Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 08-13-19 17:21 <=-

Even if not, a hastily typed note would be
appreciated.

When possible... my experience is that those occasions usually blindside me... and the computer is usually turned off.... Having said that,
though, I am heading up to the Pond for a few days on Tuesday (13th),
should be back sometime on the 16th, hopefully...

Often things come at one from an unexpected angle or take
more time and attention than have been budgeted for. For me
the echo is of a somewhat higher priority than others give
it, and some of those around me don't see why I should be
on so frequently (or at all) and begrudge me my quiet time
at the laptop. And there are interruptions in service,
planned and unplanned (most recently at a Hampton Inn!).

My usual practice is to at least download a message packet every night,
and to try to do some replies at least every other day if not daily, but
often taking a break for Sunday... And to keep to that on trips as long
as I have access (such as at Shipps, or later this year, at Hafflys)...
but most of my trips are to places where I don't have any access... I do
use that time to get caught up on messages, though... and then get back
and have to get things settled out again before I can work on replies
again.... Can't do much about interruptions of service... ;0

My last two trips there got extended by a day by circumstance beyond
my control...

I hope the circumstances weren't too unpleasant. You
did mention having to have Edith's cat put down, though.

The cat was here at home, between trips... The first trip of those trips
to the Pond, in June, was extended due to a monster rain storm keeping
me there an extra day... the second trip, in early July, was extended
because it turned out I needed to get RJ to an important appointment, as
his Jeep wasn't working right after all... that last was more of an
issue for not having expected it at all and not bringing enough meds to
cover the extra day...

Now it looks like November will be good for me,
and for the August timeline, I will be in Alaska.

Oh, I see I already did warn you of this upcoming trip... I saw you
scheming with Swisher in the echo.... guess that's working out, then... :)

Yeah. He's one of the ones I hang out with who
understands, so I predict regular and voluble
posts from me over the next week. But as one of
the taglines says, life is what happens while
you're making plans.

Indeed... :)

As the loaves have only small bits of peaches and somewhat of a peach taste, hopefully they're using ripe ones... ;)

If so, the pieces will be kind of mushy.

This last loaf they were small enough that one couldn't really tell how mushy or not... ;)

I don't see why one couldn't just swirl a thick
jam or compote into the dough, precluding the
need for fresh fruit.

One could, but these are a seasonal treat, so need the fruit in
season... In times past, there have been good-sized chunks of fruit in
the loaves, a little mushy, but not overmuch, as I recall...

This year's weather may have contributed to the lackluster berries... RJ just told me that finally the blueberries have ripened up at the Pond...

I wonder whether it was only the schedule that was
affected, or the flavor as well.

Wouldn't be all that surprised for the weather to have also affected the flavor, actually...

Had a couple new brands of berries. Dzen blueberries from
Broad Brook, CT, which were neither very sweet nor very
tart nor very blueberryish - they had a bit of that
intriguing tealike flavor that kept them from going
the way of all trash. Bobalu strawberries from central
California had a wonderful aroma and were pretty sweet
and tasty but had a texture that indicated they were
meant for long travel (makes sense, but not too good
from an eating standpoint).

What with everything, I have yet to buy a box of the local Brown's Berry
Farm blueberries this year... so I still don't know how they compare to
the lot... ;)

Today the trackers have me within about 10 blocks of
where I am - but it thinks I'm at the local brewery,
whereas the closest I can come is the vending machine a
floor downstairs that sells the beer for E3 a bottle.
Bear in mind that I've accepted all the cookies under
the EU privacy rules.

Accuracy may not be their watchword, after all....

It's possible that the EU rules make things just a little
fuzzy, just as the early GPS were said to always register a
few feet off, more for military installations.

I do kinda remember that.... possible, I suppose....

Peculiarities abound. I discovered that on 8/8, when I
was at the Hampton in Antwerp, which had had some mysterious
bad thing happen to its internet, Google Chrome magically
installed itself, and I had to jump through hoops to get
rid of the piece of shit. Also 7Zip and/or EaseUS have been
keeping tabs on me (I voluntarily downloaded at least the
second of these).

I'm aware of Google Chrome (I think Richard has a similar view on it as
you) but the other two I'm not familiar with...

I used to use CCleaner from Piriform, which used to claim to
find and clean all sorts of tracking cookies and temporary
files, but the new version doesn't find (or claim to)
anything at all. So I just deinstalled it and am looking for
an archive of a previous version. P.S. Found.

Too bad on the new version... and good you found the previous one.... :)

... A confident manner is important. Computers can sense this!

I think I've seen this with "fear" as the last word.

I think I may have also... might even have that version as well... ;0

And would make tons more sense.

I did just see something similar... might append it here... ;)

I wonder if computers also maltreat those who
loathe them?

Hmmmm.... scary thought....

If they can sense fear, they can sense other things
too. Think of them as very fast dogs.

As I said.... scary..... I prefer cats.... (G)

ttyl neb

... Pandora's Law: Never open a box you didn't close yourself

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