Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 22 February 2017 12:00:57 Chris Albertson wrote: > The difference in battery performance is likely because of a > difference in charging history. > > The batteries are also different. Maybe made on different days or on > different assembly lines > > As for getting salt to your water

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-22 Thread Gene Heskett
x27;ve both hit the end of the trail. :) > - Original Message - > From: "dave" > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 > 11:04:12 AM > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go > > salt slurry? &

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-22 Thread Chris Albertson
The difference in battery performance is likely because of a difference in charging history. The batteries are also different. Maybe made on different days or on different assembly lines As for getting salt to your water softener. Seems like the exact same problem they used to have with coal he

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-22 Thread Todd Zuercher
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 11:04:12 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go salt slurry? All you need is a saturated solution and a slurry would certainly take care of that. Then let gravity do the transfer. Dave On 02/22/2017 06:09 AM, Dave Cole wrote: > On 2/21/2017 11:44

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-22 Thread dave
salt slurry? All you need is a saturated solution and a slurry would certainly take care of that. Then let gravity do the transfer. Dave On 02/22/2017 06:09 AM, Dave Cole wrote: > On 2/21/2017 11:44 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Tuesday 21 February 2017 08:45:46 Dave Cole wrote: >> >>> Build a v

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 22 February 2017 09:09:08 Dave Cole wrote: > On 2/21/2017 11:44 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 21 February 2017 08:45:46 Dave Cole wrote: > >> Build a vacuum transfer system! :-) > >> An old shop vac and some PVC pipe should make it work. > >> > >> Dave > > > > Chuckle. That

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-22 Thread Dave Cole
On 2/21/2017 11:44 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 21 February 2017 08:45:46 Dave Cole wrote: > >> Build a vacuum transfer system! :-) >> An old shop vac and some PVC pipe should make it work. >> >> Dave >> > Chuckle. That may in fact be the best idea yet if the vac didn't > collapse that th

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 21 February 2017 13:05:10 Chris Albertson wrote: > > there, closed. But it sure ate that battery in 13 hours doing > > squat. > > The phone was actually doing quite a lot. Remember a phone needs to [...] > Those to problems, accepting incoming calls and making outbound 911 > calls wer

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-21 Thread Chris Albertson
> there, closed. But it sure ate that battery in 13 hours doing squat. > The phone was actually doing quite a lot. Remember a phone needs to be able to accept INCOMING calls.Think about how hard this is. Someone many miles away wants to call you. He does not know where in the world you are.

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 21 February 2017 08:45:46 Dave Cole wrote: > Build a vacuum transfer system! :-) > An old shop vac and some PVC pipe should make it work. > > Dave > Chuckle. That may in fact be the best idea yet if the vac didn't collapse that thin walled salt tank. Just put a couple sink strainers

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 21 February 2017 08:34:28 Dave Cole wrote: > Just swap the batteries and see what happens. > And since she is near a charger a lot of the time. ;-) > > Dave I thought of that, but haven't done it. Mine was charged at 11:25 just now, so its unplugged at 11:26, I'll see how long it

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-21 Thread Dave Cole
ne. :( >> >> From: Gene Heskett >> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 8:34 AM >> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go >> >> On Monday 20 February 2017 00:37:19 Erik Christiansen wrote: >>>

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-21 Thread Dave Cole
Just swap the batteries and see what happens. And since she is near a charger a lot of the time. ;-) Dave On 2/20/2017 12:46 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > On 02/20/2017 08:48 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> This house has alu siding, so that might explain the short battery life >> IF it was both phones,

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-20 Thread Gene Heskett
fire that blocked the stairs. But it never got done. :( > > > From: Gene Heskett > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 8:34 AM > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go > > On Monday 20 February 2017 00:37:19 Erik Christian

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 21 February 2017 00:26:44 Gregg Eshelman wrote: > If your phone has WiFi and/or Bluetooth, make sure they're off. Some > phones have a connection optimizer function that will automatically > turn WiFi on if the phone signal is weak, so you want that optimizer > off too. > I don't think

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-20 Thread Gregg Eshelman
34 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go On Monday 20 February 2017 00:37:19 Erik Christiansen wrote: > It is possible that being a farm girl from the time when they loaded > sheaves onto wagons with a pitchfork has given her the stamina, but > ISTR you're cast

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-20 Thread Gregg Eshelman
onday, February 20, 2017 7:48 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go This house has alu siding, so that might explain the short battery life IF it was both phones, but its not, she uses hers 10x what I use mine, and it still runs a couple days between ch

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 20 February 2017 20:06:37 Gregg Eshelman wrote: > Get a pair of FRS radios with a call button. Push that and it makes a > noise on all other FRS radios in range on the same channel. For your > use you'd want an older pair with shorter range. > That sounds like it would work, but FRS radi

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-20 Thread Gregg Eshelman
39 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go I'm thinking in terms of a well built gismo we can hang on good necklasses, 2 buttons, one makes the other unit scream for attention, the other acts as a walkie-talkie PTS. I don't even know if such a critter is available, but I d

[Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-20 Thread Roland Jollivet
It's not just how smart you are. The problem is propriety knowledge. You can mess with some gadget for ages, but if you can't find the chips on the net, it's usually not worth the effort. On 20 February 2017 at 12:54, Peter Blodow wrote: > Wow, good to hear of a guy who is not as conceitet as a

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-20 Thread Jon Elson
On 02/20/2017 08:48 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > This house has alu siding, so that might explain the short battery life > IF it was both phones, but its not, she uses hers 10x what I use mine, > and it still runs a couple days between charges. > > Well, I just don't know. Glad she is back home and

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 20 February 2017 10:45:40 andy pugh wrote: > On 20 February 2017 at 15:34, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Even the chuck on this lathe seems pretty heavy but I think its > > under 40 lbs. A 3 jaw, 2 piece jaws that I can't read the brand name > > of, but made in Poland, > > Probably Bison the

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 20 February 2017 10:02:05 andy pugh wrote: > On 20 February 2017 at 14:48, Gene Heskett wrote: > > IF it was both phones, but its not, she uses hers 10x what I use > > mine, and it still runs a couple days between charges. > > Swap phones. See what happens. I thought of that Andy, but

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 20 February 2017 04:54:42 Marshland Engineering wrote: > Bought a Samsung Smart TV and really regretted it. Keeps updating > itself and changes the icons etc etc. 'Support' from India and almost > all requests end in a "do a system reset" Oh yeah. No keyboard works > properly and you h

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-20 Thread andy pugh
On 20 February 2017 at 15:34, Gene Heskett wrote: > Even the chuck on this lathe seems pretty heavy but I think its under 40 > lbs. A 3 jaw, 2 piece jaws that I can't read the brand name of, but made > in Poland, Probably Bison then. http://www.bison-bial.pl/ Or, if you prefer to read it in eng

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 20 February 2017 00:37:19 Erik Christiansen wrote: > That's very good to hear, Gene. > > On 19.02.17 19:20, Gene Heskett wrote: > > We're home, but I think she thinks my hip joints get 100 miles per > > pain pill. NOT. 20 yards, maybe. > > New ones are a 24 carat godsend, Gene. My mother

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-20 Thread andy pugh
On 20 February 2017 at 14:48, Gene Heskett wrote: > IF it was both phones, but its not, she uses hers 10x what I use mine, > and it still runs a couple days between charges. Swap phones. See what happens. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the es

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-20 Thread John Thornton
Any little phone shop can replace it, we even have a couple of shops like that here in little Poplar Bluff. JT On 2/19/2017 6:01 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 19 February 2017 13:37:09 John Thornton wrote: > >> Great news Gene. Maybe you have a bad battery... >> >> JT >> > Who is gonna re

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 20 February 2017 00:30:27 Jon Elson wrote: > On 02/19/2017 12:21 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Hi guys; > > > > I just got a call from my Missus, all the tests and imagery they've > > done at Ruby must be ok, so they discharged her effective now, and > > now I'm killing an hour while my c

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 February 2017 23:55:34 TJoseph Powderly wrote: > gene, i dunno if this can help > last nite i installed a 'fall detector' on wife's android phone > it uses the accelerometers to detect a sudden change, then looks for a > period of no motion > ( thats how they define a fall to unconcio

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-20 Thread Peter Blodow
Wow, good to hear of a guy who is not as conceitet as are all others... I think much the same about myself. Principally, you are right, it's a question of specialisation. But modern civilisation lives from the fact that NOT everybody can do everything, so handicrafts and commerce came into being

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-20 Thread andy pugh
On 20 February 2017 at 03:37, Dave Cole wrote: > They aren't that hard to service. > However the Iphones are known to be difficult. Still, the Iphone > repair guys are human as well. I work on the principle that anything that can be made by humans can be made by me, given enough time and mo

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-20 Thread Marshland Engineering
Bought a Samsung Smart TV and really regretted it. Keeps updating itself and changes the icons etc etc. 'Support' from India and almost all requests end in a "do a system reset" Oh yeah. No keyboard works properly and you have to fart around with the arrows on the remote to type things in. Bought

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-19 Thread Gregg Eshelman
re's a few commercials but the movies are uncut and you can pause and 'rewind' without needing a DVR. From: Gene Heskett To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 7:55 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go On Sunday 19 February 2017

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-19 Thread Erik Christiansen
That's very good to hear, Gene. On 19.02.17 19:20, Gene Heskett wrote: > We're home, but I think she thinks my hip joints get 100 miles per pain > pill. NOT. 20 yards, maybe. New ones are a 24 carat godsend, Gene. My mother (85 in a few weeks) was right out of it on morphine patches, a few years

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-19 Thread Jon Elson
On 02/19/2017 12:21 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > Hi guys; > > I just got a call from my Missus, all the tests and imagery they've done > at Ruby must be ok, so they discharged her effective now, and now I'm > killing an hour while my cell phone charges as I'll need it on the > approach to Ruby. She w

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-19 Thread TJoseph Powderly
gene, i dunno if this can help last nite i installed a 'fall detector' on wife's android phone it uses the accelerometers to detect a sudden change, then looks for a period of no motion ( thats how they define a fall to unconcioussness ) then it makes a LOT of noise and calls a given cell phone i'

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-19 Thread Dave Cole
I've torn into a few different newer smart phone to replace the batteries. Check out Ebay - just about every phone battery made is available from multiple sources. Some are good, some are junk. The LG Nexus 5X is a good example. Although it is suppose to not have a replaceable battery, the m

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 February 2017 21:16:58 Chris Albertson wrote: > I don't know the make and model phone you have but with most modern > phones you can NOT buy a replacement except from the manufacturer. > New phones use custom made batteries that are just for that one model > of phone. Apple can rep

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-19 Thread Chris Albertson
I don't know the make and model phone you have but with most modern phones you can NOT buy a replacement except from the manufacturer. New phones use custom made batteries that are just for that one model of phone. Apple can replace a battery if you bring the phone into the store. In the old da

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-19 Thread Dave Cole
Hi Gene, Glad your wife is doing ok. I buy replacement cell batteries off Ebay.That's the best place IMO. Look at your OEM battery and buy one that looks "exactly" like the one you have - same marking, maker etc. Look for listing that contain things like genuine, identical, OEM etc Make sure

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 February 2017 13:46:37 Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: > Hello Gene. > > Glad to hear your wife is good. Also glad to hear you're good too! > > I suspect may be the fast chargers can decrease battery's life earlier > than the slow ones? I have a slow charger that takes almost 5 hours to > c

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 19 February 2017 13:37:09 John Thornton wrote: > Great news Gene. Maybe you have a bad battery... > > JT > Who is gonna replace it John? They (Wallies), don't even have replacement batteries that I am aware of. > On 2/19/2017 12:21 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Hi guys; > > > > I just

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-19 Thread Chris Albertson
The charger only supplies current to the internal battery charge controller. You can't force the battery to charge faster than the phone manufacturer allows. You can make it charge slower by limiting the current available. The USB charger is powering a DC/DC converter that lives inside the phon

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-19 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
Hello Gene. Glad to hear your wife is good. Also glad to hear you're good too! I suspect may be the fast chargers can decrease battery's life earlier than the slow ones? I have a slow charger that takes almost 5 hours to completely charge the battery and a fast one that takes less than 2 hours.

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-19 Thread John Thornton
Great news Gene. Maybe you have a bad battery... JT On 2/19/2017 12:21 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > Hi guys; > > I just got a call from my Missus, all the tests and imagery they've done > at Ruby must be ok, so they discharged her effective now, and now I'm > killing an hour while my cell phone ch

[Emc-users] [OT] Wife is good to go

2017-02-19 Thread Gene Heskett
Hi guys; I just got a call from my Missus, all the tests and imagery they've done at Ruby must be ok, so they discharged her effective now, and now I'm killing an hour while my cell phone charges as I'll need it on the approach to Ruby. She was acting normal when I was there yesterday. Answe