Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 27-Jun-2020 09:29 <=-
Hmmm: nothing was changed on this end. I did notice in one of my
quote-backs a day or two ago (possible Daryl) the mis-translation of a
high-ASCII character.
Probably just a fluke-y thing... hasn't happened since, and withinYes, I noticed things being corrected. One reason why I tend not to
the further reply sections of this message, they map properly again
with no problem... I think Daryl had replied to this same message,
but got to it earlier than I did... <G>
get in a rush to fix something as frequently fixes itself. Have been bitten a few times, but usually is right.
It's officially 83ø outside currently and the neighbour a few houses
down is having their roof replaced. Yesterday two neighbours the
block behind us were having their roofs replaced. ...May not be the
high but did get to at least 82ø yesterday. Today supposed to get to
90ø.
(degree symbol still working, I see) I guess one shouldn't be tooRight. This morning was a we-should-open-the-windows-for-a-while 68ø. Quickly decided against that by looking at the next line: 94%
unhappy about the heat... it is summer now, after all...
humidity! Supposed to be in the low 90's later today (Saturday, June
27) and the next several days.
I don't think they'd ever gone out from Daryl's system... I'd not seen
them anywhere before (at least the ones that went out into Fidonet
echoes intermittently), so they weren't dupes from earlier... just
ones he'd written weeks before that hadn't gone out...
Probably. I don't recall if he had messages to go out before his
system had problems. Do recall he was able to download QWKs and reply
to them but had a bad command line and the REP portion wasn't working.
And I think those REPs stacked up.... ;)Looks to have! I had a problem with one of my REP sets but I think it
was a 'bad finger routine' on my end: didn't give the right commands
as I'm not used to doing an upload and then download together -- had finished the day previous' packet that morning, so upload then
download. I don't see the confirmation listing during the upload as the machine goes on to the next step too quickly -- have to scroll back but had done the download so the scroll buffer didn't have the REP portion
any longer. Something just didn't seem quite right so kept the old
REPs, added a 'may be a duplicate' and re-inserted them later.
<chuckle> Possibly! I don't really remember directly but the family
stories of how I got really confused and Dad had to 'de-programme'
from the New Math and went back to the Old Math with modifications to
semi-understand the New Math teachings. I rely a little too much on a
calculator, though can usually tell when I've entered an incorrect
number, and do do some simple math on paper.
I try to make a practice of not using the calculator, mostly... using
more for checking later... or for very complicated proceedings...
Like "5 + 8". <ggg> LISB4, there's some sort of under-flowing math
processing going on so I usually know when a number has been
mis-entered -- into the calculator or to the journal.
Yup, it helps if the brain is kinda running a sanity check while oneYes, and maybe that REP episode above is another example. I don't
is doing the calculating, in whichever form... :)
recall seeing anything but it didn't seem right. Or the Data LED
being off on the fiber optic modem -- the tech didn't seem to mind and
one interpretation of the manual's statement would seem to make it OK, but....
She probably wouldn't be needing much help until she gets farther
along anyway.... and I suspect turning school into play would be
more her style as well.. :)
Yes. Here school is 'over' as far as the official school year is
concerned. Her parents (mother mainly) are glad as less stuff that
has to be done that day. Still continuing learning, just at a more
casual pace as opposed to a structured one.
She does tend to absorb learning along the way nicely... ;)
Appears so. :) I haven't heard of any issues other than the one like
your son had: I know the answer, you know I know the answer, so why
waste time. Or not finishing lesson plans because wants a break to do
something else for a while. She doesn't quite realize the need to
finish this 'job' before starting the next. Both essentially the same
issue.
Learning how to learn and how to be taught... ;)All part of the learning process.
As for next school year -- presuming they're going back to the
classroom but not 100% certain. Have heard snippets of the various
local school boards are considering various options, asking for
parental input on what they would like to do, what worked and didn't
work last session (during COVID-19), etc.
There's still a lot of things up in the air, since things really
aren't known about how things really are tracking...
Yes, and the plan could be to open and some event occur effecting
last-minute changes. ...At this point I'd be thinking "it's back to
school" but also make considerations for home-schooling.
One thing we've all learned... be ready with contingency plans... ;)Definitely! There have been announcements on this week's news of
various school districts on both sides of the River having meetings/ virtual meetings to discuss various options, what worked, what didn't, what sort of did and so needs tweaking.
The Iowa School Board seems to have passed a resolution the schools
will not be requiring students to wear masks, have temperature checks, probably also social distancing but allowing the individual districts
to require. I'm thinking at least temperature checks as an initial
line of defense. Ideally would be before accessing the school bus in
the morning, walker and drop-off students using a different entrance to the school to avoid the bused students having to be checked a second
time (which would make the line go faster too!) and potentially
re-mixing the groups.
the hidden switch. (The house has been sold a few times -- bet the
current owners have no idea of those locks, nor the older 'sneaky'
alarms.)
Depends on whether or not the info was passed along with the keys
to the house.... ;)
I'm thinking not. Know when I was still living there my Mother wanted
a speaker in the back yard -- don't recall why it wasn't a simple
battery-powered radio, but a wired speaker into the speaker system
throughout the house. Wasn't loud enough outside so the speaker
cabinet had a small amplifier inside -- so two speaker leads and two
more for the power to the amp. Connector on the outside of the house.
Might have been figured out as long as the speaker hadn't been
discarded, but then also needed to have an audio feed from the main
radio/amplifier in the Den, and part of that system was moved to the
new house.
So fewer clues for the new owners... or for subsequent ones.... :)Unfortunately for them yes. Or at least in the way I see things in my mind. Outdoor speaker, probably now listening to streaming music on
the cell phone or WiFi box.
Yeah, that humidity would be a killer.... Meanwhile, we enter a heat advisary tomorrow (Tues 7th) afternoon, until Friday (10th) evening at 8... Temps in the mid to high 90s, heat indices possible over 100ø....
not my idea of fun... Night lows only getting into the lower 70s,
too... Fortunately, there's nothing scheduled this week for going out until Saturday, when the high is "only" in the mid 80s.....
And, if I recall correctly, that set turned out NOT to be duplicated...
Never hurts to pay attention when your mind is trying to tell you something isn't quite right... ;)
Hmmm: nothing was changed on this end. I did notice in one of my
quote-backs a day or two ago (possible Daryl) the mis-translation of a
high-ASCII character.
Probably just a fluke-y thing... hasn't happened since, and withinYes, I noticed things being corrected. One reason why I tend not to
the further reply sections of this message, they map properly again
with no problem... I think Daryl had replied to this same message,
but got to it earlier than I did... <G>
get in a rush to fix something as frequently fixes itself. Have been bitten a few times, but usually is right.
And probably we'll never know what threw things off for the one message....
It's officially 83ø outside currently and the neighbour a few houses
down is having their roof replaced. Yesterday two neighbours the
block behind us were having their roofs replaced. ...May not be the
high but did get to at least 82ø yesterday. Today supposed to get to
90ø.
(degree symbol still working, I see) I guess one shouldn't be tooRight. This morning was a we-should-open-the-windows-for-a-while 68ø. Quickly decided against that by looking at the next line: 94%
unhappy about the heat... it is summer now, after all...
humidity! Supposed to be in the low 90's later today (Saturday, June
27) and the next several days.
Yeah, that humidity would be a killer.... Meanwhile, we enter a
heat advisary tomorrow (Tues 7th) afternoon, until Friday (10th)
evening at 8... Temps in the mid to high 90s, heat indices
possible over 100ø.... not my idea of fun... Night lows only
getting into the lower 70s, too... Fortunately, there's nothing
scheduled this week for going out until Saturday, when the high
is "only" in the mid 80s.....
I don't think they'd ever gone out from Daryl's system... I'd not seen
them anywhere before (at least the ones that went out into Fidonet
echoes intermittently), so they weren't dupes from earlier... just
ones he'd written weeks before that hadn't gone out...
Probably. I don't recall if he had messages to go out before his
system had problems. Do recall he was able to download QWKs and reply
to them but had a bad command line and the REP portion wasn't working.
And I think those REPs stacked up.... ;)Looks to have! I had a problem with one of my REP sets but I think it
was a 'bad finger routine' on my end: didn't give the right commands
as I'm not used to doing an upload and then download together -- had finished the day previous' packet that morning, so upload then
download. I don't see the confirmation listing during the upload as the machine goes on to the next step too quickly -- have to scroll back but had done the download so the scroll buffer didn't have the REP portion
any longer. Something just didn't seem quite right so kept the old
REPs, added a 'may be a duplicate' and re-inserted them later.
And, if I recall correctly, that set turned out NOT to be
duplicated...
Yes, and maybe that REP episode above is another example. I don't
recall seeing anything but it didn't seem right. Or the Data LED
being off on the fiber optic modem -- the tech didn't seem to mind and
one interpretation of the manual's statement would seem to make it OK, but....
Never hurts to pay attention when your mind is trying to tell you something isn't quite right... ;)
As for next school year -- presuming they're going back to the
classroom but not 100% certain. Have heard snippets of the various
local school boards are considering various options, asking for
parental input on what they would like to do, what worked and didn't
work last session (during COVID-19), etc.
There's still a lot of things up in the air, since things really
aren't known about how things really are tracking...
Yes, and the plan could be to open and some event occur effecting
last-minute changes. ...At this point I'd be thinking "it's back to
school" but also make considerations for home-schooling.
One thing we've all learned... be ready with contingency plans... ;)Definitely! There have been announcements on this week's news of
various school districts on both sides of the River having meetings/ virtual meetings to discuss various options, what worked, what didn't, what sort of did and so needs tweaking.
Good that they seem to be on top of things... :)
the hidden switch. (The house has been sold a few times -- bet the
current owners have no idea of those locks, nor the older 'sneaky'
alarms.)
Depends on whether or not the info was passed along with the keys
to the house.... ;)
I'm thinking not. Know when I was still living there my Mother wanted
a speaker in the back yard -- don't recall why it wasn't a simple
battery-powered radio, but a wired speaker into the speaker system
throughout the house. Wasn't loud enough outside so the speaker
cabinet had a small amplifier inside -- so two speaker leads and two
more for the power to the amp. Connector on the outside of the house.
Might have been figured out as long as the speaker hadn't been
discarded, but then also needed to have an audio feed from the main
radio/amplifier in the Den, and part of that system was moved to the
new house.
So fewer clues for the new owners... or for subsequent ones.... :)Unfortunately for them yes. Or at least in the way I see things in my mind. Outdoor speaker, probably now listening to streaming music on
the cell phone or WiFi box.
True.... your old setup would no doubt be obsolete now... ;)
Good Grief! Only 8 a.m. and already 81ø out there!!
Probably not. Can think of several possibilities of how 'auto-fixed', most common and easy to overlook is a nightly reboot.
Ahhhh!! Coooollllllll!!! As I said in an earlier message we've got
the hot'n'humid currently and should break on Thursday and last the weekend. Then there's next week....
... I have a circular driveway; I can't get out.
Good Grief! Only 8 a.m. and already 81ø out there!!
I've seen some nights it didn't drop below 80.
Probably not. Can think of several possibilities of how 'auto-fixed', most common and easy to overlook is a nightly reboot.
Had to do that with the computers last night. For some reason,
when a new version of LibreOffice or OpenOffice comes out, under
Windows 10, you have to uninstall the original version before
installing the new version...you can't do it within the program
itself.
Ahhhh!! Coooollllllll!!! As I said in an earlier message we've got
the hot'n'humid currently and should break on Thursday and last the weekend. Then there's next week....
Next week was this week last week. <G> Heat Advisories and
Excessive Heat Warnings arrive here Friday well into next week.
... I have a circular driveway; I can't get out.
Sounds like the blonde at a roundabout. <G>
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 07-Jul-2020 09:51 <=-
Good Grief! Only 8 a.m. and already 81ø out there!!
It's officially 83ø outside currently and the neighbour a few houses
down is having their roof replaced. Yesterday two neighbours the
block behind us were having their roofs replaced. ...May not be the
high but did get to at least 82ø yesterday. Today supposed to get to
90ø.
I guess one shouldn't be too unhappy about the heat... it is summer
now, after all...
Right. This morning was a we-should-open-the-windows-for-a-while 68ø.
Quickly decided against that by looking at the next line: 94%
humidity! Supposed to be in the low 90's later today (Saturday, June
27) and the next several days.
Yeah, that humidity would be a killer.... Meanwhile, we enter a heatAhhhh!! Coooollllllll!!! As I said in an earlier message we've got
advisary tomorrow (Tues 7th) afternoon, until Friday (10th) evening at
8... Temps in the mid to high 90s, heat indices possible over 100ø....
not my idea of fun... Night lows only getting into the lower 70s,
too... Fortunately, there's nothing scheduled this week for going out
until Saturday, when the high is "only" in the mid 80s.....
the hot'n'humid currently and should break on Thursday and last the weekend. Then there's next week....
Looks to have! I had a problem with one of my REP sets but I think it
was a 'bad finger routine' on my end: didn't give the right commands
as I'm not used to doing an upload and then download together -- had
finished the day previous' packet that morning, so upload then
download. I don't see the confirmation listing during the upload as the
machine goes on to the next step too quickly -- have to scroll back but
had done the download so the scroll buffer didn't have the REP portion
any longer. Something just didn't seem quite right so kept the old
REPs, added a 'may be a duplicate' and re-inserted them later.
And, if I recall correctly, that set turned out NOT to beRight -- not sure what went wrong here, just some step didn't get done
duplicated...
and since didn't feel right redid.
Yes, and maybe that REP episode above is another example. I don't
recall seeing anything but it didn't seem right. Or the Data LED
being off on the fiber optic modem -- the tech didn't seem to mind and
one interpretation of the manual's statement would seem to make it OK,
but....
Never hurts to pay attention when your mind is trying to tell youYes. Since i was the one who unplugged the cable years ago maybe I remembered, just not actively. And another part of figuring out the puzzle was how to test the cable -- 'laptop' seems obvious but that obviousness got covered up slightly as usually I use wirelessly. All turned out well. :)
something isn't quite right... ;)
Yes, and the plan could be to open and some event occur effecting
last-minute changes. ...At this point I'd be thinking "it's back to
school" but also make considerations for home-schooling.
One thing we've all learned... be ready with contingency plans... ;)
Definitely! There have been announcements on this week's news of
various school districts on both sides of the River having meetings/
virtual meetings to discuss various options, what worked, what didn't,
what sort of did and so needs tweaking.
Good that they seem to be on top of things... :)Yes. I haven't been paying attention enough to know what the progress
is.
Good Grief! Only 8 a.m. and already 81ø out there!!
Didn't bode well for the rest of the day...!
It's officially 83ø outside currently and the neighbour a few houses
down is having their roof replaced. Yesterday two neighbours the
block behind us were having their roofs replaced. ...May not be the
high but did get to at least 82ø yesterday. Today supposed to get to
90ø.
I guess one shouldn't be too unhappy about the heat... it is summer
now, after all...
Right. This morning was a we-should-open-the-windows-for-a-while 68ø.
Quickly decided against that by looking at the next line: 94%
humidity! Supposed to be in the low 90's later today (Saturday, June
27) and the next several days.
Yeah, that humidity would be a killer.... Meanwhile, we enter a heatAhhhh!! Coooollllllll!!! As I said in an earlier message we've got
advisary tomorrow (Tues 7th) afternoon, until Friday (10th) evening at
8... Temps in the mid to high 90s, heat indices possible over 100ø....
not my idea of fun... Night lows only getting into the lower 70s,
too... Fortunately, there's nothing scheduled this week for going out
until Saturday, when the high is "only" in the mid 80s.....
the hot'n'humid currently and should break on Thursday and last the weekend. Then there's next week....
This whole month has been mostly heat advisories with a few
breaks with highs only in the mid-80s... not been functioning all
that well, as you may have noticed from my erratic messagings....
Looks to have! I had a problem with one of my REP sets but I think it
was a 'bad finger routine' on my end: didn't give the right commands
as I'm not used to doing an upload and then download together -- had
finished the day previous' packet that morning, so upload then
download. I don't see the confirmation listing during the upload as the
machine goes on to the next step too quickly -- have to scroll back but
had done the download so the scroll buffer didn't have the REP portion
any longer. Something just didn't seem quite right so kept the old
REPs, added a 'may be a duplicate' and re-inserted them later.
And, if I recall correctly, that set turned out NOT to beRight -- not sure what went wrong here, just some step didn't get done
duplicated...
and since didn't feel right redid.
Generally good to trust your gut... especially if no easy way to
verify one way or the other.... ;)
Yes, and maybe that REP episode above is another example. I don't
recall seeing anything but it didn't seem right. Or the Data LED
being off on the fiber optic modem -- the tech didn't seem to mind and
one interpretation of the manual's statement would seem to make it OK,
but....
Never hurts to pay attention when your mind is trying to tell youYes. Since i was the one who unplugged the cable years ago maybe I remembered, just not actively. And another part of figuring out the puzzle was how to test the cable -- 'laptop' seems obvious but that obviousness got covered up slightly as usually I use wirelessly. All turned out well. :)
something isn't quite right... ;)
And as they say, all's well that ends well... ;)
Yes, and the plan could be to open and some event occur effecting
last-minute changes. ...At this point I'd be thinking "it's back to
school" but also make considerations for home-schooling.
One thing we've all learned... be ready with contingency plans... ;)
Definitely! There have been announcements on this week's news of
various school districts on both sides of the River having meetings/
virtual meetings to discuss various options, what worked, what didn't,
what sort of did and so needs tweaking.
Good that they seem to be on top of things... :)Yes. I haven't been paying attention enough to know what the progress
is.
After all, at the moment, you have no real need to pay
attention... :)
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