Hi Nancy!
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.
NB> It was a long ago thread.... some purely speculative talk about
NB> whether one might move (such as to downsize, or for some other
NB> reason)... could well have been a more than a year or two old
NB> thread.... just never changed the subject line.... :)
OK, thanks -- vaguely remember the discussion. ...Packing and moving
would be a major pain!
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!
NB> Essential workers appear to be exempt from the border
NB> shutdowns... I recently read that instead of the quarantine, they
NB> test those workers daily....
OK -- makes sense. They (essential workers) could possibly have come in contact
with an instance of COVID-19 more readily because of travel or
even at the office than a tourist who had been holed up at home so
essentially isolated but have to draw the line somewhere. And I was
also thinking of Chicago restricting access of tourists from certain
states -- Iowa was included. When I was a student (living in Iowa) I
still had New Hampshire plates on the car and a NH ID -- if the Chicago
authorities were looking for IA plates I'd be let through!
(Not that I'm intending to flaunt the regulations, just holes in the
logic.)
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!
NB> Nah.... but there is something triggering it for me... dunno
NB> what...
The mind is a strange thing!
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.
NB> Or have decided to abandon the project after all...
Quite possible. All sorts of possibilities come to mind. ...Is still
stuck, and was playing a bit :
ATL (Atlanta) 17 May 2020 Forecast: Nov 2, 2019
MLI (Moline,IL) 17 May 2020 may 17, 2020 (not a big
deal but noted lower case error: 'sun may 17'
BOS Boston prints the same dates and case errors.
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]".
NB> Not sure I can replicate that.... but maybe.... ;)
When you feel better you can do a little research and maybe ask Richard
for guidance. ...Or installing: did a quick check to make sure it is a Windows
command, or at least available (was thinking Linux it's 'curl'
and Windows it's 'wave' [hair!], though I remember it as "see U R L").
Anyway: https://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/cloud/objects
torage/restrict_rw_accs_cntainers_REST_API/files/installing_curl_command
_line_tool_on_windows.html
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.
NB> That does sound like a reasonable solution...
Cheaper and easier. Especially easier as was reading replacing that
part requires a major disassembly of the notebook, and then the little
detail of the antenna: appears the dual band options uses two antennae
-- makes sense but something I would have overlooked if just ordering an updated
board.
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.)
NB> Not so great.... Hopefully taken care of by now...?
Gutters have been replaced with the correct size. They also replaced
the damaged window sills/frame. Still waiting on the screens, awnings,
and siding. As for the siding, they've supposed to replace a few panels
that were broken. Had brought some but the wrong colour.
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>
NB> There's that overactive imagination of yours again.... He writes
NB> the withdrawal info on the slip, deposits some in another account
NB> that he writes checks on, keeps some cash for the week... ;)
Ah! <g>
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