Subj : Re: Health Was: Nuts To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Thu Aug 29 2019 01:56:44 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 14-Aug-2019 09:11 <=- NB>> And, finally, the last of the batch you sent off while I was away NB>> on my second trip, coming home only to find you were off on your NB>> month-long one... ;) By the time you get this, I'll be just NB>> about ready to be off on yet another (quicker, this time, only a NB>> few days) trip myself... ;) I'll be leaving on the 13th... :) BM> And this is Personal Message #28 out of 29. Presuming the 13th is BM> referring to August 13, which was my yesterday. You'll have a few BM> messages to catch up on at your convenience. :) Indeed I did.... and this is the last of that set... NB>>>> Yeah, she might be too young still... :) And eventually you probably NB>>>> will get to the clean up.... maybe even before Autumn grows up... :) BM>>> I hope so! NB>>> We shall see... BM>> So far you appear to be correct! NB>> And going off gallivanting doesn't help much on the getting NB>> things cleaned up... ;) BM> My Computer Room is sort of a neat mess: the work table I use for BM> 'operating' on computers has some small miscellaneous stuff on it. BM> Luggage is unpacked but needs to be put to storage -- sort of ran out BM> of steam. Some items brought back have been temporarily put in BM> Banker's Boxes -- longer-term project for those. Just needed to BM> unpack, get somewhat organized, and then a break plus get caught up on BM> other things. That's not really too bad, then.... BM> Autumn is here this morning -- right now a slightly late breakfast -- BM> so I won't be doing anything outside until this afternoon. Cool out BM> this morning so would be comfortable work temperature but everything is BM> damp so would not have been able to do anything anyway. This afternoon BM> things will dry off, be in the upper 70's, so should be fine. Twas two weeks ago now... do you remember if it all worked out...? BM> When I called my Mother last night found out she pretty much left BM> things as they were when I left: clothes need to be put away, etc. BM> Very unlike the old her. OTOH she is 90, gets somewhat tired more BM> easily, and has realized some things can wait That last is a mostly good thing... ;) If it's not things that need using right away, they really can wait a while... unless they start to look like normal background noise.... BM>> Possibly. Haven't really known a Big City person. Small town into BM>> big village size, yes -- they tend to like the small town living and BM>> don't mind visiting the Quad Cities (Davenport/Bettendorf IA, BM>> Moline/Rock Island/East Moline IL -- we stopped at 'Quad' though some BM>> did continue to 'Quint'; figured might get into trouble at six! ), BM>> Iowa City, Des Moines or Chicago, but do like getting back to home or a BM>> 'home-sized' town. I don't think I'd be comfortable living in BM>> Chicago-proper, though might not be so bad if on the outskirts with BM>> trees and nature. NB>> Growing up, we lived in various sized towns, some on the edges of NB>> really big cities.... I'm most comfortable now with somewhat rural NB>> or in a small city (where there's some space between houses, like we NB>> have here)... not keen on suburbia, where one is less likely to know NB>> one's neighbors.... BM> I essentially moved only once while growing up; where I lived was in a BM> bigger city but away from the 'city' part -- sort of. Front yard BM> bounded by Main Street - busy and for a while four lanes (now two BM> lanes with a center turn lane to slow down the traffic). Surrounding BM> on that side (front side) mostly residential with some small BM> businesses. Three lots south was the start of a college (now BM> university). Behind the house was a strip of woods and then another BM> residential neighbourhood where most of my friends lived -- up the hill BM> via a trail through the woods. That would be sufficiently "non-city" to be nice to live in... :) My youngest brother, though, now lives and works in NYC... lives in Brooklyn, and works in the whole area... He seems to like the milieu just fine... I've visited him there, but wouldn't want to live there... ttyl neb .... Frogs are smart ... they EAT what bugs them. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .