Subj : Re: Minced Garlic To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Thu Mar 05 2020 01:30:26 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 27-Feb-2020 08:28 <=- BM>> Hmm: wonder where the minced garlic in a jar will end up after the BM>> remodel is done at the grocery store? Might go for making my own; BM>> didn't see garlic cloves but wasn't looking either. NB>> First guess would be in produce, somewhere... both the garlic heads NB>> and the various forms of prepared garlic... :) BM> That would make sense! Right now no 'urge for garlic' so won't BM> look for it, plus the whole store is pretty much in a state of flux BM> with the remodeling so where something is located today may not be BM> where it is next week. Yup, might as well wait for when you are ready to get some... and/or the remodel is closer to finishing... :) BM>> Last Thursday's shopping trip was 'messy' as they had started moving BM>> the 'center' of the store -- more or less the 'left third'. Temporary BM>> shelving to accompany the removal and replacement. I haven't figured BM>> out what is going in where the liquor store portion was (it got moved BM>> over into the next storefront section). The construction crew has BM>> been doing something major in the old liquor store section. They were BM>> also tearing apart some of the back and side portions (in the store BM>> proper) near the old Liquor area but I don't think is being moved into BM>> there. Stay tuned!! NB>> The project continues... BM> Yup! Will be going later this morning and will be interesting to see BM> what changes have been done. Last week they were starting to tear out BM> the left center when I was there. This week -- ?? I have been BM> finding pretty much all of what I need on my own. That's good, anyway... :) Just have to treat it as an adventure each time until they manage to finish the whole project, I guess.... ;) NB>> Speaking of projects, the road project is pretty well completed... NB>> and seems to have made a substantial difference in the traffic NB>> congestion that area has had... worth the hassles of the construction NB>> over the last few years... :) BM> Good! The short-term inconvenience was worthwhile in the end. Seems to be... :) Traffic patterns were changed a few places, and exit/enter lanes added between a couple of exits... There's still a little work being/to be done on the shoulders and I think on the exits themselves, but pretty well done now... :) BM>>> I semi-sort of avoided keeping change with me: slowed down the vending BM>>> machine purchases in the Break Room. NB>>> Ah... I didn't have that temptation... and it was always nice to have NB>>> a little change to keep from getting a huge pocket-full of change back NB>>> from a purchase... ;) BM>> Yes, getting 75› back in nickles and dimes for a $1.25 purchase is a BM>> hare annoying. NB>> Or even getting 94 cents back in quarters plus the dime nickle NB>> and 4 pennies... having 6 cents to hand over to get a dollar back NB>> is much better... ;) BM> Definitely! If I know I might need or use change I'll bring an BM> assortment with me. I'll have whatever I happen to have from earlier transactions with me, although I usually "sell" the quarters to Richard for when we do the laundry at the laundromat.... He usually has a pocket-full of change, though, so if I'm short for the making the purchase more even, he can usually supply a few pennies, nickels or dimes to me at the store... NB>>> I can sorta see that line of reasoning.... ;) Just would probably NB>>> still rather see it done myself... :) BM>> Agree. Most of the stuff using the public shredding was of items BM>> 'immediately no longer active': closed bank accounts (deceased BM>> relative), though some was old bank statements of active accounts. So BM>> far no problems we could attribute to shredding 'leaks'. NB>> It probably was safe enough... :) I'm just extra careful on things NB>> like that... ;) BM> Nothing wrong with being careful! If I didn't feel comfortable with BM> the free shredding process I wouldn't participate, or limited BM> participation: only inactive accounts, for example. The last two or BM> three shred events I've gone to have been sponsored and at my credit BM> union so maybe more of a feeling of security at that site than the ones BM> at the TV station, for example. ...Still would go with 'gut feeling': BM> if you don't want to, don't! :) Yup. :) ttyl neb .... All right, who's been turning my messages into taglines? --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .