Subj : weather To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Jun 07 2020 10:13:00 Hi Nancy! -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 31-May-2020 07:40 <=- NB> With this message, I appear to be all caught up.... I've not had NB> any replies from you since May 31st... I have noticed that you've NB> been conversing with Ky in the echo, so you seem to be around... NB> It's ok to start replying now... just not all at once... Ky and I noted the lack of messaging: know Daryl if off-line, you sometimes don't reply for a day or two. The others don't post consistently. Started thinking something was wrong between the transfer between Michael's and Lee's systems. BTW, Ky received his server RAM from me. (I still think the original description didn't say 'server' but did after -- was updated. Oh well, found a good home.) BM>>> When I was working people were 'always' getting Iowa and Ohio mixed up NB> NB>>> And then there are the various states' abbreviations starting with 'M' NB>>> that everyone mixes up... or with 'A'.... MS Mississippi, MO Missouri, NB>>> MI Michigan, AK Alaska, AZ Arizona, AL Alabama, AR Arkansas... etc... BM>> The "M's" cited seem to be self-confusing: "MI" for Mississippi BM>> initially makes more sense than "MS", but then "MI" for Missouri, and BM>> why not the next letter, so "MS"? And those two-letter abbreviations BM>> can't overlap with the others used in the rest of the world. NB>> I lived as a child for 4 years in MS.... had a particular need to get NB>> those all straight... :) Of course, one can still mix up CA Canada NB>> or CA California.... ;) BM> Yes, not sure how that one slipped by, or maybe there's a positioning BM> rule of some sort. At least the ZIP code format is different! NB> Different countries... Of course, generally one uses a NB> three-letter abbreviation for a country, so CAN instead of CA, NB> but the end of an internet address for Canada will be .ca and I NB> think the other country codes are also only two letters as NB> well.... I tend to spell out mainly because I don't know the other countries' abbreviations. Well, Austria is AT. :) NB>>>> And local conventional wisdom is to not plant anything before NB>>>> Decoration (Memorial) Day.... This seems to be a year that bears NB>>>> that one out.... ;) BM>>> Interestingly that one is two weeks after the local Mother's Day BM>>> marker: your weather seems to be warmer than here. BM> I've had the window up here open during the last several days because BM> nice and cool, though yesterday got into the upper 70's. NB> Today I have the window open... last few days were up in the 80s NB> again, but today and tomorrow are mid 70s and high 60s NB> respectively... time to cool things off again... ;) Have the windows open currently as 61ø outside and low-ish humidity -- they'll be closed probably by late-morning as it gets into the 80's and eventually 90ø or so. ...Tomorrow they're supposed to be here to replace the roof from the hail damage -- project has been delayed almost a week because of weather: I think did rain one day but they probably had a few days of late starts because of fog and so the roof they would be working on would have been slippery. BM> Supposed to get into the mid-80's starting Tuesday, which might be BM> 'good timing' as they're supposed to be here Wednesday to reroof due BM> to the hail damage. NB> I thought that roofers prefered cooler weather to work in... Dry NB> is always best, of course... ;) They might prefer cooler but may not have a choice! NB>>>> ... Try this. I haven't tested it, but I think it will work. BM>>> So my turn to be the guinea pig?! NB>>> Yeah... why not....? BM>> Right now with the barber shop having been closed I might be mistaken BM>> for one if I curl up on the floor! I think they're allowed to re-open BM>> in a limited manner today. ...OK, snooped on the Web: my site isn't BM>> re-opening until Sunday. "Ewk! Ewk! Ewk! Ewk!" -- I think that's BM>> soft barking sound a Guinea Pig makes! NB>> You make a rather large Guinea Pig, though, I'd imagine.... ;) BM> Plus I tend to walk upright! NB> That should help some, I'd think... Keep hitting my head on the cage door! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Q. What kind of work does a weak cat do? A. Light mouse work. --- 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) .