-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 17-Apr-2018 04:36 <=-
NB>> Found this in a "dump" of messages when a sysop changed systems
MK> Understood. I have two paths for fidonet messaging and one of them is
MK> completely dead and has been for at least a month, but even before
MK> that it has been hit and miss for weeks at a time. I've gave up on it
MK> when I discovered that someone along that path is reformatting my
MK> messages. This one via your neck of the woods is VASTLY more reliable
MK> and never screws with messages that I've ever noticed.
I probably forgot to change the "read" back to "unread" so that I'd find
the message again when I went back through to packets to answer them...
I managed to get over a week behind again... Had an urgent (and intense)
project to deal with for the last week or so, and didn't do anything but
download packets for later.... Fortunately I'd left this one "unread"
and found it...
NB>> that could explain why things got so quiet
MK> Could be. Things aren't what they used to be that is for sure.
MK> However I am still here ... wherever 'here' actually is. ;-/
I'm still here, even when quiet... just not piping up like I should
be...
NB>> but we did just have a minor ice storm
MK> I heard Toronto had over a 100,000 power outages that other day due to
MK> it so perhaps you only caught the edge of it. Also they have been
MK> getting more winterish weather before this particular bout with high
MK> winds and icey 'rain'.
Yes, that ice storm was much worse west of us... halfway to Buffalo got
at least twice as much ice as we did, and Buffalo even more... I'd guess
Toronto was similar to Buffalo... Where we are, the ice wasn't too
thick and the roads weren't too treacherous... thankfully that's all
past us now... :)
MK> Still nothing like the back to back storms on the east coast has been
MK> seeing so far this year from what we see of it from this angle.
For sure... I've been very grateful that we didn't get much at all of
all those nor'easters that hit the east coast...
MK> As for us, we're seeing wet, windy and cool weather
MK> since we last talked but have had a couple nice days of sunshine.
MK> Last I heard we're ontrack to have a higher than normal amount of rain
MK> this month given we're only at the halfway point.
Dunno how we are doing with rain this month... I did see that we got
more snow than normal over the past season, though, and double the usual
in March alone...
NB>> Your spring does come earlier than ours
MK> For sure. This spring has been cooler and wetter than average but is
MK> still better than last year and is definetly more springish than the
MK> northeast, including this year.
Spring seems to finally be here... even though the weekend promises to
be cool and possibly snow mixed with the rain... But my daffodils are
blooming nicely, along with the hyacinths... :) Finally...
NB>> but the birds are back and singing
MK> I noticed a local male hummingbird doing it's mating dealie at the
MK> northeastern corner of my place so I figure it has a nest somewhere in
MK> the bushes there. I haven't located it yet and when I do I am hoping
MK> my neighbour will get some good pictures of it once it attracts a
MK> female to occupy it with a new harvest of young.
That would be nice... :)
MK> Also the local quail have been less active than usual so I think they
MK> are getting ready to sprout soon. The females like to travel in packs
MK> with their young in between when they make the rounds, and my backyard
MK> is on their daily foraging route. No young yet but should see some soon.
No quail here that I know of... that sounds like an interesting sight
to see... :)
ttyl neb
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