Subj : Re: Minced Garlic To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Thu Oct 31 2019 00:13:42 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 19-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. NB>> Nice that you've been enjoying it... :) It's handy to have on NB>> hand... BM> Yes. When the current container is gone will probably pick up BM> another, though I'm thinking a different format. This one is minced BM> and while the size is nice there isn't all that much garlic flavour. Did they have chopped and/or whole garlic jarred...? Because it's been processed, though, it won't have the bite of fresh garlic.... 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... BM> Right, and AFAIK no discussion. The seasonal decorations have been BM> updated but we don't do Halloween-specific so nothing to remind her. And now... it's tomorrow night! Did she stay with her costume pick this year...? ;) 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 electric NB>> went in later... but still probably before there was as much call for NB>> extra outlets... :) BM> This house was built ~1948 (the original portion) and had the BM> four-fuse fuse panel; also had cartridge fuse pull for an electric BM> stove, which here was used for the central air conditioner. BM> "Obviously" with only four circuits not that much to be powered in BM> those days. Wiring's not bare-bones: the two (original) bedrooms do BM> have switched ceiling lights. All the rooms have sufficient outlets for BM> the time. The only switched lights upstairs here are for the stairs and the hall... the bathroom and the bedrooms all have the pull cord from the ceiling light... 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.... BM> Same here. Hard to tuck in those 13-Amp 'air conditioner' extensions BM> I tend to use! If just powering a light do use the regular zip cord. Dunno as we have any of those heavy duty ones here upstairs... There's an indoor/outdoor heavy one out on the porch for when he needs to run power out into the yard... 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 I NB>> downloaded when I got back on the 15th, the previous set probably was NB>> a similar situation.... BM> Yes; and I had a packet containing around 1« dozen messages which I BM> worked on on-and off the other day and did manage to complete all -- BM> was expecting to leave some for the next day. I've had enough things going on that I've not been able to work much if at all some days... but finally managed to do about 5 a day now for a couple days.... ;) Eventually.... ;) BM>> Now for getting the transmission fixed. NB>> Still looking for a good mechanic to do that... my usual one didn't NB>> want to tackle the project after all... BM> Appears he knows his limitations. Ask him for recommendation? He didn't really have any.... I tried our backup nmechanic, and he said he couldn't do it either because he didn't have the proper Volvo tools for it.... so now I'm still looking.... a friend was going to check to see if his regular mechanic would be willing to do it, but hasn't gotten back to me yet.... 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 lower NB>> gear, to keep control... There are some road situations that an NB>> automatic can be easier, too, though... like a lot of stop and go, NB>> like in a traffic jam (construction or an accident).... BM> Yes, I vaguely recall that from glancing through the manual years ago. BM> There are some steep hills here but none all that long. And I haven't BM> noticed the car shifing excessively so doesn't appear to be an issue. Something to check out sometime, hopefully before you need the knowledge.... :) ttyl neb .... "Careful, we don't want to learn from this." - Calvin --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .