Subj : The smoke got let out To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Aug 10 2021 07:08:00 Hi Daryl! DS> Got to make the money somehow. BM> Hmm: "Will clean and diaper, $1,000 each." DS> $500 per butt cheek. Yes, but normally in pairs so no discount. BM> They're forecasting strong storms between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m. this BM> afternoon. Right now (~7 a.m.) there's a colourful system along the BM> northern boarder of Iowa and heading north-north-east so it's a BM> different cluster. DS> We'll see strong storms late this week and over the weekend. DS> There are heat advisories and excessive heat warnings for my DS> area. We ended up getting nothing out of that forecast -- not recalling the details but recall the afternoon was decent. ...Today (August 10) is the one year anniversary of the derecho which ripped west-to-east through Iowa and continued into Illinois. Lost power for five days. Fortunately no damage to the house. This afternoon they're forecasting high's in the mid-90's, heat index 105-110ø, and probably storms late afternoon and evening. BM> Sort of reminds me of when I blew a UPS when testing a computer I was BM> building: puch the power button, BAM!. Was years ago when the Power BM> switch actually directly switched the power on and off. Found out they BM> had wired the switch wrong, so pushing the switch caused a short (!). DS> Did you have to get a new UPS?? Yup! I don't think the original (blown) one had a fuse/circuit protection of any sort (and it wasn't a small nor cheap one). Remember the poor thing was weakly beeping as if the AC power had failed, which confused me -- did I blow a breaker? Knew something else was wrong because of seeing a flash inside the switch (computer's side panel was off). Wasn't sure about the power as there are two circuits up here -- not drawing tons of power, just the way the wiring is. Plus had at least one other UPS up here so some devices would be running.... DS> S.P.O.C.K. - Society for the Prevention of Offensive Cruelty to DS> Keyboards. Beam me up, Scotty. BM> So there's a non-offensive cruelty? DS> Could be. Hmmm: G-rated..... DS> ... Let me know if you didn't receive this message. I did but not sure if it was understandable. ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... "I like you." Me: "You'll stop soon enough!" --- 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) .