Subj : Re: Resend Minced Garlic To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Jun 30 2020 21:45:24 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 23-Jun-2020 17:29 <=- NB>>>>> Yup, a little auto-pilot is good, except when the wrong auto-pilot NB>>>>> kicks 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.... ;) BM> That's true! Great things have happened unexpectedly! Serendipity... 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 get NB>> somewhat learned.... generally when we buy for Tika, she gives explicit NB>> directions on what she wants that week... especially on things like NB>> bananas... we do pretty much know how to choose on her behalf now... :) BM> Right: if one has the same shopper (or vice versa the same customer) BM> they probably quickly learn preferences. Tika's specifications on BM> bananas are helpful probably not only for the bananas but could be BM> extended to other foods: she'd rather have a smaller amount than BM> larger, if not to specifications just skip all together, etc. Yup... that sort of thing.... :) 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 totally not NB>> planned action that in retrospect even the kid was a bit taken aback NB>> at... ;) BM> In this specific instance probably not as I do recall a couple/few BM> times during that test sessions of whoever the person in front of me BM> was turning around and asking/demanding my paper. That movement and BM> maybe me whispering 'no!' probably alerted the teacher something was up BM> and so saw the other person turning around, grabbing my paper, and me BM> sitting there with a dumbfounded look. I was sorta thinking that the actual grab was unplanned, that he was expecting you to just hand it over.... NB>>> ... Fatal mouse error. (B)ury or (R)eplace? BM>> Dead mice - yuck! NB>> At least it was probably still intact.... There was a period of NB>> time when the then resident cats here would routinely catch mice NB>> indoors... we could tell which cat had caught which mouse, as one would NB>> eat the head, and leave the rest, the other would bite off the tail NB>> end, ditto... I don't remember any more which did which, though... ;) BM> Semi-gross but a natural event. Hopefully a recent mouse catch isn't BM> what caused the cats their cough and taste-lack episode. Nah... haven't been any mice in the house for probably a couple years now... and neither of these two has ever eaten any mouse or part thereof here... caught and killed, but left entire... and usually, I think, merely scared the mouse to death by playing with it... ttyl neb .... Lots of people out there with a B.A., M.S., or PhD but no J.O.B. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .