Subj : Resend Minced Garlic To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Jun 23 2020 17:29:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>>> Yup, a little auto-pilot is good, except when the wrong auto-pilot NB>>>> kicks in.... ;) And too much change-up is stressful, as the mind NB>>>> never does get a chance to settle in.... ;) BM>>> Right. Some auto-piloting is good to take care of the routine but one BM>>> does want to live and be aware of that moment. NB>>> And not wonder, now just How DID I get here... ;) BM>> Went straight a bit, turned right at what at the time you thought was BM>> your exit, straight, a left, two rights and another left.... NB>> And ended up at the wrong destination... just a very familiar one... ;) BM>> Guess while I'm here....! NB>> Unless you are late for the proper destination... ;) BM> Late being better than not at all! Of course some people fail to BM> agree with that detail, no matter the reason. NB> Sometimes it depends on the situation.... ;) That's true! Great things have happened unexpectedly! BM> BM>> I don't know but would make sense. And of course there's the question BM>> of how much of a substitution? Use the out of Hy-Vee Green Tea from BM>> the previous message as an example. Would I go for a different brand, BM>> or wait until next week when possibly back in stock, or go for a BM>> variety pack, or.... NB>> It's that sort of consideration that makes me figure I might as well NB>> be doing my own shopping... or I might have to make some sort of a NB>> decision ahead of time for each item on the list... Might as well NB>> just go and do it myself... BM> I'd also just as soon do my own grocery shopping. I can understand BM> others' reasons as to not do their own shopping, just for me makes BM> more sense to do my own. Might change my mind if I had had a personal BM> shopper, or one assigned to me and eventually we trained each other on BM> my preferences. ...For some reason thinking a bunch of bananas. I BM> have been going for the cheaper store brand just to save 20-30› per BM> pound. To me a banana is a banana. There are times when I buy the BM> shorter/smaller bananas over the regular sized ones because the BM> shorter ones are more ripe and I would like to start eating them BM> tomorrow morning. Other times I'll buy a slight green regular-sized BM> bunch because I have a banana or two still left and so don't need the BM> new ones right away. Try training a shopper for that decision! NB> If one shops for someone else regularly, that sort of thing does NB> get somewhat learned.... generally when we buy for Tika, she NB> gives explicit directions on what she wants that week... NB> especially on things like bananas.... we do pretty much know how NB> to choose on her behalf now... :) Right: if one has the same shopper (or vice versa the same customer) they probably quickly learn preferences. Tika's specifications on bananas are helpful probably not only for the bananas but could be extended to other foods: she'd rather have a smaller amount than larger, if not to specifications just skip all together, etc. BM>>> Possibly. Seems more the taken aside and talked to and possibly BM>>> detention as I don't recall anybody in class suddenly missing. And I BM>>> didn't suddenly get picked on because of the incident. NB>>> I guess the kid figured out that he'd been in the wrong and did shape NB>>> up, then... :) BM>> Possibly. LIS, I don't remember anything unusual/different following BM>> I don't even remember avoiding or confronting anyone for the cheating. NB>> Just as well to just let it ride, especially since it didn't happen NB>> again... BM> Right. In one way a compliment to want my answers. The cheating BM> never occurred to me again; I don't recall any sort of retaliation by BM> the person who grabbed my paper, so maybe the teacher's punishment was BM> sufficient, or remorse kicked in..... NB> Or something.... Possibly the grabbing of the paper was a NB> totally not planned action that in retrospect even the kid was a NB> bit taken aback at... ;) In this specific instance probably not as I do recall a couple/few times during that test sessions of whoever the person in front of me was turning around and asking/demanding my paper. That movement and maybe me whispering 'no!' probably alerted the teacher something was up and so saw the other person turning around, grabbing my paper, and me sitting there with a dumbfounded look. NB>> ... Fatal mouse error. (B)ury or (R)eplace? BM> Dead mice - yuck! NB> At least it was probably still intact.... There was a NB> period of time when the then resident cats here would routinely NB> catch mice indoors... we could tell which cat had caught which NB> mouse, as one would eat the head, and leave the rest, the other NB> would bite off the tail end, ditto... I don't remember any more NB> which did which, though... ;) Semi-gross but a natural event. Hopefully a recent mouse catch isn't what caused the cats their cough and taste-lack episode. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... There is no substitute for genuine lack of preparation. --- 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) .