Subj : Resend SpringHasSpru To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Jun 23 2020 17:29:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>> And I heard that Midland Michigan is having their own flooding issues NB>>> on top of the COVID-19... and needed to evacuate people to shelters... NB>>> which needed to follow the virus protocols.... Hopefully the danger NB>>> has receded in your part of the world... BM>> Haven't heard of any flooding though the past week's rain and drizzle BM>> have made the ground saturated. The sump pump here has been working BM>> though I think finally got caught up yesterday. NB>> Sounds promising then that this year won't be a repeat of last year for NB>> you guys... BM> Yes, appears we got by with minimal flooding, quite sure much to the BM> relief of people and businesses who were affected last year! Did have BM> a few road closures, which is pretty much normal. NB> I'm sure that WAS a relief.... :) Definitely! BM> ...One year did have The Father's Day Flood: wasn't due to the BM> Mississippi flooding but a torrential downpour. Power company had cut BM> power to a substation to keep it from "blowing up" if the water got BM> into it from a smaller river. Lack of power to run pumps and shop vacs BM> created one set of problems, a small issue compared to having to BM> replace a shorted-out substation if they had left the power on. NB> I'd guess they warned the customers of the necessity...? I would assume so but at the store (in the Mall) we didn't find out why the power failure until later. May have been announced on the radio, may have called the Mall Office and the information didn't get passed on or passed on in time. Just all of a sudden it got really dark! BM> This past weekend was nice! :) Started off in the mid-50's, highs in BM> the upper 70's/low 80's. NB> Yes, last weekend was quite nice here, too... this weekend has NB> been rather hot, but not quite as muggy as it might have been... NB> that said, though, we really are starting to need rain... grass NB> is drying up, I've noticed.... It's been a little wet here the past several days. Rained a bit the Friday night before Father's Day, Rained that Saturday night. Father's Day was on-and-off rain: fortunately during the day mostly off but that night it rained, I think sometimes hard. Monday on and off rain all day and evening. Got another ¬" last night. Grass needs mowing, weeds need plucking; things are still damp because of the humidity from the rain. BM>>>> I'm not a big fan of having the same meal the following night; a one BM>>>> night interval is sufficient. NB>>>> Richard's not keen on that either... so we do tend to space out the NB>>>> leftovers... and/or present them in a different fashion... ;) BM>>> Yum: turkey! Yum! Turkey leftovers! Yum - turkey pot pie. Um - BM>>> turkey soup. Ah - I think I'm growing feathers! NB>>> You should have had other meals interspersed with the turkey ones... BM>> Chicken!! NB>> Um... maybe not... maybe pork or beef...? :) Hamburgers, even... :) BM> Now that's an idea! NB> Overdosing on turkey leftovers one year is what turned my NB> great-niece into a piscatarian... she eats veggies, eggs, dairy, NB> and fish... no poultry or meat... not even into high school NB> yet... :) Could be a form of animal rights thinking but otherwise can sort of see her aversion. LIS some time back I had the hungies and O.D.'d on spray-can cheese. Had on crackers; no problem with crackers but since then can't eat Blue Cheese (was the flavour). Still munch down other kinds of cheese, though tend not to be overly adventurous and stick with the common offerings. NB>>> We start with less to begin with... don't do the full turkey anymore NB>>> (and the last time we did, it was for my whole extended family, so NB>>> there weren't any leftovers to speak of), but instead just do a turkey NB>>> thigh or two.... BM>> Right: at this point we're still hosting a bit of extended family and BM>> want to have at least one meal each to take away. NB>> So there are always plans for most of what ever is left... :) BM> Yes. On-purpose buy a larger turkey than could possibly be eaten as BM> the intent is to give away most of the leftovers and have some for us. BM> Minimal cooking does come in handy! NB> That works nicely, then... :) They get to enjoy the meal again in a day or two, plus a day off from cooking. NB>>>> ... Chicken Tikka Masala not fish 'n chips is the national NB>>>> British dish. BM>>> That could probably lead to a few trivia contest wins! NB>>> If it actually is accurate... I do have my doubts as to whether it's NB>>> true or just a joke... BM>> I'm thinking the latter: BM>> Chicken tikka masala is a dish of chunks of roasted marinated BM>> chicken in a spiced curry sauce. The sauce is usually creamy and BM>> orange-coloured. There are multiple claims to its place of origin BM>> such as the United Kingdom and Indian subcontinent. It is among the BM>> United Kingdom's most popular dishes. NB>> Popular, yes, but not replacing fish and chips necessarily... ;) BM> Right - popular but not #1. NB> Have to admit, we tend to go more for various other ethnic NB> cuisines than the usual Western fare... ;) It's unique and different from the day-to-day! BM>> Sounds like the tagline had a bit of confusion. ...Not like I've BM>> never had that problem! NB>> I'm sure that it wasn't really intended for actual truth, just to NB>> get a rise out of people... a related one is below... ;) NB>> ... Vindaloo has replaced haggis as the national dish of Scotland BM> Sometimes the editing distorts the truth. Not necessarily of the BM> tagline but the source(s) of the original information. Could be in a BM> certain city the chicken is preferred over fish, vindaloo over haggis BM> (well, that one I could easily see! ). NB> More likely it's that there's a not too insignificant group that NB> has discovered Indian food... and there are a number of Indian NB> and Pakistani restaurants in the UK, since those were at one time NB> part of the British empire.... ;) And haggis is basically a sort NB> of sausage, you know... ;) From what little I know of it very coarsely ground as opposed to a smoother grind of the breakfast sausages, and almost puree of hot dogs. BM> Just like some medical BM> blurbs seem to indicate one thing the original article the opposite. NB> Now that is a case of needing to go back to the original... :) Depending on how much and what was trimmed could possibly be a very good thing to do. NB> ... Alternate Zucchini Use #18: Organic bowling pins. 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