Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 12-Jun-2020 09:56 <=-
Ok, since you confirmed that you never got these, I'm re-sending inThanks! ...Naturally the "I wonder what happened to them" and from watching my mail runs I know uploads from here occurred but there was nothing to download. "Poop occurred" somewhere between us.
groups of 5... Trying to update would probably be way more effort
than just this exercise in retrieving and resending... <G> Today's
is the group of 5 from June 1st... :)
Original Date: 01 Jun 20 13:34:18
Subj: Re: Miss.RvrDamBreach-Davenpt
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 17-May-2020 09:15 <=-
Sigh.... I AM slipping.... 2 weeks behind now...!
And now effectively even further!
True: Black Box Concepts getting smaller and smaller.
To some extent... ;)
They do get smaller: I just haven't figured out how they get all of
them to fit in that first box! ...I think that's another Black Box
line of discovery!!
Probably... <G>Sometimes it's just easier to keep it packaged in that Black Box. I'm pretty much for recycling, re-use, etc., but there are limitations: trusting a re-used HESCO barrier against tons of river water to
protect millions of dollars of property may not be the smartest. Maybe
as a secondary/backup level: the reused barrier supporting the new barrier. Overall seems safer to strain out the parts of the used
barrier and recycle those materials to make new.
There are quite a few people interested in environmental issues
around here would seem it would have come up. Just have to find
out some day.
Maybe it has already but you weren't enough interested at theGood assessment. :) Davenport has the problem, Bettendorf
time...? ;)
essentially doesn't. We pretty much install flood panels across the street and a strip of land and we're done. And I'm pretty much in the "I'll cooperate" mindset by putting my trash in the trash and my recyclables in the appropriate bin but to go a pick up trash event,
sorry, no.
We've found the Mississippi almost always floods due to rain; detail
is almost never if just rains South of here. (Ooo! I'm in trouble
now!!) During very high waters they will ban pleasure boats on the
River because too dangerous (hit debris/hit by debris, and the water
is flowing too rapidly) plus if travelling too fast will create waves
which weaken sandbag walls and sometimes splash over barricades.
All very sensible... :) At the shores of Lake Ontario, when theRight: there were times when the river levels was right at the top of
water is high, there's similar restrictions/prohibitions against
speed, lest the created waves wash away even more shoreline....
the barriers (I'm talking multiple rivers and multiple locations, not restricted to the Quad Cities proper): a wave from a boat could cause water to splash over the barrier, starting a wear-away problem.
A lot depends on how willing people are to still keep their distance
and practice the safety measures... if there's too much crowding,
things could easily resurge....
True: nice to be be in a crowd: amplifies the concert experience,
camaraderie in a bar, the overall social experience, etc., but the
downside is the easier transmission of disease -- any disease, not
just COVID-19.
Yup, upsides and downsides to crowds... some diseases are more easilyI'm/we've not gone out all that much - high point of general
spread than others, of course... Even for bars and concerts, I'd just
as soon not be in too much of a crowd, though... ;)
socializing is grocery shopping!! Places are partially opening now, usually at 50% capacity. We don't do the Bar Thing, nor eat out all
that much (I'm getting a bit antsy though!).
One can somewhat control social distancing at a grocery store or restaurant. At a bar/party situation probably not nearly the control: drunk guy/gal stumbles against.....
...Saw a news item where a restaurant re-opened and instead of blocking
off every other booth with tape they dressed up mannequins and blow-up
dolls and sat and posed them at the not-to-be-occupied tables. (Some
of the blow-up ones did look a little 'suspicious' and spooky!) Clever
idea to make the restaurant look less empty; wonder how many live
patrons took photos/selfies with the mannequins?
People being as they are, I'd guess it at least occurred to many ofI'll admit to thinking I might be tempted! At least take a picture of
them... and probably some did follow through... ;)
the mannequin-occupied tables. Selfie or picture of the group
"chatting" with them is almost a natural.
Currently raining + fog: not going to be getting any outside work done
today! Ground is saturated from the rain last week; sump pump started
doing it's thing yesterday. Autumm investigated the drain and then
ran off as there was some bugs she didn't like -- normally she likes
bugs: she even put five 'roly polies' in a plastic doll bed, added a
small cap-like thing with water for them....
Maybe those bugs she didn't like looked particularly ugly/scaryQuite possibly. Some bugs don't have that attractiveness quality, at least to humans. And she was playing with some roly-polies she found
and not at all cute....
in the rock garden here yesterday. (She did return them when she was done.)
Haven't done anything directly with the Burning Bush but looks to be
dead. Not sure what the other shrub/bush is but the leaves look to
be different from what I remember the Burning Bush having, but could
be because has recently budded and not fully leafed out. Need to do
other yard work before cutting out the dead branches.
You'll get to it soon enough... ;)
Yup. Was doing some yard cleanup yesterday and with it greening up
doesn't look as bad. Still needs to be done of course. But First!
A bit at a time... ;)
And today's not its time!
Has it happened yet....? ;)Uh, no. Too, hot, too rainy, roof repair, taking care of Autumn....
If the dead branches rot won't have to cut!!
Interestingly, it appears that the reply packets that never reached you did manage to get to Daryl, as he replied to some of the originally
sent ones...
And now effectively even further!
One thing after another..... and sometimes procrastination pays off in
the end... <G>
Interestingly, it appears that the reply packets that never
reached you did manage to get to Daryl, as he replied to some of
the originally sent ones...
Original Date: 01 Jun 20 13:34:18
Subj: Re: Miss.RvrDamBreach-Davenpt
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 17-May-2020 09:15 <=-
Sigh.... I AM slipping.... 2 weeks behind now...!
And now effectively even further!
Actually, at the moment, it's more like only 5 days behind now,
and likely to stay there, since there's all the messages in the
queue now... so that's effectively caught up... <G>
True: Black Box Concepts getting smaller and smaller.
To some extent... ;)
They do get smaller: I just haven't figured out how they get all of
them to fit in that first box! ...I think that's another Black Box
line of discovery!!
Probably... <G>Sometimes it's just easier to keep it packaged in that Black Box. I'm pretty much for recycling, re-use, etc., but there are limitations: trusting a re-used HESCO barrier against tons of river water to
protect millions of dollars of property may not be the smartest. Maybe
as a secondary/backup level: the reused barrier supporting the new barrier. Overall seems safer to strain out the parts of the used
barrier and recycle those materials to make new.
I'm thinking that it would take an expert in the use of the HESCO
barriers to really make that determination... :)
There are quite a few people interested in environmental issues
around here would seem it would have come up. Just have to find
out some day.
Maybe it has already but you weren't enough interested at theGood assessment. :) Davenport has the problem, Bettendorf
time...? ;)
essentially doesn't. We pretty much install flood panels across the street and a strip of land and we're done. And I'm pretty much in the "I'll cooperate" mindset by putting my trash in the trash and my recyclables in the appropriate bin but to go a pick up trash event,
sorry, no.
Mostly in the "as it actually affects me" mindset, then... :)
A lot depends on how willing people are to still keep their distance
and practice the safety measures... if there's too much crowding,
things could easily resurge....
True: nice to be be in a crowd: amplifies the concert experience,
camaraderie in a bar, the overall social experience, etc., but the
downside is the easier transmission of disease -- any disease, not
just COVID-19.
Yup, upsides and downsides to crowds... some diseases are more easilyI'm/we've not gone out all that much - high point of general
spread than others, of course... Even for bars and concerts, I'd just
as soon not be in too much of a crowd, though... ;)
socializing is grocery shopping!! Places are partially opening now, usually at 50% capacity. We don't do the Bar Thing, nor eat out all
that much (I'm getting a bit antsy though!).
We don't do the bar thing, either... :)
One can somewhat control social distancing at a grocery store or restaurant. At a bar/party situation probably not nearly the control: drunk guy/gal stumbles against.....
Always a possibility, although, from memories of earlier times, I
don't remember that happening all that often, at least not to
me... <G>
...Saw a news item where a restaurant re-opened and instead of blocking
off every other booth with tape they dressed up mannequins and blow-up
dolls and sat and posed them at the not-to-be-occupied tables. (Some
of the blow-up ones did look a little 'suspicious' and spooky!) Clever
idea to make the restaurant look less empty; wonder how many live
patrons took photos/selfies with the mannequins?
People being as they are, I'd guess it at least occurred to many ofI'll admit to thinking I might be tempted! At least take a picture of
them... and probably some did follow through... ;)
the mannequin-occupied tables. Selfie or picture of the group
"chatting" with them is almost a natural.
A lot of that would be due to the novelty of it, though... it
would wear off soon enough... :)
Maybe those bugs she didn't like looked particularly ugly/scaryQuite possibly. Some bugs don't have that attractiveness quality, at least to humans. And she was playing with some roly-polies she found
and not at all cute....
in the rock garden here yesterday. (She did return them when she was done.)
Learning some responsibility towards the natural world.... ;)
Haven't done anything directly with the Burning Bush but looks to be
dead. Not sure what the other shrub/bush is but the leaves look to
be different from what I remember the Burning Bush having, but could
be because has recently budded and not fully leafed out. Need to do
other yard work before cutting out the dead branches.
You'll get to it soon enough... ;)
Yup. Was doing some yard cleanup yesterday and with it greening up
doesn't look as bad. Still needs to be done of course. But First!
A bit at a time... ;)
And today's not its time!
Has it happened yet....? ;)Uh, no. Too, hot, too rainy, roof repair, taking care of Autumn....
If the dead branches rot won't have to cut!!
One thing after another..... and sometimes procrastination pays
off in the end... <G>
Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 18-Jun-2020 02:18 <=-
Interestingly, it appears that the reply packets that never reached you
did manage to get to Daryl, as he replied to some of the originally
sent ones...
Does that mean I'm special?? <G>
One thing after another..... and sometimes procrastination pays off in
the end... <G>
I've never seen money from it. Maybe that's why I'm still an amateur crastinator. :P
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 18-Jun-2020 12:34 <=-
Interestingly, it appears that the reply packets that never reachedThat makes sense when one looks at the mapping. Essentially you and
you did manage to get to Daryl, as he replied to some of the
originally sent ones...
Daryl are on one side of where the problem may have been, Ky and I are
on the other, so you two saw the messages and our side was blocked so
we were unable to see.
Sometimes it's just easier to keep it packaged in that Black Box. I'm
pretty much for recycling, re-use, etc., but there are limitations:
trusting a re-used HESCO barrier against tons of river water to
protect millions of dollars of property may not be the smartest. Maybe
as a secondary/backup level: the reused barrier supporting the new
barrier. Overall seems safer to strain out the parts of the used
barrier and recycle those materials to make new.
I'm thinking that it would take an expert in the use of the HESCOThat probably would be a good assessment! The rest of us can come up
barriers to really make that determination... :)
with alternate uses which may or may not via viable -- for some reason 'emergency housing' had popped in to my head. Pile around a few HESCO barriers like so many Lego blocks; no idea on the roof.
True: nice to be be in a crowd: amplifies the concert experience,
camaraderie in a bar, the overall social experience, etc., but the
downside is the easier transmission of disease -- any disease, not
just COVID-19.
Yup, upsides and downsides to crowds... some diseases are more easily
spread than others, of course... Even for bars and concerts, I'd just
as soon not be in too much of a crowd, though... ;)
I'm/we've not gone out all that much - high point of general
socializing is grocery shopping!! Places are partially opening now,
usually at 50% capacity. We don't do the Bar Thing, nor eat out all
that much (I'm getting a bit antsy though!).
We don't do the bar thing, either... :)And with the re-openings of various types there have been spikes in reported outbreaks because people not taking the necessary
precautions, social distancing seeming to be the big one.
One can somewhat control social distancing at a grocery store or
restaurant. At a bar/party situation probably not nearly the control:
drunk guy/gal stumbles against.....
Always a possibility, although, from memories of earlier times, I<Expectantly> Go on...! <g>
don't remember that happening all that often, at least not to me... <G>
...Saw a news item where a restaurant re-opened and instead of blocking
off every other booth with tape they dressed up mannequins and blow-up
dolls and sat and posed them at the not-to-be-occupied tables. (Some
of the blow-up ones did look a little 'suspicious' and spooky!) Clever
idea to make the restaurant look less empty; wonder how many live
patrons took photos/selfies with the mannequins?
People being as they are, I'd guess it at least occurred to many of
them... and probably some did follow through... ;)
I'll admit to thinking I might be tempted! At least take a picture of
the mannequin-occupied tables. Selfie or picture of the group
"chatting" with them is almost a natural.
A lot of that would be due to the novelty of it, though... it wouldYes, probably after the second or third visit, though even if no
wear off soon enough... :)
longer a novelty for me I might bring visiting friends to experience. Come up with a variation: large stuffed animals (maybe I've been aorund Autumn too much!)....
Maybe those bugs she didn't like looked particularly ugly/scary
and not at all cute....
Quite possibly. Some bugs don't have that attractiveness quality, at
least to humans. And she was playing with some roly-polies she found
in the rock garden here yesterday. (She did return them when she was
done.)
Learning some responsibility towards the natural world.... ;)Yes. The other day she was entertaining a white moth. Don't recall
how it start but she had a ~3/4" moth on her finger and it was just sitting there, quite contented, every so often stretching its wings but made no attempt to fly off, so no fear on its behalf. "Mr. Moth" got a tour of the deck in the back yard, placed on a couple of small statues, stayed on them for a while walking a little, then Autumn put him back
on her finger to continue the tour. Eventually to the front yard, then returned. Finally she placed him in a potted plant on the deck, in
the shade, Mr. Moth sort of 'looked around' for a minute then crawled under the flower.
Haven't done anything directly with the Burning Bush but looks to be
dead. Not sure what the other shrub/bush is but the leaves look to
be different from what I remember the Burning Bush having, but could
be because has recently budded and not fully leafed out. Need to do
other yard work before cutting out the dead branches.
You'll get to it soon enough... ;)
Yup. Was doing some yard cleanup yesterday and with it greening up
doesn't look as bad. Still needs to be done of course. But First!
A bit at a time... ;)
And today's not its time!
Has it happened yet....? ;)
Uh, no. Too, hot, too rainy, roof repair, taking care of Autumn....
If the dead branches rot won't have to cut!!
One thing after another..... and sometimes procrastination pays off inI don't think I'll be waiting until the rotted stage. :) Currently
the end... <G>
other yard jobs more important that show.
Interestingly, it appears that the reply packets that never reachedThat makes sense when one looks at the mapping. Essentially you and
you did manage to get to Daryl, as he replied to some of the
originally sent ones...
Daryl are on one side of where the problem may have been, Ky and I are
on the other, so you two saw the messages and our side was blocked so
we were unable to see.
Oh, ok... :) As long as it stays working now... :)
Sometimes it's just easier to keep it packaged in that Black Box. I'm
pretty much for recycling, re-use, etc., but there are limitations:
trusting a re-used HESCO barrier against tons of river water to
protect millions of dollars of property may not be the smartest. Maybe
as a secondary/backup level: the reused barrier supporting the new
barrier. Overall seems safer to strain out the parts of the used
barrier and recycle those materials to make new.
I'm thinking that it would take an expert in the use of the HESCOThat probably would be a good assessment! The rest of us can come up
barriers to really make that determination... :)
with alternate uses which may or may not via viable -- for some reason 'emergency housing' had popped in to my head. Pile around a few HESCO barriers like so many Lego blocks; no idea on the roof.
A very large tarp....? <G>
True: nice to be be in a crowd: amplifies the concert experience,
camaraderie in a bar, the overall social experience, etc., but the
downside is the easier transmission of disease -- any disease, not
just COVID-19.
Yup, upsides and downsides to crowds... some diseases are more easily
spread than others, of course... Even for bars and concerts, I'd just
as soon not be in too much of a crowd, though... ;)
I'm/we've not gone out all that much - high point of general
socializing is grocery shopping!! Places are partially opening now,
usually at 50% capacity. We don't do the Bar Thing, nor eat out all
that much (I'm getting a bit antsy though!).
We don't do the bar thing, either... :)And with the re-openings of various types there have been spikes in reported outbreaks because people not taking the necessary
precautions, social distancing seeming to be the big one.
So far we've not been having outbreaks with the reopenings... I
think people here, at least in our county/region, are complying sufficiently with the precautions...
One can somewhat control social distancing at a grocery store or
restaurant. At a bar/party situation probably not nearly the control:
drunk guy/gal stumbles against.....
Always a possibility, although, from memories of earlier times, I<Expectantly> Go on...! <g>
don't remember that happening all that often, at least not to me... <G>
Nothing to say.... generally, if at that sort of party, sat on
the outskirts and just observed others making fools of themselves..
Maybe those bugs she didn't like looked particularly ugly/scary
and not at all cute....
Quite possibly. Some bugs don't have that attractiveness quality, at
least to humans. And she was playing with some roly-polies she found
in the rock garden here yesterday. (She did return them when she was
done.)
Learning some responsibility towards the natural world.... ;)Yes. The other day she was entertaining a white moth. Don't recall
how it start but she had a ~3/4" moth on her finger and it was just sitting there, quite contented, every so often stretching its wings but made no attempt to fly off, so no fear on its behalf. "Mr. Moth" got a tour of the deck in the back yard, placed on a couple of small statues, stayed on them for a while walking a little, then Autumn put him back
on her finger to continue the tour. Eventually to the front yard, then returned. Finally she placed him in a potted plant on the deck, in
the shade, Mr. Moth sort of 'looked around' for a minute then crawled under the flower.
Sounds like she could have a career as an insect "whisperer"...
;) Rather impressive that the moth was willing to go on the whole
tour like that... ;)
Haven't done anything directly with the Burning Bush but looks to be
dead. Not sure what the other shrub/bush is but the leaves look to
be different from what I remember the Burning Bush having, but could
be because has recently budded and not fully leafed out. Need to do
other yard work before cutting out the dead branches.
You'll get to it soon enough... ;)
Yup. Was doing some yard cleanup yesterday and with it greening up
doesn't look as bad. Still needs to be done of course. But First!
A bit at a time... ;)
And today's not its time!
Has it happened yet....? ;)
Uh, no. Too, hot, too rainy, roof repair, taking care of Autumn....
If the dead branches rot won't have to cut!!
One thing after another..... and sometimes procrastination pays off inI don't think I'll be waiting until the rotted stage. :) Currently
the end... <G>
other yard jobs more important that show.
By the time it gets to that stage, it'll move up higher on the
list in any case.... ;)
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