Subj : Minced Garlic To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sat Oct 19 2019 09:27:00 Hi Nancy! 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. NB> Nice that you've been enjoying it... :) It's handy to have on NB> hand... Yes. When the current container is gone will probably pick up another, thoug I'm thinking a different format. This one is minced and while the size is nice there isn't all that much garlic flavour. 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. NB> She might be catching on to the concept... besides, it's only two NB> weeks away, now... Right, and AFAIK no discussion. The seasonal decorations have been updated but we don't do Halloween-specific so nothing to remind her. 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??!! NB> Mine was built 1900... and originally had gas lights... the NB> electric went in later... but still probably before there was as NB> much call for extra outlets... :) This house was built ~1948 (the original portion) and had the four-fuse fuse panel; also had cartridge fuse pull for an electric stove, which here was used for the central air conditioner. "Obviously" with only four circuits not that much to be powered in those days. Wiring's not bare-bones: the two (original) bedrooms do have switched ceiling lights. All the rooms have sufficient outlets for the time. 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.) NB> Some of ours are tucked in, others more obvious.... Same here. Hard to tuck in those 13-Amp 'air conditioner' extensions I tend to use! If just powering a light do use the regular zip cord. 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. NB> Pretty accurate... ;) This set of messages came in on the packet NB> I downloaded when I got back on the 15th, the previous set NB> probably was a similar situation.... Yes; and I had a packet containing around 1« dozen messages which I worked on on-and off the other day and did manage to complete all -- was expecting to leave some for the next day. BM> Now for getting the transmission fixed. NB> Still looking for a good mechanic to do that... my usual one NB> didn't want to tackle the project after all... Appears he knows his limitations. Ask him for recommendation? 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. NB> For a steep downhill grade, you might want to lock it into a NB> lower gear, to keep control... There are some road situations NB> that an automatic can be easier, too, though... like a lot of NB> stop and go, like in a traffic jam (construction or an NB> accident).... Yes, I vaguely recall that from glancing through the manual years ago. There are some steep hills here but none all that long. And I haven't noticed the car shifing excessively so doesn't appear to be an issue. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... She grew on him like a colony of E-coli & he was room-temperature beef. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .