Subj : flood stuff was: Vacation To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Jun 26 2020 15:53:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>> one could get the 20-pack or the 36-pack (depending on the store)... BM>> True: quite sure a large family would have been buying the 20- or 36- BM>> (or more!) packs prior to the shortage. Of course a potential problem BM>> of timing: going to purchase during the shopping trip planned for just BM>> after the shortage-hoarding hit. "Four pack? We have that many BM>> bathrooms!" NB>> They would have had to hit more than one store, I guess... or go NB>> multiple times to get past the limits.... thankfully that now seems to NB>> be behind us again, though... :) BM> True and true. If had cash could have given the few dollars to each BM> family member and they could have gone through to make the 'necessary' BM> individual purchases. Passing back the credit card might be a little BM> obvious, but so would a 6-year old buying something besides candy or a BM> toy. NB> Kids grow up fast in crisis situations...? ;) One could also NB> set things up as separate orders (as we've done when buying for NB> other people), which could work within reason... ;) Yes and yes. Might be a little obvious one was trying to circumvent the limitation if only the toilet paper was being rung up separately -- so on TP with eggs and milk, another TP with bread.... Just don't pull randomly from the cart, at least make it look like there are separate lists! BM> (As a cashier I would have let the credit card passing go BM> through, unless prohibited by some company rule. When I was working BM> there was a promotion to get a [forgot dollar amount] gift card with a BM> $100 purchase [whatever the qualifiers were]. I was helping a customer BM> in Luggage, she bought three $100+ suitcases. I ended up ringing her BM> out; rang the three suitcases, so $300+, dawned on me could maybe ring BM> them up separately so could get three gift cards -- asked her if she BM> wanted me to try and warned her the credit card might flag the repeated BM> same-dollar purchases as well as the gift card might flag. She agreed BM> we could try, I voided the original three item sale, tried the BM> individual sales -- all went through, so she got three gift cards BM> instead of just the one. She was a happy customer.) NB> That was a nice fortuitous situation... :) Yes. :) LIS, I did make sure she understood there was a possibility the system could deny and I couldn't override. (CYA!) BM>> They're talking about hitting 90ø today (Saturday June 6th) and BM>> somewhere in the low 90's on Monday -- nothing significant about next BM>> Monday except that's when we're supposed to be getting the roof replaced BM>> (hail storm damaged). Wednesday and Thursday they forecast rain from BM>> the remnants of (Tropical Storm) Cristobal. Roof isn't leaking, just BM>> want to get it done. And maybe a little emphasis because 'everyone' BM>> around here has been or having their roof redone from the same storm. NB>> The hail was an equal opportunity destroyer, after all... ;) BM> Around here seemed to be! The only homes that seemed to escape BM> needing a re-roof is if the roof went east-west instead of north-south. NB> So the storm hit those roofs differently... Seems to have. Does make some sense: hail hitting the westward-facing roof straight-on (would sail over the eastward). North- and southfacing roofs the hail would have hit but maybe more like a rock skipping over water. No updates for the remainder of the repair here. BM>> Sort of along those lines we've been watching the Teachers Tournament BM>> on _Jeopardy!_ -- that was taped last February (!) -- three or four BM>> months ago. The 'big deal' on that bit of trivia (they put up an BM>> overlay announcing the detail) is there is an audience - if current BM>> would not be an audience. NB>> Gives an clue how far in advance these shows are taped.... ;) BM> Some of the summer shows are on now and so they must have been BM> recorded several months ago. BM> Sort of possibly figured out Jeopardy!'s reason for taping so early: BM> in the past have done tours like to the Galapagos Islands so BM> 'obviously' not doing the studio stuff then. NB> As I understand it, there usually is a concentrated time of NB> taping a whole season of shows.... one right after another all NB> within a day or a few days... Yes -- and for game shows makes sense to do several shows in one day while the crew is there, studio set up, etc. Current Jeopardy! is showing reruns of how the more winning contestants got to where their final score was obtained. Had read where one of the considerations was taping the show without an audience. With Jeopardy! the TV viewer is usually unaware there even is an audience (though sometimes they laugh or shown), I'm thinking at least let the family and friends of the contestants be there, spread out. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Be sure to finish speaking before your audience has finished listening. --- 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) .