Subj : Minced Garlic To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sat Aug 31 2019 08:45:00 Hi Nancy! BM>> The temperature here yesterday wasn't too bad when I was being shown BM>> around after my return but the humidity was really up there: almost BM>> could take a bath in the wet air! Every so often a cool breeze would BM>> come though - ahhh! Then the hot and humid air would return. NB>> Finally a nice cool and dry front came in here, with pleasant NB>> breezes.... perfect weather... :) We are finally getting the house NB>> nice again, with being able to keep the window open 24/7 for a few NB>> days... cooling off and drying out... :) From what I've seen of the NB>> forecast, next week will still be mostly dry and just a bit warmer, NB>> up in the high 70s and low 80s... still pretty perfect.... :) BM> It's 59ø this morning! (August 25th.) Will be seeing the leaves BM> change colour pretty soon! ...And then Indian Summer, which might seem BM> almost hot after this cooler weather. NB> We're already seeing the early leaves turning.... but I'm still NB> expecting some regular summer to come round again... I don't NB> consider it Indian Summer until after the first full frost has NB> occurred... ;) So that shouldn't be all that soon yet... :) Has about twenty-five more degrees to go before hits freezing; here have had snow on Halloween and that's on;ly two months away. This morning (Saturday August 31) it's 56ø and supposed to get close to 80ø with storms overnight. BM>> This house tends not to have too much cross-ventilation. In the BM>> architect's defense some windows we don't open as too much bother for BM>> various reasons. I will open the windows up here (north, south) and BM>> eventually cools but a breeze is rarely felt. Just use various fans BM>> to create air movement. NB>> We used to open more windows here at home, but now pretty much it's NB>> just the bedroom window... so no real cross-ventilation, although NB>> the exhaust fan in the attic does help pull the air in... and, like NB>> you, we use various fans to get the air to move where we want it.. :) BM> Most of the rooms here have ceiling fans, mostly to keep the air in BM> motion and so feels cooler. Once in a while get a good cross-beeze BM> through the house: had had the door at the base of the stairs to BM> upstairs bang open or close. NB> No ceiling fans here at all... just box fans strategically NB> placed... and no banging doors, either... :) Usually no issues with banging doors but have had some pretty good breezes go through. Then there are times when the windows are open but there's nothing going through the screens. (They're just normal window screens.) BM>> I seem to have better advisors than you do, though sometimes have BM>> wondered they are telling the absolute truth or bending it to various BM>> degrees. I've not had any issues of "brake light fluid" (outright BM>> lies) but sometimes wonder if a shortcut had been taken or a little BM>> repair magnified (and billed) to a large one. OTOH their on-line BM>> customer service ratings are pretty good. NB>> Never checked any online ratings on ours, don't think Richard has NB>> either... ;) But just haven't had very good experiences ourselves NB>> with them... At a previous dealership, I had a service advisor try NB>> to tell me that my head gasket needed replacing... I knew that the NB>> radiator did need to be replaced, and the symptoms he was relating I NB>> knew could have been just from the radiator... told him no thank you, NB>> left, and never did have to replace that head gasket... the mileage NB>> on my Shadow was maybe 50,000 at that point... it went to over NB>> 200,000 and the gasket was fine to the end.... BM> Good for you for checking! NB> Didn't even have to check... it was pretty evident to me that he NB> had me pegged for a gullible female... and while I'm no mechanic, NB> I do know some things about cars... I did ask him to list what NB> the symptoms of a leaking head gasket would be, and I'd been NB> having none of them, except for that which was also explained by NB> having a leaky radiator... I felt rather confident that I was NB> right when I left, and Richard agreed with me when I got home and NB> told him... And, as I said, the car went another 150,000 miles NB> without needing that repair, so I've been obviously vindicated... NB> :) It would seem if the obvious problem was with the radiator then correct that and see if the potential secondary problem (the head gasket issue) still is present. Probably a good idea to advise of the second potential issue to prepare the customer, but not go for the major repair right away. BM>> As for my being hospitalized on Easter, never did get my ham dinner! NB>> Yeah... that's how it generally works out.... ;0 BM> I don't recal if I even got a dinner that night. Know I didn't have BM> lunch (I was admitted late morning but in the Emergency Room for hours BM> - or at least seemed that way). Wasn't hungry: probably squished my BM> stomach in the fall! Do recall ordering too much food: combination of BM> looking good on the list and just laying in bed. NB> Hospitals do tend to encourage patients to order plenty of NB> food... even if one doesn't eat it all, one needs to have enough NB> nutrition to fuel the healing.... :) Probably a better thing to have to much food than not enough and have the patients request seconds or raid the vending machines. IIRC the servings were a good size, so between big servings and me just lying in bed not creating an appetite.... ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... ERROR: ERROR: ERROR: C:\> --- 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) .