Subj : Various Things (2) To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Sat Feb 11 2023 07:25:00 Hi Daryl! BM> Some stuff just doesn't make sense -- or at least on the surface. I've BM> ordered stuff and had it delivered in two or three shipments -- BM> sometimes by two different companies. Sometimes is because two BM> different suppliers (Amazon and an Amazon store) or one warehouse has BM> one item and another the other item. Also have had split shipments BM> because I ordered batteries: some/all have to be ground shipped. DS> Well, I did get all the stuff yesterday, but had to wait all DS> day for it. The same today for one printer ink cartridge. I think DS> next time, I'll have the groceries delivered through the app, and DS> I'll go pick up the printer ink cartridge myself. Might be more convenient. ...As for the separate shipment of ink, could have been your store was out. BM> "Rather windy" here last night: winds up to 30 MPH or so (and it's not BM> even March!). Today (Tuesday, February 7) supposed to be breezy during BM> the day and then windy again tonight but not as windy as it was last BM> night. Thursday morning they're talking about an inch of slushy snow. DS> There was a severe thunderstorm to my northeast Wednesday DS> evening, with some storms nearby during the day...otherwise, it DS> was just rainy. Most of the severe weather was in DS> Mississippi...again. Last Thursday we had rain-to-rain/snow-to-snow in the morning. Good news is wasn't icy, though the slush didn't exactly give traction. Decided not to shovel, figuring the crunchy snow was easier to walk on that a smooth potentially icy driveway and sidewalk. Ended up most of the walking/driving surfaces were essentially self-cleared by late afternoon and the expected layer of ice for Friday morning didn't occur. BM> Good. I'll admit to probably being a little overboard with emergency BM> lighting around here -- some of it was "well, while I'm doing this BM> upgrade may as well add this". DS> You never know when the power will go out. I guess if you're in DS> Atlanta when that happens, it's "The Night That The Lights Went DS> Out In Georgia". That call for help shot should have been aimed! Here at the house the problem was the birds and squirrels getting too friendly with the pole transformer in the back yard: peck-peck-BOOM! Not a constant thing but enough it made sense to have more than a bedside flashlight. The 'joke' was I was going to put the telephone number to report a power outage on speed dial. (I did post the number in larger print by a couple of telephones.) DS> I saw a deal today, where this lady who was in a Burger King DS> commercial at age 5, was sued by McDonald's. Apparently, size DS> does matter (the burgers at Burger King were bigger). So those burgers are KING sized?! BM> They could summarize the Post Office "through rain, snow, heat of day" BM> with "We keep chuggin' along!". DS> That's debatable. I'm going to make a much needed Post Office DS> Box run in the morning. Running low on scratch paper are we? (Here we get a bit frugal and use the blank back of junk mail letters for note paper. [Full page would get cut into six's: three pieces from the 1/3 fold and then those in half].) ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... Can cats swim? Do they do the dog paddle? --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .