Subj : Posts To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Apr 28 2020 10:19:00 Hi Nancy! BM>>> Am making progress on multiple projects -- would prefer to be able to BM>>> do one or two at a time and get those completed but sometimes have to BM>>> order parts, etc. NB>>> Yup... there are some times when one can go full-speed ahead on just NB>>> one project, and other times when one has to put things on hold for a NB>>> bit and work on something else for a while... :) At least you are NB>>> making progress on all the ones you're working on... ;) BM>> Well, sort of! I'd like them to go faster/quit throwing those BM>> annoying detours in my way but that's the way things are. Too easy BM>> gets boring! NB>> Besides, you have all this extra time on your hands now, being stuck NB>> at home... BM> Maybe that's the problem: I'm not getting away to give time to think BM> of the solution! NB> So the brain just closes down.... maybe.... ;) I don't know about closing down but there atre times when it seems to 'pull a donkey' and just not want to do anything! Mostly seems to go in a loop: I've done this troubleshooting already. BM> Did get a couple of minor preparation-type things done last night BM> after Autumn went home. One problem I had which doesn't quite make BM> sense is the temporary/spare computer didn't have the video output BM> through the HDMI switch but did directly (not through the switch). BM> Sort of defeats the purpose of the switch. Tested, appears the cable BM> is the problem though is one of the amplified types ("Redmere"?). NB> Maybe it's too fancy...?? ;) Seems to be along those lines: from what I've read either the switch doesn't know what to do with the signal or the monitor/TV gets 'confused' by the new signal suddenly appearing. For me is going to be one of those medium-sized Black Boxes: good enough to know the combination doesn't work, it's not going to work with a super-duper switch, etc. BM>>>> And the cats purr and rub along your leg. "Haha, silly human! You BM>>>> think this means I love you; it really is me marking you with my scent BM>>>> and you're mine!" NB>>>> Or some of each.... ;) I did once have a male cat that actually NB>>>> "marked" me.... he was my son's cat, and due to my son moving from an NB>>>> almost rural area into the inner city (Philly) was about to come home NB>>>> with us instead... We went down to help the kid move and all, and NB>>>> there, prowling amongst the boxes and other upheavals of the NB>>>> apartment, the cat came over to me and sprayed my leg... He'd known NB>>>> me from previous visits there... apparently decided to stake a claim NB>>>> elsewhere.... ;) BM>>> Uh, nice? Not quite what a human wants from a 'love interest' but BM>>> from the cat perspective was a high compliment. NB>>> It certainly did take me aback at the moment... and then I sorta NB>>> figured out what he was up to... ;) Only did it that once, too... :) BM>> You learned after the first time to run! NB>> Actually, it might have been more on the order of your little dog NB>> jumping up on the sofa... ;) the cat might have done it without really NB>> thinking through the ramifications, and then realized, uh-oh... ;) BM> Quite possible: "I thought was a tree! Human was wearing brown BM> pants!". NB> Actually, I was probably was bare-legged at the time.... ;) And NB> we were inside at the time... ;) You were well-tanned... :) ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting? --- 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) .