Subj : Resend Miss.RvrDamBre To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Jun 26 2020 15:53:00 Hi Nancy! 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. NB> Oh, ok... :) As long as it stays working now... :) Should. :) 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. NB> A very large tarp....? I was thinking that; how supported didn't immediately come to mind. Though I'm thinking BIG rooms/areas: gymnasium-sized. Smaller areas would require shorter roof supports which would be easier to obtain or create. 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. NB> So far we've not been having outbreaks with the reopenings... I NB> think people here, at least in our county/region, are complying NB> sufficiently with the precautions... There have been some isolated outbreaks in the region; I don't recall any locally. Locally a lot of crowd-events have been cancelled or being modified ==> the Bix (foot) race is going virtual; the John Deere Golf Tournament cancelled until next year. (Both are international events.) 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...! NB> Nothing to say.... generally, if at that sort of party, sat on NB> the outskirts and just observed others making fools of themselves.. I'll admit to being a sort of 'social wallflower' - drinking has minimal appeal to me. I do drink, but one will probably last me at least an hour. "Getting wild and crazy" just isn't me. To modify, 'always the designated driver, never the partier'. 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. NB> Sounds like she could have a career as an insect "whisperer"... NB> ;) Rather impressive that the moth was willing to go on the whole NB> tour like that... ;) We thought so! 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. NB> By the time it gets to that stage, it'll move up higher on the NB> list in any case.... ;) That's pretty much a certainty! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.-EleanorRoosevelt --- 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) .