• Re: Miss.RvrDamBre

    From Nancy Backus@454:1/452 to Barry Martin on Mon Jul 6 16:11:02 2020
    Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 26-Jun-2020 15:53 <=-

    Starting with this message, I'm removing the "Resend" from the Subject
    line... should make things a little less confusing... :)

    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... :)
    That probably would be a good assessment! The rest of us can come up
    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>
    <chuckle> I was thinking that; how supported didn't immediately come
    to mind. Though I'm thinking BIG rooms/areas: gymnasium-sized.
    Smaller areas would require shorter roof supports which would be easier
    to obtain or create.

    Large enough, and one could just fasten it down on the tops of the
    barriers.... Maybe some tentpoles judiciously placed.... ;)

    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...
    There have been some isolated outbreaks in the region; I don't recall
    any locally. Locally a lot of crowd-events have been cancelled or
    being modified ==> the Bix (foot) race is going virtual; the John Deere Golf Tournament cancelled until next year. (Both are international events.)

    Our International Jazz Festival was postponed to October... we shall see
    if that holds or not.... It's usually held the end of June, and draws
    major crowds.... :)

    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>
    <Expectantly> Go on...! <g>
    Nothing to say.... generally, if at that sort of party, sat on the
    outskirts and just observed others making fools of themselves... ;)
    <grin in agreement> I'll admit to being a sort of 'social wallflower'
    - drinking has minimal appeal to me. I do drink, but one will probably last me at least an hour. "Getting wild and crazy" just isn't me. To modify, 'always the designated driver, never the partier'.

    Wild and crazy isn't me, either.... if there's a good single malt
    available, I'll have some, but those are for sipping, not guzzling... ;)

    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... ;)
    We thought so!

    And she probably just took it as a natural thing, that the moth would
    want to be taking on a tour of the yard by her.... ;)

    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>
    I don't think I'll be waiting until the rotted stage. :) Currently
    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.... ;)
    That's pretty much a certainty!

    And if you are getting the same heat wave we're getting, everything is
    likely to be put on hold for a little while... ;)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Barry Martin@454:1/1 to Nancy Backus on Tue Jul 7 09:51:00 2020

    Hi Nancy!

    Starting with this message, I'm removing the "Resend" from the
    Subject line... should make things a little less confusing... :)

    OK, thanks -- you know me and updating those subjects!


    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... :)
    That probably would be a good assessment! The rest of us can come up
    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>
    <chuckle> I was thinking that; how supported didn't immediately come
    to mind. Though I'm thinking BIG rooms/areas: gymnasium-sized.
    Smaller areas would require shorter roof supports which would be easier
    to obtain or create.
    Large enough, and one could just fasten it down on the tops of
    the barriers.... Maybe some tentpoles judiciously placed.... ;)

    Tent poles would probably be the best. No real reasoning, just seems to
    make sense.


    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...
    There have been some isolated outbreaks in the region; I don't recall
    any locally. Locally a lot of crowd-events have been cancelled or
    being modified ==> the Bix (foot) race is going virtual; the John Deere Golf Tournament cancelled until next year. (Both are international events.)
    Our International Jazz Festival was postponed to October... we
    shall see if that holds or not.... It's usually held the end of
    June, and draws major crowds.... :)

    Equivalent here is probably the Bix (Beiderbecke) -- this year being
    held virtually July 31st and August 1st.
    https://www.bixsociety.org/index.html



    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>
    <Expectantly> Go on...! <g>
    Nothing to say.... generally, if at that sort of party, sat on the
    outskirts and just observed others making fools of themselves... ;)
    <grin in agreement> I'll admit to being a sort of 'social wallflower'
    - drinking has minimal appeal to me. I do drink, but one will probably last me at least an hour. "Getting wild and crazy" just isn't me. To modify, 'always the designated driver, never the partier'.
    Wild and crazy isn't me, either.... if there's a good single malt available, I'll have some, but those are for sipping, not
    guzzling... ;)

    Right. Plus sipping allows for longer enjoyment (and a smaller bar
    bill, and probably no hangover!).


    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... ;)
    We thought so!
    And she probably just took it as a natural thing, that the moth
    would want to be taking on a tour of the yard by her.... ;)

    <chuckle> Yes -- she did sort of realize it wasn't the usual for a moth
    to hang around like that, but as he did then enjoy each other's company
    and let's explore together.


    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>
    I don't think I'll be waiting until the rotted stage. :) Currently
    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.... ;)
    That's pretty much a certainty!
    And if you are getting the same heat wave we're getting,
    everything is likely to be put on hold for a little while... ;)

    It's been a 'little warm' here lately and will continue through
    Thursday: has been hitting the mid-90's with heat indices in the low
    100's. Work up a sweat watering the flowers after dinner!!


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  • From Nancy Backus@454:1/452 to Barry Martin on Mon Jul 27 17:59:06 2020
    Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 07-Jul-2020 09:51 <=-

    Starting with this message, I'm removing the "Resend" from the
    Subject line... should make things a little less confusing... :)
    OK, thanks -- you know me and updating those subjects!

    I'm not all that great at updating them either, but avoiding confusion
    is a good reason to make a little effort... ;)

    That probably would be a good assessment! The rest of us can come up
    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>
    <chuckle> I was thinking that; how supported didn't immediately come
    to mind. Though I'm thinking BIG rooms/areas: gymnasium-sized.
    Smaller areas would require shorter roof supports which would be easier
    to obtain or create.
    Large enough, and one could just fasten it down on the tops of the
    barriers.... Maybe some tentpoles judiciously placed.... ;)
    Tent poles would probably be the best. No real reasoning, just seems
    to make sense.

    I'm almost picturing a circus Big Top... ;)

    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...
    There have been some isolated outbreaks in the region; I don't recall
    any locally. Locally a lot of crowd-events have been cancelled or
    being modified ==> the Bix (foot) race is going virtual; the John Deere
    Golf Tournament cancelled until next year. (Both are international
    events.)
    Our International Jazz Festival was postponed to October... we shall
    see if that holds or not.... It's usually held the end of June, and
    draws major crowds.... :)
    Equivalent here is probably the Bix (Beiderbecke) -- this year being
    held virtually July 31st and August 1st. https://www.bixsociety.org/index.html

    Almost time for it now.... ;)

    Nothing to say.... generally, if at that sort of party, sat on the
    outskirts and just observed others making fools of themselves... ;)
    <grin in agreement> I'll admit to being a sort of 'social wallflower'
    - drinking has minimal appeal to me. I do drink, but one will probably
    last me at least an hour. "Getting wild and crazy" just isn't me. To
    modify, 'always the designated driver, never the partier'.
    Wild and crazy isn't me, either.... if there's a good single malt
    available, I'll have some, but those are for sipping, not guzzling...
    Right. Plus sipping allows for longer enjoyment (and a smaller bar
    bill, and probably no hangover!).

    Exactly. :)

    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... ;)
    We thought so!
    And she probably just took it as a natural thing, that the moth would
    want to be taking on a tour of the yard by her.... ;)
    <chuckle> Yes -- she did sort of realize it wasn't the usual for a
    moth to hang around like that, but as he did then enjoy each other's company and let's explore together.

    Probably hasn't happened again since... :)

    And if you are getting the same heat wave we're getting,
    everything is likely to be put on hold for a little while... ;)
    It's been a 'little warm' here lately and will continue through
    Thursday: has been hitting the mid-90's with heat indices in the low 100's. Work up a sweat watering the flowers after dinner!!

    Almost all of July has been too hot here... we keep having Heat
    Advisorys for indices in the high 90s/100 or so... We're in one as I
    type, as a matter of fact....

    ttyl neb

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  • From Barry Martin@454:1/1 to Nancy Backus on Tue Jul 28 08:11:00 2020

    Hi Nancy!

    Starting with this message, I'm removing the "Resend" from the
    Subject line... should make things a little less confusing... :)
    OK, thanks -- you know me and updating those subjects!
    I'm not all that great at updating them either, but avoiding
    confusion is a good reason to make a little effort... ;)

    And I thought confusion just helped keep us alert!


    That probably would be a good assessment! The rest of us can come up
    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>
    <chuckle> I was thinking that; how supported didn't immediately come
    to mind. Though I'm thinking BIG rooms/areas: gymnasium-sized.
    Smaller areas would require shorter roof supports which would be easier
    to obtain or create.
    Large enough, and one could just fasten it down on the tops of the
    barriers.... Maybe some tentpoles judiciously placed.... ;)
    Tent poles would probably be the best. No real reasoning, just seems
    to make sense.
    I'm almost picturing a circus Big Top... ;)

    That would work!



    Locally a lot of crowd-events have been cancelled or
    being modified ==> the Bix (foot) race is going virtual; the John Deere
    Golf Tournament cancelled until next year. (Both are international
    events.)
    Our International Jazz Festival was postponed to October... we shall
    see if that holds or not.... It's usually held the end of June, and
    draws major crowds.... :)
    Equivalent here is probably the Bix (Beiderbecke) -- this year being
    held virtually July 31st and August 1st. https://www.bixsociety.org/index.html
    Almost time for it now.... ;)

    This weekend! ...Haven't heard much about it this year: usually the
    week before advisories about street closures which leads in to the event information.



    Nothing to say.... generally, if at that sort of party, sat on the
    outskirts and just observed others making fools of themselves... ;)
    <grin in agreement> I'll admit to being a sort of 'social wallflower'
    - drinking has minimal appeal to me. I do drink, but one will probably
    last me at least an hour. "Getting wild and crazy" just isn't me. To
    modify, 'always the designated driver, never the partier'.
    Wild and crazy isn't me, either.... if there's a good single malt
    available, I'll have some, but those are for sipping, not guzzling...
    Right. Plus sipping allows for longer enjoyment (and a smaller bar
    bill, and probably no hangover!).
    Exactly. :)

    Sort of along that line The District in Rock Island (IL) is a several
    block pedestrian mall with small shops, bars and restaurants. Due to a
    past spike the bars had to close an hour earlier (from 3 a.m. to 2) for
    a month. The mayor was trying to maintain or at least extend the 2 a.m. closing but the alderman voted to go back to the 3 a.m. closing. One of
    those 'will be interesting to see what happens' with that hour re-
    instated.


    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... ;)
    We thought so!
    And she probably just took it as a natural thing, that the moth would
    want to be taking on a tour of the yard by her.... ;)
    <chuckle> Yes -- she did sort of realize it wasn't the usual for a
    moth to hang around like that, but as he did then enjoy each other's company and let's explore together.
    Probably hasn't happened again since... :)

    Oddly enough yesterday! The moth almost seemed to be the same one: a
    little bigger. Towards the end he did seem to be tired: Autumn had him
    doing some tricks which he did do rather perkily at the beginning but
    seemed to be tiring out. We did persuade her to give him a nap -- ended
    up a few naps as she'd let him rest for a few minutes, get antsy and
    figured that was long enough and want to play/go back to training. At
    the end she did put him on a flowered shrub near the fence.


    And if you are getting the same heat wave we're getting,
    everything is likely to be put on hold for a little while... ;)
    It's been a 'little warm' here lately and will continue through
    Thursday: has been hitting the mid-90's with heat indices in the low 100's. Work up a sweat watering the flowers after dinner!!
    Almost all of July has been too hot here... we keep having Heat
    Advisorys for indices in the high 90s/100 or so... We're in one
    as I type, as a matter of fact....

    We just finished one of those last weekend; did some work in the latter
    half of the morning after things dried from the overnight humidity
    and/or rain. Afternoon and evening just too hot.



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