Subj : Re: moving or not To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Sat May 23 2020 18:04:00 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 14-May-2020 12:34 <=- NB>>>> Still, pretty good idea not to just ignore... ;) BM>>> Right. 99.9% of the time there's something going on which needs to BM>>> be monitored. NB>>> Yup... and if it turns out to be a test or a false alarm, no harm NB>>> done by checking things out.... :) BM>> I do check out why the sirens are going off if not obvious: normal BM>> test time or looking nasty outside. NB>> I suppose that even if it is normal test time, one might want to check, NB>> just in case... :) Or would a real alarm go on for longer, to get NB>> your attention....? BM> You know, I'm not sure! It seems like the test siren goes BM> on forever; I'm sure probably the same period as the actual warning, BM> just seems that way. "You're just testing, so get on with it" vs being occupied with figuring out what the real siren is warning about... BM> As far as checking when the test is being done, I BM> sort of do that -- probably barely qualifies as checking but I do look BM> out the windows as I wander for coffee/water refills and so have an BM> idea of what the weather conditions are. Normally decent, but if it BM> happened to be semi-threatening outside and the siren goes off I'd BM> check even though pretty sure was just due to the testing. Being aware of conditions is a good habit to get into anyway... ;) And if one is in an area where the weather could get nasty fast, having a weather radio for alerts is probably another good practice... :) BM>> LIS a little while back it looked relatively bland from my south- BM>> facing window when the sirens went off but look north -- uh-oh! NB>> And as you said above... wUnderground "told" you to look north... BM> So the Internet is good! As long as it is working... ;) telnet wUnderground was working for a while but got stuck again on the 17th.... BM>> I think I mentioned in an earlier message they're predicting 31ø for BM>> the low on the Saturday before Mother's Day (this weekend as I write); BM>> last Friday we put the window air conditioner in the Master Bedroom BM>> because it was in the 80's! NB>> Just when we think that we're on track for warming weather, it drops NB>> back to cooler, sometimes even wintry weather... that said, starting NB>> tomorrow, highs are supposed to be back in the 60's, so seasonable... NB>> and look to be staying there for the week-out forecast... about NB>> time... ;) BM> Yup; we tend to get some wildly swinging temperatures in the Spring -- BM> in the 70's/80's one week and snow the next. Usually not that extreme BM> but not unusual. BTW we only used the air conditioner that night and BM> the next night -- so far! We're getting highs in the 70's now... maybe into the 80's by the beginning of next week, but I think it's going to be going back to the more seasonable low 70s again after that.... :) BM>> A rip has been temporarily taped up in a window we open for fresh air. BM>> The ones in the slider have been left alone for now. Will have the BM>> screens repaired later; insurance adjuster coming this afternoon. BM>> Siding -- my original thinking was to hire someone to patch -- BM>> something like the repair they used to do for furniture. Guess could BM>> be done -- never saw but that doesn't mean anything. Again the BM>> insurance adjustor will be making recommendations on that. NB>> That's starting to sound more serious... ;) BM> Got the claim back and combination of covering more and less than BM> expected. The inspector said a possibility of near-full replacement BM> cost, we had thought maybe 20% because of the age -- getting about BM> half. Also replacing some dented and cracked vents up there. Metal BM> awnings over the front and side doors will be replaced, as dented BM> window trim and of course the ripped screens. I'm not sure how the BM> vinyl siding was going to be handled -- there's a meeting coming up so BM> will verify then. I also want to ask about having all the screens BM> rescreened while the contractor is here -- we pay for that, of course. BM> Just easier as someone already here doing part of the work. Was all that damage just from the hailstorm....? Or is some of it being wrapped into this claim from earlier damages....? I suppose the contractor can also let you know if your screens really are ready for replacement all around... BM>>> Christmas and birthdays I'm a pain: "What do you want for ?" BM>>> "Ah dunno..." "(Just like all the other askings.)" NB>>> Richard used to always tell my family to get him socks... and of NB>>> course was usually ignored... My youngest sister finally did... :) NB>>> He was glad to get something useful... ;) BM>> I don't mind "non-useful" items -- smallish yard BM>> decorations are nice; indoor items also, just running out of room. NB>> It's that running out of room sort of thing that makes it harder NB>> to think of things one really would like... :) BM> That, plus for me it's the I don't really need anything and when I do BM> it's relatively expensive as far as gift amounts go -- "hey! wanna BM> chip in on the house repairs?" - yeah, right! Yeah, there's that, too... ;) NB>>> I had a doctor back then that suggested I take various Shaklee NB>>> things... after he retired, and I reassessed things, a lot of it NB>>> seemed not to be being all that helpful.... In the meantime, I'd NB>>> become a dealer, just to get a discount on what I was using... ;) NB>>> That didn't last all that long after I decided I didn't need the NB>>> stuff after all... :) BM>> No; being a dealer made sense to obtain the discount but if not using BM>> the supplement not that much of a need to sell and so probably loss of BM>> interest. NB>> I wasn't really selling much anyway.... a couple of friends knew I NB>> was selling it, and once in a while they'd want something... I NB>> certainly wasn't making any money off it... :) BM> Probably the usual for that kind of marketing dealerships: sell to a BM> few others to get a discount on their own purchases. Once in a while you'll get a dealer that really is into selling stuff and actually makes some sort of a living at it... but that certainly isn't me... ;) NB>>> Those puffs cereals, I never did care for... but in thinking back on NB>>> what we had, I did get the mental picture of the big bags of those NB>>> Daddy used to get... ;) Never have done the instant oatmeals... I NB>>> can cook up even the old-fashioned in just a few minutes in the NB>>> microwave, no waiting for hot water... :) BM>> The puff cereals were 'okayyy': IIRC generally too sweet. There may BM>> have been a couple not too bad: OK for the occasional breakfast. NB>> What we had were the non-sweetened type... just puffed wheat or rice NB>> or whatever, no sweetening at all... add your own at the table.... BM> The other day I had the bite-sized shredded wheat topped with a BM> bran-type cereal topped with raisins - tasted fine to me! :) To me BM> the single 'bale of hay' tastes bland plus is a bit of a fight to eat. The raisins would definitely help.... :) NB>>> Most of my breakfasts are involved with traveling of some sort... if NB>>> I'm staying at a Bed & Breakfast, I'm paying for breakfast so will NB>>> have, and enjoy.... or if a hotel has free breakfast as a perk... and NB>>> yes, it can take the place of lunch... :) BM>> True: if part of the accomodation would make sense to have. Sometimes BM>> have breakfast meetings at the store and the quick/cheap pasteries BM>> they usually had were a treat for me. At the hotel in Vienna they had BM>> a nicely assorted offering of which I'd rotate: emphasis on the cereals BM>> one day, another day the bacon/sausage/eggs, another day a different BM>> emphasis. Of course I was there for three weeks; a couple of days I BM>> might have had a little of each instead! NB>> Makes sense to rotate when one is going to be there for a while... was NB>> it always the exact same spread each day, or was there any variation NB>> from day to day....? BM> It was mostly the same. Last year when I was there they (the hotel) BM> had decreased the offerings from the previous two years but was still BM> more than a sufficient choice. The hotel had been part of a BM> mini-chain with two other hotels in Vienna and the other two were BM> holding 'mine' back. When I arrived last year noted a lot of changes: BM> fresh paint, new carpeting, etc. A little difficult to tell what was BM> done in the suites themselves as each seemed to be decorated BM> differently. Might have been that just the public areas needed the facelift... :) BM> Back to the breakfast offerings, about partway through my stay a new BM> offering was added: probably a 3- or 4-oz glass with some sort of a BM> 'mush' in milk or cream, topped with a layer of a darker 'mush', BM> topped with three or four raspberries, blueberries, and sometimes BM> another small fruit. Served cool. OK: I'll try! Yumm!! Complimented BM> to my waitress (was self-serve but the refilled coffee, etc.) -- she BM> was a little puzzled as apparently is a common dish in Austria/Europe BM> and seemed surprised I had never had it. Sounds like a breakfast parfait, using mush instead of pudding... I saw something similar in March at the hotel my brother was staying at here when I met him for breakfast there... :) ttyl neb .... Lets put the FUN back in dysFUNctional --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .