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   Jasen Betts wrote on 1/14/2018 4:21 AM:   
   > On 2018-01-13, rickman  wrote:   
   >> Jasen Betts wrote on 1/12/2018 5:28 PM:   
   >>> On 2018-01-12, rickman  wrote:   
   >>>> 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...   
   >>>   
   >>> I'd rather do it at my convenience, and I'm learning stuff, and   
   >>> justifying the pile of junk.   
   >>   
   >> Do what at your convenience?   
   >   
   > Water the tree while I'm walking about, not have to interrupt my   
   > activities to service some alarm-clock.   
   >   
   >> Just add the water every day rather than when   
   >> an alarm goes off.   
      
   That's what the alarm clock is for, you set it to go off at a time you   
   should be free to water the tree, and not have to respond to a dry tree alarm!   
      
      
   > Another problem is that it's hard (basically impossible) to _see_ how   
   > much water is remaining, and I don't want an overflow. (I can reach in   
   > there with a finger, but then my other hand is supporting myself and I   
   > can't pour...   
   >   
   >> Isn't the tree going to use water at a pretty constant rate?   
   >   
   > It seems to vary,  lots on the first day, and thereafter dependant on   
   > temperature and humidity, this being summer time in a temperate climate   
   > no attempt is made at climate control other than opening and closing   
   > doors and windows to suit comfort when there's someone home.   
      
   I guess some people see some things as difficult and others see them as   
   easy.  I've never had any trouble watering a Christmas tree once a day.   
      
   --   
      
   Rick C   
      
   Viewed the eclipse at Wintercrest Farms,   
   on the centerline of totality since 1998   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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