Subj : Eggs! To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Jan 05 2020 09:44:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>>>> I'm making a little headway on the backlog finally... ;) BM>>>> Holidays are coming up -- that'll fix that! NB>>>> Not necessarily.... :) BM>>> You're not planning on attending any wild bashes?! NB>>> Haven't been invited to any that I know of... BM>> Then it's up to you! NB>> What, to stage some...? We went out with friends today to our NB>> favorite Taste of Japan... And Friday will be my family's shindig... NB>> not all that wild, but will kill the day pretty well... :) BM> Just enough to be festive! Some families/groups are riotous, others BM> meek and mild; most somewhere in-between. NB> Had there been more of the kids there, it would have been more NB> riotous, but one family with 6 kids didn't show up after all... NB> and others live too far away to be likely to come... We ended up NB> with 33 people there, across four generations... That's more than enough for what sized gatherings I'm used to! ...And I can do a four-generation gathering. Hopefully was a fun time with the 33 (or 31 + you and The Wizard). 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. NB>>> It may have had help... like a squirrel or something.... BM>> A possibility, though did have some land on the porch and deck and BM>> doubtful those were carried by critters. NB>> Then maybe it was the wind for all of them... :) BM> I'm thinking from the wind, plus when we did have the winds saw some BM> pine cones travelling through the air a pretty good distance from the BM> trees. NB> That would make good sense, then.... ;) Yes: wouldn't seem like a pine cone would travel thay far but there is a difference between carried by the wind and thrown. Broken-off pine twigs have landed near the house and on the deck, porch and roof; have seen those flying through the air. NB>>> And you said it would depend on when it needed to be moved whether NB>>> or not you'd be in a position to help out there... BM>> They do have my schedule down! One of the ladies stocking in the Dairy BM>> department looked at me and exclaimed "oh! I forgot it was Thursday!". NB>> The last few weeks, I'm sure we've been confusing people that think NB>> they have our schedules down... we've been busy on Friday afternoon/ NB>> evenings one way or another, so have been shopping on Saturday NB>> instead.... that'll be the case again this week, with my family's NB>> Christmas on Friday... BM> Just when they start to figure us out we throw them a curve ball! NB> Generally, though, not intentionally... just the way Life ends up NB> working out... :) During "travel season", we shop any day that NB> works out with the travel schedule... ;) Makes sense. :) "No, I can't make the trip then: I have to go grocery shopping!" 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 NB>>>>> the move to quietly discontinue some items... they just don't NB>>>>> make it to 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!!!! NB>>> Those were probably just a test-market item anyway.... ;) BM>> It seemes like the entire M&M section is condensed and not BM>> as much of a variety as originally. NB>> As I said to begin with... they seem to be taking advantage of the NB>> moves to quietly disappear some things.... BM> Probably. M&M's and the rest of the candy area seems an odd place to BM> have items disappear. Guess we'll see! NB> If you are also in a test market area, things come and go more NB> often... sometimes to return when the product goes mainstream... NB> and sometimes never to return.... And candy is as likely as NB> anything to be test marketed.... :) Right: know there are seasonal flavours and packaging -- remember a 4th of July red white and blue. As for my coffee flavoured M&Ms was looking up something for somebody else and was reminded to look for 'my' M&M's - Amazon does have them (as did the other item I was looking up) and so I may just have to order some! ...That will probably guarantee them also showing up at the store!! 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. NB>>> Would make sense... :) BM>> Stay tuned! Noticed last week the store had signs up advising people BM>> could apply for barista positions at Hy-Vee.com -- I would have more BM>> expected Starbuck.com but perhaps links. NB>> Maybe... or maybe the Starbucks-in-the-stores have the stores be the NB>> actual hirers for them.... BM> Maybe -- something I may inquire about eventually if comes up. LIS, BM> at this point no real desire/need for coffee while shopping, though if BM> I have a new prescription while waiting for it to be filled instead of BM> staring off in to space at the pharmacy's waiting area I might be BM> tempted to go next door and idle the time away with a fancy string of coffee-words here>. ...Hmm! And maybe it's not a BM> coincidence Pharmacy and Starbucks are close together! NB> No, that does seem like a reasonable planning... especially given NB> that that's the most likely place in the store that someone might NB> have to cool their heels for a while.... ;) And hopefully they take the blood pressure reading before the double espresso! 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.) NB>>> You just need to eat regularly at the restaurant... the staff would NB>>> soon get to know you well enough... ;) BM>> Hmmm, that's a possibility! NB>> Keep that in mind... BM> "The usual?" :) NB> That sounds like what we might hear at some of our often NB> frequented places... ;) Which is probably better than you ordering "the usual" and that's met with a blank or deer-in-the-headlights look! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... 2000 pounds of Chinese soup: won ton --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .