Subj : Minced Garlic To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Thu Sep 12 2019 15:45:00 Hi Nancy! NB> Back up at the Pond... replying Sat 7 September at about NB> 8:30pm.... Downloaded on this end five days later. ..Summer is back: 71ّ when I woke up this morning; high supposed to be low 90's, heat indices close to 100ّ with potential severe storms starting late this afternoon. BM>> It's 59ّ 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... :) BM> Has about twenty-five more degrees to go before hits freezing; here BM> have had snow on Halloween and that's only two months away. This BM> morning (Saturday August 31) it's 56ّ and supposed to get close to 80ّ BM> with storms overnight. NB> We've had snow for Halloween on occasion, also.. but not NB> consistently... But there's no denying fall is on its way now... NB> Not sure that summer has truly let go yet, though.... ;) LIS at the start, we've got Summer back. As for Halloween here, generally cool and sometimes cold enough one has to figure out how to get the costumes over the coats. 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 placed... NB>> and no banging doors, either... :) BM> Usually no issues with banging doors but have had some pretty good BM> breezes go through. Then there are times when the windows are open BM> but there's nothing going through the screens. (They're just normal BM> window screens.) NB> The window we open is on the north side of the house, so rarely NB> any stiff breezes coming through that one... ;) It's the idea that counts! "I've got the window open, so fresh air comin' in!" The room where we usually watch television has east and south windows; usually get a bit of a breeze -- curtain flutters -- but sometimes zero breeze and occasionally a really-blowing-those-curtains "gale". (Do have other windows in the house open.) 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 had NB>> me pegged for a gullible female... and while I'm no mechanic, I do NB>> know some things about cars... I did ask him to list what the NB>> symptoms of a leaking head gasket would be, and I'd been having none NB>> of them, except for that which was also explained by having a leaky NB>> radiator... I felt rather confident that I was right when I left, NB>> and Richard agreed with me when I got home and told him... And, as I NB>> said, the car went another 150,000 miles without needing that repair, NB>> so I've been obviously vindicated... :) BM> It would seem if the obvious problem was with the radiator then BM> correct that and see if the potential secondary problem (the head BM> gasket issue) still is present. Probably a good idea to advise of the BM> second potential issue to prepare the customer, but not go for the BM> major repair right away. NB> I wasn't even in the shop for the radiator repair... we were NB> getting that done at a radiator shop in the neighborhood... As I NB> recall, the radiator was on order.... this might have been an NB> inspection or some such... But, we agreed that the radiator NB> repair should be done first before even worrying about the NB> supposed (and probably bogus) major repair... :) Yes, generally taking care of the obvious problem first is best! Knock on wood no problems with the cars here lately. 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.... :) BM> Probably a better thing to have to much food than not enough and have BM> the patients request seconds or raid the vending machines. IIRC the BM> servings were a good size, so between big servings and me just lying BM> in bed not creating an appetite.... NB> Healing can take energy, so you might have had more of an NB> appetite than you'd expect... :) True: I had lost some weight while recouperating. Not really recommended as a weight loss option. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... بتتتت¼ Hey Rocky, watch me pull a tagline outta my hat! --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 ‏ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS ‏ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .