Subj : Minced Garlic To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Oct 09 2019 09:27:00 Hi Nancy! Subject reminds me: I still have the minced garlic in the 'fridge. Have been adding to some things I'm eating every so often. 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): NB> True... when the selection is put out, that's all there will be NB> for this season... have to choose while the choice is there... Right: "get while the gettin's good". Subject hasn't come up and not bringing up to avoid the "why not now?" issue. The concept of a calendar is still being formulated. 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'. NB> And they all can look good at first sight... I'd only worry about NB> the wavering if she was going back and forth between them, not NB> making up her mind at all... nothing wrong with liking the first NB> one, and then successively each next one better until one gets to NB> the final choice.. :) Right. Lots of "first one I like" aren't the right one. I might like the first shirt I see (eyes ignoring the others because not my taste) but then keep looking and see something I like better. 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!). NB> Outlets are always useful things... :) We only have one outlet NB> per room upstairs, so there are extension cords and cubes and NB> power strips all over upstairs... As I recall your's is an older home (like we have here) and 'back then' not as much electrical stuff so no need for tons of outlets. When I was growing up having a radio/alarm clock in the bedroom was common but a television??!! As for the extension cords, etc., have them here too, though because of my electrical/electronic background some are hidden as surface-mount. (If is an extension is obvious at the exposed ends - won't feed a surface-mount outlet, for example; is an extension cord outlet.) 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! NB> I think I'd just left.... and now I've been back for a week and NB> am leaving again tomorrow for the next to last trip... Away for NB> about another week, coming back probably next week Tuesday NB> (15th)... Yes, I think the message barely overlapped. Even if you had not left you would not have had time to reply much less upload. Now for getting the transmission fixed. 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. NB> My first car had an automatic... Richard's was a manual... Every NB> car we've bought since we married has been a manual... :) I NB> learned how to drive it when my car was in the shop for repairs NB> and Richard encouraged me to learn to drive his... and quickly NB> learned to like it better... Yes, more back to the 'all depends'. I never needed to drive a manual so that impetus was missing. And not cross my mind as "oo - this might be a fun thing to learn!". 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