Subj : Eggs! To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Apr 26 2020 10:43:00 Hi Nancy! BM>> Yes, I was thinking the other way where "OMG! They go 100 on the BM>> Autobahn!!" 100 KM/h is approximately 60 MPH. NB>> I have heard that they go well over 100 MPH on the Autobahn... BM> I had heard that also. Rode several times during my visits (my cousin BM> driving) and now wondering if the "100" is us here in the U.S. by the BM> unit we're used to: MPH. 100 KMPH (metric) is 62 MPH whereas 100 MPH BM> is 160 KMPH -- there were sections marked "100" and generally everyone BM> doing the same speed. There were sections without a speed limit BM> posted, generally everyone doing probably somewhere between 65 and 70 BM> (MPH), with the occasional speedster but I'd guess 80. Essentially the BM> same as 'wide open spaces' here except they're speeding above a posted BM> speed. And will also state my experience is limited to Austria and BM> Slovakia; maybe the Germans put the pedal to the metal. NB> Definitely higher speeding in Germany... My son has driven the NB> Autobahn in Germany, and he was the one reporting that speeds NB> were in excess of 100MPH, ie 160 KMPH or higher.... that was in NB> sections with no posted limit... :) OK, that speed is definitely more than I'd be comfortable at! ...I don't think I'd drive that fast; as a passenger with my cousin driving maybe -- he'd be more used to that speed, coordinating with the other drivers,... BM>>> -20øC is only four below, which is not an uncommon temperature here. NB>>> I did say "generally" and "here"... Were I to live where you NB>>> are, I'm sure I would have expanded the cheat sheet further... BM>> You might need two pages for Minnesota's winters!! NB>> True.... I do have the back side of my note paper blank still... could NB>> expand it... I had started with one column for 10øC up to 35øC, NB>> during the summer/fall months... then added the second column to take NB>> it down to -4øF for winter... :) Other than windchill, I don't think NB>> it got that low this past winter here.... BM> My chart gets extended! We regularly got to -4øF; windchills BM> sometimes 40-below. NB> You do get more extremes in temps than we get here... :) Appears so! BM>> Right! Any temperatures I write in letters have both units; the BM>> handy-dandy temperature conversion chart is - um - handy up here at BM>> the computer desk, though usually I do a quick check of weather BM>> conditions prior to calling. Weather doesn't come up all that often. NB>> Plenty of other things to talk about, eh...? ;) BM> Definitely, though the past few phone calls my Aunt has been a bit on BM> the grimpy side so not too much of anything. NB> I trust she's doing better...? At this point physically OK but mentally about the same: probably a combination of being stuck in the recuperating facility and so away from home plus not being able to have visitors. As I mentioned in a previous packet I'm not sure she's gotten any get wells cards much less other mail which would laso amplify a sense of isolation. BM>> And lately the lockups have been rare: slightly more humidity and BM>> learning/being cautious to avoid static. The CPU heat sink issue BM>> (overheating) starting to occur again -- need to take this guy apart BM>> to upgrade the heatsink/fan assembly but want to get a full backup in BM>> and the overheating is preventing that. Plan B is copy to an external BM>> drive -- for some reason the system isn't seeing the external drive at BM>> all; LED on the USB hub says it's there. Will check a few things BM>> later, might have to use a different external drive. NB>> Hope you find a route out of what's sounding like a vicious circle... ;) BM> Ended up rebooting took care of the problem -- something else occurred BM> that didn't have a direct involvement with the external drive but BM> could sort of tell it was somehow connected. So now a backup to the BM> external drive -- "interesting" the speed difference between USB 3 and BM> an internal drive! Also took an old Backend (was from MythTV), updated BM> that and testing/experimenting copying files over through the network. BM> Nothing all that unusual, just I've not done it before so going BM> slowly. NB> Might as well not be too hasty... easier to retrace steps that NB> way, should you need to... :) Haste makes waste! As I mentioned the 'transplant' of the CPU's heatsink and fan went fine -- a few steps I wasn't quite certain of: the use of all drawings with no words makes sense as an international product but gave me a few uncertainties. All figured out, works much better than the original. Next time I upgrade probably won't have the hesitancy as know what is supposed to be done, even with a different brand. BM>> We did see a couple of robins the other day! And there must have been BM>> a new batch of squirrels recently as I've seen much smaller squirrels BM>> playing in the trees and Autumn said she saw a tiny one at her home. NB>> I suppose it could be possible on the squirrels... ;) And actually NB>> we have plenty of birds around here now... robins and cardinals and NB>> grackles, and more.... BM> Had a bird -- vaguely like a robin but without the breast marking -- BM> who spent yesterday trying to get in to the house. Dining room looks BM> out on the back yard via a picture window; he was repeated trying to BM> get in: flap-flap-bam! ...Flap-bam! One would think he'd get the idea BM> after a few hours! What was sort of funny is in the morning was BM> another bird, similar, possibly pregant. sitting on the railing, and BM> more or less ignoring him. I could just read her thoughts: 'idiot!'. BM> Didn't see her in the afternoon (maybe she left him and went home to BM> mama!). BM> We tried closing the drapes -- didn't help. Finally taped some tin BM> foil strips to the window -- those blow around in the breeze. ...This BM> morning barely any breeze for a while so he did come and sit on the BM> window sill, sort of looking in forlornly: poor guy probably lost his BM> girlfriend, has a headache from trying to come in, and now we're BM> trying to scare him away. Wind picked up and haven't seen him. He BM> just wanted to provide a nice place for his girlfriend to have their BM> babies! NB> Or couldn't figure out why there weren't any portals in that NB> expanse... He seemed to have tried just about every access he might hame imagined he saw! BM>> Yes: helping out Taste of Japan would make sense to do! On this side BM>> didn't eat out all that often anyway so nothing to really get invested BM>> in. The Village Inn down the hill from here closed -- not due to lack BM>> of business with the coronavirus but just lack of business in general. BM>> The construction of the new I-74 Bridge really hurt them. NB>> And probably the virus was the last straw.... BM> Possibly. Probably. There have also been a couple of other privately- BM> owned restaurants which have closed. Good news is so far most have BM> been struggling through. NB> Maybe some will revive once the strictures lift.... Hopefully! And I'll admit to be getting a little antsy to go out to eat. Have suggested take-out/delivery but so far 'nah'. NB>>> As long as yours is a smartphone, you'd just access their website NB>>> with your phone and set it all up there in your phone from there... BM>> Hy-Vee's digital ad does have a method to 'add to list'. I have tried BM>> it a couple times in the past: didn't like it, but then I was also BM>> still going old school and printing. Haven't tried all-electronic yet. BM>> Will wait until the remodel is done: right now for me easier to look BM>> at the piece of paper to remind me of what I overlooked wandering BM>> through their new layout. NB>> Old habits have their uses... BM> Plus a good use for the recyled paper stack! NB> That, too... :) I find some processes easier and more convenient to use paper, for others to do an all-electronic version, and for other a combination. BM>> Generally middle-of-the-road is best. Cheap is, well, cheap for some BM>> reason. Same for expensive; is it just costing more because of BM>> packaged in individual servings in easy-to-open packaging? NB>> Possibly it's partly the advertising, and some of the "what the market NB>> will bear"... :) BM> True. "Perceived value": "it's brand name therefore it _has_ to be BM> better!" Not always: have had where we like the store brand's taste BM> better. NB> And some stores' brands are as good as or better than the NB> national name brands... Still a few instances where the name NB> brand has some advantage, though.... Agree. Personally I don't like the taste of the house brands compared to Velveeta, so to me worth spending a couple of extra dollars. OTOH most of the crackers and nuts the Hy-Vee brand is just as good if not better so save money there. BM>>> (Reminds me: I have some fruit chews to snack on because Autumn BM>>> didn't like.) NB>>> At least that's people food... BM>> That reminds me: there's still some in the cabinet in the Kitchen. NB>> Used any yet...? ;) BM> I did have a couple for snacks. And then I forgot about 'em until BM> just now! NB> Figures... ;) In the interim they're still one or two packets down there. Guess I'm a cookie over fruit chew kind of guy! BM>>> There are four packets of Ramen noodles in the pantry storage cabinet BM>>> in the basement because I bought them as a joke before I left for BM>>> Vienna last year. (So you won't starve [even though you do most of the BM>>> cooking].) Maybe I should bring one up and have for lunch -- have BM>>> leftovers for today's lunch.... NB>>> One way to try them out, anyway.... ;) BM>> That reminds me! NB>> And...........?? ;) BM> That one hasn't had any activity! NB> Probably have to bring one up just so you think of it when you NB> might be hungry.... ;) Those are still downstairs. Did see a recipe for making a granola-type snack with Ramen noodles. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Economy Is So Bad: check marked "insufficient funds", you or the bank? --- 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) .