Subj : Re: I'm not back yet.. was: To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Mon Dec 02 2019 01:25:52 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 22-Nov-2019 08:15 <=- NB>> that morning before he took off... No snow since, so the cars have NB>> stayed cleared off... But until the last couple days, it stayed NB>> pretty cold.... highs only in the 20s for most of last week... BM> We might be sending you a few days of warmth! LIS in the previous BM> message, was a little over 50ø yesterday (but watch out for what BM> follows!). Yup, as I said in last message, we got them both.... I've been calling that short warm spell Indian late-Spring.... ;) Now it's back to winter again... ;) NB>> That worked... We generally do have geese around the farms and NB>> shopping areas during the year.... and then in the fall, I think NB>> our usual geese fly south, and are replaced by ones from further NB>> north that think our latitude nice enough to stay.... In the NB>> fall, one can see large flocks of them in farmers' fields.... BM> Where the Mall where I worked is was a golf course previously and BM> before that a swampy area. Possibly some of the ducks nesting by the BM> store had great-great-grandparents who had nested before the area was BM> 'humanized'. Also had sea gulls flying over and walking around in the BM> parking lot -- follow the river traffic up the Mississippi, take a left BM> 43 blocks -- "gran-daddy's notes said..." Sea gulls do rather like human-generated garbage, though.... that would have been enough to attract them.... One of our malls also is built on what used to be swampy land... part of the reclamation included putting in a sizeable drainage pond which the water fowl think quite attractive. BM>> I'll admit to not reading them: don't need another credit card --> BM>> shred. Free/low interest advances from the credit cards we already BM>> have get kept so if we need some money we can consider the offer. NB>> I glance at them before relegating them to the shred pile... NB>> advances from the current ones likewise get relegated, a free NB>> interest rate balance transfer might be kept in case of need, but NB>> currently, with one of those already in effect, and no other cards NB>> carrying a balance, likely to send those to shredding as well... ;) BM> Yes, everything gets glanced at before shredding. Right now just one BM> credit card offer being held in-case; I expect a deluge mid-to-late BM> January in time for those Christmas bills other people have. I seem to get at least one current card offer each month... and at the moment, truly don't have any need for any of them.... BM>> As for the pay-up-or-else, haven't had to deal with those either, and BM>> don't want to. NB>> Nope... and one won't have to, so long as one keeps current with the NB>> payments.... :) BM> Right. It's such a simple equation, it's a wonder anyone has trouble there. Yes, I know, too many people haven't learned to live within their means... and that does get them in trouble eventually... BM>>> The store where I worked originally did the Casual Friday as a reward: BM>>> sales, customer reviews and other metrics all up and we'd get to wear BM>>> jeans, etc. Went fine until some people took the casual too far: tee BM>>> shirt vs. polo shirt for example. NB>>> Of course, in some settings, even the tee shirt wouldn't be NB>>> considered too casual... :) BM>> True. The 'Dock Dudes' at the store would be an example. They did BM>> have to wear something a hare dressier than a tee shirt, but nowhere BM>> near the dress code for the salesfloor. Back when ties were mandatory BM>> for the men those could have been dangerous for the Dock Dudes! NB>> Absolutely.... :) And a dress shirt would be ruined in no time flat, NB>> as well... :) BM> Wasn't that the reason behind blue collars? White shirt had to be BM> worn by workers but neck got sweat stains and the coloured collar hid BM> somewhat. Not just the neck would be stained... and the shirt itself would show dirt too fast, so a blue shirt (with, of course, a blue collar) was much more practical.... NB>> Not sure how typical we are or aren't, though... ;) BM> Depends on what aspect one is measuring! There is that.... (And yes, I snipped away the context... ) BM>>> Yes; it seems the busier a person is the easier it is to have a paper BM>>> calendar, though that seems to work only for one or two person BM>>> operations. Start getting in to small businesses and the electronic BM>>> calendar is more convenient as multiple people need access to the one BM>>> schedule. NB>>> Which is somewhat a different situation than we've been discussing... NB>>> Here, to keep things simpler, Richard's designated me the keeper of NB>>> the schedules, so everything goes into my pocket calendar, and then NB>>> onto the one on the fridge (by the downstairs phone extension).. And NB>>> I'm the one to make sure that we don't have scheduling conflicts... :) BM>> Right, nuances as to how the calendering is done. (Yes, I just made BM>> up a word!) Here we have a 'common calendar' on the refrigerator where BM>> we (both) post appointments, etc. NB>> (Yup, turned a noun into a verb) There's a small amount of Richard NB>> putting things onto the fridge calendar (like a church team meeting), NB>> but he also makes sure that I know about it, so that other things NB>> don't get scheduled on it... The master calendar is actually my pocket NB>> one... BM> Yes, the 'common calander' serves as a reminder plus communications in BM> absenstia: I need to make an appointment, do you have anything going BM> on I need to work around, but you're not available to ask so check the BM> calendar. Each family/group works out their own methods. Indeed... :) NB>>> I get most of my money back just from the maps and triptiks... and NB>>> if we'd put the kid on the membership a little sooner, it would have NB>>> saved LOTS of money when his Jeep went into the drink (drainage NB>>> pond)... ;) Dunno how much rescue coverage I have with my car NB>>> insurance, but they did pay for most of the rental when I had my car NB>>> in the collision shop.... BM>> Yes, hindsight being 20/20. ...A friend called for his car to be BM>> towed from his house to the repair shop; found out he wasn't covered BM>> for towing but they could add that to his policy and if he waited a BM>> couple of days they could tow him for free. Work schedules were such BM>> this few day delay wasn't going to cause a problem so was done that BM>> way. Probably would not have been a good thing to leave your son's Jeep BM>> in the water that long! NB>> Nope... it was pulled out just in time to keep it from having had NB>> a lot more damage to things... BM> Good! BTW, assume he had an uneventful flight. As far as I know, he did... I probably would have heard, had there been anything exciting... And have "talked" in email a couple of times since... :) BM>> AFAICT she's sleeping and not just sitting with her eyes closed as she BM>> tends to fidget: blanket has a crease, straighten that out. ...That BM>> moved the strap on her purse, so fix that, ...Now something else BM>> doesn't look right. NB>> But if asleep, that's not happening... :) BM> Well there's sleep walking and sleep eating; don't know if there's BM> sleep tidying! I'd guess that would be unlikely.... never know though what one might be dreaming about, and affecting the body.... NB>> ... With friends like these, who needs a green inflatable NB>> hippopotamus? BM> Now you got me wondering if there will be one at the Festival of BM> Trees' parade tomorrow -- have helium balloons (a la a mini Macy's). Was there one...? We had high winds in NYS at Thanksgiving time, so heard there was a chance that Macy's might have to ground their balloons.... ttyl neb .... Seek True Wisdom: read the taglines. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .