Subj : newspaper was: moving or To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Mar 25 2020 07:57:00 Hi Nancy! Very foggy out there this morning: "noticeable" up here on the hill so is really dense. NB>>> (Still lots of overquoting...) BM>> But it said I was using only 6%! NB>> I was referring to mine... It's more the wanting to have the NB>> reply start on the first page, as far as I'm concerned.... :) And NB>> sometimes one just can't snip too much without losing the sense of NB>> the thread... BM> Agree with the 'snippage loss'; sometimes difficult to figure out how BM> to abbreviate what had been said. NB> Other times though, we've veered far enough away from the top of NB> the chunk that one can more easily just chop away at the top... NB> ;) True, and unless I know before I start to reply to that section for me it would be a major job to copy and paste to the new post as this editor tends to start shifting the left margin over one space when pasting so my text would get a stairstep left edge. Right margin is kept, but what was fitting before would start line-wrapping and becomes a mess. Nice editor otherise. BM> The good news is I don't think we have to worry about dial-up charges BM> and running up the bill. Not saying some people aren't using dial-up BM> but if they are probably have subscribed to the flat-rate usage option. NB> Even I only use dial-up in a pinch... ;) But yes, I have NB> flat-rate coverage, and the package even covers US long-distance, NB> which I think is pretty typical nowadays.... Things are a lot NB> different from the early days of bbsing with long-distance NB> charges and all... :) And the mail moves from one bbs to another NB> over the internet now, so the sysop isn't incurring ld fees NB> either... Right. I had a bit of a shock with the international long distance: needed to call my Aunt in Austria as she was in the hospital and and the international card on the cellphone wasn't working (did before, had time). Gave up, call via the land line. No problems getting through. Get the bill the other day: three calls of 11 minutes total cost me more than when I buy international time for the cell phone which gives me a little over two hours! NB>> Ah, well... Your interests are enough different from mine that I can NB>> see where you'd have more of a problem... My station, being public NB>> radio, has no commercials, and with live local announcers with a good NB>> library has a much less limited playlist... but, on the other hand, NB>> it's classical music, not "oldies" or "adult contemporary"... :) BM> Different people, different preferences. Makes for a good balance. :) BM> Do have a few 'lite classical' playing on my Pandora station. ...Not BM> sure if this one counts: Beethoven played by the Piano Guys. NB> It would count as lite classical, at least... ;) Yeah!! And Strauss the Junger was the 'lite' music composer for the times. BM> And I'll pop this one in while I think of it: did stop at the gas BM> station on the way home; no coffee-flavoured M&Ms yet. The woman who BM> was to order was off but the other woman knew all about it. Vendor was BM> in last Monday (of this week) so might have been ordered/requested. BM> And the woman I talked to also likes the coffee-flavoured M&Ms. NB> Potential progress, anyway.... ;) Now, hopefully, for your sake, NB> the vendor will be able to get and deliver the goods.... ;) Would be nice! Planning on finding out tomorrow as will venture into the world to do a bit of shopping and as my gas points expire on Saturday to get gas while I'm out. NB>>> That may be happening with the commercial stations, but I don't think NB>>> so much with the public broadcasting stations... Although there might NB>>> be some sort of cooperative deal with local reporters sharing local NB>>> news among themselves... BM>> Might be. There is some sort of cooperation betweeen the Iowa-side BM>> newspaper and an Iowa-side TV station. And then the same TV station BM>> also reported on at least one of the I Heart Media affiliated BM>> stations, though recently switched to an Iowa-side all-news AM station. NB>> Recently the Public stations group here took in an independent local NB>> newspaper.... which added more local reporters to their "stable"... BM> So far the local semi-independent public station has its own news crew. BM> (Might be just a crew of one or two!). Saw their microphone with BM> nameplate on a story covered by a local TV station. Hmm: just thought BM> of something: the radio station is affliated with a local university. BM> Their news crew might be students getting their radio lab credit! NB> Maybe not totally a joke... could easily have some students being NB> part of the news crew, learning the ropes... ;) I'm pretty certain at least one of the local TV stations does use interns. Not a bad thing as they do need to gain real-life experience, just sometimes can tell they don't quite have things down. (We all had to begin sometime!) BM>>> And like your WXXI there are a few stations to change to when something BM>>> major is going on. One may not be as good now: they had staff cuts BM>>> with the last I-Heart-Media slash so more automated. Still physically BM>>> part of a nine studio complex, so maybe "flip a switch" and simulcast. NB>>> What I was trying to say is that WXXI is the designated station to NB>>> turn to for emergencies... when that EBS test message comes out, and NB>>> says, if this was an actual emergency, you'd be told where to tune NB>>> to... WXXI 91.5 is the one that would be designated for people NB>>> listening to the other stations... :) BM>> Ah! Misread and misinterpreted that one. Not sure what is done here: BM>> I don't recall the test announcements indicating a specific station BM>> would be used. NB>> I think the specific station is only designated in the case of an NB>> actual emergency.... BM> That's possible. ... Checking on-line -- somehow got to Spokane BM> Washington's list so backed up the web pages a bit, got to Davenport BM> but then didn't see where the listing might be -- will finish this and BM> check later. NB> OK. :) (and I saw it's in the next message) You read ahead! ...Or came back and added the comment. NB>> I think we might have a local company that produces the traffic NB>> reports... TV seems to get pictures (from the few times I've happened NB>> to see), radio just a listing of where the accidents or tieups (or NB>> major construction starting) are, which the announcers read on the NB>> air... And I think they are using helicoptors over the city to get NB>> at least some of that.... ;) BM> Maybe that explains the evening helicopter! AFAIK not big enough to BM> need helicopters to report traffic conditions; most if not all are BM> medical usage. NB> Most of the helicopters use here is also medical transport, but NB> there is one that seems to be monitoring traffic.... we also, of NB> course, have a number of traffic cameras set up along the NB> highways.... We have something like eight cameras just on the I-74 Bridge itself, some of which are identified as present but are blocked so might be more for police identification. Also noted one camera needs to be repositioned as is looking up towards the top of the suspension cables instead of down at the traffic. As for helicopters, not in use for traffic monitoring; I don't recall anything about the various police/sheriffs/state police having one. NB>>> Back when I actually took a typing class, I was pretty good... until NB>>> the teacher wouldn't let me look at my hands anymore... :) Typing on NB>>> the computer in the dark actually helped my skills more than anything NB>>> else... I still might look at my hands occasionally, but don't need NB>>> to nearly so much... ;) BM>> I pretty much also have to look at where my hands (and therefore BM>> fingers) are in relation to where they are to the keyboard. Might be BM>> able to look less at the keyboard if I wasn't a two-to-four-finger- BM>> thumb-spacer typist. That's just the way I type and generally works BM>> out rather well. NB>> Yeah... I'm still not a proper touch-typist... but can often do the NB>> corrections without recourse to looking... just keep trying until I NB>> get it right.... BM> "R - no! Y - no! 6 - no! T - yea!!!!" NB> Yup... something like that.... ;) fortunately, I can get it NB> quicker most times.... I can generally type quickly and with some degree of accuracy -- we won't say if the pointer of Accuracy Meter is on the left side or the right!! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Brain doesn't tell to breathe based on low O2 based on high CO2 levels. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .