Subj : Re: Shopping & Christmas was:
To   : Barry Martin
From : Nancy Backus
Date : Thu Jun 27 2019 22:52:30

-=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 13-Jun-2019 12:42 <=-

 BM> Well that things a little noisy around here!  Power dimmed twice -
 BM> UPSs chirping away.  I was downstairs refilling my coffee; didn't hear
 BM> anything.  Didn't even reset the clocks on the stove nor microwave.

So it wasn't until you went back up that you heard the chirping.... just
a quick glitch, I guess... :)
 
 NB>>>> Do they ever "borrow back" the box to wrap something in for the
 NB>>>> next Christmas....?
 BM>>> Yes. :)  And sometimes a little sneaky about it (which isn't a bad
 BM>>> thing!) and ask 'to 'borrow' some wrapping paper, etc., so get paper
 BM>>> and hide the box inside.
 NB>>> Sneaky... works, though...  and keeps it fun...  I suppose that
 NB>>> if you went looking for the box later and couldn't find it, you'd
 NB>>> think back to the borrowing of paper, and figure it out.... ;)
 BM>> Possibly! :)  Sometimes that gift box gets hidden from us: pack it
 BM>> away in a box with other boxes and don't need, or sometimes just don't
 BM>> have something that will fit so don't go looking for it.
 NB>> Ah... that would also increase the randomness.... :)
 BM> Surprises are fun!

Yup.   :) 
 
 NB>>>> We always collected the empty stockings before going home...
 NB>>>> usually had a paper bag for the contents to be transported in... :)
 BM>>> Planning ahead so have the bags and don't end up with another one
 BM>>> which may not need.  ...Paper bags are usually handy to have extras,
 BM>>> it's those plastic bags!
 NB>>> These were often lunch bags... with the person's name written on
 NB>>> it... when put out, the stockings often were set in the bag, instead
 NB>>> of putting a nametag on the stocking... ;)
 BM>> "Brown bag gifts" are good!  And yes, one doesn't have to label
 BM>> everything.
 NB>> That way the bag was labeled instead of the stocking... so it made it
 NB>> easier to collect the stockings afterwards and not have things get
 NB>> mixed up.... :)
 BM> Yes, keeps things simple.

Exactly...  :)

ttyl       neb

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