Subj : Re: Minced Garlic To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Sat Oct 19 2019 00:47:46 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 09-Oct-2019 09:27 <=- BM> Subject reminds me: I still have the minced garlic in the 'fridge. BM> Have been adding to some things I'm eating every so often. Nice that you've been enjoying it... :) It's handy to have on hand... BM>>> ...Autumn hasn't mentioned anything about Halloween - that's a l-o-n-g BM>>> 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... BM> Right: "get while the gettin's good". Subject hasn't come up and not BM> bringing up to avoid the "why not now?" issue. The concept of a BM> calendar is still being formulated. She might be catching on to the concept... besides, it's only two weeks away, now... 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.. :) BM> Right. Lots of "first one I like" aren't the right one. I might like BM> the first shirt I see (eyes ignoring the others because not my taste) BM> but then keep looking and see something I like better. You just never know... 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 per NB>> room upstairs, so there are extension cords and cubes and power strips NB>> all over upstairs... BM> As I recall your's is an older home (like we have here) and 'back BM> then' not as much electrical stuff so no need for tons of outlets. BM> When I was growing up having a radio/alarm clock in the bedroom was BM> common but a television??!! Mine was built 1900... and originally had gas lights... the electric went in later... but still probably before there was as much call for extra outlets... :) BM>> As for the extension cords, etc., have them here too, though because BM>> of my electrical/electronic background some are hidden as BM>> surface-mount. (If is an extension is obvious at the exposed ends - BM>> won't feed a surface-mount outlet, for example; is an extension cord BM>> outlet.) Some of ours are tucked in, others more obvious.... 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 am NB>> leaving again tomorrow for the next to last trip... Away for about NB>> another week, coming back probably next week Tuesday (15th)... BM> Yes, I think the message barely overlapped. Even if you had not left BM> you would not have had time to reply much less upload. Pretty accurate... ;) This set of messages came in on the packet I downloaded when I got back on the 15th, the previous set probably was a similar situation.... BM> Now for getting the transmission fixed. Still looking for a good mechanic to do that... my usual one didn't want to tackle the project after all... 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 car NB>> we've bought since we married has been a manual... :) I learned how NB>> to drive it when my car was in the shop for repairs and Richard NB>> encouraged me to learn to drive his... and quickly learned to like NB>> it better... BM> Yes, more back to the 'all depends'. I never needed to drive a manual BM> so that impetus was missing. And not cross my mind as "oo - this BM> might be a fun thing to learn!". And there are times when automatic BM> transmission isn't the right thing for the roadway -- my car has a BM> 'lock' button so it won't automatically shift -- think for hilly BM> conditions; I'd have to recheck the manual. For a steep downhill grade, you might want to lock it into a lower gear, to keep control... There are some road situations that an automatic can be easier, too, though... like a lot of stop and go, like in a traffic jam (construction or an accident).... ttyl neb .... 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