Ky,

LOS ANGELES just had a blizzard warning!!

<hysterical laughter from the Northern Wastes>

The ONLY good "blizzard warning" is when the Dairy Queen employee
tells you that your confectionary treat is ready. I still haven't
had one of those, and with ending driving last summer due to vision
and other issues, I may never get a chance to try one.

One doesn't get older...one gets better. And, I'm approaching magnificent. <G>

Barry is cheese; Daryl is wine....

<observes large pile of indeterminate origin>

....I think I'm compost. <g>

Today's your birthday, and it is great.
All friends here to celebrate.
With wine pouring in a glass;
On this day, you can kiss my... <G>

Um. How's that gonna work for those mandated EVs???

They just want everyone to stay at home...more of the "rules for thee,
but not for me". They likely took a saline solution for an injection,
and said it was the covid-19 vaccine. Well, what are all these globalist elitists going to do when they are the only ones left, and there's no
one to rule over??

And you can't put it out, it has to burn out...

Just like most hazmat fires.

Daryl

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Hi Daryl!

Sometimes one just has to learn for oneself, though the latter example
I'd try to have avoided at all costs!

Too many people in life "have to learn the hard way". That
includes ME, in that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". I tried
to upgrade the BBS software, and when it didn't work, I deleted
the exec (main program file directory), thinking I had a backup
directory available.
To my horror, I discovered I did not...and the 2 external USB
drives were no good...one failed, and the other wouldn't let me
get the data. Another issue was that several doors quit working...apparently the DORINFO1.DEF file works better than the
DOOR.SYS file.

Years ago I (sort of!) learned to just use a whole new computer for
major upgrades. Yes, sounds slightly expensive but when doing a major
upgrade I am usually upgrading the hardware as well. Plus I usually build/create my own system, so can re-use some components. (And some-
times with the satellite computers around the house the upgrade is a
swap: take away the old, plug in the new, which has been tested up here
in the Computer Room.)

Also have a few Raspberry Pi's: clone the SD Card for backup -- being
able to pull the card I just screwd up for the back up has saved my rump numerous times!

If everyone played nice things would be a heck of a lot better. One
side wants to make as much money as possible while the opposite side
wants to have the money or other luxury. (That phrasing isn't quite right.) A happier medium is someone reports a problem (or potential problem) and it's check out, and as necessary fixed. Seems like that would save alot of crises expenses later.

So many want to always have the latest and greatest stuff. I'm
content to use whatever still works, even if it's legacy. Years
ago, items were made with QUALITY...now, they just mix a bunch of
crap together, and call it a working product.

Oftentimes yes. As I said above I tend to re-use hardware, some of
which would be able to attend elementary school if it were human. As
for purchasing new, I try to stay with those manufacturers who have proven themselves: spend a little more now for quality saves re-buying later.

As for latest-and-greatest, I don't need either. I don't do gaming, so a super-fast video card is not needed. HD quality is more than
sufficient, though if I were to buy a new video card I might consider
the next step up depending on which computer it will go in. Also would
look at the number of outputs: for my fiddlings here at the Computer
Desk I have two monitors connected to this computer.

"Poop occurs." A fire on a train or truck on the ground is less catastrophic than one in an airplane. OTOH some of the ground
accidents have come close.

On your quote, it better...digestive tract poisoning is no fun. :P

"I'm Chiquita banana / and I'm here to say...."

A conflagration is deadly, unless used to keep warm or for
cooking. I don't want to be on a plane...as it plunges to the
ground, it's the sudden stop at the end that does you in. :P As
one cartoon years ago noted "If man were meant to fly, he
would've been born with airline tickets". Or like the product
warning noting "Cape does not permit the user to fly".

I've flown numerous times and so far so good!

I'm thinking I'd rather put up with the relatively brief inconvenience
of a long train than recovering from an explosion.

I would, too. But, only in America (and likely in other
areas)...we race to:
1) Beat the traffic lights to an intersection.
2) Beat the trains to a railroad crossing.
3) Beat the boats to a drawbridge.

I'll admit to trying to avoid the wait, though 'traffic light' is about
the only one I risk. Some yellows are a little short. Trying to beat a
train - uh-ugh! - though the good news is in my normal travels I rarely encounter a train crossing.

As for the drawbridge, none locally, though two turnstyle bridges.
Hasn't occurred to me but the one to Arsenal Island (U.S. Army builds
all sorts of stuff there) has had pedestrians and the occasional car
stuck on it while rotating open to allow river traffic through.

Locally the freezing rain, etc., were about 50 miles north. I got rain pretty much all day. The TV forecast for the 'northern counties' was
for a possibility of up to an inch of ice, along with the possibilty of downed tree limbs (ice build up plus was windy) and power outages.
Nothing like that here; LIS rained all day plus wind guts around 30
MPH. ...My little radar display was quite colourful!

Radarscope can look like Christmas Tree...especially the red
and green colors on the velocity display (red with winds in the
storm moving away from the radar, and green with winds in the
storm moving toward the radar). When you see the red and green
together in a couplet, a tornado may be forming, or occurring.

Right now (early-ish morning of Februat 27) we're finishing up a rain-
storm -- probably the same system that gave the snow to Los Angeles.
Had a super-loud thunderclap after 1 (a.m.) and then it poured like a
bucket for a short while. ...Hopefully washed the house of the winter
grime!

Today (Feb. 26) starts Arkansas' 2023 Severe Weather Awareness
Week, and I'll have posts in the weather echoes through Saturday,
March 4. It looks like the arctic oscillation will go negative in
early March, which means colder air diving south. With the
relatively mild winter, many trees, flowers, plants, etc., have
stared blooming/budding out. It is becoming increasingly likely
that there'll be a late winter/early spring frost and or freeze
(it happens every year). Several years ago, it was Mother's Day
weekend, where northwest Arkansas got 7 inches of heavy wet snow,
and the cold killed many gardens...needless to say, many folks
weren't happy. My cousin in Erie, Pennsylvania, does no garden
work until AFTER Mother's Day.

We were sitting outside yesterday afternoon and it did look like some of
the trees were starting to bud. A little early as likely to get another
few snows in March; April isn't out of the question either. And yes, we
follow the "don't plant until after Mother's Day rule" too. Sometimes
very tempting with warm if not hot temperatures but always cools down.

Yes: really can't get anything done as partially distracted on
listening for a delivery truck -- cars don't make too much noise (usually!). Have to stop whatever one is doing on a split-second of
the ringing of the doorbell.

If the doorbell camera is working (mine runs on an internal
battery, but the wi-fi has to be up), I can work on the computer
and watch the camera. But, if the wi-fi/internet is out/offline (especially due to storms), or if the unit is being recharged off
the UPS with the USB cable...I have to sit by the front door, and
watch for the delivery vehicle. I'm always afraid nature will
call at the most inopportune time (it usually does), and when I'm in-disposed, they'll show up. Waiting for the delivery is as
exciting as watching paint dry.

But the anticipation!! <g> Here have cameras looking out over the front
yard and driveway, connected via my WiFi. All internal: not going out
into the world and back. My system has to be up (LAN) but I don't use
the WAN.

Doorbell cameras would be nice but won't fit: framing too narrow after
various remodelling.

One doesn't get older...one gets better. And, I'm approaching magnificent. <G>

You keep believing that!!

If I don't inject humor into my day, I'd be crying constantly.

Hope you properly dispose of those sharps!

As Roger Rabbit noted "If you don't have a sense of humor, you're
better off dead!!". Plus, the T-Shirt I saw that noted "If you
can't laugh at yourself, I'll be happy to laugh at you".

There are times to be serious -- and the funeral of Mr. Peanut from the
Mary Tyler Moore show just popped in!

True. ...So was the map showing expansion or contraction?!

Expansion...but several areas I'd like to see service, didn't
have it. The Moline/Quad Cities areas were on the map. I can
email you the file if you want, or you could probably do a search
for something like "Amtrak Map 2035".

A little over ten years away -- they better get moving!

Just about everything can potentially cause or catch fire! ...Even people! ...Maybe that's the reasoning behind the old Chinese one child rule: less people to spontaneously combust. <rs!>

And, we thought having a hot temper was bad enough.

Or "you set my heart aflame: you give me heartburn"!




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Hi Ky!

KY MOFFET wrote to DARYL STOUT <=-

I saw that...numerous winter storm warnings, ice storm warnings, and blizzard warnings. To me, the only good blizzard warning is when the
Dairy Queen employee says "your confectionary treat is ready". <G> We
are under a Wind Advisory statewide through Wednesday night, with a
risk of severe storms, mainly northwest of Little Rock.

LOS ANGELES just had a blizzard warning!!
<hysterical laughter from the Northern Wastes>

<A good laugh from the alongside the Mississippi - though a worried look
at their flooding -- there goes downtown Davenport again!>

BM> I'm ripening!
One doesn't get older...one gets better. And, I'm approaching magnificent. <G>

Barry is cheese; Daryl is wine....

I'me gouda cheese and Daryl is Chateau d'Boones Farm!

<observes large pile of indeterminate origin>
....I think I'm compost. <g>

I guess they'll be calling for elimination of batteries next, along with

Um. How's that gonna work for those mandated EVs???

Solar! And no traveling at night except during full moons!

LP gas appliances, and gasoline vehicles. I saw where a lot of these

lectric

cars are being banned from ferries, as they are catching fire.

And you can't put it out, it has to burn out...

Everything has risks - just have to figure how to minimize. ...And I'm wondering if some of the risks are due to cheating. Thinking how some
AAA, AA, etc., batteries will leak because their casing materials have
been minimized to try to increase capacity.



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Barry,

Also have a few Raspberry Pi's: clone the SD Card for backup -- being
able to pull the card I just screwd up for the back up has saved my
rump numerous times!

There are so many "flavors" of Pi's nowadays, it's pathetic. As I've noted before, I don't know much about a raspberry pi, but a pineapple upside down cheesecake sounds rather good right now. <G>

Oftentimes yes. As I said above I tend to re-use hardware, some of
which would be able to attend elementary school if it were human. As
for purchasing new, I try to stay with those manufacturers who have
proven themselves: spend a little more now for quality saves re-buying later.

It's also "you get what you pay for".

As for latest-and-greatest, I don't need either. I don't do gaming, so
a super-fast video card is not needed. HD quality is more than sufficient, though if I were to buy a new video card I might consider
the next step up depending on which computer it will go in. Also would look at the number of outputs: for my fiddlings here at the Computer
Desk I have two monitors connected to this computer.

I have 2 monitors with the Windows 11 Lenovo laptop, but only 1 with the Windows 10 desktop (what was my late Mom's computer, where the BBS is now).
The "games" I do are the few on the BBS, and I used to play Train Simulator, but not so much anymore.

"I'm Chiquita banana / and I'm here to say...."

Useless invention: Electronic banana straightener. <G>

Or the woman who was angry at the hospital staff, who she thought they
had said her Mom was crazy...because "bananas" was on her records...it
was for her diet, not her state of mind.

I've flown numerous times and so far so good!

You must've bought it from ACME. <G>

I'll admit to trying to avoid the wait, though 'traffic light' is about the only one I risk. Some yellows are a little short. Trying to beat
a train - uh-ugh! - though the good news is in my normal travels I
rarely encounter a train crossing.

Since I quit driving 9 months ago, I still hear the trains 1/4 mile away
at the grade crossing. But, I think most yellow lights are only 3-4 seconds
at most.

As for the drawbridge, none locally, though two turnstyle bridges.
Hasn't occurred to me but the one to Arsenal Island (U.S. Army builds
all sorts of stuff there) has had pedestrians and the occasional car
stuck on it while rotating open to allow river traffic through.

And, like at railroad crossings, where the trains have the right of way...
at draw bridges, the mariners (boats) have the right of way. Of course, everyone feels THEY should have the right of way. That's as absurd as having all the traffic lights go green in all directions at the same time. Then,
you'd really have demolition derby without going to the speedway.

Right now (early-ish morning of Februat 27) we're finishing up a rain- storm -- probably the same system that gave the snow to Los Angeles.
Had a super-loud thunderclap after 1 (a.m.) and then it poured like a bucket for a short while. ...Hopefully washed the house of the winter grime!

We're under an Enhanced Risk of severe weather today (Wednesday, and a Moderate Risk tomorrow (Thursday). So, my BBS will be down more than up
until Friday...but that may be longer if power and internet go out.

We were sitting outside yesterday afternoon and it did look like some
of the trees were starting to bud. A little early as likely to get another few snows in March; April isn't out of the question either.
And yes, we follow the "don't plant until after Mother's Day rule" too.
Sometimes very tempting with warm if not hot temperatures but always cools down.

They're looking at highs only in the 40s here by late next week...a late season freeze happens every year.

But the anticipation!! <g> Here have cameras looking out over the
front yard and driveway, connected via my WiFi. All internal: not
going out into the world and back. My system has to be up (LAN) but I don't use the WAN.

As long as I have internet/Wi-Fi, the doorbell camera works. But, I'm not monitoring it, unless I'm expecting a delivery. I get notified if someone
is seen, like the mail carrier.

Doorbell cameras would be nice but won't fit: framing too narrow after various remodelling.

Mine was installed by ADT, and put on a metal clasp holder deal, and I
can easily remove the device for charging the internal battery via the USB cable, then re-attach it later.

Hope you properly dispose of those sharps!

The mosquitoes take care of that. It's the female mosquitoes that come
after us, as there's something in our blood that they need for their eggs
to mature. The male mosquitoes, on the other hand, suck fruit juices. I
guess they need to get stone drunk before they find a woman to make love
to. <G>

There are times to be serious -- and the funeral of Mr. Peanut from the Mary Tyler Moore show just popped in!

I understand he was nutty and rather salty in his old age. <G>

A little over ten years away -- they better get moving!

I saw another derailment...a propane train in Florida...and a fiery train crash with a freight and passenger train in Greece. You get out of bed, and
you take your life in your hands.

Or "you set my heart aflame: you give me heartburn"!

Overmedicated?? We have a prescription for that.

Daryl

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Barry,

I'me gouda cheese and Daryl is Chateau d'Boones Farm!

Time for some Bartles and Jaymes. <G>

Solar! And no traveling at night except during full moons!

Full Moon?? That's when you don't have a tiny hiney. <G>

Everything has risks - just have to figure how to minimize. ...And I'm wondering if some of the risks are due to cheating. Thinking how some AAA, AA, etc., batteries will leak because their casing materials have been minimized to try to increase capacity.

I've wondered why there are no "A" or "B" batteries.

Daryl

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DARYL STOUT wrote:

BM> Everything has risks - just have to figure how to minimize. ...And I'm
BM> wondering if some of the risks are due to cheating. Thinking how some
BM> AAA, AA, etc., batteries will leak because their casing materials have
BM> been minimized to try to increase capacity.

They do?? Hmmm.

Duracells leak. Costco, which are Duracells under the hood, also leak.
In recent years they've become markedly worse, now some leak without
ever being used and well before their stale date.

Evereadies don't leak ....as much, anyway....

I use enough AA and AAA to buy them by the Costco-bale. Next time it'll
be the Sam's Club bale and Eveready instead.

I have a clock that's supposed to take a pricey C battery. Behold, a
cheap AA battery fits, and works just as well! (Maybe longer, it's been
in there five years now.)

I've wondered why there are no "A" or "B" batteries.

"A" batteries exist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_sizes

Scroll down a ways in the first chart; they're below AA and AAA and AAAA (whoever heard of those??)
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Hi Daryl!

Also have a few Raspberry Pi's: clone the SD Card for backup -- being
able to pull the card I just screwd up for the back up has saved my
rump numerous times!

There are so many "flavors" of Pi's nowadays, it's pathetic. As
I've noted before, I don't know much about a raspberry pi, but a
pineapple upside down cheesecake sounds rather good right now. <G>

Right now it's just after breakfast and it that cheesecake would not
stand a chance!

As for the Raspberry Pi's, yes, quite a few but part of the reasoning is compatability. Intended as an inexpensive option to get kids computers (originally something like $5 - $35 -- and grab extra keyboards, mice)
they were also used by business: some applications didn't need a $500
computer to do something like an assembly line process, And so it was
found the $5 and $10 versions of the Raspnerry Pi were more than
capable.

So what's this got to do with compatibility? Stuff wears out, gets
damaged. I'm guessing sometimes there is a lack of extra space and so a
RPi Pico which is around half the width of a deck of cards cannot be
replaced by the current RPi 4 which is about the size of a deck of
cards. And so the Raspberry Pi folks made the decision to keep the old models.

Oftentimes yes. As I said above I tend to re-use hardware, some of
which would be able to attend elementary school if it were human. As
for purchasing new, I try to stay with those manufacturers who have
proven themselves: spend a little more now for quality saves re-buying later.

It's also "you get what you pay for".

Right. There are times when the cheap version would be satisfactory, of course. I have some 'yuck!' keyboards -- some came with a computer.
Those keyboards had a bad feel but for a while I was using them with the
MythTV Frontends if that computer refused to boot with just a wireless keyboard. Plugged in the junk keyboard, stored it behind the computer.
Boot: "I see that junk keyboard and so will continue booting and load
the wireless keyboard eventually".

Or the woman who was angry at the hospital staff, who she
thought they had said her Mom was crazy...because "bananas" was
on her records...it was for her diet, not her state of mind.

Good test of motor skills: grasp the banana without squishing, removal
of the peel. Maybe also cognative: don't discard on to the tile floor!

I've flown numerous times and so far so good!

You must've bought it from ACME. <G>

In the 70's I flew on a few 'puddle jumpers'

I'll admit to trying to avoid the wait, though 'traffic light' is about the only one I risk. Some yellows are a little short. Trying to beat
a train - uh-ugh! - though the good news is in my normal travels I
rarely encounter a train crossing.

Since I quit driving 9 months ago, I still hear the trains 1/4
mile away at the grade crossing. But, I think most yellow lights
are only 3-4 seconds at most.

I've not timed but one lately seems like only two seconds: seems like I
get the very start of the yellow arrow (for the turn) and I don't make it through the intersection before the signal is red. If I slam on my
brakes for the yellow I'm going to get rear-ended.

As for the drawbridge, none locally, though two turnstyle bridges.
Hasn't occurred to me but the one to Arsenal Island (U.S. Army builds
all sorts of stuff there) has had pedestrians and the occasional car
stuck on it while rotating open to allow river traffic through.

And, like at railroad crossings, where the trains have the
right of way... at draw bridges, the mariners (boats) have the
right of way. Of course, everyone feels THEY should have the
right of way. That's as absurd as having all the traffic lights
go green in all directions at the same time. Then, you'd really
have demolition derby without going to the speedway.

Hmmm: a four-way go! That could be interesting!

Right now (early-ish morning of February 27) we're finishing up a rain- storm -- probably the same system that gave the snow to Los Angeles.
Had a super-loud thunderclap after 1 (a.m.) and then it poured like a bucket for a short while. ...Hopefully washed the house of the winter grime!

We're under an Enhanced Risk of severe weather today
(Wednesday, and a Moderate Risk tomorrow (Thursday). So, my BBS
will be down more than up until Friday...but that may be longer
if power and internet go out.

The forecast for tomorrow (Friday March 3) is up in the air (no pun
intended): apparently the NWS has issued a winter storm warning from
Chicago to about 70 miles west -- they might get up to a foot of snow.
I'm about 100 miles further west and the current forecast is for rain or half-inch of snow to 2-3 inches of snow, depending on the track.

We were sitting outside yesterday afternoon and it did look like some
of the trees were starting to bud. A little early as likely to get another few snows in March; April isn't out of the question either.
And yes, we follow the "don't plant until after Mother's Day rule" too.
Sometimes very tempting with warm if not hot temperatures but always cools down.

They're looking at highs only in the 40s here by late next
week...a late season freeze happens every year.

Some sort of weather tomorrow (Friday), nice for the weekend, rainy on
Monday, decent but cool for the rest of the week....

But the anticipation!! <g> Here have cameras looking out over the
front yard and driveway, connected via my WiFi. All internal: not
going out into the world and back. My system has to be up (LAN) but I don't use the WAN.

As long as I have internet/Wi-Fi, the doorbell camera works.
But, I'm not monitoring it, unless I'm expecting a delivery. I
get notified if someone is seen, like the mail carrier.

There are times it would be handy to have a notification like that here
but with what I have isn't going to work. Well, would work but would
undo some other monitoring. ...Could do two more cameras (and Raspberry
Pi's!) just for 'pinpoint' monitoring -- naaa!

Doorbell cameras would be nice but won't fit: framing too narrow after various remodelling.

Mine was installed by ADT, and put on a metal clasp holder
deal, and I can easily remove the device for charging the
internal battery via the USB cable, then re-attach it later.

Wonder if they make a right-angle doorbell camera? Here the side door
faces 90o to the driveway and walk. 'Worse' is it's located on the far
side: right side of the door and the access is from the left. ...If had
a professionally-installed system quite sure they'd have suitable
hardware, snake wiring through.... Solar might not work on that side
because of the shade.

Hope you properly dispose of those sharps!

The mosquitoes take care of that. It's the female mosquitoes
that come after us, as there's something in our blood that they
need for their eggs to mature. The male mosquitoes, on the other
hand, suck fruit juices. I guess they need to get stone drunk
before they find a woman to make love to. <G>

So the mosquito population could be exterminated by keeping the males
sober?!

A little over ten years away -- they better get moving!

I saw another derailment...a propane train in Florida...and a
fiery train crash with a freight and passenger train in Greece.
You get out of bed, and you take your life in your hands.

Stay in bed and debris could fly through your roof!




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Hi Daryl!

I'me gouda cheese and Daryl is Chateau d'Boones Farm!

Time for some Bartles and Jaymes. <G>

It's 5 o'clock somewhere!

Everything has risks - just have to figure how to minimize. ...And I'm wondering if some of the risks are due to cheating. Thinking how some AAA, AA, etc., batteries will leak because their casing materials have been minimized to try to increase capacity.

I've wondered why there are no "A" or "B" batteries.

They used to! Old-old radios used them. Off-hand don't recall the
voltages but semi-recalling one was 60 volts. There are other lettered- batteries out there: the big cube (roughly 3x3x4") used in the old
flashing warning light on road barricades I think were a G....



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Hi Ky!

KY MOFFET wrote to DARYL STOUT <=-

DARYL STOUT wrote:

BM> Everything has risks - just have to figure how to minimize. ...And

'm

BM> wondering if some of the risks are due to cheating. Thinking how some
BM> AAA, AA, etc., batteries will leak because their casing materials have
BM> been minimized to try to increase capacity.

They do?? Hmmm.

"They do??" to capacity or leak or...? Looks like leak.

Duracells leak. Costco, which are Duracells under the hood, also
leak. In recent years they've become markedly worse, now some
leak without ever being used and well before their stale date.

Evereadies don't leak ....as much, anyway....

Here have noticed Duracells have the highest incidence of leakage;
Energizer I don't recall having leaked. Eveready not really tested as
don't seem to be stocked where I shop.

Have come across some old Radio Shack and they seem to be fine - just discharged from age. DieHards (from before Sears essentially closed down
and sold off the brands) were 50-50: some leaked before being taken out
of the package, others lasted and no leakage even past dead. I tend to
stay away from private-branded batteries as seemed like they never
lasted. Talking more grocery and big box store brands as I've not
purchased Costco/Sam's/BJ's and the like.

I use enough AA and AAA to buy them by the Costco-bale. Next time
it'll be the Sam's Club bale and Eveready instead.

Wherever you are and they're on sale!

I have a clock that's supposed to take a pricey C battery.
Behold, a cheap AA battery fits, and works just as well! (Maybe
longer, it's been in there five years now.)

<Chuckle> I'm not sure why a clock would need all the current-
capability of a C battery unless also running a radio, alarm clock, and
the relay to turn on your coffee maker.

There are adapters to fit AAA into AA, C into D, maybe etc. In the
instance of your clock battery it's just a snug fit but in other
applications may shake loose. Might be handy if one has a bunch of C's
on hand but the battery-operated TV uses D's.

I've wondered why there are no "A" or "B" batteries.

"A" batteries exist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_sizes
Scroll down a ways in the first chart; they're below AA and AAA
and AAAA (whoever heard of those??)

How about N batteries?! I had a small travel alarm clock using one.



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Barry,

Right now it's just after breakfast and it that cheesecake would not
stand a chance!

I've known folks who eat pizza for breakfast (I resemble that remark) <G>.

As for the Raspberry Pi's, yes, quite a few but part of the reasoning
is compatability. Intended as an inexpensive option to get kids
computers (originally something like $5 - $35 -- and grab extra
keyboards, mice) they were also used by business: some applications
didn't need a $500 computer to do something like an assembly line
process, And so it was found the $5 and $10 versions of the Raspnerry
Pi were more than capable.

These folks think everyone's flush with cash...that's the lobbyists and politicians in Washington. <G> I dare them to try to survive on "the mere pittance" I get each month.

So what's this got to do with compatibility? Stuff wears out, gets damaged. I'm guessing sometimes there is a lack of extra space and so
a RPi Pico which is around half the width of a deck of cards cannot be replaced by the current RPi 4 which is about the size of a deck of
cards. And so the Raspberry Pi folks made the decision to keep the old models.

It's the law of entropy...sooner more than later, in this life, things
are doomed to fail.

Right. There are times when the cheap version would be satisfactory,
of course. I have some 'yuck!' keyboards -- some came with a computer. Those keyboards had a bad feel but for a while I was using them with
the MythTV Frontends if that computer refused to boot with just a
wireless keyboard. Plugged in the junk keyboard, stored it behind the computer. Boot: "I see that junk keyboard and so will continue booting
and load the wireless keyboard eventually".

As long as it works, and is of reasonable quality, I don't care.

Good test of motor skills: grasp the banana without squishing, removal
of the peel. Maybe also cognative: don't discard on to the tile floor!

They might slip on it if they try to peel away in escape. <G>

In the 70's I flew on a few 'puddle jumpers'

The life jackets are the airlines complimentary "itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini"...one size fits all. Those are for use if the flight captain decides to land near a hot tub (the ocean). <G>

I've not timed but one lately seems like only two seconds: seems like I get the very start of the yellow arrow (for the turn) and I don't make
it through the intersection before the signal is red. If I slam on my brakes for the yellow I'm going to get rear-ended.

I felt the same way. Or, you could be like the blonde driver, who hit
the gas and the brakes, back and forth, with the flashing yellow light. :P

Hmmm: a four-way go! That could be interesting!

Especially when you try to explain it to your insurance company.

The forecast for tomorrow (Friday March 3) is up in the air (no pun intended): apparently the NWS has issued a winter storm warning from Chicago to about 70 miles west -- they might get up to a foot of snow.
I'm about 100 miles further west and the current forecast is for rain
or half-inch of snow to 2-3 inches of snow, depending on the track.

We got thunderstorms and flooding rain here (I'm high enough where flash flooding isn't an issue), but there were numerous reports of tornadoes,
very large hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding...across the Arklatex, Arklamiss, and MidSouth, from Thursday afternoon into Friday morning. There were some "dead spots" in radar coverage from the National Weather Service,
and it was only through spotter/chaser reports/videos, that tornado warnings were issued. Texarkana and Shreveport, among many other areas, got hit.

Some sort of weather tomorrow (Friday), nice for the weekend, rainy on Monday, decent but cool for the rest of the week....

I looked at the extended GFS (the Goofus Model <G>), and if (that's a
huge IF) it verifies, we could see a mid-March winter storm here. But, more than 5 days out, I'll take it with a grain of salt. However, at this typing, except for a few bags of microwave popcorn, I have no food here. While my disability payment arrived yesterday, I didn't get a chance to order any food...as I was up into early Friday morning, texting weather updates to friends. So, I basically was exhausted...and insomnia (not weather) has me
up tonight. I have got to get back on a regular sleep schedule somehow.

I guess I'll have to order from Grubhub later today. A fellow area BBS
Sysop is picking me up to do lunch at a local Denny's Sunday morning (we
will go Dutch Treat). But, it'll give me a chance to get out of the house,
and away from the computer for a bit.

There are times it would be handy to have a notification like that here but with what I have isn't going to work. Well, would work but would
undo some other monitoring. ...Could do two more cameras (and
Raspberry Pi's!) just for 'pinpoint' monitoring -- naaa!

I also have a camera with the alarm system, and an intercom with the
doorbell camera. But, if my internet/wi-fi is down, I can't view photos
from either of them.

Wonder if they make a right-angle doorbell camera? Here the side door faces 90o to the driveway and walk. 'Worse' is it's located on the far side: right side of the door and the access is from the left. ...If
had a professionally-installed system quite sure they'd have suitable hardware, snake wiring through.... Solar might not work on that side because of the shade.

I got mine through ADT.

So the mosquito population could be exterminated by keeping the males sober?!

That'd be something to celibate (pun intended). <G>

Stay in bed and debris could fly through your roof!

If your structure takes a direct hit from a tornado, it's gone...
especially if it's rated "strong to violent".

Daryl

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Barry,

It's 5 o'clock somewhere!

That's what Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffet sang about. <G>

They used to! Old-old radios used them. Off-hand don't recall the voltages but semi-recalling one was 60 volts. There are other
lettered- batteries out there: the big cube (roughly 3x3x4") used in
the old flashing warning light on road barricades I think were a G....

And, I understand the Duracells leak, especially if they're not used for
a long time.

Daryl

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Hi Daryl!

Right now it's just after breakfast and it that cheesecake would not
stand a chance!

I've known folks who eat pizza for breakfast (I resemble that
remark) <G>.

I did that occasionally during college; now the leftover slice or two
becomes my lunch.

As for the Raspberry Pi's, yes, quite a few but part of the reasoning
is compatability. Intended as an inexpensive option to get kids
computers (originally something like $5 - $35 -- and grab extra
keyboards, mice) they were also used by business: some applications
didn't need a $500 computer to do something like an assembly line
process, And so it was found the $5 and $10 versions of the Raspberry
Pi were more than capable.

These folks think everyone's flush with cash...that's the
lobbyists and politicians in Washington. <G> I dare them to try
to survive on "the mere pittance" I get each month.

Well up to the creation of the Raspberry Pi I can't think of a super
low-cost computer. At the time the smaller/more compact something was
the higher the cost became.

So what's this got to do with compatibility? Stuff wears out, gets damaged. I'm guessing sometimes there is a lack of extra space and so
a RPi Pico which is around half the width of a deck of cards cannot be replaced by the current RPi 4 which is about the size of a deck of
cards. And so the Raspberry Pi folks made the decision to keep the old models.

It's the law of entropy...sooner more than later, in this life,
things are doomed to fail.

Definitely. One reason I have spares -- well, for some things! Don't
have a spare house and as you indicated above sometimes not a spare $5.
Have had computers suddenly fail -- not lock up, outright become non- functional (why am I thinking the Parrot Sketch from Monty Python?!).

Right. There are times when the cheap version would be satisfactory,
of course. I have some 'yuck!' keyboards -- some came with a computer. Those keyboards had a bad feel but for a while I was using them with
the MythTV Frontends if that computer refused to boot with just a
wireless keyboard. Plugged in the junk keyboard, stored it behind the computer. Boot: "I see that junk keyboard and so will continue booting
and load the wireless keyboard eventually".

As long as it works, and is of reasonable quality, I don't
care.

I have a few preferences: keypress pressure, layout.... Plainness(!):
the RGB keyboards I would find distracting.

Good test of motor skills: grasp the banana without squishing, removal
of the peel. Maybe also cognative: don't discard on to the tile floor!

They might slip on it if they try to peel away in escape. <G>

Can't give the cops the slip that way!

In the 70's I flew on a few 'puddle jumpers'

The life jackets are the airlines complimentary "itsy bitsy
teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini"...one size fits all. Those
are for use if the flight captain decides to land near a hot tub
(the ocean). <G>

Some floatation assistance would be better than none!

Hmmm: a four-way go! That could be interesting!

Especially when you try to explain it to your insurance
company.

Some time back I read where there was an accident caused because both
light sets were green. Don't recall how it was proven.

The forecast for tomorrow (Friday March 3) is up in the air (no pun intended): apparently the NWS has issued a winter storm warning from Chicago to about 70 miles west -- they might get up to a foot of snow.
I'm about 100 miles further west and the current forecast is for rain
or half-inch of snow to 2-3 inches of snow, depending on the track.

We got thunderstorms and flooding rain here (I'm high enough
where flash flooding isn't an issue), but there were numerous
reports of tornadoes, very large hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding...across the Arklatex, Arklamiss, and MidSouth, from
Thursday afternoon into Friday morning. There were some "dead
spots" in radar coverage from the National Weather Service, and
it was only through spotter/chaser reports/videos, that tornado
warnings were issued. Texarkana and Shreveport, among many other
areas, got hit.

The forecast storm for Friday super-fizzled -- drizzled a bit in the
afternoon and that was it. Seems like your section of the country is
getting nasty storms; southern California snow -- caught the last half
of a news segment showing several feet of snow somwhere in California.
My Mother in southern New Hampshire got about a foot Friday and
Saturday. She was complaining hadn't been plowed out yet and had a
doctor's appointment Monday morning. (I was thinking they have all day
Sunday and most of Monday morning to plow but she went on to a different topic.)

Some sort of weather tomorrow (Friday), nice for the weekend, rainy on Monday, decent but cool for the rest of the week....

I looked at the extended GFS (the Goofus Model <G>), and if
(that's a huge IF) it verifies, we could see a mid-March winter
storm here. But, more than 5 days out, I'll take it with a grain
of salt.

That salt could be handy to provide a bit of traction to the mailbox!
Here they're predicting for Monday (tomorrow as I type) a minor storm --
rain less than a tenth of an inch; don't recall anything about windy.
For some reason a big concern about this tenth of an inch, and yes, what
they said and the map displayed verifying the 0 to 0.1 inch. I think
I'm stuck on why the big whoop over such a tiny amount; would be a
concern if the local rivers were flooding. ....Thursday night and
Friday they've talking about snow.

However, at this typing, except for a few bags of
microwave popcorn, I have no food here. While my disability
payment arrived yesterday, I didn't get a chance to order any
food...as I was up into early Friday morning, texting weather
updates to friends. So, I basically was exhausted...and insomnia
(not weather) has me up tonight. I have got to get back on a
regular sleep schedule somehow.

I'm thinking getting some food would have been a priority but then I've
also have been super-involved in a project and neglect other important
stuff.

I guess I'll have to order from Grubhub later today. A fellow
area BBS Sysop is picking me up to do lunch at a local Denny's
Sunday morning (we will go Dutch Treat). But, it'll give me a
chance to get out of the house, and away from the computer for a
bit.

Your computer will miss you! Bring back a pancake and feed via the DVD
drive!

There are times it would be handy to have a notification like that here but with what I have isn't going to work. Well, would work but would
undo some other monitoring. ...Could do two more cameras (and
Raspberry Pi's!) just for 'pinpoint' monitoring -- naaa!

I also have a camera with the alarm system, and an intercom
with the doorbell camera. But, if my internet/wi-fi is down, I
can't view photos from either of them.

Wait! Let me get my Polaroid! LIS in some other message a while back,
the monitoring system here is something I put together and so has good
and bad points. Camera placement: could be better. Use windows (the
glass things, not the software!) as not all that interested in drilling
holes in the house, plus where those cameras would be placed running
cables would be a problem. Solar power would be a consideration except
shady on the driveway side of the house and over the years mediocre
results with solar-powered items.

Plus over the years nothing has really happened to warrent professional coverage.

So the mosquito population could be exterminated by keeping the males sober?!

That'd be something to celibate (pun intended). <G>

<Thinking of the whimpering monk: "they forgot an 'r'!">

Stay in bed and debris could fly through your roof!

If your structure takes a direct hit from a tornado, it's
gone... especially if it's rated "strong to violent".

A lot of "it depends": when the derecho hit a few years back the wind
was coming from the west; neighbour (to the west) had a tree snap about
15 feet from the base and blown into my yard. Tall enough would have
hit the house but it flew a bit and landed diagonally (to the SE) and
missed everything.


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Hi Daryl!

It's 5 o'clock somewhere!

That's what Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffet sang about. <G>

And they are right! ...Just Jimmy doesn't want to blow a flip flop;
Alan's boot are a lot more sturdy and so his concerns might be for cow
poop!

They used to! Old-old radios used them. Off-hand don't recall the voltages but semi-recalling one was 60 volts. There are other
lettered- batteries out there: the big cube (roughly 3x3x4") used in
the old flashing warning light on road barricades I think were a G....

And, I understand the Duracells leak, especially if they're not
used for a long time.

Sometimes even when used had leaked. ...Replaced the batteries in my toothbrush the other day; first time since replacing. (Yea! They fixed
the battery comparment design!) Black and gold batteries -- know some knock-offs will imitate. Nope: "Duracell OEM" with a big "not for
retail sale" imprinted. And yup, immediately look for signs of leakage!
(None - good!)



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Barry,

I hope you have unplugged them: though 'off' they are on a bit, mainly monitoring if the remote control gets pressed. Also take the batteries out of the remote so won't leak and damage.

I can't get to where the plugs are...and the remotes are well out of
reach. I'm the only one here, so there's no danger of my turning them
on.

Hmmm...I may need to rephrase that. <G>

But, I guess this tagline is appropriate:

"When I get naked in the bathroom, the shower gets turned on".

That also reminds me of an incident several years ago. I was talking
to a fellow BBS Sysop and ham radio operator on the phone one evening.
He was about 2 miles from me...he has since moved to Tennessee with his family, and no longer does either BBSing or ham radio.

Anyway, we could stay things on the phone (werty derds <G>) that we
couldn't say on ham radio. I was watching the late evening newscast, but
all I wanted was a weather update (unless there's a new story, the late
news is a re-hash of the early evening news).

So, I had the volume on the TV set turned down. When I saw it was time
for the weather segment, with the male meteorologist (there are a few
female meteorologists out there), I said "It's time for the weather...let
me turn him on".

With that, my friend was laughing hysterically, and I said "Let me
rephrase that!!"...to which, he replied "Too late, you pervert!!" <G>.

So since want to stick around one good reason to take away the
flammable stuff. <gg>

Speaking of "a hot time in the old town tonight", one couple was
getting frisky, but the woman had both Vicks Vapo-Rub and Ky-Jelly
on the dresser next to the bed. In the dark, she grabbed the wrong
one, and you can guess the result. :P

Or "The Rule of Self-Preservation". I kind of go by 'the rule of the lesser evil': nothing we do is all good: there is always so bad aspect,
so try to do the best and minimize the worst.

They also call it "Survival Of The Fittest". They want to get rid of
all the elderly and disabled folks, not accepting or realizing that they
too, will be in that boat one day...perhaps sooner than they think, as
one's health can change in the blink of an eye...as in "they dropped
dead".

That reminds me of the blooper that noted "We're sad to report the
untimely death of John Doe. It was truly a turning point in his life".

And, here are a couple more that fall into the "What Was Your First
Clue??" category:

1) The fire chief said that something hot came in contact with something flammable, and that started the fire in the church kitchen.

2) The pastor said that all eating disorders are related to food.

Maybe you need some hemorrhoidal oinkment now. <G>

Hmm: maybe I can use the box for cleaning!

"We're going to make them squeal!!" <G>

"640K of RAM should be enough for anybody." -- Bill Gates (1980)

It was the right thinking at the time! ...Wonder if that statement and time attribute is correct? My DEC Rainbow 100 (purchased ~1980 as a birthday present to myself) had the option to go up to 896 KB -- stick those little black Chicklets in the expansion board.

I remember those RAM sticks.

Lost sock in dryer returns as Tupperware lid not fit your containers.

They failed to practice "the buddy system". :P

Daryl

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Hi Daryl!

I hope you have unplugged them: though 'off' they are on a bit, mainly monitoring if the remote control gets pressed. Also take the batteries out of the remote so won't leak and damage.

I can't get to where the plugs are...and the remotes are well
out of reach. I'm the only one here, so there's no danger of my
turning them on.
Hmmm...I may need to rephrase that. <G>

Nope: that's definitely not going to be a turn-on!

Speaking of inaccessible outlets, it's almost seems like they're placed
in the most inconvenient spot possible: "two more inches to the left and
would have where I needed it!". I've get a few with a heavy-duty power
strip or 'air conditioner' extension cord plugged in to the outlet
before putting the furniture in front. The extensions are rated at
least 13A and usually have right-angle plugs to keep flush to the wall.
(Pay attention to the orientation of the outlet holes.) ...And no,
you're probably not going to use that 'trick' but others might.

That also reminds me of an incident several years ago. I was
talking to a fellow BBS Sysop and ham radio operator on the phone
one evening. He was about 2 miles from me...he has since moved to Tennessee with his family, and no longer does either BBSing or
ham radio.

Anyway, we could stay things on the phone (werty derds <G>)
that we couldn't say on ham radio. I was watching the late
evening newscast, but all I wanted was a weather update (unless
there's a new story, the late news is a re-hash of the early
evening news).

So, I had the volume on the TV set turned down. When I saw it
was time for the weather segment, with the male meteorologist
(there are a few female meteorologists out there), I said "It's
time for the weather...let me turn him on".

With that, my friend was laughing hysterically, and I said "Let
me rephrase that!!"...to which, he replied "Too late, you
pervert!!" <G>.

So that was the meteorologist gesturing to the satellite-radar map with
the suspiciously-shaped thing coming out of his what??!!

So since want to stick around one good reason to take away the
flammable stuff. <gg>

Speaking of "a hot time in the old town tonight", one couple
was getting frisky, but the woman had both Vicks Vapo-Rub and
Ky-Jelly on the dresser next to the bed. In the dark, she grabbed
the wrong one, and you can guess the result. :P

At least they could breathe easily!

Or "The Rule of Self-Preservation". I kind of go by 'the rule of the lesser evil': nothing we do is all good: there is always so bad aspect,
so try to do the best and minimize the worst.

They also call it "Survival Of The Fittest". They want to get
rid of all the elderly and disabled folks, not accepting or
realizing that they too, will be in that boat one day...perhaps
sooner than they think, as one's health can change in the blink
of an eye...as in "they dropped dead".

Or "what goes around comes around". ...Well, not the 'drop dead' part -
stop playing 'Voodoo Doctor'!

"640K of RAM should be enough for anybody." -- Bill Gates (1980)

It was the right thinking at the time! ...Wonder if that statement and time attribute is correct? My DEC Rainbow 100 (purchased ~1980 as a birthday present to myself) had the option to go up to 896 KB -- stick those little black Chicklets in the expansion board.

I remember those RAM sticks.

My "Super XT" also had those 'chicklets' on the motherboard. (A few who
have been with ILink since 'last century' might remember that.)

Lost sock in dryer returns as Tupperware lid not fit your containers.

They failed to practice "the buddy system". :P

Mine do! Have some plastic rings with flaps: stuff the toes of the two
socks in the ring when taking off. When the laundry is done don't have
to waste time pairing up as they already are. And haven't lost a sock
since! (They came in colours so could assign different colours to
different family members.)


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Barry,

Nope: that's definitely not going to be a turn-on!

More like a light switch that no longer works. <G>

Speaking of inaccessible outlets, it's almost seems like they're placed
in the most inconvenient spot possible: "two more inches to the left
and would have where I needed it!". I've get a few with a heavy-duty power strip or 'air conditioner' extension cord plugged in to the
outlet before putting the furniture in front. The extensions are rated
at least 13A and usually have right-angle plugs to keep flush to the
wall. (Pay attention to the orientation of the outlet holes.) ...And
no, you're probably not going to use that 'trick' but others might.

Truer words were never spoken...especially on the outlets being not where
you need them.

So that was the meteorologist gesturing to the satellite-radar map with the suspiciously-shaped thing coming out of his what??!!

Never mind Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day" giving a "blow job" to move the satellite along. <G>

At least they could breathe easily!

There was heavy breathing to be sure. :P

Or "what goes around comes around". ...Well, not the 'drop dead' part
- stop playing 'Voodoo Doctor'!

Will the person who has the voodoo doll of me please scratch my butt??
My hemorrhoids are itching terribly, and I'm out in public. :P

My "Super XT" also had those 'chicklets' on the motherboard. (A few
who have been with ILink since 'last century' might remember that.)

Let's have them chime in here. <G>

Mine do! Have some plastic rings with flaps: stuff the toes of the two socks in the ring when taking off. When the laundry is done don't have
to waste time pairing up as they already are. And haven't lost a sock since! (They came in colours so could assign different colours to different family members.)

Never mind the statement from "Laugh-In"..."Sock It To Me!!".

You bet your sweet bippy I remember that show. <G>

Daryl

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Hi Daryl!

Nope: that's definitely not going to be a turn-on!

More like a light switch that no longer works. <G>

Hmm: is it the switch or the light it's controlling?

Speaking of inaccessible outlets, it's almost seems like they're placed
in the most inconvenient spot possible: "two more inches to the left
and would have where I needed it!". I've get a few with a heavy-duty power strip or 'air conditioner' extension cord plugged in to the
outlet before putting the furniture in front. The extensions are rated
at least 13A and usually have right-angle plugs to keep flush to the
wall. (Pay attention to the orientation of the outlet holes.) ...And
no, you're probably not going to use that 'trick' but others might.

Truer words were never spoken...especially on the outlets being
not where you need them.

The outlet placement is a combination of legalities (can't have an
outlet at the top of the stairs so the cord of whatever is plugged in to
it crosses and presents a trip hazard; otherwise spacing every six feet
IIRC) and convenience: architect thinks a table with lamp would be
placed there. Unfortunately his table is 4' wide and mine 3', so the
table leg comes down right in front of the outlet!

Or "what goes around comes around". ...Well, not the 'drop dead' part
- stop playing 'Voodoo Doctor'!

Will the person who has the voodoo doll of me please scratch my
butt?? My hemorrhoids are itching terribly, and I'm out in
public. :P

You're wearing your pants teen-age style slung below your rump and going commando?!

My "Super XT" also had those 'chicklets' on the motherboard. (A few
who have been with ILink since 'last century' might remember that.)

Let's have them chime in here. <G>

...Sure is quiet!

Mine do! Have some plastic rings with flaps: stuff the toes of the two socks in the ring when taking off. When the laundry is done don't have
to waste time pairing up as they already are. And haven't lost a sock since! (They came in colours so could assign different colours to different family members.)

Never mind the statement from "Laugh-In"..."Sock It To Me!!".

I remember watching it while doing homework, though as I got into the
show the homework was only during the commercials. There were some
shows I'd do my homework during the show and watch the commercials! (I
Mostly did my homework in my room at my desk.)

You bet your sweet bippy I remember that show. <G>

Dumm-de-dumm. <purring-growl> Can I sit next to you? .... <getting
whapped with purse>


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Barry,

Nope: that's definitely not going to be a turn-on!

More like a light switch that no longer works. <G>

Hmm: is it the switch or the light it's controlling?

More likely the bulb is burned out. :P

The outlet placement is a combination of legalities (can't have an
outlet at the top of the stairs so the cord of whatever is plugged in
to it crosses and presents a trip hazard; otherwise spacing every six
feet IIRC) and convenience: architect thinks a table with lamp would be placed there. Unfortunately his table is 4' wide and mine 3', so the table leg comes down right in front of the outlet!

I saw a video on where Brightline, a private carrier, is adding passenger rail service for the Florida East Coast Railroad, which last ran passenger trains in 1967. Currently, they run only from Miami to West Palm Beach, but track was recently completed at a westward turn at Cocoa, to head to the Orlando International Airport. At one of the grade crossings, where they
were building the new right of way, and adding new tracks...there was a
signal box (bungalo) that would have to be moved, because it was in the
path of the new track.

You're wearing your pants teen-age style slung below your rump and
going commando?!

The latter is only during the night...as that's when nature calls the most...plus for 5 hours after Lasix out-pee-forms itself. <G>

...Sure is quiet!

Good...I can sleep for a few days. <G>

I remember watching it while doing homework, though as I got into the
show the homework was only during the commercials. There were some
shows I'd do my homework during the show and watch the commercials! (I Mostly did my homework in my room at my desk.)

That's like from the movie "Seems Like Old Times". The butler, Chester,
was supposed to be stirring the sauce for the chicken pepperoni...but he
was watching the TV instead...and "watching the sauce during the commercial breaks". I have NEVER seen a TV program, show, or even a play, where there isn't some kind of eating/meal scene.

Dumm-de-dumm. <purring-growl> Can I sit next to you? .... <getting whapped with purse>

There were 2 instances of that with the old man (Artie Johnson), and the
old lady (Ruth Buzzi). He is approaching her on the park bench, and she is trying to get away from him. He says "I just want to ask you a question".
So, she lets him ask it.

Artie: "Do you believe in the hereafter??".
Ruth: "Of Course I Do".
Artie: "Then, you know what I'm here after". <BG>

Daryl

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Hi Daryl!

Nope: that's definitely not going to be a turn-on!

More like a light switch that no longer works. <G>

Hmm: is it the switch or the light it's controlling?

More likely the bulb is burned out. :P

Hmm: I can relate to that!

I saw a video on where Brightline, a private carrier, is adding passenger rail service for the Florida East Coast Railroad, which
last ran passenger trains in 1967. Currently, they run only from
Miami to West Palm Beach, but track was recently completed at a
westward turn at Cocoa, to head to the Orlando International
Airport. At one of the grade crossings, where they were building
the new right of way, and adding new tracks...there was a signal
box (bungalo) that would have to be moved, because it was in the
path of the new track.

Well if that's the only thing needing to be moved not a bad job of
planning! OTOH the signal box probably has a ton of wiring and controls
in it, and of course can't simply be sliced and stuck in a junction box underground.

You're wearing your pants teen-age style slung below your rump and
going commando?!

The latter is only during the night...as that's when nature
calls the most...plus for 5 hours after Lasix out-pee-forms
itself. <G>

No hose to the bucket by the bed?!

...Sure is quiet!

Good...I can sleep for a few days. <G>

Constant?!

I remember watching it while doing homework, though as I got into the
show the homework was only during the commercials. There were some
shows I'd do my homework during the show and watch the commercials! (I Mostly did my homework in my room at my desk.)

That's like from the movie "Seems Like Old Times". The butler,
Chester, was supposed to be stirring the sauce for the chicken pepperoni...but he was watching the TV instead...and "watching
the sauce during the commercial breaks". I have NEVER seen a TV
program, show, or even a play, where there isn't some kind of
eating/meal scene.

Hmm: since you don't watch TV.... <g> Use of the eating/meal is probably
a good way for the characters to be shown as relaxing, socializing, etc.
FOOD FIGHT!!!

Dumm-de-dumm. <purring-growl> Can I sit next to you? .... <getting whapped with purse>

There were 2 instances of that with the old man (Artie
Johnson), and the old lady (Ruth Buzzi). He is approaching her on
the park bench, and she is trying to get away from him. He says
"I just want to ask you a question". So, she lets him ask it.
Artie: "Do you believe in the hereafter??".
Ruth: "Of Course I Do".
Artie: "Then, you know what I'm here after". <BG>

Their play on words was good!



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Barry,

More likely the bulb is burned out. :P

Hmm: I can relate to that!

That means you don't have any new ideas coming to you. <g,d,r>

Well if that's the only thing needing to be moved not a bad job of planning! OTOH the signal box probably has a ton of wiring and
controls in it, and of course can't simply be sliced and stuck in a junction box underground.

The signal box was there when the line was single tracked. They are
making it double tracked from Miami to Cocoa, where it then heads west
to the Orlando, International Airport. All the track and signals are in
place, but they need to do some final things on the embankments and the
tracks, before the test trains can start running on it, before they start
the actual service.

From what I understand, one will be able to go from Miami to Orlando
in just over 3 hours. The stops are at Aventura, Fort Lauderdale, Boca
Raton, and the Orlando International Airport. I'm not sure if there will
be any others. It will take a bunch of traffic off of Interstate 4, and Interstate 95.

From Miami to West Palm Beach, the max speed is 79 mph, the same as
the Amtrak trains around the country. From West Palm Beach to Cocoa, in
some spots, the max speed will be 110 mph...and from Cocoa to the Orlando International Airport, the max speed will be 125 mph...mainly because
from Cocoa to the Orlando International Airport, there are no highway
grade crossings. The route may eventually be extended to Tampa.

I don't know when the actual revenue service from the Orlando
International Airport and West Palm Beach will start...it already
runs between West Palm Beach and downtown Miami. They have built an interchange connection track with the South Florida Rail Corridor and
the Florida East Coast Railroad (FEC) (which Brightline is using), to
where Tri-Rail trains (that run on the former Seaboard Coast Line (SCL)
route) from Mangonia Park (just north of West Palm Beach to the Miami
Airport Station, just east of the Miami International Airport), can
switch to the FEC at the "diamond" crossing known as "Iris". You can
view videos of the Brightline Trains, construction on the line, on
YouTube by searching for "Roaming Railfan Brightline".

The original Miami Amtrak station in the Allapattah section of town,
was razed in 1978. Some pictures from "The Miami Herald" from the depot,
and trains around the area are at:

https://flashbackmiami.com/2015/06/03/seaboard-railroad/

The current Miami Amtrak station is in CSX Railroad's Hialeah Yard,
next to Tri-Rail's maintenance facility. There was talk of moving the
Miami Amtrak Station to the Miami Airport Station, where both Amtrak
and Tri-Rail would share trackage, but I don't know what the progress
on that is. With the current Miami Amtrak Station, there's a loop track,
where the train can basically get turned around...it's the southern most
point on the route for Amtrak's Silver Meteor and Silver Star.

Just south of the Hialeah Market station for Tri-Rail (the original
Hialeah depot), the line splits into two sections. The first one was
what the original Amtrak station was on (it was a stub end terminal,
like at Tampa Union Station...basically a dead-end -- you can't go out
the other end, but have to go out the same way you came in). The second
one is the CSX Homestead Subdivision, that heads past the southwest point
of Miami International Airport (at the Oleander Interchange, which is
now the far southwest point of the FEC), and the Gold Coast Railroad
Museum, built on the site of the former Richmond Naval Air Station.

However, there is no Y at the point to go to the CSX Homestead
Subdivison, and to the Tri-Rail Miami Airport Station. So, they may end
up doing the same thing as is done at Tampa's Union Station. Basically,
before the trains get to Tampa, at the Neve Wye, on what was the one
time Fanotasassa Subdivision, they basically Y the train, and back it
into Tampa Union Station. You can watch it on YouTube at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMZm4iG1v3g

At the Tri-Rail Transfer Station, you can switch to the Metro Rail,
to get to southwest Miami and the Dadeland Shopping Center (other
places on that route are Downtown Miami, the Vizcaya Botannical
Gardens, and the University Of Miami campus), or to Palmetto, and a
station at the south end of the former Hialeah Park Horse Race Track.

I didn't know I was going to give a description of south Florida
railroads!!

You're wearing your pants teen-age style slung below your rump and
going commando?!

The latter is only during the night...as that's when nature
calls the most...plus for 5 hours after Lasix out-pee-forms
itself. <G>

No hose to the bucket by the bed?!

With my luck, things would get stuck (I know you needed that visual)
<g,d,r>

Good...I can sleep for a few days. <G>

Constant?!

Only when I'm sedated. I'm lucky to sleep more than 90 minutes at a
time.

Hmm: since you don't watch TV.... <g> Use of the eating/meal is
probably a good way for the characters to be shown as relaxing, socializing, etc. FOOD FIGHT!!!

There is a door on the BBS called "Food Wars". At Microlimp Junior
High School, you get in Food Fights with students, etc. It's a freeware
door now. There are other similar doors, but the details on them escape
me right now.

Dumm-de-dumm. <purring-growl> Can I sit next to you? .... <getting whapped with purse>

"I just want to ask you a question". So, she lets him ask it.
Artie: "Do you believe in the hereafter??".
Ruth: "Of Course I Do".
Artie: "Then, you know what I'm here after". <BG>

Their play on words was good!

I don't know when I first became a fan of puns, but I've liked them
ever since.

Monday starts Diarrhea Awareness Week. Runs until Friday.

Looks like a rather crappy scheduling assignment. I thought this tagline
went good with it.

Daryl

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Hi Daryl!

More likely the bulb is burned out. :P

Hmm: I can relate to that!

That means you don't have any new ideas coming to you. <g,d,r>

Oh I sometimes have a lot coming out of me!

Well if that's the only thing needing to be moved not a bad job of planning! OTOH the signal box probably has a ton of wiring and
controls in it, and of course can't simply be sliced and stuck in a junction box underground.

The signal box was there when the line was single tracked. They
are making it double tracked from Miami to Cocoa, where it then
heads west to the Orlando, International Airport. All the track
and signals are in place, but they need to do some final things
on the embankments and the tracks, before the test trains can
start running on it, before they start the actual service.

Just the usual last-minute details.

From what I understand, one will be able to go from Miami to
Orlando in just over 3 hours. The stops are at Aventura, Fort
Lauderdale, Boca Raton, and the Orlando International Airport.
I'm not sure if there will be any others. It will take a bunch of
traffic off of Interstate 4, and Interstate 95.

That's good! Hope people use it: the 'big problem' is people usually
want their car with them so they can gom someplacxe once they get to the destination. Doesn't seem so much of a problem when flying but ground- mode....

From Miami to West Palm Beach, the max speed is 79 mph, the
same as the Amtrak trains around the country. From West Palm
Beach to Cocoa, in some spots, the max speed will be 110
mph...and from Cocoa to the Orlando International Airport, the
max speed will be 125 mph...mainly because from Cocoa to the
Orlando International Airport, there are no highway grade
crossings. The route may eventually be extended to Tampa.

Glad they're already considering expansion: makes that expansion easier
to integrate.

With the current Miami Amtrak
Station, there's a loop track, where the train can basically get
turned around...it's the southern most point on the route for
Amtrak's Silver Meteor and Silver Star.

Can't do a simple three-point turn like one does wiht a car! <g>

I didn't know I was going to give a description of south
Florida railroads!!

You probably didn't know you knew that much about south Florida
railroads!

You're wearing your pants teen-age style slung below your rump and
going commando?!

The latter is only during the night...as that's when nature
calls the most...plus for 5 hours after Lasix out-pee-forms
itself. <G>

No hose to the bucket by the bed?!

With my luck, things would get stuck (I know you needed that
visual) <g,d,r>

It's for pee, not poop! ...Oh, something else getting stuck - nevermind!

Good...I can sleep for a few days. <G>

Constant?!

Only when I'm sedated. I'm lucky to sleep more than 90 minutes
at a time.

I don't have that issue!

Hmm: since you don't watch TV.... <g> Use of the eating/meal is
probably a good way for the characters to be shown as relaxing, socializing, etc. FOOD FIGHT!!!

There is a door on the BBS called "Food Wars". At Microlimp
Junior High School, you get in Food Fights with students, etc.
It's a freeware door now. There are other similar doors, but the
details on them escape me right now.

News Flash! The Details have escaped!!

Dumm-de-dumm. <purring-growl> Can I sit next to you? .... <getting whapped with purse>

"I just want to ask you a question". So, she lets him ask it.
Artie: "Do you believe in the hereafter??".
Ruth: "Of Course I Do".
Artie: "Then, you know what I'm here after". <BG>

Their play on words was good!

I don't know when I first became a fan of puns, but I've liked
them ever since.

Awww, I was expecting a pun to complete that sentence!

Monday starts Diarrhea Awareness Week. Runs until Friday.

Looks like a rather crappy scheduling assignment. I thought
this tagline went good with it.
... "Farfrompoopin'" - German word for constipation.

And 'farflungpoopin' for explosive diarrhea!


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Barry,

Oh I sometimes have a lot coming out of me!

You just didn't specify what it was. <g,d,r>

Just the usual last-minute details.

Yep...but if they do it right, I'm sure it'll be well patronized.

That's good! Hope people use it: the 'big problem' is people usually
want their car with them so they can gom someplacxe once they get to
the destination. Doesn't seem so much of a problem when flying but ground- mode....

They have ground transportation available at each station, and from
the Miami Central Station downtown, they provide shuttle to Miami
International Airport, just west of the Tri-Rail Miami Airport Station.

Glad they're already considering expansion: makes that expansion easier
to integrate.

It helps the local communities along the route.

Can't do a simple three-point turn like one does wiht a car! <g>

Spin The Bottle is Different than Spin The Locomotive or Spin The Top. :P

You probably didn't know you knew that much about south Florida
railroads!

I've done a lot of research on that the last few years.

It's for pee, not poop! ...Oh, something else getting stuck -
nevermind!

That's what Beanie Weenies are helpful for. Besides, July is National
Baked Bean Month.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN14knt9_bE

I don't have that issue!

Lucky you. When I had to take 2 Tylenol caplets the other night for
neck pain, leg pain, and gout, it knocked me out...but I sure was groggy
the next day.

News Flash! The Details have escaped!!

The world can't end tonight!! It's already tomorrow in New Zealand!!

Awww, I was expecting a pun to complete that sentence!

Sorry to disapunt you. <G>

And 'farflungpoopin' for explosive diarrhea!

Right after you take the purgative for the colonscopy prep.

Daryl

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Hi Daryl!

Oh I sometimes have a lot coming out of me!

You just didn't specify what it was. <g,d,r>

I didn't want to give anyone ideas!

That's good! Hope people use it: the 'big problem' is people usually
want their car with them so they can go someplace once they get to
the destination. Doesn't seem so much of a problem when flying but ground-mode....

They have ground transportation available at each station, and
from the Miami Central Station downtown, they provide shuttle to
Miami International Airport, just west of the Tri-Rail Miami
Airport Station.

That's good. I was thinking more the run-of-the-mill stuff like
getting groceries or day-trips. Even if an organized tour have to get
to the pick-up site.

Glad they're already considering expansion: makes that expansion easier
to integrate.

It helps the local communities along the route.

"There goes the 4:42!" Probably more the cities where the train stops, especially if another train will be stopping a couple/few hours later passengers could get off, explore the city, then continue on their trip.

Can't do a simple three-point turn like one does with a car! <g>

Spin The Bottle is Different than Spin The Locomotive or Spin
The Top. :P

Hopefully they don't rotate the train that fast, though I would be
impressed by the motor to turn that!

You probably didn't know you knew that much about south Florida
railroads!

Lucky you. When I had to take 2 Tylenol caplets the other night
for neck pain, leg pain, and gout, it knocked me out...but I sure
was groggy the next day.

You sure you didn't skip a day?!

News Flash! The Details have escaped!!

The world can't end tonight!! It's already tomorrow in New
Zealand!!

So if they should have an earthquake would htat be a sign of bed things
to come?

And 'farflungpoopin' for explosive diarrhea!

Right after you take the purgative for the colonscopy prep.

Do not wear 501's! (Levi jean with the buttons instead of zipper.)


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Barry,

Oh I sometimes have a lot coming out of me!

You just didn't specify what it was. <g,d,r>

I didn't want to give anyone ideas!

Where's your sense of adventure?? <G>

That's good. I was thinking more the run-of-the-mill stuff like
getting groceries or day-trips. Even if an organized tour have to get
to the pick-up site.

It's better to have the groceries delivered. Many of the ride shares
(Uber, Lyft), won't let you haul groceries.

"There goes the 4:42!" Probably more the cities where the train stops, especially if another train will be stopping a couple/few hours later passengers could get off, explore the city, then continue on their
trip.

Both on Amtrak and commuter rail, have several trains to choose from.

You probably didn't know you knew that much about south Florida
railroads!

That's what I get for doing research. <G>

So if they should have an earthquake would htat be a sign of bad things
to come?

Could be...there was a 7.8 quake in Turkey and Syria the other day.

Do not wear 501's! (Levi jean with the buttons instead of zipper.)

Good advice. Yet, central Arkansas' area code is 501...makes me wonder. :P

Daryl

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Hi Daryl!

Oh I sometimes have a lot coming out of me!

You just didn't specify what it was. <g,d,r>

I didn't want to give anyone ideas!

Where's your sense of adventure?? <G>

I think it's in the box to go to recycling!

That's good. I was thinking more the run-of-the-mill stuff like
getting groceries or day-trips. Even if an organized tour have to get
to the pick-up site.

It's better to have the groceries delivered. Many of the ride
shares (Uber, Lyft), won't let you haul groceries.

Oh. ... I could kind of see why: something spills out, creating a mess.

"There goes the 4:42!" Probably more the cities where the train stops, especially if another train will be stopping a couple/few hours later passengers could get off, explore the city, then continue on their
trip.

Both on Amtrak and commuter rail, have several trains to choose
from.

I'll admit to not knowing -- no real need to. but that sort of brings up
the reasoning for the need: not convenient. The closest Amtrak terminal
is in Galesburg, IL, an hour south of here. Chicago is 22 hours east,
so almost makes more sense to go by bus over train. ...Unless I go
hobo-style and hop a freight train: those seem to go through constantly!

You probably didn't know you knew that much about south Florida
railroads!

That's what I get for doing research. <G>

If there's a need or desire....!

So if they should have an earthquake would that be a sign of bad things
to come?

Could be...there was a 7.8 quake in Turkey and Syria the other
day.

I did notice my spam calls were down.

Do not wear 501's! (Levi jean with the buttons instead of zipper.)

Good advice. Yet, central Arkansas' area code is 501...makes me
wonder. :P

Good thing I added the comment else you would have probably thought the
Area Code.


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Barry,

I think it's in the box to go to recycling!

I need to cut up these big cardboard boxes that Wal-Mart shipped several small grocery items in by comparison. But, I'm waiting until after the
storms overnight (my area is under a Tornado Watch as of 10:15pm, Feb. 15), before I put stuff outside.

Oh. ... I could kind of see why: something spills out, creating a mess.

That's why I have stuff delivered.

I saw an editorial cartoon on Fox News today, where you had Peter Pan,
Mary Poppins, Snoopy, Dumbo, and Superman, noting the newspaper headline "F-22's shoot down more UFO's"...and Superman laments "Maybe we should call
an Uber". :P

I'll admit to not knowing -- no real need to. but that sort of brings
up the reasoning for the need: not convenient. The closest Amtrak terminal is in Galesburg, IL, an hour south of here. Chicago is 22
hours east, so almost makes more sense to go by bus over train.

Amtrak does serve Little Rock, but with health and financial issues...
never mind you can't just drop what you're doing and go back home in the
event of an emergency...my travel outside of Pulaski County (Little Rock)
is over.

...Unless I go hobo-style and hop a freight train: those seem to go through constantly!

That can be dangerous...especially if it derails, and the train you
were on had hazardous materials. Unfortunately, many of those chemicals
can ONLY be transported by rail.

If there's a need or desire....!

You could open a big can of worms there. <G>

I did notice my spam calls were down.

India got a gold medal at the Olympics for telemarketing. <G>

Good thing I added the comment else you would have probably thought the Area Code.

Probably so.

Daryl

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Hi Daryl!

I think it's in the box to go to recycling!

I need to cut up these big cardboard boxes that Wal-Mart
shipped several small grocery items in by comparison. But, I'm
waiting until after the storms overnight (my area is under a
Tornado Watch as of 10:15pm, Feb. 15), before I put stuff
outside.

Hmmm: on the one hand if you cut the boxes and put them in your
container they will weigh it down a bit and so lessens it flying off in
the wind. On the other hand the wind knocks over the recycling
container and the cardboard pieces fly off in the wind -- usually just
to the edge of your yard!

As for wx, yesterday we had a severe storm warning which locally
fizzled: only 3 to 4 inches. Iowa City (about an hour's drive west) got
10 to 12 inches.

Oh. ... I could kind of see why: something spills out, creating a mess.

That's why I have stuff delivered.

Plus the Uber/Lyft drivers won't accept! <g>

I saw an editorial cartoon on Fox News today, where you had
Peter Pan, Mary Poppins, Snoopy, Dumbo, and Superman, noting the
newspaper headline "F-22's shoot down more UFO's"...and Superman
laments "Maybe we should call an Uber". :P

Well they are getting old!

I'll admit to not knowing -- no real need to. but that sort of brings
up the reasoning for the need: not convenient. The closest Amtrak terminal is in Galesburg, IL, an hour south of here. Chicago is 22
hours east, so almost makes more sense to go by bus over train.

Amtrak does serve Little Rock, but with health and financial
issues... never mind you can't just drop what you're doing and go
back home in the event of an emergency...my travel outside of
Pulaski County (Little Rock) is over.

They've been talking of adding a spur (?) so Amtrak can stop at the Quad Cities. Would either be Moline or Rock Island (IL) -- vaguely recalling
the track was available to make the connection but don't recall about
the station. Probably easier to build the station than lay the track!

...Unless I go hobo-style and hop a freight train: those seem to go through constantly!

That can be dangerous...especially if it derails, and the train
you were on had hazardous materials. Unfortunately, many of those chemicals can ONLY be transported by rail.

I know: I ordered some USB batteries and big sticker on the box it
contained batteries and 'forbidden on passenger flights'. (USB
batteries: rechargeable via a USB charger.)

If there's a need or desire....!

You could open a big can of worms there. <G>

Yummm! Family size!




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Barry,

Hmmm: on the one hand if you cut the boxes and put them in your
container they will weigh it down a bit and so lessens it flying off in the wind. On the other hand the wind knocks over the recycling
container and the cardboard pieces fly off in the wind -- usually just
to the edge of your yard!

If they are too large, they get stuck in there. The trash and recycle
trucks have a "claw" that grabs the container, and lifts it up into the
truck to empty it...then they set it back down on the ground. Sometimes,
they do it so haphazardly, that it ends up being tipped over. They want
to do the same job, with less people.

Along that line, with all the mess with the 2 derailments from Norfolk Southern (first in Ohio, then in Michigan), this is going to revive the
call to put extra crew on the train, to watch for things like smoking or flaming wheels (hotbox) as the train goes down the track (they did that
years ago, before getting rid of the cabooses).

Apparently, one of the defect detectors failed, and the dispatchers
didn't notify the crew. The lawsuit attorneys already smell blood in the water, and I'm sure heads are going to roll. People and animals are dying
from health related issues, and there's "a chemical rainbow" in the water.

The thing is, many hazardous materials and chemicals can only be shipped
by rail. If you think our economy is bad now, stop all the shipments of ethanol, gasoline, LP gas, and related hazardous materials...and watch the price of everything skyrocket. The wacky environmentalists want to ban the
LP gas stoves, and anything powered on gasoline. Yet, the electric cars
are catching fire (many ferries have banned them from being on board), and
an EMP will crash the power grid.

Their goal is like Satan's...he wants to destroy all human life on the planet...and according to Scripture, he will nearly do it.

As for wx, yesterday we had a severe storm warning which locally
fizzled: only 3 to 4 inches. Iowa City (about an hour's drive west)
got 10 to 12 inches.

We have a risk of severe weather twice this week...Wednesday and Saturday. So, that means more downtime.

Plus the Uber/Lyft drivers won't accept! <g>

That's why if I'm getting something, it's very small, like I can put in
a small bag, like getting an ink cartridge for the printer.

laments "Maybe we should call an Uber". :P

Well they are getting old!

Aren't we all??

They've been talking of adding a spur (?) so Amtrak can stop at the
Quad Cities. Would either be Moline or Rock Island (IL) -- vaguely recalling the track was available to make the connection but don't
recall about the station. Probably easier to build the station than
lay the track!

I saw something about that. The Iowa-Interstate Railroad is along the
former Rock Island line, and they are restoring several items recently
donated by the Union Pacific Railroad, including the Challenger 3985 steam locomotive.

I know: I ordered some USB batteries and big sticker on the box it contained batteries and 'forbidden on passenger flights'. (USB
batteries: rechargeable via a USB charger.)

The Lithium batteries are starting fires now. I remember Al Lewis (who
played Grandpa on The Munsters...I loved his laugh, as well as Frank
Gorshen, who played "The Riddler" on the Batman TV Series), who did a commercial for the secret to long life -- "lithium batteries".

You could open a big can of worms there. <G>

Yummm! Family size!

That would give me gas and indigestion. But, if you can get the worm
and fish on and off the hook in record time, does that make you a master baiter?? (yes, I did just go there) <bseg>.

Daryl

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Hi Daryl!

Hmmm: on the one hand if you cut the boxes and put them in your
container they will weigh it down a bit and so lessens it flying off in the wind. On the other hand the wind knocks over the recycling
container and the cardboard pieces fly off in the wind -- usually just
to the edge of your yard!

If they are too large, they get stuck in there. The trash and
recycle trucks have a "claw" that grabs the container, and lifts
it up into the truck to empty it...then they set it back down on
the ground. Sometimes, they do it so haphazardly, that it ends up
being tipped over. They want to do the same job, with less
people.

Right: same method here. We've gone through two trash carts: if the
mechanism is set too fast when the cart is set down it doesn't quite
have time to balance and can tip over. Occasionally into the street and
then every so often the truck runs over. ...It's 'horrifyingly funny' to
watch the video: poor innocent trash can falls over and flails as it
meets its demise. Meanwhile the truck hasn't a clue and just keeps
going.

Along that line, with all the mess with the 2 derailments from
Norfolk Southern (first in Ohio, then in Michigan), this is going
to revive the call to put extra crew on the train, to watch for
things like smoking or flaming wheels (hotbox) as the train goes
down the track (they did that years ago, before getting rid of
the cabooses).
Apparently, one of the defect detectors failed, and the
dispatchers didn't notify the crew. The lawsuit attorneys already
smell blood in the water, and I'm sure heads are going to roll.
People and animals are dying from health related issues, and
there's "a chemical rainbow" in the water.

I didn't hear anything (or at least don't recall hearing) about the
failed detector. Probably will get a new law requiring redundancy,
which on the surface sounds twice as safe but they would need to have a
system notification of when the first detector failed -- and obviously
they don't have that -- else same issue when the second detector fails.

The news has 'mentioned' the dead fish, chemical rainbows when sturring
up the water, and s/s of headaches and rashes; tests coming back normal.
I don't doubt the tests are normal as a little bit of pathogen can be tolerated; it's when a little bit of Pathogen_1 gets mixed with a tiny
bit of Pathogen_2 they're not testing for.

The thing is, many hazardous materials and chemicals can only
be shipped by rail. If you think our economy is bad now, stop all
the shipments of ethanol, gasoline, LP gas, and related hazardous materials...and watch the price of everything skyrocket. The
wacky environmentalists want to ban the LP gas stoves, and
anything powered on gasoline. Yet, the electric cars are catching
fire (many ferries have banned them from being on board), and an
EMP will crash the power grid.

The problem is everything is bad; we need to take steps to minimize the
bad. Might be as simple as slowing down: I don 't recall if the cause
of the OH derailment was stated but perhaps slowing down from 90 MPH to
75 MPH would have reduced the accident. Probably still would have had
the derailment but perhaps not as badly damaging the cars, thus better retaining their integrity and maybe not leaking, or not leaking as much.

Their goal is like Satan's...he wants to destroy all human life
on the planet...and according to Scripture, he will nearly do it.

"I vow to do better!"

As for wx, yesterday we had a severe storm warning which locally
fizzled: only 3 to 4 inches. Iowa City (about an hour's drive west)
got 10 to 12 inches.

We have a risk of severe weather twice this week...Wednesday
and Saturday. So, that means more downtime.

The updated forecast for up here is now a possible ice storm on
Wednesday, or Wednesday into Thursday' all depends on how fast moves,
whether shifts north or south, if that little butterfly in South
Africa..... <g>

Plus the Uber/Lyft drivers won't accept! <g>

That's why if I'm getting something, it's very small, like I
can put in a small bag, like getting an ink cartridge for the
printer.

Ah-HA! Smuggling!!

laments "Maybe we should call an Uber". :P

Well they are getting old!

Aren't we all??

I'm ripening!

They've been talking of adding a spur (?) so Amtrak can stop at the
Quad Cities. Would either be Moline or Rock Island (IL) -- vaguely recalling the track was available to make the connection but don't
recall about the station. Probably easier to build the station than
lay the track!

I saw something about that. The Iowa-Interstate Railroad is
along the former Rock Island line, and they are restoring several
items recently donated by the Union Pacific Railroad, including
the Challenger 3985 steam locomotive.

You'll know more about it that I do (because it's your hobby).

I know: I ordered some USB batteries and big sticker on the box it contained batteries and 'forbidden on passenger flights'. (USB
batteries: rechargeable via a USB charger.)

The Lithium batteries are starting fires now. I remember Al
Lewis (who played Grandpa on The Munsters...I loved his laugh, as
well as Frank Gorshen, who played "The Riddler" on the Batman TV
Series), who did a commercial for the secret to long life --
"lithium batteries".

I think all batteries can cause fires, even the 'dead' ones: they don't
have enough charge to do their job in a flashlight, remote control,
etc., but have the two terminals contact something to complete the
circuit and there's more than enough to heat up and potentially cause a
fire.

You could open a big can of worms there. <G>

Yummm! Family size!

That would give me gas and indigestion. But, if you can get the
worm and fish on and off the hook in record time, does that make
you a master baiter?? (yes, I did just go there) <bseg>.

Took that one hooker, line and stinker!


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Barry,

Right: same method here. We've gone through two trash carts: if the mechanism is set too fast when the cart is set down it doesn't quite
have time to balance and can tip over. Occasionally into the street
and then every so often the truck runs over. ...It's 'horrifyingly
funny' to watch the video: poor innocent trash can falls over and
flails as it meets its demise. Meanwhile the truck hasn't a clue and
just keeps going.

I saw a video where this kid thought he could "kick a trash can that
wasn't right" into submission. Let's just say the kid got taught a hard
lesson. It's like the meme where this "daddy doggie" tells his puppy
son, as they observe a male dog about to heist his leg next to an
electric fence..."you're about to see a teachable moment". :P

I didn't hear anything (or at least don't recall hearing) about the
failed detector. Probably will get a new law requiring redundancy,
which on the surface sounds twice as safe but they would need to have a system notification of when the first detector failed -- and obviously they don't have that -- else same issue when the second detector fails.

There was a video on YouTube about that...apparently someone behind the scenes has become "a whistleblower"...no pun intended.

The news has 'mentioned' the dead fish, chemical rainbows when sturring
up the water, and s/s of headaches and rashes; tests coming back
normal. I don't doubt the tests are normal as a little bit of pathogen
can be tolerated; it's when a little bit of Pathogen_1 gets mixed with
a tiny bit of Pathogen_2 they're not testing for.

Many of the chemicals for things in our lives can only be transported
by rail. But, even with all the safeguards and precautions, "Murphy" tends
to get into things, and muck them up big time.

The problem is everything is bad; we need to take steps to minimize the bad. Might be as simple as slowing down: I don 't recall if the cause
of the OH derailment was stated but perhaps slowing down from 90 MPH to
75 MPH would have reduced the accident. Probably still would have had
the derailment but perhaps not as badly damaging the cars, thus better retaining their integrity and maybe not leaking, or not leaking as
much.

I saw where VIA Rail Canada added buffer cars on its passenger trains,
in case of a wreck, where there was sort of a shield between the cars and
the other "impacting device". Many ethanol and fuel trains carry a buffer
or idler car (usually an empty grain car) to protect the crew at the front
end of the consist, and for protection at the back end...even if there's a distributed power unit (DPU) locomotive there. A lot of trains now have
these DPU's at midtrain, to minimize slack action, and help with braking
The DPU's are remote controlled from the lead locomotive...but it makes
for humongously long trains.

The updated forecast for up here is now a possible ice storm on
Wednesday, or Wednesday into Thursday' all depends on how fast moves, whether shifts north or south, if that little butterfly in South Africa..... <g>

I saw that...numerous winter storm warnings, ice storm warnings, and
blizzard warnings. To me, the only good blizzard warning is when the
Dairy Queen employee says "your confectionary treat is ready". <G> We
are under a Wind Advisory statewide through Wednesday night, with a
risk of severe storms, mainly northwest of Little Rock.

Ah-HA! Smuggling!!

I just hate sitting here all day, especially if I have to sit at
the front door, waiting for the delivery vehicle to show up. At least
when I order groceries, I select a 2 hour delivery window, which is
not as bad as having to sit here all day.

I'm ripening!

One doesn't get older...one gets better. And, I'm approaching
magnificent. <G>

You'll know more about it that I do (because it's your hobby).

I saw a story with a map of Amtrak's proposed service by 2035...12
years away. A lot can change between now and then.

I think all batteries can cause fires, even the 'dead' ones: they don't have enough charge to do their job in a flashlight, remote control,
etc., but have the two terminals contact something to complete the
circuit and there's more than enough to heat up and potentially cause a fire.

I guess they'll be calling for elimination of batteries next, along with
LP gas appliances, and gasoline vehicles. I saw where a lot of these electric cars are being banned from ferries, as they are catching fire.

Took that one hooker, line and stinker!

Dirty old Sysops need love, too. <G>

Daryl

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Hi Daryl!

Right: same method here. We've gone through two trash carts: if the mechanism is set too fast when the cart is set down it doesn't quite
have time to balance and can tip over. Occasionally into the street
and then every so often the truck runs over. ...It's 'horrifyingly
funny' to watch the video: poor innocent trash can falls over and
flails as it meets its demise. Meanwhile the truck hasn't a clue and
just keeps going.

I saw a video where this kid thought he could "kick a trash can
that wasn't right" into submission. Let's just say the kid got
taught a hard lesson. It's like the meme where this "daddy
doggie" tells his puppy son, as they observe a male dog about to
heist his leg next to an electric fence..."you're about to see a
teachable moment". :P

Sometimes one just has to learn for oneself, though the latter example
I'd try to have avoided at all costs!

I didn't hear anything (or at least don't recall hearing) about the
failed detector. Probably will get a new law requiring redundancy,
which on the surface sounds twice as safe but they would need to have a system notification of when the first detector failed -- and obviously they don't have that -- else same issue when the second detector fails.

There was a video on YouTube about that...apparently someone
behind the scenes has become "a whistleblower"...no pun intended.

If everyone played nice things would be a heck of a lot better. One
side wants to make as much money as possible while the opposite side
wants to have the money or other luxury. (That phrasing isn't quite
right.) A happier medium is someone reports a problem (or potential
problem) and it's check out, and as necessary fixed. Seems like that
would save alot of crises expenses later.

The news has 'mentioned' the dead fish, chemical rainbows when stirring
up the water, and s/s of headaches and rashes; tests coming back
normal. I don't doubt the tests are normal as a little bit of pathogen
can be tolerated; it's when a little bit of Pathogen_1 gets mixed with
a tiny bit of Pathogen_2 they're not testing for.

Many of the chemicals for things in our lives can only be
transported by rail. But, even with all the safeguards and
precautions, "Murphy" tends to get into things, and muck them up
big time.

"Poop occurs." A fire on a train or truck on the ground is less
catastrophic than one in an airplane. OTOH some of the ground accidents
have come close.

The problem is everything is bad; we need to take steps to minimize the bad. Might be as simple as slowing down: I don't recall if the cause
of the OH derailment was stated but perhaps slowing down from 90 MPH to
75 MPH would have reduced the accident. Probably still would have had
the derailment but perhaps not as badly damaging the cars, thus better retaining their integrity and maybe not leaking, or not leaking as
much.

I saw where VIA Rail Canada added buffer cars on its passenger
trains, in case of a wreck, where there was sort of a shield
between the cars and the other "impacting device". Many ethanol
and fuel trains carry a buffer or idler car (usually an empty
grain car) to protect the crew at the front end of the consist,
and for protection at the back end...even if there's a
distributed power unit (DPU) locomotive there. A lot of trains
now have these DPU's at midtrain, to minimize slack action, and
help with braking The DPU's are remote controlled from the lead locomotive...but it makes for humongously long trains.

I'm thinking I'd rather put up with the relatively brief inconvenience
of a long train than recovering from an explosion.

The updated forecast for up here is now a possible ice storm on
Wednesday, or Wednesday into Thursday' all depends on how fast moves, whether shifts north or south, if that little butterfly in South Africa..... <g>

I saw that...numerous winter storm warnings, ice storm
warnings, and blizzard warnings. To me, the only good blizzard
warning is when the Dairy Queen employee says "your confectionary
treat is ready". <G> We are under a Wind Advisory statewide
through Wednesday night, with a risk of severe storms, mainly
northwest of Little Rock.

Locally the freezing rain, etc., were about 50 miles north. I got rain
pretty much all day. The TV forecast for the 'northern counties' was
for a possibility of up to an inch of ice, along with the possibilty of
downed tree limbs (ice build up plus was windy) and power outages.
Nothing like that here; LIS rained all day plus wind guts around 30 MPH.
...My little radar display was quite colourful!

I just hate sitting here all day, especially if I have to sit
at the front door, waiting for the delivery vehicle to show up.
At least when I order groceries, I select a 2 hour delivery
window, which is not as bad as having to sit here all day.

Yes: really can't get anything done as partially distracted on listening
for a delivery truck -- cars don't make too much noise (usually!). Have
to stop whatever one is doing on a split-second of the ringing of the doorbell.

I'm ripening!

One doesn't get older...one gets better. And, I'm approaching magnificent. <G>

You keep believing that!!

You'll know more about it that I do (because it's your hobby).

I saw a story with a map of Amtrak's proposed service by
2035...12 years away. A lot can change between now and then.

True. ...So was the map showing expansion or contraction?!

I think all batteries can cause fires, even the 'dead' ones: they don't have enough charge to do their job in a flashlight, remote control,
etc., but have the two terminals contact something to complete the
circuit and there's more than enough to heat up and potentially cause a fire.

I guess they'll be calling for elimination of batteries next,
along with LP gas appliances, and gasoline vehicles. I saw where
a lot of these electric cars are being banned from ferries, as
they are catching fire.

Just about everything can potentially cause or catch fire! ...Even
people! ...Maybe that's the reasoning behind the old Chinese one child
rule: less people to spontaneously combust. <rs!>

Took that one hooker, line and stinker!

Dirty old Sysops need love, too. <G>

Take a shower! A cold one!!


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DARYL STOUT wrote:

I saw that...numerous winter storm warnings, ice storm warnings, and blizzard warnings. To me, the only good blizzard warning is when the
Dairy Queen employee says "your confectionary treat is ready". <G> We
are under a Wind Advisory statewide through Wednesday night, with a
risk of severe storms, mainly northwest of Little Rock.

LOS ANGELES just had a blizzard warning!!

<hysterical laughter from the Northern Wastes>

BM> I'm ripening!

One doesn't get older...one gets better. And, I'm approaching
magnificent. <G>

Barry is cheese; Daryl is wine....

<observes large pile of indeterminate origin>

....I think I'm compost. <g>

I guess they'll be calling for elimination of batteries next, along with

Um. How's that gonna work for those mandated EVs???

LP gas appliances, and gasoline vehicles. I saw where a lot of these electric cars are being banned from ferries, as they are catching fire.

And you can't put it out, it has to burn out...
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Barry,

Sometimes one just has to learn for oneself, though the latter example
I'd try to have avoided at all costs!

Too many people in life "have to learn the hard way". That includes ME,
in that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". I tried to upgrade the BBS
software, and when it didn't work, I deleted the exec (main program file directory), thinking I had a backup directory available.

To my horror, I discovered I did not...and the 2 external USB drives
were no good...one failed, and the other wouldn't let me get the data.
Another issue was that several doors quit working...apparently the
DORINFO1.DEF file works better than the DOOR.SYS file.

I lost the CAPTCHA deal at logon, but one feature of Synchronet allows
me to set the inactivity timer for DUMB terminals (bots) to 15 seconds.
They usually get dropped, and instantly reconnect, but several at once
tie up the nodes. Yet, if they enter something like supervisor, admin,
root, sysop, etc., they get dropped, and the IP gets a temporary ban on
it, which I change to permanent once I see it in the control panel.

If everyone played nice things would be a heck of a lot better. One
side wants to make as much money as possible while the opposite side
wants to have the money or other luxury. (That phrasing isn't quite right.) A happier medium is someone reports a problem (or potential problem) and it's check out, and as necessary fixed. Seems like that would save alot of crises expenses later.

So many want to always have the latest and greatest stuff. I'm content
to use whatever still works, even if it's legacy. Years ago, items were
made with QUALITY...now, they just mix a bunch of crap together, and call
it a working product.

"Poop occurs." A fire on a train or truck on the ground is less catastrophic than one in an airplane. OTOH some of the ground
accidents have come close.

On your quote, it better...digestive tract poisoning is no fun. :P

A conflagration is deadly, unless used to keep warm or for cooking. I
don't want to be on a plane...as it plunges to the ground, it's the sudden
stop at the end that does you in. :P As one cartoon years ago noted "If
man were meant to fly, he would've been born with airline tickets". Or
like the product warning noting "Cape does not permit the user to fly".

I'm thinking I'd rather put up with the relatively brief inconvenience
of a long train than recovering from an explosion.

I would, too. But, only in America (and likely in other areas)...we
race to:

1) Beat the traffic lights to an intersection.
2) Beat the trains to a railroad crossing.
3) Beat the boats to a drawbridge.

But, we'll stand patiently for 3 hours on the golf course. Or as the
late Red Skelton asked "How can your wife see a yellow thread on your
suit jacket, and yet, miss the garage door??!!".

Locally the freezing rain, etc., were about 50 miles north. I got rain pretty much all day. The TV forecast for the 'northern counties' was
for a possibility of up to an inch of ice, along with the possibilty of downed tree limbs (ice build up plus was windy) and power outages.
Nothing like that here; LIS rained all day plus wind guts around 30
MPH. ...My little radar display was quite colourful!

Radarscope can look like Christmas Tree...especially the red and green
colors on the velocity display (red with winds in the storm moving away
from the radar, and green with winds in the storm moving toward the radar). When you see the red and green together in a couplet, a tornado may be
forming, or occurring.

Today (Feb. 26) starts Arkansas' 2023 Severe Weather Awareness Week,
and I'll have posts in the weather echoes through Saturday, March 4. It
looks like the arctic oscillation will go negative in early March, which
means colder air diving south. With the relatively mild winter, many trees, flowers, plants, etc., have stared blooming/budding out. It is becoming increasingly likely that there'll be a late winter/early spring frost and
or freeze (it happens every year). Several years ago, it was Mother's Day weekend, where northwest Arkansas got 7 inches of heavy wet snow, and the
cold killed many gardens...needless to say, many folks weren't happy. My
cousin in Erie, Pennsylvania, does no garden work until AFTER Mother's Day.

Yes: really can't get anything done as partially distracted on
listening for a delivery truck -- cars don't make too much noise (usually!). Have to stop whatever one is doing on a split-second of
the ringing of the doorbell.

If the doorbell camera is working (mine runs on an internal battery,
but the wi-fi has to be up), I can work on the computer and watch the
camera. But, if the wi-fi/internet is out/offline (especially due to
storms), or if the unit is being recharged off the UPS with the USB
cable...I have to sit by the front door, and watch for the delivery
vehicle. I'm always afraid nature will call at the most inopportune
time (it usually does), and when I'm in-disposed, they'll show up.
Waiting for the delivery is as exciting as watching paint dry.

One doesn't get older...one gets better. And, I'm approaching magnificent. <G>

You keep believing that!!

If I don't inject humor into my day, I'd be crying constantly. As
Roger Rabbit noted "If you don't have a sense of humor, you're better
off dead!!". Plus, the T-Shirt I saw that noted "If you can't laugh
at yourself, I'll be happy to laugh at you".

True. ...So was the map showing expansion or contraction?!

Expansion...but several areas I'd like to see service, didn't have it.
The Moline/Quad Cities areas were on the map. I can email you the file
if you want, or you could probably do a search for something like "Amtrak
Map 2035".

Just about everything can potentially cause or catch fire! ...Even people! ...Maybe that's the reasoning behind the old Chinese one child rule: less people to spontaneously combust. <rs!>

And, we thought having a hot temper was bad enough.

Dirty old Sysops need love, too. <G>

Take a shower! A cold one!!

Conserve water...shower with a friend. :P

Daryl

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