Subj : Re: Resend Miss.RvrDamBre To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Thu Jun 25 2020 23:38:14 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 18-Jun-2020 12:34 <=- NB>> Interestingly, it appears that the reply packets that never reached NB>> you did manage to get to Daryl, as he replied to some of the NB>> originally sent ones... BM> That makes sense when one looks at the mapping. Essentially you and BM> Daryl are on one side of where the problem may have been, Ky and I are BM> on the other, so you two saw the messages and our side was blocked so BM> we were unable to see. Oh, ok... :) As long as it stays working now... :) BM>> Sometimes it's just easier to keep it packaged in that Black Box. I'm BM>> pretty much for recycling, re-use, etc., but there are limitations: BM>> trusting a re-used HESCO barrier against tons of river water to BM>> protect millions of dollars of property may not be the smartest. Maybe BM>> as a secondary/backup level: the reused barrier supporting the new BM>> barrier. Overall seems safer to strain out the parts of the used BM>> barrier and recycle those materials to make new. NB>> I'm thinking that it would take an expert in the use of the HESCO NB>> barriers to really make that determination... :) BM> That probably would be a good assessment! The rest of us can come up BM> with alternate uses which may or may not via viable -- for some reason BM> 'emergency housing' had popped in to my head. Pile around a few HESCO BM> barriers like so many Lego blocks; no idea on the roof. A very large tarp....? BM>>> True: nice to be be in a crowd: amplifies the concert experience, BM>>> camaraderie in a bar, the overall social experience, etc., but the BM>>> downside is the easier transmission of disease -- any disease, not BM>>> just COVID-19. NB>>> Yup, upsides and downsides to crowds... some diseases are more easily NB>>> spread than others, of course... Even for bars and concerts, I'd just NB>>> as soon not be in too much of a crowd, though... ;) BM>> I'm/we've not gone out all that much - high point of general BM>> socializing is grocery shopping!! Places are partially opening now, BM>> usually at 50% capacity. We don't do the Bar Thing, nor eat out all BM>> that much (I'm getting a bit antsy though!). NB>> We don't do the bar thing, either... :) BM> And with the re-openings of various types there have been spikes in BM> reported outbreaks because people not taking the necessary BM> precautions, social distancing seeming to be the big one. So far we've not been having outbreaks with the reopenings... I think people here, at least in our county/region, are complying sufficiently with the precautions... BM>> One can somewhat control social distancing at a grocery store or BM>> restaurant. At a bar/party situation probably not nearly the control: BM>> drunk guy/gal stumbles against..... NB>> Always a possibility, although, from memories of earlier times, I NB>> don't remember that happening all that often, at least not to me... BM> Go on...! Nothing to say.... generally, if at that sort of party, sat on the outskirts and just observed others making fools of themselves.. BM>>> ...Saw a news item where a restaurant re-opened and instead of blocking BM>>> off every other booth with tape they dressed up mannequins and blow-up BM>>> dolls and sat and posed them at the not-to-be-occupied tables. (Some BM>>> of the blow-up ones did look a little 'suspicious' and spooky!) Clever BM>>> idea to make the restaurant look less empty; wonder how many live BM>>> patrons took photos/selfies with the mannequins? NB>>> People being as they are, I'd guess it at least occurred to many of NB>>> them... and probably some did follow through... ;) BM>> I'll admit to thinking I might be tempted! At least take a picture of BM>> the mannequin-occupied tables. Selfie or picture of the group BM>> "chatting" with them is almost a natural. NB>> A lot of that would be due to the novelty of it, though... it would NB>> wear off soon enough... :) BM> Yes, probably after the second or third visit, though even if no BM> longer a novelty for me I might bring visiting friends to experience. BM> Come up with a variation: large stuffed animals (maybe I've been aorund BM> Autumn too much!).... Maybe so... ;) NB>>> Maybe those bugs she didn't like looked particularly ugly/scary NB>>> and not at all cute.... BM>> Quite possibly. Some bugs don't have that attractiveness quality, at BM>> least to humans. And she was playing with some roly-polies she found BM>> in the rock garden here yesterday. (She did return them when she was BM>> done.) NB>> Learning some responsibility towards the natural world.... ;) BM> Yes. The other day she was entertaining a white moth. Don't recall BM> how it start but she had a ~3/4" moth on her finger and it was just BM> sitting there, quite contented, every so often stretching its wings but BM> made no attempt to fly off, so no fear on its behalf. "Mr. Moth" got a BM> tour of the deck in the back yard, placed on a couple of small statues, BM> stayed on them for a while walking a little, then Autumn put him back BM> on her finger to continue the tour. Eventually to the front yard, then BM> returned. Finally she placed him in a potted plant on the deck, in BM> the shade, Mr. Moth sort of 'looked around' for a minute then crawled BM> under the flower. Sounds like she could have a career as an insect "whisperer"... ;) Rather impressive that the moth was willing to go on the whole tour like that... ;) BM>>>>> Haven't done anything directly with the Burning Bush but looks to be BM>>>>> dead. Not sure what the other shrub/bush is but the leaves look to BM>>>>> be different from what I remember the Burning Bush having, but could BM>>>>> be because has recently budded and not fully leafed out. Need to do BM>>>>> other yard work before cutting out the dead branches. NB>>>>> You'll get to it soon enough... ;) BM>>>> Yup. Was doing some yard cleanup yesterday and with it greening up BM>>>> doesn't look as bad. Still needs to be done of course. But First! NB>>>> A bit at a time... ;) BM>>> And today's not its time! NB>>> Has it happened yet....? ;) BM>> Uh, no. Too, hot, too rainy, roof repair, taking care of Autumn.... BM>> If the dead branches rot won't have to cut!! NB>> One thing after another..... and sometimes procrastination pays off in NB>> the end... BM> I don't think I'll be waiting until the rotted stage. :) Currently BM> other yard jobs more important that show. By the time it gets to that stage, it'll move up higher on the list in any case.... ;) ttyl neb .... 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