• Hey all

    From Avon@21:1/100 to All on Sun Apr 18 20:21:24 2021
    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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  • From Zip@21:1/202 to Avon on Sun Apr 18 14:35:07 2021
    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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  • From Alpha@21:4/158.1 to Avon on Sun Apr 18 06:48:13 2021
    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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  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to Zip on Sun Apr 18 09:29:00 2021
    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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  • From Morgul@21:1/207 to Ogg on Sun Apr 18 11:42:50 2021
    BY: Ogg(21:4/106.21)


    |11O|09> |10I would have thought that in this day of moving mail over the |07 |11O|09> |10internet, the ZMH requirement would nolonger be a requirement.|07 |11O|09> |07
    Fidonet is still using the same policy document from 1989. Nothing much ever changes on Fidonet.


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  • From Zip@21:1/202 to Ogg on Sun Apr 18 19:02:53 2021
    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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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to Zip on Sun Apr 18 12:26:03 2021
    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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  • From fusion@21:1/616 to Al on Sun Apr 18 16:17:49 2021
    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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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Zip on Mon Apr 19 11:24:42 2021
    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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  • From Zip@21:1/202 to Al on Mon Apr 19 10:46:40 2021
    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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  • From goto_KCM@21:1/218 to Avon on Mon Apr 19 15:17:43 2021
    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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  • From goto_KCM@21:1/218 to Alpha on Mon Apr 19 15:21:48 2021
    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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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to goto_KCM on Tue Apr 20 11:11:04 2021
    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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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Avon on Mon Apr 19 07:08:00 2021
    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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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Apr 21 07:46:40 2021
    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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  • From StormTrooper@21:2/108 to Avon on Wed Apr 21 01:04:05 2021
    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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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Avon on Wed Apr 21 06:04:00 2021
    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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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Apr 23 08:01:18 2021
    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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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to All on Wed Jun 30 10:07:44 2021
    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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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to Avon on Tue Jun 29 19:33:49 2021
    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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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to All on Tue Jun 6 18:49:58 2023
    I'm about but have been busy with family, work etc.
    Did a trip up to the North Island to visit my parents.
    Both are doing the best they can, so that's good, and it was nice to see them. I'm just catching up on echomail. It seems once I pulled the transportation echo this one has been full of cars talk :)

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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to Avon on Wed Jun 7 16:40:00 2023
    Avon wrote to All <=-

    see them. I'm just catching up on echomail. It seems once I pulled the transportation echo this one has been full of cars talk :)

    LOL, it sure has! :D


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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to All on Wed May 4 16:42:32 2022
    Been a long few days here. I'm still working from home but I think there may be movement towards asking us to come in a bit more in the coming weeks. My end of the country still has higher Covid rates than in other areas of New Zealand so I am not overly keen but if I must I'll go in but stick to wearing a mask for now.

    My risk appetite is low as I have elderly parents I may need to visit / support again over the coming months as their health declines. There's few family near them so I am more at the front lines of care / response than others living further away than I, and that's fine.

    At work our manager of 10 years abruptly left his role just before Easter. Our team found out one day before he left. We're now getting a new interim manager for 9 months who will develop new strategic directions for our team which may well lead to a restructure although no one is saying that yet. So understandably I and my fellow team members are all a bit nervous as to what is to come. Yet there's nothing I can really do so have to roll with the process and see where things end up.

    Have been watching quite a few 80s movies on a free streaming service called Tubi which I have been enjoying. Some good, some not so good. After a day in front of the PC at home working I tend to want to get away from the same desk I would do BBSing at and opt for some tube :)

    Figured I'd better post something to confirm I have not left with Elvis :)

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  • From The Millionaire@21:1/183 to Avon on Wed May 4 12:43:04 2022

    Been a long few days here. I'm still working from home but I think there may be movement towards asking us to come in a bit more in the coming weeks. My end of the country still has higher Covid rates than in other areas of New Zealand so I am not overly keen but if I must I'll go in but stick to wearing a mask for now.

    My risk appetite is low as I have elderly parents I may need to visit / support again over the coming months as their health declines. There's few family near them so I am more at the front lines of care / response than others living further away than I, and that's fine.

    At work our manager of 10 years abruptly left his role just before Easter. Our team found out one day before he left. We're now getting a new interim manager for 9 months who will develop new strategic directions for our team which may well lead to a restructure although no one is saying that yet. So understandably I and my fellow team members are all a bit nervous as to what is to come. Yet there's nothing I can really do so have to roll with the process and see where things end up.

    Have been watching quite a few 80s movies on a free streaming service called Tubi which I have been enjoying. Some good, some not so good. After a day in front of the PC at home working I tend to want to get away from the same desk I would do BBSing at and opt for some tube :)

    Figured I'd better post something to confirm I have not left with Elvis :)

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    80s movies are pretty good. I used to use Tubi.

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  • From ACMEBBS@21:4/10 to Avon on Wed May 4 14:24:00 2022
    The Millionaire wrote to Avon <=-

    Have been watching quite a few 80s movies on a free streaming service called Tubi which I have been enjoying. Some good, some not so good. After a day in front of the PC at home working I tend to want to get away from the same
    esk
    I would do BBSing at and opt for some tube :)

    Figured I'd better post something to confirm I have not left with Elvis :)

    80s movies are pretty good. I used to use Tubi.

    Same here...but have been getting into the old Westerns (especially speghetti<sp>)
    on You Tube. Pluto TV is also another one I like to use.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to ACMEBBS on Thu May 5 07:17:00 2022
    ACMEBBS wrote to Avon <=-

    Same here...but have been getting into the old Westerns (especially speghetti<sp>)
    on You Tube. Pluto TV is also another one I like to use.

    Filmrise has a whole Westerns channel that's worth a look.



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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to The Millionaire on Fri May 6 14:36:54 2022
    On 04 May 2022 at 12:43p, The Millionaire pondered and said...

    80s movies are pretty good. I used to use Tubi.

    I've been using that and also Plex and Pluto TV so far...

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to ACMEBBS on Fri May 6 14:37:58 2022
    On 04 May 2022 at 02:24p, ACMEBBS pondered and said...

    Same here...but have been getting into the old Westerns (especially speghetti<sp>)
    on You Tube. Pluto TV is also another one I like to use.

    Snap Pluto TV here too... was using it to watch some Star Trek for a while as they were the only place I could find that were streaming the new Discovery show outside the USA for a time.

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  • From ACMEBBS@21:4/10 to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri May 6 00:09:00 2022
    poindexter FORTRAN wrote to ACMEBBS <=-

    ACMEBBS wrote to Avon <=-

    Same here...but have been getting into the old Westerns (especially speghetti<sp>)
    on You Tube. Pluto TV is also another one I like to use.

    Filmrise has a whole Westerns channel that's worth a look.

    Love them! I have had Britbox the past couple of years and their British TV selection is better than what Britbox has...minus the stop sets.

    Will have to check them out! Was born in the early 60's...so didn't catch many of
    these Westerns because of my age. Nothing like seeing the actors dressed in dusters
    in Arizona in the summertime. ;) (Used to live on the Colorado River in Arizona for many years and a pair of cutoffs/t-shirt was usually worn year round.)

    Thanx for the information.
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  • From ACMEBBS@21:4/10 to Avon on Fri May 6 00:24:00 2022
    Avon wrote to ACMEBBS <=-

    On 04 May 2022 at 02:24p, ACMEBBS pondered and said...

    Same here...but have been getting into the old Westerns (especially speghetti<sp>)
    on You Tube. Pluto TV is also another one I like to use.

    Snap Pluto TV here too... was using it to watch some Star Trek for a
    while as they were the only place I could find that were streaming the
    new Discovery show outside the USA for a time.

    Used to watch Mission: Impossible on there...but they keep running the 1st 3 seasons over & over. Started watching The Outer Limits (from the 60's) on there as well. Heard they've also started running the Stargate series on there.

    In terms of Star Trek...seems they only run the same TNG episodes over & over. As
    for Discovery...still have to pay to see it here...while many other places get it
    on places like Pluto.
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  • From Spectre@21:3/101 to ACMEBBS on Fri May 6 21:33:00 2022
    Heard they've also started running the Stargate series on there.

    I think I've got every StarGate save universe on disc here somewhere..

    I have a problem with streaming services... definitely in so far as I'm not seeing value for money in any of them.. you get a few things worth watching
    and the rest is like The Boss says, 57 channels and nothing on. I'm
    certainly not going to sign up to 20000 different services for 2/3 of bugger all on each one...

    Spec


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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to All on Sun Jan 29 09:53:14 2023
    Hi all.

    Well it's Sunday morning here, I'm adding in three new nodes today and responding to a few emails and netmails for help etc. Once done I need to mow some lawns. My younger son is staying with us for a week before he moves to a new city. It will be strange not to have him living nearby. I hope his new move / job go well.

    A reminder I'm going to start posting welcome and admin info over in FSX_NET now instead of here. I encourage you to sub to that echomail area if you are not already linked to it.

    Gah, just the thought of having to push that lawn mower... ah well :)

    Best, Paul

    Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From ogg@21:2/147 to Avon on Sat Jan 28 15:03:02 2023
    Gah, just the thought of having to push that lawn mower... ah well :)

    Best, Paul

    I feel your pain! It's not been warm enough to have the lawn grow. It's the leaves from the trees that have fallen that I've got to attack. We've had rain every 2/3 days that don't let them dry enough to mulch up. I really will get to it, I promised my wife! :(

    ogg
    Sysop, Altair IV BBS
    altairiv.ddns.net:2323

    ... Help! I can't find the "ANY" key.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/01/28 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Altair IV BBS (21:2/147)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to ogg on Sun Jan 29 10:07:12 2023
    On 28 Jan 2023 at 03:03p, ogg pondered and said...

    I feel your pain! It's not been warm enough to have the lawn grow.
    It's the leaves from the trees that have fallen that I've got to attack. We've had rain every 2/3 days that don't let them dry enough to mulch
    up. I really will get to it, I promised my wife! :(

    Ah a comrade in arms :)

    Yep over here it's the middle of summer and if I don't mow each week it gets harder to keep on top of things. It's been windy here and mostly OK weather wise but I'm feeling lazy and it's a Sunday. Plus I am doing network admin for fsx and I want to eat junk food etc. hahahah..

    I guess I can look at mowing lawns as something like enforced exercise and an offset for some questionable snack food eating.

    Good luck with your leaves!

    Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From Al@21:4/106.3 to Avon on Sat Jan 28 15:05:00 2023
    On 29 Jan 2023, Avon said the following...

    Gah, just the thought of having to push that lawn mower... ah well :)

    Lawns? I don't do lawns!

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

    ... It said "insert disk #3", but only two will fit...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/01/27 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Equinox BBS - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106.3)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Al on Sun Jan 29 14:32:44 2023
    On 28 Jan 2023 at 03:05p, Al pondered and said...

    Lawns? I don't do lawns!

    :)

    For some reason, I feel you're channeling Doc Emmit Brown.... roads, roads, where we're going we don't need roads :)

    Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From Al@21:4/106.3 to Avon on Sat Jan 28 19:33:36 2023
    On 29 Jan 2023, Avon said the following...

    Lawns? I don't do lawns!

    :)

    The only reason I don't do lawns (anymore) is because I am an apartment dweller.

    In my youth we had a large yard, everyone did in my area. It was half an acre or perhaps a bit larger full of gardens, trees and even a boulder my dad had shipped in from the interior for some reason. It was shaped like a sofa, kind of neat but it was a boulder!

    I used to cut the grass with a push mower, for years I did that. I never thought anything of it at the time but I wouldn't do it that way today. :)

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

    ... The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/01/27 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Equinox BBS - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106.3)
  • From claw@21:1/210 to Avon on Mon Jan 30 07:35:52 2023
    On 29 Jan 2023, Avon said the following...
    Hi all.

    Well it's Sunday morning here, I'm adding in three new nodes today and responding to a few emails and netmails for help etc. Once done I need
    to mow some lawns. My younger son is staying with us for a week before
    he moves to a new city. It will be strange not to have him living
    nearby. I hope his new move / job go well.

    A reminder I'm going to start posting welcome and admin info over in FSX_NET now instead of here. I encourage you to sub to that echomail
    area if you are not already linked to it.

    Gah, just the thought of having to push that lawn mower... ah well :)

    Best, Paul

    Good luck to your son. Does the Node change require in maint on our side? I do need to go in and tell it to subscribe to the channels. Been a while

    |23|04Dr|16|12Claw
    |16|14Sysop |12Noverdu |14BBS |04(|14Noverdu.com|04)
    |10Standard Ports for SSH/Telnet Web/HTTP://|14Noverdu.com:808
    |20|15fsxNet/MRC Chat/Registered Doors!/50Nodes/No Time Use! Stay On!|16|07

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Noverdu BBS (21:1/210)
  • From Alonzo@21:1/130 to Avon on Mon Mar 6 04:55:00 2023
    A reminder I'm going to start posting welcome and admin info over in FSX_NET now instead of here. I encourage you to sub to that echomail

    Oops. I just now deleted that one because I didn't think it was active. I'll try to restore it.

    ... There are two types of people; those who finish what they start and

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: The Unmarked Van - 21:1/130 - Mt. Healthy, Ohio (21:1/130)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Alonzo on Tue Mar 7 21:01:44 2023
    On 06 Mar 2023 at 04:55a, Alonzo pondered and said...

    A reminder I'm going to start posting welcome and admin info over in FSX_NET now instead of here. I encourage you to sub to that echomail

    Oops. I just now deleted that one because I didn't think it was active. I'll try to restore it.

    :)

    It's still active but like all echos can ebb and flow.

    Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From Avon@21:1/100 to All on Sun Apr 18 21:21:24 2021
    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.

    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
    * Origin: Agency + Risa HUB - Dunedin, New Zealand (21:1/100)
  • From Zip@21:1/202 to Avon on Sun Apr 18 15:35:06 2021
    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

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/04/08 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)
  • From Alpha@21:4/158.1 to Avon on Sun Apr 18 07:48:12 2021
    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,




    |08---
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    |08A Talisman BBS


    --- Talisman v0.19-dev (Linux/x86_64)
    * Origin: The Drunken Gamer BBS (21:4/158.1.1)
  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to Zip on Sun Apr 18 10:29:00 2021
    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.


    --- OpenXP 5.0.49
    * Origin: (} Pointy McPointFace (21:4/106.21)
  • From Morgul@21:1/207 to Ogg on Sun Apr 18 12:42:50 2021
    BY: Ogg(21:4/106.21)


    |11O|09> |10I would have thought that in this day of moving mail over the |07 |11O|09> |10internet, the ZMH requirement would nolonger be a requirement.|07 |11O|09> |07
    Fidonet is still using the same policy document from 1989. Nothing much ever changes on Fidonet.


    --- WWIV 5.7.0.development
    * Origin: ** The Trading Post [SOUTH] BBS -=- Columbia, SC ** (21:1/207)
  • From Zip@21:1/202 to Ogg on Sun Apr 18 20:02:52 2021
    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

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/04/08 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)
  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to Zip on Sun Apr 18 13:26:02 2021
    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

    ... As a computer, I find your faith in technology amusing.
    --- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106.1)
  • From fusion@21:1/616 to Al on Sun Apr 18 17:17:48 2021
    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 ;)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/04/08 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: cold fusion - cfbbs.net - grand rapids, mi (21:1/616)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Zip on Mon Apr 19 12:24:42 2021
    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.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From Zip@21:1/202 to Al on Mon Apr 19 11:46:40 2021
    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

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/04/08 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)
  • From goto_KCM@21:1/218 to Avon on Mon Apr 19 16:17:42 2021
    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

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: KCM BBS (21:1/218)
  • From goto_KCM@21:1/218 to Alpha on Mon Apr 19 16:21:48 2021
    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

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: KCM BBS (21:1/218)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to goto_KCM on Tue Apr 20 12:11:04 2021
    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?

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Avon on Mon Apr 19 08:08:00 2021
    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. :)




    --- MultiMail/DOS v0.52
    * Origin: realitycheckBBS.org -- information is power. (21:4/122)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Apr 21 08:46:40 2021
    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 :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From StormTrooper@21:2/108 to Avon on Wed Apr 21 02:04:04 2021
    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

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)
  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Avon on Wed Apr 21 07:04:00 2021
    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.



    ... There are secrets within lies, answers within riddles.
    --- MultiMail/DOS v0.52
    * Origin: realitycheckBBS.org -- information is power. (21:4/122)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Apr 23 09:01:18 2021
    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 :)

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to All on Wed Jun 30 11:07:44 2021
    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

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)
  • From Alan Ianson@21:4/106.2 to Avon on Tue Jun 29 16:32:12 2021
    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.. :)

    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-5
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (21:4/106.2)
  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to Avon on Tue Jun 29 20:33:48 2021
    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!

    ... Reward for a job well done: More work



    |07p|15AULIE|1142|07o
    |08.........

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/06/21 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)
  • From Zip@21:1/202 to Avon on Wed Jun 30 12:27:16 2021
    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

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/06/21 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)
  • From N1uro@21:4/107 to Avon on Wed Jun 30 10:16:00 2021
    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>

    ... Next incarnation, I have dibs on being a porn star.
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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Alan Ianson on Fri Jul 2 16:05:08 2021
    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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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to paulie420 on Fri Jul 2 16:09:52 2021
    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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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Zip on Fri Jul 2 16:10:32 2021
    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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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to N1uro on Fri Jul 2 16:11:08 2021
    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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  • From N1uro@21:4/107 to Avon on Fri Jul 2 00:44:00 2021
    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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  • From Al@21:4/106.2 to Avon on Fri Jul 2 00:32:44 2021
    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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  • From Zip@21:1/202 to Avon on Fri Jul 2 17:32:42 2021
    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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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Al on Sat Jul 3 10:19:18 2021
    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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  • From JOE DOOM@21:1/230 to Avon on Sat Jul 3 17:15:02 2021
    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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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Avon on Tue Jul 6 14:24:00 2021
    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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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Zip on Wed Jul 7 07:59:00 2021
    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.


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  • From Zip@21:1/202 to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Jul 8 14:55:16 2021
    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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