Subj : Re: flood stuff was: Vacation To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Thu May 14 2020 19:58:40 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 07-May-2020 12:37 <=- BM>> Back from my Abbreviated Thursday Morning Meanderings. "Scored" a BM>> four-pack of Angel Soft toilet paper for a neighbour who has been BM>> on-line shopping but her store (not a HyVee) is always out of toilet BM>> paper. I was talked out of putting a bow on the package as a joke. NB>> [chuckle] Who knows, she might have appreciated the bow.... ;) NB>> It was a nice gesture/present all the same... :) BM> Yes, I thought she would think it humourous. Oh well. Another time, maybe... ;) BM>>> Was at 31ø when I woke up to what sounded like something sliding off BM>>> the roof -- must have been the trash pickup as they start at 4 a.m. now BM>>> due to the COVID-19. Used to start collections at 7 a.m. Not sure why BM>>> they start three hours earlier now but.... NB>>> I don't think that our pickup times were changed due to COVID-19... NB>>> I suppose starting earlier would let them finish earlier, maybe gives NB>>> time to sanitize afterwards....? BM>> Possible. Even though automated pick up I'm quite sure there are BM>> accidents: minor ones from the container being blown over by the wind BM>> to more major ones like not being held securely by the picker's BM>> claw-arms. Neither of those are COVID-19 specific; I would have wanted BM>> to clean up after returning from the route. Sanitizing before entering BM>> the trucks would help prevent spread amongst the workers but doesn't BM>> take three hours, plus the start of the route was also advanced. NB>> I was thinking sanitizing after the route... which should still be NB>> sanitized when they start the next day's route.... BM> True -- to me would make more sense to clean after the day's route BM> than to leave it overnight to 'fester'. Personally I'd probably do a BM> touch-up job before starting my route: wipe the steering wheel and BM> control handles but more of a dusting as opposed to a deep cleaning. Besides, if you were the last one in the truck the night before, how would it have picked up any viruses overnight after your deep clean....? BM>>> Supposed to get into the low 60's this afternoon but also up to 40 MPH BM>>> winds this afternoon and rain/thunderstorms around 9 or 10 tonight. NB>>> We had that last week, too... and now we're having a similar weather NB>>> pattern again this week... a little warmer this week, though, than NB>>> last... it was almost 70 today.... And there's only a slight NB>>> possibility of the thunderstorms.... BM>> We had some rain, thunderstorms, wind earlier this week; today is nice BM>> and clear but very windy. Supposed to get into the lower 70's today; BM>> TV forecast says low-80's for Saturday but ansiweather (wherever their BM>> forecast comes from) says 74ø for Saturday's high. Cooler Sunday and BM>> next week. NB>> Still no thunderstorms here that I'm aware of... rain and wind, NB>> though... and now this week is quite cool for May, after having had a NB>> lovely Sunday, with the high in the high 70s... frost warnings almost NB>> every night this week, and the threat of snow for maybe Saturday... BM> High today supposed to be 66ø with a chance of some rain late to BM> overnight and a cold front coming through. Still talking about 31ø or BM> so for Saturday morning and chillier than normal next week. We had those frost warnings clear through last night (13/14), every day just about, and one day I did hear a little thunder in the distance... but now we are finally having warmer weather... rain on the way, though, and possibly thunderstorms... BM> BM>>>> It seemed like the TV would accept the last station scanned, so 47 BM>>>> (repeater, weaker) would be selected over 4 (primary, stronger), BM>>>> though not always (47.1, 4.2, for example). So good something else BM>>>> was changed. NB>>>> True, it would have been less annoying if there seemed to be some NB>>>> legitmate logic to it... BM>>> Though I'd rather have it so both the stations were selected and the BM>>> user could select the option of removal. NB>>> More likely that you'd pick the proper one to remove or to keep, that NB>>> way.... ;) BM>> And there are reasons to want the weaker repeater station: a while BM>> back something happened and Channel 4 (the main station) was on but no BM>> data: the carrier was there but no audio nor video. The repeater BM>> station at Channel 47 was broadcasting properly. NB>> Yes... at that point, you'd want the option to choose the working NB>> station, for sure.... :) BM> It does make watching the show more entertaining! To say nothing of not being a waste of time.... ;) Better to have the options available... :) ttyl neb .... Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .