Subj : Health Was: Nuts To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sat Apr 04 2020 10:01:00 Hi Nancy! Hmm! I think the previous message even though you split need to be evebn further split! BM>>>> Another bit of historial trivia solved by logic! NB>>>> Or at least surmised at by logic... ;) BM>>> Are you implying something done accidentally solved a BM>>> problem?! NB>>> [shrug] Happens often enough... But who said anything about NB>>> solving a problem here... ;) BM>> So maybe there wasn't a problem in the first place; we (or I?!) just BM>> thought there was? NB>> Apparently.... I thought we were just wondering how things might NB>> have worked or not.... ;) BM> Me taking it to the next level??!! NB> Nah.... that would never happen... Whew! OK! NB>>>>> It might have just partially folded down, too... not folded as NB>>>>> tightly as is done now.... BM>>>> That could be too. If used for protection from the Sun would be in BM>>>> almost daily use, though still that little issue about storing at BM>>>> night or even when going inside. NB>>>> Well, older houses did have larger vestibules, so there might have NB>>>> been sufficient room for umbrella storage.... ;) BM>>> Possibly! Thinking that would still take a lot of space even if BM>>> hanging from the ceiling and/or wall. NB>>> I was thinking of ones that essentially are another large room like NB>>> the living room... one side of it could be used to have the umbrellas NB>>> sitting, tops tilting to the floor... ;) BM>> That could work. I was sort of restricting to being out of the living BM>> or gathering rooms. NB>> And not thinking of how large a space might be available outside of NB>> that... :) BM> I'm half-thinking a front porch area could be use to store but then I BM> don't think Japanese houses have front porches. ...Some day will find BM> out! NB> An enclosed front porch would be safe enough from the elements... NB> And it wasn't only Japanese that would have had the parasols we NB> were talking about.... it was common enough in the Western NB> world.... :) <1800's Real Estate agent> And here we have a lovely drying and storage area for the cowboys' parasols when visiting here at the OK Corral. Wrong 'western'! BM>>> ...The history of umbrellas especially the trivia on storage might BM>>> make for a unique research paper for some student! Teacher/instructor/ BM>>> professor (dependant on grade) probably never had that material BM>>> presented before! NB>>> Depends on whether there is some sort of documentation available NB>>> somewhere... but, true... probably a rather unique paper... ;) BM>> Something to keep whomever is grading the paper interested! NB>> That could be a bonus... :) BM> I preferred to research and write on something I was interested in and BM> hopefully the reader (so teacher, etc.) was also. Pretty much hated BM> the begining of the school year "what I did on my summer vacation" BM> papers. We didn't do really do anything special just because it was BM> Summer; beaches were crowded - we'd sometimes do a weekend on Cape Cod BM> but was after Labor Day (and so generally after the school assignment) BM> as not crowded. NB> And pretty hard to write more than a paragraph on "I played NB> outside with my siblings/friends" or "I read lots of books".... NB> :) Which is pretty much what I did during my summer vacations. I definitely was not bored - kept busy playing, reading, etc., but "I rode my bike with my friends to Fairgrounds Elementary (school on the other end of town)" or "rode around on the trails in the woods" barely adds a short paragraph. BM>>>> if the car had an actual voltmeter display instead of an idiot light I BM>>>> might have noted something wrong. NB>>>> Yeah... meters are so much more informative than idiot lights... :) BM>>> Yes, though don't have the option. Suppose could install one's own -- BM>>> LIS, I'm not a mechanic. And now may not need to monitor voltage for BM>>> some time. NB>>> No, that probably won't be a problem now for a while... I don't know NB>>> how available car volt gauges are anymore... there used to be a NB>>> catalog for that sort of thing (and other car accessaries), NB>>> J.C.Whitney... but I think they may have gone out of business... NB>>> Richard used to get their catalogs all the time at one point... BM>> I did too, possibly because of installing a rear window defroster grid BM>> for my first car. ...Googled: BM>> JC Whitney is a retailer of aftermarket automotive parts and BM>> accessories. As of 2010, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. BM>> Auto Parts. BM>> Still very much present as JCWhitney.com. Might be something to keep BM>> in the back of ones mind; I don't know enough about cars to consider BM>> doing repair work on my own -- looks like they offer fenders, mirrors, BM>> seats. ...Seat cover I could handle! NB>> That's good to know, that they still are in business... I know that NB>> in the past we did get seat covers from them, for instance, along with NB>> other types of accessories... :) BM> Yes: I was pleasantly surprised to find they were still in business. BM> OTOH what am I going to do with them? NB> Order the catalog and see what they have on offer.....? ;) As I NB> mentioned, they used to have seat covers.... ;) If they even have a physical catalog! BM> Do recall my first car didn't BM> have a rear window defroster/defogger and I think I got a stick-on one BM> from them. Know I got one, just not recalling from whom. Now I think BM> it's almost a required option, or at least for me it is. NB> In this state, it's required manufacturer installed equipment... NB> :) Which makes sense! Now if the other drivers have enough sense to use! ....Reminded me a few weeks ago I wiped the moisture off the car windows with the snow brush because I wanted to see! Sure, could use the windshield wipers for the front and rear, but doesn't do anything for the side windows. Rolling them down for some reason doesn't get as much as one would think, and nothing wipes the side mirrors! BM> Same with the radio -- actually how good the radio is is one of the BM> ways I sort of gauge the rest of the car as figure they're not BM> installing a super-fantastic radio in a super-cheaply made car. BM> (I have a Rolls Kanardly: rolls down one hill and can hardly get up BM> the next!) NB> :) You never know... If it's a second-hand car, the previous NB> owner might have upgraded the radio.... and maybe the radio is NB> meant to distract you from how cheaply made the car actually NB> is.... ;) True - never trust just one indicator. BTW, back to the battery issues, now I've been seeing all sorts of car battery voltage indicators being advertised! Probably there before, just didn't realize I needed. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Posted by Eaton Smore, author of that famous book, "Eat And Grow Fat". --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .