Subj : weather To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Jun 26 2020 15:53:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>> Different countries... Of course, generally one uses a three-letter NB>>> abbreviation for a country, so CAN instead of CA, but the end of an NB>>> internet address for Canada will be .ca and I think the other country NB>>> codes are also only two letters as well.... BM>> I tend to spell out mainly because I don't know the other countries' BM>> abbreviations. Well, Austria is AT. :) NB>> So as not to be confused with Australia, which is .au... I also know NB>> that Germany is .de and of course .uk is United Kingdom... :) BM> Yes. My cousin probably would have suggested NK for Austria's postal BM> abbreviation: No Kangaroos! The Austrians do make a joke of being BM> mixed up with Australia: post cards, t-shirts, etc., will have a BM> silhouette of a kangaroo overlaid with the slashed circle and other BM> joke references. NB> Ok for souvenirs, but one would think that for official something NB> more reasonable would be better, like the .at instead... ;) Yes: fine for the joke reminder, for official anything definitely not. As for mail I doubt if the icon would even be considered: mail sorting is generally automated and the machines just 'look' at the address. Even when human intervention is needed (machine unable to sort) AFAIK it's generally a picture of the envelope front and the person doing the reading would probably ignore anything but the address portion, or certainly isn't allowed the time to admire a slashed kangaroo. And probably wouldn't 'get' the meaning as dealing with Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, etc., etc. 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 again, NB>>> but today and tomorrow are mid 70s and high 60s respectively... time NB>>> to cool things off again... ;) BM>> Have the windows open currently as 61ø outside and low-ish humidity -- BM>> they'll be closed probably by late-morning as it gets into the 80's BM>> and eventually 90ø or so. NB>> We've had a cool few days, but now things are steadily warming up thru NB>> this week to be back in the high 80s again by the weekend... at least NB>> the nights will mostly be in the 60s so I'll be able to open up at NB>> night to cool things down again... :) BM> Lately have the windows open in the morning and close up some time in BM> the early afternoon to retain some of the coolness/not let the BM> warm-to-hot air in. NB> We've had recurring patterns of pleasant and then too hot... last NB> night and all day today, it's finally been cool again, so the NB> window's been open, and will stay thru tonight... Tomorrow I'll NB> be closing down mid-morning again, probably... :) Pretty similar here: yesterday was the ending of the cool period. Thermometer here showed 90ø; closed up the house well before then. This morning was 70ø outside when I got up - - not bad but the humidity was up there and as supposed to get into the 90's again decided to keep the windows closed. The male meteorologist on this morning's news even said he was hot and perspiring slightly on the way in to the studio and that shift starts around 3 -- on air he was wearing a long sleeved dress shirt, suit and tie -- don't know what he wears in. BM> Anyway, dry when they were here; shingling is done and looks nice. Now BM> just waiting for the trim: gutters, awnings, etc. Got a call yesterday BM> from the coordinating company hired by the insurance company saying BM> there's going to be a wait as running behind. At least the important BM> part is done. NB> As long as it gets done reasonably expeditiously... ;) Yes. And might be "anyone can shingle" but special equipment is needed to form the gutters and window sills.. 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 is NB>>> always best, of course... ;) BM>> They might prefer cooler but may not have a choice! NB>> True. BM> Two houses the next block over were having their roofs replaced -- I BM> was 'roasting' just being on grass trimming shrubs! NB> Guess one just has to hope that the roofers are used to working NB> in all kinds of weather.... ;) It appears so! I know I sweat easily - I'd probably would be filling the gutters with prespiration if they had me roofing! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Headline: Experts Sure Dow Will Either Rise Or Decline. --- 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) .