Wow, some outfits do take the disease seriously. I need to get some boards from my customer to modify and return to test which could all be done on the same day since everyone involved is a few blocks apart if I hand carry the boards. My customer says they are not allowed to have anyone in anymore... at all! So I guess we'll have to do this via shipping boards around and spend a week or two in the process. I'm not unhappy about it. I think I tend to be a bit more lax than I should. Like many here, I am in the age group where my chances of dying are very significant, not so different from playing Russian roulette... well, with a very large pistol. -- Rick C. - Get 1,000 miles of free Supercharging - Tesla referral code - https://ts.la/richard11209
Taking COVID Seriously
Started by ●January 11, 2021
Reply by ●January 11, 20212021-01-11
On 1/11/21 9:41 AM, Rick C wrote:> Wow, some outfits do take the disease seriously. I need to get some boards from my customer to modify and return to test which could all be done on the same day since everyone involved is a few blocks apart if I hand carry the boards. My customer says they are not allowed to have anyone in anymore... at all! > > So I guess we'll have to do this via shipping boards around and spend a week or two in the process. > > I'm not unhappy about it. I think I tend to be a bit more lax than I should. Like many here, I am in the age group where my chances of dying are very significant, not so different from playing Russian roulette... well, with a very large pistol. >You should still be able to do 'contactless' Pickup and delivery, after all, it sounds like they let the shippers do it. Plan ahead and have them 'prepare' the boards for 'shipping' When you get there, give them a call, or wave through a window. Someone brings the shipment outside with you visible at a distance. They go back in, and you then pick up the package (leaving any needed paperwork). For delivery, just reverse the procedure.
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Rick C <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> writes:> Wow, some outfits do take the disease seriously. I need to get some > boards from my customer to modify and return to test which could all > be done on the same day since everyone involved is a few blocks apart > if I hand carry the boards. My customer says they are not allowed to > have anyone in anymore... at all!Can you do an outdoor handover? Meet the person outside the office, talk to them from 10+ feet away, put the package down on the sidewalk and back away from it. Then I guess they can approach it in a hazmat suit, pick it up with tongs, and disinfect it with a plasma torch or something like that.> I think I tend to be a bit more lax than I should.Yes, please be careful. Ordinary precautions do pretty well at avoiding "Covid classic" but the new UK strain is far more transmissible (reproduction rate supposedly 0.7 to 0.9 higher than the old version). We are in for a rough ride.
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On 2021-01-11, Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> wrote:> Can you do an outdoor handover? Meet the person outside the office, > talk to them from 10+ feet away, put the package down on the sidewalk > and back away from it. Then I guess they can approach it in a hazmat > suit, pick it up with tongs, and disinfect it with a plasma torch or > something like that.An ordinary propane torch from the hardware store should be sufficient. :) -- Grant
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On 11/01/21 19:51, Paul Rubin wrote:> Yes, please be careful. Ordinary precautions do pretty well at avoiding > "Covid classic" but the new UK strain is far more transmissible > (reproduction rate supposedly 0.7 to 0.9 higher than the old version). > We are in for a rough ride.Fencing is the ideal sport for now: masks, gloves, at arms' lengths, and if your opponent gets too close you stab them.
Reply by ●January 11, 20212021-01-11
Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> writes:> An ordinary propane torch from the hardware store should be > sufficient. :)Heh, REAL professionals use an unshielded nuclear fusion reactor to fry the virus with shortwave radiation. They are able to operate the reactor safely by positioning it in outer space about 1 AU from the target. ;)
Reply by ●January 11, 20212021-01-11
On 2021-01-11, Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> wrote:> Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> writes: >> An ordinary propane torch from the hardware store should be >> sufficient. :) > > Heh, REAL professionals use an unshielded nuclear fusion reactor to fry > the virus with shortwave radiation. They are able to operate the > reactor safely by positioning it in outer space about 1 AU from the > target. ;)During the summer, that's what I did with my masks when I got home from the grocery store... -- Grant
Reply by ●January 12, 20212021-01-12
On Monday, January 11, 2021 at 11:04:20 AM UTC-5, Richard Damon wrote:> On 1/11/21 9:41 AM, Rick C wrote: > > Wow, some outfits do take the disease seriously. I need to get some boards from my customer to modify and return to test which could all be done on the same day since everyone involved is a few blocks apart if I hand carry the boards. My customer says they are not allowed to have anyone in anymore... at all! > > > > So I guess we'll have to do this via shipping boards around and spend a week or two in the process. > > > > I'm not unhappy about it. I think I tend to be a bit more lax than I should. Like many here, I am in the age group where my chances of dying are very significant, not so different from playing Russian roulette... well, with a very large pistol. > > > You should still be able to do 'contactless' Pickup and delivery, after > all, it sounds like they let the shippers do it. > > Plan ahead and have them 'prepare' the boards for 'shipping' > > When you get there, give them a call, or wave through a window. > > Someone brings the shipment outside with you visible at a distance. > > They go back in, and you then pick up the package (leaving any needed > paperwork). > > For delivery, just reverse the procedure.Yeah, but my original idea was to do testing on the boards before I take them for modification, then take them back and test again. That's all possible without me being part of it, but it's actually not the best idea anyway. I have test fixtures for manufacturing that analyze the audio path for quality while the customer isn't set up for that. So once I realized I would not be coming inside, I gave it another think and realized it would be better to hit the factory if they can dig out my equipment. I only get very sporadic orders. But they can be for thousands of boards. Feast or famine. So these guys built a thousand boards or something and I told them I sometimes go a year or more between orders. Sure enough, we finished the previous order early in 2019 and the next order might be mid 2021. But they are working a large contract with a government agency who is updating all of their comms and they said I should expect orders for some five years as they install it all... if they win. I don't know the details, but it's not uncommon to select a winner to get 60% of the contract and award the other 40% to the other company in the final runoff. So even 40% will be a lot of boards for me. :-) Slow coming though. I may be dead by then. I need to have a hot spare if I get sick or worse. I think I owe that to my customer. Anyway, I think I'm going to bite the bullet and drive to South Carolina where they make the boards and test them there on my test fixtures. Spend a night in a hotel if needed. Then hie back to the sanctuary and see if I can continue ducking this virus. -- Rick C. + Get 1,000 miles of free Supercharging + Tesla referral code - https://ts.la/richard11209
Reply by ●January 12, 20212021-01-12
On 11/01/2021 23:35, Tom Gardner wrote:> On 11/01/21 19:51, Paul Rubin wrote: >> Yes, please be careful. Ordinary precautions do pretty well at avoiding >> "Covid classic" but the new UK strain is far more transmissible >> (reproduction rate supposedly 0.7 to 0.9 higher than the old version).The last I heard, the R rate for the UK strain was about 0.4 higher than the standard Covid - bad, but not as bad as you suggest. The South African version is suspected to be worse, however, though we'll have to wait for the statistics build up.>> We are in for a rough ride. > > Fencing is the ideal sport for now: masks, gloves, at arms' lengths, > and if your opponent gets too close you stab them.My son suggested that anyone going to a pub should be required to carry a spear. That should help keep the 2m distancing. And rather than ban concerts and church gatherings, they should ban toothpaste and deodorants. People will naturally keep their distance!
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