Subj : Eggs! To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Jan 12 2020 17:14:00 Hi Nancy! 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). NB> Yes, 33 total... ;) Some years it's been 45 or even more... ;) NB> It was sufficiently fun... ;) Good! :) The number just seems quite large to me: just used to smaller gatherings. 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. NB> Yup... winds can be pretty powerful... :) Fun to watch as long as no damage! 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!" NB> Nope, that wouldn't fly.... ;) Shopping is either the day before NB> I leave, or waits till I get home.... ;) Feast or famine for The Wizard! 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!! NB> It might... You could also ask the store if they plan to NB> have them back at any time.... ;) Yes: have thought to ask and haven't yet -- insert flimsy excuse here! 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! NB> I don't use those automatic blood pressure machines... even the NB> ones in the doctor offices tend to give bad reading for me... For me it's so far so good: I've mentally cross-checked the readings of the automated machines with the ones done manually and for me within a few mm. Varying times between -- days to weeks. My blood pressure has been fairly stable for decades. 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! NB> One does need to be a regular, and be very predictable.... ;) At NB> Taste of Japan I have more than one 'usual' order, so I have to NB> decide which one I want first... ;) Then things tend to be a NB> little more predictable.. So you have a "Usual #1" and "Usual #2" at a Japanese restaurant?! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Hear about new Jewish-Japaneese restaurant? Called SoSueMe! --- 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) .