Subj : Resend Re: Eggs! To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sat Jun 13 2020 09:42:00 Hi Nancy! NB> Just waiting for this to cycle back around... ;) Last week, on a NB> "it's too hot to cook, so let's pick up something cool at Wegmans NB> for supper" foray (Thursday, I think), I found those 2-pk NB> packages of hard-cooked and shelled eggs...! There was a whole NB> slew of them in the "quick-grab" dairy display in the front of NB> the store... funny I never noticed them there before... :) NB> Grabbed one package, and as it's good until July 7, haven't done NB> anything with it yet, but expect it to be an addition to a supper NB> salad at some point... :) Horray! I haven't 'explored' to see if Hy-Vee has the hard boiled eggs. Did buy a dozen eggs at 88› -- advertised special, limit of two; got just one dozen as didn't need two. BM>> ...I've also noticed while driving in BM>> my hatchback, trucks and SUVs -- vehicles that sit higher - tend to come BM>> closer to my rear bumper at a stop than cars. Half-thinking might be BM>> because the drivers sitting higher can look down and see the actual BM>> space between us whereas the drivers sitting lower see their hood and BM>> have to guess the spacing. Or could be just when I see my rear view BM>> mirror filled with a reflection of a semi it just looks really close! NB>> Probably some of each... :) BM> There have been times when I've been tempted to step out and check; BM> the problem of course is the other driver would probably think I'm BM> being confrontational just for getting out of the car, much less BM> approaching. NB> Yeah... probably best to just stay put and wonder... ;) Maybe NB> you could set up the experiment with a friend that has the larger NB> vehicle... have them come up behind as at a light, and then go NB> out and see... :) There's also the possibility that some of those NB> higher riding vehicles actually have less stuff in the front of NB> their vehicle than a shorter normal car's hood would extend... :) Possible, and right on probably best to stay in the car. ...Might be able to get by with it in an eccentric manner: use a tape measure. "Whadaya doin'?!" "Just checking for six feet. COVID-19, y'know!" BM>> My other 'problem' is just about everything I need is within a handful BM>> of miles of the house. The I-74 Interstate is only a few blocks away BM>> and there is an interchange convenient but most of what I need is the BM>> opposite direction. ...So putting along at 35 and 45 MPH....! NB>> That would make a difference... :) BM> Yes. My concept of a commute to work is about 12 minutes (well, BM> was!). Boston, Chicago, etc., -- an _hour_??!! Two hours??!!??!! NB> Yeah, around here, too... if something takes half an hour, it's NB> WAAAY out there... ;) Everything is relative! BM>>> So you were a wild woman!! And having a hood lift either means it BM>>> wasn't latched properly or a lot of slack in the mechanism. NB>>> This hood was lifting at the windshield end of the hood, not the latch NB>>> end... I could see into the engine compartment from the driver's seat.. NB>>> it lifted maybe a half-inch or less, just enough to be noticeable... BM>> Better the windshield end! My guess with the «" lift is the hood BM>> wasn't fully latched, or maybe with all that breeze there was enough BM>> play in the mechanism: seems some hoods move over and around vs. just BM>> hinging. NB>> Definitely with the breeze the higher speed was generating, the air NB>> was getting up under the hood... whether it was from the latch or the NB>> grill, I don't really know, but I think it more likely the latter... NB>> As I recall, the latch end of the hood seemed pretty solidly in NB>> place, so likely play in the hinge.... scary enough to get me to let NB>> off on the accelerator... ;) BM> Would seem when moving there was always air rushing under the hood but BM> could see where above a certain speed a spring or something else in BM> the latching assemblies moved/flexed. And yes, that would cause me to BM> slow down too ==> something's not right and so slow down to be a little BM> safer/easier to stop, etc. NB> And just a little concern that in a moment I might have become NB> airborne, even.... Probably impossible under those conditions but seeing a hood rise and one would wonder what else. BM>>> Yes, eating in the car or rewarming at home just doesn't quite do it, BM>>> though as you indicated better than not at all. NB>>> We've been bringing it home, and eating it right away... generally NB>>> hasn't cooled down too much... :) BM>> Right. Autumn's mother forwarded to us an e-mail coupon from a local BM>> pizza chain for a large pizza, bread sticks and pint of ice cream -- BM>> they arrived nice and warm (well, fortunately not the ice cream!) and BM>> so maybe the good delivery experience will break the slump. NB>> And pizza delivery has a reputation for keeping the pizza nice and NB>> warm... they probably have the ice cream pints deep-frozen so that NB>> they'll stay frozen for the trip, too... BM> Yes, cool pizza, especially the initial pie/slice, isn't all that BM> desireable. It is expected to be very warm to hot, The ice cream BM> probably was deep-frozen or at least not freshly scooped out as was BM> rather solid. NB> I can eat leftover pizza warm or cold, depending... but fresh NB> certainly is better nice and warm with melty cheese... :) Agree! I prefer leftover pizza cold just because it never seems to be right when rewarmed: crust gets soggy, hot spots next to cold spots, too hot.... There are devices and techniques to reheat pizza which appear to work, for us generally just something else to store. And often to me the cold leftover slice has a different flavour from when it was originally hot. BM>> Wonder if they'll have paper in a decade or two -- maybe I should BM>> start hoarding?! NB>> I'm sure there will always be paper... at least in our lifetime... NB>> computers were supposed to do do away with paper, and instead there's NB>> far more than there ever was... ;) BM> That's for sure! ...I'm guessing "to get one's attention" it's better BM> to use a paper (so snail-mailed) flyer as is something physically BM> handled; just too easy to glance and hit with an electronic BM> advertisement. NB> Just as easy to glance and toss into recycle, though... ;) But NB> nicely done might be enough of an eye-catcher to at least read NB> once... Or glance at the back: ooo - blank! Slice with letter opener and becomes scratch paper! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Two wrongs don't make a right. Three lefts do. --- 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) .