Subj : Re: flood stuff was: Vacation To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Thu Mar 12 2020 01:37:02 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 06-Mar-2020 08:47 <=- NB>>>> and reminders are always good... ;) You might even hear something NB>>>> closer to the rescan 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. NB>>> So someone's likely to catch it... ;) BM>> And did: March 13th. Well, if it doesn't go BM>> right we know what to blame! NB>> But Friday the 13th is a LUCKY day.... At least my sister would NB>> say so, she turned 13 on a Friday the 13th... ;) BM> And my parents were married on a Friday the 13th. ...My joke to BM> people worried about Friday the 13th is "You know what's worse? BM> Saturday the 14th!!". Or, when Friday the 13th comes on a Monday (Tues, Wed, Thurs, etc)... 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. NB>>> It will be an interesting experiment, anyway... and possibly NB>>> productive as well... ;) BM>> Yes: would be nice + handy if can place the solar unit in the basement BM>> window, but if not, just start looking for an outside location. LIS, BM>> the running of the wires may be a problem; may end up dropping that BM>> option and going with the plan-ahead charge from the wall outlet. NB>> Eventually you'll get it checked out... and its good to have a backup NB>> plan as well... ;) BM> Backup plans are always good. Have read where "having a backup plan BM> means a lack of commitment to the original plan", which on the surface BM> I'd agree with, but things will break, something unanticipated will BM> occur, etc. I think that lack of commitment idea is just a bit too strong... :) OTOH, planning tons of detailed contingency plans is definitely overkill in the other direction... ;) It doesn't hurt to have a clue what one might do, should the bridge need to be crossed later, but the detail certainly can wait until one is a lot closer to that potential bridge... A little planning for the future, in a few possible options, can be wise; planning in great detail for an unlikely future is a waste of time and energy.... :) 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!) NB>>> Yup... when the scratchouts get too messy, just transfer the proper NB>>> info onto a new sheet of paper, and things are pretty again... ;) And NB>>> no contortions necessary (except for getting the sheet of paper from NB>>> the box)... :) BM>> Probably minimal as would tend to be working on that box BM>> and so on the floor or on a table. ...Now which box is the pen in??!! NB>> True... if you are adding/subtracting from that box, it would tend to NB>> be handy... ;) I'd've thought the pen would be somewhere on the table NB>> or floor next to you... but possibly under that pile of papers.... BM> I have a cartoon of a desk scene; at the far side is a person looking BM> for a pen; at the near side is several pens hiding behind a coffee mug BM> and a thing some other desk item. Caption is one pen saying to the BM> other something about hiding from the human as he squeezes the BM> lifeblood out of pens. Cute. ;) BM> My pens generally don't seem too fearful as I try to keep them all BM> snuggled together in a container. Much handier that way, too... ;) ttyl neb .... The solution to a problem changes the problem. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .