-=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 11-Jul-2020 09:40 <=-
BM> I'm trying to figure out what "moving or not" had referred to.
BM> Neither one of us had considered relocating in the immediate past.
It was a long ago thread.... some purely speculative talk about whether
one might move (such as to downsize, or for some other reason)... could
well have been a more than a year or two old thread.... just never
changed the subject line.... :)
BM>> Not sure when this came up in the last week but the last few newscasts
BM>> has announced people from Iowa would be quarantined for fourteen days
BM>> if they were to visit New York (State) - that would blow most
BM>> vacations! This morning's newscast said anyone coming from a state
BM>> whose incidence rate is 10% will be quarantined; we only have 9.5%,
BM>> which does round up. Not sure how they pull and quarantine -- go now
BM>> and get put in a decent hotel for two weeks!
NB>> I have no idea how they are enforcing, or plan to enforce, the
NB>> quarantine of people coming from the various states on the list....
NB>> I've almost thought it's just designed as a deterrent, so those people
NB>> won't even try to visit until their states get lower enough.... As
NB>> we've said, it isn't like we have border stations at all the roads
NB>> that cross from state to state, like we do on the Mexican and Canadian
NB>> borders.... But I've not done any traveling, even just within our
NB>> state, since the shutdowns started.... so haven't acquired any
NB>> first-hand data...
BM> I was also thinking more of a 'puff up to size' bluff-type statement
BM> but wouldn't want to and have no reason to test it. Originally was
BM> more thinking me and pleasure travel but what about business
BM> travellers? Gentleman my Mother knows has a job with something with
BM> aeronautics software (one only asks so much) -- years before COVID-19
BM> he was able to do most from home, some an office, occasionally fly
BM> somewhere to analyze and fix the problem first-hand. Could just see
BM> him having to be quarantined two weeks!
Essential workers appear to be exempt from the border shutdowns... I
recently read that instead of the quarantine, they test those workers
daily....
BM>> Most of the initial hits were for why and when they sirens sound and
BM>> that error a while back when the sirens sounded accidentally.
NB>> Guess they don't expect anyone to want to find out where the actual
NB>> sirens are all located.... :)
BM> Maybe, though I could see where someone might want to not live too
BM> close to a siren, or some wanting to live in the vicinity to be sure
BM> they heard the warning.
Both sound logical to me... :)
BM>>> True, though not always due to adult reactions: I get a slight shiver
BM>>> if I am going under an overpass if a large truck is going over me at
BM>>> the same time. No known reason, no fear, just that slight quiver.
NB>>> The subconscious racing through all the possible scenarios.... ;)
BM>> Probably due to some cartoon I saw or something equally semi-silly.
BM>> No reaction if no vehicles going overhead at the time, Car might cause
BM>> a double-look type reaction.
NB>> That sort of thing doesn't bother me, but I get a quiver walking
NB>> over an open grate in a parking lot or sidewalk... :)
BM> That's from too many videos of ducklings following Mama Duck and they
BM> fall through, needed to be rescued!
Nah.... but there is something triggering it for me... dunno what...
BM>> I'll have to get working on my Raspberry Pi weather display project
BM>> again. ...Did a bit of snooping to see if something changed, mainly
BM>> 'early century' hits (from 2011, etc.). Did see one "telnet
BM>> rainmaker.wunderground.com 3000" so tried that as not sure what '3000'
BM>> does; I'd guess a designate a port which either would open the routine
BM>> totally or redirect to a different one than default. Like you got
BM>> data stuck on May 17.
NB>> Yup, and still there this morning when I checked... :)
BM> Apparently they haven't found which computer needs rebooting yet.
Or have decided to abandon the project after all...
BM>> Command as above will give an ASCII icon of the current conditions
BM>> (right now a drawing of a cloud), sky conditions, temperature, wind
BM>> speed, visibility and rainfall amount.
BM>> Leave from pipe to the end off and get a three day forecast at
BM>> morning, noon, evening, and night.
NB>> What would I put in to see the stats for Rochester NY...?
BM> Um, Rochester? (And now with the semi-smart-remp answer better try!)
BM> barry@NZXT:~$ curl -s wttr.in/rochester | head -7
BM> Weather report: rochester
BM> \ / Partly cloudy
BM> _ /"".-. 75..80 °F
BM> \_( ). ? 5 mph
BM> /(___(__) 9 mi
BM> 0.0 in
BM> The question mark should be a NE-pointing arrow.
BM> OK, should be the correct one: if remove the pipe and head commands
BM> you'll get a three day detailed forecast and at the bottom is
BM> "Location: Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States of America
BM> [43.157285,-77.6152139]".
Not sure I can replicate that.... but maybe.... ;)
BM>> So as far as I know all of the computers in regular use have been
BM>> updated and are connecting. Yea! :)
NB>> Good show.... ;)
BM> LIS in an earlier message verified a little problem with the notebook
BM> computer (the WiFi doesn't stay connected). ...I may or may not
BM> replace the module, though not sure that is specifically the problem.
BM> Thinking may be overall better to get a USB WiFi adapter -- mainly
BM> because could be used in other devices.
That does sound like a reasonable solution...
BM>> Still waiting on the gutters, etc.
NB>> That will come in time.... hopefully.... ;)
BM> And think I told you we almost had gutters. During an initial project
BM> the gutters had been either mis-measured or mis-typed as 5": they're
BM> 6". Handwritten and notated correction made. Apparantly never got
BM> finalized as the guys were here for 5" gutters so that got stopped and
BM> in process of being corrected. (Who's doing the measuring? We were
BM> also short two bundles of shingles.)
Not so great.... Hopefully taken care of by now...?
BM>> My credit union sent out an e-mail announcement the lobby is open,
BM>> practicing social distancing, etc., but I haven't needed to go yet so
BM>> haven't seen in practice. I go to the headquarters site and they have
BM>> a huge lobby so we were practically practicing social distancing before
BM>> anyway!
NB>> I don't need to go more than about once a month or so... Richard goes
NB>> once a week to move money around... ;)
BM> Bet that makes the security guards nervous! Visualizing them watching some
BM> outsider taking a pile of bills from one shelf to another! <gg>
There's that overactive imagination of yours again.... He writes the
withdrawal info on the slip, deposits some in another account that he
writes checks on, keeps some cash for the week... ;)
ttyl neb
... Old bakers never die, you just can't get a rise out of them!
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