Subj : Re: Various Things (1) To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Sun Feb 26 2023 02:50:00 Barry, BM> Sometimes one just has to learn for oneself, though the latter example BM> I'd try to have avoided at all costs! Too many people in life "have to learn the hard way". That includes ME, in that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". I tried to upgrade the BBS software, and when it didn't work, I deleted the exec (main program file directory), thinking I had a backup directory available. To my horror, I discovered I did not...and the 2 external USB drives were no good...one failed, and the other wouldn't let me get the data. Another issue was that several doors quit working...apparently the DORINFO1.DEF file works better than the DOOR.SYS file. I lost the CAPTCHA deal at logon, but one feature of Synchronet allows me to set the inactivity timer for DUMB terminals (bots) to 15 seconds. They usually get dropped, and instantly reconnect, but several at once tie up the nodes. Yet, if they enter something like supervisor, admin, root, sysop, etc., they get dropped, and the IP gets a temporary ban on it, which I change to permanent once I see it in the control panel. BM> If everyone played nice things would be a heck of a lot better. One BM> side wants to make as much money as possible while the opposite side BM> wants to have the money or other luxury. (That phrasing isn't quite BM> right.) A happier medium is someone reports a problem (or potential BM> problem) and it's check out, and as necessary fixed. Seems like that BM> would save alot of crises expenses later. So many want to always have the latest and greatest stuff. I'm content to use whatever still works, even if it's legacy. Years ago, items were made with QUALITY...now, they just mix a bunch of crap together, and call it a working product. BM> "Poop occurs." A fire on a train or truck on the ground is less BM> catastrophic than one in an airplane. OTOH some of the ground BM> accidents have come close. On your quote, it better...digestive tract poisoning is no fun. :P A conflagration is deadly, unless used to keep warm or for cooking. I don't want to be on a plane...as it plunges to the ground, it's the sudden stop at the end that does you in. :P As one cartoon years ago noted "If man were meant to fly, he would've been born with airline tickets". Or like the product warning noting "Cape does not permit the user to fly". BM> I'm thinking I'd rather put up with the relatively brief inconvenience BM> of a long train than recovering from an explosion. I would, too. But, only in America (and likely in other areas)...we race to: 1) Beat the traffic lights to an intersection. 2) Beat the trains to a railroad crossing. 3) Beat the boats to a drawbridge. But, we'll stand patiently for 3 hours on the golf course. Or as the late Red Skelton asked "How can your wife see a yellow thread on your suit jacket, and yet, miss the garage door??!!". BM> Locally the freezing rain, etc., were about 50 miles north. I got rain BM> pretty much all day. The TV forecast for the 'northern counties' was BM> for a possibility of up to an inch of ice, along with the possibilty of BM> downed tree limbs (ice build up plus was windy) and power outages. BM> Nothing like that here; LIS rained all day plus wind guts around 30 BM> MPH. ...My little radar display was quite colourful! Radarscope can look like Christmas Tree...especially the red and green colors on the velocity display (red with winds in the storm moving away from the radar, and green with winds in the storm moving toward the radar). When you see the red and green together in a couplet, a tornado may be forming, or occurring. Today (Feb. 26) starts Arkansas' 2023 Severe Weather Awareness Week, and I'll have posts in the weather echoes through Saturday, March 4. It looks like the arctic oscillation will go negative in early March, which means colder air diving south. With the relatively mild winter, many trees, flowers, plants, etc., have stared blooming/budding out. It is becoming increasingly likely that there'll be a late winter/early spring frost and or freeze (it happens every year). Several years ago, it was Mother's Day weekend, where northwest Arkansas got 7 inches of heavy wet snow, and the cold killed many gardens...needless to say, many folks weren't happy. My cousin in Erie, Pennsylvania, does no garden work until AFTER Mother's Day. BM> Yes: really can't get anything done as partially distracted on BM> listening for a delivery truck -- cars don't make too much noise BM> (usually!). Have to stop whatever one is doing on a split-second of BM> the ringing of the doorbell. If the doorbell camera is working (mine runs on an internal battery, but the wi-fi has to be up), I can work on the computer and watch the camera. But, if the wi-fi/internet is out/offline (especially due to storms), or if the unit is being recharged off the UPS with the USB cable...I have to sit by the front door, and watch for the delivery vehicle. I'm always afraid nature will call at the most inopportune time (it usually does), and when I'm in-disposed, they'll show up. Waiting for the delivery is as exciting as watching paint dry. DS> One doesn't get older...one gets better. And, I'm approaching DS> magnificent. BM> You keep believing that!! If I don't inject humor into my day, I'd be crying constantly. As Roger Rabbit noted "If you don't have a sense of humor, you're better off dead!!". Plus, the T-Shirt I saw that noted "If you can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to laugh at you". BM> True. ...So was the map showing expansion or contraction?! Expansion...but several areas I'd like to see service, didn't have it. The Moline/Quad Cities areas were on the map. I can email you the file if you want, or you could probably do a search for something like "Amtrak Map 2035". BM> Just about everything can potentially cause or catch fire! ...Even BM> people! ...Maybe that's the reasoning behind the old Chinese one child BM> rule: less people to spontaneously combust. And, we thought having a hot temper was bad enough. DS> Dirty old Sysops need love, too. BM> Take a shower! A cold one!! Conserve water...shower with a friend. :P Daryl .... He was promoted beyond his level of incompetence. === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (454:1/33) .