Subj : Eggs! To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Feb 07 2020 08:57:00 Hi Nancy! BM>>> Where's it's comfortably warm! ...Or cool: had some strong windstorms BM>>> last summer also. NB>>> I'd think a summer windstorm would tend to be cooling... but probably NB>>> a bit more exciting than I want to be out in... ;) BM>> As long as they don;t talk about a wind chill factor with a summer BM>> breeze is probably OK! Or if the winds decided to spin around in a BM>> funnel shape! NB>> That last would definitely be a deterrent... I've never heard NB>> windchills announced with summer winds... but they probably would make NB>> things feel more pleasantly cool all the same.... :) BM> I'm vaguely recalling a possible joking about them: gets a little hot BM> 'n' humid here in the summer, or perhaps a quick quip we'd like to BM> save some of this winter cold to mix with next summer's heat to cool BM> things down later. NB> There's often that sort of joking that one wishes that one could NB> store winter chill for the summer, or vice versa, save some of NB> summer's heat to warm up in winter... ;) Too bad it hasn't been NB> figured out yet... :) They call it "air conditioning" and "heating" Actually is done: they dig into the ground and a certain distance down the temperature is relatively stable: circulate some sort of solution which holds the heat/cool and transfer to the building. Think they also do it with some ponds: there's a spray of water which just appears decorative but is really there for heat dissipation from a chiller in a nearby buyilding. NB>>>> If it looks like there's plenty, it waits... otherwise I do it just NB>>>> before, which also lets me get stuff for the trip if needed... NB>>>> Besides, if he needs something while I'm gone, he's capable of getting NB>>>> stuff from the store himself, too... ;) BM>>> Makes sense. :) I'd probably be doing the same. NB>>> Sure beats having to set everything up for him before I can leave, NB>>> such as some women complain of having to do... ;) BM>> I could see some preparation: depending on the length of time a BM>> couple/few heat-and-eat meals. I'd think most people who don't BM>> normally cook (thinking of one of my store managers -- she never BM>> cooked) some relatively simple like spaghetti and a canned sauce, beans BM>> and hot dogs, hamburgers. NB>> We've stocked up on prepared meals on occasion for my being away... NB>> but lately, he just figures he'll go to the store and pick up some if NB>> he decides that's what he wants... or he'll go out to one of our usual NB>> favorite restaurants for a hearty lunch to hold him for the day... BM> Good man! NB> Yup... I think I'll keep him... Seems to be a good decision! :) NB>>>> Have to think of it at the right time, when someone that would know NB>>>> would be there, after all.... BM>>> Agree. I know a few people who could look in to it, just a matter of BM>>> remembering when I see them, plus not being interrupted by something BM>>> more urgent. NB>>> Or simply more distracting... ;) BM>> Me? Get distra-- squirrel! And good news: the opportunity did BM>> come up last week: the candy section had been moved because of the BM>> store remodelling and Sue was restocking -- chat-chat, brought up about BM>> my 'missing' coffee-flavoured M&Ms. She looks to make sure I haven't BM>> overlooked; said she'd look into it. NB>> So eventually, she might get back to you on it... ;) BM> I think I answered this in the interim but will again -- durn mail BM> lags! I did see Sue on my following week's shopping trip -- oddly BM> enough she was in about area of the candy section. She did investigate BM> and found even the main warehouse didn't stock - she was thinking may BM> have been a seasonal purchase. NB> (Don't recall an earlier answer...) Seasonal purchase makes a NB> little sense (although, what's seasonal about coffee M&Ms?)... NB> might also be that you guys are another test market area.... The earlier answer may have been earlier for me and not yet read for you. ...And the thing with the coffee-flavoured M&Ms gets better!! Hy-Vee's digital ad had M&Ms on sale - guess what the picture showed? Yup: a package of the coffee-flavoured ones!!!! Did a screen shot of that row of the digital ad, plus a close-up of the package, and printed. Didn't see Sue yesterday but did see one who I think is in charge of signing (checking the sale signs, replacing missing signes, etc.) and she knew about my inquiry so I gave her the printout to give to Sue -- she understood it was all a joke -- the item we were looking for, no longer available, and that's the clipart they used. BM>>> Yes, as a regular the staff should know or at least verify your BM>>> preferences. NB>>> I do tend to warn her when I'm deviating from the norm... ;) But NB>>> other things stay pretty constant, like wanting hot tea to drink NB>>> (and specifically will ask for water with lemon, if we want that NB>>> in addition) or not needing a spoon for the soup... :) NB> So... the last couple of times I've been there, I've ordered NB> things I don't get nearly so often... Once was an udon noodle NB> soup with shrimp and veggie tempura... and on Monday I ordered a NB> miso ramen soup... comes with thin long noodles, a reconstituted NB> black mushroom, some rice cake slices, a couple of crab stick NB> pieces, a whole hard-boiled egg cut in half and a pork cutlet NB> sliced into strips... Only had breakfast a short while ago and that's making me hungry! BM>> Not enough of eating out much less have a Usual but I/we do _ask_ vs. BM>> demand; the only time I can think of where we got a bit into the demand BM>> aspect was had returned to a restaurant about a month later (had a BM>> gift card) and the original visit the steak was overdone: getting into BM>> medium-well when we order rae or medium rare. Tasty, just not to our BM>> preference. So at the second visit we got a little picky on the BM>> doneness and explained why; this time came out just right. Won't be BM>> back though: they closed. NB>> And that's a somewhat different sort of situation.... Too bad they NB>> closed, after you finally were able to get them to do things right... NB>> sounds like you were still being civil when you asked more NB>> specifically for the right doneness.... :) BM> Not verified but some of the notably mediocre and notably delicious BM> meals are more with the chef: years ago when out out a little more and BM> so had more reference points at the same restaurant would order a BM> favourite and usually good but sometimes egh; next time back to good. NB> That can definitely happen... At our favorite place, generally NB> it's always the same one doing the cooking... once in a while, NB> it's his son or wife filling in when things are getting too NB> busy... still good, but not quite as wonderful then... :) It is 'funny' how the same recipe can come out differently. A little more (or little less) butter/oil, A smal pinch vs. large pinch of salt.... NB> ... Foods labeled as "cheese food" must now be labeled as "fake NB> cheese" I happened to glance at the lable of some smoked cheddar the other night: it said 'cheese food'. 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