Subj : Resend Re: Shingrix was: weather To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Sat Jun 13 2020 17:33:56 I was almost thinking I should wait a day or so to make sure you were getting these resends, and then saw this afternoon that you'd answered the first set of the resends... so it appears that things are flowing properly again... :) So here's the third set of 5 missing messages... ;) Original Date: 03 Jun 20 15:17:25 Subj: Re: Shingrix was: weather -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 22-May-2020 11:44 <=- BM>>> Yes; the clearance carts will probably be replaced by Mother's Day BM>>> options -- is this Sunday as I write. NB>>> Or end up being clearance for Mother's Day, afterwards... ;) BM>> Probably so! ...Will probably find out tomorrow; NB>> And was there any Mother's Day clearance...? BM> Probably a little but nothing really sticks in my mind (darn Teflon BM> coating!) ) Not too much general clearance and only a couple items BM> of potential interest. Things somewhat normal despite the abnormalities.... At Wegmans, they've moved stand-alone refrigerated display cases around the area where the tables, chairs and self-serve hot/cold foods used to be... the area still seems somewhat empty, but not totally now.... provides a reason to wander through it anyway... BM>> I should have checked out the meat counter and section better but on BM>> cursory glance nothing unusual caught my eye so also would guess an BM>> adequate supply, possibly because of the limit and possibly the BM>> end-of-current-supply hadn't hit. Where I did notice holes was in BM>> frozen, especially certain pizza brands and Stouffers lasagna meals - BM>> maybe the same supplier? And pizza in general might have a bit of a BM>> run as quick and easy to prepare. NB>> Hard to tell what drives the shortages... fortunately for us, anything NB>> that we want/need seems to be in supply, or has a viable substitute... BM> Yes. Hy-Vee had a Hormel pork loin or tenderloin on a buy one get one BM> free, so two for $8.99. Would have bought but was told not to as BM> sufficient in the freezer. Print ad (about 12"x12") has almost the BM> entire page with a meat ad partially geared towards next weekend's BM> Memorial Day weekend. Would guess next week's heavier on the grill BM> items, though if the 4-packs restriction is still in place "could be BM> interesting". Well, people aren't supposed to be having large parties yet, anyway... :) BM> Haven't heard anything from my dentist's office -- no idea if BM> they are open yet and as nothing bothering me won't call. If haven't BM> heard anything by mid-June will inquire -- that's about three weeks BM> from now. I'm thinking it's about time to check my dentist and eye doctor's offices... I heard on the radio that dentists were being allowed to open now around here.... BM> Semi-tangent: the shop where I go to get my hair cut has been swamped BM> with an hour waiting list. Other shops the same -- I'll just wait a BM> bit more before trying. That is totally expectable... everybody's had to wait for the reopening... and very few would have taken the scissors into their own hands... ;) BM>> I'd presume the logistics on dealing with the backlog have been BM>> discussed with the various health organizations and possibly insurance BM>> companies, to smooth out the patient load, else there's going to be a BM>> bit of a dry spell in six months, a year, 18 months.... NB>> Depending on how far out they were actually booking... everybody might NB>> just get pushed down the line however long this gap ends up being, two NB>> months, three months... people that normally come in every three months NB>> probably just skip that one appointment and continue from there... NB>> anything critical may be being done by phone or telemedicine during the NB>> hiatus.... BM> Yes; probably more that way on the skip an appointment if already BM> scheduled or the post_COVID-19 appointment would end up close to the BM> usual cycle. Don't know of anyone who has done a tele-medical BM> appointment but have seen advertised as an available option locally. Richard had a phone appointment as a regular follow-up with the primary doctor office, I know of someone who used the telemedicine to "visit" a dermatology specialist for a skin rash on her hands (that one was by computer), and I know of someone who contacted her doctor to get antibiotics prescribed for a bronchitis attack.... And I've also seen local advertisements for it at a nearby urgent care center.... BM>>>> ... Q: Should I have a baby after 35? A: No, 35 children is enough. NB>>>> At least my sister stopped at 10.... BM>>> I'm an only child so sounds - - - frightening!! NB>>> As oldest of 8, 10 or even 12 doesn't sound that terrible (although NB>>> more than I'd want)... but 35 sounds a bit frightening even to me. BM>> Need a bus just to transport the family, maybe a couple of vans. NB>> When we were up to 5 or 6 kids, and the stationwagon died, Daddy NB>> bought his first VW Microbus (essentially a van)... we went through 3 NB>> or 4 of those before the kids were mostly out of the house.. ;) But NB>> only one at a time... ;) BM> As long as it wasn't yellow! (Here comes the mini school bus!) The BM> microbus does make sense: I don't think that much bigger footprint BM> than a car but seats more. ...Well, maybe the same, just easier. The first one was olive green (two-tone, dark/light), the second red and cream or white, the third was orange (and maybe cream or white, also)... The VW had it's engine in the rear, with a in-car luggage area over it, and nothing really in front, so, yes, it was about the same footprint as a station wagon... and did seat a couple more.... Back then one didn't have to have seatbelts in the back or car seats, so one could squish in more kids... BM> Only real experience with a large family is _The Brady Bunch_ TV show BM> and think at one time they had a station wagon - I don't recall a van BM> - but what occurs on TV isn't the same as in real life. I think you are right about the station wagon... but I didn't see all that many episodes of that... :) BM>> Small diner's kitchen for cooking, even then in shifts. A whole wing BM>> of the house just for laundry and off-season clothing storage. Urgh!! NB>> Some things to keep in mind, though... there are some economies of NB>> scale, and less likely that there would be a super-abundance of NB>> clothing per person... And, unless each pregnancy was a set of NB>> quadruplets or more, chances are that the older kids would be well NB>> out on their own long before the youngest were even born... And in NB>> any case, the older kids help out with the younger ones... ;) A table NB>> to seat 37 people would, though, need a rather large room to hold NB>> it... ;) The cooking might not need to be done in shifts (just no NB>> short-order cooking), but the eating might need to be... BM> Yes, assuming single pregnancies and once a year that's around 30 BM> years. (OMG!) Actually for 35 kids, that would be 35 years.... but more likely with that many kids at least some of the births would have been multiples, at least twins... My sister with 10 kids had them every 2 years or so, so over a span of about 20 years... :) BM> The older children would help take care of the younger - BM> and eventually their own at the same time. By the time they got married and had their own kids, they'd be leaving the household, and the next set of "older" kids would be in turn taking care of younger ones... True, though, that even after I'd left home, Richard and I did help some with my youngest siblings still, especially as they got into their teens... :) BM> Shift-eating would almost be a requirement. Actually, probably not... just not quite such formal seating as one would expect in a smaller family... I'm thinking of family get-togethers for Thanksgiving or Christmas even now, where there might easily be more than 40 or 50 there.... we don't eat in shifts, things just aren't always all that formal is all... ;) BM> Passing down of clothes, toys, etc. also pretty much a requirement. Some sharing of toys... clothes can only be passed down so far before they wear out... :) Even as oldest, though, I rarely had any new clothes except as Christmas presents... ;) BM> ...Two two-tier bunk beds per bedroom; probably a house BM> with five or six bedrooms - some have moved out. One does get creative... Basements and attics get turned into bedrooms, sometimes more than one per... :) There are some larger homes, though... Friends of mine here in Rochester at one time owned a home that had three floors plus attic and basement... the second and third floors each had four bedrooms and two baths... they only used four of those as actual bedrooms, the others became office space or hobby space.... they only had three kids... :) ttyl neb .... Windows Error #015: Unable to exit windows. Try the door. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .