Subj : Re: moving or not To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Apr 07 2020 17:10:50 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 31-Mar-2020 10:29 <=- 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.... :) BM> True, just seemed odd as no indication otherwise. Rain and snow showers do come out of nowhere sometimes.... ;) BM> Yesterday was bright and sunny; today starting off overcast. Yesterday and today here have been bright and sunny, and somewhat warm... I see the forecast for the rest of the week is going to be cooler, more overcast, and a good chance for precipitation every day... 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 they NB>> came out with powdered whole milk which was more tolerable... I used NB>> it in cooking after I was married and out on my own... BM> S-t-r-e-t-c-h that budget! Actually, the powdered whole milk wasn't all that inexpensive... it was more a way to keep milk as a shelf-stable staple, particular for baking and cooking... But the skim milk that my parents bought was more an attempt to stretch the budget.... :) BM> And this just popped in: I remember something like "Tiger's Milk" which BM> was supposed to be more of a protein or some sort of supplement. As I BM> recall an 'odd' taste. I was probably pre- to early teen then. Yes, I remember that too... probably was fortified with soy and other proteins... not something I was impressed with either.... 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 problems NB>> with real milk (quite the contrary!), I do enjoy getting the dark NB>> chocolate almond milk on occasion... :) BM> One certainly didn't use the milk alternatives for economical BM> reasons!! Some of the quart prices could fund small nations!! LIS, I BM> had the first pour or two 'straight up', then started adding water to BM> extend. I don't think I'd add water to extend the mylks... just drink them in smaller quantities.... 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... BM> And being a small dog (Lhasa Apso) the possibility of a reaction could BM> be increased. True... BM> We did try various physical options, even to the point of stuffing BM> cotton in her ears and holding in place with earmuffs. I think that BM> lasted about four minutes! That's longer than I would have thought it would last... 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...?) BM> Yes. NB>> Probably not, as I don't think that atrial fibrillation was known as NB>> such in their day(s), and almost certainly not shortened to Afib NB>> yet.... BM> You're probably right, and if known of probably known my another name BM> like palpitations Hmm: 'The Palpatation Samba'! By a different BM> composer, of course! Maybe it could be called The Palpitation Polka... then it could still be by Strauss.... ;) ttyl neb .... Relativity: Family get-togethers at Christmas. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .