-=> Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 07-06-19  09:50 <=-

Writing this from Selkirk Shores SP, where I'm camping with my extended
family for a week... 

 NB>> Slowly catching up, myself... and I saw the notice that you'd had
 NB>> your power taken out by the storms in your area... hope you are
 NB>> back sooner than the estimate...

 DS> This was NOT my idea of a vacation. I ended up CANCELLING the train
 DS> trip to Albuquerque, due to cost. The insurance company dawdled around
 DS> (it's a catastrophe if they have to pay a claim), and they felt that
 DS> "since there was running water and no other damage, the structure was
 DS> livable". I want to know how they can consider living in a place with
 DS> apparent temperatures over 100 degrees as livable?? People DIE in
 DS> conditions like that each year.

Without power, one can't even run fans....  Sorry you had to cancel your
trip... I know how much you were looking forward to it... 
 
 NB>> That sounds like it was mostly a win-win-win situation... 

 DS> I use an application called "I Drive Arkansas" (they also have a
 DS> website, as so similar states). At a glance, you can see traffic flow,
 DS> road conditions, construction zones, road closures, incidents (vehicle
 DS> accidents), weather information, and more. Then, you can take an
 DS> alternate route if needed.

Sounds useful... as long as one has a smartphone...  
 
 NB>> Naah... not scary at all... Joe sent me the copy in email..  
 NB>> Always nice to be able to put a face to someone one's known for
 NB>> years in this medium...  

 DS> What's funny is that you make a mental image of people you talk to
 DS> online, or even over ham radio. Then, when you meet them in person,
 DS> they don't look at all like you envisioned.

And did the picture of me Joe showed you look anything like what you'd
envisioned...?    Sometimes, though, the person really does look like
you'd thought... there was a friend of mine from GENEALOGY that I
finally met in person at a conference... I saw her from the back at
first, and wondered if that was my friend... she turned around and sure
enough her nametag said it was.... 

 DS> I'll always remember your comment to my tagline post of "I took
 DS> an IQ test, and the results were negative"...you replied "That
 DS> explains a lot. <g,d,r>". 

The words just typed themselves.... <G>

 DS> I miss the old BBS user and Sysop gatherings from years ago.
 
There are still some equivalents to those... the COOKING echo meets in
person yearly as a group somewhere near or at someone in the echo's
house for a Picnic (multi-day now).... this year it will be in NC, last
year I hosted it... 

ttyl      neb

... ...I'm not loafing - I'm doing research on inertia.

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