Subj : Health Was: Nuts To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Apr 14 2020 10:35:00 Hi Nancy! BM>> Hmm! I think the previous message even though you split need to be BM>> even further split! NB> Possibly... I did manage to keep the length of each of the new NB> parts just under 200 lines, but we managed to add relatively NB> lengthy replies... maybe more needs to be snipped out.... I did snip some, and then added a lot! NB>>>>> Well, older houses did have larger vestibules, so there might have NB>>>>> been sufficient room for umbrella storage.... ;) BM>>>> Possibly! Thinking that would still take a lot of space even if BM>>>> hanging from the ceiling and/or wall. NB>>>> I was thinking of ones that essentially are another large room like NB>>>> the living room... one side of it could be used to have the umbrellas NB>>>> sitting, tops tilting to the floor... ;) BM>>> That could work. I was sort of restricting to being out of the living BM>>> or gathering rooms. NB>>> And not thinking of how large a space might be available outside of NB>>> that... :) BM>> I'm half-thinking a front porch area could be use to store but then I BM>> don't think Japanese houses have front porches. ...Some day will find BM>> out! NB>> An enclosed front porch would be safe enough from the elements... And NB>> it wasn't only Japanese that would have had the parasols we were NB>> talking about.... it was common enough in the Western world.... :) BM> <1800's Real Estate agent> And here we have a lovely drying and BM> storage area for the cowboys' parasols when visiting here at the OK BM> Corral. BM> Wrong 'western'! NB> Yup... wrong western.... More likely the coasts, and Middle NB> America and New England.... Europe as well... :) Yes, seems umbrellas and parasols were used more by city-folk in the 'cultured' areas; they just got soaked in the Wild West towns, though I'd suspect the accuracy on that detail in movies and TV shows to be wanting. BM>>> Something to keep whomever is grading the paper interested! NB>>> That could be a bonus... :) BM>> I preferred to research and write on something I was interested in and BM>> hopefully the reader (so teacher, etc.) was also. Pretty much hated BM>> the begining of the school year "what I did on my summer vacation" BM>> papers. We didn't do really do anything special just because it was BM>> Summer; beaches were crowded - we'd sometimes do a weekend on Cape Cod BM>> but was after Labor Day (and so generally after the school assignment) BM>> as not crowded. NB>> And pretty hard to write more than a paragraph on "I played outside NB>> with my siblings/friends" or "I read lots of books".... :) BM> Which is pretty much what I did during my summer vacations. I BM> definitely was not bored - kept busy playing, reading, etc., but "I BM> rode my bike with my friends to Fairgrounds Elementary (school on the BM> other end of town)" or "rode around on the trails in the woods" barely BM> adds a short paragraph. NB> I suppose one might go into more detail as to what was seen on NB> the trails in the woods.... or which books were read... or even NB> which games one was playing.... Maybe half a page.... Not much changed on the trail from my house up the hill to where my friends lived -- essentially a block away. Books -- I remember reading a ton of them but wasn't anywhere near the number of the contest winner. Slight disappointment but I also didn't want to spend all summer reading. Games.... Yup: maybe could get a page if I streched out the angst on the reading contest! NB>>>> J.C.Whitney... but I think they may have gone out of business... NB>>>> Richard used to get their catalogs all the time at one point... BM>>> I did too, possibly because of installing a rear window defroster grid BM>>> for my first car. ...Googled: BM>>> JC Whitney is a retailer of aftermarket automotive parts and BM>>> accessories. As of 2010, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. BM>>> Auto Parts. BM>>> Still very much present as JCWhitney.com. Might be something to keep BM>>> in the back of ones mind; I don't know enough about cars to consider BM>>> doing repair work on my own -- looks like they offer fenders, mirrors, BM>>> seats. ...Seat cover I could handle! NB>>> That's good to know, that they still are in business... I know that NB>>> in the past we did get seat covers from them, for instance, along with NB>>> other types of accessories... :) BM>> Yes: I was pleasantly surprised to find they were still in business. BM>> OTOH what am I going to do with them? NB>> Order the catalog and see what they have on offer.....? ;) As I NB>> mentioned, they used to have seat covers.... ;) BM> If they even have a physical catalog! NB> Point. Well, they probably do have an online catalog.... Almost got to find out: car grill got damaged by the hail storm. $50 for the silver replacement option, $75 for the black one (like on the car now). YouTube does have a video someone shot of them replacing a grill and headlight on same model; think the year was off by one. To replace the grill also need to remove the bumper. Ummm.... The OEM grill is close to double in price, labour isn't horrible, still below the deductible. On the list: huge backlog due to other body work from the storm including their 400+ cars on the lot. BM>> Do recall my first car didn't BM>> have a rear window defroster/defogger and I think I got a stick-on one BM>> from them. Know I got one, just not recalling from whom. Now I think BM>> it's almost a required option, or at least for me it is. NB>> In this state, it's required manufacturer installed equipment... :) BM> Which makes sense! Now if the other drivers have enough sense to use! BM> ...Reminded me a few weeks ago I wiped the moisture off the car BM> windows with the snow brush because I wanted to see! Sure, could use BM> the windshield wipers for the front and rear, but doesn't do anything BM> for the side windows. Rolling them down for some reason doesn't get as BM> much as one would think, and nothing wipes the side mirrors! NB> I'd tend to use the windshield wipers for the front, but the NB> squeegee attachment of the snowbrush for the sides and rear... my NB> side mirrors have a defroster built in, which is activated when I NB> use the rear defroster... that works for drying moisture as well NB> as melting ice... Hmm: I'm going to have to check that out: I have some sort of heating to my side mirrors and just assumed when the heat was on some went to the mirrors. Trouble is my trips are short -- even when working -- so no time for a correlation to develop if maybe I need to have the front and/or rear defroster/defoggers on also. ...At least I had found out what the button with the two curved looping arrows means: push and the air gets recycled; minimal fresh air. Use when extremely hot or extremely cold outside so don't have to heat/cool the new air from outside. BM> BTW, back to the battery issues, now I've been seeing all sorts of car BM> battery voltage indicators being advertised! Probably there before, BM> just didn't realize I needed. NB> Yup... you weren't looking for them before... :) It's like NB> buying (or thinking about buying) some make of car and suddenly, NB> you see them everywhere.... 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