Subj : Re: PING Question To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Apr 17 2020 18:11:10 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 08-Apr-2020 08:36 <=- BM>>> Probably worked out better for all of us; on the surface me as "one BM>>> paper instead of two" but the three of us essentially knew by getting BM>>> rid of one assignement I'd throw myself into the other. NB>>> And this way you'd be in a good position for whatever came next from NB>>> either teacher... ;) BM>> Probably true: no other recollections of special requests. Maybe they BM>> corroborated so I couldn't combine. Doubt it. NB>> You mean collaborated....? Probably there just weren't two topics NB>> assigned at the same time that lended so well to dovetailing them NB>> together.... ;) BM> (Yes.) And quite possibly not on the topic joining. As you BM> indicated, I think it just happened the two assignments had the BM> possibilty of being combined -- LIS I don't even remember what the BM> classes were much less the topic, Just a happy juxtaposition... :) BM> NB>>>>> Richard was also taking it to slow his heartbeat... BM>>>> Both of us have 'hummingbird hearts'?! NB>>>> Controlled Afib, in his case.... ;) BM>>> If the medication cuts out the low-level heartbeats, leaving only full BM>>> level ones, could see that to control irregular beating. (I know: BM>>> really sloppy concept!) NB>>> It doesn't really change the irregularity of the heartbeats, but NB>>> it does keep them from being so fast as to be ineffective... BM>> Right: mine was closer to every other beat being a partial contraction BM>> so effectively got rid of the half-level contractions. NB>> Ah... a little different, then... BM> Just slightly, depending on the cause of the fast beating. As long as BM> it works! In his case, he gets "beat...beat.......beat.beat"... and before meds, that was so fast that the nurse couldn't get a pulse number or get a blood pressure reading... now with things slowed down, it's just irregular... ;) NB>>>> You used it multiple times in the same paper, then... when did NB>>>> you catch on to your creative spelling...? ;) BM>>> When the instructor told me! Abbreviation was "eqpt" and I guess BM>>> instead of thinking the 't' was the final letter I thought it was at BM>>> the end of the first half. Maybe heard something like "the car is BM>>> equipped with" as 'equipted'.... NB>>> That sounds like a plausible explanation.... ;) And if you'd not NB>>> (or at least often) seen it written out..... ;) BM>> It looked right to me. Not that I'm a fantastic speller, but didn't BM>> look wrong. ...Of course can't prove that based on some of my typos! BM>> (Though there is a difference between typing casually here and typing BM>> for school or work.) NB>> More likely to check it against a dictionary when for school or work, NB>> although I do often check, especially if after I've typed it, it NB>> looks wrong... sometimes that's all it is, that it LOOKS wrong... BM> But 'equiptment' looked right! ...One thing I disliked about BM> dictionaries was I already knew the word was probably spelt wrong but BM> now I have to know the correct spelling to look it up! Or at least be creative in thinking different ways in which it might be spelled, so as to track it down... BM>>> ...She's off from school so far through April 10th. NB>>> So, spending more time with you...? Around here, I think they may NB>>> have gone to online learning and virtual schoolrooms... and possibly NB>>> for the rest of the school year.... I know the colleges have been NB>>> doing this semester online now... BM>> Schools (and just about everything else) have been closed for some BM>> time, doing everything on-line. The good news (of sorts) is her mother BM>> works for a college and they have closed down so she can take care of BM>> Autumn plus do schoolwork and her Dad does recess. NB>> That works out for her, then... :) BM> Yes. Public schools are now closed though April 30th. The 'good BM> news' is the college where her mother works is also closed until then. Chances are that schools and colleges will end up being closed for the rest of the term.... except for whatever distance learning they've been able to set up to do online.... BM>> We more or less go with the flow: Autumn will sometimes want to play BM>> school - sometimes with us, sometimes with the stuffed animals. She BM>> seems (briefly) fascinated by the 'hard math' she will throw at me: BM>> "one hundred and three plus one hundred and three?!" "Two hundred BM>> six!" (Thinks - not sure if she calculates or just assumes I'm BM>> right.) And yes, does help to do the add-left-to-right trick! NB>> She might actually be adding it... and doing the trick, for that NB>> matter... ;) Just have to picture it in one's head... ;) BM> The smaller single-digit additions she has done in her head - there is BM> a bit of a delay as the 'math table' hasn't been fully constructed up BM> there. The beginnings of the two-digit table has also started: 12+5, BM> 32+2 types of additions has also started, though with less confidence. Clearly she finds it fascinating... and worth playing with... ;) And demonstrating to/with others... :) BM>> I have forwarded a few posts I've received on things like virtual BM>> tours of museums (dinosaurs have some interest), Shedd Aquarium, they BM>> listed the one in Boston plus panda bears in China. No idea if Autumn BM>> has seen; they have a huge TV so would be almost like being there! NB>> Those could be an interesting sidelight to home lessons... :) BM> That's what I was thinking, or a trigger for another option ==> that BM> aquarium picture looks like we're in a cave -- hey! let's see what BM> virtual cave tours are available! Possible... :) BM> Haven't gone outside to check on the hail damage yet but did note BM> there's a roughly 9" rip in the screen for the slider. Something that'll need fixing sooner than later.... :) BM> ... Mysophobia: fear of picking up the latest infection when out in BM> public. Something it seems we are being encouraged to do, lately.... ;) ttyl neb .... No, I don't know what apathy means, nor do I care... --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .