Subj : Re: Resend New normals To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Jun 30 2020 18:44:24 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 23-Jun-2020 17:29 <=- BM>> It seems like the shipping disruption seems to be the more logical of BM>> the options. NB>> Things haven't really gone back to normal in some areas... I notice NB>> some unexpected holes in stock at the store, no real reasons obvious... NB>> like the Wegmans canned quartered artichoke hearts have been out of NB>> stock for over a month now... they've had the whole, off and on during NB>> that time... and another brand is on the shelf, in whole and quartered NB>> (one week, didn't have the quartered for that brand either)... it's NB>> something I like to have in stock for the occasional meal... :) BM> Yes, and I would suspect the food supply isn't going to return to BM> normal for several more months, if not longer. (Just guessing, based BM> on assumptions and very litle facts.) I would guess the sources have BM> been disrupted and so need to get up to speed. Possible... we'll have to just hold tight and watch... ;) BM> I'd guess the government is double-checking food quality. Haven't BM> heard of anything but thinking if a worker tests sick at a processing BM> facility a few prior production runs might be destroyed rather than BM> risk passing on a contaminated product. Possible, also... but, given that plants are a lot more sanitary than they once were, more likely that the prior runs might simply be tested before sending on... but the plant closure, even temporary, would disrupt the supply... BM> As for your quartered artichoke hearts, it would seem logical to guess BM> if whole hearts were available so would be quartered -- just slice BM> before sticking in the can. Probably more than just that -- maybe BM> larger hearts are needed to make the quartering appear right. I think the quartered hearts might be from larger ones... it's also another step in the process... BM>> Yes - I will have to try. For some reason the past few summers not BM>> 'into' homemade iced tea/sun tea. OTOH have occasionally plopped a BM>> tea bag into the bottom of a glass, put ice over, then added chilled BM>> water -- sort of iced tea on the fly! Was mostly to give the water BM>> I've been drinking a different flavour, sort of like Daryl's flavoured BM>> waters. NB>> I tend to get Wegmans flavored carbonated waters... various fruit NB>> flavors and also a very nice ginger flavored one... no sweetening, NB>> real or artificial, in any of them... BM> Daryl just perked up at that one! No Wegmans in his part of the country... and I've found the totally unsweetened ones hard to find other places.... BM> I tend to go cheap and plop a tea bag in the bottom of my glass, weigh BM> down with ice, add cold water, Or add a slash of lemon juice. Am BM> starting to drink more plain iced water as the weather warms up so BM> probably see if I can find a inexpensive flavouring kit -- should be BM> easier with the remodel mostly done! At least chances are that it won't be moving someplace else when you do track it down.... ;) BM>> They seem to have all sorts of possibilities and therories -- at first BM>> dogs couldn't get COVID-19, then a case indicated they could, then BM>> that seemed to be a false positive; not too long ago a different dog BM>> had a definitely positive test. ...At this point I'm petting a dog BM>> being walked if allowed and the dog comes up to me. NB>> We've been joking (mostly) that our cats got covid... one had a dry NB>> hacking cough for a couple weeks or so, the other acted like she'd NB>> lost her sense of taste and smell... both seem to be ok now... they NB>> are strictly indoor cats, so only way they could have gotten it would NB>> have been if somehow we carried it inside on us somehow... and we've NB>> not been sick.... Lots of unknowns here... :) BM> Being inside cats they probably either would have caught an illness BM> from one of you, as you said, someone visiting, a potentially BM> contaminated food the human food inspectors caught and redirected to BM> pet food..... Nobody visits here... ;) And their food hasn't changed... ;) BM> More than likely some sort of 'cat cold' one or the other caught and BM> passed on the other. Now close all the windows, seal the drafts, BM> install an air lock at the door..... That's just a bit of overkill.... BM>>> I'm a little surprised I'm not required to wear a mask also. Certain BM>>> places like doctor's offices require but I haven't been yet. I'm also BM>>> half-surprised when entering larger places like Hy-Vee there isn't a BM>>> temperature-checker person. NB>>> There is a lot of variance between states, and even localities and NB>>> particular stores, as to what protective measures must or should be NB>>> kept, and how much is left to be voluntary.... BM>> Right -- I have been (hopefully) maintaining a healthy distance with BM>> strangers, more as abiding by the now-normal distancing rule. As I BM>> mentioned in an earlier message (which may have been in the lost BM>> packets), I'm more taking the attitude people in general are healthy, BM>> but as it was before, the closer one is the more likelihood of BM>> unintentional transmission. NB>> That's always been the case, for whatever bug is around... a healthy NB>> caution but not paranoia seems to be called for.... :) BM> Yes: it's flu season: wash your hands and cough into your sleeve. BM> Summer cold do's and don't's. COVID-19 is just a much worse version BM> and essentially the same health precautions apply, just this time BM> people got smacked in the face with finally doing them because of the BM> severity. LIS in earlier messages, I'm hoping a good degree of the BM> extra cleaning continues as well as some of the social distancing. I'd be just as happy to have the social distancing no longer so much required, though... I'd tend to follow it with strangers in any case, but am missing the contact with friends.... BM>>>> Sort of along the large gatherings part, they just announced the Bix 7 BM>>>> -- seven mile foot race up Brady St. Hill, up and down along the top, BM>>>> then back down -- will be done virtually this year. Not quite sure how BM>>>> and of the details: as long as done in July (race is usually held the BM>>>> end of July). One comment said all seven miles could be done on a BM>>>> treadmill, NB>>>> That will be an interesting variation... not really the same as a NB>>>> proper race, though.... ;) NB> [snip] NB>>> I suppose... I still can't wrap my head around how that virtual NB>>> race would work out with the audience.... BM>> Nor I -- plus the virtual part isn't all being done at the same time BM>> so not a real-time competition. Will have to see how it is done and BM>> turns out! NB>> And have to let me know... :) BM> OK. :) Hopefully "Ch 6" will broadcast coverage again this year so I BM> can also give that link. (More detail than www.KWQC.com. :)) Just a quick summary will probably suffice... ;) NB>>> At least Autumn's is all in her imagination, not augmented by NB>>> virtual tours.... ;) BM>> So far! And she hasn't done the 'hot lava' game for a while, though BM>> it could simply be on pause and revived in a week or three, like some BM>> of other games. NB>> Just never know what might brewing in her head... ;) BM> Lately with the better weather I've/we've been ponies. Well, I'm a BM> horse and play it between Mr. Ed from the old TV show to an old BM> swayback with an attitude. Autumn's the caretaker, and why is this BM> starting to sound like a Charlie Sheen plot on the original Three and a BM> Half Men??? Autumn will sometimes play a pony. Neighbours probably BM> think we're nuts. Or they smile indulgently... look at them, having such fun with their grandchild.... ;) ttyl neb .... "No, not Tandy!", John said, unrealistically. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .