Continuing from the Pond, now 13 October, at about 8:15pm...
And the subject is appropriate, for me this time... <G>
Had to cancel and go back to find out what the subject was: I don't
see that information in the Reply Mode.
Once I'm in the editor to actually reply, I don't see it either, or
any of the header info except what goes into the quote header...
But I can see it before I start to reply... :)
So same here; I tend not to pay attention to the subject headers when
addressed to me: more than likely something I'm interested in,
especially here.
I try to at least notice as I'm setting up the reply.. especiallyThat seems like a good idea! I might have to try it some time!!
to make sure I shouldn't be changing it in some way to bring it
up to date... <G>
You might have noticed that I did change it this time... <G> Of
course, by the time you get this, I will be back again, and will
have uploaded the packet, but in the meantime, it's accurate... <G>
My dot-com e-mail accounts -- that's different.
Which reminds me: I haven't heard from Crown Prince Wazoo recently and
I need the money as had an unexpected withdrawal.... <g>
Hmmm... guess who took it, then... <G> Fortunately I've not had anyI haven't seen any in ages, and yes, it appears the ISPs do a
of those.... I think my ISP must be filtering out all of that... :)
reasonably good job in filtering. Oddly the e-mail account I have via CenturyLink (telephone company) seems to get the least spam, then
G-mail, then MSN, but also taking into consideration the amount and
type of overall mail each account receives, so probably exposure of the address.
Probably that does play into it, as does how well each monitors
for spam... :)
...No idea if that double-lined address I have in my
signature here makes any difference; seemed like a good idea: easy to understand by humans, not so easy by the bots.
It probably does thwart the bot harvesters...
And that might be the end of this year's travel, finally... ;)
You definitely need a large calendar to keep track of your schedule!
Actually my pocket calendar works out fine... what I refer to as<chuckle> I had "spare brains" at the store: notebooks I created when
my auxillary brain.... :)
I was in various positions to help keep track of information. A couple
I had in the Store Office were still in use when I returned several
years later!
Another sort of auxillary brain... and obviously helpful to more
than just you... :)
As for the pocket calendar I had one also. Now use the one in the
cell phone as generally with me if I have to go some place. OTOH we
still have the paper calendars: one at my computer desk and one hanging
on the refrigerator. The paper version is still very useful!
I've not transferred over to using the cell phone's calendar...
for me it's easier to see the big picture and keep track of
things with the pocket calendar... All the info is also on the
paper calendar on the fridge, but the one at my computer isn't
marked up, just for seeing what day something is... :)
Ah - somehow I had the idea he was working in England and this was
vacation/holiday.
No, he had been working in Turkey, and came back for a few months toHe's busy!
take care of some of the loose ends he'd left last time (thought he'd
be gone only a year or less, and it ended up being almost 4 years)
and to earn some money that would have value elsewhere in the world
(Turkish lira are only worth anything in Turkey)... Now he'll be
flying back to Turkey for a couple of months and then off to South
Africa for a certification course for his boating career....
Yup. And you thought I was busy.... <G>
And if a car isn't working right not a good idea to take it on a
longer trip - mom knows that!
Very much so... which is why she ended up renting a car for thisNope: not a good way to spend time! At least if something happens
last trip.... ;) My clutch is getting iffy, and I decided that
putting 1300+ miles on it wouldn't be that good an idea... nor did
I relish possibly being stranded 600 miles or so from home... ;)
close to home can call and get a ride. Plus can get home - at least
not stuck watching a black and white TV in a dust-bunnied hotel room!
I do try my best to avoid that sort of thing... ;)
If Bluewave does anything like that, I've not known about it... asHmm: now that you mention it you're probably right, at least on the
far as I've known, the .ptr file came from the door, and is just
there in the packet....
QWK side of things. REP -- now not so sure.
I've not known of any .ptr file (accessible to me) in a REP
packet... something does keep track of things, but I don't know
that it can be used except by the offline reader...
...That was one good thing about the older/slower computers: could
read the messages as they scrolled on the screen!
I had trouble with that even back then... the offline reader has
always been a lifesaver for me... :)
If there are international flights direct into O'Hare or any otherThey're probably know. Know Swiss (airline) flies to Chicago: my
inland airport, there would need to be some sort of customs there...
I suppose I could ask some of my friends/family that are Frequent
Flyers... they'd probably know all about that sort of thing... :)
in-brain joke would be to tell my Mother I'll meet her at Zurich.
(One flight is ORD-ZUR, a different flight is BOS-ZUR. (I did check: I just sort of assumed it was CHI-BOS-ZUR - nope!)
A travel agent could probably figure out all sorts of
combinations for you... ;)
Back then, you only had to tell your citizenship, and things like
how long had you been out of the country (or expect to be out,
the other direction)...
Right - I don't recall too much as nothing all that remarkable.
Probably was told to let Dad do all the talking and just answer the
guard's question without embellishment.
Probably... I remember doing the crossings into Canada at NiagaraThose were the days! Now just about need official identification to
Falls years ago, when one didn't have to show any ID, just look
honest... ;)
walk down the street.
Not quite that bad yet, but it's getting there...
Would there be a website that one could access here from the States
for the Swiss Travelers Information, maybe....?
Oh probably. At this point no rush and my cousin had mentioned mobile
phone (not 'cell' over there) purchase time cards process was going to
change in October, so may affect pay phones also. Plus if I research
later the information wil be fresher in my mind.
Good point... ;) Just have to remember closer in that you DO want
to research that... <G>
There's a note. Now the big trick is to find the note in time!!
Yup. <G>I think there's still a wood desk under here!
Hmmmm.... might be... ;)
We have a guy at church that grows his beard every fall for theThe winter beard isn't that uncommon -- I don't know if it helps keep
winter, and then shaves it off come late spring for the summer...
Richard just keeps his year-round... :)
one warmer; probably some. OTOH where they ice up.....!
Keeps it off your face, anyway.... :)
Things were pretty warm there for a while, all over... ;) Was inThe highs have been in the low 60's the last week or so and pretty
the 90s in North Carolina when I was there... the forecast had
been to be in the high 80s... Now it's pretty chilly here....and
up at the Pond where I head next...
much continuing for the up-coming week. TV news forecast this morning indicated midweek in low 70's but ansiweather saying upper 60's.
We'll see.
And which was it...? As I was telling Daryl, it's mostly been
rather cool here at the Pond... but I guess it's pretty much
seasonal for here.... I an glad for heat in the camp and good
blankets... :)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 16-Oct-2019 17:28 <=-
Subject: I'm not back yet.. was: I'm back!
Continuing from the Pond, now 13 October, at about 8:15pm...So last Sunday evening; and Wednesday afternoon as I write this reply.
I try to at least notice as I'm setting up the reply.. especially
to make sure I shouldn't be changing it in some way to bring it
up to date... <G>
That seems like a good idea! I might have to try it some time!!
You might have noticed that I did change it this time... <G> OfLIS a little while ago (week or so) I tend not to pay attention to the subjects in personal correspondence though do in 'business'.
course, by the time you get this, I will be back again, and will
have uploaded the packet, but in the meantime, it's accurate... <G>
Personal, being casual, can go in any directory while 'business' is
pretty much restricted to one topic.
I haven't seen any in ages, and yes, it appears the ISPs do a
reasonably good job in filtering. Oddly the e-mail account I have via
CenturyLink (telephone company) seems to get the least spam, then
G-mail, then MSN, but also taking into consideration the amount and
type of overall mail each account receives, so probably exposure of the
address.
Probably that does play into it, as does how well each monitors forI have two gmail accounts: one is several years old. Created that one primarily because the MythTV posts site wouldn't accept my Q.COM
spam... :)
address -- used to! Still get the mail to both accounts, just only
send replies via the gmail one. Second gmail account was created about
a year ago because a friend was having sporadic problems sending to my Q.com account. The original gmail account gets some spam, the latter I don't recall any.
...No idea if that double-lined address I have in my signature here
makes any difference; seemed like a good idea: easy to understand by
humans, not so easy by the bots.
It probably does thwart the bot harvesters...Hmm, based on the gmail accounts I should create others for testing, putting my new address in various formats!
As for the pocket calendar I had one also. Now use the one in the
cell phone as generally with me if I have to go some place. OTOH we
still have the paper calendars: one at my computer desk and one hanging
on the refrigerator. The paper version is still very useful!
I've not transferred over to using the cell phone's calendar... for me"All depends!" What process works for one person doesn't for another.
it's easier to see the big picture and keep track of things with the
pocket calendar... All the info is also on the paper calendar on the
fridge, but the one at my computer isn't marked up, just for seeing
what day something is... :)
Ah - somehow I had the idea he was working in England and this was
vacation/holiday.
No, he had been working in Turkey, and came back for a few months to
take care of some of the loose ends he'd left last time (thought he'd
be gone only a year or less, and it ended up being almost 4 years)
and to earn some money that would have value elsewhere in the world
(Turkish lira are only worth anything in Turkey)... Now he'll be
flying back to Turkey for a couple of months and then off to South
Africa for a certification course for his boating career....
He's busy!
Yup. And you thought I was busy.... <G>Must run in the family!
And if a car isn't working right not a good idea to take it on a
longer trip - mom knows that!
Very much so... which is why she ended up renting a car for this
last trip.... ;) My clutch is getting iffy, and I decided that
putting 1300+ miles on it wouldn't be that good an idea... nor did
I relish possibly being stranded 600 miles or so from home... ;)
Nope: not a good way to spend time! At least if something happens
close to home can call and get a ride. Plus can get home - at least
not stuck watching a black and white TV in a dust-bunnied hotel room!
I do try my best to avoid that sort of thing... ;)As I said, smart move! May have cost a bit extra, plus the rental
money could have gone towards the transmission repair costs. Or could have gone towards that dust-bunnied hotel room!
...That was one good thing about the older/slower computers: could
read the messages as they scrolled on the screen!
I had trouble with that even back then... the offline reader hasI've generally learned writing a reply off-line is best for me, BBS
always been a lifesaver for me... :)
and business forms. Have been timed-out, and/or found needed
additional information while composing the reply, etc. Will copy and paste.
Know Swiss (airline) flies to Chicago: my in-brain joke would be to
tell my Mother I'll meet her at Zurich. (One flight is ORD-ZUR, a
different flight is BOS-ZUR. (I did check: I just sort of assumed
it was CHI-BOS-ZUR - nope!)
A travel agent could probably figure out all sorts of combinationsTrue. At this point not necessary as stay with my Mother for a week before we zoom off. Would be kind of funny if was the common plane flight: I go from Chicago to Boston and meet my Mother on the plane
for you... ;)
there!
Those were the days! Now just about need official identification to
walk down the street.
Not quite that bad yet, but it's getting there...Seems to be. I haven't been involved in any instances of 'random need
for identification' but rather find it probably better to carry ID as
well as the various insurance cards should something happen. Talking
more accident than identification.
Things were pretty warm there for a while, all over... ;) Was in
the 90s in North Carolina when I was there... the forecast had
been to be in the high 80s... Now it's pretty chilly here....and
up at the Pond where I head next...
The highs have been in the low 60's the last week or so and pretty
much continuing for the up-coming week. TV news forecast this morning
indicated midweek in low 70's but ansiweather saying upper 60's.
We'll see.
And which was it...? As I was telling Daryl, it's mostly been ratherAs I recall was in the 70's; need the heat now as only 50ø!
cool here at the Pond... but I guess it's pretty much seasonal for
here.... I am glad for heat in the camp and good blankets... :)
... What happens when fall in love w/ elevator operator? He lets you
down.
Subject: I'm not back yet.. was: I'm back!
And, of course, now I AM back... and likely to stay so for a
while... but still working through the backlog caused by being
gone so much... ;)
Continuing from the Pond, now 13 October, at about 8:15pm...So last Sunday evening; and Wednesday afternoon as I write this reply.
And now, somehow, already the 28th, Monday plus a week....
I try to at least notice as I'm setting up the reply.. especially
to make sure I shouldn't be changing it in some way to bring it
up to date... <G>
That seems like a good idea! I might have to try it some time!!
You might have noticed that I did change it this time... <G> OfLIS a little while ago (week or so) I tend not to pay attention to the subjects in personal correspondence though do in 'business'.
course, by the time you get this, I will be back again, and will
have uploaded the packet, but in the meantime, it's accurate... <G>
Personal, being casual, can go in any directory while 'business' is
pretty much restricted to one topic.
Business being more likely to stay relatively formal, after
all... :)
I haven't seen any in ages, and yes, it appears the ISPs do a
reasonably good job in filtering. Oddly the e-mail account I have via
CenturyLink (telephone company) seems to get the least spam, then
G-mail, then MSN, but also taking into consideration the amount and
type of overall mail each account receives, so probably exposure of the
address.
Probably that does play into it, as does how well each monitors forI have two gmail accounts: one is several years old. Created that one primarily because the MythTV posts site wouldn't accept my Q.COM
spam... :)
address -- used to! Still get the mail to both accounts, just only
send replies via the gmail one. Second gmail account was created about
a year ago because a friend was having sporadic problems sending to my Q.com account. The original gmail account gets some spam, the latter I don't recall any.
That makes some sense, the first one would have had more exposure
to spambots, I'd guess....
...No idea if that double-lined address I have in my signature here
makes any difference; seemed like a good idea: easy to understand by
humans, not so easy by the bots.
It probably does thwart the bot harvesters...Hmm, based on the gmail accounts I should create others for testing, putting my new address in various formats!
Could be interesting, I suppose... more effort than I'd likely
do... but then I don't tend to put my address out all that
visibly... :)
As for the pocket calendar I had one also. Now use the one in the
cell phone as generally with me if I have to go some place. OTOH we
still have the paper calendars: one at my computer desk and one hanging
on the refrigerator. The paper version is still very useful!
I've not transferred over to using the cell phone's calendar... for me"All depends!" What process works for one person doesn't for another.
it's easier to see the big picture and keep track of things with the
pocket calendar... All the info is also on the paper calendar on the
fridge, but the one at my computer isn't marked up, just for seeing
what day something is... :)
Yup... And one develops one's own ways of dealing... <G>
Ah - somehow I had the idea he was working in England and this was
vacation/holiday.
No, he had been working in Turkey, and came back for a few months to
take care of some of the loose ends he'd left last time (thought he'd
be gone only a year or less, and it ended up being almost 4 years)
and to earn some money that would have value elsewhere in the world
(Turkish lira are only worth anything in Turkey)... Now he'll be
flying back to Turkey for a couple of months and then off to South
Africa for a certification course for his boating career....
He's busy!
Yup. And you thought I was busy.... <G>Must run in the family!
He certainly contributed to my being busy this year....
And if a car isn't working right not a good idea to take it on a
longer trip - mom knows that!
Very much so... which is why she ended up renting a car for this
last trip.... ;) My clutch is getting iffy, and I decided that
putting 1300+ miles on it wouldn't be that good an idea... nor did
I relish possibly being stranded 600 miles or so from home... ;)
Nope: not a good way to spend time! At least if something happens
close to home can call and get a ride. Plus can get home - at least
not stuck watching a black and white TV in a dust-bunnied hotel room!
I do try my best to avoid that sort of thing... ;)As I said, smart move! May have cost a bit extra, plus the rental
money could have gone towards the transmission repair costs. Or could have gone towards that dust-bunnied hotel room!
I'd probably have looked for a nearby friend or family to crash
with, if at all possible....the rental for about a week was under
$200, so not exorbitant... and also paid for some peace of
mind... :)
...That was one good thing about the older/slower computers: could
read the messages as they scrolled on the screen!
I had trouble with that even back then... the offline reader hasI've generally learned writing a reply off-line is best for me, BBS
always been a lifesaver for me... :)
and business forms. Have been timed-out, and/or found needed
additional information while composing the reply, etc. Will copy and paste.
Same for me... even to the occasional copy and paste (although
mine is more of a find and insert file)....
Know Swiss (airline) flies to Chicago: my in-brain joke would be to
tell my Mother I'll meet her at Zurich. (One flight is ORD-ZUR, a
different flight is BOS-ZUR. (I did check: I just sort of assumed
it was CHI-BOS-ZUR - nope!)
A travel agent could probably figure out all sorts of combinationsTrue. At this point not necessary as stay with my Mother for a week before we zoom off. Would be kind of funny if was the common plane flight: I go from Chicago to Boston and meet my Mother on the plane
for you... ;)
there!
If you weren't planning on the stopover, that could be
convenient... :)
Those were the days! Now just about need official identification to
walk down the street.
Not quite that bad yet, but it's getting there...Seems to be. I haven't been involved in any instances of 'random need
for identification' but rather find it probably better to carry ID as
well as the various insurance cards should something happen. Talking
more accident than identification.
Yup, I've long made that a practice, to carry ID just in case....
Things were pretty warm there for a while, all over... ;) Was in
the 90s in North Carolina when I was there... the forecast had
been to be in the high 80s... Now it's pretty chilly here....and
up at the Pond where I head next...
The highs have been in the low 60's the last week or so and pretty
much continuing for the up-coming week. TV news forecast this morning
indicated midweek in low 70's but ansiweather saying upper 60's.
We'll see.
And which was it...? As I was telling Daryl, it's mostly been ratherAs I recall was in the 70's; need the heat now as only 50ø!
cool here at the Pond... but I guess it's pretty much seasonal for
here.... I am glad for heat in the camp and good blankets... :)
A quick decline into fall.... Today the high was into the 60s...
tomorrow pretty close to 70 again... and then plummeting back to
the 50s, with that white stuff a possibility by the weekend....
... What happens when fall in love w/ elevator operator? He lets you
down.
He could also bring you up, though... ;)
... The Borg assimilated me & all I got was this stupid T-Shirt!
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 29-Oct-2019 09:16 <=-
Subject: I'm not back yet.. was: I'm back!
And, of course, now I AM back... and likely to stay so for a while...As long as you don't get to my comment in the previous message about
but still working through the backlog caused by being gone so much...
it being the first snow of the year next Spring you'll be fine!
Continuing from the Pond, now 13 October, at about 8:15pm...
So last Sunday evening; and Wednesday afternoon as I write this reply.
And now, somehow, already the 28th, Monday plus a week....<evil typing> I saw a Robin this morning! </evil typing>
LIS a little while ago (week or so) I tend not to pay attention to the
subjects in personal correspondence though do in 'business'.
Personal, being casual, can go in any directory while 'business' is
pretty much restricted to one topic.
Business being more likely to stay relatively formal, after all... :)So not like:
Dear Nancy:
We are so sorry :( to lecha know ....
Brief news-filler recently: Casual Fridays has expanded and sometimes
take over the entire week. Beginning of the segment implied not a
good idea to go too casual but then did the 'bigger picture' and in
some businesses it doesn't matter, such as software development.
I have two gmail accounts: one is several years old. Created that one
primarily because the MythTV posts site wouldn't accept my Q.COM
address -- used to! Still get the mail to both accounts, just only
send replies via the gmail one. Second gmail account was created about
a year ago because a friend was having sporadic problems sending to my
Q.com account. The original gmail account gets some spam, the latter I
don't recall any.
That makes some sense, the first one would have had more exposure toIn my highly unscientific study that would be a probability. Would
spambots, I'd guess....
make sense as has the less exposure, just as the one I have the most
spam is also the one with the most exposure. The two accounts are also the newest and oldest, respectively, so a huge variable right there.
...No idea if that double-lined address I have in my signature here
makes any difference; seemed like a good idea: easy to understand by
humans, not so easy by the bots.
It probably does thwart the bot harvesters...
Hmm, based on the gmail accounts I should create others for testing,
putting my new address in various formats!
Could be interesting, I suppose... more effort than I'd likely do...There have been a few times when having my e-mail here was useful. As
but then I don't tend to put my address out all that visibly... :)
a general rule I would say not.
...Another part of my brain is interrupting: would be interesting
(yawn!) to see if those anti-spam formatted addresss like "barry10.<delete_the_10> at q dot com" do any good. Seems like it
would be easy enough to programme effectively change the 'at' to
'@' if sees a 'com'.
As for the pocket calendar I had one also. Now use the one in the
cell phone as generally with me if I have to go some place. OTOH we
still have the paper calendars: one at my computer desk and one hanging
on the refrigerator. The paper version is still very useful!
I've not transferred over to using the cell phone's calendar... for me
it's easier to see the big picture and keep track of things with the
pocket calendar... All the info is also on the paper calendar on the
fridge, but the one at my computer isn't marked up, just for seeing
what day something is... :)
"All depends!" What process works for one person doesn't for another.
Yup... And one develops one's own ways of dealing... <G>Including calling back when one gets home and discovers got double- booked! ...I don't know if I could do without a paper calendar for reminders: use a month-at-a-glance here and to me handy to see a blob
on a date to remind me of something in the future. ...Can do the same with the electronic calendar, would just have to get used to it.
As I said, smart move! May have cost a bit extra, plus the rental
money could have gone towards the transmission repair costs. Or could
have gone towards that dust-bunnied hotel room!
I'd probably have looked for a nearby friend or family to crash with,Yes, if able to crash with someone would remove the hotel costs, even though probably compensated some with taking them out to eat and/or
if at all possible....the rental for about a week was under $200, so
not exorbitant... and also paid for some peace of mind... :)
some groceries. And the $200 rental isn't bad; as you said, peace of mind, when you knew there was a problem.
...That was one good thing about the older/slower computers: could
read the messages as they scrolled on the screen!
I had trouble with that even back then... the offline reader has
always been a lifesaver for me... :)
I've generally learned writing a reply off-line is best for me, BBS
and business forms. Have been timed-out, and/or found needed
additional information while composing the reply, etc. Will copy and
paste.
Same for me... even to the occasional copy and paste (although mineFind and insert is just a bigger copy and paste job! <g>
is more of a find and insert file)....
True. At this point not necessary as stay with my Mother for a week
before we zoom off. Would be kind of funny if was the common plane
flight: I go from Chicago to Boston and meet my Mother on the plane
there!
If you weren't planning on the stopover, that could be convenient... :)Yes! If had to go to Vienna due to an emergency would make sense to
meet my Mother in Boston. Flight route doesn't make that work out so
back to Moline to Detroit to Manchester to Boston to Zurich to Vienna. Could be done all in one day, though I think I'd definitely be sleep-deprived!
Seems to be. I haven't been involved in any instances of 'random need
for identification' but rather find it probably better to carry ID as
well as the various insurance cards should something happen. Talking
more accident than identification.
Yup, I've long made that a practice, to carry ID just in case....To me also seems a good practice. Have seen a few too many accidents
"for no reason". OK, so rarely on purpose, but I'm talking "perfect driving conditions" and something happens.
A quick decline into fall.... Today the high was into the 60s...LIS at the top of my first message in this packet there's snow
tomorrow pretty close to 70 again... and then plummeting back to
the 50s, with that white stuff a possibility by the weekend....
outside! Yesterday's temperature graph from the Norwegian service was essentially a flat line dropping off at the end: temperatures did stay
in the low 40's all day and then cooled into the 30'd at night.
... What happens when fall in love w/ elevator operator? He lets you
down.
He could also bring you up, though... ;)That was at the beginning of things.
Subject: I'm not back yet.. was: I'm back!
And, of course, now I AM back... and likely to stay so for a while...As long as you don't get to my comment in the previous message about
but still working through the backlog caused by being gone so much...
it being the first snow of the year next Spring you'll be fine!
I'm a little less than a week behind at the moment... ;) And
we're possibly getting our first snow of the year later this
week...
Continuing from the Pond, now 13 October, at about 8:15pm...
So last Sunday evening; and Wednesday afternoon as I write this reply.
And now, somehow, already the 28th, Monday plus a week....<evil typing> I saw a Robin this morning! </evil typing>
Poor, poor robin.... <G> Today's only the 4th of November... ok,
another week later from my message above... but I'm making some progress... ;)
LIS a little while ago (week or so) I tend not to pay attention to the
subjects in personal correspondence though do in 'business'.
Personal, being casual, can go in any directory while 'business' is
pretty much restricted to one topic.
Business being more likely to stay relatively formal, after all... :)So not like:
Dear Nancy:
We are so sorry :( to lecha know ....
One would hope to not find that in business correspondance... :)
Brief news-filler recently: Casual Fridays has expanded and sometimes
take over the entire week. Beginning of the segment implied not a
good idea to go too casual but then did the 'bigger picture' and in
some businesses it doesn't matter, such as software development.
Exactly.... it really mostly depends on the specific workplace...
and how much exposure to (and expectations from) the public one
would be dealing with.... :)
...No idea if that double-lined address I have in my signature here
makes any difference; seemed like a good idea: easy to understand by
humans, not so easy by the bots.
It probably does thwart the bot harvesters...
Hmm, based on the gmail accounts I should create others for testing,
putting my new address in various formats!
Could be interesting, I suppose... more effort than I'd likely do...There have been a few times when having my e-mail here was useful. As
but then I don't tend to put my address out all that visibly... :)
a general rule I would say not.
When I was posting in the now-defunct Genealogy echo in Fido, I
regularly included my snail-mail address... one never knew what
cousin(s) might be lurking.... occasionally, I did get a package
out of the blue from someone that was reading but not replying in
the echo... Generally now, I'll only put my email out when
someone asks for it, and then generally in a somewhat disguised
format....
...Another part of my brain is interrupting: would be interesting
(yawn!) to see if those anti-spam formatted addresss like "barry10.<delete_the_10> at q dot com" do any good. Seems like it
would be easy enough to programme effectively change the 'at' to
'@' if sees a 'com'.
One would also have to program in removing spaces, and changing
dot to a period.... At the least, a lot of IF-THEN
statements.... and certain assumptions would have to be made as
well.... :)
As for the pocket calendar I had one also. Now use the one in the
cell phone as generally with me if I have to go some place. OTOH we
still have the paper calendars: one at my computer desk and one hanging
on the refrigerator. The paper version is still very useful!
I've not transferred over to using the cell phone's calendar... for me
it's easier to see the big picture and keep track of things with the
pocket calendar... All the info is also on the paper calendar on the
fridge, but the one at my computer isn't marked up, just for seeing
what day something is... :)
"All depends!" What process works for one person doesn't for another.
Yup... And one develops one's own ways of dealing... <G>Including calling back when one gets home and discovers got double- booked! ...I don't know if I could do without a paper calendar for reminders: use a month-at-a-glance here and to me handy to see a blob
on a date to remind me of something in the future. ...Can do the same with the electronic calendar, would just have to get used to it.
And need to mnake sure everything gets entered into the
electronic one, along with the paper ones.... ;) I still find it
easier to have the pocket calendar with me when I'm out, along
with the phone, and just use the former for entering in new appointments....
As I said, smart move! May have cost a bit extra, plus the rental
money could have gone towards the transmission repair costs. Or could
have gone towards that dust-bunnied hotel room!
I'd probably have looked for a nearby friend or family to crash with,Yes, if able to crash with someone would remove the hotel costs, even though probably compensated some with taking them out to eat and/or
if at all possible....the rental for about a week was under $200, so
not exorbitant... and also paid for some peace of mind... :)
some groceries. And the $200 rental isn't bad; as you said, peace of mind, when you knew there was a problem.
Along the lines of my mother-in-law getting me AAA coverage...
for HER peace of mind... ;) I've continued that for myself now
that she's gone....
True. At this point not necessary as stay with my Mother for a week
before we zoom off. Would be kind of funny if was the common plane
flight: I go from Chicago to Boston and meet my Mother on the plane
there!
If you weren't planning on the stopover, that could be convenient... :)Yes! If had to go to Vienna due to an emergency would make sense to
meet my Mother in Boston. Flight route doesn't make that work out so
back to Moline to Detroit to Manchester to Boston to Zurich to Vienna. Could be done all in one day, though I think I'd definitely be sleep-deprived!
Unless you are one that can sleep on the plane.... ;)
Seems to be. I haven't been involved in any instances of 'random need
for identification' but rather find it probably better to carry ID as
well as the various insurance cards should something happen. Talking
more accident than identification.
Yup, I've long made that a practice, to carry ID just in case....To me also seems a good practice. Have seen a few too many accidents
"for no reason". OK, so rarely on purpose, but I'm talking "perfect driving conditions" and something happens.
There are plenty of idiot drivers out there...
A quick decline into fall.... Today the high was into the 60s...LIS at the top of my first message in this packet there's snow
tomorrow pretty close to 70 again... and then plummeting back to
the 50s, with that white stuff a possibility by the weekend....
outside! Yesterday's temperature graph from the Norwegian service was essentially a flat line dropping off at the end: temperatures did stay
in the low 40's all day and then cooled into the 30'd at night.
We had one day recently where the low of the night before was
actually a little higher than the high of the following day....
not quite sure how that worked.... ;0
... What happens when fall in love w/ elevator operator? He lets you
down.
He could also bring you up, though... ;)That was at the beginning of things.
I suppose.... ;)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 06-Nov-2019 08:52 <=-
Subject: I'm not back yet.. was: I'm back!
And, of course, now I AM back... and likely to stay so for a while...As long as you don't get to my comment in the previous message about
but still working through the backlog caused by being gone so much...
it being the first snow of the year next Spring you'll be fine!
I'm a little less than a week behind at the moment... ;) And we're possibly getting our first snow of the year later this week...
And if one is smart get the shovels, ice chipper and salt out. Might
be a good idea to get the snow equipment for the car ready too. And
last Sunday while it was warm checked the air pressure in the car tires and filled.
And now, somehow, already the 28th, Monday plus a week....
<evil typing> I saw a Robin this morning! </evil typing>
Poor, poor robin.... <G> Today's only the 4th of November... ok,I did see some small birds hopping around on the neighbour's roof the other day -- guess they were eating bugs and whatever fell off his
another week later from my message above... but I'm making some
progress... ;)
tree.
Business being more likely to stay relatively formal, after all... :)
So not like:
Dear Nancy:
We are so sorry :( to lecha know ....
One would hope to not find that in business correspondance... :)It would tend to send up a red flag. And the degree of formality
depends on the source/reason. Thinking along the lines of a credit
card offer would want to be relatively upbeat to give the impression
they are the fun company to do business with. ...Then there could be
the other end when the credited money is past due and things aren't so fun.
Brief news-filler recently: Casual Fridays has expanded and sometimes
take over the entire week. Beginning of the segment implied not a
good idea to go too casual but then did the 'bigger picture' and in
some businesses it doesn't matter, such as software development.
Exactly.... it really mostly depends on the specific workplace...The store where I worked originally did the Casual Friday as a reward: sales, customer reviews and other metrics all up and we'd get to wear jeans, etc. Went fine until some people took the casual too far: tee shirt vs. polo shirt for example.
and how much exposure to (and expectations from) the public one
would be dealing with.... :)
There have been a few times when having my e-mail here was useful. As
a general rule I would say not.
When I was posting in the now-defunct Genealogy echo in Fido, IYes, it would seem logical to have an address or some sort of
regularly included my snail-mail address... one never knew what
cousin(s) might be lurking.... occasionally, I did get a package out
of the blue from someone that was reading but not replying in the
echo... Generally now, I'll only put my email out when someone asks
for it, and then generally in a somewhat disguised format....
additional method of contact in a Genealogy conference where one
expects to share family information. I've stumbled on old information while Googling and wished there was a way to contact the person to possibly get an update, or in the instance of one I'm thinking of currently to give information.
...Another part of my brain is interrupting: would be interesting
(yawn!) to see if those anti-spam formatted addresss like
"barry10.<delete_the_10> at q dot com" do any good. Seems like it
would be easy enough to programme effectively change the 'at' to
'@' if sees a 'com'.
One would also have to program in removing spaces, and changing dotYes; quite sure could be done, More or less one of those quirky
to a period.... At the least, a lot of IF-THEN statements.... and
certain assumptions would have to be made as well.... :)
little mental exercises I tend to do occasionally.
"All depends!" What process works for one person doesn't for another.
Yup... And one develops one's own ways of dealing... <G>
Including calling back when one gets home and discovers got double-
booked! ...I don't know if I could do without a paper calendar for
reminders: use a month-at-a-glance here and to me handy to see a blob
on a date to remind me of something in the future. ...Can do the same
with the electronic calendar, would just have to get used to it.
And need to make sure everything gets entered into the electronicYes; it seems the busier a person is the easier it is to have a paper calendar, though that seems to work only for one or two person
one, along with the paper ones.... ;) I still find it easier to have
the pocket calendar with me when I'm out, along with the phone, and
just use the former for entering in new appointments....
operations. Start getting in to small businesses and the electronic calendar is more convenient as multiple people need access to the one schedule.
And the $200 rental isn't bad; as you said, peace of mind, when you
knew there was a problem.
Along the lines of my mother-in-law getting me AAA coverage... forMy Mother continued the AAA coverage Dad had; not used all that often
HER peace of mind... ;) I've continued that for myself now that
she's gone....
but very handy when needed. I used to have coverage by AAA, also
didn't use it all that often (which was another reason why I was
annoyed with them during that period when I had a series of issues with
my car at the time and they threatened to cancel). My current car insurance offers similar rescue coverage so cancelled the AAA as duplication.
True. At this point not necessary as stay with my Mother for a week
before we zoom off. Would be kind of funny if was the common plane
flight: I go from Chicago to Boston and meet my Mother on the plane
there!
If you weren't planning on the stopover, that could be convenient... :)
Yes! If had to go to Vienna due to an emergency would make sense to
meet my Mother in Boston. Flight route doesn't make that work out so
back to Moline to Detroit to Manchester to Boston to Zurich to Vienna.
Could be done all in one day, though I think I'd definitely be
sleep-deprived!
Unless you are one that can sleep on the plane.... ;)I do doze off: multiple short naps. My Mother claims she doesn't
sleep at all though I know she does.
A quick decline into fall.... Today the high was into the 60s...
tomorrow pretty close to 70 again... and then plummeting back to
the 50s, with that white stuff a possibility by the weekend....
LIS at the top of my first message in this packet there's snow
outside! Yesterday's temperature graph from the Norwegian service was
essentially a flat line dropping off at the end: temperatures did stay
in the low 40's all day and then cooled into the 30'd at night.
We had one day recently where the low of the night before was actuallyWe've also had "the high for today was at midnight": cold front comes through and the temperatures drop. Does seem odd. And earlier this
a little higher than the high of the following day.... not quite sure
how that worked.... ;0
week we had the day's high at 11 a.m.: cold front came through and
didn't allow the temperature to continue to warm for the normal mid- afternoon high point. (And "cold front" may not be the correct term.)
... What happens when fall in love w/ elevator operator? He lets you
down.
He could also bring you up, though... ;)
That was at the beginning of things.
I suppose.... ;)And with a long-term relationship multiple ups and downs?!
Subject: I'm not back yet.. was: I'm back!
And, of course, now I AM back... and likely to stay so for a while...As long as you don't get to my comment in the previous message about
but still working through the backlog caused by being gone so much...
it being the first snow of the year next Spring you'll be fine!
I'm a little less than a week behind at the moment... ;) And we're possibly getting our first snow of the year later this week...
And if one is smart get the shovels, ice chipper and salt out. Might
be a good idea to get the snow equipment for the car ready too. And
last Sunday while it was warm checked the air pressure in the car tires and filled.
That was wise... ;) Looks like we'll be getting some up and down
weather for a while.... after the winter storm, things are
supposed to warm up, so the snow probably won't stay.... we shall
see.... the weather forecast keeps changing... :)
And now, somehow, already the 28th, Monday plus a week....
<evil typing> I saw a Robin this morning! </evil typing>
Poor, poor robin.... <G> Today's only the 4th of November... ok,I did see some small birds hopping around on the neighbour's roof the other day -- guess they were eating bugs and whatever fell off his
another week later from my message above... but I'm making some
progress... ;)
tree.
Finding something, anyway... ;) There still are some birds
around... some stay the winter anyway... not sure about the geese
if they are in mid-migration, or come down from Canada to stay
the winter here... ;)
Business being more likely to stay relatively formal, after all... :)
So not like:
Dear Nancy:
We are so sorry :( to lecha know ....
One would hope to not find that in business correspondance... :)It would tend to send up a red flag. And the degree of formality
depends on the source/reason. Thinking along the lines of a credit
card offer would want to be relatively upbeat to give the impression
they are the fun company to do business with. ...Then there could be
the other end when the credited money is past due and things aren't so fun.
Most credit card offers I've been sent have been quite formal,
though friendly... Haven't had experience with the latter (and
hope never to have to!).... :)
Brief news-filler recently: Casual Fridays has expanded and sometimes
take over the entire week. Beginning of the segment implied not a
good idea to go too casual but then did the 'bigger picture' and in
some businesses it doesn't matter, such as software development.
Exactly.... it really mostly depends on the specific workplace...The store where I worked originally did the Casual Friday as a reward: sales, customer reviews and other metrics all up and we'd get to wear jeans, etc. Went fine until some people took the casual too far: tee shirt vs. polo shirt for example.
and how much exposure to (and expectations from) the public one
would be dealing with.... :)
Of course, in some settings, even the tee shirt wouldn't be
considered too casual... :)
There have been a few times when having my e-mail here was useful. As
a general rule I would say not.
When I was posting in the now-defunct Genealogy echo in Fido, IYes, it would seem logical to have an address or some sort of
regularly included my snail-mail address... one never knew what
cousin(s) might be lurking.... occasionally, I did get a package out
of the blue from someone that was reading but not replying in the
echo... Generally now, I'll only put my email out when someone asks
for it, and then generally in a somewhat disguised format....
additional method of contact in a Genealogy conference where one
expects to share family information. I've stumbled on old information while Googling and wished there was a way to contact the person to possibly get an update, or in the instance of one I'm thinking of currently to give information.
That would be a place where having had other contact info would
have been helpful, too... Of course, even that might be
outdated... :) Though, I've had the same email address for
decades now, and have had the same snail address for over 40
years.... ;)
...Another part of my brain is interrupting: would be interesting
(yawn!) to see if those anti-spam formatted addresss like
"barry10.<delete_the_10> at q dot com" do any good. Seems like it
would be easy enough to programme effectively change the 'at' to
'@' if sees a 'com'.
One would also have to program in removing spaces, and changing dotYes; quite sure could be done, More or less one of those quirky
to a period.... At the least, a lot of IF-THEN statements.... and
certain assumptions would have to be made as well.... :)
little mental exercises I tend to do occasionally.
Could be done, but maybe not worth the effort to really do it...
:)
"All depends!" What process works for one person doesn't for another.
Yup... And one develops one's own ways of dealing... <G>
Including calling back when one gets home and discovers got double-
booked! ...I don't know if I could do without a paper calendar for
reminders: use a month-at-a-glance here and to me handy to see a blob
on a date to remind me of something in the future. ...Can do the same
with the electronic calendar, would just have to get used to it.
And need to make sure everything gets entered into the electronicYes; it seems the busier a person is the easier it is to have a paper calendar, though that seems to work only for one or two person
one, along with the paper ones.... ;) I still find it easier to have
the pocket calendar with me when I'm out, along with the phone, and
just use the former for entering in new appointments....
operations. Start getting in to small businesses and the electronic calendar is more convenient as multiple people need access to the one schedule.
Which is somewhat a different situation than we've been
discussing... Here, to keep things simpler, Richard's designated
me the keeper of the schedules, so everything goes into my pocket calendar, and then onto the one on the fridge (by the downstairs
phone extension).... And I'm the one to make sure that we don't
have conflicts in schedulings... :)
And the $200 rental isn't bad; as you said, peace of mind, when you
knew there was a problem.
Along the lines of my mother-in-law getting me AAA coverage... forMy Mother continued the AAA coverage Dad had; not used all that often
HER peace of mind... ;) I've continued that for myself now that
she's gone....
but very handy when needed. I used to have coverage by AAA, also
didn't use it all that often (which was another reason why I was
annoyed with them during that period when I had a series of issues with
my car at the time and they threatened to cancel). My current car insurance offers similar rescue coverage so cancelled the AAA as duplication.
I get most of my money back just from the maps and triptiks...
and if we'd put the kid on the membership a little sooner, it
would have saved LOTS of money when his Jeep went into the drink
(drainage pond)... ;) Dunno how much rescue coverage I have with
my car insurance, but they did pay for most of the rental when I
had the car in the collision shop....
True. At this point not necessary as stay with my Mother for a week
before we zoom off. Would be kind of funny if was the common plane
flight: I go from Chicago to Boston and meet my Mother on the plane
there!
If you weren't planning on the stopover, that could be convenient... :)
Yes! If had to go to Vienna due to an emergency would make sense to
meet my Mother in Boston. Flight route doesn't make that work out so
back to Moline to Detroit to Manchester to Boston to Zurich to Vienna.
Could be done all in one day, though I think I'd definitely be
sleep-deprived!
Unless you are one that can sleep on the plane.... ;)I do doze off: multiple short naps. My Mother claims she doesn't
sleep at all though I know she does.
Maybe she's just resting her eyes....? <G> Or is there snoring accompanying.... ;)
... What happens when fall in love w/ elevator operator? He lets you
down.
He could also bring you up, though... ;)
That was at the beginning of things.
I suppose.... ;)And with a long-term relationship multiple ups and downs?!
But of course... :)
... "At last I'm organized." he sighed and died
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 11-Nov-2019 09:54 <=-
I'm a little less than a week behind at the moment... ;) And we're
possibly getting our first snow of the year later this week...
And if one is smart get the shovels, ice chipper and salt out. Might
be a good idea to get the snow equipment for the car ready too. And
last Sunday while it was warm checked the air pressure in the car tires
and filled.
That was wise... ;) Looks like we'll be getting some up and downLIS in the previous message, snowing currently, plus colder. Supposed
weather for a while.... after the winter storm, things are supposed
to warm up, so the snow probably won't stay.... we shall see.... the
weather forecast keeps changing... :)
to be another snow storm later this week. Will be using the snow
stuff later this morning -- neither one of us has to go any place so
will just wait until the snow has stopped before cleaning off the cars
and shovelling.
There still are some birds around... some stay the winter anyway...The geese do stop in the area here. Remember seeing two or three on
not sure about the geese if they are in mid-migration, or come down
from Canada to stay the winter here... ;)
the roof; don't recall them on the ground. At the store for years had
a nest in the shrubs not too far from one of the entrances (!). A
couple of years the nest was a little too close ot the entrance so we blocked that side off ==> customers could still get in and out on that side. The vestibule was sort of a flattended diamond with doors at 5 o'clock and 7 o'clock. We closed off the 7 o'clock portion.
And the degree of formality depends on the source/reason. Thinking
along the lines of a credit card offer would want to be relatively
upbeat to give the impression they are the fun company to do business
with. ...Then there could be the other end when the credited money
is past due and things aren't so fun.
Most credit card offers I've been sent have been quite formal, thoughI'll admit to not reading them: don't need another credit card -->
friendly... Haven't had experience with the latter (and hope never
to have to!).... :)
shred. Free/low interest advances from the credit cards we already
have get kept so if we need some money we can consider the offer.
As for the pay-up-or-else, haven't had to deal with those either, and don't want to.
Brief news-filler recently: Casual Fridays has expanded and sometimes
take over the entire week. Beginning of the segment implied not a
good idea to go too casual but then did the 'bigger picture' and in
some businesses it doesn't matter, such as software development.
Exactly.... it really mostly depends on the specific workplace...
and how much exposure to (and expectations from) the public one
would be dealing with.... :)
The store where I worked originally did the Casual Friday as a reward:
sales, customer reviews and other metrics all up and we'd get to wear
jeans, etc. Went fine until some people took the casual too far: tee
shirt vs. polo shirt for example.
Of course, in some settings, even the tee shirt wouldn't beTrue. The 'Dock Dudes' at the store would be an example. They did
considered too casual... :)
have to wear something a hare dressier than a tee shirt, but nowhere
near the dress code for the salesfloor. Back when ties were mandatory
for the men those could have been dangerous for the Dock Dudes!
Yes, it would seem logical to have an address or some sort of
additional method of contact in a Genealogy conference where one
expects to share family information. I've stumbled on old information
while Googling and wished there was a way to contact the person to
possibly get an update, or in the instance of one I'm thinking of
currently to give information.
That would be a place where having had other contact info would haveYes, I don't move around much so my physical address is pretty much a constant. The Q.com address at the signature I've had for a long
been helpful, too... Of course, even that might be outdated... :)
Though, I've had the same email address for decades now, and have
had the same snail address for over 40 years.... ;)
time.
Yup... And one develops one's own ways of dealing... <G>
Including calling back when one gets home and discovers got double-
booked! ...I don't know if I could do without a paper calendar for
reminders: use a month-at-a-glance here and to me handy to see a blob
on a date to remind me of something in the future. ...Can do the same
with the electronic calendar, would just have to get used to it.
And need to make sure everything gets entered into the electronic
one, along with the paper ones.... ;) I still find it easier to have
the pocket calendar with me when I'm out, along with the phone, and
just use the former for entering in new appointments....
Yes; it seems the busier a person is the easier it is to have a paper
calendar, though that seems to work only for one or two person
operations. Start getting in to small businesses and the electronic
calendar is more convenient as multiple people need access to the one
schedule.
Which is somewhat a different situation than we've been> discussing...Right, nuances as to how the calendering is done. (Yes, I just made
Here, to keep things simpler, Richard's designated me the keeper of
the schedules, so everything goes into my pocket calendar, and then
onto the one on the fridge (by the downstairs phone extension).. And
I'm the one to make sure that we don't have scheduling conflicts... :)
up a word!) Here we have a 'common calendar' on the refrigerator where
we (both) post appointments, etc.
My Mother continued the AAA coverage Dad had; not used all that often
but very handy when needed. I used to have coverage by AAA, also
didn't use it all that often (which was another reason why I was
annoyed with them during that period when I had a series of issues with
my car at the time and they threatened to cancel). My current car
insurance offers similar rescue coverage so cancelled the AAA as
duplication.
I get most of my money back just from the maps and triptiks... andYes, hindsight being 20/20. ...A friend called for his car to be
if we'd put the kid on the membership a little sooner, it would have
saved LOTS of money when his Jeep went into the drink (drainage
pond)... ;) Dunno how much rescue coverage I have with my car
insurance, but they did pay for most of the rental when I had my car
in the collision shop....
towed from his house to the repair shop; found out he wasn't covered
for towing but they could add that to his policy and if he waited a
couple of days they could tow him for free. Work schedules were such
this few day delay wasn't going to cause a problem so was done that
way. Probably would not have been a good thing to leave your son's Jeep
in the water that long!
Yes! If had to go to Vienna due to an emergency would make sense to
meet my Mother in Boston. Flight route doesn't make that work out so
back to Moline to Detroit to Manchester to Boston to Zurich to Vienna.
Could be done all in one day, though I think I'd definitely be
sleep-deprived!
Unless you are one that can sleep on the plane.... ;)
I do doze off: multiple short naps. My Mother claims she doesn't
sleep at all though I know she does.
Maybe she's just resting her eyes....? <G> Or is there snoringAFAICT she's sleeping and not just sitting with her eyes closed as she tends to fidget: blanket has a crease, straighten that out. ...That
accompanying.... ;)
moved the strap on her purse, so fix that, ...Now something else
doesn't look right.
... What happens when fall in love w/ elevator operator? He lets you
down.
He could also bring you up, though... ;)
That was at the beginning of things.
I suppose.... ;)
And with a long-term relationship multiple ups and downs?!
But of course... :)At least not all one-way like with an escalator operator.
... "At last I'm organized." he sighed and diedI don't know why but that one's funny! Not ROTFL funny; more
humourous funny.
LIS in the previous message, snowing currently, plus colder. Supposed
to be another snow storm later this week. Will be using the snow
stuff later this morning -- neither one of us has to go any place so
will just wait until the snow has stopped before cleaning off the cars
and shovelling.
As it turned out, with our snow, I didn't go anywhere on
Tuesday... Richard got the driveway pretty much dug out,cleared
off his car, and took off for what would have been his Monday
errands... and we both went out in his car the next day
(Wednesday)... Thursday, I had a lunch date, so he dug out my car
that morning before he took off... No snow since, so the cars
have stayed cleared off... But until the last couple days, it
stayed pretty cold.... highs only in the 20s for most of last
week...
There still are some birds around... some stay the winter anyway...The geese do stop in the area here. Remember seeing two or three on
not sure about the geese if they are in mid-migration, or come down
from Canada to stay the winter here... ;)
the roof; don't recall them on the ground. At the store for years had
a nest in the shrubs not too far from one of the entrances (!). A
couple of years the nest was a little too close ot the entrance so we blocked that side off ==> customers could still get in and out on that side. The vestibule was sort of a flattended diamond with doors at 5 o'clock and 7 o'clock. We closed off the 7 o'clock portion.
That worked... We generally do have geese around the farms and
shopping areas during the year.... and then in the fall, I think
our usual geese fly south, and are replaced by ones from further
north that think our latitude nice enough to stay.... In the
fall, one can see large flocks of them in farmers' fields....
And the degree of formality depends on the source/reason. Thinking
along the lines of a credit card offer would want to be relatively
upbeat to give the impression they are the fun company to do business
with. ...Then there could be the other end when the credited money
is past due and things aren't so fun.
Most credit card offers I've been sent have been quite formal, thoughI'll admit to not reading them: don't need another credit card -->
friendly... Haven't had experience with the latter (and hope never
to have to!).... :)
shred. Free/low interest advances from the credit cards we already
have get kept so if we need some money we can consider the offer.
I glance at them before relegating them to the shred pile...
advances from the current ones likewise get relegated, a free
interest rate balance transfer might be kept in case of need, but currently, with one of those already in effect, and no other
cards carrying a balance, likely to send those to shredding as
well... ;)
As for the pay-up-or-else, haven't had to deal with those either, and don't want to.
Nope... and one won't have to, so long as one keeps current with
the payments.... :)
Brief news-filler recently: Casual Fridays has expanded and sometimes
take over the entire week. Beginning of the segment implied not a
good idea to go too casual but then did the 'bigger picture' and in
some businesses it doesn't matter, such as software development.
Exactly.... it really mostly depends on the specific workplace...
and how much exposure to (and expectations from) the public one
would be dealing with.... :)
The store where I worked originally did the Casual Friday as a reward:
sales, customer reviews and other metrics all up and we'd get to wear
jeans, etc. Went fine until some people took the casual too far: tee
shirt vs. polo shirt for example.
Of course, in some settings, even the tee shirt wouldn't beTrue. The 'Dock Dudes' at the store would be an example. They did
considered too casual... :)
have to wear something a hare dressier than a tee shirt, but nowhere
near the dress code for the salesfloor. Back when ties were mandatory
for the men those could have been dangerous for the Dock Dudes!
Absolutely.... :) And a dress shirt would be ruined in no time
flat, as well... :)
Yes, it would seem logical to have an address or some sort of
additional method of contact in a Genealogy conference where one
expects to share family information. I've stumbled on old information
while Googling and wished there was a way to contact the person to
possibly get an update, or in the instance of one I'm thinking of
currently to give information.
That would be a place where having had other contact info would haveYes, I don't move around much so my physical address is pretty much a constant. The Q.com address at the signature I've had for a long
been helpful, too... Of course, even that might be outdated... :)
Though, I've had the same email address for decades now, and have
had the same snail address for over 40 years.... ;)
time.
Not sure how typical we are or aren't, though... ;)
Yup... And one develops one's own ways of dealing... <G>
Including calling back when one gets home and discovers got double-
booked! ...I don't know if I could do without a paper calendar for
reminders: use a month-at-a-glance here and to me handy to see a blob
on a date to remind me of something in the future. ...Can do the same
with the electronic calendar, would just have to get used to it.
And need to make sure everything gets entered into the electronic
one, along with the paper ones.... ;) I still find it easier to have
the pocket calendar with me when I'm out, along with the phone, and
just use the former for entering in new appointments....
Yes; it seems the busier a person is the easier it is to have a paper
calendar, though that seems to work only for one or two person
operations. Start getting in to small businesses and the electronic
calendar is more convenient as multiple people need access to the one
schedule.
Which is somewhat a different situation than we've been> discussing...Right, nuances as to how the calendering is done. (Yes, I just made
Here, to keep things simpler, Richard's designated me the keeper of
the schedules, so everything goes into my pocket calendar, and then
onto the one on the fridge (by the downstairs phone extension).. And
I'm the one to make sure that we don't have scheduling conflicts... :)
up a word!) Here we have a 'common calendar' on the refrigerator where
we (both) post appointments, etc.
(Yup, turned a noun into a verb) There's a small amount of
Richard putting things onto the fridge calendar (like a church
team meeting), but he also makes sure that I know about it, so
that other things don't get scheduled on it... The master
calendar is actually my pocket one...
My Mother continued the AAA coverage Dad had; not used all that often
but very handy when needed. I used to have coverage by AAA, also
didn't use it all that often (which was another reason why I was
annoyed with them during that period when I had a series of issues with
my car at the time and they threatened to cancel). My current car
insurance offers similar rescue coverage so cancelled the AAA as
duplication.
I get most of my money back just from the maps and triptiks... andYes, hindsight being 20/20. ...A friend called for his car to be
if we'd put the kid on the membership a little sooner, it would have
saved LOTS of money when his Jeep went into the drink (drainage
pond)... ;) Dunno how much rescue coverage I have with my car
insurance, but they did pay for most of the rental when I had my car
in the collision shop....
towed from his house to the repair shop; found out he wasn't covered
for towing but they could add that to his policy and if he waited a
couple of days they could tow him for free. Work schedules were such
this few day delay wasn't going to cause a problem so was done that
way. Probably would not have been a good thing to leave your son's Jeep
in the water that long!
Nope... it was pulled out just in time to keep it from having had
a lot more damage to things...
Yes! If had to go to Vienna due to an emergency would make sense to
meet my Mother in Boston. Flight route doesn't make that work out so
back to Moline to Detroit to Manchester to Boston to Zurich to Vienna.
Could be done all in one day, though I think I'd definitely be
sleep-deprived!
Unless you are one that can sleep on the plane.... ;)
I do doze off: multiple short naps. My Mother claims she doesn't
sleep at all though I know she does.
Maybe she's just resting her eyes....? <G> Or is there snoringAFAICT she's sleeping and not just sitting with her eyes closed as she tends to fidget: blanket has a crease, straighten that out. ...That
accompanying.... ;)
moved the strap on her purse, so fix that, ...Now something else
doesn't look right.
But if asleep, that's not happening... :)
... With friends like these, who needs a green inflatable
hippopotamus?
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 22-Nov-2019 08:15 <=-
that morning before he took off... No snow since, so the cars haveWe might be sending you a few days of warmth! LIS in the previous message, was a little over 50ø yesterday (but watch out for what follows!).
stayed cleared off... But until the last couple days, it stayed
pretty cold.... highs only in the 20s for most of last week...
That worked... We generally do have geese around the farms andWhere the Mall where I worked is was a golf course previously and
shopping areas during the year.... and then in the fall, I think
our usual geese fly south, and are replaced by ones from further
north that think our latitude nice enough to stay.... In the
fall, one can see large flocks of them in farmers' fields....
before that a swampy area. Possibly some of the ducks nesting by the store had great-great-grandparents who had nested before the area was 'humanized'. Also had sea gulls flying over and walking around in the parking lot -- follow the river traffic up the Mississippi, take a left
43 blocks -- "gran-daddy's notes said..." <g>
I'll admit to not reading them: don't need another credit card -->
shred. Free/low interest advances from the credit cards we already
have get kept so if we need some money we can consider the offer.
I glance at them before relegating them to the shred pile...Yes, everything gets glanced at before shredding. Right now just one credit card offer being held in-case; I expect a deluge mid-to-late January in time for those Christmas bills other people have.
advances from the current ones likewise get relegated, a free
interest rate balance transfer might be kept in case of need, but
currently, with one of those already in effect, and no other cards
carrying a balance, likely to send those to shredding as well... ;)
As for the pay-up-or-else, haven't had to deal with those either, and
don't want to.
Nope... and one won't have to, so long as one keeps current with theRight.
payments.... :)
The store where I worked originally did the Casual Friday as a reward:
sales, customer reviews and other metrics all up and we'd get to wear
jeans, etc. Went fine until some people took the casual too far: tee
shirt vs. polo shirt for example.
Of course, in some settings, even the tee shirt wouldn't be
considered too casual... :)
True. The 'Dock Dudes' at the store would be an example. They did
have to wear something a hare dressier than a tee shirt, but nowhere
near the dress code for the salesfloor. Back when ties were mandatory
for the men those could have been dangerous for the Dock Dudes!
Absolutely.... :) And a dress shirt would be ruined in no time flat,Wasn't that the reason behind blue collars? White shirt had to be
as well... :)
worn by workers but neck got sweat stains and the coloured collar hid somewhat.
Not sure how typical we are or aren't, though... ;)Depends on what aspect one is measuring!
Yes; it seems the busier a person is the easier it is to have a paper
calendar, though that seems to work only for one or two person
operations. Start getting in to small businesses and the electronic
calendar is more convenient as multiple people need access to the one
schedule.
Which is somewhat a different situation than we've been discussing...
Here, to keep things simpler, Richard's designated me the keeper of
the schedules, so everything goes into my pocket calendar, and then
onto the one on the fridge (by the downstairs phone extension).. And
I'm the one to make sure that we don't have scheduling conflicts... :)
Right, nuances as to how the calendering is done. (Yes, I just made
up a word!) Here we have a 'common calendar' on the refrigerator where
we (both) post appointments, etc.
(Yup, turned a noun into a verb) There's a small amount of RichardYes, the 'common calander' serves as a reminder plus communications in absenstia: I need to make an appointment, do you have anything going
putting things onto the fridge calendar (like a church team meeting),
but he also makes sure that I know about it, so that other things
don't get scheduled on it... The master calendar is actually my pocket
one...
on I need to work around, but you're not available to ask so check the calendar. Each family/group works out their own methods.
I get most of my money back just from the maps and triptiks... and
if we'd put the kid on the membership a little sooner, it would have
saved LOTS of money when his Jeep went into the drink (drainage
pond)... ;) Dunno how much rescue coverage I have with my car
insurance, but they did pay for most of the rental when I had my car
in the collision shop....
Yes, hindsight being 20/20. ...A friend called for his car to be
towed from his house to the repair shop; found out he wasn't covered
for towing but they could add that to his policy and if he waited a
couple of days they could tow him for free. Work schedules were such
this few day delay wasn't going to cause a problem so was done that
way. Probably would not have been a good thing to leave your son's Jeep
in the water that long!
Nope... it was pulled out just in time to keep it from having hadGood! BTW, assume he had an uneventful flight.
a lot more damage to things...
AFAICT she's sleeping and not just sitting with her eyes closed as she
tends to fidget: blanket has a crease, straighten that out. ...That
moved the strap on her purse, so fix that, ...Now something else
doesn't look right.
But if asleep, that's not happening... :)Well there's sleep walking and sleep eating; don't know if there's
sleep tidying! <g>
... With friends like these, who needs a green inflatableNow you got me wondering if there will be one at the Festival of
hippopotamus?
Trees' parade tomorrow -- have helium balloons (a la a mini Macy's).
that morning before he took off... No snow since, so the cars haveWe might be sending you a few days of warmth! LIS in the previous message, was a little over 50ø yesterday (but watch out for what follows!).
stayed cleared off... But until the last couple days, it stayed
pretty cold.... highs only in the 20s for most of last week...
Yup, as I said in last message, we got them both.... I've been
calling that short warm spell Indian late-Spring.... ;) Now it's
back to winter again... ;)
That worked... We generally do have geese around the farms andWhere the Mall where I worked is was a golf course previously and
shopping areas during the year.... and then in the fall, I think
our usual geese fly south, and are replaced by ones from further
north that think our latitude nice enough to stay.... In the
fall, one can see large flocks of them in farmers' fields....
before that a swampy area. Possibly some of the ducks nesting by the store had great-great-grandparents who had nested before the area was 'humanized'. Also had sea gulls flying over and walking around in the parking lot -- follow the river traffic up the Mississippi, take a left
43 blocks -- "gran-daddy's notes said..." <g>
Sea gulls do rather like human-generated garbage, though.... that
would have been enough to attract them.... One of our malls also
is built on what used to be swampy land... part of the
reclamation included putting in a sizeable drainage pond which
the water fowl think quite attractive.
I'll admit to not reading them: don't need another credit card -->
shred. Free/low interest advances from the credit cards we already
have get kept so if we need some money we can consider the offer.
I glance at them before relegating them to the shred pile...Yes, everything gets glanced at before shredding. Right now just one credit card offer being held in-case; I expect a deluge mid-to-late January in time for those Christmas bills other people have.
advances from the current ones likewise get relegated, a free
interest rate balance transfer might be kept in case of need, but
currently, with one of those already in effect, and no other cards
carrying a balance, likely to send those to shredding as well... ;)
I seem to get at least one current card offer each month... and
at the moment, truly don't have any need for any of them....
As for the pay-up-or-else, haven't had to deal with those either, and
don't want to.
Nope... and one won't have to, so long as one keeps current with theRight.
payments.... :)
It's such a simple equation, it's a wonder anyone has trouble
there. <G> Yes, I know, too many people haven't learned to live
within their means... and that does get them in trouble
eventually...
The store where I worked originally did the Casual Friday as a reward:
sales, customer reviews and other metrics all up and we'd get to wear
jeans, etc. Went fine until some people took the casual too far: tee
shirt vs. polo shirt for example.
Of course, in some settings, even the tee shirt wouldn't be
considered too casual... :)
True. The 'Dock Dudes' at the store would be an example. They did
have to wear something a hare dressier than a tee shirt, but nowhere
near the dress code for the salesfloor. Back when ties were mandatory
for the men those could have been dangerous for the Dock Dudes!
Absolutely.... :) And a dress shirt would be ruined in no time flat,Wasn't that the reason behind blue collars? White shirt had to be
as well... :)
worn by workers but neck got sweat stains and the coloured collar hid somewhat.
Not just the neck would be stained... and the shirt itself would
show dirt too fast, so a blue shirt (with, of course, a blue
collar) was much more practical....
Not sure how typical we are or aren't, though... ;)Depends on what aspect one is measuring!
There is that.... <G> (And yes, I snipped away the context... <G>)
Yes, the 'common calander' serves as a reminder plus communications in absenstia: I need to make an appointment, do you have anything going
on I need to work around, but you're not available to ask so check the calendar. Each family/group works out their own methods.
Indeed... :)
I get most of my money back just from the maps and triptiks... and
if we'd put the kid on the membership a little sooner, it would have
saved LOTS of money when his Jeep went into the drink (drainage
pond)... ;) Dunno how much rescue coverage I have with my car
insurance, but they did pay for most of the rental when I had my car
in the collision shop....
Yes, hindsight being 20/20. ...A friend called for his car to be
towed from his house to the repair shop; found out he wasn't covered
for towing but they could add that to his policy and if he waited a
couple of days they could tow him for free. Work schedules were such
this few day delay wasn't going to cause a problem so was done that
way. Probably would not have been a good thing to leave your son's Jeep
in the water that long!
Nope... it was pulled out just in time to keep it from having hadGood! BTW, assume he had an uneventful flight.
a lot more damage to things...
As far as I know, he did... I probably would have heard, had
there been anything exciting... <G> And have "talked" in email a
couple of times since... :)
AFAICT she's sleeping and not just sitting with her eyes closed as she
tends to fidget: blanket has a crease, straighten that out. ...That
moved the strap on her purse, so fix that, ...Now something else
doesn't look right.
But if asleep, that's not happening... :)Well there's sleep walking and sleep eating; don't know if there's
sleep tidying! <g>
I'd guess that would be unlikely.... never know though what one
might be dreaming about, and affecting the body.... <G>
... With friends like these, who needs a green inflatableNow you got me wondering if there will be one at the Festival of
hippopotamus?
Trees' parade tomorrow -- have helium balloons (a la a mini Macy's).
Was there one...? We had high winds in NYS at Thanksgiving time,
so heard there was a chance that Macy's might have to ground
their balloons....
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 02-Dec-2019 10:14 <=-
We might be sending you a few days of warmth! LIS in the previous
message, was a little over 50ø yesterday (but watch out for what
follows!).
Yup, as I said in last message, we got them both.... I've beenYup! Had a light dusting of snow overnight. LIS it was 30ø a little while ago and probably hasn't changed as the Sun isn't up yet -
calling that short warm spell Indian late-Spring.... ;) Now it's
back to winter again... ;)
almost! Snow will evaporate, maybe a few small puddles. No snow
forecast until maybe Wednesday, minimal accumulation.
Where the Mall where I worked is was a golf course previously and
before that a swampy area. Possibly some of the ducks nesting by the
store had great-great-grandparents who had nested before the area was
'humanized'. Also had sea gulls flying over and walking around in the
parking lot -- follow the river traffic up the Mississippi, take a left
43 blocks -- "gran-daddy's notes said..." <g>
Sea gulls do rather like human-generated garbage, though.... thatThey'd like that! No visible drainage seen at the Mall where I used
would have been enough to attract them.... One of our malls also is
built on what used to be swampy land... part of the reclamation
included putting in a sizeable drainage pond which the water fowl
think quite attractive.
to work; thinking they have some sort of below ground removal system as the Mall property has a definite slope: walk from one end to the other
and one goes down several sets of short steps/ramps. There was also a hollow section under the floor in Juniors Department, apparently where
a sump pump was though never heard it. There was also a set of circuit breakers marked 'Sump Pump' so assuming the location.
I'll admit to not reading them: don't need another credit card -->
shred. Free/low interest advances from the credit cards we already
have get kept so if we need some money we can consider the offer.
I glance at them before relegating them to the shred pile...
advances from the current ones likewise get relegated, a free
interest rate balance transfer might be kept in case of need, but
currently, with one of those already in effect, and no other cards
carrying a balance, likely to send those to shredding as well... ;)
Yes, everything gets glanced at before shredding. Right now just one
credit card offer being held in-case; I expect a deluge mid-to-late
January in time for those Christmas bills other people have.
I seem to get at least one current card offer each month... andBut it's Christmas!! Your supposed to spend beyond your means!!
at the moment, truly don't have any need for any of them....
As for the pay-up-or-else, haven't had to deal with those either, and
don't want to.
Nope... and one won't have to, so long as one keeps current with the
payments.... :)
Right.
It's such a simple equation, it's a wonder anyone has trouble there.Right. I'm not sure if the Student Loan Debt thing has an anesthetic effect: "I'm in debt for $40,000 for school, what's another $400 for a
Yes, I know, too many people haven't learned to live within their
means... and that does get them in trouble eventually...
big TV?"
Wasn't that the reason behind blue collars? White shirt had to be
worn by workers but neck got sweat stains and the coloured collar hid
somewhat.
Not just the neck would be stained... and the shirt itself wouldYup: know that one from first-hand experience! Dress code at towards
show dirt too fast, so a blue shirt (with, of course, a blue collar)
was much more practical....
end was a white shirt or a black shirt, both of which showed dirt
readily. Usually wore a shirt twice before putting it in the hamper
as my job wasn't dirty. ...Same for the coloured shirts, just twice,
but they didn't seem to show dirt as much.
Yes, the 'common calendar' serves as a reminder plus communications in
absenstia: I need to make an appointment, do you have anything going
on I need to work around, but you're not available to ask so check the
calendar. Each family/group works out their own methods.
Indeed... :)I'm still trying to work out a practical way to display/store those reminder cards: appointment cards -- do write to the calendar but the
card will a phone number, etc., on it.
Also my notes to renew my
Drivers License a few years from now - right now that gets
paperclipped to the Decemeber 2020 page of next year's calendar.
Good! BTW, assume he had an uneventful flight.
As far as I know, he did... I probably would have heard, hadGood for no 24-hour delays like my Mother and I had; my Aunt thought
there been anything exciting... <G> And have "talked" in email a
couple of times since... :)
it odd we didn't call her when she thought we got to New Hampshire.
AFAICT she's sleeping and not just sitting with her eyes closed as she
tends to fidget: blanket has a crease, straighten that out. ...That
moved the strap on her purse, so fix that, ...Now something else
doesn't look right.
