Introduction

Hosts:

MrX

Dave

Morriss

We recorded this on Sunday September 3rd 2023. We met in

person again, and as before first visited the pub called The

Steading where we had lunch. Then we adjourned to Dave's car in the

car park, and recorded a chat.

The name "Steading" is another (Scots?) version of "Farmstead", and

means the same. It's also an anagram of "Sedating"1, so

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Topics discussed

Vaccines:

Dave has an appointment for COVID-19 and

influenza vaccines. The new Omicron

variant BA.2.86 has prompted another booster for some people.

Discussion of Smallpox

vaccination

MrX has an appointment for an influenza vaccine

Glasgow:

MrX and MrsX recently stayed in Glasgow for a holiday

Point A

Hotel - boutique hotel

Jungle Rumble -

indoor golf with UV lighting!

Wikipedia: Glasgow

Subway

Edinburgh:

Dave took a trip on the recently extended Edinburgh tram

There is only one route, from the airport to Leith (port).

Older residents get free access.

MrX and MrsX recently walked from the centre of Edinburgh along the

Water of Leith to the

area where the tram terminus is at Newhaven.

Email:

Dave is using version Thunderbird 115.1.1 which

is a rewrite of the original series where the API has now changed a

lot.

Long-used add-ons now no longer work:

A favourite was Mailbox Alert which triggered sound alerts

(or others) then mail arrived in a folder - so this could be after

filtering. This was much more useful than the traditional "You have

mail" type alerts.

Discussion of tags:

MrX mentions tags, meaning bits of text that can be attached to

messages and used to classify them and to search for them.

In Gmail there are labels which can do this and these can

be used to group messages regardless of folders

Thunderbird also has this concept which it calls tags. It

comes with pre-defined tags such as Important and

To Do, but more tags can be added. Any message can be

given one or more tags. The filtering system can add tags as a message

is processed. Searches can be performed on tags also.

Dave is an enthusiast of nested folders with filters to classify

messages. MrX is keen on using tags for the same purpose. Dave mentioned

Thunderbird's saved search feature (which he wrongly called

virtual mailboxes) which can collect messages according to many

criteria, including tags.

Some discussion about mail message storage strategies: file per

message, mbox format, etc.

Ticks:

MrX's dog has brought some ticks back from recent walks.

Scotland seems to be a bit worse off for ticks in recent years.

Hikers need to protect against them and to perform checks that they

are not on clothes. Wearing long socks or gaiters over long trousers can

help.