Subj : Re: Shopping & Christmas was:
To   : Barry Martin
From : Nancy Backus
Date : Thu Jul 04 2019 14:45:38

-=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 28-Jun-2019 08:38 <=-

Replying at 10:45 on 4 July...  :)

 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.
 NB>> So it wasn't until you went back up that you heard the chirping....
 NB>> just a quick glitch, I guess... :)
 BM> Well that was poorly phrased!!  Did hear the UPSs chirping, meant I
 BM> didn't hear anything outside which possibly could have caused the
 BM> outage.  Ended up was somwehere in town which caused about 1700 people
 BM> to loose power for several hours.
 
Ahhh...  and you just got the edge of it with a quick glitch...
 
 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.
 NB>> Exactly...  :)
 BM> A lot of times simple is better and easier.  ...Not to go too far and
 BM> make everything simple: here's a stick - our Christmas tree!
 BM> ('Festivus', anyone?!) 

Shades of Charlie Brown,,,, ;)

 BM> If the stocking gets damaged somehow -- not a big deal as compared to
 BM> something like the hand-crocheted ones Great-great-great-grandmother
 BM> made.  A little sentimental as they were the red-and-green trimmed
 BM> stockings used for years....

If only one was damaged, it would hardly even be noticed... As it was, I
don't think we ever did have any damaged, or even wear out...  :)

ttyl     neb

.... I'm weird, but around here it's barely noticeable.

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