I'm fine: about five miles upriver plus on a bluff.
Quoting Barry Martin to All on 30-Apr-2019 18:12 <=-
Hi Folks!
There was a breech in the temporary dams set up around downtown
Davenport IA approximately 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. River waters flooding up to Second and Third Streets, may get as high as Fourth St. Anyone interested in seeing the local coverage probably go
www.KWQC.COM and click on various appropriate video stories.
As I recall river levels were approximately just under 22', record-
flood level was 22.6 feet in 1993. The flooding has been for over 50 days.
I'm fine: about five miles upriver plus on a bluff.
I'm fine: about five miles upriver plus on a bluff.
That is good to know.
Does anyone know if it is also flooding around St. Louis?
Does anyone know if it is also flooding around St. Louis?
OK: looks like the current flood level at St. Louis is 35.4 feet, a
litle over 7' less than their 1993 level. (May 3rd - early morning.) I didn't find what their base flood level height was.
There was a breech in the temporary dams set up around downtown
Davenport IA approximately 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. River waters flooding up to Second and Third Streets, may get as high as Fourth St. Anyone interested in seeing the local coverage probably go
www.KWQC.COM and click on various appropriate video stories.
That's been big enough news I've been hearing reports of it on my
radio station which only has NPR headline news... mentioning
Davenport by name....
As I recall river levels were approximately just under 22', record-
flood level was 22.6 feet in 1993. The flooding has been for over 50 days.
You might set another record for river level, at this rate....
I'm fine: about five miles upriver plus on a bluff.
Very good news... hope your grocery store is close enough and
high enough that you'll be able to stay supplied.... ;)
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BTW, locally the Mississippi River crested at 22.70 feet yesterday, BM>beating the 1993 record. and over 40 days at above-flood levels.
OK: looks like the current flood level at St. Louis is 35.4 feet, a
litle over 7' less than their 1993 level. (May 3rd - early morning.) I didn't find what their base flood level height was.
Thanks. I may have a eye witness report in a couple of days. :)
OK: looks like the current flood level at St. Louis is 35.4 feet, a
litle over 7' less than their 1993 level. (May 3rd - early morning.) I didn't find what their base flood level height was.
Thanks. I may have a eye witness report in a couple of days. :)
Bring waders!
BTW, locally the Mississippi River crested at 22.70 feet yesterday,
beating the 1993 record. and over 40 days at above-flood levels.
I was in the St. Louis area in 1993, when the National Square
Dance Convention was there. We literally "danced under The Arch".
Just days after the convention was over, that entire area "under
The Arch" was submerged.
OK: looks like the current flood level at St. Louis is 35.4 feet, aBring waders!
litle over 7' less than their 1993 level. (May 3rd - early morning.) I didn't find what their base flood level height was.
Thanks. I may have a eye witness report in a couple of days. :)
<GRIN> It is definately high in St. Louis. I could not really
tell at first from where I am but, when I went to visit the Arch
park, you could tell. The water is up high enough that whatever
road it is that runs between the park and the river is closed as
it is completely under. There is a statue of what I assume are
Lewis and Clark. One of them only has their head above water,
while the other is only slightly better off. The water is up
into the park in places, and the Eads Bridge is not near as high
off of the water as it normally would be.
River is fast, too. Even if it was not flooded here, there is
evidence that it is flooded somewhere up river from here... there
is debris and an occassional uprooted tree floating by at a
pretty good clip (for water flow).
* SLMR 2.1a * Wind in my hair - shifting and drifting...
Yes: I haven't seen a speed of flow as in knots or miles per hour.
<trying to find> ...OK, side-trip: the Mississippi River is 3' deep at
the headwater in MN and over 200' deep in New Orleans. I think the
normal level is 9' and know flood is 15' locally. ...Have seen the
speed in past, just can't find it now.
* SLMR 2.1a * Wind in my hair - shifting and drifting...
Why am I thinking a shifting and drifting toupee?!
Yes: I haven't seen a speed of flow as in knots or miles per hour.
<trying to find> ...OK, side-trip: the Mississippi River is 3' deep at
the headwater in MN and over 200' deep in New Orleans. I think the
normal level is 9' and know flood is 15' locally. ...Have seen the
speed in past, just can't find it now.
IIRC the Army Corp of Engineers may have deepened it in the NO
area so that ocean vessels could navigate the river so far
inland.
* SLMR 2.1a * Wind in my hair - shifting and drifting...Why am I thinking a shifting and drifting toupee?!
Dunno... although it may be graying, my hair has never been thin.
:)
As I recall river levels were approximately just under 22', record-
flood level was 22.6 feet in 1993. The flooding has been for over 50
days.
You might set another record for river level, at this rate....And we did at 22.70 feet. There is more rain next week but shouldn't cause a higher level locally, just means it wil be longer before the
River subsides.
It'll just keep it up at record levels... Definitely one for the
books in more ways than one....
I'm fine: about five miles upriver plus on a bluff.
Very good news... hope your grocery store is close enough andOh yes: most of the area is on hills/bluffs, so most is safe. Even
high enough that you'll be able to stay supplied.... ;)
four or five blocks in from the River is safe -- may be pumping out the basements, but the street level is dry. First several blocks are the
ones with the first floors in water.
That's good news, if still a bit scary for those in the flood
zone...
... ¨umop apisdn pue tno apisuI
That sounds like a Dr. Suess book that I remember reading to my
son, lo these many years ago.... :)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 12-May-2019 11:03 <=-
You might set another record for river level, at this rate....
And we did at 22.70 feet. There is more rain next week but shouldn't
cause a higher level locally, just means it wil be longer before the
River subsides.
It'll just keep it up at record levels... Definitely one for the booksRight now highest and longest-lasting. Water is receeding but still a
in more ways than one....
few feet above flood stage. ...News segment on someone locally did install their own removeable flood wall around their home: "schedule
40" steel I-beams (apparently super-strong) sunk into a concrete
footing; what looked like planks laid horizontally between the posts. Rubber tarp to waterproof. Says takes about five hours to assemble and disassemble with the help of friends.
I'm fine: about five miles upriver plus on a bluff.
Very good news... hope your grocery store is close enough and
high enough that you'll be able to stay supplied.... ;)
Oh yes: most of the area is on hills/bluffs, so most is safe. Even
four or five blocks in from the River is safe -- may be pumping out the
basements, but the street level is dry. First several blocks are the
ones with the first floors in water.
That's good news, if still a bit scary for those in the flood zone...Definitely! They tend to prepare: sandbags, elevate/remove items.
The people and businesses Downtown were prepared for the normal
flooding: may have sandbagged the regular river-facing side and opened
a rear entrance.
... ¨umop apisdn pue tno apisuI
That sounds like a Dr. Suess book that I remember reading to myGood thing he didn't extend the concepts too far into his
son, lo these many years ago.... :)
architecture!
You might set another record for river level, at this rate....
And we did at 22.70 feet. There is more rain next week but shouldn't
cause a higher level locally, just means it wil be longer before the
River subsides.
It'll just keep it up at record levels... Definitely one for the booksRight now highest and longest-lasting. Water is receeding but still a
in more ways than one....
few feet above flood stage. ...News segment on someone locally did install their own removeable flood wall around their home: "schedule
40" steel I-beams (apparently super-strong) sunk into a concrete
footing; what looked like planks laid horizontally between the posts. Rubber tarp to waterproof. Says takes about five hours to assemble and disassemble with the help of friends.
Very enterprising indeed... :)
I'm fine: about five miles upriver plus on a bluff.
Very good news... hope your grocery store is close enough and
high enough that you'll be able to stay supplied.... ;)
Oh yes: most of the area is on hills/bluffs, so most is safe. Even
four or five blocks in from the River is safe -- may be pumping out the
basements, but the street level is dry. First several blocks are the
ones with the first floors in water.
That's good news, if still a bit scary for those in the flood zone...Definitely! They tend to prepare: sandbags, elevate/remove items.
The people and businesses Downtown were prepared for the normal
flooding: may have sandbagged the regular river-facing side and opened
a rear entrance.
With the record flooding, did the water overflow their
sandbagging...?
... ¨umop apisdn pue tno apisuI
That sounds like a Dr. Suess book that I remember reading to myGood thing he didn't extend the concepts too far into his
son, lo these many years ago.... :)
architecture!
Oh.. you mean my son's architecture...? I was thinking, "but Dr.
Suess wrote books, he wasn't an architect"... ;) At one point,
he might have tried... <G>
News item this morning sayign some of the farmers have sold them grain
and other crops but haven't been paid since December (it's May 21 a s I
write this -- you know how some threads linger!). The crops, etc., have
been sold, the problem is the barges can't travel on the various rivers
to transport to the buyers because of the flooding.
I did notice that there did not appear to be any barge traffic moving on MP>the Mississippi when I was in St. Louis a couple of weeks ago. Lots of MP>fast moving trees and parts of trees, though.
News item this morning sayign some of the farmers have sold them grain
and other crops but haven't been paid since December (it's May 21 a s I write this -- you know how some threads linger!). The crops, etc., have been sold, the problem is the barges can't travel on the various rivers
to transport to the buyers because of the flooding.
I did notice that there did not appear to be any barge traffic
moving on the Mississippi when I was in St. Louis a couple of
weeks ago. Lots of fast moving trees and parts of trees, though.
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 21-May-2019 15:09 <=-
Right now highest and longest-lasting. Water is receeding but still a
few feet above flood stage. ...News segment on someone locally did
install their own removeable flood wall around their home: "schedule
40" steel I-beams (apparently super-strong) sunk into a concrete
footing; what looked like planks laid horizontally between the posts.
Rubber tarp to waterproof. Says takes about five hours to assemble and
disassemble with the help of friends.
Very enterprising indeed... :)I hope he hadn't started to disassemble yet as they're predicting
flood levels for the next several weeks.
News item this morning saying some of the farmers have sold their grain and other crops but haven't been paid since December (it's May 21 as
I write this -- you know how some threads linger!). The crops, etc.,
have been sold, the problem is the barges can't travel on the various rivers to transport to the buyers because of the flooding.
I'm fine: about five miles upriver plus on a bluff.
Very good news... hope your grocery store is close enough and
high enough that you'll be able to stay supplied.... ;)
Oh yes: most of the area is on hills/bluffs, so most is safe. Even
four or five blocks in from the River is safe -- may be pumping out the
basements, but the street level is dry. First several blocks are the
ones with the first floors in water.
That's good news, if still a bit scary for those in the flood zone...
Definitely! They tend to prepare: sandbags, elevate/remove items.
The people and businesses Downtown were prepared for the normal
flooding: may have sandbagged the regular river-facing side and opened
a rear entrance.
With the record flooding, did the water overflow their sandbagging...?For the most part yes. Problem wasn't a lack of planning but a lack
of time. Normally flooding is slow: there will be sandbags along the perimeter except for say a walkway to the entrance. With the breech
zero time to close the gap.
... ¨umop apisdn pue tno apisuI
That sounds like a Dr. Suess book that I remember reading to my
son, lo these many years ago.... :)
Good thing he didn't extend the concepts too far into his
architecture!
Oh.. you mean my son's architecture...? I was thinking, "but Dr.Was thinking more of strange/non-traditional designs: put in windows
Suess wrote books, he wasn't an architect"... ;) At one point,
he might have tried... <G>
at random angles, random blocks of colour, maybe multi-level roofs, etc.
Been away for my Spring Board Meeting at the Pond... now getting
back to messages... :)
Right now highest and longest-lasting. Water is receeding but still a
few feet above flood stage. ...News segment on someone locally did
install their own removeable flood wall around their home: "schedule
40" steel I-beams (apparently super-strong) sunk into a concrete
footing; what looked like planks laid horizontally between the posts.
Rubber tarp to waterproof. Says takes about five hours to assemble and
disassemble with the help of friends.
Very enterprising indeed... :)I hope he hadn't started to disassemble yet as they're predicting
flood levels for the next several weeks.
Indeed. Did you hear anything about that....?
News item this morning saying some of the farmers have sold their grain and other crops but haven't been paid since December (it's May 21 as
I write this -- you know how some threads linger!). The crops, etc.,
have been sold, the problem is the barges can't travel on the various rivers to transport to the buyers because of the flooding.
(and it's May 27 as I reply... there is indeed a lag) Hopefully
the crops and grain aren't going bad in the meantime... That's
tough on the farmers.... the flooding affects them in multiple
ways....
Definitely! They tend to prepare: sandbags, elevate/remove items.
The people and businesses Downtown were prepared for the normal
flooding: may have sandbagged the regular river-facing side and opened
a rear entrance.
With the record flooding, did the water overflow their sandbagging...?For the most part yes. Problem wasn't a lack of planning but a lack
of time. Normally flooding is slow: there will be sandbags along the perimeter except for say a walkway to the entrance. With the breech
zero time to close the gap.
More like a flash flood in a dry gulch, or a dam break... one
minute nothing and the next overwhelming...
... ¨umop apisdn pue tno apisuI
That sounds like a Dr. Suess book that I remember reading to my
son, lo these many years ago.... :)
Good thing he didn't extend the concepts too far into his
architecture!
Oh.. you mean my son's architecture...? I was thinking, "but Dr.Was thinking more of strange/non-traditional designs: put in windows
Suess wrote books, he wasn't an architect"... ;) At one point,
he might have tried... <G>
at random angles, random blocks of colour, maybe multi-level roofs, etc.
The last maybe, not so much the other two... a student design
project he did was of a municipal building made in the shape of a stingray, the library in one wingfin and offices/small meeting
rooms in the other, with a larger meeting room in the point...
all the walls were curved... looked quite workable and
impressive... That, though, was the one for which I reminded him
that librarians needed a sink in their workroom, something he
hadn't thought about... :)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 28-May-2019 09:17 <=-
Been away for my Spring Board Meeting at the Pond... now gettingAh! Hopefully got some spend some fun time at the cabin too.
back to messages... :)
Right now highest and longest-lasting. Water is receeding but still a
few feet above flood stage. ...News segment on someone locally did
install their own removeable flood wall around their home: "schedule
40" steel I-beams (apparently super-strong) sunk into a concrete
footing; what looked like planks laid horizontally between the posts.
Rubber tarp to waterproof. Says takes about five hours to assemble and
disassemble with the help of friends.
Very enterprising indeed... :)
I hope he hadn't started to disassemble yet as they're predicting
flood levels for the next several weeks.
Indeed. Did you hear anything about that....?No. And the river levels have gone up and down -- seems mostly up -
with all the rain we have had, locally and in the region. Was doing
some testing of the new recording system for TV and caught a local
news item of a car going through a major pooling caused by a downpour: water was almost to the hood of the car; they're lucky they didn't
stall out.
News item this morning saying some of the farmers have sold their grain
and other crops but haven't been paid since December (it's May 21 as
I write this -- you know how some threads linger!). The crops, etc.,
have been sold, the problem is the barges can't travel on the various
rivers to transport to the buyers because of the flooding.
(and it's May 27 as I reply... there is indeed a lag) Hopefully theThey didn't mention anything about a deterioration over time -- I
crops and grain aren't going bad in the meantime... That's tough on
the farmers.... the flooding affects them in multiple ways....
suppose if kept dry grains would be OK for a while. You're probably thinking the same as I about the expiration dates on products like
flour. Differences between whole and processed, but still doesn't
last forever.
... ¨umop apisdn pue tno apisuI
That sounds like a Dr. Suess book that I remember reading to my
son, lo these many years ago.... :)
Good thing he didn't extend the concepts too far into his
architecture!
Oh.. you mean my son's architecture...? I was thinking, "but Dr.
Suess wrote books, he wasn't an architect"... ;) At one point,
he might have tried... <G>
Was thinking more of strange/non-traditional designs: put in windows
at random angles, random blocks of colour, maybe multi-level roofs, etc.
The last maybe, not so much the other two... a student designAlways a good idea to consult with the people who are going to be
project he did was of a municipal building made in the shape of a
stingray, the library in one wingfin and offices/small meeting rooms
in the other, with a larger meeting room in the point... all the walls
were curved... looked quite workable and impressive... That, though,
was the one for which I reminded him that librarians needed a sink in
their workroom, something he hadn't thought about... :)
using the place!
Don't know why that reminded me but at one of my doctors' offices they have the 'computer stuff' in the corner, with a four socket electrical outlet (good: outlet for the computer, outlet for the monitor, at this point two spares). The port for the Ethernet is about five or six
feet away -- why?
... He who laughs when things go wrong has found someone to blame.
Been away for my Spring Board Meeting at the Pond... now gettingAh! Hopefully got some spend some fun time at the cabin too.
back to messages... :)
Well, it was just an overnight... and I spent some time taking
care of sorting out stuff... :) Got up there too late to do any swimming, and the morning wasn't conducive either... But I did
have a nice long visit with a friend up there the evening I got
up there... :)
And the river levels have gone up and down -- seems mostly up -
with all the rain we have had, locally and in the region. Was doing
some testing of the new recording system for TV and caught a local
news item of a car going through a major pooling caused by a downpour: water was almost to the hood of the car; they're lucky they didn't
stall out.
For sure... and lucky that it wasn't deeper yet.... The weather
services make a big deal about not driving into flooded areas...
that being a major source of flood-related deaths....
News item this morning saying some of the farmers have sold their grain
and other crops but haven't been paid since December (it's May 21 as
I write this -- you know how some threads linger!). The crops, etc.,
have been sold, the problem is the barges can't travel on the various
rivers to transport to the buyers because of the flooding.
(and it's May 27 as I reply... there is indeed a lag) Hopefully theThey didn't mention anything about a deterioration over time -- I
crops and grain aren't going bad in the meantime... That's tough on
the farmers.... the flooding affects them in multiple ways....
suppose if kept dry grains would be OK for a while. You're probably thinking the same as I about the expiration dates on products like
flour. Differences between whole and processed, but still doesn't
last forever.
No, not so much thinking about processed/exp dates as that if the
grains did get wet, they could get moldy... and once some crops
(produce) are picked, they start to deteriorate more quickly than
if still on the plant....
... ¨umop apisdn pue tno apisuI
That sounds like a Dr. Suess book that I remember reading to my
son, lo these many years ago.... :)
Good thing he didn't extend the concepts too far into his
architecture!
Oh.. you mean my son's architecture...? I was thinking, "but Dr.
Suess wrote books, he wasn't an architect"... ;) At one point,
he might have tried... <G>
Was thinking more of strange/non-traditional designs: put in windows
at random angles, random blocks of colour, maybe multi-level roofs, etc.
The last maybe, not so much the other two... a student designAlways a good idea to consult with the people who are going to be
project he did was of a municipal building made in the shape of a
stingray, the library in one wingfin and offices/small meeting rooms
in the other, with a larger meeting room in the point... all the walls
were curved... looked quite workable and impressive... That, though,
was the one for which I reminded him that librarians needed a sink in
their workroom, something he hadn't thought about... :)
using the place!
That was pretty much the point of my bringing that up to him... A
later student design project, a "what-if" for an actual
professor, he went and talked with the guy for what would be
helpful... when he showed him his finished project, the guy
wished there really had been funding for the project... ;)
Don't know why that reminded me but at one of my doctors' offices they have the 'computer stuff' in the corner, with a four socket electrical outlet (good: outlet for the computer, outlet for the monitor, at this point two spares). The port for the Ethernet is about five or six
feet away -- why?
Planning wasn't coordinated, it would appear.... Unless there
were reasons that the Ethernet port HAD to be where it was....
... He who laughs when things go wrong has found someone to blame.
Or had something to do with it going wrong....? ;)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 01-Jun-2019 08:50 <=-
Yup: was a little soggy here in May: the longest dry spell was two
consecutive days, otherwise it rained.
Been away for my Spring Board Meeting at the Pond... now getting
back to messages... :)
Ah! Hopefully got to spend some fun time at the cabin too.
Well, it was just an overnight... and I spent some time taking careThat helped to make it all worthwhile! :)
of sorting out stuff... :) Got up there too late to do any swimming,
and the morning wasn't conducive either... But I did have a nice long
visit with a friend up there the evening I got up there... :)
And the river levels have gone up and down -- seems mostly up -
with all the rain we have had, locally and in the region. Was doing
some testing of the new recording system for TV and caught a local
news item of a car going through a major pooling caused by a downpour:
water was almost to the hood of the car; they're lucky they didn't
stall out.
For sure... and lucky that it wasn't deeper yet.... The weatherThe local news has also, in fact one of the graphics frequently seen
services make a big deal about not driving into flooded areas...
that being a major source of flood-related deaths....
in the weather segment is the sawhorse barracade with the "Turn Around, Don't Drown" sign on it, and usually pointed to and commented. As for
the car that went through the street pooling, didn't make an attempt
to slow dowm. I'm still surprised made it through.
Was thinking more of strange/non-traditional designs: put in windows
at random angles, random blocks of colour, maybe multi-level roofs, etc.
The last maybe, not so much the other two... a student design
project he did was of a municipal building made in the shape of a
stingray, the library in one wingfin and offices/small meeting rooms
in the other, with a larger meeting room in the point... all the walls
were curved... looked quite workable and impressive... That, though,
was the one for which I reminded him that librarians needed a sink in
their workroom, something he hadn't thought about... :)
Always a good idea to consult with the people who are going to be
using the place!
That was pretty much the point of my bringing that up to him... AThat was a good compliment!
later student design project, a "what-if" for an actual professor,
he went and talked with the guy for what would be helpful... when he
showed him his finished project, the guy wished there really had been
funding for the project... ;)
Don't know why that reminded me but at one of my doctors' offices they
have the 'computer stuff' in the corner, with a four socket electrical
outlet (good: outlet for the computer, outlet for the monitor, at this
point two spares). The port for the Ethernet is about five or six
feet away -- why?
Planning wasn't coordinated, it would appear.... Unless thereAFAIK no: the facilty was built from scratch.
were reasons that the Ethernet port HAD to be where it was....
Yup: was a little soggy here in May: the longest dry spell was twoHmmmm.... April showers bring May flowers... Do May showers bring
consecutive days, otherwise it rained.
June flowers....? Or just June bugs.... <G>
Been away for my Spring Board Meeting at the Pond... now getting
back to messages... :)
Ah! Hopefully got to spend some fun time at the cabin too.
Well, it was just an overnight... and I spent some time taking careThat helped to make it all worthwhile! :)
of sorting out stuff... :) Got up there too late to do any swimming,
and the morning wasn't conducive either... But I did have a nice long
visit with a friend up there the evening I got up there... :)
Yup. :) And I'll be heading back up there again, the end of
next week, by way of the Montreal Airport to pick up my son...
Not sure how long exactly I'll be away this time... he needs to
get his Jeep (that he stored up there) up and running before I
can really leave him to his own devices... Won't have internet
access there, either... but will bring the laptop with me and do
some catching up on messages to upload when I get home.... :)
And the river levels have gone up and down -- seems mostly up -
with all the rain we have had, locally and in the region. Was doing
some testing of the new recording system for TV and caught a local
news item of a car going through a major pooling caused by a downpour:
water was almost to the hood of the car; they're lucky they didn't
stall out.
For sure... and lucky that it wasn't deeper yet.... The weatherThe local news has also, in fact one of the graphics frequently seen
services make a big deal about not driving into flooded areas...
that being a major source of flood-related deaths....
in the weather segment is the sawhorse barracade with the "Turn Around, Don't Drown" sign on it, and usually pointed to and commented. As for
the car that went through the street pooling, didn't make an attempt
to slow dowm. I'm still surprised made it through.
At least it wasn't moving water, that might have been a bigger
issue... And probably not slowing down is how it managed to not
be stopped...
Don't know why that reminded me but at one of my doctors' offices they
have the 'computer stuff' in the corner, with a four socket electrical
outlet (good: outlet for the computer, outlet for the monitor, at this
point two spares). The port for the Ethernet is about five or six
feet away -- why?
Planning wasn't coordinated, it would appear.... Unless thereAFAIK no: the facilty was built from scratch.
were reasons that the Ethernet port HAD to be where it was....
Still might have been somebody's reasoning for where it was....
but probably just a lack of really thinking things through.... :)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 07-Jun-2019 08:44 <=-
Yup: was a little soggy here in May: the longest dry spell was two
consecutive days, otherwise it rained.
Hmmmm.... April showers bring May flowers... Do May showers bringAround here June brings May Flies - seriously! Little nuisances always show up a month later than thair name implies -- just another thing
June flowers....? Or just June bugs.... <G>
to cite in my theory the calendar is off a month!
Yup. :) And I'll be heading back up there again, the end of nextSo we may experience a drought of messages and than a flood of them!!
week, by way of the Montreal Airport to pick up my son... Not sure how
long exactly I'll be away this time... he needs to get his Jeep (that
he stored up there) up and running before I can really leave him to
his own devices... Won't have internet access there, either... but
will bring the laptop with me and do some catching up on messages to
upload when I get home.... :)
And the river levels have gone up and down -- seems mostly up -
with all the rain we have had, locally and in the region. Was doing
some testing of the new recording system for TV and caught a local
news item of a car going through a major pooling caused by a downpour:
water was almost to the hood of the car; they're lucky they didn't
stall out.
For sure... and lucky that it wasn't deeper yet.... The weather
services make a big deal about not driving into flooded areas...
that being a major source of flood-related deaths....
The local news has also, in fact one of the graphics frequently seen
in the weather segment is the sawhorse barracade with the "Turn Around,
Don't Drown" sign on it, and usually pointed to and commented. As for
the car that went through the street pooling, didn't make an attempt
to slow dowm. I'm still surprised made it through.
At least it wasn't moving water, that might have been a bigger issue...If that car had gone through moving water (like a flooded bridge) may
And probably not slowing down is how it managed to not be stopped...
have been in a LOT of trouble, especially if up to the hood! Water
would have been flowing perpendicular to the car's travel, more than
like pushed the car against the guard rail and possibly flipping
over.... No, not a good scenario. :(
As for not slowing down in the scenario that did occur, the momentum probably did help the car get through. ...I'm just still surprised
the electrical system didn't short out.
Don't know why that reminded me but at one of my doctors' offices they
have the 'computer stuff' in the corner, with a four socket electrical
outlet (good: outlet for the computer, outlet for the monitor, at this
point two spares). The port for the Ethernet is about five or six
feet away -- why?
Planning wasn't coordinated, it would appear.... Unless there
were reasons that the Ethernet port HAD to be where it was....
AFAIK no: the facilty was built from scratch.
Still might have been somebody's reasoning for where it was....I'm thinking closer to (b). To my way of thinking the semi-logical scenario is the instructions were "put the port in the middle of the wall". If one adds 'with the cluster where the computer stand would
but probably just a lack of really thinking things through.... :)
go' and 'middle' as vertical distance then would be where the port
should have been installed. Otherwise "middle of the wall" considered horizontally is roughly where the ports were installed (in various
exam rooms). At least the ports were installed on the same wall as the computer and not on the opposite one!!
Yup: was a little soggy here in May: the longest dry spell was two
consecutive days, otherwise it rained.
Hmmmm.... April showers bring May flowers... Do May showers bringAround here June brings May Flies - seriously! Little nuisances always show up a month later than thair name implies -- just another thing
June flowers....? Or just June bugs.... <G>
to cite in my theory the calendar is off a month!
They'd be larvae in May....? <G>
Yup. :) And I'll be heading back up there again, the end of nextSo we may experience a drought of messages and than a flood of them!!
week, by way of the Montreal Airport to pick up my son... Not sure how
long exactly I'll be away this time... he needs to get his Jeep (that
he stored up there) up and running before I can really leave him to
his own devices... Won't have internet access there, either... but
will bring the laptop with me and do some catching up on messages to
upload when I get home.... :)
Possibly... :) And then another drought as I try to get caught
up with the packets after my return.... <G>
And the river levels have gone up and down -- seems mostly up -
with all the rain we have had, locally and in the region. Was doing
some testing of the new recording system for TV and caught a local
news item of a car going through a major pooling caused by a downpour:
water was almost to the hood of the car; they're lucky they didn't
stall out.
For sure... and lucky that it wasn't deeper yet.... The weather
services make a big deal about not driving into flooded areas...
that being a major source of flood-related deaths....
The local news has also, in fact one of the graphics frequently seen
in the weather segment is the sawhorse barracade with the "Turn Around,
Don't Drown" sign on it, and usually pointed to and commented. As for
the car that went through the street pooling, didn't make an attempt
to slow dowm. I'm still surprised made it through.
At least it wasn't moving water, that might have been a bigger issue...If that car had gone through moving water (like a flooded bridge) may
And probably not slowing down is how it managed to not be stopped...
have been in a LOT of trouble, especially if up to the hood! Water
would have been flowing perpendicular to the car's travel, more than
like pushed the car against the guard rail and possibly flipping
over.... No, not a good scenario. :(
It doesn't take much.... especially when the water is pushing....
As for not slowing down in the scenario that did occur, the momentum probably did help the car get through. ...I'm just still surprised
the electrical system didn't short out.
They were just lucky....
Don't know why that reminded me but at one of my doctors' offices they
have the 'computer stuff' in the corner, with a four socket electrical
outlet (good: outlet for the computer, outlet for the monitor, at this
point two spares). The port for the Ethernet is about five or six
feet away -- why?
Planning wasn't coordinated, it would appear.... Unless there
were reasons that the Ethernet port HAD to be where it was....
AFAIK no: the facilty was built from scratch.
Still might have been somebody's reasoning for where it was....I'm thinking closer to (b). To my way of thinking the semi-logical scenario is the instructions were "put the port in the middle of the wall". If one adds 'with the cluster where the computer stand would
but probably just a lack of really thinking things through.... :)
go' and 'middle' as vertical distance then would be where the port
should have been installed. Otherwise "middle of the wall" considered horizontally is roughly where the ports were installed (in various
exam rooms). At least the ports were installed on the same wall as the computer and not on the opposite one!!
It could have been worse.... :) I'd guess another factor might
have been that it was two different people/teams installing the
electrical systems and the Ethernet....
We had similar... and then a couple of days with highs in the low
80s... and now a monster rain storm... but no thunder or
lightning... One of the other property owners was out on the Pond
in her kayak during the storm...
Yup: was a little soggy here in May: the longest dry spell was two
consecutive days, otherwise it rained.
Hmmmm.... April showers bring May flowers... Do May showers bring
June flowers....? Or just June bugs.... <G>
Around here June brings May Flies - seriously! Little nuisances always
show up a month later than thair name implies -- just another thing
to cite in my theory the calendar is off a month!
They'd be larvae in May....? <G>Well, that would work..... :)
True.... that's what I figured.... My son says that May showers
bring June flooding.... but I'd guess that it's more June showers
bringing the flooding....
Yup. :) And I'll be heading back up there again, the end of next
week, by way of the Montreal Airport to pick up my son... Not sure how
long exactly I'll be away this time... he needs to get his Jeep (that
he stored up there) up and running before I can really leave him to
his own devices... Won't have internet access there, either... but
will bring the laptop with me and do some catching up on messages to
upload when I get home.... :)
So we may experience a drought of messages and than a flood of them!!
Possibly... :) And then another drought as I try to get caughtWe'll make it!
up with the packets after my return.... <G>
Probably... :) I'm currently on the last packet I brought with
me, downloaded the night before I left to come up here... :)
At least it wasn't moving water, that might have been a bigger issue...
And probably not slowing down is how it managed to not be stopped...
If that car had gone through moving water (like a flooded bridge) may
have been in a LOT of trouble, especially if up to the hood! Water
would have been flowing perpendicular to the car's travel, more than
like pushed the car against the guard rail and possibly flipping
over.... No, not a good scenario. :(
It doesn't take much.... especially when the water is pushing....True. And then add the push of any wind to make the situation worse.
Yup, that would make things even worse....
As for not slowing down in the scenario that did occur, the momentum
probably did help the car get through. ...I'm just still surprised
the electrical system didn't short out.
They were just lucky....In a word, yes. Still don't know how they got through, especially
after that incident years ago I went through that overgrown puddle and
my engine immediately started knocking, etc. (Storm drain blocked,
cars to my left, cars immediately behind, curb on the right - car
wash!)
You didn't have much choice there....
Still might have been somebody's reasoning for where it was....
but probably just a lack of really thinking things through.... :)
I'm thinking closer to (b). To my way of thinking the semi-logical
scenario is the instructions were "put the port in the middle of the
wall". If one adds 'with the cluster where the computer stand would
go' and 'middle' as vertical distance then would be where the port
should have been installed. Otherwise "middle of the wall" considered
horizontally is roughly where the ports were installed (in various
exam rooms). At least the ports were installed on the same wall as the
computer and not on the opposite one!!
It could have been worse.... :) I'd guess another factor mightQuite probably two different contractors. ...I'll have to 'snoop' on
have been that it was two different people/teams installing the
electrical systems and the Ethernet....
the telephone location: wall phone, but to me in an inconvenient
location as no where near the computer stand. LIS, the phone is in an
odd location; now I'm wondering if it is located on the wall exactly across from the Ethernet wall plate. ...More things that make me go hmmmm. <g>
Someday your curiosity will get you in trouble... <G> But this
could be an interesting excursion.... ;)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 22-Jun-2019 11:37 <=-
We had similar... and then a couple of days with highs in the lowHmm: around here we sometimes just boat in the flooded streets!
80s... and now a monster rain storm... but no thunder or
lightning... One of the other property owners was out on the Pond
in her kayak during the storm...
Hmmmm.... April showers bring May flowers... Do May showers bring
June flowers....? Or just June bugs.... <G>
Around here June brings May Flies - seriously! Little nuisances
always show up a month later than thair name implies -- just another
thing to cite in my theory the calendar is off a month!
They'd be larvae in May....? <G>
Well, that would work..... :)
True.... that's what I figured.... My son says that May showersWe just flood! Good news is we're probably done with being flooded
bring June flooding.... but I'd guess that it's more June showers
bringing the flooding....
unless there is a big rainstorm and nothing predicted.
So we may experience a drought of messages and than a flood of them!!
Possibly... :) And then another drought as I try to get caught
up with the packets after my return.... <G>
We'll make it!
Probably... :) I'm currently on the last packet I brought withHere comes the flood of replies!
me, downloaded the night before I left to come up here... :)
...Between finishing my replies and
starting a new one have checked to see if anything from my helper in
New Zealand on the copying of not-yet-watched TV shows from the old Backend system to the new one. Combination of him helping me and me helping him as he had previously written the programme just more or
less needed someone to check a few details: things can work fine on a local system but don't realize I don't have a utility file he does, or
a variable isn't populating quite right, etc.
At least it wasn't moving water, that might have been a bigger issue...
And probably not slowing down is how it managed to not be stopped...
If that car had gone through moving water (like a flooded bridge) may
have been in a LOT of trouble, especially if up to the hood! Water
would have been flowing perpendicular to the car's travel, more than
like pushed the car against the guard rail and possibly flipping
over.... No, not a good scenario. :(
It doesn't take much.... especially when the water is pushing....
True. And then add the push of any wind to make the situation worse.
Yup, that would make things even worse....So the key is just stay out of potential problem areas! Though not
always possible like with my little incident of having to drive
through that big puddle.
In a word, yes. Still don't know how they got through, especially
after that incident years ago I went through that overgrown puddle and
my engine immediately started knocking, etc. (Storm drain blocked,
cars to my left, cars immediately behind, curb on the right - car
wash!)
You didn't have much choice there....Nope. Just firmly grasp the steering wheel as the car will pull and
hope!
It could have been worse.... :) I'd guess another factor might
have been that it was two different people/teams installing the
electrical systems and the Ethernet....
Quite probably two different contractors. ...I'll have to 'snoop' on
the telephone location: wall phone, but to me in an inconvenient
location as no where near the computer stand. LIS, the phone is in an
odd location; now I'm wondering if it is located on the wall exactly
across from the Ethernet wall plate. ...More things that make me go
hmmmm. <g>
Someday your curiosity will get you in trouble... <G> But thisDid check: the phones are in a not-too-convenient position but don't
could be an interesting excursion.... ;)
seem to correlate with the Ethernet jack positioning. ...So far
avoided getting in too much trouble!
We had similar... and then a couple of days with highs in the lowHmm: around here we sometimes just boat in the flooded streets!
80s... and now a monster rain storm... but no thunder or
lightning... One of the other property owners was out on the Pond
in her kayak during the storm...
Which, fortunately are no longer flooded.... :)
Hmmmm.... April showers bring May flowers... Do May showers bring
June flowers....? Or just June bugs.... <G>
Around here June brings May Flies - seriously! Little nuisances
always show up a month later than thair name implies -- just another
thing to cite in my theory the calendar is off a month!
They'd be larvae in May....? <G>
Well, that would work..... :)
True.... that's what I figured.... My son says that May showersWe just flood! Good news is we're probably done with being flooded
bring June flooding.... but I'd guess that it's more June showers
bringing the flooding....
unless there is a big rainstorm and nothing predicted.
And about time, too.... :)
So we may experience a drought of messages and than a flood of them!!
Possibly... :) And then another drought as I try to get caught
up with the packets after my return.... <G>
We'll make it!
Probably... :) I'm currently on the last packet I brought withHere comes the flood of replies!
me, downloaded the night before I left to come up here... :)
Yup... and then the predicted drought and then again flood....
and now I'll be off again for almost a week, again at the Pond...
I'll just keep plodding away at messages and try to not be too
far behind... ;)
...Between finishing my replies and
starting a new one have checked to see if anything from my helper in
New Zealand on the copying of not-yet-watched TV shows from the old Backend system to the new one. Combination of him helping me and me helping him as he had previously written the programme just more or
less needed someone to check a few details: things can work fine on a local system but don't realize I don't have a utility file he does, or
a variable isn't populating quite right, etc.
Works out as a good thing for both of you.... :)
issue... NB>>>> And probably not slowing down is how it managedAt least it wasn't moving water, that might have been a bigger
to not be stopped... BM>>> If that car had gone through moving
water (like a flooded bridge) may BM>>> have been in a LOT of
trouble, especially if up to the hood! Water BM>>> would have
been flowing perpendicular to the car's travel, more than BM>>>
like pushed the car against the guard rail and possibly flipping
over.... No, not a good scenario. :(
It doesn't take much.... especially when the water is pushing....
True. And then add the push of any wind to make the situation worse.
Yup, that would make things even worse....So the key is just stay out of potential problem areas! Though not
always possible like with my little incident of having to drive
through that big puddle.
Most of that can be avoided though, with just a little planning
and knowledge... though I ended up once needing to drive through
a deeper than expected puddle on the highway following that major
storm in MD that I had windshield wiper issues in... Got back on
the road, and just a little farther down was that puddle... with
cars driving through it... no place to go to avoid it... ;)
It could have been worse.... :) I'd guess another factor might
have been that it was two different people/teams installing the
electrical systems and the Ethernet....
Quite probably two different contractors. ...I'll have to 'snoop' on
the telephone location: wall phone, but to me in an inconvenient
location as no where near the computer stand. LIS, the phone is in an
odd location; now I'm wondering if it is located on the wall exactly
across from the Ethernet wall plate. ...More things that make me go
hmmmm. <g>
Someday your curiosity will get you in trouble... <G> But thisDid check: the phones are in a not-too-convenient position but don't
could be an interesting excursion.... ;)
seem to correlate with the Ethernet jack positioning. ...So far
avoided getting in too much trouble!
You were able to snoop surreptitiously, apparently.... <G>
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 03-Jul-2019 16:03 <=-
Probably... :) I'm currently on the last packet I brought with
me, downloaded the night before I left to come up here... :)
Here comes the flood of replies!
Yup... and then the predicted drought and then again flood....And I'll be in your shoes shortly -- stretching them out, I'm sure
and now I'll be off again for almost a week, again at the Pond...
I'll just keep plodding away at messages and try to not be too
far behind... ;)
(sorry! <g>) as off to New Hampshire and then Vienna for a month
total.
...Between finishing my replies and
starting a new one have checked to see if anything from my helper in
New Zealand on the copying of not-yet-watched TV shows from the old
Backend system to the new one. Combination of him helping me and me
helping him as he had previously written the programme just more or
less needed someone to check a few details: things can work fine on a
local system but don't realize I don't have a utility file he does, or
a variable isn't populating quite right, etc.
Works out as a good thing for both of you.... :)Yes, that's what I figure. In one way I get the better of the deal because he's customizing the instructions for what I have here. And
he gets to test his utility on a live and 'raw' system and make corrections/comments. LIS, I've needed to install a few utility
files. he's needed to make permissions/file ownership alterations.
The good news is I think we're about ready to do the full transfer of
TV show files from the old system to the new. (Yea!!) Waiting for
the system to be available currently (the export/import process will
pause itself when a show is being recorded so as to not 'overflow' the read/write channels and cause corruption).
So the key is just stay out of potential problem areas! Though not
always possible like with my little incident of having to drive
through that big puddle.
Most of that can be avoided though, with just a little planningYup: sometimes just can't do anything. In our separate instances had
and knowledge... though I ended up once needing to drive through
a deeper than expected puddle on the highway following that major
storm in MD that I had windshield wiper issues in... Got back on
the road, and just a little farther down was that puddle... with
cars driving through it... no place to go to avoid it... ;)
to drive through the puddle else cause an accident. In my case grasp
the steering wheel firmly as know there's going to be a sudden and
sharp pull. Pay attention to the road plus look for an escape -- in my case there was a street a little beyond I could turn on to but that's a sharp right and if the engine dies I don't have power steering,
brakes, etc. A little further was a gas station -- could at least do a 45ø turn and have a little longer distance to stop. Ended up not
needing either: chugged (litterally!) on to my dr's appointment.
Probably... :) I'm currently on the last packet I brought with
me, downloaded the night before I left to come up here... :)
Here comes the flood of replies!
Yup... and then the predicted drought and then again flood....And I'll be in your shoes shortly -- stretching them out, I'm sure
and now I'll be off again for almost a week, again at the Pond...
I'll just keep plodding away at messages and try to not be too
far behind... ;)
(sorry! <g>) as off to New Hampshire and then Vienna for a month
total.
And now soon to return, to find your deluge to answer.... ;)
It's been bad enough for me that I was away for about 3 weeks out
of 5 (from June 14 to July 20)... close to being caught up now,
admittedly I've not rushed on these replies to you... but pretty
current otherwise at the moment... and then a couple weeks still
before I'm off again...
...Between finishing my replies and
starting a new one have checked to see if anything from my helper in
New Zealand on the copying of not-yet-watched TV shows from the old
Backend system to the new one. Combination of him helping me and me
helping him as he had previously written the programme just more or
less needed someone to check a few details: things can work fine on a
local system but don't realize I don't have a utility file he does, or
a variable isn't populating quite right, etc.
Works out as a good thing for both of you.... :)Yes, that's what I figure. In one way I get the better of the deal because he's customizing the instructions for what I have here. And
he gets to test his utility on a live and 'raw' system and make corrections/comments. LIS, I've needed to install a few utility
files. he's needed to make permissions/file ownership alterations.
He'll have a more robust piece of software, you'll have a nice
working utility.... :)
The good news is I think we're about ready to do the full transfer of
TV show files from the old system to the new. (Yea!!) Waiting for
the system to be available currently (the export/import process will
pause itself when a show is being recorded so as to not 'overflow' the read/write channels and cause corruption).
Sounds promising... :)
So the key is just stay out of potential problem areas! Though not
always possible like with my little incident of having to drive
through that big puddle.
Most of that can be avoided though, with just a little planningYup: sometimes just can't do anything. In our separate instances had
and knowledge... though I ended up once needing to drive through
a deeper than expected puddle on the highway following that major
storm in MD that I had windshield wiper issues in... Got back on
the road, and just a little farther down was that puddle... with
cars driving through it... no place to go to avoid it... ;)
to drive through the puddle else cause an accident. In my case grasp
the steering wheel firmly as know there's going to be a sudden and
sharp pull. Pay attention to the road plus look for an escape -- in my case there was a street a little beyond I could turn on to but that's a sharp right and if the engine dies I don't have power steering,
brakes, etc. A little further was a gas station -- could at least do a 45ø turn and have a little longer distance to stop. Ended up not
needing either: chugged (litterally!) on to my dr's appointment.
Things all worked out nicely after all... :)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 14-Aug-2019 09:11 <=-
Probably... :) I'm currently on the last packet I brought with
me, downloaded the night before I left to come up here... :)
Here comes the flood of replies!
Yup... and then the predicted drought and then again flood.... and
now I'll be off again for almost a week, again at the Pond... I'll
just keep plodding away at messages and try to not be too far
behind... ;)
And I'll be in your shoes shortly -- stretching them out, I'm sure
(sorry! <g>) as off to New Hampshire and then Vienna for a month
total.
And now soon to return, to find your deluge to answer.... ;)<snortle> The good news is I did break up the replies into smaller chunks, mainly to not potentially overload my side, but also good
stopping points.
It's been bad enough for me that I was away for about 3 weeks outAs I said sometime before, the REPs should be a pleasurable option,
of 5 (from June 14 to July 20)... close to being caught up now,
admittedly I've not rushed on these replies to you... but pretty
current otherwise at the moment... and then a couple weeks still
before I'm off again...
not a dutiful requirement.
Works out as a good thing for both of you.... :)
Yes, that's what I figure. In one way I get the better of the deal
because he's customizing the instructions for what I have here. And
he gets to test his utility on a live and 'raw' system and make
corrections/comments. LIS, I've needed to install a few utility
files. he's needed to make permissions/file ownership alterations.
He'll have a more robust piece of software, you'll have a niceTrue, though on my end the utility is a one-function one: the source
working utility.... :)
and destination, file locations, etc., are hard-coded into the
software, though I think written in Python so would just need to use a text editor to update. I only vaguely understand so at this point
easier to leave all corrections up to him -- plus if I make a change
isn't in the 'master' for eventual distribution.
The good news is I think we're about ready to do the full transfer of
TV show files from the old system to the new. (Yea!!) Waiting for
the system to be available currently (the export/import process will
pause itself when a show is being recorded so as to not 'overflow' the
read/write channels and cause corruption).
Sounds promising... :)I'll admit to being amazed at the details, forethought, etc. Possibly
due to 'oh poop!' events that happened years ago when he first started creating this set of utilities <g>, but still.
And it does work: just before I left I done some testing with larger chunks: move over all shows from Channel 8_3, for instance. (The file names have the channel included.) Couple of 'specific channel' tests, passed. Got 'brave' and tried copying over the remainder: only real difference was instead of a batch of maybe twenty or thirty files was
over a hundred files. Passed. :)
I didn't have time to update the hardware: update the Frontends
(viewing computers) to the current Ubuntu (18.04.3) and the MythTV
utility so left alone. Good news for our testing is Backend 2 (the old/original computer doing the recording and storage) is still
recording shows and so can be used for our final testing.
Yup: sometimes just can't do anything. In our separate instances had
to drive through the puddle else cause an accident. In my case grasp
the steering wheel firmly as know there's going to be a sudden and
sharp pull. Pay attention to the road plus look for an escape -- in my
case there was a street a little beyond I could turn on to but that's a
sharp right and if the engine dies I don't have power steering,
brakes, etc. A little further was a gas station -- could at least do a
45ø turn and have a little longer distance to stop. Ended up not
needing either: chugged (literally!) on to my dr's appointment.
Things all worked out nicely after all... :)Yes, though I'd bet that doctor's appointment would have been a bad
time to have done a blood pressure check!! (Wasn't done/necessary.)
And I was surprised when the car started right up after my appointment. Was either still raining or had just stopped, forgot. Probably the
heat of the engine and gravity pulling the splashed water down cleaned
the wires and removed the short. And did have the car checked and the spark plug harness needed replacing: cracked insulation.
Probably... :) I'm currently on the last packet I brought with
me, downloaded the night before I left to come up here... :)
Here comes the flood of replies!
Yup... and then the predicted drought and then again flood.... and
now I'll be off again for almost a week, again at the Pond... I'll
just keep plodding away at messages and try to not be too far
behind... ;)
And I'll be in your shoes shortly -- stretching them out, I'm sure
(sorry! <g>) as off to New Hampshire and then Vienna for a month
total.
And now soon to return, to find your deluge to answer.... ;)<snortle> The good news is I did break up the replies into smaller chunks, mainly to not potentially overload my side, but also good
stopping points.
When I got back, I did tailor my packets a little... I was able
to put the echoes from Tiny's that I would have messages in to
reply to into one packet, and all the rest into another one...
made the one to answer a little more wieldy than it would have
been otherwise... :) Of course, I wasn't gone for a month.... :)
It's been bad enough for me that I was away for about 3 weeks outAs I said sometime before, the REPs should be a pleasurable option,
of 5 (from June 14 to July 20)... close to being caught up now,
admittedly I've not rushed on these replies to you... but pretty
current otherwise at the moment... and then a couple weeks still
before I'm off again...
not a dutiful requirement.
Oh, they are... and that's also why I don't get myself stressed
out when it takes a while to plod thru them all... ;) If I get
the last 6 to you from this packet answered tonight, I'll be able
to tuck this packet away... and continue on to the ones that are
more recent... :)
Works out as a good thing for both of you.... :)
Yes, that's what I figure. In one way I get the better of the deal
because he's customizing the instructions for what I have here. And
he gets to test his utility on a live and 'raw' system and make
corrections/comments. LIS, I've needed to install a few utility
files. he's needed to make permissions/file ownership alterations.
He'll have a more robust piece of software, you'll have a niceTrue, though on my end the utility is a one-function one: the source
working utility.... :)
and destination, file locations, etc., are hard-coded into the
software, though I think written in Python so would just need to use a text editor to update. I only vaguely understand so at this point
easier to leave all corrections up to him -- plus if I make a change
isn't in the 'master' for eventual distribution.
One-function utilities aren't all that bad a thing... as long as
they perform a function that you need to have done.... :)
The good news is I think we're about ready to do the full transfer of
TV show files from the old system to the new. (Yea!!) Waiting for
the system to be available currently (the export/import process will
pause itself when a show is being recorded so as to not 'overflow' the
read/write channels and cause corruption).
Sounds promising... :)I'll admit to being amazed at the details, forethought, etc. Possibly
due to 'oh poop!' events that happened years ago when he first started creating this set of utilities <g>, but still.
Good that he is able to figure it all out... :)
And it does work: just before I left I done some testing with larger chunks: move over all shows from Channel 8_3, for instance. (The file names have the channel included.) Couple of 'specific channel' tests, passed. Got 'brave' and tried copying over the remainder: only real difference was instead of a batch of maybe twenty or thirty files was
over a hundred files. Passed. :)
Hurrah for that! And no doubt a major relief when it did pass...
;)
I didn't have time to update the hardware: update the Frontends
(viewing computers) to the current Ubuntu (18.04.3) and the MythTV
utility so left alone. Good news for our testing is Backend 2 (the old/original computer doing the recording and storage) is still
recording shows and so can be used for our final testing.
Very useful... :) So, have you done that final testing yet, and
updated the hardware...?
Yup: sometimes just can't do anything. In our separate instances had
to drive through the puddle else cause an accident. In my case grasp
the steering wheel firmly as know there's going to be a sudden and
sharp pull. Pay attention to the road plus look for an escape -- in my
case there was a street a little beyond I could turn on to but that's a
sharp right and if the engine dies I don't have power steering,
brakes, etc. A little further was a gas station -- could at least do a
45ø turn and have a little longer distance to stop. Ended up not
needing either: chugged (literally!) on to my dr's appointment.
Things all worked out nicely after all... :)Yes, though I'd bet that doctor's appointment would have been a bad
time to have done a blood pressure check!! (Wasn't done/necessary.)
Possibly... unless by the time you got into the office, you were
so relieved to have made it safely that your whole body
relaxed.... ;)
And I was surprised when the car started right up after my appointment. Was either still raining or had just stopped, forgot. Probably the
heat of the engine and gravity pulling the splashed water down cleaned
the wires and removed the short. And did have the car checked and the spark plug harness needed replacing: cracked insulation.
Which probably had been there before your forced puddle-drive...
;) Just as well to find it sooner than later, when it might have
given you more grief... :)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 29-Aug-2019 19:32 <=-
And now soon to return, to find your deluge to answer.... ;)
<snortle> The good news is I did break up the replies into smaller
chunks, mainly to not potentially overload my side, but also good
stopping points.
When I got back, I did tailor my packets a little... I was able toNo, just a fraction of a month. :)
put the echoes from Tiny's that I would have messages in to reply to
into one packet, and all the rest into another one... made the one
to answer a little more wieldy than it would have been otherwise...
Of course, I wasn't gone for a month.... :)
It was easier for me to download all and work on it a little at a
time. Pretty sure I have a maximum packet size set somewhere -- has
been a while since fiddled with those settings.
It's been bad enough for me that I was away for about 3 weeks out
of 5 (from June 14 to July 20)... close to being caught up now,
admittedly I've not rushed on these replies to you... but pretty
current otherwise at the moment... and then a couple weeks still
before I'm off again...
As I said sometime before, the REPs should be a pleasurable option,
not a dutiful requirement.
Oh, they are... and that's also why I don't get myself stressed outYup: seemed a little funny to read of 4th of July in the earlier
when it takes a while to plod thru them all... ;) If I get the last
6 to you from this packet answered tonight, I'll be able to tuck this
packet away... and continue on to the ones that are more recent... :)
message with Labor Day coming up in a few days.
Works out as a good thing for both of you.... :)
Yes, that's what I figure. In one way I get the better of the deal
because he's customizing the instructions for what I have here. And
he gets to test his utility on a live and 'raw' system and make
corrections/comments. LIS, I've needed to install a few utility
files. he's needed to make permissions/file ownership alterations.
He'll have a more robust piece of software, you'll have a nice
working utility.... :)
True, though on my end the utility is a one-function one: the source
and destination, file locations, etc., are hard-coded into the
software, though I think written in Python so would just need to use a
text editor to update. I only vaguely understand so at this point
easier to leave all corrections up to him -- plus if I make a change
isn't in the 'master' for eventual distribution.
One-function utilities aren't all that bad a thing... as long asYes, though for this utility it would seem to make more sense to have
they perform a function that you need to have done.... :)
a configuration while the user would edit instead of editing the actual programme file. Essentially the same as the configuration file
modifies the programme file, just I prefer not fiddling with the
master.
The good news is I think we're about ready to do the full transfer of
TV show files from the old system to the new. (Yea!!) Waiting for
the system to be available currently (the export/import process will
pause itself when a show is being recorded so as to not 'overflow' the
read/write channels and cause corruption).
Sounds promising... :)
I'll admit to being amazed at the details, forethought, etc. Possibly
due to 'oh poop!' events that happened years ago when he first started
creating this set of utilities <g>, but still.
Good that he is able to figure it all out... :)LIS I think he's one of the developers though never stated anywhere
and didn't make any difference - he knew the stuff was what mattered.
BTW, the transferred files (from old system to new) work fine. The
old Backend has been powered off for some time -- maybe only a week but seems longer! Still have to move the hardware around -- the new
Backend is still on the floor and needs to be moved to the cabinet, but first need to make room on/in the cabinet....
And it does work: just before I left I done some testing with larger
chunks: move over all shows from Channel 8_3, for instance. (The file
names have the channel included.) Couple of 'specific channel' tests,
passed. Got 'brave' and tried copying over the remainder: only real
difference was instead of a batch of maybe twenty or thirty files was
over a hundred files. Passed. :)
Hurrah for that! And no doubt a major relief when it did pass... ;)Yes. There's always the "it works on x-system but will it work on y-system?". He has (IIRC) 12 TB of storage, I 'only' 4 TB. And both
of those numbers are 'wrong' as we really need to be looking at free space. For a short while I was using about half, so 2 TB. And the way
the transfer utility worked is it only bit off small chunks: a single
TV programme at a time, so usually no more than 2 GB; select, process, move over; select, process, move over....
I didn't have time to update the hardware: update the Frontends
(viewing computers) to the current Ubuntu (18.04.3) and the MythTV
utility so left alone. Good news for our testing is Backend 2 (the
old/original computer doing the recording and storage) is still
recording shows and so can be used for our final testing.
Very useful... :) So, have you done that final testing yet, andYup! :) One had to have semi-major surgery: knew the power supply
updated the hardware...?
needed replacing as the fan froze some time back -- held off replacing
as 'inconvenient' plus the major system change. Did put in the new
PSU, checked, swapped the HDD for SSD (hard drive for a solid state
one) -- now boots in around thirty seconds. That one is in the Ironing Room in the basement.
Will see about replacing the fan in the old PSU instead of buying a
whole new PSU.
And I was surprised when the car started right up after my appointment.
Was either still raining or had just stopped, forgot. Probably the
heat of the engine and gravity pulling the splashed water down cleaned
the wires and removed the short. And did have the car checked and the
spark plug harness needed replacing: cracked insulation.
Which probably had been there before your forced puddle-drive...Right. I recall I left things for a while. Had a foggy period and
;) Just as well to find it sooner than later, when it might have
given you more grief... :)
the car didn't like that because of the moisture getting in to the
cracks so that's when had the wiring harness replaced.
And now soon to return, to find your deluge to answer.... ;)
<snortle> The good news is I did break up the replies into smaller
chunks, mainly to not potentially overload my side, but also good
stopping points.
When I got back, I did tailor my packets a little... I was able toNo, just a fraction of a month. :)
put the echoes from Tiny's that I would have messages in to reply to
into one packet, and all the rest into another one... made the one
to answer a little more wieldy than it would have been otherwise...
Of course, I wasn't gone for a month.... :)
Make that fractionS of a month... <G>
It was easier for me to download all and work on it a little at a
time. Pretty sure I have a maximum packet size set somewhere -- has
been a while since fiddled with those settings.
I'm sure I have maximum packet size set on each of the bbses, but generally what would work best for actually reading/answering
them is much smaller than that default... It's way too easy to
overwhelm this computer with a huge packet... It needs more than
double (maybe triple?) the space to open it, and more headspace
to close it again... And I tend to not really have a lot of room
available at a time...
It's been bad enough for me that I was away for about 3 weeks out
of 5 (from June 14 to July 20)... close to being caught up now,
admittedly I've not rushed on these replies to you... but pretty
current otherwise at the moment... and then a couple weeks still
before I'm off again...
As I said sometime before, the REPs should be a pleasurable option,
not a dutiful requirement.
Oh, they are... and that's also why I don't get myself stressed outYup: seemed a little funny to read of 4th of July in the earlier
when it takes a while to plod thru them all... ;) If I get the last
6 to you from this packet answered tonight, I'll be able to tuck this
packet away... and continue on to the ones that are more recent... :)
message with Labor Day coming up in a few days.
Really stretched out threads.... <G>
Works out as a good thing for both of you.... :)
Yes, that's what I figure. In one way I get the better of the deal
because he's customizing the instructions for what I have here. And
he gets to test his utility on a live and 'raw' system and make
corrections/comments. LIS, I've needed to install a few utility
files. he's needed to make permissions/file ownership alterations.
He'll have a more robust piece of software, you'll have a nice
working utility.... :)
True, though on my end the utility is a one-function one: the source
and destination, file locations, etc., are hard-coded into the
software, though I think written in Python so would just need to use a
text editor to update. I only vaguely understand so at this point
easier to leave all corrections up to him -- plus if I make a change
isn't in the 'master' for eventual distribution.
One-function utilities aren't all that bad a thing... as long asYes, though for this utility it would seem to make more sense to have
they perform a function that you need to have done.... :)
a configuration while the user would edit instead of editing the actual programme file. Essentially the same as the configuration file
modifies the programme file, just I prefer not fiddling with the
master.
Maybe you should suggest that to him.... or do the actual work
with an iteration of the program, not the original one...?
The good news is I think we're about ready to do the full transfer of
TV show files from the old system to the new. (Yea!!) Waiting for
the system to be available currently (the export/import process will
pause itself when a show is being recorded so as to not 'overflow' the
read/write channels and cause corruption).
Sounds promising... :)
I'll admit to being amazed at the details, forethought, etc. Possibly
due to 'oh poop!' events that happened years ago when he first started
creating this set of utilities <g>, but still.
Good that he is able to figure it all out... :)LIS I think he's one of the developers though never stated anywhere
and didn't make any difference - he knew the stuff was what mattered.
Yup, either way, he's developing it now, too... and knows what's
going on with it... ;)
BTW, the transferred files (from old system to new) work fine. The
old Backend has been powered off for some time -- maybe only a week but seems longer! Still have to move the hardware around -- the new
Backend is still on the floor and needs to be moved to the cabinet, but first need to make room on/in the cabinet....
Eventually... ;)
And it does work: just before I left I done some testing with larger
chunks: move over all shows from Channel 8_3, for instance. (The file
names have the channel included.) Couple of 'specific channel' tests,
passed. Got 'brave' and tried copying over the remainder: only real
difference was instead of a batch of maybe twenty or thirty files was
over a hundred files. Passed. :)
Hurrah for that! And no doubt a major relief when it did pass... ;)Yes. There's always the "it works on x-system but will it work on y-system?". He has (IIRC) 12 TB of storage, I 'only' 4 TB. And both
of those numbers are 'wrong' as we really need to be looking at free space. For a short while I was using about half, so 2 TB. And the way
the transfer utility worked is it only bit off small chunks: a single
TV programme at a time, so usually no more than 2 GB; select, process, move over; select, process, move over....
You have WAY more capacity than I have... ;) But the important
thing is that you do have what you need to do the job at hand....
:)
I didn't have time to update the hardware: update the Frontends
(viewing computers) to the current Ubuntu (18.04.3) and the MythTV
utility so left alone. Good news for our testing is Backend 2 (the
old/original computer doing the recording and storage) is still
recording shows and so can be used for our final testing.
Very useful... :) So, have you done that final testing yet, andYup! :) One had to have semi-major surgery: knew the power supply
updated the hardware...?
needed replacing as the fan froze some time back -- held off replacing
as 'inconvenient' plus the major system change. Did put in the new
PSU, checked, swapped the HDD for SSD (hard drive for a solid state
one) -- now boots in around thirty seconds. That one is in the Ironing Room in the basement.
All right... :) NIce when things work properly... :)
Will see about replacing the fan in the old PSU instead of buying a
whole new PSU.
Makes sense... and with it out of the computer, twill be easier
to work with... ;)
And I was surprised when the car started right up after my appointment.
Was either still raining or had just stopped, forgot. Probably the
heat of the engine and gravity pulling the splashed water down cleaned
the wires and removed the short. And did have the car checked and the
spark plug harness needed replacing: cracked insulation.
Which probably had been there before your forced puddle-drive...Right. I recall I left things for a while. Had a foggy period and
;) Just as well to find it sooner than later, when it might have
given you more grief... :)
the car didn't like that because of the moisture getting in to the
cracks so that's when had the wiring harness replaced.
So you probably would have found it sooner or later... this way
at least you were warned to watch out for it... ;)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 04-Sep-2019 09:12 <=-
And now soon to return, to find your deluge to answer.... ;)
<snortle> The good news is I did break up the replies into smaller
chunks, mainly to not potentially overload my side, but also good
stopping points.
When I got back, I did tailor my packets a little... I was able to
put the echoes from Tiny's that I would have messages in to reply to
into one packet, and all the rest into another one... made the one
to answer a little more wieldy than it would have been otherwise...
Of course, I wasn't gone for a month.... :)
No, just a fraction of a month. :)
Make that fractionS of a month... <G>True, as multiple.
It was easier for me to download all and work on it a little at a
time. Pretty sure I have a maximum packet size set somewhere -- has
been a while since fiddled with those settings.
I'm sure I have maximum packet size set on each of the bbses, butRight. I vaguely recall there is a time when there are two files in memory, before gets written to a temp file on the hard drive.
generally what would work best for actually reading/answering
them is much smaller than that default... It's way too easy to
overwhelm this computer with a huge packet... It needs more than
double (maybe triple?) the space to open it, and more headspace
to close it again... And I tend to not really have a lot of room
available at a time...
Oh, they are... and that's also why I don't get myself stressed out
when it takes a while to plod thru them all... ;) If I get the last
6 to you from this packet answered tonight, I'll be able to tuck this
packet away... and continue on to the ones that are more recent... :)
Yup: seemed a little funny to read of 4th of July in the earlier
message with Labor Day coming up in a few days.
Really stretched out threads.... <G>Think we need to get steel bands to reinforce?!
He'll have a more robust piece of software, you'll have a nice
working utility.... :)
True, though on my end the utility is a one-function one: the source
and destination, file locations, etc., are hard-coded into the
software, though I think written in Python so would just need to use a
text editor to update. I only vaguely understand so at this point
easier to leave all corrections up to him -- plus if I make a change
isn't in the 'master' for eventual distribution.
One-function utilities aren't all that bad a thing... as long as
they perform a function that you need to have done.... :)
Yes, though for this utility it would seem to make more sense to have
a configuration while the user would edit instead of editing the actual
programme file. Essentially the same as the configuration file
modifies the programme file, just I prefer not fiddling with the
master.
Maybe you should suggest that to him.... or do the actual workI'll have to look to see how the executable files I was working with
with an iteration of the program, not the original one...?
were done -- IIRC most are on Backend 2 and that was shut down. Seems easy enough to create a master configuration file; the trick is to
have the script file look at it and pull the information!
I'll admit to being amazed at the details, forethought, etc. Possibly
due to 'oh poop!' events that happened years ago when he first started
creating this set of utilities <g>, but still.
Good that he is able to figure it all out... :)
LIS I think he's one of the developers though never stated anywhere
and didn't make any difference - he knew the stuff was what mattered.
Yup, either way, he's developing it now, too... and knows what'sOr at least the 'transfer utility' portion of it. ...Now getting more curious as to how it's all done! While I was working with him I was
going on with it... ;)
more interested in reporting the results, detailing what went wrong so
he could correct -- basically I was his eyes and there were more than a few times "something's wrong" but I didn't know exactly what to report
to give the information on how to fix so he got too much information.
BTW, the transferred files (from old system to new) work fine. The
old Backend has been powered off for some time -- maybe only a week but
seems longer! Still have to move the hardware around -- the new
Backend is still on the floor and needs to be moved to the cabinet, but
first need to make room on/in the cabinet....
Eventually... ;)In the mean time.....
And it does work: just before I left I done some testing with larger
chunks: move over all shows from Channel 8_3, for instance. (The file
names have the channel included.) Couple of 'specific channel' tests,
passed. Got 'brave' and tried copying over the remainder: only real
difference was instead of a batch of maybe twenty or thirty files was
over a hundred files. Passed. :)
Hurrah for that! And no doubt a major relief when it did pass... ;)
Yes. There's always the "it works on x-system but will it work on
y-system?". He has (IIRC) 12 TB of storage, I 'only' 4 TB. And both
of those numbers are 'wrong' as we really need to be looking at free
space. For a short while I was using about half, so 2 TB. And the way
the transfer utility worked is it only bit off small chunks: a single
TV programme at a time, so usually no more than 2 GB; select, process,
move over; select, process, move over....
You have WAY more capacity than I have... ;) But the importantAnd DOS won't handle that amount anyway. Well, could partition a multi-terabyte drive. Don't think that would even work because of the filesystem.
thing is that you do have what you need to do the job at hand... :)
I didn't have time to update the hardware: update the Frontends
(viewing computers) to the current Ubuntu (18.04.3) and the MythTV
utility so left alone. Good news for our testing is Backend 2 (the
old/original computer doing the recording and storage) is still
recording shows and so can be used for our final testing.
Very useful... :) So, have you done that final testing yet, and
updated the hardware...?
Yup! :) One had to have semi-major surgery: knew the power supply
needed replacing as the fan froze some time back -- held off replacing
as 'inconvenient' plus the major system change. Did put in the new
PSU, checked, swapped the HDD for SSD (hard drive for a solid state
one) -- now boots in around thirty seconds. That one is in the Ironing
Room in the basement.
All right... :) Nice when things work properly... :)Yes. :) Could have changed the PSU and HDD-->SSD in one step but
prefer to do major (and sometimes minor) changes in steps -- just
easier troubleshooting should something go wrong.
Will see about replacing the fan in the old PSU instead of buying a
whole new PSU.
Makes sense... and with it out of the computer, twill be easierDefinitely, especially as I think the screws to open the PSU were underneath! <g> ...Will have to see what the price of a replacement
to work with... ;)
fan is: with another computer it's greatly cheaper to replace the CPU fan/heatsink assembly than buy the replacement fan (!).
And I was surprised when the car started right up after my appointment.
Was either still raining or had just stopped, forgot. Probably the
heat of the engine and gravity pulling the splashed water down cleaned
the wires and removed the short. And did have the car checked and the
spark plug harness needed replacing: cracked insulation.
Which probably had been there before your forced puddle-drive...
;) Just as well to find it sooner than later, when it might have
given you more grief... :)
Right. I recall I left things for a while. Had a foggy period and
the car didn't like that because of the moisture getting in to the
cracks so that's when had the wiring harness replaced.
So you probably would have found it sooner or later... this wayYes, the cracked insulation on the sparkplug wires would have caused a problem eventually.
at least you were warned to watch out for it... ;)
And now soon to return, to find your deluge to answer.... ;)
<snortle> The good news is I did break up the replies into smaller
chunks, mainly to not potentially overload my side, but also good
stopping points.
When I got back, I did tailor my packets a little... I was able to
put the echoes from Tiny's that I would have messages in to reply to
into one packet, and all the rest into another one... made the one
to answer a little more wieldy than it would have been otherwise...
Of course, I wasn't gone for a month.... :)
No, just a fraction of a month. :)
Make that fractionS of a month... <G>True, as multiple.
Exactly... a week in June, 2 different weeks in July, almost a
week in August, and now a long weekend in September... And coming
up, about a week at the end of September, and another long
weekend in October... Definitely multiple....
It was easier for me to download all and work on it a little at a
time. Pretty sure I have a maximum packet size set somewhere -- has
been a while since fiddled with those settings.
I'm sure I have maximum packet size set on each of the bbses, butRight. I vaguely recall there is a time when there are two files in memory, before gets written to a temp file on the hard drive.
generally what would work best for actually reading/answering
them is much smaller than that default... It's way too easy to
overwhelm this computer with a huge packet... It needs more than
double (maybe triple?) the space to open it, and more headspace
to close it again... And I tend to not really have a lot of room
available at a time...
Yup, something like that...
Oh, they are... and that's also why I don't get myself stressed out
when it takes a while to plod thru them all... ;) If I get the last
6 to you from this packet answered tonight, I'll be able to tuck this
packet away... and continue on to the ones that are more recent... :)
Yup: seemed a little funny to read of 4th of July in the earlier
message with Labor Day coming up in a few days.
Really stretched out threads.... <G>Think we need to get steel bands to reinforce?!
Nah... just need to get them more to size again... :)
He'll have a more robust piece of software, you'll have a nice
working utility.... :)
True, though on my end the utility is a one-function one: the source
and destination, file locations, etc., are hard-coded into the
software, though I think written in Python so would just need to use a
text editor to update. I only vaguely understand so at this point
easier to leave all corrections up to him -- plus if I make a change
isn't in the 'master' for eventual distribution.
One-function utilities aren't all that bad a thing... as long as
they perform a function that you need to have done.... :)
Yes, though for this utility it would seem to make more sense to have
a configuration while the user would edit instead of editing the actual
programme file. Essentially the same as the configuration file
modifies the programme file, just I prefer not fiddling with the
master.
Maybe you should suggest that to him.... or do the actual workI'll have to look to see how the executable files I was working with
with an iteration of the program, not the original one...?
were done -- IIRC most are on Backend 2 and that was shut down. Seems easy enough to create a master configuration file; the trick is to
have the script file look at it and pull the information!
So now you just have to figure out how to make that work... :)
I'll admit to being amazed at the details, forethought, etc. Possibly
due to 'oh poop!' events that happened years ago when he first started
creating this set of utilities <g>, but still.
Good that he is able to figure it all out... :)
LIS I think he's one of the developers though never stated anywhere
and didn't make any difference - he knew the stuff was what mattered.
Yup, either way, he's developing it now, too... and knows what'sOr at least the 'transfer utility' portion of it. ...Now getting more curious as to how it's all done! While I was working with him I was
going on with it... ;)
more interested in reporting the results, detailing what went wrong so
he could correct -- basically I was his eyes and there were more than a few times "something's wrong" but I didn't know exactly what to report
to give the information on how to fix so he got too much information.
So understanding it might make reporting bugs better/easier....
:)
BTW, the transferred files (from old system to new) work fine. The
old Backend has been powered off for some time -- maybe only a week but
seems longer! Still have to move the hardware around -- the new
Backend is still on the floor and needs to be moved to the cabinet, but
first need to make room on/in the cabinet....
Eventually... ;)In the mean time.....
Other things pop up and need doing.... :)
And it does work: just before I left I done some testing with larger
chunks: move over all shows from Channel 8_3, for instance. (The file
names have the channel included.) Couple of 'specific channel' tests,
passed. Got 'brave' and tried copying over the remainder: only real
difference was instead of a batch of maybe twenty or thirty files was
over a hundred files. Passed. :)
Hurrah for that! And no doubt a major relief when it did pass... ;)
Yes. There's always the "it works on x-system but will it work on
y-system?". He has (IIRC) 12 TB of storage, I 'only' 4 TB. And both
of those numbers are 'wrong' as we really need to be looking at free
space. For a short while I was using about half, so 2 TB. And the way
the transfer utility worked is it only bit off small chunks: a single
TV programme at a time, so usually no more than 2 GB; select, process,
move over; select, process, move over....
You have WAY more capacity than I have... ;) But the importantAnd DOS won't handle that amount anyway. Well, could partition a multi-terabyte drive. Don't think that would even work because of the filesystem.
thing is that you do have what you need to do the job at hand... :)
Might be driven over to linux... or have a zillion partitions,
and still not be able to handle large files... ;)
I didn't have time to update the hardware: update the Frontends
(viewing computers) to the current Ubuntu (18.04.3) and the MythTV
utility so left alone. Good news for our testing is Backend 2 (the
old/original computer doing the recording and storage) is still
recording shows and so can be used for our final testing.
Very useful... :) So, have you done that final testing yet, and
updated the hardware...?
Yup! :) One had to have semi-major surgery: knew the power supply
needed replacing as the fan froze some time back -- held off replacing
as 'inconvenient' plus the major system change. Did put in the new
PSU, checked, swapped the HDD for SSD (hard drive for a solid state
one) -- now boots in around thirty seconds. That one is in the Ironing
Room in the basement.
All right... :) Nice when things work properly... :)Yes. :) Could have changed the PSU and HDD-->SSD in one step but
prefer to do major (and sometimes minor) changes in steps -- just
easier troubleshooting should something go wrong.
Possibly easier to backpedal if needed to that way, too...
Will see about replacing the fan in the old PSU instead of buying a
whole new PSU.
Makes sense... and with it out of the computer, twill be easierDefinitely, especially as I think the screws to open the PSU were underneath! <g> ...Will have to see what the price of a replacement
to work with... ;)
fan is: with another computer it's greatly cheaper to replace the CPU fan/heatsink assembly than buy the replacement fan (!).
That does happen from time to time.... :)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 12-Sep-2019 15:45 <=-
True, as multiple.
Exactly... a week in June, 2 different weeks in July, almost aWe'll be here!
week in August, and now a long weekend in September... And coming
up, about a week at the end of September, and another long
weekend in October... Definitely multiple....
overwhelm this computer with a huge packet... It needs more than
double (maybe triple?) the space to open it, and more headspace
to close it again... And I tend to not really have a lot of room
available at a time...
Right. I vaguely recall there is a time when there are two files in
memory, before gets written to a temp file on the hard drive.
Yup, something like that...I'm still surprised I haven't used more RAM on the various computers
up here with the variuos functions. The Backend for MythTV does a form
of video transcoding and that "takes room" to do some place. This
system (the one I'm one currently) I have multiple windows open concurrently and it is only using 5.9 GB. ...As long as everyone's
happy!
One-function utilities aren't all that bad a thing... as long as
they perform a function that you need to have done.... :)
Yes, though for this utility it would seem to make more sense to have
a configuration while the user would edit instead of editing the actual
programme file. Essentially the same as the configuration file
modifies the programme file, just I prefer not fiddling with the
master.
Maybe you should suggest that to him.... or do the actual work
with an iteration of the program, not the original one...?
I'll have to look to see how the executable files I was working with
were done -- IIRC most are on Backend 2 and that was shut down. Seems
easy enough to create a master configuration file; the trick is to
have the script file look at it and pull the information!
So now you just have to figure out how to make that work... :)And learn Python and other programming stuff.....
LIS I think he's one of the developers though never stated anywhere
and didn't make any difference - he knew the stuff was what mattered.
Yup, either way, he's developing it now, too... and knows what's
going on with it... ;)
Or at least the 'transfer utility' portion of it. ...Now getting more
curious as to how it's all done! While I was working with him I was
more interested in reporting the results, detailing what went wrong so
he could correct -- basically I was his eyes and there were more than a
few times "something's wrong" but I didn't know exactly what to report
to give the information on how to fix so he got too much information.
So understanding it might make reporting bugs better/easier.... :)True - I'd probably know better what was expected so would be able to narrow down the error information.
BTW, the transferred files (from old system to new) work fine. The
old Backend has been powered off for some time -- maybe only a week but
seems longer! Still have to move the hardware around -- the new
Backend is still on the floor and needs to be moved to the cabinet, but
first need to make room on/in the cabinet....
Eventually... ;)
In the mean time.....
Other things pop up and need doing.... :)Right. Pulled an older computer from 'storage'; had been set aside because I couldn't get the DVD drive to work. Well, the drive worked
fine just not in that computer. ...Was considering using the computer
as a Frontend in the TV Room in the basement. Not going to work as
the motherboard is old and slow, so pulled that and should have a replacement delivered today or tomorrow.
You have WAY more capacity than I have... ;) But the important
thing is that you do have what you need to do the job at hand... :)
And DOS won't handle that amount anyway. Well, could partition a
multi-terabyte drive. Don't think that would even work because of the
filesystem.
Might be driven over to linux... or have a zillion partitions,I think the largest file I've played with was 5-point-something
and still not be able to handle large files... ;)
gigabytes. No problems until got to a little over 4 GB and the
filesystem on the thumbdrive truncated. (reformmated the thumbdrive
to a different filesystem and was fine.)
All right... :) Nice when things work properly... :)
Yes. :) Could have changed the PSU and HDD-->SSD in one step but
prefer to do major (and sometimes minor) changes in steps -- just
easier troubleshooting should something go wrong.
Possibly easier to backpedal if needed to that way, too...For me, yes. I know a lot but there are gaping holes in what I do
know, so sometimes an obvious issue to others is a mystery to me,
while other details I can keep right up.
Will see about replacing the fan in the old PSU instead of buying a
whole new PSU.
Makes sense... and with it out of the computer, twill be easier
to work with... ;)
Definitely, especially as I think the screws to open the PSU were
underneath! <g> ...Will have to see what the price of a replacement
fan is: with another computer it's greatly cheaper to replace the CPU
fan/heatsink assembly than buy the replacement fan (!).
That does happen from time to time.... :)The Scottish Guy in me doesn't understand things like that!
True, as multiple.
Exactly... a week in June, 2 different weeks in July, almost aWe'll be here!
week in August, and now a long weekend in September... And coming
up, about a week at the end of September, and another long
weekend in October... Definitely multiple....
Waiting patiently... ;)
overwhelm this computer with a huge packet... It needs more than
double (maybe triple?) the space to open it, and more headspace
to close it again... And I tend to not really have a lot of room
available at a time...
Right. I vaguely recall there is a time when there are two files in
memory, before gets written to a temp file on the hard drive.
Yup, something like that...I'm still surprised I haven't used more RAM on the various computers
up here with the variuos functions. The Backend for MythTV does a form
of video transcoding and that "takes room" to do some place. This
system (the one I'm one currently) I have multiple windows open concurrently and it is only using 5.9 GB. ...As long as everyone's
happy!
Only. <G> 5.9GB sounds like an awful lot to me.... ;)
Especially as I have but a small fraction of that... :)
One-function utilities aren't all that bad a thing... as long as
they perform a function that you need to have done.... :)
Yes, though for this utility it would seem to make more sense to have
a configuration while the user would edit instead of editing the actual
programme file. Essentially the same as the configuration file
modifies the programme file, just I prefer not fiddling with the
master.
Maybe you should suggest that to him.... or do the actual work
with an iteration of the program, not the original one...?
I'll have to look to see how the executable files I was working with
were done -- IIRC most are on Backend 2 and that was shut down. Seems
easy enough to create a master configuration file; the trick is to
have the script file look at it and pull the information!
So now you just have to figure out how to make that work... :)And learn Python and other programming stuff.....
Keeps your brain limber and flexible (as long as it doesn't
totally overwhelm [g])....
LIS I think he's one of the developers though never stated anywhere
and didn't make any difference - he knew the stuff was what mattered.
Yup, either way, he's developing it now, too... and knows what's
going on with it... ;)
Or at least the 'transfer utility' portion of it. ...Now getting more
curious as to how it's all done! While I was working with him I was
more interested in reporting the results, detailing what went wrong so
he could correct -- basically I was his eyes and there were more than a
few times "something's wrong" but I didn't know exactly what to report
to give the information on how to fix so he got too much information.
So understanding it might make reporting bugs better/easier.... :)True - I'd probably know better what was expected so would be able to narrow down the error information.
Or at least be able to use the right jargon correctly... ;)
BTW, the transferred files (from old system to new) work fine. The
old Backend has been powered off for some time -- maybe only a week but
seems longer! Still have to move the hardware around -- the new
Backend is still on the floor and needs to be moved to the cabinet, but
first need to make room on/in the cabinet....
Eventually... ;)
In the mean time.....
Other things pop up and need doing.... :)Right. Pulled an older computer from 'storage'; had been set aside because I couldn't get the DVD drive to work. Well, the drive worked
fine just not in that computer. ...Was considering using the computer
as a Frontend in the TV Room in the basement. Not going to work as
the motherboard is old and slow, so pulled that and should have a replacement delivered today or tomorrow.
Always something happening... ;)
You have WAY more capacity than I have... ;) But the important
thing is that you do have what you need to do the job at hand... :)
And DOS won't handle that amount anyway. Well, could partition a
multi-terabyte drive. Don't think that would even work because of the
filesystem.
Might be driven over to linux... or have a zillion partitions,I think the largest file I've played with was 5-point-something
and still not be able to handle large files... ;)
gigabytes. No problems until got to a little over 4 GB and the
filesystem on the thumbdrive truncated. (reformmated the thumbdrive
to a different filesystem and was fine.)
Totally mind-boggling to me... I think I'll just avoid the huge
files and stay happily in my old small system... ;)
All right... :) Nice when things work properly... :)
Yes. :) Could have changed the PSU and HDD-->SSD in one step but
prefer to do major (and sometimes minor) changes in steps -- just
easier troubleshooting should something go wrong.
Possibly easier to backpedal if needed to that way, too...For me, yes. I know a lot but there are gaping holes in what I do
know, so sometimes an obvious issue to others is a mystery to me,
while other details I can keep right up.
Most things are a mystery to me... ;)
Will see about replacing the fan in the old PSU instead of buying a
whole new PSU.
Makes sense... and with it out of the computer, twill be easier
to work with... ;)
Definitely, especially as I think the screws to open the PSU were
underneath! <g> ...Will have to see what the price of a replacement
fan is: with another computer it's greatly cheaper to replace the CPU
fan/heatsink assembly than buy the replacement fan (!).
That does happen from time to time.... :)The Scottish Guy in me doesn't understand things like that!
It's the way modern economics works, is all...
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 22-Sep-2019 09:40 <=-
Exactly... a week in June, 2 different weeks in July, almost a
week in August, and now a long weekend in September... And coming
up, about a week at the end of September, and another long
weekend in October... Definitely multiple....
We'll be here!
Waiting patiently... ;)Well, I'l be doing something to occupy the time but won't post a WHERE
ARE YOU?!!
I'm still surprised I haven't used more RAM on the various computers
up here with the various functions. The Backend for MythTV does a form
of video transcoding and that "takes room" to do some place. This
system (the one I'm one currently) I have multiple windows open
concurrently and it is only using 5.9 GB. ...As long as everyone's
happy!
Only. <G> 5.9GB sounds like an awful lot to me.... ;)True: everything is relative. Think I told you or you may have read
Especially as I have but a small fraction of that... :)
where my first IBM-compatible computer had a 20 MB hard drive --
thought it would take forever to fill, especially as in the flipping-floppies mindset from my first computer. So nine months later running low on space, the sister computer becomes available (customer return because he or she totally screwed up the OS so the department manager sells to me for cheap) -- 40 MB hard drive. I eventually
network together for a combined 60 MB -- I'll _never_ run out of room! ...Uh-huh! <g>
Maybe you should suggest that to him.... or do the actual work
with an iteration of the program, not the original one...?
I'll have to look to see how the executable files I was working with
were done -- IIRC most are on Backend 2 and that was shut down. Seems
easy enough to create a master configuration file; the trick is to
have the script file look at it and pull the information!
So now you just have to figure out how to make that work... :)
And learn Python and other programming stuff.....
Keeps your brain limber and flexible (as long as it doesn't totallyRight now I'd have to have a need other than 'handy to know'.
overwhelm [g])....
Admittedly a lot of my recent learning tends to be knee-jerk: this
isn't working, error code is <whatever>, find what that means, etc.
And I really have no need to do programming -- well, in-depth, do do
some 'lite' stuff with the occasional scripting, but that's more
cookbook: patch in bits and pieces. Is more time consuming than if I
knew how to do from properly learning but....
(Was reading a reply from the developer of NCID to a question someone
else posted. Gave the answer and a bit of pertinent side-information which also mentioned he hadn't expanded NCID to do <item> because he
had no interest to do so. I can relate!)
LIS I think he's one of the developers though never stated anywhere
and didn't make any difference - he knew the stuff was what mattered.
Yup, either way, he's developing it now, too... and knows what's
going on with it... ;)
Or at least the 'transfer utility' portion of it. ...Now getting more
curious as to how it's all done! While I was working with him I was
more interested in reporting the results, detailing what went wrong so
he could correct -- basically I was his eyes and there were more than a
few times "something's wrong" but I didn't know exactly what to report
to give the information on how to fix so he got too much information.
So understanding it might make reporting bugs better/easier.... :)
True - I'd probably know better what was expected so would be able to
narrow down the error information.
Or at least be able to use the right jargon correctly... ;)That would be helpful!
Eventually... ;)
In the mean time.....
Other things pop up and need doing.... :)
Right. Pulled an older computer from 'storage'; had been set aside
because I couldn't get the DVD drive to work. Well, the drive worked
fine just not in that computer. ...Was considering using the computer
as a Frontend in the TV Room in the basement. Not going to work as
the motherboard is old and slow, so pulled that and should have a
replacement delivered today or tomorrow.
Always something happening... ;)Keeps me busy and in mischief! ...Wait: did I type that right?!
I think the largest file I've played with was 5-point-something
gigabytes. No problems until got to a little over 4 GB and the
filesystem on the thumbdrive truncated. (reformmated the thumbdrive
to a different filesystem and was fine.)
Totally mind-boggling to me... I think I'll just avoid the hugeProbably 95% of my files are the usual handful of megabytes; the
files and stay happily in my old small system... ;)
over-4GB ones are recordings of TV shows and normally I don't have a
thing to do with them other than select which one to play and the computers handle the rest. Manual copying is rare, with the exception
of the Transfer Project.
Yes. :) Could have changed the PSU and HDD-->SSD in one step but
prefer to do major (and sometimes minor) changes in steps -- just
easier troubleshooting should something go wrong.
Possibly easier to backpedal if needed to that way, too...
For me, yes. I know a lot but there are gaping holes in what I do
know, so sometimes an obvious issue to others is a mystery to me,
while other details I can keep right up.
Most things are a mystery to me... ;)All depends on what one needs to/wants to know. I have little
interest in working on cars as in changing oil or even swapping out the battery. Others like to and I'm glad do so I can have them do the stuff
I don't care to.
As sort of a follow-up the external fan fixed the problem. Not
elegantly. Hindsight may have been repairable: took the fan guard off
and the blades almost fell out ==> seems like they had just glued the
fan blade assembly to the motor shaft. Not sure if could have glued
and reassembled but part of the frame inside was loose -- not sure if
that was from unscrewing the fan guard or another problem. By the time
I thought of maybe glueing I had snipped the positive lead to the
original fan's motor. New 120mm fan over where the fan guard was -- do
a test run -- seems fine!
Exactly... a week in June, 2 different weeks in July, almost a
week in August, and now a long weekend in September... And coming
up, about a week at the end of September, and another long
weekend in October... Definitely multiple....
We'll be here!
Waiting patiently... ;)Well, I'l be doing something to occupy the time but won't post a WHERE
ARE YOU?!!
Good thing, as all the trips have made me quite erratic in
posting... ;) I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, I
think... my son's return flight to Turkey is on the 22nd, so that
will be one last trip for the year... getting him back to the
Montreal Airport... We'll close the camp for the winter just
before I take him to the airport... :)
I'm still surprised I haven't used more RAM on the various computers
up here with the various functions. The Backend for MythTV does a form
of video transcoding and that "takes room" to do some place. This
system (the one I'm one currently) I have multiple windows open
concurrently and it is only using 5.9 GB. ...As long as everyone's
happy!
Only. <G> 5.9GB sounds like an awful lot to me.... ;)True: everything is relative. Think I told you or you may have read
Especially as I have but a small fraction of that... :)
where my first IBM-compatible computer had a 20 MB hard drive --
thought it would take forever to fill, especially as in the flipping-floppies mindset from my first computer. So nine months later running low on space, the sister computer becomes available (customer return because he or she totally screwed up the OS so the department manager sells to me for cheap) -- 40 MB hard drive. I eventually
network together for a combined 60 MB -- I'll _never_ run out of room! ...Uh-huh! <g>
A very common story... <G>
Maybe you should suggest that to him.... or do the actual work
with an iteration of the program, not the original one...?
I'll have to look to see how the executable files I was working with
were done -- IIRC most are on Backend 2 and that was shut down. Seems
easy enough to create a master configuration file; the trick is to
have the script file look at it and pull the information!
So now you just have to figure out how to make that work... :)
And learn Python and other programming stuff.....
Keeps your brain limber and flexible (as long as it doesn't totallyRight now I'd have to have a need other than 'handy to know'.
overwhelm [g])....
Admittedly a lot of my recent learning tends to be knee-jerk: this
isn't working, error code is <whatever>, find what that means, etc.
And I really have no need to do programming -- well, in-depth, do do
some 'lite' stuff with the occasional scripting, but that's more
cookbook: patch in bits and pieces. Is more time consuming than if I
knew how to do from properly learning but....
Maybe someday when you are caught up on all those projects, and
no But Firsts get in the way.... <G> Maybe even take a course at
the community college, or online...? :)
(Was reading a reply from the developer of NCID to a question someone
else posted. Gave the answer and a bit of pertinent side-information which also mentioned he hadn't expanded NCID to do <item> because he
had no interest to do so. I can relate!)
Only so much one can do at a time... :) And it helps to be
interested in what one is doing, especially when one is
free-lancing... ;)
LIS I think he's one of the developers though never stated anywhere
and didn't make any difference - he knew the stuff was what mattered.
Yup, either way, he's developing it now, too... and knows what's
going on with it... ;)
Or at least the 'transfer utility' portion of it. ...Now getting more
curious as to how it's all done! While I was working with him I was
more interested in reporting the results, detailing what went wrong so
he could correct -- basically I was his eyes and there were more than a
few times "something's wrong" but I didn't know exactly what to report
to give the information on how to fix so he got too much information.
So understanding it might make reporting bugs better/easier.... :)
True - I'd probably know better what was expected so would be able to
narrow down the error information.
Or at least be able to use the right jargon correctly... ;)That would be helpful!
A reason to consider the whole idea more strongly... :)
I think the largest file I've played with was 5-point-something
gigabytes. No problems until got to a little over 4 GB and the
filesystem on the thumbdrive truncated. (reformmated the thumbdrive
to a different filesystem and was fine.)
Totally mind-boggling to me... I think I'll just avoid the hugeProbably 95% of my files are the usual handful of megabytes; the
files and stay happily in my old small system... ;)
over-4GB ones are recordings of TV shows and normally I don't have a
thing to do with them other than select which one to play and the computers handle the rest. Manual copying is rare, with the exception
of the Transfer Project.
Still mind-boggling to me... ;)
Yes. :) Could have changed the PSU and HDD-->SSD in one step but
prefer to do major (and sometimes minor) changes in steps -- just
easier troubleshooting should something go wrong.
Possibly easier to backpedal if needed to that way, too...
For me, yes. I know a lot but there are gaping holes in what I do
know, so sometimes an obvious issue to others is a mystery to me,
while other details I can keep right up.
Most things are a mystery to me... ;)All depends on what one needs to/wants to know. I have little
interest in working on cars as in changing oil or even swapping out the battery. Others like to and I'm glad do so I can have them do the stuff
I don't care to.
Well, I was talking more about computers and the like, but that's
another area that applies... ;) In previous times, I've been
known to change my own oil (only did it once and decided it
wasn't a job I cared to do again)... and other simple
changeouts... but I'm happy to take the car to our mechanics
now... :)
As sort of a follow-up the external fan fixed the problem. Not
elegantly. Hindsight may have been repairable: took the fan guard off
and the blades almost fell out ==> seems like they had just glued the
fan blade assembly to the motor shaft. Not sure if could have glued
and reassembled but part of the frame inside was loose -- not sure if
that was from unscrewing the fan guard or another problem. By the time
I thought of maybe glueing I had snipped the positive lead to the
original fan's motor. New 120mm fan over where the fan guard was -- do
a test run -- seems fine!
It works now... that's the important thing... ;) Sometimes
figuring out what someone else was thinking when they put things
together is more effort than just replacing things... ;)
"So that's what the wachamacallit is called!!"
You're up one on me: I've never changed my own oil. Combination of not BM>having the right equipment, comfort (temperature and crawling under a BM>car), and something else needed to be done anyway so just more
convenient to have a professional do it.
"So that's what the wachamacallit is called!!"
It's actually the doomaflotchie. <G>
You're up one on me: I've never changed my own oil. Combination of not
having the right equipment, comfort (temperature and crawling under a
car), and something else needed to be done anyway so just more
convenient to have a professional do it.
Same here...I let the professionals do it. I can fill the car
up with gasoline, but that's about it.
And, of course, after one eats chili dogs, pinto beans, baked
beans, cabbage, and legumes, you fill the car up with gas. Beano,
anyone?? <BG>
Hi Daryl!
And, of course, after one eats chili dogs, pinto beans, baked
beans, cabbage, and legumes, you fill the car up with gas. Beano, anyone?? <BG>
So that's why your car is called a putt-putt!
And, of course, after one eats chili dogs, pinto beans, bakedSo that's why your car is called a putt-putt!
beans, cabbage, and legumes, you fill the car up with gas. Beano, anyone?? <BG>
You ought to hear it when it backfires. LOL
Replying from the Pond 11 October, about 11:30am...
We'll be here!
Waiting patiently... ;)
Well, I'l be doing something to occupy the time but won't post a
WHERE ARE YOU?!!
Good thing, as all the trips have made me quite erratic inSeems funny to take someone to Canadian airport but for your location probably makes more sense. Playing with Google Maps -- takes about
posting... ;) I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, I
think... my son's return flight to Turkey is on the 22nd, so that
will be one last trip for the year... getting him back to the
Montreal Airport... We'll close the camp for the winter just
before I take him to the airport... :)
an hour longer to drive to Boston than to Montreal.
The Montreal is the closest actual international airport to the
Pond... his flight from Istanbul was non-stop direct... and it's
about 2 1/2 hours from the Pond...
This system (the one I'm one currently) I have multiple windows open
concurrently and it is only using 5.9 GB. ...As long as everyone's
happy!
Only. <G> 5.9GB sounds like an awful lot to me.... ;)
Especially as I have but a small fraction of that... :)
True: everything is relative. Think I told you or you may have read
where my first IBM-compatible computer had a 20 MB hard drive --
thought it would take forever to fill, especially as in the
flipping-floppies mindset from my first computer. So nine months later
running low on space, the sister computer becomes available (customer
return because he or she totally screwed up the OS so the department
manager sells to me for cheap) -- 40 MB hard drive. I eventually
network together for a combined 60 MB -- I'll _never_ run out of room!
...Uh-huh! <g>
A very common story... <G>I think it's kind of 'funny' the amount of RAM in the video cards I
use is around six times what I had for storage in my original XTs.
Yup, it can be amusing... ;) Like comparing the early full-room
sized computers to today's Raspberry Pi machines... ;)
So now you just have to figure out how to make that work... :)
And learn Python and other programming stuff.....
Keeps your brain limber and flexible (as long as it doesn't totally
overwhelm [g])....
Right now I'd have to have a need other than 'handy to know'.
Admittedly a lot of my recent learning tends to be knee-jerk: this
isn't working, error code is <whatever>, find what that means, etc.
And I really have no need to do programming -- well, in-depth, do do
some 'lite' stuff with the occasional scripting, but that's more
cookbook: patch in bits and pieces. Is more time consuming than if I
knew how to do from properly learning but....
Maybe someday when you are caught up on all those projects, andIsn't Googling for the answer considered 'on-line'? <gg> Actually
no But Firsts get in the way.... <G> Maybe even take a course at
the community college, or online...? :)
taking a classroom or on-line class wouldn't be a bad idea. By the
time all the But Firsts have dwindled down to allow for time to take
the classes there won't be any crisis for me to use my new knowledge
on!
But it could be useful for the next crisis thereafter... ;)
So understanding it might make reporting bugs better/easier.... :)
True - I'd probably know better what was expected so would be able to
narrow down the error information.
Or at least be able to use the right jargon correctly... ;)
That would be helpful!
A reason to consider the whole idea more strongly... :)"So that's what the wachamacallit is called!!"
[snicker]
I think the largest file I've played with was 5-point-something
gigabytes. No problems until got to a little over 4 GB and the
filesystem on the thumbdrive truncated. (reformmated the thumbdrive
to a different filesystem and was fine.)
Totally mind-boggling to me... I think I'll just avoid the huge
files and stay happily in my old small system... ;)
Probably 95% of my files are the usual handful of megabytes; the
over-4GB ones are recordings of TV shows and normally I don't have a
thing to do with them other than select which one to play and the
computers handle the rest. Manual copying is rare, with the exception
of the Transfer Project.
Still mind-boggling to me... ;)Just the copying of the usual and customary small files on a grand
scale! ...Though sometimes get into the little details of a file system will only handle so big a file and probably some other etc's.
True.... and EXACTLY... <G>
All depends on what one needs to/wants to know. I have little
interest in working on cars as in changing oil or even swapping out the
battery. Others like to and I'm glad do so I can have them do the stuff
I don't care to.
Well, I was talking more about computers and the like, but that'sYou're up one on me: I've never changed my own oil. Combination of
another area that applies... ;) In previous times, I've been known
to change my own oil (only did it once and decided it wasn't a job
I cared to do again)... and other simple changeouts... but I'm happy
to take the car to our mechanics now... :)
not having the right equipment, comfort (temperature and crawling under
a car), and something else needed to be done anyway so just more convenient to have a professional do it.
At the time, Richard was still changing his own oil, in the
driveway, and so the pan to drain into was available... along
with the tools... it was the crawling under the car and getting
dirt in my hair that decided me against doing it again... <G>
As sort of a follow-up the external fan fixed the problem. Not
elegantly. Hindsight may have been repairable: took the fan guard off
and the blades almost fell out ==> seems like they had just glued the
fan blade assembly to the motor shaft. Not sure if could have glued
and reassembled but part of the frame inside was loose -- not sure if
that was from unscrewing the fan guard or another problem. By the time
I thought of maybe glueing I had snipped the positive lead to the
original fan's motor. New 120mm fan over where the fan guard was -- do
a test run -- seems fine!
It works now... that's the important thing... ;) SometimesI probably could have taken the PSU apart to swap the fan but sort of
figuring out what someone else was thinking when they put things
together is more effort than just replacing things... ;)
a pain as would have to unplug the motherboard, etc., connectors.
Normally not a problem but the case is a little tight and the
motherboard socket is partially under a drive bay. Plenty of room otherwise. And since I don't even look inside when buttoned up
doesn't matter what it looks like inside, though do keep things
reasonably neat.
And no more random shutdowns because of an overheating PSU -- imagine that! <g>
Very good... mission accomplished... ;)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 16-Oct-2019 10:52 <=-
Seems funny to take someone to Canadian airport but for your location
probably makes more sense. Playing with Google Maps -- takes about
an hour longer to drive to Boston than to Montreal.
The Montreal is the closest actual international airport to theSo makes more sense to use Montreal. Just 'sounds funny' with my
Pond... his flight from Istanbul was non-stop direct... and it's
about 2 1/2 hours from the Pond...
limited experience.
And LIS in a message last week, I had assumed the Swiss (airline)
flight to Chicago was the same as the one at Boston - nope. Guess a thousand miles isn't that much more for an international flight.
This system (the one I'm one currently) I have multiple windows open
concurrently and it is only using 5.9 GB. ...As long as everyone's
happy!
Only. <G> 5.9GB sounds like an awful lot to me.... ;)
Especially as I have but a small fraction of that... :)
True: everything is relative. Think I told you or you may have read
where my first IBM-compatible computer had a 20 MB hard drive --
thought it would take forever to fill, especially as in the
flipping-floppies mindset from my first computer. So nine months later
running low on space, the sister computer becomes available (customer
return because he or she totally screwed up the OS so the department
manager sells to me for cheap) -- 40 MB hard drive. I eventually
network together for a combined 60 MB -- I'll _never_ run out of room!
...Uh-huh! <g>
A very common story... <G>
I think it's kind of 'funny' the amount of RAM in the video cards I
use is around six times what I had for storage in my original XTs.
Yup, it can be amusing... ;) Like comparing the early full-room<chuckle> Yup! And probably the cost of a RPi is less than one IC of
sized computers to today's Raspberry Pi machines... ;)
RAM back then!
So now you just have to figure out how to make that work... :)
And learn Python and other programming stuff.....
Keeps your brain limber and flexible (as long as it doesn't totally
overwhelm [g])....
Right now I'd have to have a need other than 'handy to know'.
Admittedly a lot of my recent learning tends to be knee-jerk: this
isn't working, error code is <whatever>, find what that means, etc.
And I really have no need to do programming -- well, in-depth, do do
some 'lite' stuff with the occasional scripting, but that's more
cookbook: patch in bits and pieces. Is more time consuming than if I
knew how to do from properly learning but....
Maybe someday when you are caught up on all those projects, and
no But Firsts get in the way.... <G> Maybe even take a course at
the community college, or online...? :)
Isn't Googling for the answer considered 'on-line'? <gg> Actually
taking a classroom or on-line class wouldn't be a bad idea. By the
time all the But Firsts have dwindled down to allow for time to take
the classes there won't be any crisis for me to use my new knowledge
on!
But it could be useful for the next crisis thereafter... ;)True; really more reasons for than against taking the classes.
So understanding it might make reporting bugs better/easier.... :)
True - I'd probably know better what was expected so would be able to
narrow down the error information.
Or at least be able to use the right jargon correctly... ;)
That would be helpful!
A reason to consider the whole idea more strongly... :)
"So that's what the wachamacallit is called!!"
[snicker]There are times when I have and I have seen others describe what the device looks like, what the screen appearance is, etc., because don't
know the term ==> "the display from the computer is larger than the
TV's showing" "Oh, you mean 'overscan'."
Totally mind-boggling to me... I think I'll just avoid the huge
files and stay happily in my old small system... ;)
Probably 95% of my files are the usual handful of megabytes; the
over-4GB ones are recordings of TV shows and normally I don't have a
thing to do with them other than select which one to play and the
computers handle the rest. Manual copying is rare, with the exception
of the Transfer Project.
Still mind-boggling to me... ;)
Just the copying of the usual and customary small files on a grand
scale! ...Though sometimes get into the little details of a file system
will only handle so big a file and probably some other etc's.
True.... and EXACTLY... <G>One way of learning is to get thrown into the pool!
Seems funny to take someone to Canadian airport but for your location
probably makes more sense. Playing with Google Maps -- takes about
an hour longer to drive to Boston than to Montreal.
The Montreal is the closest actual international airport to theSo makes more sense to use Montreal. Just 'sounds funny' with my
Pond... his flight from Istanbul was non-stop direct... and it's
about 2 1/2 hours from the Pond...
limited experience.
I've flown out of Toronto to Great Britain a couple of times...
made for a less expensive and better connecting flight... A
British friend of mine that lived here in the Rochester airport
told me that she flew that way all the time when she'd make trips
back home, so I gave it a try... :)
And LIS in a message last week, I had assumed the Swiss (airline)
flight to Chicago was the same as the one at Boston - nope. Guess a thousand miles isn't that much more for an international flight.
They do tend to use the larger planes, with a longer flight
ability...
So now you just have to figure out how to make that work... :)
And learn Python and other programming stuff.....
Keeps your brain limber and flexible (as long as it doesn't totally
overwhelm [g])....
Right now I'd have to have a need other than 'handy to know'.
Admittedly a lot of my recent learning tends to be knee-jerk: this
isn't working, error code is <whatever>, find what that means, etc.
And I really have no need to do programming -- well, in-depth, do do
some 'lite' stuff with the occasional scripting, but that's more
cookbook: patch in bits and pieces. Is more time consuming than if I
knew how to do from properly learning but....
Maybe someday when you are caught up on all those projects, and
no But Firsts get in the way.... <G> Maybe even take a course at
the community college, or online...? :)
Isn't Googling for the answer considered 'on-line'? <gg> Actually
taking a classroom or on-line class wouldn't be a bad idea. By the
time all the But Firsts have dwindled down to allow for time to take
the classes there won't be any crisis for me to use my new knowledge
on!
But it could be useful for the next crisis thereafter... ;)True; really more reasons for than against taking the classes.
That's what it was looking like to me... :)
So understanding it might make reporting bugs better/easier.... :)
True - I'd probably know better what was expected so would be able to
narrow down the error information.
Or at least be able to use the right jargon correctly... ;)
That would be helpful!
A reason to consider the whole idea more strongly... :)
"So that's what the wachamacallit is called!!"
[snicker]There are times when I have and I have seen others describe what the device looks like, what the screen appearance is, etc., because don't
know the term ==> "the display from the computer is larger than the
TV's showing" "Oh, you mean 'overscan'."
When one doesn't know the word, description is definitely the way
to go... and then one might even learn the right word for it...
:)
Totally mind-boggling to me... I think I'll just avoid the huge
files and stay happily in my old small system... ;)
Probably 95% of my files are the usual handful of megabytes; the
over-4GB ones are recordings of TV shows and normally I don't have a
thing to do with them other than select which one to play and the
computers handle the rest. Manual copying is rare, with the exception
of the Transfer Project.
Still mind-boggling to me... ;)
Just the copying of the usual and customary small files on a grand
scale! ...Though sometimes get into the little details of a file system
will only handle so big a file and probably some other etc's.
True.... and EXACTLY... <G>One way of learning is to get thrown into the pool!
As long as one doesn't drown doing it... <G>
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 27-Oct-2019 09:30 <=-
So makes more sense to use Montreal. Just 'sounds funny' with my
limited experience.
I've flown out of Toronto to Great Britain a couple of times... madeMakes sense. The various locations play a big part.
for a less expensive and better connecting flight... A British friend
of mine that lived here in the Rochester airport told me that she
flew that way all the time when she'd make trips back home, so I gave
it a try... :)
When I was growing up in southern New Hampshire any major flying was
done out of Logan International (Boston - BOS); there was an airport
in Nashua NH but no commercial flights, next one was in Manchester NH
-- I don't recall much about it back then other than it was a military airbase. While I was in college Manchester (MHT) took off (no pun intended!) and became an alternative of sorts to Logan, only 50 miles away. That allowed it to really expand and is now "Manchester -
Boston Regional", so a lot of travel which had gone to BOS now goes
to MHT. Lots of shuttle services between the two airports and the
areas between, air and ground.
And LIS in a message last week, I had assumed the Swiss (airline)
flight to Chicago was the same as the one at Boston - nope. Guess a
thousand miles isn't that much more for an international flight.
They do tend to use the larger planes, with a longer flightWhen tends to work out well as landing in the ocean to refuel isn't
ability...
done! ...Overland one needs to watch out for those short runways!
Also was thinking: we tend to think of the Earth as flat. Not
thinking Flat Earth Society flat, but flat as in table top map rather
than the actual sphere, which tends to alter the perception of where things are. Looking at a flight path mapping ORD to ZUR is a definite arced route on the flat map -- closer to a straight line on a globe.
Plus that route is north of the US's New England boarder with Canada,
so BOS is a detour. (The things one finds out with these little
chats!)
Maybe someday when you are caught up on all those projects, and
no But Firsts get in the way.... <G> Maybe even take a course at
the community college, or online...? :)
Isn't Googling for the answer considered 'on-line'? <gg> Actually
taking a classroom or on-line class wouldn't be a bad idea. By the
time all the But Firsts have dwindled down to allow for time to take
the classes there won't be any crisis for me to use my new knowledge
on!
But it could be useful for the next crisis thereafter... ;)
True; really more reasons for than against taking the classes.
That's what it was looking like to me... :)But First....!
There are times when I have and I have seen others describe what the
device looks like, what the screen appearance is, etc., because don't
know the term ==> "the display from the computer is larger than the
TV's showing" "Oh, you mean 'overscan'."
When one doesn't know the word, description is definitely the way toRight. Some times the correct word makes just as much if not more
go... and then one might even learn the right word for it... :)
sense than the descriptive word/s: "picture too big" ==> "overscan", though that makes sense only if one realizes the display on the screen
is really being scanned and not magically appears. OTOH "judder' --
maybe derived from 'jerking' and 'shudder'? ...My brain hurts!
Still mind-boggling to me... ;)
Just the copying of the usual and customary small files on a grand
scale! ...Though sometimes get into the little details of a file system
will only handle so big a file and probably some other etc's.
True.... and EXACTLY... <G>
One way of learning is to get thrown into the pool!
As long as one doesn't drown doing it... <G>But then one could have a whole new set of error messages! Reboot
could be 'everone out of the pool'; a computer freeze could be 'system went ice fishing but the hole disappeared'.....
So makes more sense to use Montreal. Just 'sounds funny' with my
limited experience.
I've flown out of Toronto to Great Britain a couple of times... madeMakes sense. The various locations play a big part.
for a less expensive and better connecting flight... A British friend
of mine that lived here in the Rochester airport told me that she
flew that way all the time when she'd make trips back home, so I gave
it a try... :)
Exactly. :)
When I was growing up in southern New Hampshire any major flying was
done out of Logan International (Boston - BOS); there was an airport
in Nashua NH but no commercial flights, next one was in Manchester NH
-- I don't recall much about it back then other than it was a military airbase. While I was in college Manchester (MHT) took off (no pun intended!) and became an alternative of sorts to Logan, only 50 miles away. That allowed it to really expand and is now "Manchester -
Boston Regional", so a lot of travel which had gone to BOS now goes
to MHT. Lots of shuttle services between the two airports and the
areas between, air and ground.
Makes sense to divert some of the traffic off of Logan... keep it
from getting too congested....
Also was thinking: we tend to think of the Earth as flat. Not
thinking Flat Earth Society flat, but flat as in table top map rather
than the actual sphere, which tends to alter the perception of where things are. Looking at a flight path mapping ORD to ZUR is a definite arced route on the flat map -- closer to a straight line on a globe.
Plus that route is north of the US's New England boarder with Canada,
so BOS is a detour. (The things one finds out with these little
chats!)
Never know what might prompt looking up things and learning
details... ;)
Maybe someday when you are caught up on all those projects, and
no But Firsts get in the way.... <G> Maybe even take a course at
the community college, or online...? :)
Isn't Googling for the answer considered 'on-line'? <gg> Actually
taking a classroom or on-line class wouldn't be a bad idea. By the
time all the But Firsts have dwindled down to allow for time to take
the classes there won't be any crisis for me to use my new knowledge
on!
But it could be useful for the next crisis thereafter... ;)
True; really more reasons for than against taking the classes.
That's what it was looking like to me... :)But First....!
No, no.... we were going to try to get past all of those... <G>
There are times when I have and I have seen others describe what the
device looks like, what the screen appearance is, etc., because don't
know the term ==> "the display from the computer is larger than the
TV's showing" "Oh, you mean 'overscan'."
When one doesn't know the word, description is definitely the way toRight. Some times the correct word makes just as much if not more
go... and then one might even learn the right word for it... :)
sense than the descriptive word/s: "picture too big" ==> "overscan", though that makes sense only if one realizes the display on the screen
is really being scanned and not magically appears. OTOH "judder' --
maybe derived from 'jerking' and 'shudder'? ...My brain hurts!
Now that's a word I'd not heard before.... ;)
Still mind-boggling to me... ;)
Just the copying of the usual and customary small files on a grand
scale! ...Though sometimes get into the little details of a file system
will only handle so big a file and probably some other etc's.
True.... and EXACTLY... <G>
One way of learning is to get thrown into the pool!
As long as one doesn't drown doing it... <G>But then one could have a whole new set of error messages! Reboot
could be 'everone out of the pool'; a computer freeze could be 'system went ice fishing but the hole disappeared'.....
No thank you..... ;0
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 01-Nov-2019 10:07 <=-
I don't have a reason to fly to Vienna without my Mother so "picking
her up in Boston" is the only makes-sense option. And she
really-really- REALLY likes Swiss (airline) so not going to change
that.
As for any other flying, Moline (IL - MLI) is just too convenient so
would be the starting and ending points. Easy to fly into Chicago or Detroit (United and Delta hubs, respectively), or other cities. LIS, mostly depends on location.
When I was growing up in southern New Hampshire any major flying was
done out of Logan International (Boston - BOS); there was an airport
in Nashua NH but no commercial flights, next one was in Manchester NH
-- I don't recall much about it back then other than it was a military
airbase. While I was in college Manchester (MHT) took off (no pun
intended!) and became an alternative of sorts to Logan, only 50 miles
away. That allowed it to really expand and is now "Manchester -
Boston Regional", so a lot of travel which had gone to BOS now goes
to MHT. Lots of shuttle services between the two airports and the
areas between, air and ground.
Makes sense to divert some of the traffic off of Logan... keep itRight, and I don't think they can expand too much -- fill in Boston
from getting too congested....
Bay? <g> No idea if there was an actual plan to make Manchester (NH) the 'expansion' or if it just sort of happened.
Also was thinking: we tend to think of the Earth as flat. Not
thinking Flat Earth Society flat, but flat as in table top map rather
than the actual sphere, which tends to alter the perception of where
things are. Looking at a flight path mapping ORD to ZUR is a definite
arced route on the flat map -- closer to a straight line on a globe.
Plus that route is north of the US's New England boarder with Canada,
so BOS is a detour. (The things one finds out with these little
chats!)
Never know what might prompt looking up things and learning details...Keep going East and I end up in ....Spain?! I'll admit to generally thinking England or maybe France is more easterly but they're north.
Does make sense because know the coastal ocean water flow is pushed
out towards England and causes their fog by Cape Cod. (Filed under "Things only a New Englander generally knows". <g>)
There are times when I have and I have seen others describe what the
device looks like, what the screen appearance is, etc., because don't
know the term ==> "the display from the computer is larger than the
TV's showing" "Oh, you mean 'overscan'."
When one doesn't know the word, description is definitely the way to
go... and then one might even learn the right word for it... :)
Right. Some times the correct word makes just as much if not more
sense than the descriptive word/s: "picture too big" ==> "overscan",
though that makes sense only if one realizes the display on the screen
is really being scanned and not magically appears. OTOH "judder' --
maybe derived from 'jerking' and 'shudder'? ...My brain hurts!
Now that's a word I'd not heard before.... ;)Nor I, which probably contributed to why I (and others) didn't know
how to describe the visual effect in a single word.
One way of learning is to get thrown into the pool!
As long as one doesn't drown doing it... <G>
But then one could have a whole new set of error messages! Reboot
could be 'everone out of the pool'; a computer freeze could be 'system
went ice fishing but the hole disappeared'.....
No thank you..... ;0I'm thinking the novelty would wear off very quickly.
I don't have a reason to fly to Vienna without my Mother so "picking
her up in Boston" is the only makes-sense option. And she
really-really- REALLY likes Swiss (airline) so not going to change
that.
As for any other flying, Moline (IL - MLI) is just too convenient so
would be the starting and ending points. Easy to fly into Chicago or Detroit (United and Delta hubs, respectively), or other cities. LIS, mostly depends on location.
Indeed... both your location, and where you are trying to get
to... :)
When I was growing up in southern New Hampshire any major flying was
done out of Logan International (Boston - BOS); there was an airport
in Nashua NH but no commercial flights, next one was in Manchester NH
-- I don't recall much about it back then other than it was a military
airbase. While I was in college Manchester (MHT) took off (no pun
intended!) and became an alternative of sorts to Logan, only 50 miles
away. That allowed it to really expand and is now "Manchester -
Boston Regional", so a lot of travel which had gone to BOS now goes
to MHT. Lots of shuttle services between the two airports and the
areas between, air and ground.
Makes sense to divert some of the traffic off of Logan... keep itRight, and I don't think they can expand too much -- fill in Boston
from getting too congested....
Bay? <g> No idea if there was an actual plan to make Manchester (NH) the 'expansion' or if it just sort of happened.
Hard to say... could have been either, or some of both... The
airports around DC are similar, at taking some of the load off
each other... with BWI the major one, and the other two having
their own particular benefits for certain situations... ;)
Also was thinking: we tend to think of the Earth as flat. Not
thinking Flat Earth Society flat, but flat as in table top map rather
than the actual sphere, which tends to alter the perception of where
things are. Looking at a flight path mapping ORD to ZUR is a definite
arced route on the flat map -- closer to a straight line on a globe.
Plus that route is north of the US's New England boarder with Canada,
so BOS is a detour. (The things one finds out with these little
chats!)
Never know what might prompt looking up things and learning details...Keep going East and I end up in ....Spain?! I'll admit to generally thinking England or maybe France is more easterly but they're north.
Does make sense because know the coastal ocean water flow is pushed
out towards England and causes their fog by Cape Cod. (Filed under "Things only a New Englander generally knows". <g>)
UBI's, a friend of mine used to call things like that... Useless
Bits of Information.... but often interesting... <G>
There are times when I have and I have seen others describe what the
device looks like, what the screen appearance is, etc., because don't
know the term ==> "the display from the computer is larger than the
TV's showing" "Oh, you mean 'overscan'."
When one doesn't know the word, description is definitely the way to
go... and then one might even learn the right word for it... :)
Right. Some times the correct word makes just as much if not more
sense than the descriptive word/s: "picture too big" ==> "overscan",
though that makes sense only if one realizes the display on the screen
is really being scanned and not magically appears. OTOH "judder' --
maybe derived from 'jerking' and 'shudder'? ...My brain hurts!
Now that's a word I'd not heard before.... ;)Nor I, which probably contributed to why I (and others) didn't know
how to describe the visual effect in a single word.
But a useful word to learn, at least in this context... :)
One way of learning is to get thrown into the pool!
As long as one doesn't drown doing it... <G>
But then one could have a whole new set of error messages! Reboot
could be 'everone out of the pool'; a computer freeze could be 'system
went ice fishing but the hole disappeared'.....
No thank you..... ;0I'm thinking the novelty would wear off very quickly.
Exactly...!
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 09-Nov-2019 17:22 <=-
As for any other flying, Moline (IL - MLI) is just too convenient so
would be the starting and ending points. Easy to fly into Chicago or
Detroit (United and Delta hubs, respectively), or other cities. LIS,
mostly depends on location.
Indeed... both your location, and where you are trying to get to.. :)Right. And LIS last summer was considering changing routes a bit just
so wouldn't have to get up so early for the starting leg -- good thing
I didn't because of something happening at the terminal I was
considering flying in to. Not recalling what it was but would have
more than likely delayed my arrival in NH, so all the convenience of a little extra sleep would have been discarded.
When I was growing up in southern New Hampshire any major flying was
done out of Logan International (Boston - BOS); there was an airport
in Nashua NH but no commercial flights, next one was in Manchester NH
-- I don't recall much about it back then other than it was a military
airbase. While I was in college Manchester (MHT) took off (no pun
intended!) and became an alternative of sorts to Logan, only 50 miles
away. That allowed it to really expand and is now "Manchester -
Boston Regional", so a lot of travel which had gone to BOS now goes
to MHT. Lots of shuttle services between the two airports and the
areas between, air and ground.
Makes sense to divert some of the traffic off of Logan... keep it
from getting too congested....
Right, and I don't think they can expand too much -- fill in Boston
Bay? <g> No idea if there was an actual plan to make Manchester (NH)
the 'expansion' or if it just sort of happened.
Hard to say... could have been either, or some of both... TheI think somewhat the same for Chicago's O'Hare (ORD) and Midway (CHIA
airports around DC are similar, at taking some of the load off each
other... with BWI the major one, and the other two having their own
particular benefits for certain situations... ;)
-- hmm: go to Brazil and land at PET ?!) -- close enough to take some
of the traffic off the primary airport.
Never know what might prompt looking up things and learning details...
Keep going East and I end up in ....Spain?! I'll admit to generally
thinking England or maybe France is more easterly but they're north.
Does make sense because know the coastal ocean water flow is pushed
out towards England and causes their fog by Cape Cod. (Filed under
"Things only a New Englander generally knows". <g>)
UBI's, a friend of mine used to call things like that... Useless:) And sometimes called 'trivia': not too important, but sometimes important enough in some instances not to be trivial.
Bits of Information.... but often interesting... <G>
OTOH "judder' -- maybe derived from 'jerking' and 'shudder'?
...My brain hurts!
Now that's a word I'd not heard before.... ;)
Nor I, which probably contributed to why I (and others) didn't know
how to describe the visual effect in a single word.
But a useful word to learn, at least in this context... :)Yes, as you have said in other messages better to learn the right word
to use. Though as the taglines says, what's the use of learning how
to speak proper English if no one will understand. <g> ("Doo-flingy"
is not a sufficiently technical term in just about any conversation.) OTOH, one does have to find out what the correct word is in order to
be able to use it.
As for any other flying, Moline (IL - MLI) is just too convenient so
would be the starting and ending points. Easy to fly into Chicago or
Detroit (United and Delta hubs, respectively), or other cities. LIS,
mostly depends on location.
Indeed... both your location, and where you are trying to get to.. :)Right. And LIS last summer was considering changing routes a bit just
so wouldn't have to get up so early for the starting leg -- good thing
I didn't because of something happening at the terminal I was
considering flying in to. Not recalling what it was but would have
more than likely delayed my arrival in NH, so all the convenience of a little extra sleep would have been discarded.
Guess you lucked out there, then... :)
When I was growing up in southern New Hampshire any major flying was
done out of Logan International (Boston - BOS); there was an airport
in Nashua NH but no commercial flights, next one was in Manchester NH
-- I don't recall much about it back then other than it was a military
airbase. While I was in college Manchester (MHT) took off (no pun
intended!) and became an alternative of sorts to Logan, only 50 miles
away. That allowed it to really expand and is now "Manchester -
Boston Regional", so a lot of travel which had gone to BOS now goes
to MHT. Lots of shuttle services between the two airports and the
areas between, air and ground.
Makes sense to divert some of the traffic off of Logan... keep it
from getting too congested....
Right, and I don't think they can expand too much -- fill in Boston
Bay? <g> No idea if there was an actual plan to make Manchester (NH)
the 'expansion' or if it just sort of happened.
Hard to say... could have been either, or some of both... TheI think somewhat the same for Chicago's O'Hare (ORD) and Midway (CHIA
airports around DC are similar, at taking some of the load off each
other... with BWI the major one, and the other two having their own
particular benefits for certain situations... ;)
-- hmm: go to Brazil and land at PET ?!) -- close enough to take some
of the traffic off the primary airport.
And similarly for NYC, between Newark, JFK and LaGuardia... :)
Never know what might prompt looking up things and learning details...
Keep going East and I end up in ....Spain?! I'll admit to generally
thinking England or maybe France is more easterly but they're north.
Does make sense because know the coastal ocean water flow is pushed
out towards England and causes their fog by Cape Cod. (Filed under
"Things only a New Englander generally knows". <g>)
UBI's, a friend of mine used to call things like that... Useless:) And sometimes called 'trivia': not too important, but sometimes important enough in some instances not to be trivial.
Bits of Information.... but often interesting... <G>
Exactly, sometimes not really that useless... :)
OTOH "judder' -- maybe derived from 'jerking' and 'shudder'?
...My brain hurts!
Now that's a word I'd not heard before.... ;)
Nor I, which probably contributed to why I (and others) didn't know
how to describe the visual effect in a single word.
But a useful word to learn, at least in this context... :)Yes, as you have said in other messages better to learn the right word
to use. Though as the taglines says, what's the use of learning how
to speak proper English if no one will understand. <g> ("Doo-flingy"
is not a sufficiently technical term in just about any conversation.) OTOH, one does have to find out what the correct word is in order to
be able to use it.
One has the satisfaction of using the proper word... ;) And then
the fun of having to interpret it to everyone else... :)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 20-Nov-2019 09:17 <=-
Hard to say... could have been either, or some of both... The
airports around DC are similar, at taking some of the load off each
other... with BWI the major one, and the other two having their own
particular benefits for certain situations... ;)
I think somewhat the same for Chicago's O'Hare (ORD) and Midway (CHIA
-- hmm: go to Brazil and land at PET ?!) -- close enough to take some
of the traffic off the primary airport.
And similarly for NYC, between Newark, JFK and LaGuardia... :)Probably just more of the 'hindsight is 20/20': if had known air
travel would become so popular and the planes becoming so large they (possibily) would have allocated more room for airport expansion: the landing areas, terminals, and structures around in the landing paths.
Anchor a carrier in the Atlantic, run some ferries between the new floating airport and land....
OTOH "judder' -- maybe derived from 'jerking' and 'shudder'?
...My brain hurts!
Now that's a word I'd not heard before.... ;)
Nor I, which probably contributed to why I (and others) didn't know
how to describe the visual effect in a single word.
But a useful word to learn, at least in this context... :)
Yes, as you have said in other messages better to learn the right word
to use. Though as the taglines says, what's the use of learning how
to speak proper English if no one will understand. <g> ("Doo-flingy"
is not a sufficiently technical term in just about any conversation.)
OTOH, one does have to find out what the correct word is in order to
be able to use it.
One has the satisfaction of using the proper word... ;) And thenI've had numerous times when I've had to pause and come up with common terms when trying to explain why something isn't working/working
the fun of having to interpret it to everyone else... :)
properly. Or when asked if something will work: the answer isn't
always yes or no.
Hard to say... could have been either, or some of both... The
airports around DC are similar, at taking some of the load off each
other... with BWI the major one, and the other two having their own
particular benefits for certain situations... ;)
I think somewhat the same for Chicago's O'Hare (ORD) and Midway (CHIA
-- hmm: go to Brazil and land at PET ?!) -- close enough to take some
of the traffic off the primary airport.
And similarly for NYC, between Newark, JFK and LaGuardia... :)Probably just more of the 'hindsight is 20/20': if had known air
travel would become so popular and the planes becoming so large they (possibily) would have allocated more room for airport expansion: the landing areas, terminals, and structures around in the landing paths.
There probably wasn't any way of knowing how much things would
actually expand, just like we've discussed about the expressway
systems growing like Topsy and needing room that just isn't
there... Or the proverbial statement by Bill Gates about what
capacities a computer should have...
Anchor a carrier in the Atlantic, run some ferries between the new floating airport and land....
Now that's a creative concept.... ;)
OTOH "judder' -- maybe derived from 'jerking' and 'shudder'?
...My brain hurts!
Now that's a word I'd not heard before.... ;)
Nor I, which probably contributed to why I (and others) didn't know
how to describe the visual effect in a single word.
But a useful word to learn, at least in this context... :)
Yes, as you have said in other messages better to learn the right word
to use. Though as the taglines says, what's the use of learning how
to speak proper English if no one will understand. <g> ("Doo-flingy"
is not a sufficiently technical term in just about any conversation.)
OTOH, one does have to find out what the correct word is in order to
be able to use it.
One has the satisfaction of using the proper word... ;) And thenI've had numerous times when I've had to pause and come up with common terms when trying to explain why something isn't working/working
the fun of having to interpret it to everyone else... :)
properly. Or when asked if something will work: the answer isn't
always yes or no.
Communication just gets so complicated, doesn't it... <G>
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 01-Dec-2019 11:36 <=-
And similarly for NYC, between Newark, JFK and LaGuardia... :)
Probably just more of the 'hindsight is 20/20': if had known air
travel would become so popular and the planes becoming so large they
(possibily) would have allocated more room for airport expansion: the
landing areas, terminals, and structures around in the landing paths.
There probably wasn't any way of knowing how much things would actuallyAll true. Part of the now-outdated thinking is back then didn't have
expand, just like we've discussed about the expressway systems growing
like Topsy and needing room that just isn't there... Or the proverbial
statement by Bill Gates about what capacity a computer should have...
the capabilities nor the considerations. Move stuff across the
country? By rail, of course! IIRC the interstate system was more for quick movements of troops and Joe Public got to travel as a side
benefit.
As for Bill Gates' alleged statement, seems like all of the
high-ranking people of the companies around then and now heavily into computers made some statement about they (computers) will never be used
by the average consumer.
Anchor a carrier in the Atlantic, run some ferries between the new
floating airport and land....
Now that's a creative concept.... ;)Once in a while I come up with comething good!
And similarly for NYC, between Newark, JFK and LaGuardia... :)
Probably just more of the 'hindsight is 20/20': if had known air
travel would become so popular and the planes becoming so large they
(possibily) would have allocated more room for airport expansion: the
landing areas, terminals, and structures around in the landing paths.
There probably wasn't any way of knowing how much things would actuallyAll true. Part of the now-outdated thinking is back then didn't have
expand, just like we've discussed about the expressway systems growing
like Topsy and needing room that just isn't there... Or the proverbial
statement by Bill Gates about what capacity a computer should have...
the capabilities nor the considerations. Move stuff across the
country? By rail, of course! IIRC the interstate system was more for quick movements of troops and Joe Public got to travel as a side
benefit.
It wasn't just for troop movement... I think it was somewhat a
vision for needing to move large amounts of people/goods in the
event of an emergency, but not really thought of as a system for
everyday travel until it was well into development....
As for Bill Gates' alleged statement, seems like all of the
high-ranking people of the companies around then and now heavily into computers made some statement about they (computers) will never be used
by the average consumer.
Hindsight is so much more accurate than cautious foresight.... ;)
But the business computers obviously needed more capability than
that original small amount, even from early on.... :)
Anchor a carrier in the Atlantic, run some ferries between the new
floating airport and land....
Now that's a creative concept.... ;)Once in a while I come up with something good!
Not sure how it would be implemented, though.... ;)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 06-Dec-2019 09:45 <=-
There probably wasn't any way of knowing how much things would actually
expand, just like we've discussed about the expressway systems growing
like Topsy and needing room that just isn't there...
Part of the now-outdated thinking is back then didn't have the
capabilities nor the considerations. Move stuff across the country?
By rail, of course! IIRC the interstate system was more for quick
movements of troops and Joe Public got to travel as a side benefit.
It wasn't just for troop movement... I think it was somewhat a visionOK, I don't recall the 'large amounts of people/goods' but makes
for needing to move large amounts of people/goods in the event of an
emergency, but not really thought of as a system for everyday travel
until it was well into development....
sense. Fortunately haven't seen that with war but have seen when Mother Nature gets mad.
As for Bill Gates' alleged statement, seems like all of the
high-ranking people of the companies around then and now heavily into
computers made some statement about they (computers) will never be used
by the average consumer.
Hindsight is so much more accurate than cautious foresight.... ;) ButTrue. As for the capacity of the business machines, probably the
the business computers obviously needed more capability than that
original small amount, even from early on.... :)
thinking was along the lines of mine early: was relatively easy to
flip floppies ==> pull out one floppy, insert another. They did hold a lot of data, or at least by the considerations of that time.
For fun a quick bit of Googling (to use activate their floppies!)
1 TB = 754297.03126098 floppy disk (3.5", HD)
= 2744116.61398 5.25" DD floppies
So I'd need close to three million of my old floppies. That's a lot
of flipping!!
Anchor a carrier in the Atlantic, run some ferries between the new
floating airport and land....
Now that's a creative concept.... ;)
Once in a while I come up with something good!
Not sure how it would be implemented, though.... ;)Plus doesn't seem like it would work all that well for non-coastal
sites.
There probably wasn't any way of knowing how much things would actually
expand, just like we've discussed about the expressway systems growing
like Topsy and needing room that just isn't there...
Part of the now-outdated thinking is back then didn't have the
capabilities nor the considerations. Move stuff across the country?
By rail, of course! IIRC the interstate system was more for quick
movements of troops and Joe Public got to travel as a side benefit.
It wasn't just for troop movement... I think it was somewhat a visionOK, I don't recall the 'large amounts of people/goods' but makes
for needing to move large amounts of people/goods in the event of an
emergency, but not really thought of as a system for everyday travel
until it was well into development....
sense. Fortunately haven't seen that with war but have seen when Mother Nature gets mad.
Also useful for when something large explodes or burns and spews
toxins...
As for Bill Gates' alleged statement, seems like all of the
high-ranking people of the companies around then and now heavily into
computers made some statement about they (computers) will never be used
by the average consumer.
Hindsight is so much more accurate than cautious foresight.... ;) ButTrue. As for the capacity of the business machines, probably the
the business computers obviously needed more capability than that
original small amount, even from early on.... :)
thinking was along the lines of mine early: was relatively easy to
flip floppies ==> pull out one floppy, insert another. They did hold a lot of data, or at least by the considerations of that time.
For fun a quick bit of Googling (to use activate their floppies!)
1 TB = 754297.03126098 floppy disk (3.5", HD)
= 2744116.61398 5.25" DD floppies
So I'd need close to three million of my old floppies. That's a lot
of flipping!!
Indeed....! Makes a lot of sense why larger capacity storage was developed, with tape drives, zipdisks, and all... ;) And other
forms of moveable hard disks.... ;)
Anchor a carrier in the Atlantic, run some ferries between the new
floating airport and land....
Now that's a creative concept.... ;)
Once in a while I come up with something good!
Not sure how it would be implemented, though.... ;)Plus doesn't seem like it would work all that well for non-coastal
sites.
Just think of the mess that could happen, had there been such set
up in the middle of the Mississippi Ruver.... <G>
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 17-Dec-2019 08:39 <=-
IIRC the interstate system was more for quick movements of troops
and Joe Public got to travel as a side benefit.
It wasn't just for troop movement... I think it was somewhat a vision
for needing to move large amounts of people/goods in the event of an
emergency, but not really thought of as a system for everyday travel
until it was well into development....
OK, I don't recall the 'large amounts of people/goods' but makes
sense. Fortunately haven't seen that with war but have seen when Mother
Nature gets mad.
Also useful for when something large explodes or burns and spewsTrue: that chemical fire in Texas (?) a few weeks ago; nothing has
toxins...
been mentioned in the past several years but there used to be talk of evacuations should Cordova Nuclear up the river from here go wack-o.
Hindsight is so much more accurate than cautious foresight.... ;)
But the business computers obviously needed more capability than that
original small amount, even from early on.... :)
True. As for the capacity of the business machines, probably the
thinking was along the lines of mine early: was relatively easy to
flip floppies ==> pull out one floppy, insert another. They did hold a
lot of data, or at least by the considerations of that time.
For fun a quick bit of Googling (to use activate their floppies!)
1 TB = 754297.03126098 floppy disk (3.5", HD)
= 2744116.61398 5.25" DD floppies
So I'd need close to three million of my old floppies. That's a lot
of flipping!!
Indeed....! Makes a lot of sense why larger capacity storage wasIt does! Still amazes me how they pack a hard drive physical size
developed, with tape drives, zipdisks, and all... ;) And other forms
of moveable hard disks.... ;)
(think 3.5" HDD) now with multiple TB into a case that not that long
ago was MB.
Anchor a carrier in the Atlantic, run some ferries between the new
floating airport and land....
Now that's a creative concept.... ;)
Once in a while I come up with something good!
Not sure how it would be implemented, though.... ;)
Plus doesn't seem like it would work all that well for non-coastal
sites.
Just think of the mess that could happen, had there been such setHere we stick government facilities in the middle of the River ==> the Rock Island Arsenal!
up in the middle of the Mississippi River.... <G>
True: that chemical fire in Texas (?) a few weeks ago; nothing has
been mentioned in the past several years but there used to be talk of evacuations should Cordova Nuclear up the river from here go wack-o.
We have Ginna Nuclear plant on the lake a little ways from us...
I think we were never quite in any evacuation area for that here
in the city, but there were definitely plans for evacuations more
in its vicinity... No talk recently of that either... I think
that the nuclear plants have shown their relative safeness over
the years....
Hindsight is so much more accurate than cautious foresight.... ;)
But the business computers obviously needed more capability than that
original small amount, even from early on.... :)
True. As for the capacity of the business machines, probably the
thinking was along the lines of mine early: was relatively easy to
flip floppies ==> pull out one floppy, insert another. They did hold a
lot of data, or at least by the considerations of that time.
For fun a quick bit of Googling (to use activate their floppies!)
1 TB = 754297.03126098 floppy disk (3.5", HD)
= 2744116.61398 5.25" DD floppies
So I'd need close to three million of my old floppies. That's a lot
of flipping!!
Indeed....! Makes a lot of sense why larger capacity storage wasIt does! Still amazes me how they pack a hard drive physical size
developed, with tape drives, zipdisks, and all... ;) And other forms
of moveable hard disks.... ;)
(think 3.5" HDD) now with multiple TB into a case that not that long
ago was MB.
And the thumbdrives that hold a full computer's worth....
Anchor a carrier in the Atlantic, run some ferries between the new
floating airport and land....
Now that's a creative concept.... ;)
Once in a while I come up with something good!
Not sure how it would be implemented, though.... ;)
Plus doesn't seem like it would work all that well for non-coastal
sites.
Just think of the mess that could happen, had there been such setHere we stick government facilities in the middle of the River ==> the Rock Island Arsenal!
up in the middle of the Mississippi River.... <G>
But that's on a fixed island, not a floating one... ;)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 25-Dec-2019 09:34 <=-
True: that chemical fire in Texas (?) a few weeks ago; nothing has
been mentioned in the past several years but there used to be talk of
evacuations should Cordova Nuclear up the river from here go wack-o.
We have Ginna Nuclear plant on the lake a little ways from us... IAgree. I don't think anything creating/using energy is 100% safe, so always a degree of caution needed, no matter how long it has been in
think we were never quite in any evacuation area for that here in the
city, but there were definitely plans for evacuations more in its
vicinity... No talk recently of that either... I think that the
nuclear plants have shown their relative safeness over the years....
use. And it's possible the dangerousness of the nuclear generating facilities got mixed in with the nasty aftereffects of the nuclear
bombs. ...Sort of like someone thought my lunch tote was a bomb
shortly after 9/11.
Indeed....! Makes a lot of sense why larger capacity storage was
developed, with tape drives, zipdisks, and all... ;) And other forms
of moveable hard disks.... ;)
It does! Still amazes me how they pack a hard drive physical size
(think 3.5" HDD) now with multiple TB into a case that not that long
ago was MB.
And the thumbdrives that hold a full computer's worth....<chuckle> Yes!! I think Ky was saying in another conference he has a
few 300+ GB ones. I'm thinking 'overkill' but IIRC from what bits and pieces I remember of his job probably needs that size. For what I do
(and that's definitely amateur level!) 16 GB thumbdrives are more than enough.
...Sent pictures from my Vienna 2019 Visit to my Aunt and
Mother on 4 GB thumbdrives and have more than enough. ...Curious
Kitty was purring: 992 items, totalling 756.9 MB. So approximately
1,000 photographs took less than a GB.
Anchor a carrier in the Atlantic, run some ferries between the new
floating airport and land....
Now that's a creative concept.... ;)
Once in a while I come up with something good!
Not sure how it would be implemented, though.... ;)
Plus doesn't seem like it would work all that well for non-coastal
sites.
Just think of the mess that could happen, had there been such set
up in the middle of the Mississippi River.... <G>
Here we stick government facilities in the middle of the River ==> the
Rock Island Arsenal!
But that's on a fixed island, not a floating one... ;)We'd better hope it doesn't float downstream!!
True: that chemical fire in Texas (?) a few weeks ago; nothing has
been mentioned in the past several years but there used to be talk of
evacuations should Cordova Nuclear up the river from here go wack-o.
We have Ginna Nuclear plant on the lake a little ways from us... IAgree. I don't think anything creating/using energy is 100% safe, so always a degree of caution needed, no matter how long it has been in
think we were never quite in any evacuation area for that here in the
city, but there were definitely plans for evacuations more in its
vicinity... No talk recently of that either... I think that the
nuclear plants have shown their relative safeness over the years....
use. And it's possible the dangerousness of the nuclear generating facilities got mixed in with the nasty aftereffects of the nuclear
bombs. ...Sort of like someone thought my lunch tote was a bomb
shortly after 9/11.
Yup... It can be too easy to get things like that confused...
Of course, when there is a meltdown at a plant, things could be a
bit more dangerous than when it's working properly... :)
Indeed....! Makes a lot of sense why larger capacity storage was
developed, with tape drives, zipdisks, and all... ;) And other forms
of moveable hard disks.... ;)
It does! Still amazes me how they pack a hard drive physical size
(think 3.5" HDD) now with multiple TB into a case that not that long
ago was MB.
And the thumbdrives that hold a full computer's worth....<chuckle> Yes!! I think Ky was saying in another conference he has a
few 300+ GB ones. I'm thinking 'overkill' but IIRC from what bits and pieces I remember of his job probably needs that size. For what I do
(and that's definitely amateur level!) 16 GB thumbdrives are more than enough.
Overkill for some people, barely enough for other needs,
apparently.. :)
...Sent pictures from my Vienna 2019 Visit to my Aunt and
Mother on 4 GB thumbdrives and have more than enough. ...Curious
Kitty was purring: 992 items, totalling 756.9 MB. So approximately
1,000 photographs took less than a GB.
They do take up significant space... but not as much as they
might... :)
Anchor a carrier in the Atlantic, run some ferries between the new
floating airport and land....
Now that's a creative concept.... ;)
Once in a while I come up with something good!
Not sure how it would be implemented, though.... ;)
Plus doesn't seem like it would work all that well for non-coastal
sites.
