Subj : Isolation Dia To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Jul 07 2020 09:51:00 Hi Nancy! Good Grief! Only 8 a.m. and already 81ø out there!! BM>> Hmmm: nothing was changed on this end. I did notice in one of my BM>> quote-backs a day or two ago (possible Daryl) the mis-translation of a BM>> high-ASCII character. NB>> Probably just a fluke-y thing... hasn't happened since, and within NB>> the further reply sections of this message, they map properly again NB>> with no problem... I think Daryl had replied to this same message, NB>> but got to it earlier than I did... BM> Yes, I noticed things being corrected. One reason why I tend not to BM> get in a rush to fix something as frequently fixes itself. Have been BM> bitten a few times, but usually is right. NB> And probably we'll never know what threw things off for the one NB> message.... Probably not. Can think of several possibilities of how 'auto-fixed', most common and easy to overlook is a nightly reboot. BM>> It's officially 83ø outside currently and the neighbour a few houses BM>> down is having their roof replaced. Yesterday two neighbours the BM>> block behind us were having their roofs replaced. ...May not be the BM>> high but did get to at least 82ø yesterday. Today supposed to get to BM>> 90ø. NB>> (degree symbol still working, I see) I guess one shouldn't be too NB>> unhappy about the heat... it is summer now, after all... BM> Right. This morning was a we-should-open-the-windows-for-a-while 68ø. BM> Quickly decided against that by looking at the next line: 94% BM> humidity! Supposed to be in the low 90's later today (Saturday, June BM> 27) and the next several days. NB> Yeah, that humidity would be a killer.... Meanwhile, we enter a NB> heat advisary tomorrow (Tues 7th) afternoon, until Friday (10th) NB> evening at 8... Temps in the mid to high 90s, heat indices NB> possible over 100ø.... not my idea of fun... Night lows only NB> getting into the lower 70s, too... Fortunately, there's nothing NB> scheduled this week for going out until Saturday, when the high NB> is "only" in the mid 80s..... Ahhhh!! Coooollllllll!!! As I said in an earlier message we've got the hot'n'humid currently and should break on Thursday and last the weekend. Then there's next week.... NB>>> I don't think they'd ever gone out from Daryl's system... I'd not seen NB>>> them anywhere before (at least the ones that went out into Fidonet NB>>> echoes intermittently), so they weren't dupes from earlier... just NB>>> ones he'd written weeks before that hadn't gone out... BM>> Probably. I don't recall if he had messages to go out before his BM>> system had problems. Do recall he was able to download QWKs and reply BM>> to them but had a bad command line and the REP portion wasn't working. NB>> And I think those REPs stacked up.... ;) BM> Looks to have! I had a problem with one of my REP sets but I think it BM> was a 'bad finger routine' on my end: didn't give the right commands BM> as I'm not used to doing an upload and then download together -- had BM> finished the day previous' packet that morning, so upload then BM> download. I don't see the confirmation listing during the upload as the BM> machine goes on to the next step too quickly -- have to scroll back but BM> had done the download so the scroll buffer didn't have the REP portion BM> any longer. Something just didn't seem quite right so kept the old BM> REPs, added a 'may be a duplicate' and re-inserted them later. NB> And, if I recall correctly, that set turned out NOT to be NB> duplicated... Right -- not sure what went wrong here, just some step didn't get done and sinc edidn't feel right redid. BM> Yes, and maybe that REP episode above is another example. I don't BM> recall seeing anything but it didn't seem right. Or the Data LED BM> being off on the fiber optic modem -- the tech didn't seem to mind and BM> one interpretation of the manual's statement would seem to make it OK, BM> but.... NB> Never hurts to pay attention when your mind is trying to tell you NB> something isn't quite right... ;) Yes. Since i was the one who unplugged the cable years ago maybe I remembered, just not actively. And another part of figuring out the puzzle was how to test the cable -- 'laptop' seems obvious but that obviousness got covered up slightly as usually I use wirelessly. All turned out well. :) BM>>> As for next school year -- presuming they're going back to the BM>>> classroom but not 100% certain. Have heard snippets of the various BM>>> local school boards are considering various options, asking for BM>>> parental input on what they would like to do, what worked and didn't BM>>> work last session (during COVID-19), etc. NB>>> There's still a lot of things up in the air, since things really NB>>> aren't known about how things really are tracking... BM>> Yes, and the plan could be to open and some event occur effecting BM>> last-minute changes. ...At this point I'd be thinking "it's back to BM>> school" but also make considerations for home-schooling. NB>> One thing we've all learned... be ready with contingency plans... ;) BM> Definitely! There have been announcements on this week's news of BM> various school districts on both sides of the River having meetings/ BM> virtual meetings to discuss various options, what worked, what didn't, BM> what sort of did and so needs tweaking. NB> Good that they seem to be on top of things... :) Yes. I haven't been paying attention enough to know what the progress is. BM>>> the hidden switch. (The house has been sold a few times -- bet the BM>>> current owners have no idea of those locks, nor the older 'sneaky' BM>>> alarms.) NB>>> Depends on whether or not the info was passed along with the keys NB>>> to the house.... ;) BM>> I'm thinking not. Know when I was still living there my Mother wanted BM>> a speaker in the back yard -- don't recall why it wasn't a simple BM>> battery-powered radio, but a wired speaker into the speaker system BM>> throughout the house. Wasn't loud enough outside so the speaker BM>> cabinet had a small amplifier inside -- so two speaker leads and two BM>> more for the power to the amp. Connector on the outside of the house. BM>> Might have been figured out as long as the speaker hadn't been BM>> discarded, but then also needed to have an audio feed from the main BM>> radio/amplifier in the Den, and part of that system was moved to the BM>> new house. NB>> So fewer clues for the new owners... or for subsequent ones.... :) BM> Unfortunately for them yes. Or at least in the way I see things in my BM> mind. Outdoor speaker, probably now listening to streaming music on BM> the cell phone or WiFi box. NB> True.... your old setup would no doubt be obsolete now... ;) Right. Some of it probably would have been continued to have been used just because was in place, but to figure out.... Nah! ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® ¯ (Humans know what ® ¯ to remove.) ® .... I have a circular driveway; I can't get out. --- 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) .