Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Three

[Debadoo]

Mornin Matt! Thinkin about tryin to sleep. Just took a pain pill so might when that kicks in a bit. That stinks you didn't.

 

[MattB101]

We don't hang around here too much do we! First thing when I get up and last thing I do when I go to bed. I miss my family when I'm not here! I think I am definitely more of a back porch kind than the front porch. I just kind of flip through up front, see if anything interests me and then walk around the house to out back. Not that I don't take time to help folks up front if needed but the better conversation is definately back here. I have a setup that I use all the time that I like and no big desire to reinvent the wheel with it so all that coil talk is just a little shall I say boring.

Sent while sitting on my busted ..... Stay off the ice if you can't skate. I can't and didn't.

 

[Debadoo]

lol Jup I spend too much time here probably, but ........ well........ I also miss everyone when I'm not here, and just don't have an exciting life. lol

 

[Debadoo]

Starting to yawn now, so think I'm gonna get off here and watch a bit of tv to wind down, then head to bed. Hope you get some sleep and everyone else has a great day!

 

[Semiretired]

I was thinking, (I know strange for me) . If we were donating it to an organization that helps folks over there and could prove it maybe I could talk the folks at Operation Blessing into shipping it over there for us. They're home based here in Norfolk and that's what they do, hurricane relief and such. We also have a large, Philipino population here that are actively involved sending stuff to and supporting programs in PI. Could they use it? I'll have to look at the manual but it probably could be just rejumpered for 220. It easily could be broken down a bit and strapped to a pallet for shipping. Just thinking out loud. It's beginning to sound like a lot of work actually!

Sent while sitting on my busted ..... Stay off the ice if you can't skate. I can't and didn't.

Currently they do not have a true workshop to use it in - that is on the project list, but it keeps getting pre-empted by higher needs - like replacing someones house that a typhoon destroyed. If they had the workshop already I might consider it, but currently they are mostly working on site and moving every few days...

I really do appreciate the offer - I will PM you this afternoon with more detail - currently I am getting ready to go to the doc's and get my knee checked out. Just checking in while my breakfast was being cooked...

 

[LittleBird]

Mornin, everyone! Rough night ... Shoulda just stayed up. I love Daylight Savings Time, but the transition is brutal ... Hope y'all have a great day!

 

[Debadoo]

Mornin Birdy.......I was just signing off. lol sorry ya had a rough nite

Semi, hope your knee is nothing serious. Be sure to let us know.

 

[Semiretired]

Morning Matt and Deb - Morning to Everyone else also...

Gotta sign off - my breakfast is ready and then off to the doc's...

 

[clnire]

First time up on the porch...nice digs folks!
I'm kind of impressed that rick, and Dave Are willing to be so honest and I mean it, a toast to both of you!
I doubt very much that anything is not open for discussion here! My hats off to all of you and in glad I visited

Hey Dog! Welcome! Lots of dog lovers here. A few cat folk too, but they are good folk too. Pull up a chair, sit on the floor and WELCOME!

 

[MattB101]

Currently they do not have a true workshop to use it in - that is on the project list, but it keeps getting pre-empted by higher needs - like replacing someones house that a typhoon destroyed. If they had the workshop already I might consider it, but currently they are mostly working on site and moving every few days...

I really do appreciate the offer - I will PM you this afternoon with more detail - currently I am getting ready to go to the doc's and get my knee checked out. Just checking in while my breakfast was being cooked...

What are we having?

Sent while sitting on my busted ..... Stay off the ice if you can't skate. I can't and didn't.

 

[clnire]

So sad. Heard on the news the beautiful Irish Setter that won 2nd overall at Crufts was, it looks like, poisoned. What the f#=~; is this world coming to?

 

[LittleBird]

So sad. Heard on the news the beautiful Irish Setter that won 2nd overall at Crufts was, it looks like, poisoned. What the f#=~; is this world coming to?

Did you ever read "A Dog's Purpose" by W. Bruce Cameron? Epitomizes the love dogs have for us...

 

[MikeE3]

First time up on the porch...nice digs folks!
I'm kind of impressed that rick, and Dave Are willing to be so honest and I mean it, a toast to both of you!
I doubt very much that anything is not open for discussion here! My hats off to all of you and in glad I visited

Hi - welcome to the porch. Grab a rocker and get comfortable. You don't just have to visit - make yourself at home.

If you never heard the piccolo descant of "Stars and Stripes" played on TROMBONE, you can't say that no more if you listen to this. It blows my mind.

Now that woke me up this morning. As a youngster my favorite album (as in vinyl record) was John Philip Sousa's Marching Band.

I say it is. Th red buds are blooming, crepe mrtyles, too. That's a tulip tree in front of my patio. And my amarilys are coming up. Kolanches are startin g to bloom in the house so they are readly to go outside. I'm picking up a hummingbird feeder for migration this year which should start any day now. We ar high 60's to low 70's during the days this week, and high 50's at night pretty much. We usually have one more cold snap in March, then that's it. But the signd are all around. I can't wait for my mockomg birds & hummers to come back! I caught a hummingbird fight on video last fall during migration. i was sitting 3 feet away while they slugged it out. There ar 4 hummers going after it.

oops - link to video not working for me. Was looking forward to the hummer fight.

So sad. Heard on the news the beautiful Irish Setter that won 2nd overall at Crufts was, it looks like, poisoned. What the f#=~; is this world coming to?

Now that's absolutely horrible. Janet said she heard on the news it might have been a competitor.

 

[clnire]

Did you ever read "A Dog's Purpose" by W. Bruce Cameron? Epitomizes the love dogs have for us...

No I have not. Will have to look into it. Thanks!

 

[LittleBird]

No I have not. Will have to look into it. Thanks!

It's purported to be fiction, but those of us who have known the love of a dog, know better . The book is written from the dog's perspective.

 

[bigbells]

Mornin, everyone! Rough night ... Shoulda just stayed up. I love Daylight Savings Time, but the transition is brutal ... Hope y'all have a great day!

What? Now I know why my wall clock was suddenly running an hour slow yesterday. I put it a new battery and reset it without a single thought that we'd switched to Daylight Savings Time. Great seats! Right in the front row!

 

[DavidOck]

The standard electricity is 220v, but we use transformers to throttle it down to 110v. Thanks for the offer, but that would be a little large to ship. I mostly send only hand power tools - portable and easy to add to a care package.

Just curious - are they on 50 or 60 hertz?

So sad. Heard on the news the beautiful Irish Setter that won 2nd overall at Crufts was, it looks like, poisoned. What the f#=~; is this world coming to?

Sick. And not the "new" slang meaning of sick. find the culprit and give them a similar dose!

What? Now I know why my wall clock was suddenly running an hour slow yesterday. I put it a new battery and reset it without a single thought that we'd switched to Daylight Savings Time. Great seats! Right in the front row!

We have two clocks (and my watch) the sync to the broadcast time tic from Denver. Since they all do that daily, I don't have that excuse to be late to work anymore. But then, being retired, I guess I could just take all the batteries out!

 

[MattB101]

Just curious - are they on 50 or 60 hertz?



Sick. And not the "new" slang meaning of sick. find the culprit and give them a similar dose!



We have two clocks (and my watch) the sync to the broadcast time tic from Denver. Since they all do that daily, I don't have that excuse to be late to work anymore. But then, being retired, I guess I could just take all the batteries out! [emoji23]

David, I believe it's actually out of Ft. Collins, CO. Universal Standard Time (UTC), Call Sign: WWV, Ft. Collins, CO. I used to know all the frequencies they broadcast on because 1. I was a ham radio operator and ran the MARS station on board and 2. we actually had to listen to the broadcast in Radio Central to get a time hack aboard ship to check chronometer deviation and set the clocks at noon everyday. Passed the word: "The following is a time check from the pilot house, at my mark the time will be 12:00 local time, standby, Mark." at the exact hack (used a stopwatch that we had synced with WWV) over the general announcing system (1MC). It's an atomic clock that back then measured the atomic decay of cesium, very, very accurate. I don't remember exactly how accurate but, I do know that the clock has been replaced recently and does something different now. If my rememberer is functioning correctly it only loses 1 second every 10 billion years or something ridiculous like that. Always thought it was pretty cool.

Sent while sitting on my busted ..... Stay off the ice if you can't skate. I can't and didn't.

 

[MattB101]

Oh, and when I post something like this, it is not my intention in any way to insult anyone or try to prove how smart I am. It's just another tidbit of useless (maybe) knowledge that's kicking around in the old noggin. Also brought back some great memories.

Sent while sitting on my busted ..... Stay off the ice if you can't skate. I can't and didn't.

 

[MattB101]

Useless knowledge, part 2: I believe that the Naval Observatory in Washington, DC is the official timekeeper for the nation. They too just got a new clock that even more accurate. WWV syncs to them every so often. Accurate time to the millisecond is more and more important what with the growth of computers, the Internet and more importantly GPS. GPS is all about timing to the nat's fanny. The accuracy of the GPS fix is determined by the accuracy of the time synchronization of the satellites and the ground stations. Up until recently the DOD purposely detuned the sync signal so as to make it less accurate. I don't believe they are doing that anymore because of how big the opportunity for disaster is now that everybody is using it for navigational fixes. That's one of the reasons the Russians are building their own system. Because in time of war they believe that we will detune it again so it can't be used for accurate targeting information.

Sent while sitting on my busted ..... Stay off the ice if you can't skate. I can't and didn't.