Nancy wrote --

Had a nice visit and lunch with Ed and his wife, once I eventually caught up with them. :)

Had some issues connecting there, too...?

I got directions from them when I arrived in town and they said they
would be on the porch and their house number was such-and-such.
I drove down their street seeing no on any porch nor a house number on
the mailbox at the driveway.
The street is sort of a huge U shape.
I stopped at a house with a guy on the porch who said Ed lived in the
house across a green area and pointed it out. (Ed had the numbers in the mailbox or something, planning on replacing the old faded ones). But his name was on the box, he forgot to remov
Reminded me of the time in Syracuse when no one answered the door when I knocked and I could have sworn I saw a curtain move and heard my friend
saying to someone "Be very quiet and maybe he'll go away". (No one was home, my friend was still at work).
And like the time I was going to call on someone who left town.
Another couple even left the country.
Another had a new cell number and I had only the old one. (Thank
goodness for e-mail).

Nice picture of them you
sent.... even if it did come upside down again.... :) At least Daryl's picture was right side up... :)

That's because Daryl was standing on his head. :)
I don't know what it is with that iPhone. I can take picture A and be
fine, Picture B (phone in the same position) is upside down.
One Windows picture viewer they right side up, another Windows program
shows it upside down. Never had that problem with an android. Must be a iPhone "feature".
Joe
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On 2019 Jun 28 07:01:24, you wrote to NANCY BACKUS:

I got directions from them when I arrived in town and they said they would be on the porch and their house number was such-and-such.
I drove down their street seeing no on any porch nor a house number on the mailbox at the driveway.
The street is sort of a huge U shape.
I stopped at a house with a guy on the porch who said Ed lived in the house across a green area and pointed it out. (Ed had the numbers in the mailbox or something, planning on replacing the old faded ones). But his name was on the box, he forgot to remov

here's another one...

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Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 06-28-19 07:01 <=-

Had a nice visit and lunch with Ed and his wife, once I eventually caught up with them. :)

Had some issues connecting there, too...?

I got directions from them when I arrived in town and they said they
would be on the porch and their house number was such-and-such.
I drove down their street seeing no on any porch nor a house number
on the mailbox at the driveway.

Apparently you made better time than they expected.... ;)

The street is sort of a huge U shape.
I stopped at a house with a guy on the porch who said Ed lived in
the house across a green area and pointed it out. (Ed had the numbers
in the mailbox or something, planning on replacing the old faded ones). But his name was on the box, he forgot to remov

Good thing for neighbors.... :) (and you dropped off again)

Reminded me of the time in Syracuse when no one answered the door
when I knocked and I could have sworn I saw a curtain move and heard my friend saying to someone "Be very quiet and maybe he'll go away". (No one was home, my friend was still at work).

You've got a lively (and suspicious) imagination there.... ;)

And like the time I was going to call on someone who left town.
Another couple even left the country.
Another had a new cell number and I had only the old one. (Thank
goodness for e-mail).

Although, it does start to seem as though people might be trying to
avoid you.... ;) Good thing you did have another way to contact... :)

Nice picture of them you sent.... even if it did come upside down
again.... :) At least Daryl's picture was right side up... :)

That's because Daryl was standing on his head. :)

Oh... ok.... <G>

I don't know what it is with that iPhone. I can take picture A and
be fine, Picture B (phone in the same position) is upside down.
One Windows picture viewer they're right side up, another Windows
program shows it upside down. Never had that problem with an android. Must be a iPhone "feature".

Could be.... :) Indeed strange, though....

ttyl neb

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Nancy wrote --

Had some issues connecting there, too...?

I had to be on Main Street and I was on another one, one block over. Once
I got over to Main Street things were fine.

But his name was on the box, he forgot to remov

Good thing for neighbors.... :) (and you dropped off again)

He forgot to remove his name when he took down the numbers. :)

friend saying to someone "Be very quiet and maybe he'll go away". (No

one was home, my friend was still at work).

You've got a lively (and suspicious) imagination there.... ;)

When I got to Denver to see a friend there, he was at work, he acted like
I just stepped out of the room than several years since we last saw each
other.
Now I have known James for years and we both have a strange sense of
humour.
After visiting a couple of hours I said I had best be on the road and
sort of stood there a minute, figuring I would be asked to stay for dinner. He wished me well and returned to work.
Several days passed.
I was in East Texas or western Louisiana and called a friend to say I
would be in his town around a certain time.
Then noticed I had missed a call from James so called him back.
He said his wife Karin was highly upset I hadn't been invited to stay for dinner, how rude, etc. and he wanted to apologize then added "but as I told Karin if he comes to dinner he'll stay on for several days". LOL

Must be a iPhone "feature".

Could be.... :) Indeed strange, though....

When I was in Syracuse I was shown the Destiny Mall. (I'm not a mall
person but did enjoy it).
I found an Apple store and stopped in to find out why my text tone
stopped worked.
The first guy swiped this way and that, pushed this and that button,
swiped again, had my host (who was standing by us) text me with the clerk saying
it was working.
Nothing.
He swiped this way and that, pushed buttons and still nothing.
He called over another clerk who did the same thing.
Nothing.
He just handed the phone back to me saying I would have either data or
wifi on all the time, thanked me and walked away.
(I pay for data and wifi not always available).
So, I guess that's just another feature of that phone. :)
Oh, and it take a day before a text arrives and often get a undeliverable message when I send one.
Joe
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Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 07-03-19 08:01 <=-

Had some issues connecting there, too...?

I had to be on Main Street and I was on another one, one block over.
Once I got over to Main Street things were fine.

Yeah, the right street always helps.... <G>

But his name was on the box, he forgot to remov

Good thing for neighbors.... :) (and you dropped off again)

He forgot to remove his name when he took down the numbers. :)

Ah.. I thought that might have been what you were saying... :)

friend saying to someone "Be very quiet and maybe he'll go away".
(No one was home, my friend was still at work).

You've got a lively (and suspicious) imagination there.... ;)

When I got to Denver to see a friend there, he was at work, he acted
like I just stepped out of the room than several years since we last
saw each other.
Now I have known James for years and we both have a strange sense of humour.
After visiting a couple of hours I said I had best be on the road
and sort of stood there a minute, figuring I would be asked to stay
for dinner. He wished me well and returned to work.

Perhaps you should have hinted a bit broader that you could be persuaded
to stay longer....?

Several days passed.
I was in East Texas or western Louisiana and called a friend to say
I would be in his town around a certain time.
Then noticed I had missed a call from James so called him back.
He said his wife Karin was highly upset I hadn't been invited to
stay for dinner, how rude, etc. and he wanted to apologize then added
"but as I told Karin if he comes to dinner he'll stay on for several days". LOL

Sounds like Karin was sorry not to have had the chance to see you,
too... And might not have minded if the stay had stretched a day or
so... :)

Must be a iPhone "feature".

Could be.... :) Indeed strange, though....

When I was in Syracuse I was shown the Destiny Mall. (I'm not a
mall person but did enjoy it).

I don't think I've been in there since it was renamed Destiny, but I've
heard that it's become quite a destination...

I found an Apple store and stopped in to find out why my text tone
stopped working.
The first guy swiped this way and that, pushed this and that button, swiped again, had my host (who was standing by us) text me with the
clerk saying it was working.
Nothing.
He swiped this way and that, pushed buttons and still nothing.
He called over another clerk who did the same thing.
Nothing.
He just handed the phone back to me saying I would have either data
or wifi on all the time, thanked me and walked away.
(I pay for data and wifi not always available).
So, I guess that's just another feature of that phone. :)

There seem to be quite a few "features" of that phone that I'd not at
all like to have... another reason for me not to get a smartphone,
particularly not that one... :)

Oh, and it take a day before a text arrives and often get a
undeliverable message when I send one.

How unhelpful.... the reason for having a phone being communication...

ttyl neb

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