Subj : Y2K again..? To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Jun 07 2020 10:13:00 Hi Nancy! BM> I wonder how many people do call/write to the Customer Comment sites? BM> And I'd guess 95% of those communications are negative: when's the BM> last time you contacted the folks who made your box of crackers to tell BM> them you really like the taste? NB> I guess I tend not to call unless there's a major problem... ;) NB> Or something that I feel should be called to their attention..... I rarely call/contact also: usually the problem is I just don't like the way they made the product -- and right now I'm thinking food: too spicy, too bland, just not the way I like it, which is personal preference. Did have a package of oyster (soup) crackers which smelt like petroleum (!!). Half-expected to see a blob of machine grease. Returned to the store at the next visit; they either refunded or gave me store credit as I was shopping anyway. As far as clothing, I don't recall ever contacting a manufacturer. Any problems the store either took care of it or someone got it. NB>>>> Yup, it's only a few seconds here as well for the packets... And I'm NB>>>> not dealing with those huge files that might take an hour or more... NB> :) BM>>> No operating system ISO's?! NB>>> Not for me... those are Definitely the province of the Wizard...! ;) BM>> If you're doing ISO's you're probably more advanced than you're BM>> letting on! NB>> Nope, not doing ISO's... I only know of them from Richard's NB>> mentioning them... and somewhat only a hazy notion of what they are... BM> I'll let you keep your hazy concept because I'm not all that sure mine BM> is much better! NB> All I know is that they have something to do with how things are NB> supposed to operate... ;) Unless I'm confusing them with NB> something else... Yes and no: everything has something to do with the way are supposed to operate!! :) Basically it's a image of a disk, though somehow condensed and is able to boot. "It works" is good enough for my needs. BM>> I might be keeping an eye open currently: Hy-Vee is having a frozen BM>> Food Sale (yesteday and today) with everything 10% off and so the BM>> Cornish Game Hen is probably included. NB>> And did you pick up a couple....? I noticed them in the fresh meat NB>> section last week... but not what I wanted to get... don't think I NB>> even noted the price.... :) BM> Nope: I don't think I even picked up enough frozen food on the regular BM> shopping to have made a special trip for the sale worthwhile. Need to BM> buy $10 to save a dollar, and while a dollar is a dollar the main BM> thing was didn't really need anything. NB> Not needing anything is the main thing.... But saving 10 cents on NB> a dollar is still 10 cents... True. Now save up those those dimes to puchase an new freezer to store all the frozen food I bought on sale! BM>> I think the under-counter refrigerator at the hotel room did; don't BM>> recall: I stored my cheese and crackers in there and that was up BM>> front. (Crackers didn't need to be refrigerated, just kept the two BM>> together.) NB>> Makes sense to keep together, especially in that setting... and unless NB>> it was dark in the room you'd not necessarily notice a light in the NB>> fridge.... :) BM> There was plenty of light: don't know what the bulbs were but tiny and BM> bright in recessed ceiling fixtures. I'm thinking a halogen just BM> because didn't seem LED-like. (Desk lamp was LED.) NB> Might have still been some form of LED... I'll have to add that to my list of things to check when I go over again -- doesn't look like this year due to the residual and on-going effects of COVID-19. BM>> Yes, a freezer and if one has the room a second refrig/freezer are a BM>> good idea: mainly to take advantage of sales but also to keep from BM>> overcrowding the main one in the Kitchen. NB>> We "inherited" an old fridge/freezer that our church was tossing since NB>> someone had donated a newer, larger one... It was mostly useful in the NB>> days that we needed bulk storage, like the big tubs (5 gallon maybe) NB>> of peanut butter, etc... also stored in the basement with our upright NB>> freezer... not used at all any more, but could if needed, I think.... BM> Dad loved peanut butter but I don't think we ever bought a gallon BM> container much less five! NB> Dunno if we did it more than once... it kept pretty well in the NB> fridge, though, as I recall... we used more peanut butter back NB> then... and don't even buy it any more or use it... :) Went from mega-usage to none! I like it, just rarely eat it: not a fan of sandwiches -- got "sandwiched out" eating them for lunch at the store. Do like it on toast or an English Muffin every once in a while -- did have it on mu English Muffin this morning. Probably not enough reason for you to buy one of the small jars as you tend to not eat breakfast. BM> As for your refrigerator, assuming stored BM> properly with the door/s propped open for air circulation the only BM> potential problem would be the seals drying out in the refrigeration BM> line allowing the coolant to leak out. NB> I think it's actually still plugged in.... That'll work. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... He's so stupid he thinks boycott is a male bed! --- 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) .