• Silence

    From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to ALL on Wed May 20 05:48:08 2020
    Listen to all the crickets...
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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to JOE MACKEY on Wed May 20 06:53:18 2020
    Re: Silence
    By: JOE MACKEY to ALL on Wed May 20 2020 05:48:08


    Listen to all the crickets...

    what crickets? i only hear the ringing in my ears from all the silence now that all the HDs and fans in the equipment are much quieter than the originals... that and the drip drip drip of the water coming out of the sky...


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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to MARK LEWIS on Wed May 20 12:38:00 2020
    what crickets? i only hear the ringing in my ears from all the silence now
    tha
    all the HDs and fans in the equipment are much quieter than the originals... t and the drip drip drip of the water coming out of the sky...

    The water coming out of the sky here lately has done more than drip drip
    drip. :)

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to MARK LEWIS on Thu May 21 06:29:26 2020
    Mark and Mike commented --

    that and the drip drip drip of the water coming out of the sky...

    Same here and its like back to late winter as well. We had lows in the lower 40s yesterday and near drizzle all day and its rained nearly every day this week.
    I love how some people are predicting global warming and we all will die
    in 40 years as the world burns up.
    But these same people can't tell what the weather will be next week
    using those same models.
    Last week the forecast for this week was highs in the 80s and low 90s
    and clear skies.
    Of course I may have jinxed it by cleaning and putting away some winter clothing and such. :)
    Joe
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  • From Dennis Katsonis@3:712/620 to mark lewis on Thu May 21 21:06:00 2020
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    Re: Silence
    By: JOE MACKEY to ALL on Wed May 20 2020 05:48:08


    Listen to all the crickets...

    what crickets? i only hear the ringing in my ears from all the silence
    now that all the HDs and fans in the equipment are much quieter than
    the originals... that and the drip drip drip of the water coming out of the sky...


    Listening to a podcast, and the ringing still drowns it out :(

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  • From Mark Redden@1:2320/105 to Dennis Katsonis on Fri May 22 23:50:43 2020
    mark lewis wrote to JOE MACKEY <=-

    Re: Silence
    By: JOE MACKEY to ALL on Wed May 20 2020 05:48:08


    Listen to all the crickets...

    what crickets? i only hear the ringing in my ears from all the silence now that all the HDs and fans in the equipment are much quieter than the originals... that and the drip drip drip of the water coming out
    of
    the sky...


    Listening to a podcast, and the ringing still drowns it out :(

    ... Dennis Katsonis
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  • From Dennisk@3:633/416 to Mark Redden on Sun May 24 09:56:00 2020
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    Re: Silence
    By: JOE MACKEY to ALL on Wed May 20 2020 05:48:08


    Listen to all the crickets...

    what crickets? i only hear the ringing in my ears from all the silence now that all the HDs and fans in the equipment are much quieter than the originals... that and the drip drip drip of the water coming out
    of
    the sky...


    Listening to a podcast, and the ringing still drowns it out :(

    ... Dennis Katsonis
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    Was there supposed to be a message here?


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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DENNISK on Mon May 25 07:00:08 2020
    Mark wrote --

    Listening to a podcast, and the ringing still drowns it out :(

    I always find it interesting that there are times this place is busy and other times its as quiet as tomb. :)
    Joe



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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to JOE MACKEY on Wed May 27 15:44:00 2020
    Quoting Joe Mackey to All on 05-20-20 05:48 <=-

    Listen to all the crickets...

    churrrip, chuuuurrrip....

    I guess all the threads ran out... ;)

    ttyl neb

    ... I'm going to make a prediction: It could go either way.

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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to MARK LEWIS on Wed May 27 15:46:00 2020
    Quoting Mark Lewis to Joe Mackey on 05-20-20 06:57 <=-

    Re: Silence
    By: JOE MACKEY to ALL on Wed May 20 2020 05:48:08


    Listen to all the crickets...

    what crickets? i only hear the ringing in my ears from all the silence
    now that all the HDs and fans in the equipment are much quieter than
    the originals... that and the drip drip drip of the water coming out of the sky...

    No rain here.... just the drip drip of sweat down our faces... setting
    records here for heat.... supposed to be back to normal after we do get
    some rain in a day or so, and then be in the 60s for highs for the
    weekend.... fine by me... :)

    ttyl neb

    ... What if there were no hypothetical situations?

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Thu May 28 05:19:14 2020
    Nancy wrote --

    churrrip, chuuuurrrip....

    I guess all the threads ran out... ;)

    I guess with the warmer weather people have found "better" things to do.
    Joe
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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Thu May 28 05:25:44 2020
    Nancy wrote --

    No rain here.... just the drip drip of sweat down our faces... setting records here for heat

    What was it, 80 degrees? :)
    A recently late friend who lived in Erie, PA turned her a/c on as soon as
    it hit 70 degrees, saying it was hot. I used to joke everyone there must be part Eskimo.
    When I visited the first time in '84 she apologised for "the heat". It
    was something like 80 degrees.
    We have overnight lows in the 80s at times in the summer.

    then be in the 60s for highs for the weekend.... fine by me... :)

    Those are our overnight lows, if we're lucky.
    It was 95 Monday, then cooled to only 91 Tuesday and yesterday it was
    only in the upper 80s. Brr. I may have cleaned and put away those winter clothes too soon.
    Joe (who likes it hot).

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  • From Dennis Katsonis@3:712/620 to JOE MACKEY on Fri May 29 18:46:00 2020
    JOE MACKEY wrote to NANCY BACKUS <=-

    Nancy wrote --

    churrrip, chuuuurrrip....

    I guess all the threads ran out... ;)

    I guess with the warmer weather people have found "better" things to
    do.
    Joe
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    Or no one can think of a better thread. I was thinking of starting one asking people opinion of whether technology which is more "tactile" and simpler (ie, floppy disks over USB/network, keyboards over touchscreen, simply OS's over Windows 10) actually present a more human experience.

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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to JOE MACKEY on Fri May 29 20:47:00 2020
    Quoting Joe Mackey to Mark Lewis on 05-21-20 06:29 <=-

    Mark and Mike commented --
    > that and the drip drip drip of the water coming out of the sky...

    Same here and its like back to late winter as well. We had lows in
    the lower 40s yesterday and near drizzle all day and its rained nearly every day this week.
    I love how some people are predicting global warming and we all
    will die in 40 years as the world burns up.
    But these same people can't tell what the weather will be next week
    using those same models.

    Sometimes they guess better than other times... ;)

    Last week the forecast for this week was highs in the 80s and low
    90s and clear skies.
    Of course I may have jinxed it by cleaning and putting away some
    winter clothing and such. :)

    Sounds quite plausible.... ALL your fault....! And then on top of it all,
    that weather came up here instead.... <G>

    ttyl neb

    ... Butterflies are self-propelled flowers.

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DENNIS KATSONIS on Sat May 30 06:29:58 2020
    Dennis wrote --

    Or no one can think of a better thread. I was thinking of starting one
    asking people opinion of whether technology which is more "tactile" and simpler (ie, floppy disks over USB/network, keyboards over touchscreen, simply OS's over Windows 10) actually pre

    Yes and no.
    Next question.
    But all seriousness aside, as Steve Allen used to say, I can see both
    good and bad in all this.
    I prefer CD/DVD for long term storage. With a USB it is far to easy to delete something that wasn't meant to be deleted. At least if its on the HD its in the trash and can be retrieved.
    I use USB's all the time for short term storage, or transfer/access on
    the pc or laptop and back again.
    I do use a cloud for some things, but also have a copy on a
    thumb/CD/DVD/HD.
    Plus with the prices of CD/DVD's as cheap as they are I will have
    multiple backups for things that can't be replaced in case one fails, which has
    happened.
    I prefer keyboards over touch screens for text.
    I have two tablets: one has a detachable keyboard, the other hasn't.
    These are fine for general surfing, videos, etc. But that tablet
    keyboard is to small with my fat fingers...
    I have little experience with iOS, other than my phone. My pc/laptop
    are Win10, the tablets android.
    But I use Win10 97 per cent of the time. Maybe 98.5 per cent of the
    time.
    But this is a good question and maybe start a discussion.
    Joe

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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to JOE MACKEY on Tue Jun 2 15:17:00 2020
    Quoting Joe Mackey to Dennisk on 05-25-20 07:00 <=-

    Mark wrote --

    Listening to a podcast, and the ringing still drowns it out :(

    I always find it interesting that there are times this place is
    busy and other times its as quiet as tomb. :)

    That happens sometimes even in busier echos, when the timing is just
    off... And when it's a quieter echo like this one, it doesn't take much
    for there not to be anything to answer, so no new messages....

    As for me... life keeps throwing too many draining days at me, and
    answering messages gets lower on the priority list...... I'm trying to
    keep up, but I'm currently running about a week behind.... sigh...

    ttyl neb

    ... I try to take one day at a time, but often several days attack at once

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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to JOE MACKEY on Tue Jun 2 15:49:00 2020
    Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 05-28-20 05:19 <=-

    Nancy wrote --

    churrrip, chuuuurrrip....
    I guess all the threads ran out... ;)

    I guess with the warmer weather people have found "better" things to
    do. Joe

    I hadn't had any messages to me to answer, so hadn't been posting
    anything... until you posted something to All that was answerable...
    There had been another thread going that a number of people were
    involved in, but nothing really that I had anything to add to,
    especially as I've been running a bit behind now.....

    ttyl neb

    ... Remember the seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake!

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Sun May 31 20:16:00 2020
    Joe,

    I always find it interesting that there are times this place is busy and other times its as quiet as tomb. :)

    Especially when I'm away from the echo. <G>

    Daryl

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Mon Jun 8 04:58:22 2020
    Daryl wrote --

    and other times its as quiet as tomb. :)

    Especially when I'm away from the echo. <G>

    It has been rather quiet.
    But I'm sure that will soon change... :)
    Joe
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