Subj : flood stuff was: Vacation To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Mon Jun 15 2020 17:34:00 Hi Daryl! BM> In the first floor batheroom there's a small wooden storage cabinet and BM> a 'emergency' roll of toilet paper is kept in there, should not plan BM> ahead or doesn't look like running out. Upstairs bathoom has a BM> free-standing metal toilet paper holder: the roll for use hangs at the BM> top, the spare rolls stack underneath. Run out of paper and it's your BM> own fault as in plain sight! DS> The thing is, if you have cats, you had better hide that toilet DS> paper real well. Otherwise, the cat will unroll and/or shred it DS> to pieces!! Because it's a fun thing to do! My Lhasa Apso (RIP) found out it as fun to slide on the newspaper: she'd get a running start, jump on a section, and wheee! DS> But, it's not fun when you're on the throne, and the lights go DS> out. :P BM> No! LIS some time back, here have a couple of plug-in BM> emergency lights, a few 'regular' lights powered by various UPSs. No BM> emergency lighting in the bathrooms; have taken showers by lantern BM> light after the fact (power had gone out). DS> It's even worse at night. While living alone is where you can DS> poop with the door open, if I have the door to the shower area DS> open, during the day, light comes in to help...but it's obviously DS> not the case at night. The light in the shower area has gone out, DS> and I don't have the means to replace it. Neither bathroom here has a window but like yours during the day there's enough light coming in. If no one around I will urinate with the door open, but for whatever reason it just doesn't seem right to 'go potty' with the door open. Just another personal quirk! BM> Your chill may also have been a reaction to healing from the hernia BM> surgery. If you're cold and putting on a sweater, etc., doesn't work, BM> furnace it is! DS> Not sure. But, my internal thermometer is screwed up, anyway. Should have had that checked while they were inside repairing the hernia. ...Oh, it's not a literal internal thermostat! (I get sooo confused some times!) DS> It's getting near 90 for highs and in the 60s for lows...but DS> temperatures are slowly rising. Summertime, an' the livin' is ea-seeee! BM> The whole thing has a bunch of new's -- sure, have been strikes with a BM> segment of the workforce out, but never to this extent. DS> This makes the Depression of 1929 look tame. It is an interesting time. In some ways not as bad as the Great Depression, in others a lot worse. (I'm glad I'm retired and don't have to worry about a paycheck - as long as the IRA, Social Security and pension keep paying!) BM> Off-hand not sure what stage/step/level Iowa and Illinois are at. BM> Things are more or less in a state of flux as numbers dictate. Even if BM> officially announced an all-clear I'm going to maintain caution for a BM> while. DS> Same here. But, I doubt we'll ever be back to what it was like DS> before COVID-19. Im thinking towards but not like before COVID-19. In some ways for the better: some people, stores, restaurants, etc., were getting a bit sloppy in cleanliness. As for the economy in general, I think it will take a bit for recovery, though sections having problems seem to be countered with new technolgy counterbalancing. BM> Update: The noon news stated Iowa is removing the 50% capacity BM> limitations for restaurants, and several other sites effective today BM> (Friday June 12). They did not mention what's going on on the BM> Illinois side. The hospitals are allowing one adult visitor per BM> patient. two for end-of-life and births. DS> I pray I don't have to go back for medical stuff again until my DS> next colonoscopy in April. I never was that thrilled about going to the hospital one way or another! Glad they're there, of course. BM> I'm curious as to what will happen in the Fall when the television BM> season traditionally starts up again? DS> Reruns of reruns?? :P BM> Some could be worthwhile! DS> Remember the I Love Lucy episode, where she was a cookie plant DS> worker, and started having to eat all of them, as the deal was DS> moving too fast for her?? I'm thinking it was chocolate candy on an assembly line. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnbNcQlzV-4 (They must have uploaded via VCR: resolution is 240!) BM> ... "The Lawrence Welk Show" premiered on ABC-TV on July 2, 1955. DS> I love watching ragtime pianist JoAnn Castle. BM> So a rerun on other than PBS would be of interest! DS> I think YouTube has many of those shows. Probably so; wasn't my type of music generally; there are probbaly a few tunes I'd thumb-up. If someone wanted to watch I'd not belly-ache. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... "The Lawrence Welk Show"'s original title was "The Dodge Dancing Party" --- 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) .