Yess all be safe we here in Bangladesh are in shutdown from today onwards Mohammed Sattar Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 25, 2020, at 8:34 PM, 'Karen Tellef' via RBASE-L > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Awww... so good to hear Emmitt's voice again.... > > Karen > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: A. Razzak Memon <[email protected]> > To: rbase-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Mar 25, 2020 8:55 am > Subject: [RBASE-L] - My first day in the Home Office (No, not in the British > sense!) > > To all: > > This message is an off topic post from a gone but not forgotten > friend to the R:BASE Community Emmitt Dove on July 5th, 2006, when > working from home was more optional than the current environment. > > Enjoy this blast from the past! > > Razzak > > ------------------------------- > > You may not know that today was my first day in my new home > office. Being the opportunist I am, events at work transpired to > make this possible, and I jumped at the chance. For those of you who > think a home office is a bed of roses, consider: > > The Awakening > > I have one of those "atomic" alarm clocks that set themselves to the > Naval Observatory and also display the indoor temperature and > humidity. For the past several years my alarm has been set to 5:45 > am. That allows time to negotiate two bridges under construction and > still make it to work at a reasonable hour. So I decided I could > take some of that time back. > > Well, this clock has four buttons on the back - mode, mem, up arrow > and down arrow. Intuitive, right? No amount of fidgeting with the > blasted thing could get me to the set alarm time mode. The > reasonable alternative would have been to consult the > documentation. Oh, but where in blazes is the doc? Nowhere I can > find it. So I did the logical thing and hopped online, went to the > manufacturer's website, hit the clock section, went to the > documentation download page. Now, where is my model? Not > there. They have online doc for every other clock made in the > history of Mankind, but not mine. > > By this time it is getting late, so I decide to go ahead and hit the > sack and deal with the clock another time. So could I get to > sleep? No, I was to busy steaming over a piece of plastic and > electronics that had failed to yield to my superior efforts. Turn > the light back on ... fidget some more ... no luck. Light > off. Light back on. Off. On. Finally, somewhere after midnight, I > inadvertently hit some unidentified combination of buttons that put > me into alarm set mode! For joy! > > At 6:15 AM this morning the clock faithfully sprang to life and > emitted its annoying chirping to wake me up. Off to a good > start. After all, tonight I can make up the hours of sleep I missed > last night fidgeting with the blooming clock. Note to self: just > plan on awakening at 6:15 for a good long time. > > Now to get going and get ready ... > > The Brief Commute > > No, not that kind of brief - I meant quick! I did run into some cat > traffic between the food dish entrance ramp and the litter box > exit. However, that was offset by the fact that there was no wife > traffic (she's up in Newfoundland for a few days). The lack of wife > traffic was fortunate, since there is only one "rest stop" along the > way, and it can get jammed with wife traffic. The facility, such as > it is, is a one-holer. (Note to Southerners: this one-holer is > indoor, and has plumbing!) Naturally, wife traffic has the > right-of-way. I'll have to schedule future commutes around this > potential log jam. > > The weather was nice - incandescent light with a background of > filtered overcast. Even though it was raining steadily, the road was > dry and I didn't need my wipers. The temperature was a comfortable > 74.3 degrees and 61% humidity, according to the aforementioned > undocumented electronic clock device. A gentle, cool breeze emanated > from the east, courtesy of the Friedrich Corporation. Indeed, the > trip was almost idyllic. > > There was no wait at the breakfast place, but the selection was very > limited. Strangely enough, there was cat traffic here, too. Note to > self: put groceries on the to-do list. > > The coffee joint had just the blend I like, all hot and loaded into > an insulated mug. Things were looking up, except for the cat traffic. > > Even getting up half an hour later and taking the cat congestion into > account, I still made it to work well ahead of my previous > arrivals. As before, I arrived before anyone else and had to turn on > the lights. But I'm accustomed to being first-in, and I really enjoy > having some quiet time with my coffee, Doonesbury and RBG7-L before > the others start showing up. > > [later] > > Hmmm. Was today a holiday? Where is everyone? > > Lunchtime > > After a morning of the usual emails and phone calls, noon rolled > around. So I moseyed over to the local sandwich shop. Again, no > wait, but an extremely limited selection. Note to self: I really > must get to the grocery store soon! > > The afternoon was filled with the usual brain-disengaged user support calls: > > Caller: "Would you add these valuations for me?" > Me: "You can do it yourself." > Caller: "How?" > Me: "Click that button right in the middle of the screen > that says 'Add valuation'." > Caller: "You never told me I could do that." > > Homeward Bound > > Quitting time rolled around, so I hit the reverse commute. Funny > thing, though - the phone kept ringing, so I had to keep turning > around and going back to work! And, there was all that cat traffic > again. Then, I discovered that if I opened the door the cat traffic > disappeared! I'll have to remember that one. Note to self: The > food dish entrance ramp is in need of attention. More groceries! > > But, somehow, this is better than 30 miles each way that can turn > into over an hour on two major highways with even more major > construction and untold numbers of out-of-staters in a big hurry to > get out of this state and into some other state. > > I guess I can get used to it. > > And, upon reflection, I miss the wife traffic. 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