Janis Kracht (1:261/38) wrote to Steven Horn at 21:41 on 05 Oct 2011:   
      
    JK> He did :)  Matter of fact, when we were living in Louisville, KY,   
    JK> my brother thought Louisville's rainy damp winters reminded him of   
    JK> Vancouver   I remember we both laughed at what they called   
    JK> 'winter storms' in Louisville compared to what my brother and I   
    JK> grew up with in Warwick NY. :)  In Louisville, the grass stuck up   
    JK> out of the snow most times when we'd get snow. He said it was about   
    JK> the same in Vancouver :)   
      
   Vancouver's snow is wet and thick.  Things dopn't stick out of it but it does   
   not last lonmg.   
      
   The snow has stayed away so far but ourview is toward a range of hills and you   
   can see the snow line creeping down.   
      
    JK> It's been in the 60's here all week.. nice but not too cold.. now   
    JK> this weekend the prediction is for Saturday 72F and on Sunday,   
    JK> 79F.. with high 70's through Tuesay.. will be nice if it sticks   
    JK> around, but I doubt it will.   
      
   Enjoy what you can when you can. :-)  I'm off to warmer climes in two weeks.   
      
   >> Sure, it was good to see some of my cousins post on facebook as   
   >> well.. Gui or not, I don't think I could convince them to join   
   >> Fidonet, or log in as a user    
      
   I'd have no luck either.  All my Fidonet software is legacy stuff and will run   
   under Windows 7 only in a VM.   
      
   >I may have to find a BBS which carries Fido as using a Virtual Box as   
   >I now do   
   > is a bit unwieldy.   
      
    JK> I'm sure there are a number of bbs where you can do that.   
      
   There are but how do I keep mymoderatopr's node address?   
      
    JK> You can use the web interface here, go to   
    JK> http://www.filegate.net:8080/bbbs You register as new user by   
    JK> clicking on the New User prompt on the very far right of the   
    JK> screen.  It's not the nicest web interface I've seen, but it does   
    JK> make message areas accessible in a gui.. You can enter messages and   
    JK> save them, and you can download qwk packets, but you can't upload   
    JK> replies.. sadly.. I may try again to get that working .. I wasn't   
    JK> successful the first time I tried. :(    
      
   Thanks for the offer.  I will take a look.   
      
   Take care,   
      
   Steven Horn (steven.horn@northwestel.net)   
   Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT    
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