On Tue Sep-01-2015 09:43, Holger Granholm (2:20/228) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    HG> In a message dated 08-31-15, Roger Nelson said to Holger Granholm:    
      
   Howdy Holger,   
      
   RN> We are back in the 33C+ for this week, but at least no tropical   
   RN> storms are forecast.   
      
    HG> Every once in a while, but seldom, a thunderstorm comes creeping in   
    HG> from the sea but we don't have any cyclones, tropical storms or   
    HG> monsoon rains here.   
      
   This is an interesting, yet unpredictable area to live in.  When the weather   
   is nice, it makes the great food we have here taste even better.   
      
   RN> I read somewhere recently that we're supposed to have a colder   
   RN> winter than is normal for us in this area.   
      
    HG> My prognosis also says that we will get a colder winter, as well as   
    HG> chillier summers the coming years, as we go to a new "small ice   
    HG> age".    
      
   I was chilled to the bone in the winter of 1995 here, but then I lived about   
   136 kilometers northeast of where I am now.   
       
    HG> The diminishing sunspot numbers, not only as we go to a normal   
    HG> minimum, but also probably for the next maximum will account for a   
    HG> colder climate so we may forget the global warming for a while.   
      
   That's supposed to go on for about 10 years.   
      
    HG> I'm old enough to not have to succumb to the new ice age but my   
    HG> children and grandchildren will be hit.   
      
   Same here.   
      
    HG> The warm sorrounding sea keeps the fall temperatures up while in   
    HG> the spring when the ice has melted from the sea it keeps the   
    HG> temperature down   
      
   RN> A good thing, I hope.   
      
    HG> Yeah, it's a bit like a thermos can.    
      
   (-:   
      
   RN> We are still enjoying afternoon thunderstorms and sometimes   
      
    HG> You may enjoy the fantastic view of the bolts and thunder as long   
    HG> as you don't get hit.   
      
   Last month there was a most interesting article that described lightning   
   travelling upward from a cloud.  That was a new one on me.   
      
   RN> No rain for this week here, so no relief from the heat until the Sun   
   RN> sets.   
      
    HG> We are expecting a rain front, either this afternoon or night and   
    HG> prevailing over tomorrow. In august we've had only three or four   
    HG> short (less than an hour) rain showers and only one overnight rain.   
      
   How did that turn out?   
      
   RN> I have an IBM laptop here and if I could get it to work, I could   
   RN> possibly put Warp on it.  But I'm not inclined to open that case   
   RN> again.  (-:   
      
    HG> IBM laptops are nowadays made and sold under the name Lenovo.    
      
   Chinese, isn't it?   
      
   RN> I figured that.  The 3.5 drives have been tossed aside in favor of   
   RN> thumb drives, although they are available.   
      
    HG> I know, I do however miss the availability of smaller than 2 Gb   
    HG> thumb drives. I have only one 512 Mb stick and my complete OS/2   
    HG> setup takes only 190 Mb. The operating system with GUI amounts to   
    HG> 120 Mb.    
      
   I never saw them that small.  The ones I have are in the 4-8GB range.  I   
   suppose by the time I convinced nyself to pay for the ones I have, the lesser   
   ones were discontinued, but I don't know that for a fact.   
      
   RN> I don't like repeating myself, but I'll make an exception for this.   
   RN> 'It is nice to feel the soft skin of a woman.'   
      
    HG> It was e that wrote that you could say it again ;o)   
      
    HG> Have a nice day,   
      
   RN> You too.   
      
    HG> I'll do my best,   
      
   That's all you can do.  (-8   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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