Subj : cell service was: To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Fri May 22 2020 11:44:00 Hi Nancy! BM>>>> We more or less swore off late last year because of the over-salted BM>>>> gravy, gristly steak (my cut wasn't as bad but a super-cheap cut), BM>>>> and a salad that had more rust on the lettuce than a junkyard car. NB>>>> Then perhaps it wasn't just the bridge construction and the pandemic NB>>>> that did them in... maybe just gave the push to finish them off... BM>>> Quite possible. Did a quick check to see if any reason was given BM>>> eventually -- no -- but was reminded a few other nearby locations have BM>>> also closed (Davenport, Clinton...). NB>>> Also Village Inns...? so a sort of chain....? BM>> Yes -- I thought they were national. Sort of a Denny's instead of BM>> being known for the Grand Slam Breakfast it's their pies. NB>> Haven't seen any around here, so apparently it's a regional chain NB>> instead of national... BM> Apparently -- now that I think of it I don't recall any when I was BM> growing up. NB> Probably a websearch would show where they actually are... ;) Oh yeah! I was thinking road trip! NB> This plaza has been there for years, as have some other NB> free-standing places between it and the hospital, and up the road NB> a little... and recently, a major project of dorms, stores and NB> restaurants also opened up nearby, so there are lots of choices NB> now.... ;) Good! Not sure when local restaurants will be opening their eat-in dining rooms - both sides of the River still restricted though I was half-paying attention to the news this morning and an article about a younger guy who owns an Illinois-side (I'm guessing bar or something of the size) was in an Iowa-side (I thought they said restaurant but AFAIK are stil closed) and found he probably could open. (I know: confusing.) The 'punch line' was he had to come to Iowa to find out he could open in Illinois. (And the same newscast did have Governor Reynolds - Iowa accouncing bars and other sites could partially on the 29th - next Friday.) BM> ...Wonder how many times the rib place has seem the med student and BM> surgeons 'dissecting' their meal?! NB> Those may be considered finger food around here... ;) :) ...Complaint of too-rare: getting the crash cart to revive. BM>> I'm recalling usually only two, maybe three around here. Could get to BM>> the six with adjacent mini-malls. :) NB>> The six is unusual for here, as well... :) There's another strip mall NB>> not too far from us that has I think 5 in it, but it's a larger one to NB>> begin with... That one has two Vietnamese restaurants that we frequent NB>> (right next door to each other), plus a diner, a Chinese takeout and NB>> maybe something else... BM> Odd the two Vietnamese restaurants are adjacent. OTOH could be handy: BM> run next door for something like the housewife does for a cup of BM> sugar. NB> Richard thinks that maybe they are related to each other... and NB> there's plenty of business for them both to survive... ;) It NB> also appears that they took turns being totally closed for the NB> shutdown... the one was open until March 26 for takeout and then NB> the other reopened March 27 for takeout... The smaller of the two NB> is the one now closed... maybe they decided it was a good time to NB> take a vacation... Possibly! Instead of each doing half the business if one closed the other one could do all. The closed one could also be able to do a total post-COVID-19 remodel without worrying about having sawdust floating into the food. BM>>> So that's how Illinois is keeping their numbers down: transfer BM>>> patients to Iowa!! BM>>> There are numerous smaller hospitals on both sides of the River and BM>>> not unusual for a transfer to a larger hospital here in the Quad BM>>> Cities. And the hospitals here have transferred patients to the BM>>> even-larger hospitals: University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City (IA), BM>>> the one in Peoria (IL).... NB>>> Probably evens out... ;) With yours being a multiple city complex, NB>>> there'd be more of that crossing borders and all... ;) There's NB>>> transfers here among the local hospitals as necessary, and there are NB>>> a number of smaller hospitals in surrounding communities as well... NB>>> And in an emergency, with no beds available here, patients have been NB>>> airlifted to other cities... I know Pittsburgh PA has taken our NB>>> patients on occasion... BM>> Yes; I haven't heard of an out-of-beds issue locally but I was BM>> originally to be taken to Genesis East when I fractured my femur and BM>> due to I'm thinking it was a car accident they had me on hold for a bit BM>> (we were sitting in the store's parking lot for a while) while the BM>> decision was made where to take me -- ended up to Genesis West. Not a BM>> bed situation but more to keep from overwhelming the emergency staff. NB>> Similar thing happened when I broke my ankle... closest hospitals NB>> were too busy, so I was taken to a different one... all four of NB>> our city hospitals are close enough to where we live that any of NB>> them would have been ok for us... :) BM> Yes, all three here are easy enough to get to. The one I was BM> originally supposed to go to has a bit of a preference because we're BM> more familiar with it than the other two. None are all that BM> complicated to get around in; the most complicated thing is probably BM> finding the car after the visit! NB> Those pesky ramp garages... ;) We've got them here.... ;) They make sense as far as saving on parking space vs. a lot - those can be just as bad to find one's car. Just seems none are marked all that well -- I went down a bit and around the corner and I know it was "4" but now nothing looks familiar -- though it all looks the same..... ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Delaware motto: Parking for Dupont employees only. --- 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) .