Subj : Health Was: Nuts To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Mar 27 2020 11:39:00 Hi Nancy! BM>>>>> Seems like the wax and lacquer would keep the umbrella from folding, BM>>>>> but then maybe it didn't. A collapsing/folding umbrella is probably BM>>>>> a newer option. NB>>>>> Hard to say.... If the wax/lacquer layer was thin enough it might NB>>>>> still fold.... BM>>>> Possibly, though I'm still thinking a high possibilty of cracking. BM>>>> ...Maybe left open. NB>>>> Possibly left open.... BM>>> Another bit of historial trivia solved by logic! NB>>> Or at least surmised at by logic... ;) BM>> Are you implying something done accidentally solved a BM>> problem?! NB>> [shrug] Happens often enough... But who said anything about NB>> solving a problem here... ;) BM> So maybe there wasn't a problem in the first place; we (or I?!) just BM> thought there was? NB> Apparently.... I thought we were just wondering how things might NB> have worked or not.... ;) Me taking it to the next level??!! NB>>>> It might have just partially folded down, too... not folded as NB>>>> tightly as is done now.... BM>>> That could be too. If used for protection from the Sun would be in BM>>> almost daily use, though still that little issue about storing at BM>>> night or even when going inside. NB>>> Well, older houses did have larger vestibules, so there might have NB>>> been sufficient room for umbrella storage.... ;) BM>> Possibly! Thinking that would still take a lot of space even if BM>> hanging from the ceiling and/or wall. NB>> I was thinking of ones that essentially are another large room like NB>> the living room... one side of it could be used to have the umbrellas NB>> sitting, tops tilting to the floor... ;) BM> That could work. I was sort of restricting to being out of the living BM> or gathering rooms. NB> And not thinking of how large a space might be available outside NB> of that... :) I'm half-thinking a front porch area could be use to store but then I don't think Japanese houses have front porches. ...Some day will find out! BM>> ...The history of umbrellas especially the trivia on storage might BM>> make for a unique research paper for some student! Teacher/instructor/ BM>> professor (dependant on grade) probably never had that material BM>> presented before! NB>> Depends on whether there is some sort of documentation available NB>> somewhere... but, true... probably a rather unique paper... ;) BM> Something to keep whomever is grading the paper interested! NB> That could be a bonus... :) I preferred to research and write on something I was interested in and hopefully the reader (so teacher, etc.) was also. Pretty much hated the begining of the school year "what I did on my summer vacation" papers. We didn't do really do anything special just because it was Summer; beaches were crowded - we'd sometimes do a weekend on Cape Cod but was after Labor Day (and so generally after the school assignment) as not crowded. BM>>> if the car had an actual voltmeter display instead of an idiot light I BM>>> might have noted something wrong. NB>>> Yeah... meters are so much more informative than idiot lights... :) BM>> Yes, though don't have the option. Suppose could install one's own -- BM>> LIS, I'm not a mechanic. And now may not need to monitor voltage for BM>> some time. NB>> No, that probably won't be a problem now for a while... I don't know NB>> how available car volt gauges are anymore... there used to be a NB>> catalog for that sort of thing (and other car accessaries), NB>> J.C.Whitney... but I think they may have gone out of business... NB>> Richard used to get their catalogs all the time at one point... BM> I did too, possibly because of installing a rear window defroster grid BM> for my first car. ...Googled: BM> JC Whitney is a retailer of aftermarket automotive parts and BM> accessories. As of 2010, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. BM> Auto Parts. BM> Still very much present as JCWhitney.com. Might be something to keep BM> in the back of ones mind; I don't know enough about cars to consider BM> doing repair work on my own -- looks like they offer fenders, mirrors, BM> seats. ...Seat cover I could handle! NB> That's good to know, that they still are in business... I know NB> that in the past we did get seat covers from them, for instance, NB> along with other types of accessories... :) Yes: I was pleasantly surprised to find they were still in business. OTOH what am I going to do with them? Do recall my first car didn't have a rear window defroster/defogger and I think I got a stick-on one from them. Know I got one, just not recalling from whom. Now I think it's almost a required option, or at least for me it is. Same with the radio -- actually how good the radio is is one of the ways I sort of gauge the rest of the car as figure they're not installing a super- fantastic radio in a super-cheaply made car. (I have a Rolls Kanardly: rolls down one hill and can hardly get up the next!) ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Daffynition: thud - what comes after second --- 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) .