Subj : flood stuff was: Vacation To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Fri May 15 2020 10:27:00 Hi Nancy! BM>> Back from my Abbreviated Thursday Morning Meanderings. "Scored" a BM>> four-pack of Angel Soft toilet paper for a neighbour who has been BM>> on-line shopping but her store (not a HyVee) is always out of toilet BM>> paper. I was talked out of putting a bow on the package as a joke. NB>> [chuckle] Who knows, she might have appreciated the bow.... ;) NB>> It was a nice gesture/present all the same... :) BM> Yes, I thought she would think it humourous. Oh well. NB> Another time, maybe... ;) Hopefully not with toilet paper -- don't want the shortage to last! Did 'have' to go up the paper goods aisle during yesterday's shopping -- supply looked pretty good -- still not at full stock but definitely not almost bare like several weeks ago. Still signage for limit of one. BM>>> Was at 31ø when I woke up to what sounded like something sliding off BM>>> the roof -- must have been the trash pickup as they start at 4 a.m. now BM>>> due to the COVID-19. Used to start collections at 7 a.m. Not sure why BM>>> they start three hours earlier now but.... NB>>> I don't think that our pickup times were changed due to COVID-19... NB>>> I suppose starting earlier would let them finish earlier, maybe gives NB>>> time to sanitize afterwards....? BM>> Possible. Even though automated pick up I'm quite sure there are BM>> accidents: minor ones from the container being blown over by the wind BM>> to more major ones like not being held securely by the picker's BM>> claw-arms. Neither of those are COVID-19 specific; I would have wanted BM>> to clean up after returning from the route. Sanitizing before entering BM>> the trucks would help prevent spread amongst the workers but doesn't BM>> take three hours, plus the start of the route was also advanced. NB>> I was thinking sanitizing after the route... which should still be NB>> sanitized when they start the next day's route.... BM> True -- to me would make more sense to clean after the day's route BM> than to leave it overnight to 'fester'. Personally I'd probably do a BM> touch-up job before starting my route: wipe the steering wheel and BM> control handles but more of a dusting as opposed to a deep cleaning. NB> Besides, if you were the last one in the truck the night before, NB> how would it have picked up any viruses overnight after your deep NB> clean....? There is a possibility: virus hitchhiking on a breeze from opening the garage door or maybe even the heating system. So I'm thinking a thorough cleaning when returning -- probably somehow isolated from the parking lot where the other trucks have been cleaned -- and a touch-up in the morning. NB> We had those frost warnings clear through last night (13/14), NB> every day just about, and one day I did hear a little thunder in NB> the distance... but now we are finally having warmer weather... NB> rain on the way, though, and possibly thunderstorms... We've had thunderstorms overnight the past two nights. Not a lot of rain - think they said two inches for both nights - but the sump pump is emptying every so often and went by Duck Creek a little while ago to drop off the car to get the new grill installed (broken by the hail storm a few weeks ago) and it is running very high. BM> BM>>>> It seemed like the TV would accept the last station scanned, so 47 BM>>>> (repeater, weaker) would be selected over 4 (primary, stronger), BM>>>> though not always (47.1, 4.2, for example). So good something else BM>>>> was changed. NB>>>> True, it would have been less annoying if there seemed to be some NB>>>> legitmate logic to it... BM>>> Though I'd rather have it so both the stations were selected and the BM>>> user could select the option of removal. NB>>> More likely that you'd pick the proper one to remove or to keep, that NB>>> way.... ;) BM>> And there are reasons to want the weaker repeater station: a while BM>> back something happened and Channel 4 (the main station) was on but no BM>> data: the carrier was there but no audio nor video. The repeater BM>> station at Channel 47 was broadcasting properly. NB>> Yes... at that point, you'd want the option to choose the working NB>> station, for sure.... :) BM> It does make watching the show more entertaining! NB> To say nothing of not being a waste of time.... ;) Better to NB> have the options available... :) Generally yes. :) ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... I can't understand how to use baling wire to get water out of a boat. --- 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) .