BM>> no longer works so figures he broke it so goes to the hardware store, BM>> buys and replaces the outlet -- still doesn't work. Tells us and BM>> apologizes where we get home. Ends up the problem is at a different BM>> outlet: "Outlet #4" doesn't work but the problem is the output BM>> connection at "Outlet #3" had come loose. BM>> #1 ==> #2 ==> #3x--> #4 BM>> Outlet #3 worked fine but the wire to Outlet #4 had loosened so no BM>> connection, no power to #4. NB>> Yup... you've told that story before too, but it's quite apt... :) NB>> So you fixed the connection at #3 and everything worked again... :) BM> Oh-oh! I'm on Summer Repeats like the TV networks?! As for the outlet BM> repair, yes. Conversations do tend to be circular on occasion... ;) BM>> BM>> sunlight-through-the-glass-block-window-in-the-basement seems easiest: BM>> UV should pass through the glass blocks (though too thick?), being BM>> inside protects the solar cells, the location makes it easy for me to BM>> hook up the battery. Just need to test later. NB>> Good question on whether the glass-block windows might be too thick... NB>> definitely would need to test that out thoroughly.... but the other NB>> factors do sound promising... BM> Yes, potential for the UV -- OK: I wasn't sure on the excitor: BM> figuring UV as IR didn't sound right. Quick scan of a couple of BM> articles and they say photons; could still be a preference for the high BM> end of the visible light spectrum. Will see what happens when lower BM> the solar cell in the basement window to give it better light exposure BM> and see what happens. It will be an interesting experiment, anyway... and possibly productive as well... ;) BM>> Just need to find the right box! I do label, and right now BM>> instead of writing on the boxes I fold a sheet of paper in half and BM>> list the general contents on the paper which is hanging over the side BM>> of the box. Easier and less messy looking to update the paper than BM>> scribble on the box. NB>> That does make a lot of sense... :) And might be quicker to read NB>> a sheet of paper along the side of the box rather having to move NB>> boxes around to read the tops of them or something... ;) BM> Right: plus easier for me to write on paper and then move it to the BM> box than on the side of the box ==> sort of a mild acrobatic to get BM> into the writing position! And with paper easy to update with a new BM> sheet. (Though some have scratch-outs -- I'm not that picky!) Yup... when the scratchouts get too messy, just transfer the proper info onto a new sheet of paper, and things are pretty again... ;) And no contortions necessary (except for getting the sheet of paper from the box)... :) ttyl neb .... Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .