Subj : Re: moving or not To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Apr 17 2020 17:43:38 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 08-Apr-2020 08:36 <=- NB>>>> Pretty typical for this time of year.... :) BM>>> True, just seemed odd as no indication otherwise. NB>>> Rain and snow showers do come out of nowhere sometimes.... ;) BM>> Yesterday was bright and sunny; today starting off overcast. NB>> Yesterday and today here have been bright and sunny, and somewhat NB>> warm... I see the forecast for the rest of the week is going to be NB>> cooler, more overcast, and a good chance for precipitation every day... BM> Was bright and sunny and hit 80ø here at the house -- went outside and BM> did some more cleanup in the afternoon. A little after 7 p.m. things BM> start to get interesting: warning sirens go off. My window up here BM> faces South: nothing unusual. Check wUnderground: big colourful BM> diagonal band to the northwest about the Cedar Rapids area, 90 miles BM> from here. Hmmm! Sounds rather ominous... ;) And a good reason for the sirens... BM> About 8:15 the storm hits: winds are noticeable but not too bad, sounds BM> like big raindrops, then the clunking starts: hail! Saw some which BM> were pretty big: have one in the freezer which is about the size of a BM> ping pong ball. Saving that one for Autumn when she's over later this BM> morning. Was she impressed...? ;) That is a rather good-sized chunk of ice... BM> Too early to go out to check for any damage; doesn't look like BM> anything happened to the cars (no garage) when checked from looking out BM> the windows. Also want to check for any damage to the roof and if any BM> windows cracked. Hopefully not! I seem to remember a message later that indicated that your car did get some damage... did you have any other damage...? 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! NB>> Actually, the powdered whole milk wasn't all that inexpensive... it NB>> was more a way to keep milk as a shelf-stable staple, in particular NB>> for baking and cooking... But the skim milk that my parents bought NB>> was more an attempt to stretch the budget.... :) BM> I remember growing up my Mother loved skim milk! To me was an odd BM> light blue and tasted watered down. I don't recall anything about BM> prices -- maybe because as delivered and all I had to do was go BM> outside and get it out of the insulated metal box. Powdered skim milk was definitely less expensive... The bottled skim milk might have been a little less expensive (the cream skimmed off could be sold for a premium, after all...), but it might also have been close to the same price, delivered... I'd agree with your assessment... and would have as a child, as well.. :) 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. NB>> Yes, I remember that too... probably was fortified with soy and other NB>> proteins... not something I was impressed with either.... BM> Maybe was something the adults bought to make up for the nutrients BM> missing in the watered-down skim milk! I probably tasted it on my own, nothing that my parents would have bought, I'm sure... As I recall, it was rather pricey, too... Maybe a forerunner of today's sports drinks... ;) 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. NB>> I don't think I'd add water to extend the mylks... just drink them in NB>> smaller quantities.... BM> Whichever ones I was buying back then, even the store brand, sort of BM> had a slightly too-strong initial flavour ('uncut'). Not unpleasant. BM> not oeverpowering, just noticeable. So the first pour or two (and I BM> didn't use that much) was a treat because of the flavour; cut with BM> water a couple of times to extend and save some money -- maybe got BM> four or five extra cereal-for-breakfast out of it, which with my BM> semi-randomness of what to have for breakfast would extend two or BM> three weeks. I suppose, doing it just for your cereal would cover any weak/watered taste you'd get from doing that... cereals have a lot of taste themselves, usually.... 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! NB>> That's longer than I would have thought it would last... BM> She sort of knew what it was for, but the uncomfortableness BM> or ticklishness or whatever finally got to her! OK. :) 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! NB>> Maybe it could be called The Palpitation Polka... then it could still NB>> be by Strauss.... ;) BM> That one is better! :) Has a better alliteration to it... ;) ttyl neb .... How can I run amok? 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