Subj : FWIW - Shingrex To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Feb 23 2020 08:37:00 Hi Nancy! BM>>> Fortunately the pharmacist had checked ahead of time on the payments. NB>>> Good thing.... I think that that might be standard procedure at my NB>>> pharmacy... at least with just a little interest in the cost by the NB>>> customer... ;) BM>> Yes, I'm thinking the standard procedure would be to check the BM>> coverage and pricing before issuing the shot; medication one can refuse BM>> the transaction and so not pick up but with a shot the service has been BM>> rendered and so pretty much obligated to pay. ...Noticed some time BM>> back the Walgreens outdoor sign stated the flu shot was free by most BM>> insurances. NB>> That's generally the case, wherever one gets the flu shot... at a NB>> pharmacy or at the doctor's office... :) BM> True, just sometimes 'advertising the obvious' gets more business. NB> Or gets the customer's attention better... ;) I'm thinking 'free' gets the customers' attention! Plus this sign says 'free' and the other doesn't, so maybe a cost? Little tricks of advertising. NB>>> I did check today in the store to see if Wegmans had that.... NB>>> couldn't find any battered in potato.... Generally the Gorton's is a NB>>> white fish like haddock... so definitely different fish as well as NB>>> different presentation from sushi.... :) BM>> yes. And a better description: "Potato Crunch". I wrote that down as BM>> I ate the last and want to get some more. Their web page plus picture BM>> of packaging: BM>> https://www.gortons.com/products/potato-crunch-fish-fillets/ BM>> I didn't see it on-line at the Wegman's site but then I've purchased BM>> items at Hy-Vee and didn't find on-line. NB>> Well, I checked again, looking for the "Potato Crunch", and still NB>> didn't find it at our Wegmans store.... possible that it could be at a NB>> larger Wegmans store, but if you didn't see it on the website, maybe NB>> not... BM> I'm thinking it might be like my no coffee-flavoured M&Ms at Hy-Vee: BM> just don't carry. NB> And might be a regional thing.... or, if you have it for a while NB> and then it disappears, more proof that you may be a test market NB> for new food products.... ;) Quite possible. And I haven't checked at the gas stations to she if she was able to get any in from her second supplier. Last week was only one week and she indicated the earliest would be closer to two. BM> Do know the websites might indicate the store doesn't have when really BM> do: when I was working my store's website would indicate we didn't BM> have certain stock when we did. On-hand count was correct. We found BM> out if below a certain number would not be listed. Also had something BM> to do with popularity: not a popular item with the in-person shoppers BM> then the website might list to get rid of it to the web shoppers. NB> Various factors playing in there... ;) Sort of learned that when working at the store and the company went on-line: how come dot-com says we have three of this which is right and none of these when I have one in my hands and the on-hand count is right? BM>> ... Trade some coffee-flavoured M&Ms for the fish! (There seems to BM>> be a flaw in there some where! ) NB>> The first one being that I've never seen the coffee-flavored M&Ms NB>> here, so wouldn't have them to trade... The second one being NB>> managing the trade.... ;) BM> Better hurry before the temperatures warm up and the fish would thaw!! NB> Apparently dry ice works well to preserve such items in NB> shipping... ;) But, as I said, I don't seem to have the M&Ms to NB> trade in the first place... ;) Yes, I've heard dry ice works quite well though no first-hand experience. Tangent on the shipping of refrigerated items, I was living at the apartment and had ordered some parts from an electronics surplus dealer. The parts were shipping in a (possibly also surplus) box with "KEEP FROZEN" preprinted. The manager knew I would probably be working later so she made room in freezer for the box; fortunately wasn't too big but large enough to not be an easy fit. I get home, knock on the office door. ...Confused by the package that has to be kept frozen: I didn't order anything, my parents have shipped foods that should be kept cool but only in winter and they hadn't said anything. Look at the return address and probably laugh when seeing its the electronics parts, ...Pretty sure I gave the managers a bottle of wine or something for their concern. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... I tried being a tailor for a while. It was so-so. --- 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) .