Hi Daryl!
DS> It also means "X Marks The Spot".
BM> Stand here - right here -- I dare you!
DS> I can't fit inside the computer. I'm not like that AARP
DS> magazine cartoon, where this guy in a hazmat suit is in the
DS> patients room, with the doctor...who tells the patient "I thought
DS> you'd like to meet our colonoscopy specialist before we
DS> minaturize him". :P
Why am I thinking the Kratt Brothers? (Show on PBS Kids about two adult
brothers and their friends who explore Nature and save animals by using
the animal's superpower. They also have a Miniaturizer to reduce them
to a size matching the animal.)
BM> I don't recall seeing one, though might be on a 5x8" sign and so hard
BM> to see much less read when zipping by.
DS> It's a small blue sign, noting something like "To Report
DS> Problem Or Malfunction, call [toll free phone number]"...and it
DS> notes "Milepost" and "DOT ID". That way, they know exactly where
DS> the problem is...be it a malfunctioning signal, broken gate,
DS> vehicle blocking the crossing, or a problem with the train
DS> itself.
Now if they only had a phone! (I'm thinking more the old days before
everyone had a cell phone.)
DS> At night, if you overdrive your headlights, the train could be
DS> moving through when you get there.
BM> In this situation the darkness of night could have been an advantage as one
BM> could see the headlight of the locomotive, though one probably wouldn't be
BM> thinking of the visible bright light but rather the
BM> invisible dark train.
DS> There's usually an optical illusion, as the train is closer
DS> than it appears to be.
So one could be in a real jam if see a train in the side-view mirrors! (Usually
those mirrors have the warming "objects may appear closer than
they appear".)
BM> ... Just checking to see if you were at your computer.
DS> ... Make Friends With The Sysop: Page Them At 3am. NOT!!
BM> SysOp Rule: do not place the BBS computer where you'll be sleeping!
DS> It's on a table, near my bed...but the monitor is turned off at
DS> night, and I've got it set for the display to go off after 5
DS> minutes.
Hopefully that's not like setting a timer or snooze alarm for five
minutes: FLASH!!
DS> Now, if insomnia hits, I work at the computer to get fatigued
DS> enough to get back to sleep.
I wonder if there's a "Boring Sites" hit by the search engine?!
...Well that didn't quite work: most hits were for things to look at
when bored (so anti-boredom).
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