Subj : Re: Health Was: Nuts To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Sep 03 2019 17:52:22 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 29-Aug-2019 19:32 <=- 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... BM> But wait: there's more! As long as we keep replying to each other, there will always be more... but a new set of them, at least.... 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 out...? BM> Probably. Don't recall the details for that day but have been getting BM> some outdoor stuff done. At least that is good progress... 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 need NB>> using right away, they really can wait a while... unless they start NB>> to look like normal background noise.... BM> She used to stay up late and get up early to get things done and make BM> everything organized/back to normal immediately. I think she finally BM> 'smartened up' and realized doors can be closed and things don't have BM> to be done _now_. Most important is to get things taken care of that will be in use right away or at least soon... if it isn't likely to be needed until the next trip, there's no rush.... :) 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 in NB>> Brooklyn, and works in the whole area... He seems to like the milieu NB>> just fine... I've visited him there, but wouldn't want to live there.. BM> "Different strokes" and all that! I don't mind 'hustle and bustle' BM> (up to a point!); sometimes think during the newsshots of the floor of BM> the New York Stock Exchange that's one job I definitely would not want: BM> "now" is too late! Of course some people thrive on it. Yup, some people thrive on it.... but I'm with you... I'd not want that job, either.... 'hustle and bustle' is ok in the short term, but I'd not want it constantly.... ttyl neb .... You have 2 choices for dinner. Take it or leave it. Bon appetit! --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .