Subj : Re: I'm not back yet.. was: To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Thu Dec 05 2019 22:56:42 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 02-Dec-2019 10:14 <=- 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!). NB>> Yup, as I said in last message, we got them both.... I've been NB>> calling that short warm spell Indian late-Spring.... ;) Now it's NB>> back to winter again... ;) BM> Yup! Had a light dusting of snow overnight. LIS it was 30ø a little BM> while ago and probably hasn't changed as the Sun isn't up yet - BM> almost! Snow will evaporate, maybe a few small puddles. No snow BM> forecast until maybe Wednesday, minimal accumulation. The storm we got on Sunday into Monday left us snow that we still have everywhere... Richard got his car out, but my car still has snow on the windshield and rear window... the side windows are clear, at least on the side I can see from inside... ;) Not a lot of snow, but didn't warm enough to melt it all off.... 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..." NB>> Sea gulls do rather like human-generated garbage, though.... that NB>> would have been enough to attract them.... One of our malls also is NB>> built on what used to be swampy land... part of the reclamation NB>> included putting in a sizeable drainage pond which the water fowl NB>> think quite attractive. BM> They'd like that! No visible drainage seen at the Mall where I used BM> to work; thinking they have some sort of below ground removal system as BM> the Mall property has a definite slope: walk from one end to the other BM> and one goes down several sets of short steps/ramps. There was also a BM> hollow section under the floor in Juniors Department, apparently where BM> a sump pump was though never heard it. There was also a set of circuit BM> breakers marked 'Sump Pump' so assuming the location. Sounds likely then.... and with the slope, drainage might have been more through the ground, as well... maybe ending up somewhere off the property entirely.... :) 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. NB>> I seem to get at least one current card offer each month... and NB>> at the moment, truly don't have any need for any of them.... BM> But it's Christmas!! Your supposed to spend beyond your means!! Yeah, right.... not me.... 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. NB>> It's such a simple equation, it's a wonder anyone has trouble there. NB>> Yes, I know, too many people haven't learned to live within their NB>> means... and that does get them in trouble eventually... BM> Right. I'm not sure if the Student Loan Debt thing has an anesthetic BM> effect: "I'm in debt for $40,000 for school, what's another $400 for a BM> big TV?" I suppose it might.... also there's the "but I'm entitled" syndrome... others can get those things so I should be able to have whatever I think I want.... 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. NB>> Not just the neck would be stained... and the shirt itself would NB>> show dirt too fast, so a blue shirt (with, of course, a blue collar) NB>> was much more practical.... BM> Yup: know that one from first-hand experience! Dress code at towards BM> end was a white shirt or a black shirt, both of which showed dirt BM> readily. Usually wore a shirt twice before putting it in the hamper BM> as my job wasn't dirty. ...Same for the coloured shirts, just twice, BM> but they didn't seem to show dirt as much. Yup. BM>> Yes, the 'common calendar' 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. NB>> Indeed... :) BM> I'm still trying to work out a practical way to display/store those BM> reminder cards: appointment cards -- do write to the calendar but the BM> card will a phone number, etc., on it. I tend to just keep an up to date version of each in the pocket of my pocket calendar... BM> Also my notes to renew my BM> Drivers License a few years from now - right now that gets BM> paperclipped to the Decemeber 2020 page of next year's calendar. I figure that DMV will send me the renewal in plenty of time, like they always do... :) BM>> Good! BTW, assume he had an uneventful flight. NB>> As far as I know, he did... I probably would have heard, had NB>> there been anything exciting... And have "talked" in email a NB>> couple of times since... :) BM> Good for no 24-hour delays like my Mother and I had; my Aunt thought BM> it odd we didn't call her when she thought we got to New Hampshire. If he did have any delays, he didnt mention them to me.... 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! NB>> I'd guess that would be unlikely.... never know though what one NB>> might be dreaming about, and affecting the body.... BM> To me it would seem probable if one can walk and raid the refrigerator BM> while sleeping it would be possible to clean or rearrange items, BM> though never heard of it. Kinda what I was thinking.... but again, not so common.... :) 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). NB>> Was there one...? We had high winds in NYS at Thanksgiving time, NB>> so heard there was a chance that Macy's might have to ground their NB>> balloons.... BM> Yes, they kept the balloons closer to the ground where protected from BM> wind gusts by the buildings. Not sure if part of Festival of Trees or BM> a different event around the same time but a ~10' sphere balloon -- BM> just round with a logo on it -- escaped. Depending on a variety of BM> factors like upper lever winds, air temperature and the strength of the BM> balloon material it could land anywhere between Illinois and New BM> England/New York. So if you happen to see a big white balloon with red BM> lettering on it...... I'll keep my eye out for it... ;) Not that I expect it would fly this way... more likely to skip us and land in NE... :) ttyl neb .... It pays to be obvious especially if you have a reputation for subtlety --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .