Subj : Re: slow the growing of g To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Sun Jul 30 2023 18:50:00 Barry, BM> So far haven't made it past 99ø -- maybe today! Supposed to be some BM> storms tonight cooling things off, which is good timing as the Bix Race BM> is tomorrow morning (7 mile foot race up and down hills -- no, it is BM> definitely not flat here!) plus RAGBRAI - bicycle journey starting at BM> the western boarder, zig-zagging across the state and this year the BM> eastern dip-your-tires-into-the-Mississippi-River is in Davenport. BM> (The start and end points plus the route vary from year-to-year.) It's around 100 today...and an area of severe storms to my northwest moving southeast. I may have to shut things down before I go to bed this evening. BM> During the local news they have been making quick PSA reminders about BM> checking in on neighbours, elderly, and if one can't hold their hand on BM> the pavement for ten seconds then it's too hot for walking a dog on the BM> pavement. The post I saw from the National Weather Service noted it at 7 seconds. BM> That would seem to indicate a relationship between carbonated drinks BM> and kidneys stones, at least for you. There also seems to be a very BM> strong relationship to osteoporosis and carbonated beverages. Hmm: BM> loss of calcium in the bone structure, many kidney stones are of the BM> calcium carbonate variety... Seems to be a potential link there! I'm having to wait until my disability payment arrives on Thursday to go back to the Post Office Box (it has been over a month since I checked the mail). There was an issue with the alarm system Thursday, and I didn't want to go off on errands. With one final bill left to come out on Tuesday, I won't have enough to make the run to the Post Office and to the bank. My lawn guy texted me this morning, and said he was coming by...and I panicked. I told him "I had to reschedule it for Thursday, when my next disability payment arrives. Otherwise, if they try to debit it out of my account, it'll be declined, and I'll go to jail for having insufficient funds". I called Customer Support, telling them if they were going to muck with my schedule like my pest control folks were doing, I was going to find someone else. It's not right to have them do the work, and not get paid for it...but I also don't want them out there if there's a threat of lightning. BM> But the rubber tips and golf balls should isolate you from the ground!! I've been struck twice...I don't want the third time to be the charm. BM> I just blame it on the keyboard! I'm sober and educated...my keyboard is drunk and illiterate. BM> Diverticuli!! Sounds like the "baby dummy" with ventriloquist Paul Zerdin...the little booger couldn't say "ventriloquist", so he said "Ventrickule". BM> Yes, can. It's a reward for appreciate for making it! Flash your ID does not mean moon them. BM> Backups are good! Even if a little old (months, not years!) better BM> than nothing! But, I couldn't get to the backup. BM> Have had PSUs fail. Have had a motherboard fail: section was charred! BM> I don't think an actual fire, just really-really hot. What was sort of BM> funny is AFACT the motherboard worked with the charred section until I BM> did a reboot -- apparently the BIOS didn't like the charred section not BM> responding! I've had power supplies/batteries fail as well. BM> They should warrant a battery repair more than 30 days. OTTOMH the BM> only reason for a battery (UPS) to go out is a sensitivity to being on BM> a surge-protected power strip. I don't know if an alarm circuit needs BM> to have the detection sensitivity of a computer's UPS -- would doubt BM> it. Some sort of voltage smoothing seems to be necessary: don't want a BM> glitch to set off or reset the alarm! (I've built battery back-ups so BM> have some experience.) It was 6 times in 6 months, and I am sick and tired of it. BM> Part of the problem is lack of training. Most of the time when calling BM> in the 'service tech' is reading from a script: "Power boot the system: BM> unplug while we count to 20...." Admittedly power booting will BM> frequently fix or at least bypass the problem, but for those times when BM> it doesn't we need a little bit more training (like how to go to the BM> next page of the script!) Sort of like Xfinity...you call their Customer Support line, and they text you a link to their Xfinity Assistant to solve the problem. If things fail, then they'll let you talk to a real person (I guess AI doesn't work). BM> Not having any experience with commercial alarms systems I can't offer BM> much other than generic fixes. Appears you have 'battery failures' but BM> six in six months either means a bunch of faulty batteries or more than BM> likely something wrong with the battery circuit. Easiest thing would BM> be to replace the alarm unti, of which the battery circuit is a part. It's rare that I lose power here. BM> And sort of a 'side note' but I do it automatically: make certain the BM> extension's wire thickness is more than sufficient. Don't use a flimsy BM> zip cord extension for an air conditioner type of thing -- there is a BM> reason the a/c wire is thick! I'm 'notorious' for using 13- and 15-Amp BM> extensions where a 5A zip cord will suffice. Better too much current- BM> carrying ability than not enough. A $20 power cord is better than a BM> $20,000 fire! Or like the idiot who substituted a penny for a fuse. BM> Heck: I read 'light' and was thinking the light in a refrigerator! If they don't want us to have a midnight snack, WHY is there a light in the refrigerator/freezer?? Daryl .... My ship finally came in, but I was at the airport. === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.20-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (454:1/33) .