Subj : moving or not To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Mar 31 2020 10:29:00 Hi Nancy! BM> Refilled my coffee and noted there was a snow shower! Didn't stick BM> (it's just above freezing out there). NB> Pretty typical for this time of year.... :) True, just seemed odd as no indication otherwise. Yesterday was bright and sunny; to day starting off ovecast. BM>>> I couldn't drink liquid milk for a while; just got the calcium, etc., BM>> Right. The only thing I missed about not being able to ingest liquid BM>> milk is couldn't eat cereal. Didn't have cereal all the time but was BM>> a breakfast option. Water isn't a taste substitute! I don't think the BM>> milk alternatives were available in the 70's (soy, almond. etc.). BM>> Powdered milk -- ??; I don't recall one way or another. NB>> Powdered milk certainly was an option.... my parents started using it NB>> to stretch out the milk back in the late 50's... we called it "funny NB>> milk" because it was funny that powder turned into milk... and it NB>> tasted funny.... ;) BM> Maybe I had had powdered milk and didn't like the taste so ignored it BM> as an alternative. Long time ago! NB> That could well have been the case.... :) I remember that later NB> they came out with powdered whole milk which was more NB> tolerable... I used it in cooking after I was married and out on NB> my own... S-t-r-e-t-c-h that budget! And this just popped in: I remember something like "Tiger's Milk" which was supposed to be more of a protein or some sort of supplement. As I recall an 'odd' taste. I was probably pre- to early teen then. NB>> Soy milk was available in the 60's, as I know it was a possible NB>> substitute for infant formulas (my cousin was given it, since she NB>> was allergic to cow's milk).... But I don't think the nut milks NB>> were available yet, nor the grain milks... A friend of mine refers NB>> to those milk substitutes as mylks.... :) BM> Just a slight change in spelling to acknowledge the difference. So BM> the alternatives were around; would seem like I would have been aware. BM> I did use soy milk and later other milk alternatives but that wasn't BM> until probably the 90's. And cut with water to stretch - the price!! NB> True.... one didn't buy the alternatives to economize, the way NB> powdered skim milk could do.... ;) Even though I have no NB> problems with real milk (quite the contrary!), I do enjoy getting NB> the dark chocolate almond milk on occasion... :) One certainly didn't use the milk alternatives for economical reasons!! Some of the quart prices could fund small nations!! LIS, I had the first pour or two 'straight up', then started adding water to extend. NB>>>> She probably had surprised herself as well... Just enough extra NB>>>> adrenaline to propel her higher and farther than she thought... ;) BM>>> We thought similarly. She did have that look and tail-wag of "look BM>>> what I did!" combined with "oh poop! I shouldn't be up here - but look BM>>> what I did! ...Now how to I get down? Please don't spank me: I know I BM>>> did wrong!" LIS, I/we did let her know we knew it was an accident, BM>>> were as surprised as she was, and she's not going to be in trouble. NB>>> As long as she didn't get into the habit of it, no harm done.... ;) BM>> No, she never got into the habit of jumping on furniture, nor people. BM>> Well, the only time she tried to climb was during thunderstorms or BM>> fireworks when she was scared and wanted to be held and comforted -- BM>> that's different. NB>> And also very understandable.... :) BM> Definately! Nothing seemed to help calm her other than snuggling and BM> that was more to comfort her, she was still scared and shivering from BM> fear. Never went as far as to tranquilize her. NB> Probably just as well... sometimes they have bad reactions to NB> tranquilizers, too... And being a small dog (Lhasa Apso) the possibility of a reaction could be increased. We did try various physical options, even to the point of stuffing cotton in her ears and holding in place with earmuffs. I think that lasted about four minutes! BM>> ... Too Stressed: Your heart beats in 7/8 time. NB>> That sounds like a form of Afib.... BM> Wonder if Stauss, Souza, etc., ever had as a working title The Afib BM> March?! NB> (You mean (Johann) Strauss and (John Philip) Sousa...?) Probably Yes. NB> not, as I don't think that atrial fibrillation was known as such NB> in their day(s), and almost certainly not shortened to Afib NB> yet.... You're probably right, and if known of probably known my another name like palpitations Hmm: 'The Palpatation Samba'! By a different composer, of course! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... March 31, 1889: Eiffel Tower first opened. --- 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) .