Subj : weather To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Jul 05 2020 08:32:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>> So as not to be confused with Australia, which is .au... I also know NB>>> that Germany is .de and of course .uk is United Kingdom... :) BM>> Yes. My cousin probably would have suggested NK for Austria's postal BM>> abbreviation: No Kangaroos! The Austrians do make a joke of being BM>> mixed up with Australia: post cards, t-shirts, etc., will have a BM>> silhouette of a kangaroo overlaid with the slashed circle and other BM>> joke references. NB>> Ok for souvenirs, but one would think that for official something NB>> more reasonable would be better, like the .at instead... ;) BM> Yes: fine for the joke reminder, for official anything definitely not. NB> Besides, one never knows... there might be a kangaroo in an NB> Austrian zoo.... ;) With the sign "I'm lost!" ...Apparently there was an incident in 2018 and they don't know where the kangaroo came from: https://mashable.com/article/kangaroo-on-the-loose-austria/ Checking stuff: Kirchschlag is about a 1« hour drive east of Vienna; that's some hopping! BM>> As for mail I doubt if the icon would even be considered: mail sorting BM>> is generally automated and the machines just 'look' at the address. BM>> Even when human intervention is needed (machine unable to sort) AFAIK BM>> it's generally a picture of the envelope front and the person doing BM>> the reading would probably ignore anything but the address portion, or BM>> certainly isn't allowed the time to admire a slashed kangaroo. And BM>> probably wouldn't 'get' the meaning as dealing with Albania, BM>> Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, etc., etc. NB> Postal mail tends to have its own set of official NB> abbreviations... and one can always be more careful and spell it NB> out entirely... ;) True, though "Austria" and "Australia" are somewhat close enough to be confused. ..Maybe like the old luggage joke: I went to Cincinnati, my luggage went to Tokyo, Istanbul.... NB>>> We've had a cool few days, but now things are steadily warming up thru NB>>> this week to be back in the high 80s again by the weekend... at least NB>>> the nights will mostly be in the 60s so I'll be able to open up at NB>>> night to cool things down again... :) BM>> Lately have the windows open in the morning and close up some time in BM>> the early afternoon to retain some of the coolness/not let the BM>> warm-to-hot air in. NB>> We've had recurring patterns of pleasant and then too hot... last NB>> night and all day today, it's finally been cool again, so the window's NB>> been open, and will stay thru tonight... Tomorrow I'll be closing down NB>> mid-morning again, probably... :) BM> Pretty similar here: yesterday was the ending of the cool period. BM> Thermometer here showed 90ø; closed up the house well before then. BM> This morning was 70ø outside when I got up - - not bad but the humidity BM> was up there and as supposed to get into the 90's again decided to keep BM> the windows closed. NB> And now, with it being July 4th, things are really hot again... NB> high 80s yesterday and today, and 90 and above for next week... NB> Not sure if we can stay on top of cooling the house overnight... NB> and we don't have A/C at all except in my car... Has been at the 90's the past couple of days and forecast for the rest of the week. Have been keeping the house closed and running the central air. I try to keep the window a/c's in the Computer Room and Master Bedroom off as much as possible to keep the electric bill down but that's also one reason for the Budget Plan: have the "extra" for when need. BM> The male meteorologist on this morning's news even BM> said he was hot and perspiring slightly on the way in to the studio and BM> that shift starts around 3 -- on air he was wearing a long sleeved BM> dress shirt, suit and tie -- don't know what he wears in. NB> He might "dress up" there at the studio before going on air... NB> at least that's probably airconditioned... :) I'm thinking so. No one looks "seat belt wrinkled". BM>> Anyway, dry when they were here; shingling is done and looks nice. Now BM>> just waiting for the trim: gutters, awnings, etc. Got a call yesterday BM>> from the coordinating company hired by the insurance company saying BM>> there's going to be a wait as running behind. At least the important BM>> part is done. NB>> As long as it gets done reasonably expeditiously... ;) BM> Yes. And might be "anyone can shingle" but special equipment is BM> needed to form the gutters and window sills.. NB> Possibly... See what happens. Not going to 'push' too hard in July but if nothing done by the beginning of August will talk with the insurance agent to get things goin. OTOH theoretically the coordingating contractor isn't getting paid except for what we paid for the deductible until the job is completed. so that would seem like an incentive. ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® ¯ (Humans know what ® ¯ to remove.) ® .... Not Quites: people who followed the Lord were called the 12 opossums. --- 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) .