But if asleep, that's not happening... :)
Well there's sleep walking and sleep eating; don't know if there's
sleep tidying! <g>
I'd guess that would be unlikely.... never know though what oneTo me it would seem probable if one can walk and raid the refrigerator while sleeping it would be possible to clean or rearrange items,
might be dreaming about, and affecting the body.... <G>
though never heard of it.
... With friends like these, who needs a green inflatable
hippopotamus?
Now you got me wondering if there will be one at the Festival of
Trees' parade tomorrow -- have helium balloons (a la a mini Macy's).
Was there one...? We had high winds in NYS at Thanksgiving time,Yes, they kept the balloons closer to the ground where protected from
so heard there was a chance that Macy's might have to ground their
balloons....
wind gusts by the buildings. Not sure if part of Festival of Trees or
a different event around the same time but a ~10' sphere balloon --
just round with a logo on it -- escaped. Depending on a variety of factors like upper lever winds, air temperature and the strength of the balloon material it could land anywhere between Illinois and New England/New York. So if you happen to see a big white balloon with red lettering on it......
The storm we got on Sunday into Monday left us snow that we still
have everywhere... Richard got his car out, but my car still has
snow on the windshield and rear window... the side windows are
clear, at least on the side I can see from inside... ;) Not a
lot of snow, but didn't warm enough to melt it all off....
Where the Mall where I worked is was a golf course previously and
before that a swampy area. Possibly some of the ducks nesting by the
store had great-great-grandparents who had nested before the area was
'humanized'. Also had sea gulls flying over and walking around in the
parking lot -- follow the river traffic up the Mississippi, take a left
43 blocks -- "gran-daddy's notes said..." <g>
Sea gulls do rather like human-generated garbage, though.... thatThey'd like that! No visible drainage seen at the Mall where I used
would have been enough to attract them.... One of our malls also is
built on what used to be swampy land... part of the reclamation
included putting in a sizeable drainage pond which the water fowl
think quite attractive.
to work; thinking they have some sort of below ground removal system as the Mall property has a definite slope: walk from one end to the other
and one goes down several sets of short steps/ramps. There was also a hollow section under the floor in Juniors Department, apparently where
a sump pump was though never heard it. There was also a set of circuit breakers marked 'Sump Pump' so assuming the location.
Sounds likely then.... and with the slope, drainage might have
been more through the ground, as well... maybe ending up
somewhere off the property entirely.... :)
carrying a balance, likely to send those to shredding as well... ;)
Yes, everything gets glanced at before shredding. Right now just one
credit card offer being held in-case; I expect a deluge mid-to-late
January in time for those Christmas bills other people have.
I seem to get at least one current card offer each month... andBut it's Christmas!! Your supposed to spend beyond your means!!
at the moment, truly don't have any need for any of them....
Yeah, right.... not me.... <G>
As for the pay-up-or-else, haven't had to deal with those either, and
don't want to.
Nope... and one won't have to, so long as one keeps current with the
payments.... :)
Right.
It's such a simple equation, it's a wonder anyone has trouble there.Right. I'm not sure if the Student Loan Debt thing has an anesthetic effect: "I'm in debt for $40,000 for school, what's another $400 for a
Yes, I know, too many people haven't learned to live within their
means... and that does get them in trouble eventually...
big TV?"
I suppose it might.... also there's the "but I'm entitled"
syndrome... others can get those things so I should be able to
have whatever I think I want....
Yes, the 'common calendar' serves as a reminder plus communications in
absenstia: I need to make an appointment, do you have anything going
on I need to work around, but you're not available to ask so check the
calendar. Each family/group works out their own methods.
Indeed... :)I'm still trying to work out a practical way to display/store those reminder cards: appointment cards -- do write to the calendar but the
card will a phone number, etc., on it.
I tend to just keep an up to date version of each in the pocket
of my pocket calendar...
Also my notes to renew my
Drivers License a few years from now - right now that gets
paperclipped to the Decemeber 2020 page of next year's calendar.
I figure that DMV will send me the renewal in plenty of time,
like they always do... :)
Good! BTW, assume he had an uneventful flight.
As far as I know, he did... I probably would have heard, hadGood for no 24-hour delays like my Mother and I had; my Aunt thought
there been anything exciting... <G> And have "talked" in email a
couple of times since... :)
it odd we didn't call her when she thought we got to New Hampshire.
If he did have any delays, he didnt mention them to me....
... With friends like these, who needs a green inflatable
hippopotamus?
Now you got me wondering if there will be one at the Festival of
Trees' parade tomorrow -- have helium balloons (a la a mini Macy's).
Was there one...? We had high winds in NYS at Thanksgiving time,Yes, they kept the balloons closer to the ground where protected from
so heard there was a chance that Macy's might have to ground their
balloons....
wind gusts by the buildings. Not sure if part of Festival of Trees or
a different event around the same time but a ~10' sphere balloon --
just round with a logo on it -- escaped. Depending on a variety of factors like upper lever winds, air temperature and the strength of the balloon material it could land anywhere between Illinois and New England/New York. So if you happen to see a big white balloon with red lettering on it......
I'll keep my eye out for it... ;) Not that I expect it would fly
this way... more likely to skip us and land in NE... :)
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 06-Dec-2019 09:45 <=-
The storm we got on Sunday into Monday left us snow that we stillIf no reason to go out sometimes just let Mother Nature remove the
have everywhere... Richard got his car out, but my car still has
snow on the windshield and rear window... the side windows are
clear, at least on the side I can see from inside... ;) Not a
lot of snow, but didn't warm enough to melt it all off....
snow she put on the car! I did have to scrape the frost off my windshields yesterday before my errands -- if I had been able to wait a half-hour or so would have melted.
They'd like that! No visible drainage seen at the Mall where I used
to work; thinking they have some sort of below ground removal system as
the Mall property has a definite slope: walk from one end to the other
and one goes down several sets of short steps/ramps. There was also a
hollow section under the floor in Juniors Department, apparently where
a sump pump was though never heard it. There was also a set of circuit
breakers marked 'Sump Pump' so assuming the location.
Sounds likely then.... and with the slope, drainage might have beenPossibly, though seems like the west parking lot off of the store was
more through the ground, as well... maybe ending up somewhere off the
property entirely.... :)
the low point - there were some drain grids in it. Possibly the far
side drained into or had a usually dry creek - no reason to drive to
that side of the parking lot, and from the street side hard to see.
I seem to get at least one current card offer each month... and
at the moment, truly don't have any need for any of them....
But it's Christmas!! Your supposed to spend beyond your means!!
Yeah, right.... not me.... <G>Smart move!
Right. I'm not sure if the Student Loan Debt thing has an anesthetic
effect: "I'm in debt for $40,000 for school, what's another $400 for a
big TV?"
I suppose it might.... also there's the "but I'm entitled" syndrome...A little 'entitlement' on rare occasion is OK but only as a treat and
others can get those things so I should be able to have whatever I
think I want....
keep it small. (So not really blatent entitlement.) I brown-bagged lunch, mostly because I didn't want to eat a full meal, partially
because I didn't want to waste part of my lunch break in line for a
meal, and yes, some because it cost too much. Once in a while would splurge and buy lunch as a treat to myself; more a spur of the moment thing.
As far as entitlement-I-want-because-they-have, I don't think I've had that, or if it crept in I was able to boot it out. I don't want a
huge screen TV, I don't want a 1-billion watt sound system. I'll admit
to wanting and getting higher-level computer systems, but because I
want faster, not because someone else has. (And then I stick them in plain black cases!)
Also my notes to renew my
Drivers License a few years from now - right now that gets
paperclipped to the Decemeber 2020 page of next year's calendar.
I figure that DMV will send me the renewal in plenty of time, like<thinking> Hmm, guess they do! I don't know if the government sents
they always do... :)
out renewals for passports. IMO double-reminders are better than
none!
Yes, they kept the balloons closer to the ground where protected from
wind gusts by the buildings. Not sure if part of Festival of Trees or
a different event around the same time but a ~10' sphere balloon --
just round with a logo on it -- escaped. Depending on a variety of
factors like upper lever winds, air temperature and the strength of the
balloon material it could land anywhere between Illinois and New
England/New York. So if you happen to see a big white balloon with red
lettering on it......
I'll keep my eye out for it... ;) Not that I expect it would flyOK, thanks! Haven't heard if their balloon has been found yet --
this way... more likely to skip us and land in NE... :)
might be partway to England!
The storm we got on Sunday into Monday left us snow that we stillIf no reason to go out sometimes just let Mother Nature remove the
have everywhere... Richard got his car out, but my car still has
snow on the windshield and rear window... the side windows are
clear, at least on the side I can see from inside... ;) Not a
lot of snow, but didn't warm enough to melt it all off....
snow she put on the car! I did have to scrape the frost off my windshields yesterday before my errands -- if I had been able to wait a half-hour or so would have melted.
Yeah... it's always nice when one has the luxury of waiting for
the snow/frost to take care of itself... ;)
They'd like that! No visible drainage seen at the Mall where I used
to work; thinking they have some sort of below ground removal system as
the Mall property has a definite slope: walk from one end to the other
and one goes down several sets of short steps/ramps. There was also a
hollow section under the floor in Juniors Department, apparently where
a sump pump was though never heard it. There was also a set of circuit
breakers marked 'Sump Pump' so assuming the location.
Sounds likely then.... and with the slope, drainage might have beenPossibly, though seems like the west parking lot off of the store was
more through the ground, as well... maybe ending up somewhere off the
property entirely.... :)
the low point - there were some drain grids in it. Possibly the far
side drained into or had a usually dry creek - no reason to drive to
that side of the parking lot, and from the street side hard to see.
So something you didn't see much... or much of... :) With drain
grids, sounds like there was some underground drain of some
sort....
Right. I'm not sure if the Student Loan Debt thing has an anesthetic
effect: "I'm in debt for $40,000 for school, what's another $400 for a
big TV?"
I suppose it might.... also there's the "but I'm entitled" syndrome...A little 'entitlement' on rare occasion is OK but only as a treat and
others can get those things so I should be able to have whatever I
think I want....
keep it small. (So not really blatent entitlement.) I brown-bagged lunch, mostly because I didn't want to eat a full meal, partially
because I didn't want to waste part of my lunch break in line for a
meal, and yes, some because it cost too much. Once in a while would splurge and buy lunch as a treat to myself; more a spur of the moment thing.
Not really what I was referring to, either... the occasional
splurge as part of an overall pattern of sound financial practice
isn't the "I'm entitled" syndrome... :)
As far as entitlement-I-want-because-they-have, I don't think I've had that, or if it crept in I was able to boot it out. I don't want a
huge screen TV, I don't want a 1-billion watt sound system. I'll admit
to wanting and getting higher-level computer systems, but because I
want faster, not because someone else has. (And then I stick them in plain black cases!)
And that is maybe a little closer, but not really what I was
talking about either... your purchases are still well within your
budget, and your general wants are well within your means... :)
I was thinking more of those of very modest means, possibly even struggling to make ends meet because of limited income, that
think that they still deserve to this that or the other thing,
even though they clearly don't have the money for it... saving to
get it is probably out of the question, since by the time the
couple of pennies (probably literally) they can squeeze out of
the money at hand grew to be closer to enough to pay for such,
the item would be hopelessly outdated, and no longer of
interest..... for them, the credit card is a very enticing
trap.... "But I DESERVE it... why can't I get what everyone else
has..."
From our discussions, I'd say that neither you nor I are exactly
rich, by most standards anyway... but we do have more leeway in
allocating funds beyond the bare necessities, and we do tend to
be more balanced in making financial decisions whether on a small
scale or on a large scale, and a willingness to postpone
gratification where wiser... ;)
Also my notes to renew my
Drivers License a few years from now - right now that gets
paperclipped to the Decemeber 2020 page of next year's calendar.
I figure that DMV will send me the renewal in plenty of time, like<thinking> Hmm, guess they do! I don't know if the government sents
they always do... :)
out renewals for passports. IMO double-reminders are better than
none!
From my experience, no they don't send reminders... you are on
your own for that renewal... which is why I'll need to reapply at
this point... ;)
Yes, they kept the balloons closer to the ground where protected from
wind gusts by the buildings. Not sure if part of Festival of Trees or
a different event around the same time but a ~10' sphere balloon --
just round with a logo on it -- escaped. Depending on a variety of
factors like upper lever winds, air temperature and the strength of the
balloon material it could land anywhere between Illinois and New
England/New York. So if you happen to see a big white balloon with red
lettering on it......
I'll keep my eye out for it... ;) Not that I expect it would flyOK, thanks! Haven't heard if their balloon has been found yet --
this way... more likely to skip us and land in NE... :)
might be partway to England!
Could be.... or went too high and deflated over the ocean....
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 18-Dec-2019 08:11 <=-
On this morning's news the chances for a white Christmas went down to
2%; was 5% yesterday.
If no reason to go out sometimes just let Mother Nature remove the
snow she put on the car! I did have to scrape the frost off my
windshields yesterday before my errands -- if I had been able to wait a
half-hour or so would have melted.
Yeah... it's always nice when one has the luxury of waiting for theI've had it where the dew/moisture on the windshield, apply the wipers
snow/frost to take care of itself... ;)
and it turns to frost and stays frozen, so still have to scrape.
Possibly, though seems like the west parking lot off of the store was
the low point - there were some drain grids in it. Possibly the far
side drained into or had a usually dry creek - no reason to drive to
that side of the parking lot, and from the street side hard to see.
So something you didn't see much... or much of... :) With drainThat would be my guess also, and possibly what the store's sump pump drained in to. Don't recall seeing a pump building for the parking
grids, sounds like there was some underground drain of some sort....
lot drainage system (assuming there was one), but could have been integrated in the Mall itself: lots of places could 'hide' a pump room.
Sort of speaking of Malls, the sister Mall on the Illinois side was
closed all day Monday due to a fire. Occurred early mid-morning in
one of the little shop-stores. AFAICT not much fire damage, just a lot
of smoke. Went on-line to check and no details.
Once in a while would splurge and buy lunch as a treat to myself;
more a spur of the moment thing.
Not really what I was referring to, either... the occasional splurgeTrue; must have been hungry and that was only example I could think
as part of an overall pattern of sound financial practice isn't the
"I'm entitled" syndrome... :)
of. The "I'm entitled" thing is more buy a huge-screen TV to show off
(to oneself). Probably better is the 'rolling house sized' brand new
SUV when a one- or two year old car would work just as well if not
better. (And again all depends: maybe a SUV is better for one's situation.)
As far as entitlement-I-want-because-they-have, I don't think I've had
that, or if it crept in I was able to boot it out. I don't want a
huge screen TV, I don't want a 1-billion watt sound system. I'll admit
to wanting and getting higher-level computer systems, but because I
want faster, not because someone else has. (And then I stick them in
plain black cases!)
And that is maybe a little closer, but not really what I was talking<chuckle> I think we're (or at least me) are stuck giving 'too small' answers because the over-the-top ones don't come to mind.
about either... your purchases are still well within your budget, and
your general wants are well within your means... :)
I was thinking more of those of very modest means, possibly evenThat's probably a much better way to give an example than to try to
struggling to make ends meet because of limited income, that think
that they still deserve to have this that or the other thing, even
though they clearly don't have the money for it... saving to get it
is probably out of the question, since by the time the couple of
pennies (probably literally) they can squeeze out of the money at
hand grew to be closer to enough to pay for such, the item would be
hopelessly outdated, and no longer of interest..... for them, the
credit card is a very enticing trap.... "But I DESERVE it... why
can't I get what everyone else has..."
give an actual example.
From our discussions, I'd say that neither you nor I are exactlyBingo! Not exactly rich, nor poor. I want/need something I can buy
rich, by most standards anyway... but we do have more leeway in
allocating funds beyond the bare necessities, and we do tend to be
more balanced in making financial decisions whether on a small scale
or on a large scale, and a willingness to postpone gratification
where wiser... ;)
it, but there had better be a reason for it, then I'll spend time
looking for the best or close-to-the-best deal: time is money! If it appears $22.99 (and free shipping!) is the best price I'm not going to spend time looking for a $22.95 deal. (See? My real life examples are even chump change! <g>)
I figure that DMV will send me the renewal in plenty of time, like
they always do... :)
<thinking> Hmm, guess they do! I don't know if the government sents
out renewals for passports. IMO double-reminders are better than
none!
From my experience, no they don't send reminders... you are on yourOK - I was pretty sure the state sent out driver's license reminders
own for that renewal... which is why I'll need to reapply at this
point... ;)
but not sure about the federal reminder for passports. BTW, you'll probably need a visa to accompany the passport -- seems like that was starting in 2021. Two separate items; AFAIK don't need a visa until making the trip; get the passport ahead of time.
Yes, they kept the balloons closer to the ground where protected from
wind gusts by the buildings. Not sure if part of Festival of Trees or
a different event around the same time but a ~10' sphere balloon --
just round with a logo on it -- escaped. Depending on a variety of
factors like upper lever winds, air temperature and the strength of the
balloon material it could land anywhere between Illinois and New
England/New York. So if you happen to see a big white balloon with red
lettering on it......
I'll keep my eye out for it... ;) Not that I expect it would fly
this way... more likely to skip us and land in NE... :)
OK, thanks! Haven't heard if their balloon has been found yet --
might be partway to England!
Could be.... or went too high and deflated over the ocean....Awwww. ;(
On this morning's news the chances for a white Christmas went down to
2%; was 5% yesterday.
And you probably ended up like us, with a green Christmas...
except for the leftover piles here and there.... ;)
If no reason to go out sometimes just let Mother Nature remove the
snow she put on the car! I did have to scrape the frost off my
windshields yesterday before my errands -- if I had been able to wait a
half-hour or so would have melted.
Yeah... it's always nice when one has the luxury of waiting for theI've had it where the dew/moisture on the windshield, apply the wipers
snow/frost to take care of itself... ;)
and it turns to frost and stays frozen, so still have to scrape.
If one has time in that situation, the windshield defrost might
melt the frost, at least eventually...
Sort of speaking of Malls, the sister Mall on the Illinois side was
closed all day Monday due to a fire. Occurred early mid-morning in
one of the little shop-stores. AFAICT not much fire damage, just a lot
of smoke. Went on-line to check and no details.
So apparently easily taken care of, then...
Once in a while would splurge and buy lunch as a treat to myself;
more a spur of the moment thing.
Not really what I was referring to, either... the occasional splurgeTrue; must have been hungry and that was only example I could think
as part of an overall pattern of sound financial practice isn't the
"I'm entitled" syndrome... :)
of. The "I'm entitled" thing is more buy a huge-screen TV to show off
(to oneself). Probably better is the 'rolling house sized' brand new
SUV when a one- or two year old car would work just as well if not
better. (And again all depends: maybe a SUV is better for one's situation.)
I think I'd refer to that sort of thing more as conspicuous
consumption... the always wanting bigger and more expensive
whether or not it is needed...
As far as entitlement-I-want-because-they-have, I don't think I've had
that, or if it crept in I was able to boot it out. I don't want a
huge screen TV, I don't want a 1-billion watt sound system. I'll admit
to wanting and getting higher-level computer systems, but because I
want faster, not because someone else has. (And then I stick them in
plain black cases!)
And that is maybe a little closer, but not really what I was talking<chuckle> I think we're (or at least me) are stuck giving 'too small' answers because the over-the-top ones don't come to mind.
about either... your purchases are still well within your budget, and
your general wants are well within your means... :)
I'm thinking that you are stuck more because the concept of being
entitled to more than you could possibly afford doesn't apply in
your case.... You can afford generally just about anything that
you'd tend to want to get, and things beyond that tend to seem ridiculously over the top, so wouldn't be even considered past a
fleeting thought.... If I were trying to come up with examples
from my own life, I likewise would be having difficulties.... :)
I was thinking more of those of very modest means, possibly evenThat's probably a much better way to give an example than to try to
struggling to make ends meet because of limited income, that think
that they still deserve to have this that or the other thing, even
though they clearly don't have the money for it... saving to get it
is probably out of the question, since by the time the couple of
pennies (probably literally) they can squeeze out of the money at
hand grew to be closer to enough to pay for such, the item would be
hopelessly outdated, and no longer of interest..... for them, the
credit card is a very enticing trap.... "But I DESERVE it... why
can't I get what everyone else has..."
give an actual example.
I could probably come up with specific instances that I've seen
in people I've worked with, but the more general description is
probably more understandable to someone in our circumstances....
From our discussions, I'd say that neither you nor I are exactlyBingo! Not exactly rich, nor poor. I want/need something I can buy
rich, by most standards anyway... but we do have more leeway in
allocating funds beyond the bare necessities, and we do tend to be
more balanced in making financial decisions whether on a small scale
or on a large scale, and a willingness to postpone gratification
where wiser... ;)
it, but there had better be a reason for it, then I'll spend time
looking for the best or close-to-the-best deal: time is money! If it appears $22.99 (and free shipping!) is the best price I'm not going to spend time looking for a $22.95 deal. (See? My real life examples are even chump change! <g>)
But it does underscore my point... being not rich, but also not
poor, we've developed good habits of being reasonably frugal...
using our resources wisely... But, when poor, there tends to be
a different sort of mindset... a feeling of "I should be able to
get it, even if I can't afford it, it just isn't fair
otherwise"... which is what I've been calling the entitlement
syndrome.... If I hadn't come up across it in various situations
with various people in straitened situations, I'd likely not have
noticed it quite so clearly....
I figure that DMV will send me the renewal in plenty of time, like
they always do... :)
<thinking> Hmm, guess they do! I don't know if the government sents
out renewals for passports. IMO double-reminders are better than
none!
From my experience, no they don't send reminders... you are on yourOK - I was pretty sure the state sent out driver's license reminders
own for that renewal... which is why I'll need to reapply at this
point... ;)
but not sure about the federal reminder for passports. BTW, you'll probably need a visa to accompany the passport -- seems like that was starting in 2021. Two separate items; AFAIK don't need a visa until making the trip; get the passport ahead of time.
Yeah, I heard something about that... That's actually been in
effect for many decades, at least for some countries... What's
changing, I guess, is that more countries are going to require
visas along with the passport...
Yes, they kept the balloons closer to the ground where protected from
wind gusts by the buildings. Not sure if part of Festival of Trees or
a different event around the same time but a ~10' sphere balloon --
just round with a logo on it -- escaped. Depending on a variety of
factors like upper lever winds, air temperature and the strength of the
balloon material it could land anywhere between Illinois and New
England/New York. So if you happen to see a big white balloon with red
lettering on it......
I'll keep my eye out for it... ;) Not that I expect it would fly
this way... more likely to skip us and land in NE... :)
OK, thanks! Haven't heard if their balloon has been found yet --
might be partway to England!
Could be.... or went too high and deflated over the ocean....Awwww. ;(
Probably you'll just never hear anything about it, but if you do,
tell us... ;)
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