Subj : Re: flood stuff was: Vacation To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Wed Jan 29 2020 22:48:08 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 22-Jan-2020 10:10 <=- BM> Had glanced at the preview of this message, hit the key sequences to BM> reply than cancelled and went back to read the header. Went back BM> because something didn't look right/caught my attention. The display BM> had shown "Message # 11100" -- the binary-like message number had BM> caught my attention. (BTW, it's the number of the message here; would BM> have a different number at other sites.) Cute... and right that it would be unique to your system... :) If I just did the math right, that would be 56 in decimal....? NB>>>> Then I'm certainly glad I didn't work for them... sounds more like NB>>>> an over-reaction than a nuanced policy.... BM>>> Corporate sometimes got a little overboard. At one time the dress BM>>> code was white or black shirts. OK, fine. Black shirt had white BM>>> buttons - nope! Had to be black buttons! What was 'funny' is the black BM>>> shirts we had for sale had white buttons. NB>>> Yes, I remember your mentioning that before... and it would have NB>>> made sense to be able to wear the shirts you had for sale.... ;) BM>> Corporate did finally allow a tiny bit of colour on the buttons and BM>> seams/decoration. NB>> Someone talked some sense into them, I guess... ;) BM> Or enough complaints from the smaller stores! The large stores BM> probably carried acceptable merchandise but us medium-sized stores did BM> not. True... that might have played into it... :) NB>>> Did it ever actually happen, that you know of...? BM>> I'm thinking a yes but can't remember to whom. Know for certain a BM>> friend of mine in Large Appliances was right at the line and as he was BM>> a really good performer the store management didn't want to see him go BM>> for something so stupid so they begged and reminded him not to be late. NB>> And apparently he also made the effort to be on time pretty much... BM> AFAIK yes. He was 'fiesty' enough where he would attempt to comply BM> within reason so leave early to compensate for a traffic slow-down and BM> travel time to use a different bridge if a reported traffic jam but if BM> the traffic jam occurred after he left (so no notification) he would BM> fight any 'black marks'. I was aware of some of the activties but BM> didn't inquire: some times one is better to not know the details and BM> so could be helpful. True. BM>>>> Also have a solar cell I bought ages ago -- it shows someone on the BM>>>> beach using it to power a radio -- so will see if this will recharge BM>>>> the battery. Yesterday was overcast and the solar cell was outputting BM>>>> only a few volts; Sun's out and looks like will be pretty bright so BM>>>> will see how it works. NB>>>> Did you get enough sun for that to work...? BM>>> So far no. There were a couple of sunnier days and appears the BM>>> problem is I need to lower the solar cell's position on the window: the BM>>> top is shadowed. But First's and Round TuIts popped up..... NB>>> Of course... At least you figured out the shadowing part.... BM>> Though haven't done anything about it yet. Might also try it (the BM>> solar cell) up here: this window gets full exposure to the Sun but has BM>> the UV block so may not work. The potential bad storm has passed, BM>> another storm coming in for the weekend but not as bad, plus ended up BM>> with three charged batteries for the TV. NB>> So less urgency to check out the solar option.... at least for now... BM> Yes, for now. Good news: I got the urge to straighten out BM> that part of the basement. Bad news: some of the mess is just moved BM> to a different location while being sorted. Good news: some of the BM> moved mess is waiting to be put out in next Monday's trash pickup. BM> Good news: found another solar charger which I brought up here to test, BM> so suppose the 'bad news' is haven't tested yet. (Need to find a Round BM> TuIt!) Overall, not a bad set of affairs... ;) I see more positives than not, there... ;) And useful to have a second solar charger as long as it works, too... ;) BM> Was sort of checking out the original solar charger in the basement BM> window while doing my clean up: lowering it would get rid of the BM> shadow from the house but not sure if enough. At this point moved BM> stuff is in the way. As long as you get it moved back out of the way fairly soon, it shouldn't be much of a setback... ;) And it does sound like it will be a trial and error sort of assessment... BM> ... Avenge yourself: live long enough to be a problem to your BM> children. That could backfire.... ttyl neb .... Lets put the FUN back in dysFUNctional --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .