Subj : newspaper  was: moving or
To   : Nancy Backus
From : Barry Martin
Date : Sat May 30 2020 11:30:00


Hi Nancy!

 BM>>> ...Another issue my Mother has, which is very common, is because she
 BM>>> needs to read instructions and/or find the button on the remote the
 BM>>> menu times out ==> turns off/disappears automatically. "But I pressed
 BM>>> <button>!" Yeah, but the menu's no longer on."  I'll even admit to
 BM>>> having that happen to me -- where's that button they want?
 NB>>> Yeah... that's very frustrating....
 BM>> They need "Beginner's Mode": the menu stays up twice as long as
 BM>> default. Of course there is that one little problem of having the menu
 BM>> stay up long enough for the beginner to get the timer into Beginner's
 BM>> Mode!
 NB>> I think that Beginner Mode should be the default... one can always
 NB>> move into Regular or Expert Mode later...
 BM> Agree.  Probably just two modes - Beginner as default and Regular.
 NB> That would work...  :)

Think we can get the manufacturers to do that?  


 BM> They do have some TVs, etc., when first turned on (out of the box) an
 BM> on-screen instruction comes up to show how where to connect the
 BM> antenna, etc.
 NB> That would be helpful... I wonder, if one moved, and had to set
 NB> up things at the new place, would that come up again....?

Good question.  Haven't moved, haven't have a long power outage or need 
unplug a TV for a long time; no one has mentioned it after they moved.


 NB>> Just like some bbs softwares that offer an expert mode where the menu
 NB>> doesn't show all the different "spells", for when one gets so used to
 NB>> it they don't need the reminders anymore...  I think I switched to
 NB>> expert mode just a couple of times over the decades, and quickly
 NB>> switched back to normal.. it just was actually a lot easier not to
 NB>> have to remember it all... :)
 BM> <chuckle>  Yes!  I have had the opportunity for Expert Mode, tried,
 BM> and switched back.  Can be handy, but usually a nuisance when can't
 BM> read the options when something isn't working as expected 'cause hit
 BM> the wrong options and got sent into an unfamiliar menu.
 NB> That's when one hopes for some master spell that works on any
 NB> menu to return to the menu... or at least remember how to switch
 NB> back out of Expert (which also hopefully works on all menus)...
 NB> ;)
 
The magical Return or Exit key!  ...Hopefully "Exit" as a smaller word 
soe they can print it larger, plus 'return' implies 'to go back' but
back to where?!


 BM>>> I've seen birds perch on some twigs which I'm surprised hold!
 NB>>> True... goes to show how light they actually are... bones filled with
 NB>>> air pockets (and not osteoporosis, either) to help their ability to
 NB>>> fly... ;)
 BM>> Yes - amazing on the natural physics in altering the bone structure to
 BM>> make it lightweight.
 NB>> One might even say that God is an excellent engineer... ;)
 BM> He seems to do a better job 'on the fly' than we do with the
 BM> load-bearing calculations, etc.!
 NB> Considering that he's the Author and Creator of it all, I'd
 NB> expect so.... ;)

He's thinking "silly humans, it's all magic!"


 BM>>> That reminds me: the two eaglets have hatched at the Arconic site.
 BM>>> Saw one.... :)   This year only one camera feed.  Last years were
 BM>>> two, usually a close-up and the other further back.
 BM>>> www.arconic.com/eaglecam
 NB>>> Another year has flown by...!  Maybe they didn't replace the one that
 NB>>> had been submerged....?
 BM>> I'm pretty sure they did as the picture is now widescreen vs. the old
 BM>> two almost square.  Also seems to be a lot more detailed than the old
 BM>> cameras.
 NB>> So they replaced both cameras with one better one.... :)
 BM> Apparently!  I was being a little nerdy and trying to find the
 BM> resolution but didn't.  ...They did scare me a little the other day:
 BM> went to see what they critters were up to -- where are they??  Mother
 BM> gone, looked like the eaglets were gone too -- did they fall out of
 BM> the nest??  Apparently just well-hidden as a later check and the mother
 BM> was back and the two eaglets next to her sleeping.  I haven't seen both
 BM> grown eagles so far this year.
 NB> Papa took off earlier than you'd started watching....?

Quite possibly -- maybe he was out looking for breakfast.  Just checked:
both parents off running errands; the two eaglets are behaving
themselves in the nest.



 NB>>> [shaking head]  He certainly has had more than his fair share of
 NB>>> problems there....
 BM>> Unfortunately, yes.  Not due to 'stupidity' -- thinking of like using
 BM>> a lightweight extension cord on a window air condioner -- just the
 BM>> "poop occurs" is thrown in his specific direction.
 NB>> Indeed.
 BM> And in a post from him I uploaded this morning he has spent his
 BM> 'COVID-19 Check' on a new system and UPSs.
 NB> A reasonable use for it for him.... :)  Doing his part for the
 NB> economy... ;)

He did mention that. :)   For whatever reason the technicians at 
wherever he purchased/took the new 64-bit computer to couldn't get it 
install a 32-bit Operating System (takes smaller bites of data is one of
the easiest ways to compare) -- I and a few others sent some information
to give to the techs to help (it's not too common to do) but he got his 
mother's computer working so he placed the BBS on that system and was 
able to return the new one.  He does have to get some other parts for 
what he has at home so some of the stimulus check being used.



 BM> And he says he does have a whole-house surge supressor installed.
 BM> (I'm still trying to figure out how his original UPS 'blew' when
 BM> nothing else in the house was damaged -- sort of more is there
 BM> something I should do here to prevent a problem.)
 NB> Maybe Little Rock is a special case...?

I'm starting to think so!  Power problems, the cell service goes out, 
the hardware for his Internet service gets fried during storms.....  Not
like that stuff never happens, just seems like it is constantly 
happening for him.  


 NB>> ... "Put knot yore trussed in spell chequers."
 BM> I was reading a joke where they used a spell check utility to look for
 BM> possible sequencing errors in DNA genomes.
 NB> That would be a joke.....

Does tend to make sense though! :)


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