Subj : Y2K again..? To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Jun 17 2020 08:11:00 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..... BM> I rarely call/contact also: usually the problem is I just don't like BM> the way they made the product -- and right now I'm thinking food: too BM> spicy, too bland, just not the way I like it, which is personal BM> preference. NB> And there it's mostly if you don't like it, don't bother getting NB> it again... :) Pretty much! Thinking specifically of a canned 3-bean salad we had last night. Beans were nice and crisp, just the liquid was bland, so the beans didn't have thay 'snap' flavour. Never occurred to call their customer line (would guess it's printed on the label), just more "won't buy those again". BM> Did have a package of oyster (soup) crackers which smelt BM> like petroleum (!!). Half-expected to see a blob of machine grease. BM> Returned to the store at the next visit; they either refunded or gave BM> me store credit as I was shopping anyway. NB> Yes, I remember that story coming up before... :) Obviously not NB> a regular occurance.... :) Just the once. Have bought that brand of oyster crackers again; though did avoid for the first few purchases and then then next purchase or two sniffed the package before placing in the cart. BM> As far as clothing, I don't recall ever contacting a manufacturer. BM> Any problems the store either took care of it or someone got it. NB> Yup, most problems there can be handled at the merchandiser NB> level, not the manufacturer... :) Which is good: sending a package of petroleum-smelly crackers to who-knows-where would cost more than the crackers did! 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... BM> Yes and no: everything has something to do with the way are supposed BM> to operate!! :) Basically it's a image of a disk, though somehow BM> condensed and is able to boot. "It works" is good enough for my needs. NB> OK, that is something different from what my hazy idea was... I NB> guess I was thinking of something else... ;) From what you NB> describe, it's a fancy magic spell... Sort of! 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 a NB>> dollar is still 10 cents... BM> True. Now save up those those dimes to puchase an new freezer to BM> store all the frozen food I bought on sale! NB> Hopefully you had room in your existing freezer(s)... ;) Yes - reasonably good at playing "Freezer Tetris"! NB>>> and unless it was dark in the room you'd not necessarily notice a NB>>> light in the 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... BM> I'll have to add that to my list of things to check when I go over BM> again -- doesn't look like this year due to the residual and on-going BM> effects of COVID-19. NB> It's a shame how much stuff has had to be cancelled or put on NB> hold this year.... hopefully by next year things will indeed be NB> settled down again properly.... :) Yes.... I was checking something else and appears the hotel I have been staying when visiting my Aunt in Vienna is open. Didn't check on flights -- last I checked there were none out of Boston and only 3x/wk out of New Jersey. NB> And we also tend not to do sandwiches for lunch... The last small NB> jar of PB we bought went stale/rancid long before we finished NB> it... haven't bought any since... except to donate to Food NB> Cupboards or the like... The idea of a jar of peanut butter lasting long enough to go bad is odd to me! I don't make PB/PB&J sandwiches but do peanut butter on crackers (generally Saltines), sometimes on toast or English Muffin. Of course what one person likes another doesn't necessarily, 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.... BM> That'll work. NB> Yup. :) Hmmm: could store all that hoarded toilet paper in there! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Apr.15,1817: first American school for the deaf opened in Hartford, CT. --- 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) .