Just think of the mess that could happen, had there been such set
up in the middle of the Mississippi River.... <G>
Here we stick government facilities in the middle of the River ==> the
Rock Island Arsenal!
But that's on a fixed island, not a floating one... ;)We'd better hope it doesn't float downstream!!
True... :)
... Nothing wrong with my memory, just slightly disoriented!!
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 04-Jan-2020 09:07 <=-
plans for evacuations more in its vicinity... No talk recently of that
either... I think that the nuclear plants have shown their relative
safeness over the years....
Agree. I don't think anything creating/using energy is 100% safe, so
always a degree of caution needed, no matter how long it has been in
use. And it's possible the dangerousness of the nuclear generating
facilities got mixed in with the nasty aftereffects of the nuclear
bombs. ...Sort of like someone thought my lunch tote was a bomb
shortly after 9/11.
Yup... It can be too easy to get things like that confused...True: if can turn the valve/flip the switch to stop a problem then not
Of course, when there is a meltdown at a plant, things could be a
bit more dangerous than when it's working properly... :)
too much concern. If out of control could be a major issue.
(Well just might be a candidate for the week's dumbest statement!)
...If I was really concerned I'd have a within-arm's-reach emergency
plan. I'm more concerned with a fire: smoke detectors and fire extinguishers in place. And the CO detector.
And the thumbdrives that hold a full computer's worth....
<chuckle> Yes!! I think Ky was saying in another conference he has a
few 300+ GB ones. I'm thinking 'overkill' but IIRC from what bits and
pieces I remember of his job probably needs that size. For what I do
(and that's definitely amateur level!) 16 GB thumbdrives are more than
enough.
Overkill for some people, barely enough for other needs, apparently.. :)Yes, the 'all depends' thing. :) Some people (like Ky) may need to transport large-size files, or lots of smaller files. Others like me
just need to move small files and larger ones may be easier and
cheaper to redownload or move a different way (though network, etc.).
...Sent pictures from my Vienna 2019 Visit to my Aunt and
Mother on 4 GB thumbdrives and have more than enough. ...Curious
Kitty was purring: 992 items, totalling 756.9 MB. So approximately
1,000 photographs took less than a GB.
They do take up significant space... but not as much as theyTo me it seems like a thousand pictures would require more storage.
might... :)
...No wonder I have all this free space on the hard drives! <g>
Anchor a carrier in the Atlantic, run some ferries between the new
floating airport and land....
Now that's a creative concept.... ;)
Once in a while I come up with something good!
Not sure how it would be implemented, though.... ;)
Plus doesn't seem like it would work all that well for non-coastal
sites.
Just think of the mess that could happen, had there been such set
up in the middle of the Mississippi River.... <G>
Here we stick government facilities in the middle of the River ==> the
Rock Island Arsenal!
But that's on a fixed island, not a floating one... ;)
We'd better hope it doesn't float downstream!!
True... :)I can just visualize that mess! Arsenal Island breaks loose, floats a little way down the Mississippi until it gets stuck. River is
effectively dammed so floods a bit, which creates pressure and works
the Island loose, so downstream another little ways....
... Nothing wrong with my memory, just slightly disoriented!!That one I should snag!!
plans for evacuations more in its vicinity... No talk recently of that
either... I think that the nuclear plants have shown their relative
safeness over the years....
Agree. I don't think anything creating/using energy is 100% safe, so
always a degree of caution needed, no matter how long it has been in
use. And it's possible the dangerousness of the nuclear generating
facilities got mixed in with the nasty aftereffects of the nuclear
bombs. ...Sort of like someone thought my lunch tote was a bomb
shortly after 9/11.
Yup... It can be too easy to get things like that confused...True: if can turn the valve/flip the switch to stop a problem then not
Of course, when there is a meltdown at a plant, things could be a
bit more dangerous than when it's working properly... :)
too much concern. If out of control could be a major issue.
Very true, on both counts....
(Well just might be a candidate for the week's dumbest statement!)
Most obvious, perhaps... <G>
...If I was really concerned I'd have a within-arm's-reach emergency
plan. I'm more concerned with a fire: smoke detectors and fire extinguishers in place. And the CO detector.
Right... be prepared for the sorts of emergencies likely to
possibly happen to you... :)
And the thumbdrives that hold a full computer's worth....
<chuckle> Yes!! I think Ky was saying in another conference he has a
few 300+ GB ones. I'm thinking 'overkill' but IIRC from what bits and
pieces I remember of his job probably needs that size. For what I do
(and that's definitely amateur level!) 16 GB thumbdrives are more than
enough.
Overkill for some people, barely enough for other needs, apparently.. :)Yes, the 'all depends' thing. :) Some people (like Ky) may need to transport large-size files, or lots of smaller files. Others like me
just need to move small files and larger ones may be easier and
cheaper to redownload or move a different way (though network, etc.).
Exactly... :)
...Sent pictures from my Vienna 2019 Visit to my Aunt and
Mother on 4 GB thumbdrives and have more than enough. ...Curious
Kitty was purring: 992 items, totalling 756.9 MB. So approximately
1,000 photographs took less than a GB.
They do take up significant space... but not as much as theyTo me it seems like a thousand pictures would require more storage.
might... :)
...No wonder I have all this free space on the hard drives! <g>
Just don't feel you have to do something to fill it all up... you
know quite well that it will happen on its own without your
help... <G>
Anchor a carrier in the Atlantic, run some ferries between the new
floating airport and land....
Now that's a creative concept.... ;)
Once in a while I come up with something good!
Not sure how it would be implemented, though.... ;)
Plus doesn't seem like it would work all that well for non-coastal
sites.
Just think of the mess that could happen, had there been such set
up in the middle of the Mississippi River.... <G>
Here we stick government facilities in the middle of the River ==> the
Rock Island Arsenal!
But that's on a fixed island, not a floating one... ;)
We'd better hope it doesn't float downstream!!
True... :)I can just visualize that mess! Arsenal Island breaks loose, floats a little way down the Mississippi until it gets stuck. River is
effectively dammed so floods a bit, which creates pressure and works
the Island loose, so downstream another little ways....
Yup... that would indeed be messy.... <G>
... Nothing wrong with my memory, just slightly disoriented!!That one I should snag!!
And did you....? (left it in in case you needed a second chance
at it... :) )
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 11-Jan-2020 08:59 <=-
I don't think anything creating/using energy is 100% safe, so
always a degree of caution needed, no matter how long it has been in
use. And it's possible the dangerousness of the nuclear generating
facilities got mixed in with the nasty aftereffects of the nuclear
bombs. ...Sort of like someone thought my lunch tote was a bomb
shortly after 9/11.
Yup... It can be too easy to get things like that confused...
Of course, when there is a meltdown at a plant, things could be a
bit more dangerous than when it's working properly... :)
True: if can turn the valve/flip the switch to stop a problem then not
too much concern. If out of control could be a major issue.
Very true, on both counts....
(Well just might be a candidate for the week's dumbest statement!)
Most obvious, perhaps... <G>Though sometimes the simplest are overlooked!
...If I was really concerned I'd have a within-arm's-reach emergency
plan. I'm more concerned with a fire: smoke detectors and fire
extinguishers in place. And the CO detector.
Right... be prepared for the sorts of emergencies likely toPlus if I didn't think it safe here I'd move. ...Probably end up
possibly happen to you... :)
trading one problem for another!
...Sent pictures from my Vienna 2019 Visit to my Aunt and
Mother on 4 GB thumbdrives and have more than enough. ...Curious
Kitty was purring: 992 items, totalling 756.9 MB. So approximately
1,000 photographs took less than a GB.
They do take up significant space... but not as much as they
might... :)
To me it seems like a thousand pictures would require more storage.
...No wonder I have all this free space on the hard drives! <g>
Just don't feel you have to do something to fill it all up... youOh yes! <g> When I started with computers pictures were done on film
know quite well that it will happen on its own without your help... <G>
and any on the computer were somehow done with the keyboard
characters; now film has generally been replaced by electronics.
As for the thumbdrives of pictures for my Mother and Aunt, I did find
it took around a minute for the digital picture frame to load --
something I could sort of put up with knowing what was occurring in the
background but the two who got sometimes confused by a remote control
were too tempted to hit a button to get something going. Dividing
pictures to multiple thumbdrives helped speed up the loading time, plus
a little less fiddling with getting to a section/event. (I put the day
trip to our visit with relatives in Slovakia on its own thumbdrive.)
Just think of the mess that could happen, had there been such set
up in the middle of the Mississippi River.... <G>
Here we stick government facilities in the middle of the River ==> the
Rock Island Arsenal!
But that's on a fixed island, not a floating one... ;)
We'd better hope it doesn't float downstream!!
True... :)
I can just visualize that mess! Arsenal Island breaks loose, floats a
little way down the Mississippi until it gets stuck. River is
effectively dammed so floods a bit, which creates pressure and works
the Island loose, so downstream another little ways....
Yup... that would indeed be messy.... <G>"So where am I being relocated?"
"<Jumble of letters> on Arsenal Island between Iowa and Illinois. ...<checking> No, between Illinois and Missouri ... No, now between......"
As for the thumbdrives of pictures for my Mother and Aunt, I did findOne does have to consider the audience... :) As long as they
it took around a minute for the digital picture frame to load --
something I could sort of put up with knowing what was occurring in the
background but the two who got sometimes confused by a remote control
were too tempted to hit a button to get something going. Dividing
pictures to multiple thumbdrives helped speed up the loading time, plus
a little less fiddling with getting to a section/event. (I put the day
trip to our visit with relatives in Slovakia on its own thumbdrive.)
could handle switching thumbdrives for the next set of pictures,
breaking it down makes a lot of sense for them... :)
Just think of the mess that could happen, had there been such set
up in the middle of the Mississippi River.... <G>
Here we stick government facilities in the middle of the River ==> the
Rock Island Arsenal!
But that's on a fixed island, not a floating one... ;)
We'd better hope it doesn't float downstream!!
True... :)
I can just visualize that mess! Arsenal Island breaks loose, floats a
little way down the Mississippi until it gets stuck. River is
effectively dammed so floods a bit, which creates pressure and works
the Island loose, so downstream another little ways....
Yup... that would indeed be messy.... <G>"So where am I being relocated?"
"<Jumble of letters> on Arsenal Island between Iowa and Illinois. ...<checking> No, between Illinois and Missouri ... No, now between......"
And drifting.. except for when it snags.... <G>
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 18-Jan-2020 08:13 <=-
<snippage of portions which look to have ended. At least for now.>
As for the thumbdrives of pictures for my Mother and Aunt, I did find
it took around a minute for the digital picture frame to load --
something I could sort of put up with knowing what was occurring in the
background but the two who got sometimes confused by a remote control
were too tempted to hit a button to get something going. Dividing
pictures to multiple thumbdrives helped speed up the loading time, plus
a little less fiddling with getting to a section/event. (I put the day
trip to our visit with relatives in Slovakia on its own thumbdrive.)
One does have to consider the audience... :) As long as theyWell when I sent the digital photo frame and thumbdrive last year my Mother did her appreciative of the thought but we (my Aunt and Mother) barely know how to operate a remote control, blah-blah-blah, excuse- excuse-excuse for not using it. Me: "Did you read the letter?" My Mother answered either "what letter" or "haven't had time yet".
could handle switching thumbdrives for the next set of pictures,
breaking it down makes a lot of sense for them... :)
Either way was a 'no'. My letter gave detailed instructions with pictures, plus had Google-translated for my Aunt so they could talk back-and-forth about it. Plus both have people who'd be able to help
just by looking at the things - no instructions needed.
Here we stick government facilities in the middle of the River
the Rock Island Arsenal!
But that's on a fixed island, not a floating one... ;)
We'd better hope it doesn't float downstream!!
True... :)
I can just visualize that mess! Arsenal Island breaks loose, floats a
little way down the Mississippi until it gets stuck. River is
effectively dammed so floods a bit, which creates pressure and works
the Island loose, so downstream another little ways....
Yup... that would indeed be messy.... <G>
"So where am I being relocated?"
"<Jumble of letters> on Arsenal Island between Iowa and Illinois.
...<checking> No, between Illinois and Missouri ... No, now
between......"
And drifting.. except for when it snags.... <G>That would be something to see!!
<snippage of portions which look to have ended. At least for now.>
Until they come up again, I guess... ;)
As for the thumbdrives of pictures for my Mother and Aunt, I did find
it took around a minute for the digital picture frame to load --
something I could sort of put up with knowing what was occurring in the
background but the two who got sometimes confused by a remote control
were too tempted to hit a button to get something going. Dividing
pictures to multiple thumbdrives helped speed up the loading time, plus
a little less fiddling with getting to a section/event. (I put the day
trip to our visit with relatives in Slovakia on its own thumbdrive.)
One does have to consider the audience... :) As long as theyWell when I sent the digital photo frame and thumbdrive last year my Mother did her appreciative of the thought but we (my Aunt and Mother) barely know how to operate a remote control, blah-blah-blah, excuse- excuse-excuse for not using it. Me: "Did you read the letter?" My Mother answered either "what letter" or "haven't had time yet".
could handle switching thumbdrives for the next set of pictures,
breaking it down makes a lot of sense for them... :)
Either way was a 'no'. My letter gave detailed instructions with pictures, plus had Google-translated for my Aunt so they could talk back-and-forth about it. Plus both have people who'd be able to help
just by looking at the things - no instructions needed.
You did what you could.... If they want to see the pictures, they
can figure it out or get someone to help them do so... possibly
even you, next visit... ;)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 24-Jan-2020 11:40 <=-
<snippage of portions which look to have ended. At least for now.>
Until they come up again, I guess... ;)When they will be the same but new and updated!
As for the thumbdrives of pictures for my Mother and Aunt, I did find
it took around a minute for the digital picture frame to load --
something I could sort of put up with knowing what was occurring in the
background but the two who got sometimes confused by a remote control
were too tempted to hit a button to get something going. Dividing
pictures to multiple thumbdrives helped speed up the loading time, plus
a little less fiddling with getting to a section/event. (I put the day
trip to our visit with relatives in Slovakia on its own thumbdrive.)
One does have to consider the audience... :) As long as they
could handle switching thumbdrives for the next set of pictures,
breaking it down makes a lot of sense for them... :)
Well when I sent the digital photo frame and thumbdrive last year my
Mother did her appreciative of the thought but we (my Aunt and Mother)
barely know how to operate a remote control, blah-blah-blah, excuse-
excuse-excuse for not using it. Me: "Did you read the letter?" My
Mother answered either "what letter" or "haven't had time yet".
Either way was a 'no'. My letter gave detailed instructions with
pictures, plus had Google-translated for my Aunt so they could talk
back-and-forth about it. Plus both have people who'd be able to help
just by looking at the things - no instructions needed.
You did what you could.... If they want to see the pictures, they can<chuckle> That was pretty much my attitude. The "carrot on a stick"
figure it out or get someone to help them do so... possibly even you,
next visit... ;)
was view the pictures. Both my Mother and my Aunt have zero computer knowledge and seem to think they can't learn. OK, so I need to do something different; I selected a piece of hardware -- the digital
picture frame -- which seemed to be ultra simple, and it doesn't look
like it has anything to do with a computer. Wrote instructions that
my Mother and Aunt should be able to understand. Both have people who
can help.
As for the thumbdrives of pictures for my Mother and Aunt, I did find
it took around a minute for the digital picture frame to load --
something I could sort of put up with knowing what was occurring in the
background but the two who got sometimes confused by a remote control
were too tempted to hit a button to get something going. Dividing
pictures to multiple thumbdrives helped speed up the loading time, plus
a little less fiddling with getting to a section/event. (I put the day
trip to our visit with relatives in Slovakia on its own thumbdrive.)
One does have to consider the audience... :) As long as they
could handle switching thumbdrives for the next set of pictures,
breaking it down makes a lot of sense for them... :)
Well when I sent the digital photo frame and thumbdrive last year my
Mother did her appreciative of the thought but we (my Aunt and Mother)
barely know how to operate a remote control, blah-blah-blah, excuse-
excuse-excuse for not using it. Me: "Did you read the letter?" My
Mother answered either "what letter" or "haven't had time yet".
Either way was a 'no'. My letter gave detailed instructions with
pictures, plus had Google-translated for my Aunt so they could talk
back-and-forth about it. Plus both have people who'd be able to help
just by looking at the things - no instructions needed.
You did what you could.... If they want to see the pictures, they can<chuckle> That was pretty much my attitude. The "carrot on a stick"
figure it out or get someone to help them do so... possibly even you,
next visit... ;)
was view the pictures. Both my Mother and my Aunt have zero computer knowledge and seem to think they can't learn. OK, so I need to do something different; I selected a piece of hardware -- the digital
picture frame -- which seemed to be ultra simple, and it doesn't look
like it has anything to do with a computer. Wrote instructions that
my Mother and Aunt should be able to understand. Both have people who
can help.
And you might be the one to finally actually walk them through
the process at some point.... I suppose what they probably would
have preferred was your sending them a package of all the
pictures printed out so that they could put them into
scrapbooks... or better yet, the completed scrapbooks.... :)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 31-Jan-2020 08:23 <=-
<chuckle> That was pretty much my attitude. The "carrot on a stick"
was view the pictures. Both my Mother and my Aunt have zero computer
knowledge and seem to think they can't learn. OK, so I need to do
something different; I selected a piece of hardware -- the digital
picture frame -- which seemed to be ultra simple, and it doesn't look
like it has anything to do with a computer. Wrote instructions that
my Mother and Aunt should be able to understand. Both have people who
can help.
And you might be the one to finally actually walk them through theThey would have preferred, I might have complied if not for the
process at some point.... I suppose what they probably would have
preferred was your sending them a package of all the pictures printed
out so that they could put them into scrapbooks... or better yet,
the completed scrapbooks.... :)
shipping cost, especially overseas. Plus it seems a box undergoes inspection by Austria Post and possibly subject to the 'I will accept
the package' documentation like what happened with the digital picture frame I sent my Aunt (she says she signed the paperwork but ended up
being returned and I brought over in my luggage last summer).
<chuckle> That was pretty much my attitude. The "carrot on a stick"
was view the pictures. Both my Mother and my Aunt have zero computer
knowledge and seem to think they can't learn. OK, so I need to do
something different; I selected a piece of hardware -- the digital
picture frame -- which seemed to be ultra simple, and it doesn't look
like it has anything to do with a computer. Wrote instructions that
my Mother and Aunt should be able to understand. Both have people who
can help.
And you might be the one to finally actually walk them through theThey would have preferred, I might have complied if not for the
process at some point.... I suppose what they probably would have
preferred was your sending them a package of all the pictures printed
out so that they could put them into scrapbooks... or better yet,
the completed scrapbooks.... :)
shipping cost, especially overseas. Plus it seems a box undergoes inspection by Austria Post and possibly subject to the 'I will accept
the package' documentation like what happened with the digital picture frame I sent my Aunt (she says she signed the paperwork but ended up
being returned and I brought over in my luggage last summer).
Yes, I remember that fiasco... Probably would have had to carry
over the scrapbook for your aunt.... although you'd be ok for
shipping one to your mother, USPS being a little less
bureaucratic, perhaps... ;)
Ah, well... You'll just have to give them personal
demonstrations/hands on lectures when you visit them, I guess....
with a little exposure to actually using the picture frames, they
might decide it's not quite so arcane after all... :)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 06-Feb-2020 08:19 <=-
what they probably would have preferred was your sending them a
package of all the pictures printed out so that they could put them
into scrapbooks... or better yet, the completed scrapbooks.... :)
They would have preferred, I might have complied if not for the
shipping cost, especially overseas. Plus it seems a box undergoes
inspection by Austria Post and possibly subject to the 'I will accept
the package' documentation like what happened with the digital picture
frame I sent my Aunt (she says she signed the paperwork but ended up
being returned and I brought over in my luggage last summer).
Yes, I remember that fiasco... Probably would have had to carry overYes, seems I can ship just about anything to NH. "You said a case of loose bullets, sir? I'll just put this 'Rattle OK' sticker on the box."
the scrapbook for your aunt.... although you'd be ok for shipping one
to your mother, USPS being a little less bureaucratic, perhaps... ;)
Ah, well... You'll just have to give them personal demonstrations/Possibly! Last summer my Mother did have the frame out and she has
hands on lectures when you visit them, I guess.... with a little
exposure to actually using the picture frames, they might decide it's
not quite so arcane after all... :)
seen the vacation pictures but had not seen a different presentation on
a second thumbdrive (pictures and short videos my Mother would have
been interested in but not my Aunt). We never did get around to seeing them: my Mother too tired or too busy or not enough time or....
As for my Aunt, I don't know if my Mother showed my Aunt or what. My Mother was staying with my Aunt in her apartment (I was in the hotel a couple blocks away). Early in the vacation I was going to show and it
was a 'later'; admittedly after a while I forgot about it.
what they probably would have preferred was your sending them a
package of all the pictures printed out so that they could put them
into scrapbooks... or better yet, the completed scrapbooks.... :)
They would have preferred, I might have complied if not for the
shipping cost, especially overseas. Plus it seems a box undergoes
inspection by Austria Post and possibly subject to the 'I will accept
the package' documentation like what happened with the digital picture
frame I sent my Aunt (she says she signed the paperwork but ended up
being returned and I brought over in my luggage last summer).
Yes, I remember that fiasco... Probably would have had to carry overYes, seems I can ship just about anything to NH. "You said a case of loose bullets, sir? I'll just put this 'Rattle OK' sticker on the box."
the scrapbook for your aunt.... although you'd be ok for shipping one
to your mother, USPS being a little less bureaucratic, perhaps... ;)
Maybe that's just a bit farther than they'd actually go... ;)
Ah, well... You'll just have to give them personal demonstrations/Possibly! Last summer my Mother did have the frame out and she has
hands on lectures when you visit them, I guess.... with a little
exposure to actually using the picture frames, they might decide it's
not quite so arcane after all... :)
seen the vacation pictures but had not seen a different presentation on
a second thumbdrive (pictures and short videos my Mother would have
been interested in but not my Aunt). We never did get around to seeing them: my Mother too tired or too busy or not enough time or....
Another visit, perhaps...
As for my Aunt, I don't know if my Mother showed my Aunt or what. My Mother was staying with my Aunt in her apartment (I was in the hotel a couple blocks away). Early in the vacation I was going to show and it
was a 'later'; admittedly after a while I forgot about it.
Again... maybe another visit.... ;)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 11-Feb-2020 08:39 <=-
Yes, I remember that fiasco... Probably would have had to carry over
the scrapbook for your aunt.... although you'd be ok for shipping one
to your mother, USPS being a little less bureaucratic, perhaps... ;)
Yes, seems I can ship just about anything to NH. "You said a case of
loose bullets, sir? I'll just put this 'Rattle OK' sticker on the box."
Maybe that's just a bit farther than they'd actually go... ;)Hmmm: well, now that you mention it.....
Ah, well... You'll just have to give them personal demonstrations/
hands on lectures when you visit them, I guess.... with a little
exposure to actually using the picture frames, they might decide it's
not quite so arcane after all... :)
Possibly! Last summer my Mother did have the frame out and she has
seen the vacation pictures but had not seen a different presentation on
a second thumbdrive (pictures and short videos my Mother would have
been interested in but not my Aunt). We never did get around to seeing
them: my Mother too tired or too busy or not enough time or....
Another visit, perhaps...Another one is coming up; right now don't know when as a lot of 'time variables'.
As for my Aunt, I don't know if my Mother showed my Aunt or what. My
Mother was staying with my Aunt in her apartment (I was in the hotel a
couple blocks away). Early in the vacation I was going to show and it
was a 'later'; admittedly after a while I forgot about it.
Again... maybe another visit.... ;)Works for me!
... He's so old his photo ID is a black and white tin-type.
Yes, I remember that fiasco... Probably would have had to carry over
the scrapbook for your aunt.... although you'd be ok for shipping one
to your mother, USPS being a little less bureaucratic, perhaps... ;)
Yes, seems I can ship just about anything to NH. "You said a case of
loose bullets, sir? I'll just put this 'Rattle OK' sticker on the box."
Maybe that's just a bit farther than they'd actually go... ;)Hmmm: well, now that you mention it.....
Pretty sure live ammo is one of the things on the poster of
things not permitted... :)
Ah, well... You'll just have to give them personal demonstrations/
hands on lectures when you visit them, I guess.... with a little
exposure to actually using the picture frames, they might decide it's
not quite so arcane after all... :)
Possibly! Last summer my Mother did have the frame out and she has
seen the vacation pictures but had not seen a different presentation on
a second thumbdrive (pictures and short videos my Mother would have
been interested in but not my Aunt). We never did get around to seeing
them: my Mother too tired or too busy or not enough time or....
Another visit, perhaps...Another one is coming up; right now don't know when as a lot of 'time variables'.
By Easter, maybe...?
As for my Aunt, I don't know if my Mother showed my Aunt or what. My
Mother was staying with my Aunt in her apartment (I was in the hotel a
couple blocks away). Early in the vacation I was going to show and it
was a 'later'; admittedly after a while I forgot about it.
Again... maybe another visit.... ;)Works for me!
Just have to keep it in mind to put on the trip agenda... ;)
... He's so old his photo ID is a black and white tin-type.
That sounds just a little implausible... but indeed ancient... <G>
Was reminded by the subject: they are predicting flooding again this
year but not as high a level. The chit-chat between the local news BM>anchors and meteorologist included a comment about stacking the HESCO BM>Barriers double thickness.
Well, since they do require renewals every few years, maybe a Polaroid!
Was reminded by the subject: they are predicting flooding again this
year but not as high a level. The chit-chat between the local news
anchors and meteorologist included a comment about stacking the HESCO
Barriers double thickness.
They've got major flooding around Jackson, Mississippi...but at
present, the river is still 7 feet below the record flood stage.
It amazes me how much water there can be! And the water isn't just BM>higher than the normal river path but spread out over land and still BM>greatly elevated. That's a LOT of water!!
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 17-Feb-2020 08:37 <=-
Was reminded by the subject: they are predicting flooding again this
year but not as high a level. The chit-chat between the local news anchors and meteorologist included a comment about stacking the HESCO Barriers double thickness.
Ah, well... You'll just have to give them personal demonstrations/
hands on lectures when you visit them, I guess.... with a little
exposure to actually using the picture frames, they might decide it's
not quite so arcane after all... :)
Possibly! Last summer my Mother did have the frame out and she has
seen the vacation pictures but had not seen a different presentation on
a second thumbdrive (pictures and short videos my Mother would have
been interested in but not my Aunt). We never did get around to seeing
them: my Mother too tired or too busy or not enough time or....
Another visit, perhaps...
Another one is coming up; right now don't know when as a lot of 'time
variables'.
By Easter, maybe...?At this point looks like mid-June.
As for my Aunt, I don't know if my Mother showed my Aunt or what. My
Mother was staying with my Aunt in her apartment (I was in the hotel a
couple blocks away). Early in the vacation I was going to show and it
was a 'later'; admittedly after a while I forgot about it.
Again... maybe another visit.... ;)
Works for me!
Just have to keep it in mind to put on the trip agenda... ;)Yup....
... He's so old his photo ID is a black and white tin-type.
That sounds just a little implausible... but indeed ancient... <G>Well, since they do require renewals every few years, maybe a
Polaroid!
It amazes me how much water there can be! And the water isn't just
higher than the normal river path but spread out over land and still
greatly elevated. That's a LOT of water!!
And, each thunderstorm contains at least 500,000 tons of water.
Was reminded by the subject: they are predicting flooding again this
year but not as high a level. The chit-chat between the local news anchors and meteorologist included a comment about stacking the HESCO Barriers double thickness.
Maybe this year they'll be better prepared to deal with things...
Ah, well... You'll just have to give them personal demonstrations/
hands on lectures when you visit them, I guess.... with a little
exposure to actually using the picture frames, they might decide it's
not quite so arcane after all... :)
Possibly! Last summer my Mother did have the frame out and she has
seen the vacation pictures but had not seen a different presentation on
a second thumbdrive (pictures and short videos my Mother would have
been interested in but not my Aunt). We never did get around to seeing
them: my Mother too tired or too busy or not enough time or....
Another visit, perhaps...
Another one is coming up; right now don't know when as a lot of 'time
variables'.
By Easter, maybe...?At this point looks like mid-June.
That would be visiting your Aunt, not just your Mother....?
As for my Aunt, I don't know if my Mother showed my Aunt or what. My
Mother was staying with my Aunt in her apartment (I was in the hotel a
couple blocks away). Early in the vacation I was going to show and it
was a 'later'; admittedly after a while I forgot about it.
Again... maybe another visit.... ;)
Works for me!
Just have to keep it in mind to put on the trip agenda... ;)Yup....
Write yourself a note, and then put it somewhere where you'll
trip over it when you start getting ready for the next trip
there... ;)
... He's so old his photo ID is a black and white tin-type.
That sounds just a little implausible... but indeed ancient... <G>Well, since they do require renewals every few years, maybe a
Polaroid!
Nowadays, they take them with computer cameras.... ;)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 24-Feb-2020 07:48 <=-
Was reminded by the subject: they are predicting flooding again this
year but not as high a level. The chit-chat between the local news
anchors and meteorologist included a comment about stacking the HESCO
Barriers double thickness.
Maybe this year they'll be better prepared to deal with things...Hopefully! I do recall having a half-thought some time back of why
the barriers didn't have a better seal at the junctions (between and
under the individual units): can't possibly line 'em up that
accurately. Some sections did have plastic sheets (probably Visqueen
or equivalent), but even then if gets punctured by debris shooting down the River.....
BTW, now they're talking of 6" of snow -- I was only half-paying
attention and so not sure if that 6" over Tuesday and Wednesday or
some snow on Tuesday and 6" more on Wednesday. (Guess will find out!)
Ah, well... You'll just have to give them personal demonstrations/
hands on lectures when you visit them, I guess.... with a little
exposure to actually using the picture frames, they might decide it's
not quite so arcane after all... :)
Possibly! Last summer my Mother did have the frame out and she has
seen the vacation pictures but had not seen a different presentation on
a second thumbdrive (pictures and short videos my Mother would have
been interested in but not my Aunt). We never did get around to seeing
them: my Mother too tired or too busy or not enough time or....
Another visit, perhaps...
Another one is coming up; right now don't know when as a lot of 'time
variables'.
By Easter, maybe...?
At this point looks like mid-June.
That would be visiting your Aunt, not just your Mother....?Correct.
As for my Aunt, I don't know if my Mother showed my Aunt or what. My
Mother was staying with my Aunt in her apartment (I was in the hotel a
couple blocks away). Early in the vacation I was going to show and it
was a 'later'; admittedly after a while I forgot about it.
Again... maybe another visit.... ;)
Works for me!
Just have to keep it in mind to put on the trip agenda... ;)
Yup....
Write yourself a note, and then put it somewhere where you'll tripNeed to remind myself to remember to read the reminder note about remembering!
over it when you start getting ready for the next trip there... ;)
... He's so old his photo ID is a black and white tin-type.
That sounds just a little implausible... but indeed ancient... <G>
Well, since they do require renewals every few years, maybe a
Polaroid!
Nowadays, they take them with computer cameras.... ;)Yes. My Mother's camera is still 35mm film - apparently she's not the only one as can purchase and develop at two or three stores convenient
to her. She has said usually only a few boxes of film available and
she does look at the dates to be certain not expired and will last a
while in her camera.
Was reminded by the subject: they are predicting flooding again this
year but not as high a level. The chit-chat between the local news
anchors and meteorologist included a comment about stacking the HESCO
Barriers double thickness.
Maybe this year they'll be better prepared to deal with things...Hopefully! I do recall having a half-thought some time back of why
the barriers didn't have a better seal at the junctions (between and
under the individual units): can't possibly line 'em up that
accurately. Some sections did have plastic sheets (probably Visqueen
or equivalent), but even then if gets punctured by debris shooting down the River.....
Let's just hope that they've used this time wisely to refine the
materials and figure out solutions to the problems last year....
:)
BTW, now they're talking of 6" of snow -- I was only half-paying
attention and so not sure if that 6" over Tuesday and Wednesday or
some snow on Tuesday and 6" more on Wednesday. (Guess will find out!)
Places near us got that 6"+ 6", but we only got maybe 3 or 4" all
told... and currently have been getting just more dribs and
drabs... last night less than an inch, nothing much today...
Other places around us got hit a lot harder... :)
Ah, well... You'll just have to give them personal demonstrations/
hands on lectures when you visit them, I guess.... with a little
exposure to actually using the picture frames, they might decide it's
not quite so arcane after all... :)
on BM>>>> a second thumbdrive (pictures and short videos myPossibly! Last summer my Mother did have the frame out and she has
seen the vacation pictures but had not seen a different presentation
Mother would have
seeing BM>>>> them: my Mother too tired or too busy or not enoughbeen interested in but not my Aunt). We never did get around to
time or....
Another visit, perhaps...
Another one is coming up; right now don't know when as a lot of 'time
variables'.
By Easter, maybe...?
At this point looks like mid-June.
That would be visiting your Aunt, not just your Mother....?Correct.
Ok.... are you visiting your Mother before that...?
As for my Aunt, I don't know if my Mother showed my Aunt or what. My
Mother was staying with my Aunt in her apartment (I was in the hotel a
couple blocks away). Early in the vacation I was going to show and it
was a 'later'; admittedly after a while I forgot about it.
Again... maybe another visit.... ;)
Works for me!
Just have to keep it in mind to put on the trip agenda... ;)
Yup....
Write yourself a note, and then put it somewhere where you'll tripNeed to remind myself to remember to read the reminder note about remembering!
over it when you start getting ready for the next trip there... ;)
That's why I suggested putting it somewhere that you can't help
but run into it... :)
... He's so old his photo ID is a black and white tin-type.
That sounds just a little implausible... but indeed ancient... <G>
Well, since they do require renewals every few years, maybe a
Polaroid!
Nowadays, they take them with computer cameras.... ;)Yes. My Mother's camera is still 35mm film - apparently she's not the only one as can purchase and develop at two or three stores convenient
to her. She has said usually only a few boxes of film available and
she does look at the dates to be certain not expired and will last a
while in her camera.
That's what my camera is, but I've not taken any pictures for
ages now... less need/opportunity to do so than previously...
... A computer addict needs 26 hours in a day, all 8 days of the
week
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 01-Mar-2020 09:06 <=-
Was reminded by the subject: they are predicting flooding again this
year but not as high a level. The chit-chat between the local news
anchors and meteorologist included a comment about stacking the HESCO
Barriers double thickness.
Maybe this year they'll be better prepared to deal with things...
Hopefully! I do recall having a half-thought some time back of why
the barriers didn't have a better seal at the junctions (between and
under the individual units): can't possibly line 'em up that
accurately. Some sections did have plastic sheets (probably Visqueen
or equivalent), but even then if gets punctured by debris shooting down
the River.....
Let's just hope that they've used this time wisely to refine theHey: we're working with the govenrment here! Do you really think...??!!
materials and figure out solutions to the problems last year.... :)
From what snippets have been reported on the news lately it sounds
like just about nothing has been done. Was determined they need an outside expert (as opposed to figuring it all out ourselves). (I
thought that was decided last summer.) Some other rather mundane
items. I think a lot more has been done -- they did get the railroad
to remove most of the rail bed elevations which had been installed to elevate the trains.
Another item is creation of a 'destination park' (??) along the riverfront. To be six or so blocks long with play and game areas.
When the River rises the plan is to just let it flood so made to
withstand water and any damage easily repaired. With what I've heard about river flooding this does makes sense: allowing the flooded river
to spread over land helps alleviate downstream flooding by slowing the flow some, plus the extra water spreads out rather than up: 10 cubic
feet of water covering 10 feet is only 1 foot high but the same 10 cu
ft confined to 5 feet is 2 feet high. Easier to build a short wall
than a tall wall, plus less water pressure on the short wall.
BTW, now they're talking of 6" of snow -- I was only half-paying
attention and so not sure if that 6" over Tuesday and Wednesday or
some snow on Tuesday and 6" more on Wednesday. (Guess will find out!)
Places near us got that 6"+ 6", but we only got maybe 3 or 4" allThat one really fizzled: I think that was the 'storm' we got a
told... and currently have been getting just more dribs and drabs...
last night less than an inch, nothing much today... Other places
around us got hit a lot harder... :)
whopping «". South and east of here did get snow but I think it was
only a few inches.
Ah, well... You'll just have to give them personal demonstrations/
hands on lectures when you visit them, I guess.... with a little
exposure to actually using the picture frames, they might decide
it's not quite so arcane after all... :)
Possibly! Last summer my Mother did have the frame out and she
has seen the vacation pictures but had not seen a different
presentation on a second thumbdrive (pictures and short videos my
Mother would have been interested in but not my Aunt). We never
did get around to seeing them: my Mother too tired or too busy or
not enough time or....
Another visit, perhaps...
Another one is coming up; right now don't know when as a lot of
'time variables'.
By Easter, maybe...?
At this point looks like mid-June.
That would be visiting your Aunt, not just your Mother....?
Correct.
Ok.... are you visiting your Mother before that...?At this point no. She is super-concerned about the Coronavirus,
though oddly not to the point of wearing a mask and gloves or use of
hand sanitizer when going out. A little while ago she had been talking about us visiting my Aunt (in Vienna) in May or June; now nothing to do with airplanes so that trip is postponed.
OTOH my Aunt in the meantime slipped and broke her hip so she's in the hospital. (Remember that thread on long words: try this one:
Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien Universitatskliniken ==>
general sick house city of Vienna university clinics)
Not sure when she will be released; problem is no one at her home (apartment) to take care of her; does have visiting nurses but needs almost constant care/oversight for quite a while (I know from
experience!) I did call yesterday and she sounded happy and in good spirits.
As for my Aunt, I don't know if my Mother showed my Aunt or what.
My Mother was staying with my Aunt in her apartment (I was in the
hotel a couple blocks away). Early in the vacation I was going to
show and it was a 'later'; admittedly after a while I forgot about it.
Again... maybe another visit.... ;)
Works for me!
Just have to keep it in mind to put on the trip agenda... ;)
Yup....
Write yourself a note, and then put it somewhere where you'll trip
over it when you start getting ready for the next trip there... ;)
Need to remind myself to remember to read the reminder note about
remembering!
That's why I suggested putting it somewhere that you can't helpStill had a problem: last summer my Aunt was extremely picky about
but run into it... :)
putting things back where they belonged, nothing out that that
shouldn't be out (get, use, put away). May have been an attempt to compensate for some memory loss.
Yes. My Mother's camera is still 35mm film - apparently she's not the
only one as can purchase and develop at two or three stores convenient
to her. She has said usually only a few boxes of film available and
she does look at the dates to be certain not expired and will last a
while in her camera.
That's what my camera is, but I've not taken any pictures for agesI too take less pictures - less opportunities in general (Vienna trips aside: click-click-click-click-click!!!). OTOH when I do take
now... less need/opportunity to do so than previously...
pictures I take more as "plenty of film" and if take two or three of essentially the same one will have someone's eyes closed, another will have an odd shadow, ....
Also find digital pictures handy for potential problems: package
arrives crushed - take a picture to verify! If items inside is OK just delete the pictures.
Also take for fun stuff. Local 4 o'clock 'happy news' had a segemnt
on a polar bear cub at the Vienna Zoo. Take a picture of the screen, transfer to a letter to my Aunt. ...OK, I'll admit it's easier if the show is recorded and can get the camera! I don't have the phone's
camera on and me watching TV through the camera screen! (Jeopardy! is
on locally at 4:30: record that and tell MythTV to start early.)
... A computer addict needs 26 hours in a day, all 8 days of the
week
Well they did say the Earth used to rotate at 25 hours instead of the current 24. And why are there seven days instead of eight?
Was reminded by the subject: they are predicting flooding again this
year but not as high a level. The chit-chat between the local news
anchors and meteorologist included a comment about stacking the HESCO
Barriers double thickness.
Maybe this year they'll be better prepared to deal with things...
Hopefully! I do recall having a half-thought some time back of why
the barriers didn't have a better seal at the junctions (between and
under the individual units): can't possibly line 'em up that
accurately. Some sections did have plastic sheets (probably Visqueen
or equivalent), but even then if gets punctured by debris shooting down
the River.....
Let's just hope that they've used this time wisely to refine theHey: we're working with the government here! Do you really think...??!!
materials and figure out solutions to the problems last year.... :)
Sigh... you do have a point there.... ;0
From what snippets have been reported on the news lately it sounds
like just about nothing has been done. Was determined they need an outside expert (as opposed to figuring it all out ourselves). (I
thought that was decided last summer.) Some other rather mundane
items. I think a lot more has been done -- they did get the railroad
to remove most of the rail bed elevations which had been installed to elevate the trains.
Hopefully there's a lot happening behind the scenes that just
isn't being made public yet.... or the railroads will need to
re-install the elevations to get the tracks out of the water....
Another item is creation of a 'destination park' (??) along the riverfront. To be six or so blocks long with play and game areas.
When the River rises the plan is to just let it flood so made to
withstand water and any damage easily repaired. With what I've heard about river flooding this does makes sense: allowing the flooded river
to spread over land helps alleviate downstream flooding by slowing the flow some, plus the extra water spreads out rather than up: 10 cubic
feet of water covering 10 feet is only 1 foot high but the same 10 cu
ft confined to 5 feet is 2 feet high. Easier to build a short wall
than a tall wall, plus less water pressure on the short wall.
That does seem like a practical and useful plan... how close are
they to implementing that....?
Yesterday, one of the radio announcers kept saying that today
we'd be getting 2 to 4" of snow... the forecast from NOAA at the
airport was saying maybe a trace... Looks like if it comes, it
won't be until this afternoon... and likely isn't going to be
much of anything.... and won't stick long anyway since tomorrow
is supposed to be sunny and not as cold... and then Sunday and
Monday are warming up....
At this point looks like mid-June.
That would be visiting your Aunt, not just your Mother....?
Correct.
Ok.... are you visiting your Mother before that...?At this point no. She is super-concerned about the Coronavirus,
though oddly not to the point of wearing a mask and gloves or use of
hand sanitizer when going out. A little while ago she had been talking about us visiting my Aunt (in Vienna) in May or June; now nothing to do with airplanes so that trip is postponed.
Probably safer that way... I do know some people that are still
making their accustomed flights here there and everywhere, pretty
much, but if it's postponeable, it's probably a better idea,
especially when you are talking somewhat elderly travelers....
Perhaps by May or June, the scare will have died down, and be
more contained... :) And life will go back to somewhat
normal.... ;)
OTOH my Aunt in the meantime slipped and broke her hip so she's in the hospital. (Remember that thread on long words: try this one:
Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien Universitatskliniken ==>
general sick house city of Vienna university clinics)
Pretty understandable still, though.... :)
Not sure when she will be released; problem is no one at her home (apartment) to take care of her; does have visiting nurses but needs almost constant care/oversight for quite a while (I know from
experience!) I did call yesterday and she sounded happy and in good spirits.
So she'll be in some sort of rehabilitation for a few
weeks/months until she can resume her own care on her own...?
it. NB>>>>> Again... maybe another visit.... ;)As for my Aunt, I don't know if my Mother showed my Aunt or what.
My Mother was staying with my Aunt in her apartment (I was in the
hotel a couple blocks away). Early in the vacation I was going to
show and it was a 'later'; admittedly after a while I forgot about
Works for me!
Just have to keep it in mind to put on the trip agenda... ;)
Yup....
Write yourself a note, and then put it somewhere where you'll trip
over it when you start getting ready for the next trip there... ;)
Need to remind myself to remember to read the reminder note about
remembering!
That's why I suggested putting it somewhere that you can't helpStill had a problem: last summer my Aunt was extremely picky about
but run into it... :)
putting things back where they belonged, nothing out that that
shouldn't be out (get, use, put away). May have been an attempt to compensate for some memory loss.
So you couldn't rely on seeing the object to remind yourself to
show and tell for her.... ;) Put your note in your daily
calendar, loose, and keep moving it as the time progresses.... ;)
Yes. My Mother's camera is still 35mm film - apparently she's not the
only one as can purchase and develop at two or three stores convenient
to her. She has said usually only a few boxes of film available and
she does look at the dates to be certain not expired and will last a
while in her camera.
That's what my camera is, but I've not taken any pictures for agesI too take less pictures - less opportunities in general (Vienna trips aside: click-click-click-click-click!!!). OTOH when I do take
now... less need/opportunity to do so than previously...
pictures I take more as "plenty of film" and if take two or three of essentially the same one will have someone's eyes closed, another will have an odd shadow, ....
Makes sense.... usually I'm with others who are busy taking the pictures... and with their digital cameras or phones, so the
results are just about instantaneous....
Also take for fun stuff. Local 4 o'clock 'happy news' had a segemnt
on a polar bear cub at the Vienna Zoo. Take a picture of the screen, transfer to a letter to my Aunt. ...OK, I'll admit it's easier if the show is recorded and can get the camera! I don't have the phone's
camera on and me watching TV through the camera screen! (Jeopardy! is
on locally at 4:30: record that and tell MythTV to start early.)
Yes, viewing after the fact from recording does make it easier to
stop and get the camera out to get the shot... :)
... A computer addict needs 26 hours in a day, all 8 days of theWell they did say the Earth used to rotate at 25 hours instead of the current 24. And why are there seven days instead of eight?
week
Because that's where God quit creating....? ;)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 07-Mar-2020 10:00 <=-
Maybe this year they'll be better prepared to deal with things...
Hopefully! I do recall having a half-thought some time back of why
the barriers didn't have a better seal at the junctions (between and
under the individual units): can't possibly line 'em up that
accurately. Some sections did have plastic sheets (probably Visqueen
or equivalent), but even then if gets punctured by debris shooting down
the River.....
Let's just hope that they've used this time wisely to refine the
materials and figure out solutions to the problems last year.... :)
Hey: we're working with the government here! Do you really think...??!!
Sigh... you do have a point there.... ;0Unfortunately.... OTOH they should have a lot of reminders to get
things done by downtown residents and business owners.
From what snippets have been reported on the news lately it sounds
like just about nothing has been done. Was determined they need an
outside expert (as opposed to figuring it all out ourselves). (I
thought that was decided last summer.) Some other rather mundane
items. I think a lot more has been done -- they did get the railroad
to remove most of the rail bed elevations which had been installed to
elevate the trains.
Hopefully there's a lot happening behind the scenes that just isn'tRight: if nothing done it is just going to be a a loop of raise the tracks, fight with the railroad to lower, get lowered, flood,
being made public yet.... or the railroads will need to re-install
the elevations to get the tracks out of the water....
raise.... Plus with the yearly flooding I'm quite sure the Downtown
would slowly be abandoned, or at least the half closest to the River. (Maybe that's the secret! Do nothing, the problem section goes away.)
Another item is creation of a 'destination park' (??) along the
riverfront. To be six or so blocks long with play and game areas.
When the River rises the plan is to just let it flood so made to
withstand water and any damage easily repaired. With what I've heard
about river flooding this does makes sense: allowing the flooded river
to spread over land helps alleviate downstream flooding by slowing the
flow some, plus the extra water spreads out rather than up: 10 cubic
feet of water covering 10 feet is only 1 foot high but the same 10 cu
ft confined to 5 feet is 2 feet high. Easier to build a short wall
than a tall wall, plus less water pressure on the short wall.
That does seem like a practical and useful plan... how close areI think they were going to start with Phase 1 soon, as in sometime
they to implementing that....?
this month or April. Other phases following, I assume partially on
money available, land acquisition (not sure if some of the project is currently in use as residence/business). Would also make sense to
build a section and test: this material holds up, this one has a
problem; more shade needed for the picnic tables.....
Yesterday, one of the radio announcers kept saying that today we'd beWe've had high's in the 50's and almost 60ø this first week of March. Definitely a wind chill factor: couple of days ago the average wind
getting 2 to 4" of snow... the forecast from NOAA at the airport was
saying maybe a trace... Looks like if it comes, it won't be until
this afternoon... and likely isn't going to be much of anything....
and won't stick long anyway since tomorrow is supposed to be sunny
and not as cold... and then Sunday and Monday are warming up....
speed was 20-25 MPH and did have a record gust of 61 MPH.
At this point looks like mid-June.
That would be visiting your Aunt, not just your Mother....?
Correct.
Ok.... are you visiting your Mother before that...?
At this point no. She is super-concerned about the Coronavirus,
though oddly not to the point of wearing a mask and gloves or use of
hand sanitizer when going out. A little while ago she had been talking
about us visiting my Aunt (in Vienna) in May or June; now nothing to do
with airplanes so that trip is postponed.
Probably safer that way... I do know some people that are still makingYes, I'm certain things will be back to normal by Summer, though
their accustomed flights here there and everywhere, pretty much, but
if it's postponeable, it's probably a better idea, especially when you
are talking somewhat elderly travelers.... Perhaps by May or June, the
scare will have died down, and be more contained... :) And life will
go back to somewhat normal.... ;)
probably slightly modified to check for fevers and maybe better
cleaning of surfaces.
OTOH my Aunt in the meantime slipped and broke her hip so she's in the
hospital. (Remember that thread on long words: try this one:
Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien Universitatskliniken ==>
general sick house city of Vienna university clinics)
Pretty understandable still, though.... :)Pause to get over the shock of the longer word, look for potential
words within the mega-word, flip some around to account for the
different grammer rules....
Not sure when she will be released; problem is no one at her home
(apartment) to take care of her; does have visiting nurses but needs
almost constant care/oversight for quite a while (I know from
experience!) I did call yesterday and she sounded happy and in good
spirits.
So she'll be in some sort of rehabilitation for a few weeks/monthsMy Mother had called my Aunt earlier this week and found she was going
until she can resume her own care on her own...?
to be transferred to a Kurhaus (rehabilitation building) by the end of
the week. So basically a type of assisted living site.
Was given the
telephone number by the staff. A few days later I called that number: ring ring ring -- short message in German, fortunately followed in English: essentially the number does not exist. Check: dialled right.
I call the hospital (original - Krankenhaus), explain, get the same number. Great! I try to ask for the name of the Kurhaus but they
just give me the phone number again and then pretty much hang up.
Call my Mother to explain what's going on. She tries later (different shift?!) but same problem. She calls a couple of neighbours to my
Aunt to see what they can find out and eventually do get a valid
number: the last digit was wrong, though was the last digit of the room
my Aunt was traferred to. I'll try calling later this morning.
In the meantime while my Mother was calling to get the number I was
trying to do Google searchs for a potential lead. My Mother had
obtained the name of the facility but that didn't come up with
anything. (I might try a reverse search now that I have a valid
telephone number to see if I overlooked something.)
I too take less pictures - less opportunities in general (Vienna trips
aside: click-click-click-click-click!!!). OTOH when I do take
pictures I take more as "plenty of film" and if take two or three of
essentially the same one will have someone's eyes closed, another will
have an odd shadow, ....
Makes sense.... usually I'm with others who are busy taking theRight, my Mother has had that also; people say they'll print a few pictures to give to her and they never do.
pictures... and with their digital cameras or phones, so the
results are just about instantaneous....
Also take for fun stuff. Local 4 o'clock 'happy news' had a segemnt
on a polar bear cub at the Vienna Zoo. Take a picture of the screen,
transfer to a letter to my Aunt. ...OK, I'll admit it's easier if the
show is recorded and can get the camera! I don't have the phone's
camera on and me watching TV through the camera screen! (Jeopardy! is
on locally at 4:30: record that and tell MythTV to start early.)
Yes, viewing after the fact from recording does make it easier to stopAnd I don't know if my Aunt has seen those pictures: I think the
and get the camera out to get the shot... :)
letter was to arrive about the time she fell, so might be in her
mailbox.
Maybe this year they'll be better prepared to deal with things...
Hopefully! I do recall having a half-thought some time back of why
the barriers didn't have a better seal at the junctions (between and
under the individual units): can't possibly line 'em up that
accurately. Some sections did have plastic sheets (probably Visqueen
or equivalent), but even then if gets punctured by debris shooting down
the River.....
Let's just hope that they've used this time wisely to refine the
materials and figure out solutions to the problems last year.... :)
Hey: we're working with the government here! Do you really think...??!!
Sigh... you do have a point there.... ;0Unfortunately.... OTOH they should have a lot of reminders to get
things done by downtown residents and business owners.
So maybe by the time the floods actually start, there'll have
been some progress made... ;)
tracks, fight with the railroad to lower, get lowered, flood,
raise.... Plus with the yearly flooding I'm quite sure the Downtown
would slowly be abandoned, or at least the half closest to the River. (Maybe that's the secret! Do nothing, the problem section goes away.)
More likely the merchants and all would band together to make
some sort of fix... Serve the government right if they were
presented the bill afterwards... ;)
Another item is creation of a 'destination park' (??) along the
riverfront. To be six or so blocks long with play and game areas.
When the River rises the plan is to just let it flood so made to
withstand water and any damage easily repaired. With what I've heard
about river flooding this does makes sense: allowing the flooded river
to spread over land helps alleviate downstream flooding by slowing the
flow some, plus the extra water spreads out rather than up: 10 cubic
feet of water covering 10 feet is only 1 foot high but the same 10 cu
ft confined to 5 feet is 2 feet high. Easier to build a short wall
than a tall wall, plus less water pressure on the short wall.
That does seem like a practical and useful plan... how close areI think they were going to start with Phase 1 soon, as in sometime
they to implementing that....?
this month or April. Other phases following, I assume partially on
money available, land acquisition (not sure if some of the project is currently in use as residence/business). Would also make sense to
build a section and test: this material holds up, this one has a
problem; more shade needed for the picnic tables.....
You'll have to make reports on how that progresses... ;)
Yesterday, one of the radio announcers kept saying that today we'd beWe've had high's in the 50's and almost 60ø this first week of March. Definitely a wind chill factor: couple of days ago the average wind
getting 2 to 4" of snow... the forecast from NOAA at the airport was
saying maybe a trace... Looks like if it comes, it won't be until
this afternoon... and likely isn't going to be much of anything....
and won't stick long anyway since tomorrow is supposed to be sunny
and not as cold... and then Sunday and Monday are warming up....
speed was 20-25 MPH and did have a record gust of 61 MPH.
So we got about an inch of snow, started Friday
afternoon/evening... sat there on Saturday looking pretty... and
was mostly gone by Sunday afternoon, totally by Monday... Monday
was almost 60ø.... We did get some winds, but not as bad as
yours...
At this point looks like mid-June.
That would be visiting your Aunt, not just your Mother....?
Correct.
Ok.... are you visiting your Mother before that...?
At this point no. She is super-concerned about the Coronavirus,
though oddly not to the point of wearing a mask and gloves or use of
hand sanitizer when going out. A little while ago she had been talking
about us visiting my Aunt (in Vienna) in May or June; now nothing to do
with airplanes so that trip is postponed.
Probably safer that way... I do know some people that are still makingYes, I'm certain things will be back to normal by Summer, though
their accustomed flights here there and everywhere, pretty much, but
if it's postponeable, it's probably a better idea, especially when you
are talking somewhat elderly travelers.... Perhaps by May or June, the
scare will have died down, and be more contained... :) And life will
go back to somewhat normal.... ;)
probably slightly modified to check for fevers and maybe better
cleaning of surfaces.
There's quite a lot of containment edicts being made now...
hopefully it will be effective, and not too counter-productive otherwise...
Not sure when she will be released; problem is no one at her home
(apartment) to take care of her; does have visiting nurses but needs
almost constant care/oversight for quite a while (I know from
experience!) I did call yesterday and she sounded happy and in good
spirits.
So she'll be in some sort of rehabilitation for a few weeks/monthsMy Mother had called my Aunt earlier this week and found she was going
until she can resume her own care on her own...?
to be transferred to a Kurhaus (rehabilitation building) by the end of
the week. So basically a type of assisted living site.
A "cure house", I see... ;)
Was given the
telephone number by the staff. A few days later I called that number: ring ring ring -- short message in German, fortunately followed in English: essentially the number does not exist. Check: dialled right.
I call the hospital (original - Krankenhaus), explain, get the same number. Great! I try to ask for the name of the Kurhaus but they
just give me the phone number again and then pretty much hang up.
Call my Mother to explain what's going on. She tries later (different shift?!) but same problem. She calls a couple of neighbours to my
Aunt to see what they can find out and eventually do get a valid
number: the last digit was wrong, though was the last digit of the room
my Aunt was transferred to. I'll try calling later this morning.
Crazy... can see how the mistake could happen, but still....
In the meantime while my Mother was calling to get the number I was
trying to do Google searchs for a potential lead. My Mother had
obtained the name of the facility but that didn't come up with
anything. (I might try a reverse search now that I have a valid
telephone number to see if I overlooked something.)
They might not want to be too easily found, just for safety
concerns...
I too take less pictures - less opportunities in general (Vienna trips
aside: click-click-click-click-click!!!). OTOH when I do take
pictures I take more as "plenty of film" and if take two or three of
essentially the same one will have someone's eyes closed, another will
have an odd shadow, ....
Makes sense.... usually I'm with others who are busy taking theRight, my Mother has had that also; people say they'll print a few pictures to give to her and they never do.
pictures... and with their digital cameras or phones, so the
results are just about instantaneous....
One picture that was taken at one of our family campings, my
sister sent it to me as a text to my phone... It's still on my
phone, a picture of me and my four sisters that were there that
year...
Also take for fun stuff. Local 4 o'clock 'happy news' had a segemnt
on a polar bear cub at the Vienna Zoo. Take a picture of the screen,
transfer to a letter to my Aunt. ...OK, I'll admit it's easier if the
show is recorded and can get the camera! I don't have the phone's
camera on and me watching TV through the camera screen! (Jeopardy! is
on locally at 4:30: record that and tell MythTV to start early.)
Yes, viewing after the fact from recording does make it easier to stopAnd I don't know if my Aunt has seen those pictures: I think the
and get the camera out to get the shot... :)
letter was to arrive about the time she fell, so might be in her
mailbox.
Hopefully she'll at least see it eventually...
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 13-Mar-2020 09:40 <=-
Let's just hope that they've used this time wisely to refine the
materials and figure out solutions to the problems last year.... :)
Hey: we're working with the government here! Do you really think...??!!
Sigh... you do have a point there.... ;0
Unfortunately.... OTOH they should have a lot of reminders to get
things done by downtown residents and business owners.
So maybe by the time the floods actually start, there'll have beenIn the intermim there have been announcements of more meetings, so the better preparations are probably in progress. One news item was of a meeting where one of the local NWS (National Weather Service) people
some progress made... ;)
was speaking about the flood probabilties - quite sure there was discussion on what to do to hold back the waters, just not covered in
the news item.
tracks, fight with the railroad to lower, get lowered, flood,
raise.... Plus with the yearly flooding I'm quite sure the Downtown
would slowly be abandoned, or at least the half closest to the River.
(Maybe that's the secret! Do nothing, the problem section goes away.)
More likely the merchants and all would band together to make someIt would! Probably get hit back with "you didn't get this properly permitted so here's that bill plus penalities".
sort of fix... Serve the government right if they were presented
the bill afterwards... ;)
Another item is creation of a 'destination park' (??) along the
riverfront. To be six or so blocks long with play and game areas.
When the River rises the plan is to just let it flood so made to
withstand water and any damage easily repaired. With what I've heard
about river flooding this does makes sense: allowing the flooded river
to spread over land helps alleviate downstream flooding by slowing the
flow some, plus the extra water spreads out rather than up: 10 cubic
feet of water covering 10 feet is only 1 foot high but the same 10 cu
ft confined to 5 feet is 2 feet high. Easier to build a short wall
than a tall wall, plus less water pressure on the short wall.
That does seem like a practical and useful plan... how close are
they to implementing that....?
I think they were going to start with Phase 1 soon, as in sometime
this month or April. Other phases following, I assume partially on
money available, land acquisition (not sure if some of the project is
currently in use as residence/business). Would also make sense to
build a section and test: this material holds up, this one has a
problem; more shade needed for the picnic tables.....
You'll have to make reports on how that progresses... ;)Might be doing on-the-scene if Autumn wants to investigate!
We've had high's in the 50's and almost 60ø this first week of March.
Definitely a wind chill factor: couple of days ago the average wind
speed was 20-25 MPH and did have a record gust of 61 MPH.
So we got about an inch of snow, started Friday afternoon/evening...Has been nice this week -- upper 40's/lower 50's. This morning's
sat there on Saturday looking pretty... and was mostly gone by Sunday
afternoon, totally by Monday... Monday was almost 60ø.... We did get
some winds, but not as bad as yours...
forecast is for a half to three-quarters of an inch of snow ...
Saturday? That's tomorrow and seems too soon but Sunday doesn't sound right either. Guess I'll be surprised! Is supposed to melt and be
gone by the end of whichever day. South of here forecasting an inch.
Ok.... are you visiting your Mother before that...?
At this point no. She is super-concerned about the Coronavirus,
though oddly not to the point of wearing a mask and gloves or use of
hand sanitizer when going out. A little while ago she had been talking
about us visiting my Aunt (in Vienna) in May or June; now nothing to do
with airplanes so that trip is postponed.
Probably safer that way... I do know some people that are still making
their accustomed flights here there and everywhere, pretty much, but
if it's postponeable, it's probably a better idea, especially when you
are talking somewhat elderly travelers.... Perhaps by May or June, the
scare will have died down, and be more contained... :) And life will
go back to somewhat normal.... ;)
Yes, I'm certain things will be back to normal by Summer, though
probably slightly modified to check for fevers and maybe better
cleaning of surfaces.
There's quite a lot of containment edicts being made now... hopefullyThis morning's news also announced the formation of a committee to coordinate the ... well I decided to grab the blurb form the TV
it will be effective, and not too counter-productive otherwise...
station:
A press conference is expected to be held in the Quad Cities on
Friday, March 13 in regards to the new coronavirus, COVID-19.
The conference will be held at 10:30 a.m. by the newly formed QC
COVID-19 Coalition.
The group includes hospital administration, public health officials,
the Quad Cities Chamber and Visit Quad Cities.
The group plans to talk about ways to stop the spread in the event
it is to hit the Quad Cities area.
Not mentioned but I hope Dr. Katz is strongly involved -- local health official who is on top of things, level-headed, and is pretty good at steering people away form paranoia and rash decisions.
<Aunt slipped and broke hip>
So she'll be in some sort of rehabilitation for a few weeks/months
until she can resume her own care on her own...?
My Mother had called my Aunt earlier this week and found she was going
to be transferred to a Kurhaus (rehabilitation building) by the end of
the week. So basically a type of assisted living site.
A "cure house", I see... ;)That would be the easy word! :)
Was given the telephone number by the staff. [...]
Call my Mother to explain what's going on. She tries later (different
shift?!) but same problem. She calls a couple of neighbours to my
Aunt to see what they can find out and eventually do get a valid
number: the last digit was wrong, though was the last digit of the room
my Aunt was transferred to. I'll try calling later this morning.
Crazy... can see how the mistake could happen, but still....Right: almost would like to ask them so if you were in my shoes how
would you feel?
In the meantime while my Mother was calling to get the number I was
trying to do Google searchs for a potential lead. My Mother had
obtained the name of the facility but that didn't come up with
anything. (I might try a reverse search now that I have a valid
telephone number to see if I overlooked something.)
They might not want to be too easily found, just for safety concerns...I never did get around to the reverse look up option. ...Right now thinking I'd like to find out how their telephone numbers are
structured. There seems to be some 'coding' in the way given: spaces
in the print version, grouping in the vocal; LIS they don't use the
same convention as we do here U.S. (3-3-4: area code, exchange, line).
Makes sense.... usually I'm with others who are busy taking the
pictures... and with their digital cameras or phones, so the
results are just about instantaneous....
Right, my Mother has had that also; people say they'll print a few
pictures to give to her and they never do.
One picture that was taken at one of our family campings, my sisterThe problem is my Mother barely uses her cell phone -- I hope she remembers to charge it every so often! <writing reminder>
sent it to me as a text to my phone... It's still on my phone, a
picture of me and my four sisters that were there that year...
segment on a polar bear cub at the Vienna Zoo. Take a picture ofAnd I don't know if my Aunt has seen those pictures: I think the
the screen, transfer to a letter to my Aunt. [...]
letter was to arrive about the time she fell, so might be in her
mailbox.
Hopefully she'll at least see it eventually...Eventually!
Let's just hope that they've used this time wisely to refine the
materials and figure out solutions to the problems last year.... :)
Hey: we're working with the government here! Do you really think...??!!
Sigh... you do have a point there.... ;0
Unfortunately.... OTOH they should have a lot of reminders to get
things done by downtown residents and business owners.
So maybe by the time the floods actually start, there'll have beenIn the intermim there have been announcements of more meetings, so the better preparations are probably in progress. One news item was of a meeting where one of the local NWS (National Weather Service) people
some progress made... ;)
was speaking about the flood probabilties - quite sure there was discussion on what to do to hold back the waters, just not covered in
the news item.
So now we'll just hope that the prep will be done in time for
when the flooding starts.... ;)
tracks, fight with the railroad to lower, get lowered, flood,
raise.... Plus with the yearly flooding I'm quite sure the Downtown
would slowly be abandoned, or at least the half closest to the River.
(Maybe that's the secret! Do nothing, the problem section goes away.)
More likely the merchants and all would band together to make someIt would! Probably get hit back with "you didn't get this properly permitted so here's that bill plus penalities".
sort of fix... Serve the government right if they were presented
the bill afterwards... ;)
Nah... at that point they'd need to compromise... ;) But maybe
the merchants would get praise for their initiative.... :)
<snip>Another item is creation of a 'destination park' (??) along the
riverfront. To be six or so blocks long with play and game areas.
That does seem like a practical and useful plan... how close are
they to implementing that....?
I think they were going to start with Phase 1 soon, as in sometime
this month or April. Other phases following, I assume partially on
money available, land acquisition (not sure if some of the project is
currently in use as residence/business). Would also make sense to
build a section and test: this material holds up, this one has a
problem; more shade needed for the picnic tables.....
You'll have to make reports on how that progresses... ;)Might be doing on-the-scene if Autumn wants to investigate!
That could be a fun trip... :)
We've had high's in the 50's and almost 60ø this first week of March.
Definitely a wind chill factor: couple of days ago the average wind
speed was 20-25 MPH and did have a record gust of 61 MPH.
So we got about an inch of snow, started Friday afternoon/evening...Has been nice this week -- upper 40's/lower 50's. This morning's
sat there on Saturday looking pretty... and was mostly gone by Sunday
afternoon, totally by Monday... Monday was almost 60ø.... We did get
some winds, but not as bad as yours...
forecast is for a half to three-quarters of an inch of snow ...
Saturday? That's tomorrow and seems too soon but Sunday doesn't sound right either. Guess I'll be surprised! Is supposed to melt and be
gone by the end of whichever day. South of here forecasting an inch.
Looks like we're likely to only get small bits of snow that don't
stick around, if any, for the rest of the season.... the highs
keep going close to or in the 60s, followed by highs only into
the 40s, but those aren't really snow-keeping temps... ;)
So has it hit the Quad Cities yet...? It's here, but seems not
to be hitting too hard... I did just hear of the daughter of one
of my friends getting it, but she's doing fine now, recovering...
now my friend is in a two-week quarantine... but so far, we're
still well... :) We only go out for groceries, meds, and the
occasional take-out (restaurants are closed except for takeout/delivery)... Our church services have been live streamed,
with only a skeleton "crew" there, the preacher, service leader,
and accompanist pretty much.... it's my turn to play for the
service this coming Sunday, so I'll go for that... otherwise,
I've been staying home... appointments have been cancelled, to
reschedule later when things ease up, can't go out to lunch with
friends at the moment... things are weird, but doable.... :)
<Aunt slipped and broke hip>
So she'll be in some sort of rehabilitation for a few weeks/months
until she can resume her own care on her own...?
My Mother had called my Aunt earlier this week and found she was going
to be transferred to a Kurhaus (rehabilitation building) by the end of
the week. So basically a type of assisted living site.
A "cure house", I see... ;)That would be the easy word! :)
Was given the telephone number by the staff. [...]
Call my Mother to explain what's going on. She tries later (different
shift?!) but same problem. She calls a couple of neighbours to my
Aunt to see what they can find out and eventually do get a valid
number: the last digit was wrong, though was the last digit of the room
my Aunt was transferred to. I'll try calling later this morning.
Crazy... can see how the mistake could happen, but still....Right: almost would like to ask them so if you were in my shoes how
would you feel?
If it weren't calling an overseas hospital, I'd be tempted to
call and let them know that they'd been giving out the wrong
number... that might have generated an apology.... At this point,
though, it's water over the dam, and besides, they may well be
overwhelmed by the coronavirus by now themselves....
In the meantime while my Mother was calling to get the number I was
trying to do Google searchs for a potential lead. My Mother had
obtained the name of the facility but that didn't come up with
anything. (I might try a reverse search now that I have a valid
telephone number to see if I overlooked something.)
They might not want to be too easily found, just for safety concerns...I never did get around to the reverse look up option. ...Right now thinking I'd like to find out how their telephone numbers are
structured. There seems to be some 'coding' in the way given: spaces
in the print version, grouping in the vocal; LIS they don't use the
same convention as we do here U.S. (3-3-4: area code, exchange, line).
I've noted similar with the UK numbers... some of them seem to be
the same number of numbers as ours, but sometimes spaced
differently... others have fewer or more numbers... plus, one has
to add the country access code to the front of the number instead
of the leading 0...
Makes sense.... usually I'm with others who are busy taking the
pictures... and with their digital cameras or phones, so the
results are just about instantaneous....
Right, my Mother has had that also; people say they'll print a few
pictures to give to her and they never do.
One picture that was taken at one of our family campings, my sisterThe problem is my Mother barely uses her cell phone -- I hope she remembers to charge it every so often! <writing reminder>
sent it to me as a text to my phone... It's still on my phone, a
picture of me and my four sisters that were there that year...
Maybe she'd remember if she had something to look at on it... <G>
I keep mine charged since I use it as a backup phone for when
I'm out and about... and some family members have a habit of
texting me from time to time instead of calling on the
landline....
segment on a polar bear cub at the Vienna Zoo. Take a picture ofAnd I don't know if my Aunt has seen those pictures: I think the
the screen, transfer to a letter to my Aunt. [...]
letter was to arrive about the time she fell, so might be in her
mailbox.
Hopefully she'll at least see it eventually...Eventually!
Did you get any updates from her....?
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 27-Mar-2020 11:39 <=-
In the interim there have been announcements of more meetings, so the
better preparations are probably in progress. One news item was of a
meeting where one of the local NWS (National Weather Service) people
was speaking about the flood probabilties - quite sure there was
discussion on what to do to hold back the waters, just not covered in
the news item.
So now we'll just hope that the prep will be done in time for when theAlready started! Some rivers have already been at flood stage; good
flooding starts.... ;)
news is just to the top of the banks, so no damage. There will be
more than likely much higher water levels coming soon. And as you
said, hopefully the time since last year has been spent wisely to
minimize damages.
tracks, fight with the railroad to lower, get lowered, flood,
raise.... Plus with the yearly flooding I'm quite sure the Downtown
would slowly be abandoned, or at least the half closest to the River.
(Maybe that's the secret! Do nothing, the problem section goes away.)
More likely the merchants and all would band together to make some
sort of fix... Serve the government right if they were presented
the bill afterwards... ;)
It would! Probably get hit back with "you didn't get this properly
permitted so here's that bill plus penalities".
Nah... at that point they'd need to compromise... ;) But maybe the:) There are times when not strictly adhering to the rules is
merchants would get praise for their initiative.... :)
beneficial to all!
<snip>Another item is creation of a 'destination park' (??) along the
riverfront. To be six or so blocks long with play and game areas.
I think they were going to start with Phase 1 soon, as in sometime
this month or April. Other phases following, I assume partially on
money available, land acquisition (not sure if some of the project is
currently in use as residence/business). Would also make sense to
build a section and test: this material holds up, this one has a
problem; more shade needed for the picnic tables.....
You'll have to make reports on how that progresses... ;)
Might be doing on-the-scene if Autumn wants to investigate!
That could be a fun trip... :)It could be! Even if ends up nothing of interest the exploration
portion of the trip could be interesting. ...I haven't heard
anything further -- the exploration might be full of surprises to me!
Has been nice this week -- upper 40's/lower 50's. This morning's
forecast is for a half to three-quarters of an inch of snow ...
Saturday? That's tomorrow and seems too soon but Sunday doesn't sound
right either. Guess I'll be surprised! Is supposed to melt and be
gone by the end of whichever day. South of here forecasting an inch.
Looks like we're likely to only get small bits of snow that don'tWe're pretty much into the rainy season (and this morning's news
stick around, if any, for the rest of the season.... the highs keep
going close to or in the 60s, followed by highs only into the 40s, but
those aren't really snow-keeping temps... ;)
indicated storms overnight and tomorrow afternoon);
last Sunday's half-to-three-quarters of an inch of snow ended up with
just a hare under 3". Did brush off the cars but the sidewalks and driveways were essentially clear. We have had snow in April and I
think even early May.
<COVID-19>
So has it hit the Quad Cities yet...? It's here, but seems not to beHas hit locally -- earlier in the week cases reported in Muscatine
hitting too hard... I did just hear of the daughter of one of my
friends getting it, but she's doing fine now, recovering... now my
friend is in a two-week quarantine... but so far, we're still well...
We only go out for groceries, meds, and the occasional take-out
(restaurants are closed except for takeout/delivery)... Our church
services have been live streamed, with only a skeleton "crew" there,
the preacher, service leader, and accompanist pretty much.... it's my
turn to play for the service this coming Sunday, so I'll go for
that... otherwise, I've been staying home... appointments have been
cancelled, to reschedule later when things ease up, can't go out to
lunch with friends at the moment... things are weird, but doable... :)
County to the south and Clinton County to the north; this county
(Scott) had its first reported case Wednesday or Thursday. Rock Island County on the Illinois side had a reported case last week IIRC -- we
were surrounded so just a matter of time.
Most of the churches here are closed and live-streaming services.
Just about all restaurants are only doing take-out, curbside, etc. I heard on this morning's news Governor Reynolds (Iowa) is considering shutting down non-essential retail. OTOH us Iowans seem to be doing reasonaly well at self-containment: traffic on the roads is down almost 50%, though the report also said the "high rollers" are down only 21%
-- apparently the speeders.
I did venture out yesterday as part of Thursday Morning Meanderings. Stopped at Dollar General to pick up some Easter cards, birthday
cards, etc. - out of toilet paper and hand sanitizer. I was going to
pick up a package just-in-case -- we've already given away four or five rolls.
Likewise Hy-Vee was out. Their remodeling coming along.
Did find out what was in the old liquor store section (it had been moved to the next store over): the liquor store had been expanded so now
twice the size!! I'll have to wander in to check it out but looks almost elegant and cozy with what seemed to be 'starlight' light fixtures.
Then off to get gas before my points expired. No coffee-flavoured
M&Ms yet but the lady who is more in charge and originally said she'd
try to order said she and the supplier were still looking. :)
In the interim there have been announcements of more meetings, so the
better preparations are probably in progress. One news item was of a
meeting where one of the local NWS (National Weather Service) people
was speaking about the flood probabilties - quite sure there was
discussion on what to do to hold back the waters, just not covered in
the news item.
So now we'll just hope that the prep will be done in time for when theAlready started! Some rivers have already been at flood stage; good
flooding starts.... ;)
news is just to the top of the banks, so no damage. There will be
more than likely much higher water levels coming soon. And as you
said, hopefully the time since last year has been spent wisely to
minimize damages.
Guess you'll soon see.... Maybe there'll been less snow this
winter, and so less snowmelt to contribute to the flooding...
tracks, fight with the railroad to lower, get lowered, flood,
raise.... Plus with the yearly flooding I'm quite sure the Downtown
would slowly be abandoned, or at least the half closest to the River.
(Maybe that's the secret! Do nothing, the problem section goes away.)
More likely the merchants and all would band together to make some
sort of fix... Serve the government right if they were presented
the bill afterwards... ;)
It would! Probably get hit back with "you didn't get this properly
permitted so here's that bill plus penalities".
Nah... at that point they'd need to compromise... ;) But maybe the:) There are times when not strictly adhering to the rules is
merchants would get praise for their initiative.... :)
beneficial to all!
And even times when that is acknowledged afterwards.... ;)
<snip>Another item is creation of a 'destination park' (??) along the
riverfront. To be six or so blocks long with play and game areas.
I think they were going to start with Phase 1 soon, as in sometime
this month or April. Other phases following, I assume partially on
money available, land acquisition (not sure if some of the project is
currently in use as residence/business). Would also make sense to
build a section and test: this material holds up, this one has a
problem; more shade needed for the picnic tables.....
You'll have to make reports on how that progresses... ;)
Might be doing on-the-scene if Autumn wants to investigate!
That could be a fun trip... :)It could be! Even if ends up nothing of interest the exploration
portion of the trip could be interesting. ...I haven't heard
anything further -- the exploration might be full of surprises to me!
Have you had a chance to explore it yet....?
Has been nice this week -- upper 40's/lower 50's. This morning's
forecast is for a half to three-quarters of an inch of snow ...
Saturday? That's tomorrow and seems too soon but Sunday doesn't sound
right either. Guess I'll be surprised! Is supposed to melt and be
gone by the end of whichever day. South of here forecasting an inch.
Looks like we're likely to only get small bits of snow that don'tWe're pretty much into the rainy season (and this morning's news
stick around, if any, for the rest of the season.... the highs keep
going close to or in the 60s, followed by highs only into the 40s, but
those aren't really snow-keeping temps... ;)
indicated storms overnight and tomorrow afternoon);
We're getting into that, too.... a few days ago, maybe it was as
long ago as Sunday, there were threats of severe thunderstorms
and very heavy rain... that storm appeared to have moved either
north or south of us, as we didn't get anything but rain... and
not too heavy at that....
last Sunday's half-to-three-quarters of an inch of snow ended up with
just a hare under 3". Did brush off the cars but the sidewalks and driveways were essentially clear. We have had snow in April and I
think even early May.
I remember a Mother's Day snowstorm one year here.... not that
that's at all normal...
<COVID-19>
So has it hit the Quad Cities yet...? It's here, but seems not to beHas hit locally -- earlier in the week cases reported in Muscatine
hitting too hard... I did just hear of the daughter of one of my
friends getting it, but she's doing fine now, recovering... now my
friend is in a two-week quarantine... but so far, we're still well...
We only go out for groceries, meds, and the occasional take-out
(restaurants are closed except for takeout/delivery)... Our church
services have been live streamed, with only a skeleton "crew" there,
the preacher, service leader, and accompanist pretty much.... it's my
turn to play for the service this coming Sunday, so I'll go for
that... otherwise, I've been staying home... appointments have been
cancelled, to reschedule later when things ease up, can't go out to
lunch with friends at the moment... things are weird, but doable... :)
County to the south and Clinton County to the north; this county
(Scott) had its first reported case Wednesday or Thursday. Rock Island County on the Illinois side had a reported case last week IIRC -- we
were surrounded so just a matter of time.
Very few if any places are totally unaffected now....
Most of the churches here are closed and live-streaming services.
Just about all restaurants are only doing take-out, curbside, etc. I heard on this morning's news Governor Reynolds (Iowa) is considering shutting down non-essential retail. OTOH us Iowans seem to be doing reasonaly well at self-containment: traffic on the roads is down almost 50%, though the report also said the "high rollers" are down only 21%
-- apparently the speeders.
We have a lot less traffic on the roads, too... dunno
percentages, but with the schools closed, and all non-essential retail/busnesses shut down, fewer people need to be out much...
Lots of people are working from home, too...
I did venture out yesterday as part of Thursday Morning Meanderings. Stopped at Dollar General to pick up some Easter cards, birthday
cards, etc. - out of toilet paper and hand sanitizer. I was going to
pick up a package just-in-case -- we've already given away four or five rolls.
Likewise Hy-Vee was out. Their remodeling coming along.
Our Wegmans was totally out for a couple of weeks, but last week
was able to get a shipment of some off-brand (made in Canada)
6-roll packs... We've not needed any, nor are we likely to,
having previously stocked up normally just before the crisis
hit... We shopped yesterday, and noted that there are some other
things being somewhat restocked, too, but in limited
quantities... I think the hoarders may have settled down now,
too...
Did find out what was in the old liquor store section (it had been moved to the next store over): the liquor store had been expanded so now
twice the size!! I'll have to wander in to check it out but looks almost elegant and cozy with what seemed to be 'starlight' light fixtures.
Something to look forward to... :)
Then off to get gas before my points expired. No coffee-flavoured
M&Ms yet but the lady who is more in charge and originally said she'd
try to order said she and the supplier were still looking. :)
It does make me wonder if they were indeed a test-market item...
;) But even if they were, they could be back, as a NEW item,
introduced more widely.... ;)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 04-Apr-2020 10:01 <=-
Already started! Some rivers have already been at flood stage; good
news is just to the top of the banks, so no damage. There will be
more than likely much higher water levels coming soon. And as you
said, hopefully the time since last year has been spent wisely to
minimize damages.
Guess you'll soon see.... Maybe there'll been less snow this winter,There has been some minor flooding already -- a trail or street right
and so less snowmelt to contribute to the flooding...
next to the River might have had water on it -- and they are
anticipating need-to-use-the-floodwalls some time in the near future.
I haven't heard the estimated arrival date nor how much.
<snip>Another item is creation of a 'destination park' (??) along the
riverfront. To be six or so blocks long with play and game areas.
You'll have to make reports on how that progresses... ;)
Might be doing on-the-scene if Autumn wants to investigate!
That could be a fun trip... :)
It could be! Even if ends up nothing of interest the exploration
portion of the trip could be interesting. ...I haven't heard
anything further -- the exploration might be full of surprises to me!
Have you had a chance to explore it yet....?No. Autumn hasn't wanted to go wandering and if she did not sure we'd take her where the desire to touch/climb/etc. would be extremely
tempting with the COVID-19 out there. Plus if it has been designated
as a park even though in-progess it would be closed and off-limits
(city regulation, so far not state).
We're getting into that, too.... a few days ago, maybe it was as longMy Mother said there was quite a storm a few days ago so probably the
ago as Sunday, there were threats of severe thunderstorms and very
heavy rain... that storm appeared to have moved either north or south
of us, as we didn't get anything but rain... and not too heavy at
that....
same one you experienced. I know a bit of a distance between you two
but the weather map indicated the path was rather wide even out here.
They're talking about rain later this morning -- not as nasty a
system!
the Burning Bush doesn't look too good: several of the trunk branches
have lost bark, so dead. Some were dead when I trimmed in the Fall and didn't get to cutting out, so might not be too many newly-dead, or
even any. A slightly later project to clean that out. Last couple of days we're clearing leaves from around the perennials and shrubs. So
far will be too cold this morning (30ø) and supposed to rain later.
<COVID-19>
So has it hit the Quad Cities yet...? It's here, but seems not to be
hitting too hard... I did just hear of the daughter of one of my
friends getting it, but she's doing fine now, recovering... now my
friend is in a two-week quarantine... but so far, we're still well...
We only go out for groceries, meds, and the occasional take-out
(restaurants are closed except for takeout/delivery)... Our church
services have been live streamed, with only a skeleton "crew" there,
the preacher, service leader, and accompanist pretty much.... it's my
turn to play for the service this coming Sunday, so I'll go for
that... otherwise, I've been staying home... appointments have been
cancelled, to reschedule later when things ease up, can't go out to
lunch with friends at the moment... things are weird, but doable... :)
Has hit locally -- earlier in the week cases reported in Muscatine
County to the south and Clinton County to the north; this county
(Scott) had its first reported case Wednesday or Thursday. Rock Island
County on the Illinois side had a reported case last week IIRC -- we
were surrounded so just a matter of time.
Very few if any places are totally unaffected now....Unfortunately yes. The Iowa Governor extended school closures through April 30th; locally the school boards are trying to keep high school seniors' graduations on schedule ==> won't have the ceremony but at
least the diploma.
Nothing's been said but I wonder about what's going on with upcoming freshman college classes: the colleges and universities are closed.
Established students are doing on-line classes; I could just as easily tele-learn from Iowa to class in New York, though my IP address would
give me away!
Most of the churches here are closed and live-streaming services.
Just about all restaurants are only doing take-out, curbside, etc. I
heard on this morning's news Governor Reynolds (Iowa) is considering
shutting down non-essential retail. OTOH us Iowans seem to be doing
reasonaly well at self-containment: traffic on the roads is down almost
50%, though the report also said the "high rollers" are down only 21%
-- apparently the speeders.
We have a lot less traffic on the roads, too... dunno percentages,True.... Grocery stores becoming the new 'in' spot to gather and see people! I'm thinking it's national but here the Target (Super Target, with grocery) is limiting to 60 people inside at a time, Home Depot limiting to 100. What's sort of funny is here the Target is much
but with the schools closed, and all non-essential retail/busnesses
shut down, fewer people need to be out much... Lots of people are
working from home, too...
larger than the Home Depot (excluding Garden Center) so the numbers
should be reversed.
I did venture out yesterday as part of Thursday Morning Meanderings.
Stopped at Dollar General to pick up some Easter cards, birthday
cards, etc. - out of toilet paper and hand sanitizer. I was going to
pick up a package just-in-case -- we've already given away four or five
rolls. Likewise Hy-Vee was out. Their remodeling coming along.
I did 'score' a packet of Angel Soft last Thursday! Last one other
than maybe a dozen packs of a brand I didn't recognize. Even better I
had a dollar off digital coupon!! Woo-hoo!! <g>
(I don't know if more toilet paper further down the aisle: limit one signs, didn't need to report to anyone on availability....)
Our Wegmans was totally out for a couple of weeks, but last week wasDid you see/hear on the news a semi-trailer of toilet paper had caught
able to get a shipment of some off-brand (made in Canada) 6-roll
packs... We've not needed any, nor are we likely to, having
previously stocked up normally just before the crisis hit... We
shopped yesterday, and noted that there are some other things being
somewhat restocked, too, but in limited quantities... I think the
hoarders may have settled down now, too...
on fire? Think it was in Texas. Here was reported as part of the
local news and as a teaser before a commercial break. The anchor is reading the teaser off the telepromter and is stiffling a laugh: I can imagine her thinking "my career is now down to reading stories about toilet paper"!
Back to the hoarders. I'm thinking they've calmed down some also,
though Hy-Vee did have quarts of orange juice at 99› (limit two) in the Wednesday ads (print, TV, digital) and they were out Thursday morning.
Then off to get gas before my points expired. No coffee-flavoured
M&Ms yet but the lady who is more in charge and originally said she'd
try to order said she and the supplier were still looking. :)
It does make me wonder if they were indeed a test-market item... ;)Possibly! Or another limited version in conjuction with Starbucks!
But even if they were, they could be back, as a NEW item, introduced
more widely.... ;)
There has been some minor flooding already -- a trail or street right
next to the River might have had water on it -- and they are
anticipating need-to-use-the-floodwalls some time in the near future.
I haven't heard the estimated arrival date nor how much.
Do they have floodwalls at hand, or are they all on order for
this year still...?
<snip>Another item is creation of a 'destination park' (??) along the
riverfront. To be six or so blocks long with play and game areas.
You'll have to make reports on how that progresses... ;)
Might be doing on-the-scene if Autumn wants to investigate!
That could be a fun trip... :)
It could be! Even if ends up nothing of interest the exploration
portion of the trip could be interesting. ...I haven't heard
anything further -- the exploration might be full of surprises to me!
Have you had a chance to explore it yet....?No. Autumn hasn't wanted to go wandering and if she did not sure we'd take her where the desire to touch/climb/etc. would be extremely
tempting with the COVID-19 out there. Plus if it has been designated
as a park even though in-progess it would be closed and off-limits
(city regulation, so far not state).
That's true, with all the restrictions, even if she did want to
go wandering, there wouldn't be as many legal places to go...
Probably better to get the outdoors exposure closer to home, like
the back yard.... And maybe they aren't able to do much with the
park creation itself at this point....
We're getting into that, too.... a few days ago, maybe it was as longMy Mother said there was quite a storm a few days ago so probably the
ago as Sunday, there were threats of severe thunderstorms and very
heavy rain... that storm appeared to have moved either north or south
of us, as we didn't get anything but rain... and not too heavy at
that....
same one you experienced. I know a bit of a distance between you two
but the weather map indicated the path was rather wide even out here.
It's been at least another week now... so this is ancient
history... <G> But we've been dodging most of the storms that go
on into the New England states and cause havoc.... we've been
getting a milder form, possibly the edge of the system as it
passes by.... I don't think we've even had any thunderstorms yet
this year, or if we did, they were at night and I managed to
sleep through them...
And right now there's supposedly a really nasty system with high
winds and all coming through our area, and once again, it doesn't
seem to be all that bad right here where we are.... it may well
be worse south or north of us, more likely south, though, as I
think it's part of the storm system that is spawning the
tornadoes and such in the Mid-Atlantic... We've got the high wind
warning until 2AM tonight...
the Burning Bush doesn't look too good: several of the trunk branches
have lost bark, so dead. Some were dead when I trimmed in the Fall and didn't get to cutting out, so might not be too many newly-dead, or
even any. A slightly later project to clean that out. Last couple of days we're clearing leaves from around the perennials and shrubs. So
far will be too cold this morning (30ø) and supposed to rain later.
This time of year things are just too changeable... we've had a
couple of really warm days for April, last few and today... upper
50s and today upper 60s... but before that it was in the 40s and
below, and coming up will be more cool weather... and actually
not all that rainy for an April, though there's been enough of
that, too... ;) Hopefully you'll get a good day for dealing with
that Burning Bush plant... and hopefully some will have
survived... :)
<COVID-19>
Very few if any places are totally unaffected now....Unfortunately yes. The Iowa Governor extended school closures through April 30th; locally the school boards are trying to keep high school seniors' graduations on schedule ==> won't have the ceremony but at
least the diploma.
Our schools are closed at least until April 29th, too... kids are
doing distance learning and being home-schooled, too... And the
colleges are doing things all online, too...
Nothing's been said but I wonder about what's going on with upcoming freshman college classes: the colleges and universities are closed.
Maybe the colleges just don't know what to plan for the fall...
it's so much a wait-and-see now....
True.... Grocery stores becoming the new 'in' spot to gather and see people! I'm thinking it's national but here the Target (Super Target, with grocery) is limiting to 60 people inside at a time, Home Depot limiting to 100. What's sort of funny is here the Target is much
larger than the Home Depot (excluding Garden Center) so the numbers
should be reversed.
Not sure if the big box stores here are limiting how many inside
the store at a time, as I've not been anywhere near them, but so
far Wegmans hasn't limited, though they have now posted signs
saying that they reserve the right to do so if they feel it
necessary.... It's more just encouraging the 6' away from each
other and otherwise maintaining distance from anyone... I'm not
seeing so much of the stores being a place for gathering, but
then it is being actively discouraged...
Back to the hoarders. I'm thinking they've calmed down some also,
though Hy-Vee did have quarts of orange juice at 99› (limit two) in the Wednesday ads (print, TV, digital) and they were out Thursday morning.
Maybe they weren't able to get all the stock in that they'd
ordered....
Then off to get gas before my points expired. No coffee-flavoured
M&Ms yet but the lady who is more in charge and originally said she'd
try to order said she and the supplier were still looking. :)
It does make me wonder if they were indeed a test-market item... ;)Possibly! Or another limited version in conjuction with Starbucks!
But even if they were, they could be back, as a NEW item, introduced
more widely.... ;)
That would likely only be available at Starbucks... or as a
mail-in premium.... :)
... Senior Campbell's NEW Large Type Alphabet Soup!!!
Hi Daryl!
It amazes me how much water there can be! And the water isn't just BM>higher than the normal river path but spread out over land and still BM>greatly elevated. That's a LOT of water!!
And, each thunderstorm contains at least 500,000 tons of water.
That must have one huge scale!
It amazes me how much water there can be! And the water isn't just BM>higher than the normal river path but spread out over land and still BM>greatly elevated. That's a LOT of water!!That must have one huge scale!
And, each thunderstorm contains at least 500,000 tons of water.
I always wondered how they determined that amount.
Snowing out currently -- morning of April 17th -- warmer, or at least BM>here on the ground it is, so denser and more water content than the BM>fluffy kind of snow. That'll add another calculation for water content BM>and weight!
... Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?
Snowing out currently -- morning of April 17th -- warmer, or at least
here on the ground it is, so denser and more water content than the
fluffy kind of snow. That'll add another calculation for water content
and weight!
In some areas, winter won't go away.
... Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?
The $64 million question.
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 14-Apr-2020 10:35 <=-
There has been some minor flooding already -- a trail or street right
next to the River might have had water on it -- and they are
anticipating need-to-use-the-floodwalls some time in the near future.
I haven't heard the estimated arrival date nor how much.
Do they have floodwalls at hand, or are they all on order for thisAs I said some time last week the Mississippi River was two feet over flood stage; they are putting up some of the temporary barriers, so
year still...?
must be stored locally and I'd assume more on order. The barriers are
a big plastic box filled with sand via bulldozer and the like. Also assume the barriers are a one-time use as removing the sand would
damage. Presume the sand is filtered and reused.
Rock Island (IL) (across the River) is a little more elevated above
the River and so a lot less area to protect. They have some some floodgates which are raised during flooding. Other towns (seems mostly downriver from here) have levees for protection.
<snip>Another item is creation of a 'destination park' (??) along the
riverfront. To be six or so blocks long with play and game areas.
Have you had a chance to explore it yet....?
No. Autumn hasn't wanted to go wandering and if she did not sure we'd
take her where the desire to touch/climb/etc. would be extremely
tempting with the COVID-19 out there. Plus if it has been designated
as a park even though in-progess it would be closed and off-limits
(city regulation, so far not state).
That's true, with all the restrictions, even if she did want to goPlus for the past week or so the parks are closed. Iowa is one of the
wandering, there wouldn't be as many legal places to go... Probably
better to get the outdoors exposure closer to home, like the back
yard... And maybe they aren't able to do much with the park creation
itself at this point....
few states without the stay-in-home order; seems like we went from the opposite direction and closed everything down so no place to go so may
as well stay home!
As for Autumn, she hasn't really wanted to go outside when here; the weather hasn't been all that nice -- cold and windy. Good news: she
has passed whatever test it is to get into First Grade. :) Needed
100% in the test, she had been missing one point the past several times (so 98%) -- from what we were told more from boredom or "that's enough
of that for now". Plus sometimes she likes to screw around to see if we're paying attention, so maybe the same with the test.
we've been dodging most of the storms that go on into the New EnglandMy Mother said she got about a foot of snow. Fast-forward to now (!), here we've supposed to have been getting 'accumulating snow' the past several nights - so far nothing. This morning's forecast is for
states and cause havoc.... we've been getting a milder form, possibly
the edge of the system as it passes by.... I don't think we've even
had any thunderstorms yet this year, or if we did, they were at night
and I managed to sleep through them...
overnight snow flurries - we'll see!
And right now there's supposedly a really nasty system with high windsWe've had some pretty interesting winds and gusts the last week --
and all coming through our area, and once again, it doesn't seem to be
all that bad right here where we are.... it may well be worse south or
north of us, more likely south, though, as I think it's part of the
storm system that is spawning the tornadoes and such in the Mid-
Atlantic... We've got the high wind warning until 2AM tonight...
20-30 MPH sustained and ~50 MPH gusts. Supposed to be ~40 MPH gusts mid-afternoon.
the Burning Bush doesn't look too good: several of the trunk branches
have lost bark, so dead. Some were dead when I trimmed in the Fall and
didn't get to cutting out, so might not be too many newly-dead, or
even any. A slightly later project to clean that out. Last couple of
days we're clearing leaves from around the perennials and shrubs. So
far will be too cold this morning (30ø) and supposed to rain later.
This time of year things are just too changeable... we've had a coupleYes -- I'm not planning on trimming out anything unless it looks definitely dead, as in lack of bark. Weather lately hasn't been nice enough to do much outside.
of really warm days for April, last few and today... upper 50s and
today upper 60s... but before that it was in the 40s and below, and
coming up will be more cool weather... and actually not all that rainy
for an April, though there's been enough of that, too... ;) Hopefully
you'll get a good day for dealing with that Burning Bush plant... and
hopefully some will have survived... :)
Snowing out currently -- morning of April 17th -- warmer, or at least BM>here on the ground it is, so denser and more water content than the BM>fluffy kind of snow. That'll add another calculation for water content BM>and weight!
In some areas, winter won't go away.
But I don't live in Alaska!
... Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?
The $64 million question.
Can I 'phone a friend'?
There has been some minor flooding already -- a trail or street right
next to the River might have had water on it -- and they are
anticipating need-to-use-the-floodwalls some time in the near future.
I haven't heard the estimated arrival date nor how much.
Do they have floodwalls at hand, or are they all on order for thisAs I said some time last week the Mississippi River was two feet over flood stage; they are putting up some of the temporary barriers, so
year still...?
must be stored locally and I'd assume more on order. The barriers are
a big plastic box filled with sand via bulldozer and the like. Also assume the barriers are a one-time use as removing the sand would
damage. Presume the sand is filtered and reused.
I suppose no way of knowing when the ones now being placed
arrived.... I wonder if they'd be stored, sand and all, though,
and the sand would just dry out to be ready for the next flood...
or maybe there's a way to remove the sand without damaging the
boxes....
Rock Island (IL) (across the River) is a little more elevated above
the River and so a lot less area to protect. They have some some floodgates which are raised during flooding. Other towns (seems mostly downriver from here) have levees for protection.
Each locality develops their own ways of dealing with the
inevitable flooding... ;)
<snip>Another item is creation of a 'destination park' (??) along the
riverfront. To be six or so blocks long with play and game areas.
Have you had a chance to explore it yet....?
No. Autumn hasn't wanted to go wandering and if she did not sure we'd
take her where the desire to touch/climb/etc. would be extremely
tempting with the COVID-19 out there. Plus if it has been designated
as a park even though in-progess it would be closed and off-limits
(city regulation, so far not state).
That's true, with all the restrictions, even if she did want to goPlus for the past week or so the parks are closed. Iowa is one of the
wandering, there wouldn't be as many legal places to go... Probably
better to get the outdoors exposure closer to home, like the back
yard... And maybe they aren't able to do much with the park creation
itself at this point....
few states without the stay-in-home order; seems like we went from the opposite direction and closed everything down so no place to go so may
as well stay home!
As far as I know our parks weren't ever closed.... but not many
are going there... everything else was closed down except for
essential business, though, so still not really any place to go,
so the stay home order is almost superfluous...
As for Autumn, she hasn't really wanted to go outside when here; the weather hasn't been all that nice -- cold and windy. Good news: she
has passed whatever test it is to get into First Grade. :) Needed
100% in the test, she had been missing one point the past several times (so 98%) -- from what we were told more from boredom or "that's enough
of that for now". Plus sometimes she likes to screw around to see if we're paying attention, so maybe the same with the test.
She reminds me of other kids that are too smart for their own
good sometimes.... :) Good that she passed that test, though...
:)
we've been dodging most of the storms that go on into the New EnglandMy Mother said she got about a foot of snow. Fast-forward to now (!), here we've supposed to have been getting 'accumulating snow' the past several nights - so far nothing. This morning's forecast is for
states and cause havoc.... we've been getting a milder form, possibly
the edge of the system as it passes by.... I don't think we've even
had any thunderstorms yet this year, or if we did, they were at night
and I managed to sleep through them...
overnight snow flurries - we'll see!
We've only had snow in dribs and drabs, too... hardly
accumulating... but my sister, a little south of here was getting
it a couple inches at a time... it is, though, colder than it
should be this time of year...
And right now there's supposedly a really nasty system with high windsWe've had some pretty interesting winds and gusts the last week --
and all coming through our area, and once again, it doesn't seem to be
all that bad right here where we are.... it may well be worse south or
north of us, more likely south, though, as I think it's part of the
storm system that is spawning the tornadoes and such in the Mid-
Atlantic... We've got the high wind warning until 2AM tonight...
20-30 MPH sustained and ~50 MPH gusts. Supposed to be ~40 MPH gusts mid-afternoon.
We keep getting the 20-30 MPH winds here, with gusts above that,
but hasn't been as bad as predicted, and certainly hasn't been
causing much if any damage... probably the previous winds this
year brought down anything that was loose already....
the Burning Bush doesn't look too good: several of the trunk branches
have lost bark, so dead. Some were dead when I trimmed in the Fall and
didn't get to cutting out, so might not be too many newly-dead, or
even any. A slightly later project to clean that out. Last couple of
days we're clearing leaves from around the perennials and shrubs. So
far will be too cold this morning (30ø) and supposed to rain later.
This time of year things are just too changeable... we've had a coupleYes -- I'm not planning on trimming out anything unless it looks definitely dead, as in lack of bark. Weather lately hasn't been nice enough to do much outside.
of really warm days for April, last few and today... upper 50s and
today upper 60s... but before that it was in the 40s and below, and
coming up will be more cool weather... and actually not all that rainy
for an April, though there's been enough of that, too... ;) Hopefully
you'll get a good day for dealing with that Burning Bush plant... and
hopefully some will have survived... :)
Similar here... :)
Breaking the message here....
Snowing out currently -- morning of April 17th -- warmer, or at least BM>here on the ground it is, so denser and more water content than the BM>fluffy kind of snow. That'll add another calculation for water content BM>and weight!But I don't live in Alaska!
In some areas, winter won't go away.
Anarctica would've been better.
... Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?Can I 'phone a friend'?
The $64 million question.
Phone sex...when you kiss the handset. :P
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 24-Apr-2020 12:30 <=-
As I said some time last week the Mississippi River was two feet over
flood stage; they are putting up some of the temporary barriers, so
must be stored locally and I'd assume more on order. The barriers are
a big plastic box filled with sand via bulldozer and the like. Also
assume the barriers are a one-time use as removing the sand would
damage. Presume the sand is filtered and reused.
I suppose no way of knowing when the ones now being placed arrived....I'm thinking not, though also don't recall hearing one way or another.
I wonder if they'd be stored, sand and all, though, and the sand would
just dry out to be ready for the next flood... or maybe there's a way
to remove the sand without damaging the boxes....
Looking on the company's website https://www.hesco.com/products/flood-barriers/ and so far nothing
about reusing the HESCO barriers, but hover the mouse over the picture
of the Jackbox and pops up "lightweight, recyclable and highly flexible flood barrier". From that picture it sort of reminds me of a row of
the paper lawnbags except is plastic, so a lot smaller than the HESCO barriers.
Ah! Just learned something: the product is actually called "Floodline"
but I've never heard it called that. ..They even go back and forth: FLOODLINE is ideal for emergency flood response, offering
significant advantages over traditional sandbags, in terms of cost,
time and labor requirement for installation.
A wall using HESCO earth-filled barrier can be filled by two people
and a standard front-end loader in just 20 minutes. The equivalent
sized wall of 1,500 sandbags can take 10 people up to 7 hours to fill
and build.
(FWIW the size is 48" H, 36" W, 15" D.) Ah! There are two styles: one
is 'Recoverable'.... Go to details and need to put in contact information so will end the search there.
Rock Island (IL) (across the River) is a little more elevated above
the River and so a lot less area to protect. They have some some
floodgates which are raised during flooding. Other towns (seems mostly
downriver from here) have levees for protection.
Each locality develops their own ways of dealing with the inevitableRight. Here in Bettendorf we essentially do nothing. We're barely
flooding... ;)
five miles from Downtown Davenport. Slight bit of elevation and the
only area that gets wet is an area about the size of a house lot called Martha's Point (no, no idea who Martha is). They do put up a short
flood wall, so without apparently more flooding would occur.
Plus for the past week or so the parks are closed. Iowa is one of the
few states without the stay-in-home order; seems like we went from the
opposite direction and closed everything down so no place to go so may
as well stay home!
As far as I know our parks weren't ever closed.... but not many are<chuckle> Uh-huh! No where to go! Heard on the news this morning Governor Pritzker (Illinois) is planning to sign an order to
going there... everything else was closed down except for essential
business, though, so still not really any place to go, so the stay
home order is almost superfluous...
essentially extend the shutdown until May 30th. Appears this one will allow some businesses to re-open but require social distancing. The
news blurb didn't go into details; maybe none available yet. Nothing mentioned on what Governor Reynolds (Iowa) is going to do; I'd expect something similar.
As for Autumn, she hasn't really wanted to go outside when here; the
weather hasn't been all that nice -- cold and windy. Good news: she
has passed whatever test it is to get into First Grade. :) Needed
100% in the test, she had been missing one point the past several times
(so 98%) -- from what we were told more from boredom or "that's enough
of that for now". Plus sometimes she likes to screw around to see if
we're paying attention, so maybe the same with the test.
She reminds me of other kids that are too smart for their own goodYes on the smart-off stuff. LIS she likes to give the wrong answer to
sometimes.... :) Good that she passed that test, though... :)
see if we're paying attention, or maybe the artist in her kicks in and
she sees/interprets the pattern outside of the rules.
My Mother said she got about a foot of snow. Fast-forward to now (!),
here we've supposed to have been getting 'accumulating snow' the past
several nights - so far nothing. This morning's forecast is for
overnight snow flurries - we'll see!
We've only had snow in dribs and drabs, too... hardly accumulating...All that makes the weather interesting: one usually assumes north is colder so that's where the snow would be. Probably a lot of terrain factoring in: funneling in rain or snow in one area and leaving
but my sister, a little south of here was getting it a couple inches
at a time... it is, though, colder than it should be this time of
year...
another dry.
the Burning Bush doesn't look too good: several of the trunk branches
have lost bark, so dead. Some were dead when I trimmed in the Fall and
didn't get to cutting out, so might not be too many newly-dead, or
even any. A slightly later project to clean that out. Last couple of
days we're clearing leaves from around the perennials and shrubs. So
far will be too cold this morning (30ø) and supposed to rain later.
This time of year things are just too changeable... we've had a couple
of really warm days for April, last few and today... upper 50s and
today upper 60s... but before that it was in the 40s and below, and
coming up will be more cool weather... and actually not all that rainy
for an April, though there's been enough of that, too... ;) Hopefully
you'll get a good day for dealing with that Burning Bush plant... and
hopefully some will have survived... :)
Yes -- I'm not planning on trimming out anything unless it looks
definitely dead, as in lack of bark. Weather lately hasn't been nice
enough to do much outside.
Similar here... :)Raining/drizzling this morning. I have the south window somewhat open
up here in the Computer Room to get some fresh air; was going to open
the window on the north end some: rain hitting the screen! Think I'll leave that one closed for now.
Trees and shrubs are budding but seems slower: doesn't seem to be much difference since last weekend.
Breaking the message here....It's only at 179 lines!
As I said some time last week the Mississippi River was two feet over
flood stage; they are putting up some of the temporary barriers, so
must be stored locally and I'd assume more on order. The barriers are
a big plastic box filled with sand via bulldozer and the like. Also
assume the barriers are a one-time use as removing the sand would
damage. Presume the sand is filtered and reused.
