• 682 little annoyances

    From MICHAEL LOO@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 06:33:58
    Richard would probably have a better idea what was involved
    there, both
    mechanical and electrical... :)
    It's a man's job [g]
    Yeah, right.... (G) Women can be quite apt mechanically and electrically... just not me.... ;) I'm glad to let him handle those things... ;) My niece-daughter, on the other hand, is quite able to do that sort of thing (better, I believe, than her husband, actually)... She's actually a Mechanical Engineer... ;)
    Actually, I have a buddy who has led the MIT Women's
    Technology Program and has been on the faculty of the
    MIT Mech Engineering department for 17 years. We used
    to do a bunch of music together.
    Thought you were just joshing there... :)

    I never believed that a woman's life was limited to
    Kinder, Kirche, Kueche (children, church, and cooking).

    I used to get a "welcome home, SIR" and a wave.
    No longer.
    Sigh... the world has changed... and not much for the better....
    Regression toward the mean, they call it. At
    least (with notable exceptions) things are not
    getting totally worse.
    At least a few a small mercies... :)

    Though one wonders sometimes.

    been known to take zilch, which also seems to bother them.
    Taking zilch could indicate not expecting to return, I suppose...
    It's irrelevant to him if I wanted to return or not.
    Without any bag at all, the highjacking scenario
    wouldn't fly, either.
    Probably not.... Maybe it's just that it is outside the norm, so
    becomes worrisome....

    Shortly after the TSA started up, some wag decided to
    fly clad just in a thong, no luggage, no carryon. I
    thought it was funny. The government did not, I'm not
    sure if he was allowed to fly, though there was no
    legal justification for preventing him.

    learned to only take what I could carry easily myself.... :)
    Yes. As Miss Piggy is quoted as saying, never try to
    eat anything bigger than your head. Similarly, never
    try to tote a bag bigger than your qualification to tote.
    Makes perfect sense to me... :) Especially after my first
    experience... :)

    I've got Letitia and Bonnie to cut down to a reasonable-
    size carryon plus personal item each. This includes concert
    attire. I'm thinking of setting the example by bringing just
    a personal item, but more likely I will do likewise, making
    my carryon and personal item just a tad smaller than theirs.
    We're traveling on an airline that would allow us to take
    something like 340 lb of hold luggage for free.

    In Paris as well, but they schedule the planes in at
    a certain time frame; the problem was that our flight
    was delayed something like 5 hours and right smack dab
    into that slot.
    It's possible that other flights into YUL had been significantly
    delayed, causing the problems with his flight... which arrived a little early, but had to wait for half an hour or more to even get a slot for unloading, and I think RJ said they finally just brought over something
    to ferry the passengers to the terminal....

    Which is the logical thing, except that they had to find
    a people mover that works (YUL has zillions of them that
    are stored next to International Departures) and a driver
    certified to drive it (probably on call from one of the
    suburbs and was taking a nap at the time), an annoyance
    for everyone and an expense for the thrifty Quebecois.

    So forgetting to reapply has its disadvantages, as
    they have to start the investigations all over -
    they quoted a lag of up to 11 weeks! for their
    background checks. So I'm only spottily getting the
    precheck these days.
    Oh, dear.... you'll remember next time, I'd guess.... ;)

    This one, about which I haven't heard yet, would take me to
    half my life expectancy, so maybe there'll be a next time.

    +

    And some sites are reacting as if ignoring my inputs and
    displaying to the tapping of a different drummer.
    That could be right scary...
    It's happening fairly frequently. I try to remember
    to put airplane mode on when I'm not actively using
    the Internet, but I forget all too frequently.
    Would that protect you better from outside influences on the
    computer...?

    No ... what it would do is discourage evildoers from
    appropriating my downtime and highjacking my resources
    to make a sort of mini-me bot. There is no way to prevent
    outside snooping and influences on any computer. Even
    having wi-fi off altogether doesn't guarantee isolation.
    It is possible (one of the great paranoid sci-fi writers,
    perhaps Lucius Shepherd, wrote about this) with enough
    effort and technology and will to surveil anyone with a
    computer at all.

    It was amusing in the way Little Shop of Horrors was
    (I saw the original only).
    I've only heard selected selections from it on the radio from time to time... and heard of it....
    In my youth, popular culture was not quite the closed
    book it now is to me.
    It helps if one has some connection into it, after all... it's rather
    closed to me as well... :)

    Of course, one needs to want it in order to get it.

    ... A cat is the visible soul of a home.
    From the cat's point of view!
    Mais d'accord...
    Dander is the real soul, though.
    Or at least more visible.... :)

    More chewable ... as in ah-chew.

    They might have some sort of arrangement for out-of-state regular visitors... possibly based on whether one has a current library card elsewhere...
    They didn't ask for evidence of any.
    And I gather you didn't ask, either....
    I'm not sure about the sense of offering that kind
    of reciprocity, anyhow.
    Perhaps not, but I have run into it from time to time in my genealogical travels.... :)

    If you describe your mission enticingly enough, no
    doubt doors will be opened. Despite their strict
    reputation, librarians tend to be soft touches.

    Were I to be likely in CA for any length of time (or lengths of time) it could be something to pursue.... :)
    Placards do come in handy at times.
    Indeed. :)

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    2 Eggs

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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to MICHAEL LOO on Thursday, July 25, 2019 20:28:00
    Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 07-17-19 06:33 <=-

    been known to take zilch, which also seems to bother them.
    Taking zilch could indicate not expecting to return, I suppose...
    It's irrelevant to him if I wanted to return or not.
    Without any bag at all, the highjacking scenario
    wouldn't fly, either.
    Probably not.... Maybe it's just that it is outside the norm, so
    becomes worrisome....
    Shortly after the TSA started up, some wag decided to
    fly clad just in a thong, no luggage, no carryon. I
    thought it was funny. The government did not, I'm not
    sure if he was allowed to fly, though there was no
    legal justification for preventing him.

    Considered it a public display of indecency, perhaps...? Or worried at
    what he might have stowed in body cavities....?

    learned to only take what I could carry easily myself.... :)
    Yes. As Miss Piggy is quoted as saying, never try to
    eat anything bigger than your head. Similarly, never
    try to tote a bag bigger than your qualification to tote.
    Makes perfect sense to me... :) Especially after my first
    experience... :)
    I've got Letitia and Bonnie to cut down to a reasonable-
    size carryon plus personal item each. This includes concert
    attire. I'm thinking of setting the example by bringing just
    a personal item, but more likely I will do likewise, making
    my carryon and personal item just a tad smaller than theirs.

    That's probably sufficient example... :)

    We're traveling on an airline that would allow us to take
    something like 340 lb of hold luggage for free.

    But just because it's allowed doesn't make it a good idea... unless one
    has a retinue of valets to carry it all for one... ;)

    So forgetting to reapply has its disadvantages, as
    they have to start the investigations all over -
    they quoted a lag of up to 11 weeks! for their
    background checks. So I'm only spottily getting the
    precheck these days.
    Oh, dear.... you'll remember next time, I'd guess.... ;)
    This one, about which I haven't heard yet, would take me to
    half my life expectancy, so maybe there'll be a next time.

    Probably...

    And some sites are reacting as if ignoring my inputs and
    displaying to the tapping of a different drummer.
    That could be right scary...
    It's happening fairly frequently. I try to remember
    to put airplane mode on when I'm not actively using
    the Internet, but I forget all too frequently.
    Would that protect you better from outside influences on the
    computer...?
    No ... what it would do is discourage evildoers from
    appropriating my downtime and highjacking my resources
    to make a sort of mini-me bot. There is no way to prevent
    outside snooping and influences on any computer. Even
    having wi-fi off altogether doesn't guarantee isolation.
    It is possible (one of the great paranoid sci-fi writers,
    perhaps Lucius Shepherd, wrote about this) with enough
    effort and technology and will to surveil anyone with a
    computer at all.

    How...? Through the electrical lines...?

    They might have some sort of arrangement for out-of-state regular visitors... possibly based on whether one has a current library card elsewhere...
    They didn't ask for evidence of any.
    And I gather you didn't ask, either....
    I'm not sure about the sense of offering that kind
    of reciprocity, anyhow.
    Perhaps not, but I have run into it from time to time in my genealogical travels.... :)
    If you describe your mission enticingly enough, no
    doubt doors will be opened. Despite their strict
    reputation, librarians tend to be soft touches.

    After all, one of their prime functions is to help people obtain information.... :)

    ttyl neb

    ... It doesn't take all kinds, there simply are all kinds. Churchill

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