From: gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com   
      
   terra wrote on 1/12/2018 3:36 PM:   
   > On 01/11/2018 09:32 PM, Jasen Betts wrote:   
   >> As is seasonally traditional, we recently had a dying tree in our house   
   >> the tree had  no roots, the base of the trunk sat in a vesel of water,   
   >> and if the water is not kept topped up the tree dies before the end of   
   >> festivities.   
   >>   
   >> So I decided to instrument the plastic vessel to confirm water level,   
   >>   
   >> ...   
   >>   
   >> but am I doing anything dumb there?   
   >   
   > All of it.   
   > I just watched Yule Log on TV. Pretty good.   
      
   I'm not sure why a gadget is need to measure the water level.  A live, cut   
   tree needs to be topped off every day or even twice a day.  Just set an   
   alarm...   
      
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   Rick C   
      
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