I suppose no way of knowing when the ones now being placed arrived....I'm thinking not, though also don't recall hearing one way or another.
I wonder if they'd be stored, sand and all, though, and the sand would
just dry out to be ready for the next flood... or maybe there's a way
to remove the sand without damaging the boxes....
Probably most people don't pay any attention to details like
that, unless they are actually involved in the doing of it, so
not so likely any announcements about that sort of thing... Just
curious sorts like us tend to wonder about it... ;)
Looking on the company's website https://www.hesco.com/products/flood-barriers/ and so far nothing
about reusing the HESCO barriers, but hover the mouse over the picture
of the Jackbox and pops up "lightweight, recyclable and highly flexible flood barrier". From that picture it sort of reminds me of a row of
the paper lawnbags except is plastic, so a lot smaller than the HESCO barriers.
Ah! Just learned something: the product is actually called "Floodline"
but I've never heard it called that. ..They even go back and forth: FLOODLINE is ideal for emergency flood response, offering
significant advantages over traditional sandbags, in terms of cost,
time and labor requirement for installation.
A wall using HESCO earth-filled barrier can be filled by two people
and a standard front-end loader in just 20 minutes. The equivalent
sized wall of 1,500 sandbags can take 10 people up to 7 hours to fill
and build.
(FWIW the size is 48" H, 36" W, 15" D.) Ah! There are two styles: one
is 'Recoverable'.... Go to details and need to put in contact information so will end the search there.
Looks like the company name is HESCO, and the various products
have different names but usually end up being refered to by the
company name instead of the product name... Jackbox sounds like
the size that an individual might be using to protect his yard
and house from a flooding stream, rather than what a community
would put up along the raging river to protect a wider area.... ;)
Rock Island (IL) (across the River) is a little more elevated above
the River and so a lot less area to protect. They have some some
floodgates which are raised during flooding. Other towns (seems mostly
downriver from here) have levees for protection.
Each locality develops their own ways of dealing with the inevitableRight. Here in Bettendorf we essentially do nothing. We're barely
flooding... ;)
five miles from Downtown Davenport. Slight bit of elevation and the
only area that gets wet is an area about the size of a house lot called Martha's Point (no, no idea who Martha is). They do put up a short
flood wall, so without apparently more flooding would occur.
That bit of elevation does indeed make a major difference... :)
Plus for the past week or so the parks are closed. Iowa is one of the
few states without the stay-in-home order; seems like we went from the
opposite direction and closed everything down so no place to go so may
as well stay home!
As far as I know our parks weren't ever closed.... but not many are<chuckle> Uh-huh! No where to go! Heard on the news this morning Governor Pritzker (Illinois) is planning to sign an order to
going there... everything else was closed down except for essential
business, though, so still not really any place to go, so the stay
home order is almost superfluous...
essentially extend the shutdown until May 30th. Appears this one will allow some businesses to re-open but require social distancing. The
news blurb didn't go into details; maybe none available yet. Nothing mentioned on what Governor Reynolds (Iowa) is going to do; I'd expect something similar.
Sounds a lot like what I'm hearing various states are doing... :)
As for Autumn, she hasn't really wanted to go outside when here; the
weather hasn't been all that nice -- cold and windy. Good news: she
has passed whatever test it is to get into First Grade. :) Needed
100% in the test, she had been missing one point the past several times
(so 98%) -- from what we were told more from boredom or "that's enough
of that for now". Plus sometimes she likes to screw around to see if
we're paying attention, so maybe the same with the test.
She reminds me of other kids that are too smart for their own goodYes on the smart-off stuff. LIS she likes to give the wrong answer to
sometimes.... :) Good that she passed that test, though... :)
see if we're paying attention, or maybe the artist in her kicks in and
she sees/interprets the pattern outside of the rules.
One thing she'll need to learn soon is when to use that strength,
and when to follow the rules.... ;)
My Mother said she got about a foot of snow. Fast-forward to now (!),
here we've supposed to have been getting 'accumulating snow' the past
several nights - so far nothing. This morning's forecast is for
overnight snow flurries - we'll see!
We've only had snow in dribs and drabs, too... hardly accumulating...All that makes the weather interesting: one usually assumes north is colder so that's where the snow would be. Probably a lot of terrain factoring in: funneling in rain or snow in one area and leaving
but my sister, a little south of here was getting it a couple inches
at a time... it is, though, colder than it should be this time of
year...
another dry.
Where she is, it is a higher elevation than here in town... and
she gets lake effect storms off the end of Lake Erie from the
Buffalo region that we miss being further north... we only get
stuff off Lake Ontario...
Haven't done anything directly with the Burning Bush but looks to bethe Burning Bush doesn't look too good: several of the trunk branches <snip>
Raining/drizzling this morning. I have the south window somewhat open
up here in the Computer Room to get some fresh air; was going to open
the window on the north end some: rain hitting the screen! Think I'll leave that one closed for now.
Yeah... I'd leave that one closed, too... ;)
Trees and shrubs are budding but seems slower: doesn't seem to be much difference since last weekend.
Things are looking positively springlike here now... yesterday
saw my first dandelions... bright little yellow dots in my
neighbor's lawn... ;)
Breaking the message here....It's only at 179 lines!
But that broke it pretty evenly into half.... :)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 03-May-2020 09:10 <=-
I suppose no way of knowing when the ones now being placed arrived....
I wonder if they'd be stored, sand and all, though, and the sand would
just dry out to be ready for the next flood... or maybe there's a way
to remove the sand without damaging the boxes....
I'm thinking not, though also don't recall hearing one way or another.
Probably most people don't pay any attention to details like that,More than likely. Similar for a lot of things: just happens. Up
unless they are actually involved in the doing of it, so not so likely
any announcements about that sort of thing... Just curious sorts like
us tend to wonder about it... ;)
until a few messages ago I didn't know the size of a HESCO barrier: was just a big box filled with sand by a bulldozer and a lot more efficient than sandbags.
Ah! Just learned something: the product is actually called "Floodline"
but I've never heard it called that. ..They even go back and forth:
FLOODLINE is ideal for emergency flood response, offering
significant advantages over traditional sandbags, in terms of cost,
time and labor requirement for installation.
A wall using HESCO earth-filled barrier can be filled by two people
and a standard front-end loader in just 20 minutes. The equivalent
sized wall of 1,500 sandbags can take 10 people up to 7 hours to fill
and build.
(FWIW the size is 48" H, 36" W, 15" D.) Ah! There are two styles: one
is 'Recoverable'.... Go to details and need to put in contact
information so will end the search there.
Looks like the company name is HESCO, and the various products haveThe Jackbox is about half the size of the Floodline, so possible
different names but usually end up being refered to by the company
name instead of the product name... Jackbox sounds like the size that
an individual might be using to protect his yard and house from a
flooding stream, rather than what a community would put up along the
raging river to protect a wider area.... ;)
targeted to the consumer buyer, though a testimonal story is about a one-in-seventy-five year flood in England.
Rock Island (IL) (across the River) is a little more elevated above
the River and so a lot less area to protect. They have some some
floodgates which are raised during flooding. Other towns (seems mostly
downriver from here) have levees for protection.
Each locality develops their own ways of dealing with the inevitable
flooding... ;)
Right. Here in Bettendorf we essentially do nothing. We're barely
five miles from Downtown Davenport. Slight bit of elevation and the
only area that gets wet is an area about the size of a house lot called
Martha's Point (no, no idea who Martha is). They do put up a short
flood wall, so without apparently more flooding would occur.
That bit of elevation does indeed make a major difference... :)It does! :)
Plus for the past week or so the parks are closed. Iowa is one of the
few states without the stay-in-home order; seems like we went from the
opposite direction and closed everything down so no place to go so may
as well stay home!
As far as I know our parks weren't ever closed.... but not many are
going there... everything else was closed down except for essential
business, though, so still not really any place to go, so the stay
home order is almost superfluous...
<chuckle> Uh-huh! No where to go! Heard on the news this morning
Governor Pritzker (Illinois) is planning to sign an order to
essentially extend the shutdown until May 30th. Appears this one will
allow some businesses to re-open but require social distancing. The
news blurb didn't go into details; maybe none available yet. Nothing
mentioned on what Governor Reynolds (Iowa) is going to do; I'd expect
something similar.
Sounds a lot like what I'm hearing various states are doing... :)Bit of a mail lag but Iowa has re-opened 77 of the 99 counties on a restricted basis. We're not one of them but we also were among the
last if not the last country to have a COVID-19 case so make sense to
not be able to re-open yet. (Surrounding countries are also part of
the 22; they too were among the last to report cases.)
She reminds me of other kids that are too smart for their own good
sometimes.... :) Good that she passed that test, though... :)
Yes on the smart-off stuff. LIS she likes to give the wrong answer to
see if we're paying attention, or maybe the artist in her kicks in and
she sees/interprets the pattern outside of the rules.
One thing she'll need to learn soon is when to use that strength, andI'm quite sure she will. I think what will help that is to be back in school with the other kids and teachers: initially the other people
when to follow the rules.... ;)
won't know her joking style so possibly unintended reaction which will temper/alter Autumn.
We've only had snow in dribs and drabs, too... hardly accumulating...
but my sister, a little south of here was getting it a couple inches
at a time... it is, though, colder than it should be this time of
year...
All that makes the weather interesting: one usually assumes north is
colder so that's where the snow would be. Probably a lot of terrain
factoring in: funneling in rain or snow in one area and leaving
another dry.
Where she is, it is a higher elevation than here in town... and sheSometimes that's enough!
gets lake effect storms off the end of Lake Erie from the Buffalo
region that we miss being further north... we only get stuff off Lake
Ontario...
<snip>the Burning Bush doesn't look too good: several of the trunk branches
Haven't done anything directly with the Burning Bush but looks to be
dead. Not sure what the other shrub/bush is but the leaves look to be
different from what I remember the Burning Bush having, but could be
because has recently budded and not fully leafed out. Need to do
other yard work before cutting out the dead branches.
Trees and shrubs are budding but seems slower: doesn't seem to be much
difference since last weekend.
Things are looking positively springlike here now... yesterday saw myDefinite starting-to-green-up out there now.
first dandelions...bright little yellow dots in my neighbor's lawn... ;)
I suppose no way of knowing when the ones now being placed arrived....
I wonder if they'd be stored, sand and all, though, and the sand would
just dry out to be ready for the next flood... or maybe there's a way
to remove the sand without damaging the boxes....
I'm thinking not, though also don't recall hearing one way or another.
Probably most people don't pay any attention to details like that,More than likely. Similar for a lot of things: just happens. Up
unless they are actually involved in the doing of it, so not so likely
any announcements about that sort of thing... Just curious sorts like
us tend to wonder about it... ;)
until a few messages ago I didn't know the size of a HESCO barrier: was just a big box filled with sand by a bulldozer and a lot more efficient than sandbags.
And generally that would be sufficient to know... until we start
getting curious... ;)
Ah! Just learned something: the product is actually called "Floodline"
but I've never heard it called that. ..They even go back and forth:
FLOODLINE is ideal for emergency flood response, offering
significant advantages over traditional sandbags, in terms of cost,
time and labor requirement for installation.
A wall using HESCO earth-filled barrier can be filled by two people
and a standard front-end loader in just 20 minutes. The equivalent
sized wall of 1,500 sandbags can take 10 people up to 7 hours to fill
and build.
(FWIW the size is 48" H, 36" W, 15" D.) Ah! There are two styles: one
is 'Recoverable'.... Go to details and need to put in contact
information so will end the search there.
Looks like the company name is HESCO, and the various products haveThe Jackbox is about half the size of the Floodline, so possible
different names but usually end up being refered to by the company
name instead of the product name... Jackbox sounds like the size that
an individual might be using to protect his yard and house from a
flooding stream, rather than what a community would put up along the
raging river to protect a wider area.... ;)
targeted to the consumer buyer, though a testimonal story is about a one-in-seventy-five year flood in England.
Ok, in that case, something more suited to smaller rivers than
the mighty Mississippi... ;) I also noticed this time through
that you found one version of the Floodline called Recoverable...
perhaps that's what Davenport got, even....?
five miles from Downtown Davenport. Slight bit of elevation and the
only area that gets wet is an area about the size of a house lot called
Martha's Point (no, no idea who Martha is). They do put up a short
flood wall, so without apparently more flooding would occur.
That bit of elevation does indeed make a major difference... :)It does! :)
We aren't all that far from the Genesee River, but it's both a
lot smaller than the Mississippi and, as it goes through the
city, it's mostly in various depths of a ravine... And our
neighborhood is somewhat elevated as well, and our house is on a
slight elevation of our street as well... No worries here... ;)
Plus for the past week or so the parks are closed. Iowa is one of the
few states without the stay-in-home order; seems like we went from the
opposite direction and closed everything down so no place to go so may
as well stay home!
As far as I know our parks weren't ever closed.... but not many are
going there... everything else was closed down except for essential
business, though, so still not really any place to go, so the stay
home order is almost superfluous...
<chuckle> Uh-huh! No where to go! Heard on the news this morning
Governor Pritzker (Illinois) is planning to sign an order to
essentially extend the shutdown until May 30th. Appears this one will
allow some businesses to re-open but require social distancing. The
news blurb didn't go into details; maybe none available yet. Nothing
mentioned on what Governor Reynolds (Iowa) is going to do; I'd expect
something similar.
Sounds a lot like what I'm hearing various states are doing... :)Bit of a mail lag but Iowa has re-opened 77 of the 99 counties on a restricted basis. We're not one of them but we also were among the
last if not the last country to have a COVID-19 case so make sense to
not be able to re-open yet. (Surrounding countries are also part of
the 22; they too were among the last to report cases.)
Makes sense... are the re-opening counties doing ok...?
As far as I know, nothing's really been reopened here yet...
still on PAUSE until at least May 15... and I guess he's looking
at the stats for various regions to determing who's "ready" to
reopen....
She reminds me of other kids that are too smart for their own good
sometimes.... :) Good that she passed that test, though... :)
Yes on the smart-off stuff. LIS she likes to give the wrong answer to
see if we're paying attention, or maybe the artist in her kicks in and
she sees/interprets the pattern outside of the rules.
One thing she'll need to learn soon is when to use that strength, andI'm quite sure she will. I think what will help that is to be back in school with the other kids and teachers: initially the other people
when to follow the rules.... ;)
won't know her joking style so possibly unintended reaction which will temper/alter Autumn.
Time will tell.... :)
We've only had snow in dribs and drabs, too... hardly accumulating...
but my sister, a little south of here was getting it a couple inches
at a time... it is, though, colder than it should be this time of
year...
All that makes the weather interesting: one usually assumes north is
colder so that's where the snow would be. Probably a lot of terrain
factoring in: funneling in rain or snow in one area and leaving
another dry.
Where she is, it is a higher elevation than here in town... and sheSometimes that's enough!
gets lake effect storms off the end of Lake Erie from the Buffalo
region that we miss being further north... we only get stuff off Lake
Ontario...
This year's not been so bad...
<snip>the Burning Bush doesn't look too good: several of the trunk branches
Haven't done anything directly with the Burning Bush but looks to beYou'll get to it soon enough... ;)
dead. Not sure what the other shrub/bush is but the leaves look to be
different from what I remember the Burning Bush having, but could be
because has recently budded and not fully leafed out. Need to do
other yard work before cutting out the dead branches.
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 09-May-2020 08:32 <=-
Probably most people don't pay any attention to details like that,
unless they are actually involved in the doing of it, so not so likely
any announcements about that sort of thing... Just curious sorts like
us tend to wonder about it... ;)
More than likely. Similar for a lot of things: just happens. Up
until a few messages ago I didn't know the size of a HESCO barrier: was
just a big box filled with sand by a bulldozer and a lot more efficient
than sandbags.
And generally that would be sufficient to know... until we startTrue: Black Box Concepts getting smaller and smaller.
getting curious... ;)
Ah! Just learned something: the product is actually called "Floodline"
but I've never heard it called that. ..They even go back and forth:
FLOODLINE is ideal for emergency flood response, offering
significant advantages over traditional sandbags, in terms of cost,
time and labor requirement for installation.
A wall using HESCO earth-filled barrier can be filled by two people
and a standard front-end loader in just 20 minutes. The equivalent
sized wall of 1,500 sandbags can take 10 people up to 7 hours to fill
and build.
(FWIW the size is 48" H, 36" W, 15" D.) Ah! There are two styles: one
is 'Recoverable'.... Go to details and need to put in contact
information so will end the search there.
Looks like the company name is HESCO, and the various products have
different names but usually end up being refered to by the company
name instead of the product name... Jackbox sounds like the size that
an individual might be using to protect his yard and house from a
flooding stream, rather than what a community would put up along the
raging river to protect a wider area.... ;)
The Jackbox is about half the size of the Floodline, so possible
targeted to the consumer buyer, though a testimonal story is about a
one-in-seventy-five year flood in England.
Ok, in that case, something more suited to smaller rivers than theyPossible; I haven't seen or heard anything to indicate one way or the other - they just magically appear. Have seen news coverage of the devices being filled with sand and later "will be removed" but nothing
mighty Mississippi... ;) I also noticed this time through that you
found one version of the Floodline called Recoverable... perhaps
that's what Davenport got, even....?
to indicate anything more - including what is done with the sand fill.
five miles from Downtown Davenport. Slight bit of elevation and the
only area that gets wet is an area about the size of a house lot called
Martha's Point (no, no idea who Martha is). They do put up a short
flood wall, so without apparently more flooding would occur.
That bit of elevation does indeed make a major difference... :)
It does! :)
We aren't all that far from the Genesee River, but it's both a lotThat's good!
smaller than the Mississippi and, as it goes through the city, it's
mostly in various depths of a ravine... And our neighborhood is
somewhat elevated as well, and our house is on a slight elevation of
our street as well... No worries here... ;)
Plus for the past week or so the parks are closed. Iowa is one of the
few states without the stay-in-home order; seems like we went from the
opposite direction and closed everything down so no place to go so may
as well stay home!
As far as I know our parks weren't ever closed.... but not many are
going there... everything else was closed down except for essential
business, though, so still not really any place to go, so the stay
home order is almost superfluous...
<chuckle> Uh-huh! No where to go! Heard on the news this morning
Governor Pritzker (Illinois) is planning to sign an order to
essentially extend the shutdown until May 30th. Appears this one will
allow some businesses to re-open but require social distancing. The
news blurb didn't go into details; maybe none available yet. Nothing
mentioned on what Governor Reynolds (Iowa) is going to do; I'd expect
something similar.
Sounds a lot like what I'm hearing various states are doing... :)
Bit of a mail lag but Iowa has re-opened 77 of the 99 counties on a
restricted basis. We're not one of them but we also were among the
last if not the last country to have a COVID-19 case so make sense to
not be able to re-open yet. (Surrounding countries are also part of
the 22; they too were among the last to report cases.)
Makes sense... are the re-opening counties doing ok...?I haven't heard any negatives but might be a little too early
considering incubation period. The medical director for Rock Island County (IL) - across the River from us - is concerned with reopening
too soon in both Iowa and Illinois, causing a resurgence. Personally I agree with him, as do a lot of people, though I can see the need to
reopen businesses to get people their paychecks.
As far as I know, nothing's really been reopened here yet... still onIMO a smart move, though probably unpopular in general. People want
PAUSE until at least May 15... and I guess he's looking at the stats
for various regions to determing who's "ready" to reopen....
to get back to the regular lives, just some are impatient to do so, IMO risking themselves and others who are waiting.
We've only had snow in dribs and drabs, too... hardly accumulating...
but my sister, a little south of here was getting it a couple inches
at a time... it is, though, colder than it should be this time of
year...
All that makes the weather interesting: one usually assumes north is
colder so that's where the snow would be. Probably a lot of terrain
factoring in: funneling in rain or snow in one area and leaving
another dry.
Where she is, it is a higher elevation than here in town... and she
gets lake effect storms off the end of Lake Erie from the Buffalo
region that we miss being further north... we only get stuff off Lake
Ontario...
Sometimes that's enough!
This year's not been so bad...No snow but did freeze this morning (May 9th - Saturday before
Mother's Day): 29ø. Looking out looks nice and inviting: sun is
shining, lightly hazy blue sky, trees sre greening with their buds and starting to leaf out, grass is green - no frost. Looks very
comfortable!
<snip>the Burning Bush doesn't look too good: several of the trunk branches
Haven't done anything directly with the Burning Bush but looks to be
dead. Not sure what the other shrub/bush is but the leaves look to be
different from what I remember the Burning Bush having, but could be
because has recently budded and not fully leafed out. Need to do
other yard work before cutting out the dead branches.
You'll get to it soon enough... ;)Yup. Was doing some yard cleanup yesterday and with it greening up doesn't look as bad. Still needs to be done of course. But First!
Probably most people don't pay any attention to details like that,
unless they are actually involved in the doing of it, so not so likely
any announcements about that sort of thing... Just curious sorts like
us tend to wonder about it... ;)
More than likely. Similar for a lot of things: just happens. Up
until a few messages ago I didn't know the size of a HESCO barrier: was
just a big box filled with sand by a bulldozer and a lot more efficient
than sandbags.
And generally that would be sufficient to know... until we startTrue: Black Box Concepts getting smaller and smaller.
getting curious... ;)
To some extent... ;)
Possible; I haven't seen or heard anything to indicate one way or the other - they just magically appear. Have seen news coverage of the devices being filled with sand and later "will be removed" but nothing
to indicate anything more - including what is done with the sand fill.
They probably figure that people aren't interested in the
details... and, in most cases, they probably are right... ;)
Now, if someone should raise the question in a budget hearing as
to which is more cost effective, perhaps some further details
would emerge... ;)
five miles from Downtown Davenport. Slight bit of elevation and the
only area that gets wet is an area about the size of a house lot called
Martha's Point (no, no idea who Martha is). They do put up a short
flood wall, so without apparently more flooding would occur.
That bit of elevation does indeed make a major difference... :)
It does! :)
We aren't all that far from the Genesee River, but it's both a lotThat's good!
smaller than the Mississippi and, as it goes through the city, it's
mostly in various depths of a ravine... And our neighborhood is
somewhat elevated as well, and our house is on a slight elevation of
our street as well... No worries here... ;)
Most area flooding is either at the lakeshore or low-lying areas
near some of the creeks, and mostly a result of high winds and/or
heavy rain...
Sounds a lot like what I'm hearing various states are doing... :)
Bit of a mail lag but Iowa has re-opened 77 of the 99 counties on a
restricted basis. We're not one of them but we also were among the
last if not the last country to have a COVID-19 case so make sense to
not be able to re-open yet. (Surrounding countries are also part of
the 22; they too were among the last to report cases.)
Makes sense... are the re-opening counties doing ok...?I haven't heard any negatives but might be a little too early
considering incubation period. The medical director for Rock Island County (IL) - across the River from us - is concerned with reopening
too soon in both Iowa and Illinois, causing a resurgence. Personally I agree with him, as do a lot of people, though I can see the need to
reopen businesses to get people their paychecks.
A lot depends on how willing people are to still keep their
distance and practice the safety measures... if there's too much
crowding, things could easily resurge....
As far as I know, nothing's really been reopened here yet... still onIMO a smart move, though probably unpopular in general. People want
PAUSE until at least May 15... and I guess he's looking at the stats
for various regions to determing who's "ready" to reopen....
to get back to the regular lives, just some are impatient to do so, IMO risking themselves and others who are waiting.
And now we are actually starting to reopen... our region met the
criteria for phase one reopening, so the first wave of
non-essential businesses is opening... non-essential retail is
only curbside, though, not sure about getting shoes or clothes
that way... <G> Phase two will let them open naturally....
We've only had snow in dribs and drabs, too... hardly accumulating...
but my sister, a little south of here was getting it a couple inches
at a time... it is, though, colder than it should be this time of
year...
All that makes the weather interesting: one usually assumes north is
colder so that's where the snow would be. Probably a lot of terrain
factoring in: funneling in rain or snow in one area and leaving
another dry.
Where she is, it is a higher elevation than here in town... and she
gets lake effect storms off the end of Lake Erie from the Buffalo
region that we miss being further north... we only get stuff off Lake
Ontario...
Sometimes that's enough!
This year's not been so bad...No snow but did freeze this morning (May 9th - Saturday before
Mother's Day): 29ø. Looking out looks nice and inviting: sun is
shining, lightly hazy blue sky, trees are greening with their buds and starting to leaf out, grass is green - no frost. Looks very
comfortable!
As long as it warmed up some... ;)
<snip>the Burning Bush doesn't look too good: several of the trunk branches
Haven't done anything directly with the Burning Bush but looks to be
dead. Not sure what the other shrub/bush is but the leaves look to be
different from what I remember the Burning Bush having, but could be
because has recently budded and not fully leafed out. Need to do
other yard work before cutting out the dead branches.
You'll get to it soon enough... ;)Yup. Was doing some yard cleanup yesterday and with it greening up doesn't look as bad. Still needs to be done of course. But First!
A bit at a time... ;)
... And thus ends another wit-filled message.
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 17-May-2020 09:15 <=-
Just curious sorts like us tend to wonder about it... ;)
More than likely. Similar for a lot of things: just happens. Up
until a few messages ago I didn't know the size of a HESCO barrier: was
just a big box filled with sand by a bulldozer and a lot more efficient
than sandbags.
And generally that would be sufficient to know... until we start
getting curious... ;)
True: Black Box Concepts getting smaller and smaller.
To some extent... ;)They do get smaller: I just haven't figured out how they get all of
them to fit in that first box! ...I think that's another Black Box
line of discovery!!
Possible; I haven't seen or heard anything to indicate one way or the
other - they just magically appear. Have seen news coverage of the
devices being filled with sand and later "will be removed" but nothing
to indicate anything more - including what is done with the sand fill.
They probably figure that people aren't interested in theThere are quite a few people interested in environmental issues around here would seem it would have come up. Just have to find out some
details... and, in most cases, they probably are right... ;)
Now, if someone should raise the question in a budget hearing as to
which is more cost effective, perhaps some further details would
emerge... ;)
day.
We aren't all that far from the Genesee River, but it's both a lot
smaller than the Mississippi and, as it goes through the city, it's
mostly in various depths of a ravine... And our neighborhood is
somewhat elevated as well, and our house is on a slight elevation of
our street as well... No worries here... ;)
That's good!
Most area flooding is either at the lakeshore or low-lying areas nearWe've found the Mississippi almost always floods due to rain; detail
some of the creeks, and mostly a result of high winds and/or heavy
rain...
is almost never if just rains South of here. (Ooo! I'm in trouble
now!!) During very high waters they will ban pleasure boats on the
River because too dangerous (hit debris/hit by debris, and the water
is flowing too rapidly) plus if travelling too fast will create waves which weaken sandbag walls and sometimes splash over barricades.
Makes sense... are the re-opening counties doing ok...?
I haven't heard any negatives but might be a little too early
considering incubation period. The medical director for Rock Island
County (IL) - across the River from us - is concerned with reopening
too soon in both Iowa and Illinois, causing a resurgence. Personally I
agree with him, as do a lot of people, though I can see the need to
reopen businesses to get people their paychecks.
A lot depends on how willing people are to still keep their distanceTrue: nice to be be in a crowd: amplifies the concert experience, camaraderie in a bar, the overall social experience, etc., but the downside is the easier transmission of disease -- any disease, not
and practice the safety measures... if there's too much> crowding,
things could easily resurge....
just COVID-19.
...Saw a news item where a restaurant re-opened and instead of blocking off every other booth with tape they dressed up mannequins and blow-up dolls and sat and posed them at the not-to-be-occupied tables. (Some
of the blow-up ones did look a little 'suspicious' and spooky!) Clever idea to make the restaurant look less empty; wonder how many live
patrons took photos/selfies with the mannequins?
As far as I know, nothing's really been reopened here yet... still on
PAUSE until at least May 15... and I guess he's looking at the stats
for various regions to determing who's "ready" to reopen....
IMO a smart move, though probably unpopular in general. People want
to get back to the regular lives, just some are impatient to do so, IMO
risking themselves and others who are waiting.
And now we are actually starting to reopen... our region met theBarber shops/salons, gyms, and another category or two could do
criteria for phase one reopening, so the first wave of non-essential
businesses is opening... non-essential retail is only curbside, though,
not sure about getting shoes or clothes that way... <G> Phase two
will let them open naturally....
restricted openings starting yesterday (May 16). Where I go for a
haircut wasn't opening until today (Sunday), probably more for
scheduling purposes and maybe the company can write off all of last
week as a loss. Was a little surprised of the openings here as we're
one of the twenty-two counties still highly restricted in Iowa, mainly because we didn't start getting cases until later.
Currently raining + fog: not going to be getting any outside work done today! Ground is saturated from the rain last week; sump pump started doing it's thing yesterday. Autumm investigated the drain and then
ran off as there was some bugs she didn't like -- normally she likes
bugs: she even put five 'roly polies' in a plastic doll bed, added a
small cap-like thing with water for them....
<snip>the Burning Bush doesn't look too good: several of the trunk branches
Haven't done anything directly with the Burning Bush but looks to be
dead. Not sure what the other shrub/bush is but the leaves look to be
different from what I remember the Burning Bush having, but could be
because has recently budded and not fully leafed out. Need to do
other yard work before cutting out the dead branches.
You'll get to it soon enough... ;)
Yup. Was doing some yard cleanup yesterday and with it greening up
doesn't look as bad. Still needs to be done of course. But First!
A bit at a time... ;)And today's not it's time!
But Antarctica's in the South -- how could it be colder? <g>
Phone sex...when you kiss the handset. :P
Oh goodie: a phone fetish!!
But Antarctica's in the South -- how could it be colder? <g>
Well, I've heard that it has been in the 80s in both areas.
Phone sex...when you kiss the handset. :P
Oh goodie: a phone fetish!!
Just like what Peanut (Jeff Dunham) did in describing cellphone
sex.
I hope the penguins don't get a sunburn!
Phone sex...when you kiss the handset. :P
Oh goodie: a phone fetish!!
Just like what Peanut (Jeff Dunham) did in describing cellphone
sex.
Hmm: no cords for ... -- nevermind!
I hope the penguins don't get a sunburn!
Well, apparently, it's the time of year, with the sun has set
across the South Pole...as they approach winter.
Can you feel me now?? :P What he hates is that "you never hear
the other end of the conversation".
And, the "free phone" I got from T-Mobile has apparently been a defective model. I originally had it replaced with a like model,
as every time you turned it on, it was in EMERGENCY CALLS ONLY
mode.
Now, the signal/connection on voice calls keeps dropping out.
So, I use that for texting, and an "answering machine". I have a
Moto phone with Verizon, which is faster, works better, and is a
bit larger...but it's still hard to read stuff on the display.
Yup: in college I had classmates from Australia, New Zealand, South
Africa -- the concept of effectively Christmas in July never quite
clicked with me!
Yet people get upset when someone overhears their private conversation when they're on speakerphone!
Swipe the screen to enter the PIN/access?
I think your electronics is haunted like my rain gauge!!
Yup: in college I had classmates from Australia, New Zealand, South
Africa -- the concept of effectively Christmas in July never quite
clicked with me!
Well, when stores start putting up decorations that soon... :P
Swipe the screen to enter the PIN/access?
I do that, but sometimes, it still won't clear that up. No
wonder they made that model "free". :P
... Microsoft Tech Support For Legacy Windows?? FAT Chance!!
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 17-May-2020 09:15 <=-
Just curious sorts like us tend to wonder about it... ;)
More than likely. Similar for a lot of things: just happens. Up
until a few messages ago I didn't know the size of a HESCO barrier: was
just a big box filled with sand by a bulldozer and a lot more efficient
than sandbags.
And generally that would be sufficient to know... until we start
getting curious... ;)
True: Black Box Concepts getting smaller and smaller.
To some extent... ;)They do get smaller: I just haven't figured out how they get all of
them to fit in that first box! ...I think that's another Black Box
line of discovery!!
Possible; I haven't seen or heard anything to indicate one way or the
other - they just magically appear. Have seen news coverage of the
devices being filled with sand and later "will be removed" but nothing
to indicate anything more - including what is done with the sand fill.
They probably figure that people aren't interested in theThere are quite a few people interested in environmental issues around here would seem it would have come up. Just have to find out some
details... and, in most cases, they probably are right... ;)
Now, if someone should raise the question in a budget hearing as to
which is more cost effective, perhaps some further details would
emerge... ;)
day.
We aren't all that far from the Genesee River, but it's both a lot
smaller than the Mississippi and, as it goes through the city, it's
mostly in various depths of a ravine... And our neighborhood is
somewhat elevated as well, and our house is on a slight elevation of
our street as well... No worries here... ;)
That's good!
Most area flooding is either at the lakeshore or low-lying areas nearWe've found the Mississippi almost always floods due to rain; detail
some of the creeks, and mostly a result of high winds and/or heavy
rain...
is almost never if just rains South of here. (Ooo! I'm in trouble
now!!) During very high waters they will ban pleasure boats on the
River because too dangerous (hit debris/hit by debris, and the water
is flowing too rapidly) plus if travelling too fast will create waves which weaken sandbag walls and sometimes splash over barricades.
Makes sense... are the re-opening counties doing ok...?
I haven't heard any negatives but might be a little too early
considering incubation period. The medical director for Rock Island
County (IL) - across the River from us - is concerned with reopening
too soon in both Iowa and Illinois, causing a resurgence. Personally I
agree with him, as do a lot of people, though I can see the need to
reopen businesses to get people their paychecks.
A lot depends on how willing people are to still keep their distanceTrue: nice to be be in a crowd: amplifies the concert experience, camaraderie in a bar, the overall social experience, etc., but the downside is the easier transmission of disease -- any disease, not
and practice the safety measures... if there's too much> crowding,
things could easily resurge....
just COVID-19.
...Saw a news item where a restaurant re-opened and instead of blocking off every other booth with tape they dressed up mannequins and blow-up dolls and sat and posed them at the not-to-be-occupied tables. (Some
of the blow-up ones did look a little 'suspicious' and spooky!) Clever idea to make the restaurant look less empty; wonder how many live
patrons took photos/selfies with the mannequins?
As far as I know, nothing's really been reopened here yet... still on
PAUSE until at least May 15... and I guess he's looking at the stats
for various regions to determing who's "ready" to reopen....
IMO a smart move, though probably unpopular in general. People want
to get back to the regular lives, just some are impatient to do so, IMO
risking themselves and others who are waiting.
And now we are actually starting to reopen... our region met theBarber shops/salons, gyms, and another category or two could do
criteria for phase one reopening, so the first wave of non-essential
businesses is opening... non-essential retail is only curbside, though,
not sure about getting shoes or clothes that way... <G> Phase two
will let them open naturally....
restricted openings starting yesterday (May 16). Where I go for a
haircut wasn't opening until today (Sunday), probably more for
scheduling purposes and maybe the company can write off all of last
week as a loss. Was a little surprised of the openings here as we're
one of the twenty-two counties still highly restricted in Iowa, mainly because we didn't start getting cases until later.
Currently raining + fog: not going to be getting any outside work done today! Ground is saturated from the rain last week; sump pump started doing it's thing yesterday. Autumm investigated the drain and then
ran off as there was some bugs she didn't like -- normally she likes
bugs: she even put five 'roly polies' in a plastic doll bed, added a
small cap-like thing with water for them....
<snip>the Burning Bush doesn't look too good: several of the trunk branches
Haven't done anything directly with the Burning Bush but looks to be
dead. Not sure what the other shrub/bush is but the leaves look to be
different from what I remember the Burning Bush having, but could be
because has recently budded and not fully leafed out. Need to do
other yard work before cutting out the dead branches.
You'll get to it soon enough... ;)
Yup. Was doing some yard cleanup yesterday and with it greening up
doesn't look as bad. Still needs to be done of course. But First!
A bit at a time... ;)And today's not it's time!
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