Re: [AFMUG] Silos

2020-10-28 Thread Mathew Howard
Most of the silos around here aren't used anymore and sit empty (both cement and harvestore)... I don't think if I've ever seen, or even heard of, a collapsed Harvestore that didn't have a tornado involved. On Tue, Oct 27, 2020, 8:52 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > My understanding was the concrete

Re: [AFMUG] OT new hires

2020-10-28 Thread Steve Jones
gimme gimmes On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 5:16 PM justsumname wrote: > What do I know... but it seems to me that people are somehow finding a way > to have food and their needs met and even some of their wants satisfied > without working anywhere. > I call it The Welfare State. Cuz I doubt

Re: [AFMUG] OT new hires

2020-10-28 Thread justsumname
What do I know... but it seems to me that people are somehow finding a way to have food and their needs met and even some of their wants satisfied without working anywhere. I call it The Welfare State. Cuz I doubt they are lottery winners. Parents or government or ??... someone is

Re: [AFMUG] Lithium lead acid replacement batteries

2020-10-28 Thread SmarterBroadband
Hi Bill I thought with the drop in replacements the BMU handled the charging? From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 12:37 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Lithium lead acid replacement batteries LiFePo (Lithium

Re: [AFMUG] Lithium lead acid replacement batteries

2020-10-28 Thread Bill Prince
LiFePo (Lithium Iron Phosphate) is considered very safe. Completely different charge profile vs lead acid though. bp On 10/28/2020 12:32 PM, Steve Jones wrote: my biggest concern with lithium is im a dolt and dont know for

Re: [AFMUG] Lithium lead acid replacement batteries

2020-10-28 Thread Steve Jones
my biggest concern with lithium is im a dolt and dont know for sure which variants arent prone to explode On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 2:11 PM TJ Trout wrote: > https://batteryhookup.com/ > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 10:11 AM Harold Bledsoe > wrote: > >> I’ve used the Merit Sun batteries for other

Re: [AFMUG] Lithium lead acid replacement batteries

2020-10-28 Thread TJ Trout
https://batteryhookup.com/ On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 10:11 AM Harold Bledsoe wrote: > I’ve used the Merit Sun batteries for other applications. They work well > and have a BMS. That said, they cannot be used with a lead-acid charging > profile. Another option would be to disable the charger on

Re: [AFMUG] [SPAM] Re: WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread Bill Prince
or change the words to "You've got trouble Right here in Rivercity That starts with T, and that rhymes with C, and that stands for Covid" bp On 10/28/2020 9:08 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] Used PacketFlux SyncBox 12

2020-10-28 Thread Lewis Bergman
Email me a USPS flat rate small box label and I'll throw in the mail. I think they are $7.53 or something. On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 11:36 AM TJ Trout wrote: > I'll take the base, paul I have a lmg unit with about 12 external sync > ports. > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 8:28 AM Lewis Bergman > wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread Mike Hammett
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2020/10/14/niu-plans-to-implement-testing-wastewater-to-flush-out-coronavirus/ax0hoat/ - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Ken Hohhof" To: "AnimalFarm

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread Mike Hammett
Nimrods everywhere politicized it. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Bill Prince" To: af@af.afmug.com Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 4:06:39 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid

Re: [AFMUG] Lithium lead acid replacement batteries

2020-10-28 Thread Harold Bledsoe
I’ve used the Merit Sun batteries for other applications. They work well and have a BMS. That said, they cannot be used with a lead-acid charging profile. Another option would be to disable the charger on the UPS (if possible?) and use a separate LiFePO4 charger for the batteries. That will

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread Mike Hammett
I suspect a general distrust of the government, more so if they're of a different political party. Over-aggressive power flexes that weren't reeled back when science didn't support them, so now people don't believe anything they say and just do whatever they want. - Mike Hammett

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread Mike Hammett
"I figure that I'm going to stay sequestered and away from people until May or June of next year." Is that because of COVID or because of a general dislike for people and COVID makes a great excuse? ;-) - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange

Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti AF 60G

2020-10-28 Thread Mathew Howard
Yeah, the mounts are junk. You can't really aim them precisely enough with those mounts. Ubiquiti does make a better mount yet, but I don't know if those are generally available yet. It doesn't actually take that much force to make stainless u-bolts seize up... you really have to either grease

[AFMUG] Lithium lead acid replacement batteries

2020-10-28 Thread SmarterBroadband
Is anyone using Lithium replacements for lead acid it there UPS setups. Our standard setup is 4 12v 100 amp hour external batteries on APC or Alpha UPSs. I read that some of the LiFePO4 12v Lithium batteries are drop in replacements for lead acid. Are all with built in BMUs considered drop in?

Re: [AFMUG] Used PacketFlux SyncBox 12

2020-10-28 Thread TJ Trout
I'll take the base, paul I have a lmg unit with about 12 external sync ports. On Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 8:28 AM Lewis Bergman wrote: > I was looking at a SitemonitorBaseII the other day thinking I should throw > it away. I know nothing about it. Might be good, might be broken, might be >

Re: [AFMUG] [SPAM] Re: WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread Ken Hohhof
Yep. Gotta pronounce it like Jina though. Also, is it my imagination, or was he a rapper? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI_Oe-jtgdI From: AF On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 11:00 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: [SPAM] Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread chuck
And Shirley Jones. There was a scene in Elmer Gantry where she was smokin’ hot. From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 9:51 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting Robert Preston. From: AF On Behalf Of Adam

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread Ken Hohhof
According to Wikipedia: “The character Marian Paroo was inspired by Marian Seeley of Provo, Utah, who met Willson during World War II, when Seeley was a medical records librarian.” From: AF On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 10:42 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread Ken Hohhof
Robert Preston. From: AF On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 10:41 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting Is this a reference to Dick Van Dyke as The Music Man? On 10/28/2020 11:39 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: Band

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread Matt Hoppes
And this is why I'm switching from surgical masks back to N95 masks... because around here the general population is no longer wearing masks. Here's the issue I have: It's a tiny piece of cloth to wear over your mouth hole when you're out. I don't need to wear pants or a shirt -- no one will

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread chuck
Librarians? From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 9:39 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting Band instruments? From: AF On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 10:22 AM To: AnimalFarm

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread Adam Moffett
Is this a reference to Dick Van Dyke as /The Music Man/? On 10/28/2020 11:39 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: Band instruments? *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *ch...@wbmfg.com *Sent:* Wednesday, October 28, 2020 10:22 AM *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread Ken Hohhof
Band instruments? From: AF On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 10:22 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting I thought it was funny too. I was always curious as to why he had a brand of vodka but

Re: [AFMUG] Used PacketFlux SyncBox 12

2020-10-28 Thread Lewis Bergman
I was looking at a SitemonitorBaseII the other day thinking I should throw it away. I know nothing about it. Might be good, might be broken, might be passworded. No idea. Want it? On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 9:37 AM Paul McCall via AF wrote: > Anybody have a couple of these they are not using that

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread chuck
I thought it was funny too. I was always curious as to why he had a brand of vodka but bragged that he never drank. I guess anything for a buck. From: Bill Prince Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 9:15 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting This

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread Bill Prince
This is humor to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p58I3Xs0v-c bp On 10/28/2020 8:07 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: I assume this is humor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU-ck7GNclc   but

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread Bill Prince
That is a very interesting visual/metaphor. bp On 10/28/2020 8:04 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: One thing I read, probably on the interwebs so it is sure to be true, is that the virus cannot get around without

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread Ken Hohhof
I assume this is humor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU-ck7GNclc but this may not be: https://www.myshreddies.com/ From: AF On Behalf Of Robert Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 9:53 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting & not a

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread chuck
One thing I read, probably on the interwebs so it is sure to be true, is that the virus cannot get around without being attached to a droplet. Which may be what you are saying here. The virus is small but the transport vehicle droplets are large enough to be trapped by masks. So more like

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread Robert
& not a place I would like to spend any time... On 10/28/20 7:02 AM, Harold Bledsoe wrote: LOL – I’ve been to places where that is actually common.  :-/ *From: *Adam Moffett *Sent: *Wednesday, October 28, 2020 8:49 AM *To: *af@af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread Robert
On 10/28/20 6:31 AM, Harold Bledsoe wrote:   They don’t just disappear right? Yes they do.   The virus is liquid wrapped and is subject to evaporation which destroys the rna.   That is what makes it safer to be in the open outside with it warm.   The moist environment inside of the mask may

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread Ken Hohhof
Epidemiologists and public health departments must feel like every doctor whose patients come in having Googled their symptoms and consulted WebMD and of course listened to drug ads. Although doctors probably did deserve to be taken down a notch from their pedestals. From: AF On

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread Bill Prince
All of us armchair quarterbacks probably don't have any real evidence one way or another WRT masks working or not. The original recommendation back in March was specifically because there was such a shortage of masks that they thought if there was a run on them

[AFMUG] Used PacketFlux SyncBox 12

2020-10-28 Thread Paul McCall via AF
Anybody have a couple of these they are not using that they want to part with? (will pay) We have one in service in our network and need a couple spares. Paul Paul McCall, President Florida Broadband / PDMNet 658 Old Dixie Highway Vero Beach, FL 32962 772-564-6800 -- AF mailing list

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread Harold Bledsoe
LOL – I’ve been to places where that is actually common. :-/ From: Adam Moffett Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 8:49 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting I guess since diapers don't stop farts

Re: [AFMUG] WISPs & Covid at 8 months and counting

2020-10-28 Thread Adam Moffett
I guess since diapers don't stop farts just let the baby poop on the floor. On 10/28/2020 9:31 AM, Harold Bledsoe wrote: I think those videos are interesting but they may not be that relevant to virus transmission.  Those videos deal droplet-sized (and bigger) emissions.  Aerosols can’t be

Re: [AFMUG] Windstream/BOB contact

2020-10-28 Thread Mike Hammett
The guy that I knew there left a few years ago. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Nate Burke" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 7:13:29 PM

Re: [AFMUG] Windstream/BOB contact

2020-10-28 Thread Mike Hammett
Original BOB wouldn't have been there. Did Windstream deploy fixed wireless down there? Even if they did, I'm not sure it was the BOB division. BOB was only in major metros, even with its expansion. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The