Subj : Isolation Dia To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Thu Jul 30 2020 08:23:00 Hi Nancy! BM> Good Grief! Only 8 a.m. and already 81ø out there!! NB> Didn't bode well for the rest of the day...! Don't recall what that day's weather ended up being but we have had some air = 90ø+, heat index = 100ø+ days. Went out last night (had Autumn in the morning/early afternoon, too hot and humid in the latter half of the afternoon) -- worked up a sweat just weeding! 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>>> I guess one shouldn't be too unhappy about the heat... it is summer NB>>> 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 heat NB>> advisary tomorrow (Tues 7th) afternoon, until Friday (10th) evening at NB>> 8... Temps in the mid to high 90s, heat indices possible over 100ø.... NB>> not my idea of fun... Night lows only getting into the lower 70s, NB>> too... Fortunately, there's nothing scheduled this week for going out NB>> until Saturday, when the high is "only" in the mid 80s..... BM> Ahhhh!! Coooollllllll!!! As I said in an earlier message we've got BM> the hot'n'humid currently and should break on Thursday and last the BM> weekend. Then there's next week.... NB> This whole month has been mostly heat advisories with a few NB> breaks with highs only in the mid-80s... not been functioning all NB> that well, as you may have noticed from my erratic messagings.... There were a couple of days I felt mentally sluggish. Was dog-panting hot 'n' humid outside, pretty much stayed inside -- numerically the temperature and humidity normal inside but something wasn't qute right. 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... BM> Right -- not sure what went wrong here, just some step didn't get done BM> and since didn't feel right redid. NB> Generally good to trust your gut... especially if no easy way to NB> verify one way or the other.... ;) Yes -- twice is better than none. 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... ;) BM> Yes. Since i was the one who unplugged the cable years ago maybe I BM> remembered, just not actively. And another part of figuring out the BM> puzzle was how to test the cable -- 'laptop' seems obvious but that BM> obviousness got covered up slightly as usually I use wirelessly. All BM> turned out well. :) NB> And as they say, all's well that ends well... ;) Yup. :) 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... :) BM> Yes. I haven't been paying attention enough to know what the progress BM> is. NB> After all, at the moment, you have no real need to pay NB> attention... :) I've been lightly monitoring and that's about it -- enough to answer a few "what do you think about this option" type question. So far appears there will be two groups of students, first half of the alphabet and second half by surname, and Week 1 one group will have in-person class Monday and Tuesday, at-home (virtual) Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Week 2 same group will be virtual M and Tu, in-person W, Th, F. The second group will have the mirrored schedule. Masks and social distancing required. There was also something about how breakfasts and lunches would be done -- no self-service, IIRC they weren't eating in the cafeteria but in class to contain the groups, social distancing, etc. I don't recall how recess, etc., were being conducted. What's sort of funny/a shame is the school Autumn is attending was just constructed - literally: it was built over the last two years and opened last January. 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