Subj : Re: Eggs! To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Thu Dec 19 2019 21:48:34 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 08-Dec-2019 10:12 <=- 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! NB>> Not necessarily.... :) BM> You're not planning on attending any wild bashes?! Haven't been invited to any that I know of... 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. NB>> Were you able to take advantage of the break in the weather...? BM> Yes: don't recall when did exactly but did mulch the leaves - packed BM> down to one lawn bag and got the gutters cleaned out - found a pine BM> cone in one which is odd only because the closest pine tree is about BM> fifty feet away. It may have had help... like a squirrel or something.... BM>>> The Great Peeled and Ready-To-Eat Egg Hunt (snip) 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! NB>> Possibly, on both counts... ;) BM> I did have to ask where something was: was running low on a couple of BM> my vitamins plus get Fuel Perk points. Had been in the Health Food BM> section next to the Pharmacy but that section is undergoing BM> construction, for the Starbucks and I think the non-urgent care BM> facility. Ends up moved to the opposite corner of the store between BM> Produce and Bakery. Sort of an odd place and I'm guessing just a BM> temporary home. Probably so... :) 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. NB>> If I've been waiting too long, I might shave off a little of the NB>> safety margin, though... ;) BM> I might also give it a trim after a while. Might also change plans BM> slightly and use a different exit (second instead of first), etc. And BM> yes, some times just have to be a bit aggressive: yes, I do need to BM> get into the next lane, I'm not just driving and listening to my BM> blinker click. There is a fine line between being aggressive and being a little assertive, after all... 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. NB>> I'd guess a couple times a week, maybe three... so it could depend on NB>> what day and time you were shopping whether or not you'd see them... BM> Right. BTW I did have a chance to ask the Frito Lay Guy about his BM> merchandize being moved - basicly he doesn't know. He did say when a BM> major move occurs he does get help from his boss, and/or sometimes BM> from the store. He wasn't too concerned about it and kidded me about BM> buying some so he didn't have to move those. And you said it would depend on when it needed to be moved whether or not you'd be in a position to help out there... 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. NB>> With our store shuffle, I've noticed a few things not reappearing... BM> My coffee-flavoured M&Ms!!!! Those were probably just a test-market item anyway.... ;) 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! NB>> The cupholders might be an easy addon to the existing carts... I've NB>> seen some at Wegmans that just hook over the side of the cart... BM> Yes, probably will have some sort of add-on cupholder available. Would make sense... :) NB>> The last couple of weeks, things were happening on Friday that kept us NB>> from doing the usual Friday groceries... back to normal yesterday... BM> Yes, for me Thursday mornings are convenient. I would try to avoid BM> Wednesday mornings just because the weekly ad comes out: look at BM> on-line but often a paper coupon needed which is in the mail that BM> afternoon. Can usually print from a different on-line ad but sometimes BM> a supplemental 'overgrown postcard' which I haven't found on-line. BM> Generally available at the store but for me a slight nuisance to go BM> through there. Easier to prep at home. I'd just as soon get everything set at home too... 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. NB>> We can't get steak dinners at ours... ;) But, yes, after the remodel, NB>> yours should be even nicer... :) BM> I sometimes wonder if I would ask "how fresh is the steak?" if they'd BM> answer "John in the Meat Department just sliced it". (I wouldn't BM> ask as the restaurant staff doesn't know me like the store staff does.) You just need to eat regularly at the restaurant... the staff would soon get to know you well enough... ;) 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. NB>> There's also the aspect that shopping often gets heavier around the NB>> holidays, so they might want to accomodate that.... BM> That's true, though there was quite a bit of construction going on BM> when I shopped last Thursday (catching up from Thanksgiving week?). Possibly... BM> Also initially doesn't make sense for grocery shopping to get BM> heavier/more crowded around the holidays as people eat year round, but BM> then yes, one does do speciality grocery shopping around the holidays. BM> We only buy a turkey once a year, along with the sides, so while do eat BM> green beans throughout the year might need to shop to be sure to have BM> for the holidays. And once a year do make a special trip to a BM> different grocery store as they have a cheesecake sampler. People don't feast year round, at least not usually... ;) There is a somewhat more intensive shopping around the holidays, and people buying fancier stuff often.... ttyl neb .... Just because it doesn't do what you planned doesn't mean it's useless. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .