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    From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to Nancy Backus on Sunday, January 12, 2020 08:20:19
    Hey Nancy!

    I added one more condition to the cybertoast tagline generator where only if the 'days from now' is less or equal to 365 days then it gets outputted to the list. Therefore when the 2020-02-29 cybertoast becomes 2024-02-29 on May 1st it will drop off the radar never to be seen until 2023-03-01 rolls around. I think that is a better outcome than outputting a cybertoast date that is more than a year from 'now'.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

    ... Cybertoasts of note:
    2020-02-29 is 48 days from now and falls on a Saturday.
    2020-11-05 is 298 days from now and falls on a Thursday.
    2021-01-01 is 355 days from now and falls on a Friday.
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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 03:04:24
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 12-Jan-2020 08:20 <=-

    I added one more condition to the cybertoast tagline generator where
    only if the 'days from now' is less or equal to 365 days then it gets outputted to the list. Therefore when the 2020-02-29 cybertoast
    becomes 2024-02-29 on May 1st it will drop off the radar never to be

    You mean Mar 1st, yes....?

    seen until 2023-03-01 rolls around. I think that is a better outcome
    than outputting a cybertoast date that is more than a year from 'now'.

    This will also affect the 11-05 toasts... just as well we're going to do
    them yearly now, too... <G>

    ttyl neb

    ... "A cat is only domestic so far as suits its own needs." - Heinlein

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  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to Nancy Backus on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 08:07:53
    Hey Nancy!

    You mean Mar 1st, yes....?

    Yes I did. Thank you for the correction and I just checked to make sure the tagline generator will get it right as well (it is/was getting it right).

    This will also affect the 11-05 toasts...

    It would have given the 10 year span between.

    just as well we're going to do them yearly now, too... <G>

    Also the fact that I am not getting any younger and there may not be that many more decades left for me. Annual ones make more sense now that I am no longer 30 years old.

    Life is good,
    Maurice

    ... Cybertoasts of note:
    2020-02-29 is 46 days from now and falls on a Saturday.
    2020-11-05 is 296 days from now and falls on a Thursday.
    2021-01-01 is 353 days from now and falls on a Friday.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.0.11(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)
  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Monday, January 20, 2020 23:56:40
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 14-Jan-2020 08:07 <=-

    You mean Mar 1st, yes....?

    Yes I did. Thank you for the correction and I just checked to make
    sure the tagline generator will get it right as well (it is/was
    getting it right).

    I fixed the typo on subsequent messages... ;)

    This will also affect the 11-05 toasts...

    It would have given the 10 year span between.

    Yup, exactly... :)

    just as well we're going to do them yearly now, too... <G>

    Also the fact that I am not getting any younger and there may not be
    that many more decades left for me. Annual ones make more sense now
    that I am no longer 30 years old.

    I was wondering when you'd get around to that way of thinking... <G>
    After a certain point, it's good to celebrate them all... ;)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Nancy Backus on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 19:43:38
    Hallo Nancy!

    I was wondering when you'd get around to that way of thinking...

    Raging against the storm. Speaking of storms, we got a blast of winter last week with a couple days of snow that is now mostly melted and has turned to the
    usual rain.

    After a certain point, it's good to celebrate them all...

    We'll try that on for size. On 2020-11-06 it should change to 2021-11-05 as well as drop to the bottom of the list making 2021-01-01 the top entry ... until 2021-01-02 that is.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    ... Cybertoasts van belang:
    2020-02-29 is 39 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een zaterdag.
    2020-11-05 is 289 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een donderdag.
    2021-01-01 is 346 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een vrijdag.
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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Friday, January 24, 2020 03:08:14
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 21-Jan-2020 19:43 <=-

    I was wondering when you'd get around to that way of thinking...

    Raging against the storm.

    And eventually one has to accept things... ;)

    Speaking of storms, we got a blast of
    winter last week with a couple days of snow that is now mostly melted
    and has turned to the usual rain.

    We got snow last weekend, then mostly none during this week... and are
    due for more this coming weekend... not sure if we are getting very much
    of it this time, though...

    After a certain point, it's good to celebrate them all...

    We'll try that on for size. On 2020-11-06 it should change to
    2021-11-05 as well as drop to the bottom of the list making 2021-01-01
    the top entry ... until 2021-01-02 that is.

    Sounds good... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Nancy Backus on Saturday, January 25, 2020 13:12:16
    Hallo Nancy!

    And eventually one has to accept things

    Says who?

    We got snow last weekend

    Ours has melted and has been replaced with huge puddles of water that doesn't appear to be in a rush to go anywhere. Also the rain that has been falling almost continuous ever since hasn't helped any. On the plus side at least it's
    warm.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    ... Cybertoasts van belang:
    2020-02-29 is 35 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een zaterdag.
    2020-11-05 is 285 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een donderdag.
    2021-01-01 is 342 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een vrijdag.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.0.11(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint - Ladysmith BC, Canada (2:280/464.113)
  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Thursday, January 30, 2020 02:00:44
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 25-Jan-2020 13:12 <=-

    We got snow last weekend

    Ours has melted and has been replaced with huge puddles of water that doesn't appear to be in a rush to go anywhere. Also the rain that has been falling almost continuous ever since hasn't helped any. On the
    plus side at least it's warm.

    More than I can say for here... ;) The warm, that is... We've been
    having rain mixed with very fine snow... not a lot of accumulation, but
    temps are staying around freezing or going a bit more below or once in a
    while above... Wintry weather, pretty much...

    ttyl neb

    ... Eat Salmon ... the OTHER pink meat

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  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Nancy Backus on Thursday, January 30, 2020 04:55:20
    Hallo Nancy!

    Wintry weather, pretty much...

    The sun came out today. It rained overnight which means there are still only two days in January without precipitation so far and there are only two more days to go.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    ... Cybertoasts van belang:
    2020-02-29 is 30 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een zaterdag.
    2020-11-05 is 280 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een donderdag.
    2021-01-01 is 337 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een vrijdag.
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  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Saturday, February 01, 2020 22:07:22
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 30-Jan-2020 04:55 <=-

    Wintry weather, pretty much...

    The sun came out today. It rained overnight which means there are
    still only two days in January without precipitation so far and there
    are only two more days to go.

    I haven't really kept track here.... we have had a number of days with
    at least a little sun... and a number of days with some sort of
    precipitation, even if it's only a mist of snow or rain in the air...

    ttyl neb

    ... MeoOWW SPLATT! WooOOF SPLAT! (Raining cats & dogs)

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  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Nancy Backus on Sunday, February 02, 2020 04:27:52
    Hallo Nancy!

    we have had a number of days with at least a little sun

    The last two days of January were both soakers. The ground is completely saturated so the rain has nowhere to go and is now piling up.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    ... Cybertoasts van belang:
    2020-02-29 is 27 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een zaterdag.
    2020-11-05 is 277 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een donderdag.
    2021-01-01 is 334 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een vrijdag.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.0.11(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint - Ladysmith BC, Canada (2:280/464.113)
  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Thursday, February 06, 2020 19:37:02
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 02-Feb-2020 04:27 <=-

    we have had a number of days with at least a little sun

    The last two days of January were both soakers. The ground is
    completely saturated so the rain has nowhere to go and is now piling
    up.

    Not so good.... Meanwhile, we are in the midst of a winter storm that
    threatens to pile up snow and ice... They say it will continue right
    to late Friday night.... and might give a foot or more of snow... I'm
    staying in today and probably tomorrow as well... Groceries can wait
    until Saturday.... ;)

    ttyl neb

    ... Cats -- proof that eating and sleeping isn't all bad.

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  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Nancy Backus on Friday, February 07, 2020 06:39:32
    Hallo Nancy!

    and might give a foot or more of snow

    Ouch. We were supposed to get some over the last couple of days but we got, and are getting, more rain instead. I'd sooner have the rain rather than snow but it would be nice to get none of either for a change. There is a good chance for sunshine this weekend but a tad on the cool side with lows just slightly above freezing.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    ... Cybertoasts van belang:
    2020-02-29 is 22 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een zaterdag.
    2020-11-05 is 272 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een donderdag.
    2021-01-01 is 329 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een vrijdag.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.0.11(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint - Ladysmith BC, Canada (2:280/464.113)
  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Monday, February 10, 2020 01:20:06
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 07-Feb-2020 06:39 <=-

    and might give a foot or more of snow

    Ouch. We were supposed to get some over the last couple of days but
    we got, and are getting, more rain instead. I'd sooner have the rain rather than snow but it would be nice to get none of either for a
    change.

    As it turned out, I think we were a little short of that foot or so...
    but did get a significant amount... Got quite cold overnight last night (prediction was for -11C to -15C), but warmed up today to almost
    freezing or even a little above.... it's dropped a little, but will be
    warming up overnight and almost 40F tomorrow, they say....

    There is a good chance for sunshine this weekend but a tad on
    the cool side with lows just slightly above freezing.

    And just south of you into the States, I've heard of flooding... I hope
    you did get a bit of sunshine... We had some for a while today.... :)

    ttyl neb

    ... Life is a Lambourghini: It goes too fast, and is unaffordable.

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  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Nancy Backus on Monday, February 10, 2020 03:46:11
    Hallo Nancy!

    I think we were a little short of that foot or so

    A little short of a foot too much if you ask me.

    And just south of you into the States, I've heard of flooding

    I heard that too and I also heard that the north of the Island got it the worst
    as far as this part of the world is concerned.

    I hope you did get a bit of sunshine

    Today we did. No rain but perhaps some light showers the weather people are saying.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    ... Cybertoasts van belang:
    2020-02-29 is 19 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een zaterdag.
    2020-11-05 is 269 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een donderdag.
    2021-01-01 is 326 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een vrijdag.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.0.11(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint - Ladysmith BC, Canada (2:280/464.113)
  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Friday, February 14, 2020 02:02:10
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 10-Feb-2020 03:46 <=-

    I think we were a little short of that foot or so

    A little short of a foot is too much if you ask me.

    I'm just as happy not to get any... but that would be wishful thinking hereabouts... ;) Just got a few more inches the last day or so, but not
    much is sticking around... :)

    And now tonight and tomorrow into tomorrow night are going to be quite
    cold.... but then it's to be warming up again somewhat over the
    weekend...

    And just south of you into the States, I've heard of flooding

    I heard that too and I also heard that the north of the Island got it
    the worst as far as this part of the world is concerned.

    As long as you were spared...?

    I hope you did get a bit of sunshine

    Today we did. No rain but perhaps some light showers the weather
    people are saying.

    We got a bit of sunshine a couple of days this past week or so... and
    maybe a few minutes today... ;) Supposed to get some sun on Saturday
    and Monday, too... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Nancy Backus on Friday, February 14, 2020 04:35:42
    Hallo Nancy!

    I'm just as happy not to get any... but that would be wishful
    thinking hereabouts...

    Same situation here except with rain. The ground is still super saturated so even a little bit will cause molre grief than it normally would at this stage of the game.

    As long as you were spared...

    Not totally but nowhere near as bad as others in the general area. In some parts there have been people and their vehicles ended up being drowned after being swept away by some raging stream that has broken it's banks. One guy got
    swept off a bridge while he was observing the raging stream from above. Last I
    heard they still haven't recovered his body.

    Today was sunny for the mostpart with no rain. Tomorrow and Saturday are forcast for at least some periods of rain. Hopefully we get a miss on any of that but I have my doubts.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    ... Cybertoasts van belang:
    2020-02-29 is 15 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een zaterdag.
    2020-11-05 is 265 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een donderdag.
    2021-01-01 is 322 dagen vanaf nu en valt op een vrijdag.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.0.11(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint - Ladysmith BC, Canada (2:280/464.113)
  • From Nancy Backus@1:229/452 to Maurice Kinal on Monday, February 17, 2020 03:14:02
    Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 14-Feb-2020 04:35 <=-

    I'm just as happy not to get any... but that would be wishful
    thinking hereabouts...

    Same situation here except with rain. The ground is still super
    saturated so even a little bit will cause more grief than it normally would at this stage of the game.

    I can understand that... Here, the ground is somewhat frozen, so when
    there's a thaw of snow, or rain, there's also nowhere for the water to
    go.... causing some grief....

    As long as you were spared...

    Not totally but nowhere near as bad as others in the general area.

    That's not too bad, then...

    In some parts there have been people and their vehicles ended up being drowned after being swept away by some raging stream that has broken
    it's banks. One guy got swept off a bridge while he was observing the raging stream from above. Last I heard they still haven't recovered
    his body.

    That's sad... and rather scary as well... Good reasons to stay clear of
    any chance of the raging streams....

    Today was sunny for the mostpart with no rain. Tomorrow and Saturday
    are forcast for at least some periods of rain. Hopefully we get a
    miss on any of that but I have my doubts.

    We've had mostly clouds with some sun coming through from time to
    time... only a little bit of snow.... But it did get mighty cold on
    Thursday night and Friday.... we were down to almost 0 degrees F (-17 C
    or thereabouts) Friday night... It was about 5 degrees (-15C) the night before.... but then it warmed back up to about freezing for Saturday and
    maybe about 4C (40F) today.... :)

    ttyl neb

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