Subj : Health Was: Nuts To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Thu Aug 29 2019 19:32:00 Hi Nancy! 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. :) NB> Indeed I did.... and this is the last of that set... But wait: there's more! 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. NB> That's not really too bad, then.... No, not like there's stuff strewn all over! 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. NB> Twas two weeks ago now... do you remember if it all worked NB> out...? Probably. Don't recall the details for that day but have been getting some outdoor stuff done. 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 NB> That last is a mostly good thing... ;) If it's not things that NB> need using right away, they really can wait a while... unless NB> they start to look like normal background noise.... She used to stay up late and get up early to get things done and make everything organized/back to normal immediately. I think she finally 'smartened up' and realized doors can be closed and things don't have to be done _now_. 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. NB> That would be sufficiently "non-city" to be nice to live in... :) NB> My youngest brother, though, now lives and works in NYC... lives NB> in Brooklyn, and works in the whole area... He seems to like the NB> milieu just fine... I've visited him there, but wouldn't want to NB> live there... "Different strokes" and all that! I don't mind 'hustle and bustle' (up to a point!); sometimes think during the newsshots of the floor of the New York Stock Exchange that's one job I definitely would not want: "now" is too late! 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