Subj : Re: Eggs! To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Sun Jan 12 2020 01:35:00 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 05-Jan-2020 09:44 <=- NB>>> We went out with friends today to our favorite Taste of Japan... And NB>>> Friday will be my family's shindig... not all that wild, but will NB>>> 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... and NB>> others live too far away to be likely to come... We ended up with 33 NB>> people there, across four generations... BM> That's more than enough for what sized gatherings I'm used to! ...And BM> I can do a four-generation gathering. Hopefully was a fun time with BM> the 33 (or 31 + you and The Wizard). Yes, 33 total... ;) Some years it's been 45 or even more... ;) It was sufficiently fun... ;) 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.... ;) BM> Yes: wouldn't seem like a pine cone would travel thay far but there is BM> a difference between carried by the wind and thrown. Broken-off pine BM> twigs have landed near the house and on the deck, porch and roof; have BM> seen those flying through the air. Yup... winds can be pretty powerful... :) 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 works NB>> out with the travel schedule... ;) BM> Makes sense. :) "No, I can't make the trip then: I have to go grocery BM> shopping!" Nope, that wouldn't fly.... ;) Shopping is either the day before I leave, or waits till I get home.... ;) 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 often... NB>> sometimes to return when the product goes mainstream... and sometimes NB>> never to return.... And candy is as likely as anything to be test NB>> marketed.... :) BM> Right: know there are seasonal flavours and packaging -- remember a BM> 4th of July red white and blue. As for my coffee flavoured M&Ms was BM> looking up something for somebody else and was reminded to look for BM> 'my' M&M's - Amazon does have them (as did the other item I was looking BM> up) and so I may just have to order some! ...That will probably BM> guarantee them also showing up at the store!! It might... You could also ask the store if they plan to have them back at any time.... ;) 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.... ;) BM> And hopefully they take the blood pressure reading before BM> the double espresso! I don't use those automatic blood pressure machines... even the ones in the doctor offices tend to give bad reading for me... 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 frequented NB>> places... ;) BM> Which is probably better than you ordering "the usual" and that's met BM> with a blank or deer-in-the-headlights look! One does need to be a regular, and be very predictable.... ;) At Taste of Japan I have more than one 'usual' order, so I have to decide which one I want first... ;) Then things tend to be a little more predictable.. ttyl neb .... For real sponge cake, borrow all ingredients. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .