-=[ On 11-29-19 19:27, Avon wrote to Bryan Handfield below: ]=-
-=[ Re: Re: Hey all ]=-

Hi Avon!

Greetings from Canaduh! :)

Hi to you too Bryan... stay warm!

I definitely try my best :)


Cheers,
Bryan
bhandfield(at)me(dot)com

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Avon rambled on to All about Hey all on 11-23-19 14:55 <=-

Just working on stuff in the background but posting to say 'hey' while
I do :)

So 'hey' :)

Ooh, multitasking!

Hey back!
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On 04 Dec 2019 at 08:27p, Bryan Handfield pondered and said...

Hi to you too Bryan... stay warm!

I definitely try my best :)

Good man... I'll lob some firewood your way from my pile waaay over here :)

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On 23 Nov 2019 at 09:33a, Grease pondered and said...

So 'hey' :)

Ooh, multitasking!

More like single core, single thread but if you blink twice it looks like muti-thread ;-p

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More like single core, single thread but if you blink twice it looks like muti-thread ;-p

Sounds like node!

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On 13 Dec 2019 at 08:27a, ryan pondered and said...

More like single core, single thread but if you blink twice it looks muti-thread ;-p

Sounds like node!

:)

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Hello There,

Avon rambled on to All about Hey all on 11-23-19 14:55 <=-

Just working on stuff in the background but posting to say 'hey' while
I do :)
So 'hey' :)

Ooh, multitasking!
Hey back!
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Posted on November 23rd, 2019 at 09:33 and I just received it moments ago?

BTW, some of us have had to return to single-tasking. :)

Jeff

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Hi All,

My weekend is coming to a close. I've spent a lot of time out in the car today running errands back and forth. Bought some new outdoor LED lights and updated what was on the outside of the house. They work well and it will make getting firewood during winter an easier task in the otherwise dark wood pile area we have.

Also bought a new non-stick frypan today (yes the excitement of it all I know) which is now best buddies with some recent pots for the gas hob we also bought. All our kitchen stuff has been getting worn out so it's nice to start to get a few new bits now and then.

Watched EP5 of Falcon and Winter Soldier y/day. I am enjoying this Marvel series and wondering now how they will wrap it all up in the last remaining episode?

Have also been watching S1 of X-Files again. I feel old! They all look so young now. hang on we all were! :)

This week at work may be a it quieter as I have my team leader and my usual co-worker both away. I may get some different things done this week which will be good. Less requests to do X or Y etc.

Been working on some NET 1 HUB stats reports for connection traffic and echomail traffic. They may appear in the stats echo tomorrow my time if the darn script works ;) It's a start anyways. Next up I need to get file reports running and posted.

Hope you're doing OK whereever in the world this finds you.

Best, Paul.

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Hello Avon!

On 18 Apr 2021, Avon said the following...

Have also been watching S1 of X-Files again. I feel old! They all look
so young now. hang on we all were! :)

Ah, yes, those were the times! :-D

Been working on some NET 1 HUB stats reports for connection traffic and echomail traffic. They may appear in the stats echo tomorrow my time if the darn script works ;) It's a start anyways. Next up I need to get

That's nice! I had a look at the connection stats earlier today and (thankfully) they seemed fine, i.e. no connection errors etc.

Have been working on my Mystic BBS events and poll/export scripts here, so that polling for mail and exporting of echomail is not performed during ZMH, but instead postponed to after ZMH (to be compliant with FidoNet's ZMH restrictions regarding echomail transfers). For the very unlikely case that such a poll or export would result in a modem call to an uplink bossnode, preventing someone else wanting to crash (net)mail from doing so. :-D

I have also implemented BBS denial and FREQ denial during ZMH (but only for modem connections, not Internet connections). And kicking out of users from the BBS when ZMH starts (which sadly affects all connection types and has to happen twice daily to cover non-DST and DST).

Which makes me wonder -- is it even possible to deny incoming echomail transfers during (FidoNet) ZMH? As both netmails and echomails are messages indistinguishable from each other before inspecting their contents (I think)... Not that it affects fsxNet very much, though. :-)

Best regards
Zip

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Watched EP5 of Falcon and Winter Soldier y/day. I am enjoying this
Marvel series and wondering now how they will wrap it all up in the
last remaining episode?

Avon,

I watched that last night! Really enjoying it -- but only one episode left
in the whole series (not just the episode)??? Like Wandavision, this must
just be putting the pieces into place for the next phase of movies, Loki series, etc. Hope so.

My wife and daughter aren't huge MCU fans, but they are really loving
this series. I think they way they've handled Sam/Falcon has been extraordinarily good.

Fingers crossed for a "Dark Avengers" storyline... I'm not a comic
book gategeeper, it's just one of my favorite arc during the the 2009+
period and would make for great TV, I think.

Cheers,




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Hello Zip!

** On Sunday 18.04.21 - 15:35, Zip wrote to Avon:

I have also implemented BBS denial and FREQ denial during
ZMH (but only for modem connections, not Internet
connections). And kicking out of users from the BBS when ZMH
starts (which sadly affects all connection types and has to
happen twice daily to cover non-DST and DST).

If you have to accomodate DST and non-DST, does that mean the
ZMH is actually TWO hours long?

I would have thought that in this day of moving mail over the
internet, the ZMH requirement would nolonger be a requirement.


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Hello Ogg!

On 18 Apr 2021, Ogg said the following...

connections). And kicking out of users from the BBS when ZMH
starts (which sadly affects all connection types and has to
happen twice daily to cover non-DST and DST).

If you have to accomodate DST and non-DST, does that mean the
ZMH is actually TWO hours long?

Not the actual ZMH, but as the appropriate Mystic event type ("BBS", which causes an exit and any users to be disconnected) can only have one start time, I have to have two events; one covering the start time during non-DST and one covering the start time during DST (one hour later).

Although BBS users are disconnected at the start times of those two events, they can reconnect again immediately after being disconnected, unless they try to reconnect via modem, in which case the Telnet wrapper for modem connections will refuse to launch the BBS because of ZMH being active (that check follows ZMH exactly, as it is implemented outside of Mystic) and display an error message instead.

Best regards
Zip

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Re: Re: Hey all
By: Zip to Avon on Sun Apr 18 2021 03:35 pm

Which makes me wonder -- is it even possible to deny incoming echomail transfers during (FidoNet) ZMH? As both netmails and echomails are messages indistinguishable from each other before inspecting their contents (I think)... Not that it affects fsxNet very much, though. :-)

I wouldn't even worry about ZMH nowadays.

It was designed that way in the 80's so mailers could get their stuff done without users on the line. That was a whole different time and place.

Even back then, you were only required to have a mailer online during ZMH.

Back in those days my mailer was up and down like a Yo-Yo!

Ttyl :-),
Al

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On 18 Apr 2021, Al said the following...

It was designed that way in the 80's so mailers could get their stuff
done without users on the line. That was a whole different time and
place.

even then i think mystic at least defaults to 3 binkp threads.. worst case you'd want one per network you're a part of..

if you're a hub i suppose you'd just up that number.. maybe add one or two for good measure ;)

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On 18 Apr 2021 at 03:35p, Zip pondered and said...

Have also been watching S1 of X-Files again. I feel old! They all loo so young now. hang on we all were! :)

Ah, yes, those were the times! :-D

I'm quite enjoying it as it's been so long. I watched the later stuff they
did (those two limited seasons around 2018) but did not enjoy them as much.

Been working on some NET 1 HUB stats reports for connection traffic a echomail traffic. They may appear in the stats echo tomorrow my time the darn script works ;) It's a start anyways. Next up I need to get

That's nice! I had a look at the connection stats earlier today and (thankfully) they seemed fine, i.e. no connection errors etc.

The darn thing didn't post last night. It should do around 23.59 each time
(my time) I'll need to look at the script again tonight. The joys :) Yeah I'm keen to get some logging posted again. My move to linux is (whilst a good learning experience) a somewhat slow and plodding experience :) I'll get there

Have been working on my Mystic BBS events and poll/export scripts here,
so that polling for mail and exporting of echomail is not performed
during ZMH, but instead postponed to after ZMH (to be compliant with FidoNet's ZMH restrictions regarding echomail transfers). For the very unlikely case that such a poll or export would result in a modem call to an uplink bossnode, preventing someone else wanting to crash (net)mail from doing so. :-D

Given we are 99.9% all on BinkP etc. you can probably afford to be loose with this one.

Which makes me wonder -- is it even possible to deny incoming echomail transfers during (FidoNet) ZMH? As both netmails and echomails are messages indistinguishable from each other before inspecting their contents (I think)... Not that it affects fsxNet very much, though. :-)

Prob not, and no. For fsxNet I don't see any need to run with a ZMH for
reasons mentioned above. Interesting question thought.

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Hello Al!

On 18 Apr 2021, Al said the following...

I wouldn't even worry about ZMH nowadays.

It was designed that way in the 80's so mailers could get their stuff
done without users on the line. That was a whole different time and
place.

Yep, very different. Miss a little bit of it, but binkp and Internet is nice... :)

Best regards
Zip

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and updated what was on the outside of the house. They work well and it will make getting firewood during winter an easier task in the otherwise dark wood pile area we have.

I am quite happy that we use wood chips in the meantime :-)

Watched EP5 of Falcon and Winter Soldier y/day. I am enjoying this
Marvel series and wondering now how they will wrap it all up in the last remaining episode?

My wife and i watch the serie together. I like this much more then
WandaVision which was not bad, but the ending was too fuzzy and fast.
Looking forward how Falcon and the Winter Soldier will end. I LOVE SEMO! What
a cool guy, just like Bucky was as Winter Soldier. Really a very cool thing!

Have also been watching S1 of X-Files again. I feel old! They all look
so young now. hang on we all were! :)

I started with Tool Time from Tim Allen. I really really love that Series.
Tim Taylor and his Family are not just comedy but a really loo into how my
kids will be in a few years :-D.

And yes, they all are sooo young *g*. Just like Tom Cruise in Top Gun.....

Regards
Andreas

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Fingers crossed for a "Dark Avengers" storyline... I'm not a comic
book gategeeper, it's just one of my favorite arc during the the 2009+ period and would make for great TV, I think.

Oh yes. I hope they will do that.

Regards
Andreas

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On 19 Apr 2021 at 04:17p, goto_KCM pondered and said...

dark wood pile area we have.

I am quite happy that we use wood chips in the meantime :-)

wood chips are a lot less heavy to lift I imagine :) I guess I do get some
sort of physical work out each winter as I lug in baskets of firewood. :)

My wife and i watch the serie together. I like this much more then WandaVision which was not bad, but the ending was too fuzzy and fast. Looking forward how Falcon and the Winter Soldier will end. I LOVE SEMO! What a cool guy, just like Bucky was as Winter Soldier. Really a very
cool thing!

I too am looking forward to watching EP6 although I fear the way it is
wrapped up will also be rather quick and perhaps a bit messy. I guess with
all of these shows they can't truly wrap them up as they want to leave enough gaps to spin things out into a fuller story across other shows and films. What's interesting is to try and pick out little things in these shows that turn out in a few years to be a major thing later :)

I started with Tool Time from Tim Allen. I really really love that
Series. Tim Taylor and his Family are not just comedy but a really loo into how my kids will be in a few years :-D.

I liked it too. I didn't click that Tim Allen had this whole other show he
did that in a way was a refresh of the Tool Time show... Last Man Standing is not one I watched but I did become aware of it when they wrapped the final season and did a Tool Time cross over of sorts.

And yes, they all are sooo young *g*. Just like Tom Cruise in Top
Gun.....

Sigh.. yeah... that makes us older and sorta wiser right?

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Avon wrote to All <=-

Have also been watching S1 of X-Files again. I feel old! They all look
so young now. hang on we all were! :)

Flip phones and mysterious fax messages. :)




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On 19 Apr 2021 at 08:08a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...

Flip phones and mysterious fax messages. :)

Yes! I gotta say when you start seeing the old boxy CRT monitors you know
it's the 90s again :)

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I am quite happy that we use wood chips in the meantime :-)

wood chips are a lot less heavy to lift I imagine :) I guess I do get

That can seem like a thing but you might be surprised. For a given volume
the smaller the pieces are the better they fit, ergo the heavier your load.
Cut timber, so so, chips, a lot denser, sawdust the heaviest stuff you'll
ever try to tote about. Assuming your firemaking goodies are loaded into something for the trip inside.

Stormy Weather

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Avon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

Yes! I gotta say when you start seeing the old boxy CRT monitors you
know it's the 90s again :)

Nokia phones on belt clips.



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On 21 Apr 2021 at 07:04a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...

Nokia phones on belt clips.

They fit on a belt? The earliest one I used at work was something you had to hang over your shoulder on a strap :)

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still alive and kicking, been juggling work and family and a crappy winter... hope to have some time to devote to BBS etc. in the coming week.
Waving hi :)
Best, Paul

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still alive and kicking, been juggling work and family and a crappy winter...

Summer has just started here and we are having a heat wave ATM. 41C as I write this. Some crappy winter weather sounds good just about now.

hope to have some time to devote to BBS etc. in the coming week.
Waving hi :)

Hi right back. I hope your weather will improve.. :)

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still alive and kicking, been juggling work and family and a crappy winter... hope to have some time to devote to BBS etc. in the coming
week. Waving hi :)
Best, Paul

We love you, Paul... :P

fsxNet is still fun, experimental and - wait... I dunno what it stands for anymore. :P

Take the time you need, and we're here for updates and info when you have it! w00t w00t!

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Hello Avon!

On 30 Jun 2021, Avon said the following...

still alive and kicking, been juggling work and family and a crappy winter... hope to have some time to devote to BBS etc. in the coming
week. Waving hi :)

Hi there! :)

Best regards
Zip

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Hey Avon;

Avon wrote to All <=-

still alive and kicking, been juggling work and family and a crappy winter... hope to have some time to devote to BBS etc. in the coming
week. Waving hi :)

Every FTN carnival needs a good juggler... things seem just fine. No worries life comes first - wife second, you last <G>

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On 29 Jun 2021 at 04:32p, Alan Ianson pondered and said...

Summer has just started here and we are having a heat wave ATM. 41C as I write this. Some crappy winter weather sounds good just about now.

I see the reports of those hot temps, way too hot :) I hope it cools down a
bit for you soon. Sorry too to learn of some fires in your country too :(

Waving hi :)

Hi right back. I hope your weather will improve.. :)

Thanks, perhaps by December it may feel like summer. Here I am short on firewood and eeking it out until payday to get some more in :)

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On 29 Jun 2021 at 08:33p, paulie420 pondered and said...

We love you, Paul... :P
fsxNet is still fun, experimental and - wait... I dunno what it stands
for anymore. :P
Take the time you need, and we're here for updates and info when you
have it! w00t w00t!

Thanks good sir. Appreciate the kindness.

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On 30 Jun 2021 at 12:27p, Zip pondered and said...

Hi there! :)

Hi you!

This sounds like one of those chats you have in the lift with someone that start out about us talking about the weather ;)

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On 30 Jun 2021 at 10:16a, N1uro pondered and said...

Every FTN carnival needs a good juggler... things seem just fine. No worries life comes first - wife second, you last <G>

Hahah... this is about right... I think you know more stuff than I do :)

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Hey Avon;

Hahah... this is about right... I think you know more stuff than I do
:)

Not me! I traded my wife in for a (at the time) 1987 Camero Z28 loaded!
Best trade I ever made - at least on a bone chilling winter morning the
Camero would turn over <G>

Now that we're in Olympic season did you hear about the chap that ordered boxers that came in a colored set of the olympic medals? Gold, Silver, and Bronze. His wife received the parcel and when he got home she inquired about them. He said that what the country's teams did for the day is the color he would wear. She said "I have a better idea, go put on the silver ones so tonight YOU can come second" <EG>

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Summer has just started here and we are having a heat wave ATM. 41C as I
write this. Some crappy winter weather sounds good just about now.

I see the reports of those hot temps, way too hot :) I hope it cools down a bit for you soon. Sorry too to learn of some fires in your country too :(

It has been very hot here, around 42C at the peak of the day. It was better today around 38C. Still warm but not so dangerous. Looking for a high of 33C tomorrow. That's much more seasonal.

There are a few fire burning here but quite far from me. Here's a picture of Lytton BC, my old stomping ground. The town has been ravaged by fire.. :(

http://trmb.ca/lytton.jpg

Thanks, perhaps by December it may feel like summer. Here I am short on firewood and eeking it out until payday to get some more in :)

It always takes me by surprise when you use the words December and summer in the same sentence.

I hope you can get a good stock of firewood for the winter.. :)

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Hello Avon!

On 02 Jul 2021, Avon said the following...

This sounds like one of those chats you have in the lift with someone
that start out about us talking about the weather ;)

;)

Just finished the last workday before... vacaaaation! :-D

Planning to read some books, get some nice food, fiddle a bit with mgetty+sendfax, and relax. :-D

Best regards
Zip

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On 02 Jul 2021 at 12:32a, Al pondered and said...

It has been very hot here, around 42C at the peak of the day. It was better today around 38C. Still warm but not so dangerous. Looking for a high of 33C tomorrow. That's much more seasonal.

We have a high of 11 and last night the low was 3 and this morning I have
frost on the lawn. It's another world eh? :)

There are a few fire burning here but quite far from me. Here's a
picture of Lytton BC, my old stomping ground. The town has been ravaged
by fire.. :(

http://trmb.ca/lytton.jpg

Wow... that's just ... wow.... I think they may have shown some similar pictures on our nightly news here last night. :(

It always takes me by surprise when you use the words December and
summer in the same sentence.

I feel the same way about you guys :)

I hope you can get a good stock of firewood for the winter.. :)

well it's getting rather expensive but I think we will be OK. We need to get another few cubic meters in the coming week as the pile is looking a bit low
at present.

Take care!

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We have a high of 11 and last night the low was 3 and this morning I
have
frost on the lawn. It's another world eh? :)

My back door ranch slider was frozen shut this morning. There was still
frost on that patch of lawn when I went out near lunchtime. No sun back
there except for a couple of hours in the arvo.

well it's getting rather expensive but I think we will be OK. We need
to get
another few cubic meters in the coming week as the pile is looking a
bit low
at present.

I've got a gas fire thankfully, but the gas isn't cheap. And well, with
no income over the last 6 months, I'm really glad that they bill me on averages, because the last few months have been warm and my gas usage was basically zero. Other than hot water.

Hopefully by the time they check the meter I'll be able to pay for it.. I expect it to be big. A lot has to be said for taking advantage of a work place's aircon/central heating for staying warm 8 hours of the day at
someone else's expense. haha


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On 06-30-21 11:07, Avon wrote to All <=-

still alive and kicking, been juggling work and family and a crappy winter... hope to have some time to devote to BBS etc. in the coming
week. Waving hi :)
Best, Paul

I've just crawled from a week distracted by other things myself. :)


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Zip wrote to Avon <=-

Just finished the last workday before... vacaaaation! :-D

Planning to read some books, get some nice food, fiddle a bit with mgetty+sendfax, and relax. :-D

Sounds good. I just got back from a whirlwind trip to San Diego to the Zoo,
a Safari pack, watching 4th of July fireworks from the San Diego harbor, and now I have a moment to play catch-up with the BBS.

Tomorrow, we're having a shed built in our back yard; it's going to be a little reading retreat with a loveseat, ottoman, and some funky paint and floor coverings.


... Do the words need changing?
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Hello poindexter FORTRAN!

On 07 Jul 2021, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

Sounds good. I just got back from a whirlwind trip to San Diego to the Zoo, a Safari pack, watching 4th of July fireworks from the San Diego harbor, and now I have a moment to play catch-up with the BBS.

Sounds very nice! :)

Tomorrow, we're having a shed built in our back yard; it's going to be a little reading retreat with a loveseat, ottoman, and some funky paint
and floor coverings.

Equally nice! :)

And perfect for those summer days (and evenings).

Best regards
Zip

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