Subj : Re: Minced Garlic To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Oct 08 2019 15:31:14 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 25-Sep-2019 08:57 <=- BM>>> As for Halloween here, generally cool and sometimes cold enough one BM>>> has to figure out how to get the costumes over the coats. NB>>> Or turn the coats into part of the costume... ;) It's also often NB>>> wet here... puts a bit of a damper on things... ;) BM>> (Pun fest!) ...Autumn hasn't mentioned anything about Halloween - BM>> that's a l-o-n-g time away! NB>> From her perspective, anyway... And she's likely less NB>> influenced by the displays already going up in the stores.... ;) BM> Maybe! She was taken costume shopping last week (seems too early but BM> probably to get a good selection/be able to get what she wants and not BM> put up with an alternative): True... when the selection is put out, that's all there will be for this season... have to choose while the choice is there... BM> I'm not recalling the details right now but was the see Costume #1 BM> - oo! I like that! Yes! ...See Costume #2 -- oo! like that better! BM> Think Costume #3 or #4 was a vampire -- oo! liked even better! Last BM> one (only #4 or 5) was Elsa -- Big OOO and definite final selection. BM> ...Nothing wrong with the wavering: she has multiple 'fashion moods'. And they all can look good at first sight... I'd only worry about the wavering if she was going back and forth between them, not making up her mind at all... nothing wrong with liking the first one, and then successively each next one better until one gets to the final choice.. :) NB>> No ceiling fans here, and I don't think we've used window fans NB>> downstairs either... just the exhaust fan in the bath... ;) We've NB>> been here now for over 40 years... if we did use fans downstairs NB>> ever, it could have been in the early days here, so I don't remember NB>> any more... I know that at one time, we did open windows downstairs, NB>> but that was a while ago, too... :) BM> Also dim recollections of how things were but putting a window fan in BM> most of the downstairs windows would be a nuisance: physically BM> installing and removing, plus rarely an (electrical) outlet close BM> enough. And originally no outlet by the window up here: I installed BM> one for a different usage (which now I can't recall!). Outlets are always useful things... :) We only have one outlet per room upstairs, so there are extension cords and cubes and power strips all over upstairs... BM>>> Yes, generally taking care of the obvious problem first is best! BM>>> Knock on wood no problems with the cars here lately. NB>>> Likewise here... although my clutch is trying to go now... so far NB>>> I've been able to baby it along, but just in case, I'm renting a car NB>>> for my trip to NC next week... Otherwise, any problems were caused NB>>> externally (the deer, the flat tire)... BM>> Probably a wise move to rent a car to avoid the possibility of being BM>> stranded and inconvenienced. NB>> That's what I figured... I pick up the car tonight, and leave NB>> tomorrow morning... ;) BM> OK -- so as I type this you've either left or will shortly. Have a BM> good trip and see you when you get back! I think I'd just left.... and now I've been back for a week and am leaving again tomorrow for the next to last trip... Away for about another week, coming back probably next week Tuesday (15th)... BM>> I know nothing about manual transmissions other than push in and BM>> move the lever around. NB>> I don't really know much more than that... ;) I've just driven a NB>> manual for many years now... :) BM> I don't think I've ever driven a manual - no need to. My first car had an automatic... Richard's was a manual... Every car we've bought since we married has been a manual... :) I learned how to drive it when my car was in the shop for repairs and Richard encouraged me to learn to drive his... and quickly learned to like it better... ttyl neb .... Only the rich can be eccentric, the poor must do with being nuts. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .