Subj : Re: weather To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Sat Jul 04 2020 20:37:02 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 26-Jun-2020 15:53 <=- 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... ;) BM> Yes: fine for the joke reminder, for official anything definitely not. Besides, one never knows... there might be a kangaroo in an Austrian zoo.... ;) BM>> As for mail I doubt if the icon would even be considered: mail sorting BM>> is generally automated and the machines just 'look' at the address. BM>> Even when human intervention is needed (machine unable to sort) AFAIK BM>> it's generally a picture of the envelope front and the person doing BM>> the reading would probably ignore anything but the address portion, or BM>> certainly isn't allowed the time to admire a slashed kangaroo. And BM>> probably wouldn't 'get' the meaning as dealing with Albania, BM>> Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, etc., etc. Postal mail tends to have its own set of official abbreviations... and one can always be more careful and spell it out entirely... ;) 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 window's NB>> been open, and will stay thru tonight... Tomorrow I'll be closing down NB>> mid-morning again, probably... :) BM> Pretty similar here: yesterday was the ending of the cool period. BM> Thermometer here showed 90ø; closed up the house well before then. BM> This morning was 70ø outside when I got up - - not bad but the humidity BM> was up there and as supposed to get into the 90's again decided to keep BM> the windows closed. And now, with it being July 4th, things are really hot again... high 80s yesterday and today, and 90 and above for next week... Not sure if we can stay on top of cooling the house overnight... and we don't have A/C at all except in my car... BM> The male meteorologist on this morning's news even BM> said he was hot and perspiring slightly on the way in to the studio and BM> that shift starts around 3 -- on air he was wearing a long sleeved BM> dress shirt, suit and tie -- don't know what he wears in. He might "dress up" there at the studio before going on air... at least that's probably airconditioned... :) 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... ;) BM> Yes. And might be "anyone can shingle" but special equipment is BM> needed to form the gutters and window sills.. Possibly... ttyl neb .... Who's in charge of washing the Family Group Sheets? --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .