Subj : Re: Eggs! To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Sun Dec 08 2019 01:42:58 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 03-Dec-2019 08:59 <=- BM>> Happy Thanksgiving! ...That will be tomorrow as I write this, and two BM>> weeks ago when you reply. NB>> Nope, only 5 days ago... ;) I'm making a little headway on the NB>> backlog finally... ;) BM> Holidays are coming up -- that'll fix that! Not necessarily.... :) BM>> A little breezy here this morning: 30-35 MPH and to 50-55 MPH tonight. BM>> Power outages already reported in a couple of rural areas on the BM>> Illinois side. NB>> We had that wind last week, too.... didn't hear of any power outages NB>> in the area, though... and our tarp stayed put, thankfully... :) BM> Good on both. Slightly above normal temperatures here predicted for BM> the rest of the week: lower 40's. Will probably get some clean-up BM> done outside this afternoon as warmer and the leaves have dried out, or BM> at least not soggy. Were you able to take advantage of the break in the weather...? BM>>> The Great Peeled and Ready-To-Eat Egg Hunt may BM>>> have to continue after the store is done updating - though I am keeping BM>>> my eye out for them and any other interesting-looking and within the BM>>> splurge budget items. NB>> Leaving this in just as a reminder for when things are finally NB>> settled... BM> Will probably be a lot of quotemarks by the time they're done BM> remodeling the store: originally said over a year and recently the BM> construction was running behind schedule. And with the added space who BM> knows what other goodies I may find! Possibly, on both counts... ;) BM>> More two cars can not occupy the same space. His thing on making BM>> progress when crowded was more be patient on merging into traffic; BM>> that was more for pulling out into traffic. Be patient, eventually BM>> there will be a safe opening. NB>> And with practice, one learns to gauge the safe openings, as well... NB>> I'd tend not to take a chance, usually, though, while Richard might NB>> be a little more aggressive... :) BM> Right: I've seen some driving where there is space but doesn't look BM> like there's sufficient safety margin. Like you, I'm not that BM> aggressive. If I've been waiting too long, I might shave off a little of the safety margin, though... ;) BM>> AFAIK the same at Hy-Vee: always see the same people stocking certain BM>> products, or at least at specific sections, and wearing some sort of BM>> uniform. Would guess when that section of the store gets moved BM>> they'll be doing the unstocking and restocking. NB>> Watch to see if you see them doing the move...? Some of the cookies/ NB>> crackers are also vendor items in our store... BM> My guess is the Frito-Lay Guy will be participating in the move of his BM> products, maybe with in-store help, but he probably has something like BM> the initial pack and the final unpack. As for cookie and cracker BM> vendors, I haven't seen but that doesn't mean they don't exist. A bag BM> of potato chips takes a lot more room than a box or packet of cookies BM> so no need for a daily refill of cookies. Or could be done every day, BM> just overnight, and so I'd not see. I'd guess a couple times a week, maybe three... so it could depend on what day and time you were shopping whether or not you'd see them... NB>>> Guess it isn't fully implemented yet... ;) BM>> And needs a few tweaks. Last week needed to pick up a couple of boxes BM>> of stuffing. Saw someone I knew working in a could-be-the-right- BM>> aisle-but-probably-not and wanted to say 'hi' anyway; she knew BM>> _exactly_ where it was: aisle, side, two sections from the end, about BM>> waist-height. Take that, on-line locator!! NB>> No doubt she'd just been there... ;) BM> Possibly, or even some time back and memorized the specific location BM> because it was in the ad. She was also one of the signing people and BM> so may have pretty much memorized the store. And been able to keep up with the changes as they happened.... BM>>> As for the degree of remodelling, my Hy-Vee is undergoing a 100% BM>>> rennovation. Well, not the actual skeleton of the building but just BM>>> about everything else. NB>>> I'm sure that you'll be glad when they've concluded their work... NB>>> hopefully it will be much better organized in the end... :) BM>> Some of the people working there will be! I'm not all that ruffled by BM>> it. NB>> As long as you can (eventually at least) find what you are looking NB>> for... I suspect that the store to some extent takes advantage of the NB>> move to quietly discontinue some items... they just don't make it to NB>> tbe new spot.... BM> I would suspect that also. So far haven't noticed anything missing BM> other than the coffee-flavoured M&Ms but those were sporadic before BM> the remodel. With our store shuffle, I've noticed a few things not reappearing... BM>>> People like their Starbucks! LIS not an attraction for me, NB>>> And besides, we have plenty of standalone Starbucks stores around NB>>> already... but I think some other chain might be housing Starbucks NB>>> locations around here, too... BM>> I hadn't really paid attention until somehow came up in conversation BM>> but all the new Hy-Vee stores have a Starbucks -- even the gas BM>> stations. NB>> Guess they made some sort of arrangement between themselves.... BM> I would agree. Apparently profitable to both Starbucks and Hy-Vee. BM> ...I could sort of see sipping on a nice warm cup of coffee while BM> shopping after coming in from the cold; maybe they'll also get new BM> carts with cup holders! The cupholders might be an easy addon to the existing carts... I've seen some at Wegmans that just hook over the side of the cart... BM>> And now with the BM>> holidaze I'll probably avoid in-person shopping except for groceries. NB>> We did have to go out Saturday to shop for a particular item... took NB>> us 3 stores, but we did finally find something that fit the bill... NB>> then we went and did our weekly grocery shopping... Groceries are NB>> plenty shopping for us, too.... ;) BM> I generally avoid Saturday shopping anyway, but there are times when BM> it is necessary. Good news is you did find when you wanted. The last couple of weeks, things were happening on Friday that kept us from doing the usual Friday groceries... back to normal yesterday... BM>>> Hy-Vee does have a restaurant area but haven't eaten at that BM>>> particular one. Have at a different store and quite good. NB>>> Some of the Wegmans stores have a more formal restaurant area than NB>>> ours does... ours has lots of options, but they are more sandwiches, NB>>> soups, hot/cold bar, and some ethnic "bowls" and prepared meals to go. BM>> According to the ads 'mine' offers a steak dinner one night of the BM>> week, other specials on other nights. NB>> Yours is definitely more of a real restaurant.... BM> Hehe - no. Compared to the restaurants at the new stores the one at BM> 'my' store is an eating area. I would expect after the remodel it to BM> be transformed into a nice restaurtant. We can't get steak dinners at ours... ;) But, yes, after the remodel, yours should be even nicer... :) BM>>> Half-length aisles could be handy! So far haven't seen any at Hy-Vee; BM>>> Produce does have table and islands, and looks like will expand on BM>>> that. Will see what the rest of the store does. NB>>> Time will tell... :) BM>> Yup! Last two weeks it looked like nothing much had happened -- a few BM>> minor things. Possibly working in the adjacent store to get it ready BM>> to move in to. NB>> Could be... or slacking off a little for the holidays.... :) BM> Already?! Depending on where the crew is based possibly: maybe the BM> majority of the workers local but the supervisors, etc., from the Des BM> Moines area (where Hy-Vee is headquartered) and as a perk were given BM> time to spend with family. There's also the aspect that shopping often gets heavier around the holidays, so they might want to accomodate that.... NB>>> That does begin to sound like over-thinking again... In any case, NB>>> motorists need to be educated as to what to do when there is a power NB>>> outage affecting the lights... :) BM>> True, or even don't rely on the lights to tell the other driver what BM>> to do. My light is green so the cross light *should be* red. Traffic BM>> lights are off or blinking red - should be a four-way stop and take BM>> turns. NB>> And in any case, be aware of the other drivers, and what they might NB>> be doing... ;) BM> Always! Depending on a lot of what's and where's I'll let my guard BM> down a bit. Light just turned green: I'm checking someone isn't going BM> through a red or the on-coming isn't trying to turn in front of me. BM> Light has been green and the car in front is going through: less BM> checking. Just a little more relaxed at that point.... :) ttyl neb .... A piano stool? I thought pianos were housebroken! --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .