Subj : flood stuff was: Vacation To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed May 27 2020 09:46:00 Hi Nancy! BM>>> Back from my Abbreviated Thursday Morning Meanderings. "Scored" a BM>>> four-pack of Angel Soft toilet paper for a neighbour who has been BM>>> on-line shopping but her store (not a HyVee) is always out of toilet BM>>> paper. I was talked out of putting a bow on the package as a joke. NB>>> [chuckle] Who knows, she might have appreciated the bow.... ;) NB>>> It was a nice gesture/present all the same... :) BM>> Yes, I thought she would think it humourous. Oh well. NB>> Another time, maybe... ;) BM> Hopefully not with toilet paper -- don't want the shortage to last! BM> Did 'have' to go up the paper goods aisle during yesterday's shopping BM> -- supply looked pretty good -- still not at full stock but definitely BM> not almost bare like several weeks ago. Still signage for limit of BM> one. NB> The limits probably do help maintain the reasonable supply... :) Probably, and unless buying for a family of ten with diarrhea one doesn't need more than one multi-pack at a time. BM>>> Possible. Even though automated pick up I'm quite sure there are BM>>> accidents: minor ones from the container being blown over by the wind BM>>> to more major ones like not being held securely by the picker's BM>>> claw-arms. Neither of those are COVID-19 specific; I would have wanted BM>>> to clean up after returning from the route. Sanitizing before entering BM>>> the trucks would help prevent spread amongst the workers but doesn't BM>>> take three hours, plus the start of the route was also advanced. NB> NB>>> I was thinking sanitizing after the route... which NB> should still be NB>>> sanitized when they start the next day's NB> route.... BM>> True -- to me would make more sense to clean after the day's route BM>> than to leave it overnight to 'fester'. Personally I'd probably do a BM>> touch-up job before starting my route: wipe the steering wheel and BM>> control handles but more of a dusting as opposed to a deep cleaning. NB>> Besides, if you were the last one in the truck the night before, how NB>> would it have picked up any viruses overnight after your deep clean...? BM> There is a possibility: virus hitchhiking on a breeze from opening the BM> garage door or maybe even the heating system. So I'm thinking a BM> thorough cleaning when returning -- probably somehow isolated from the BM> parking lot where the other trucks have been cleaned -- and a touch-up BM> in the morning. NB> NOt that the touch-up is a bad thing, but I think the hitchhiking NB> viruses aren't all that likely.... I'm thinking also not too likely. Still, because of the high level of unknown about COVID-19 it seems the better safe than sorry rule applies. NB> We had a little rain, but nothing all that significant.... and NB> currently are having abnormally hot weather... the record for NB> today is 90ø, and there's a good chance we could meet or beat NB> that... much too hot for May... another couple of days in the 80s Bleah!! on the 90ø! Supposed to get into the low 80's today -- past few days has gotten into the upper 80's which was too hot too suddenly. Week out forecast for 70's, but potentially rainy, which isn't helping with getting the roof replaced, etc. BM> BM>>> And there are reasons to want the weaker repeater station: a while BM>>> back something happened and Channel 4 (the main station) was on but no BM>>> data: the carrier was there but no audio nor video. The repeater BM>>> station at Channel 47 was broadcasting properly. NB>>> Yes... at that point, you'd want the option to choose the working NB>>> station, for sure.... :) BM>> It does make watching the show more entertaining! NB>> To say nothing of not being a waste of time.... ;) Better to have the NB>> options available... :) BM> Generally yes. :) NB> Unless one really doesn't care about whether or not one sees the NB> program... :) For you, egh; for me, sometimes an odd-ball form for entertainment! NB> ... "I am Hamlet, Prince of Borg. Prepare to be... or not to be." Decisions, decisions! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... "Indecision may or may not be my problem." - Jimmy Buffett --- 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) .