Subj : Covid-19 was: To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Jul 07 2020 09:51:00 Hi Nancy! BM> Guess I'l continue replying for a bit: was going to go outside to do BM> some yardwork but a quick drizzle so things are damp right now. NB> Might as well stay in... ;) I don't recall what the rest of the day's schedule was but if too hot and/or too humid probably did and probably worked hard on something that didn't show! NB>> And seems that instead of having big graduation parties, they're NB>> making up for it with setting off fireworks... every night...! Some NB>> of them have been seeable from our windows, and rather impressive, NB>> if probably not exactly legal.... ;) BM> That would seem to be a valid reason, though not legal. Most of our BM> graduations have occurred and I don't recall hearing any fireworks BM> then. Here just started about a week ago, but more isolated 'tests' as BM> opposed to a group mini-display. I haven't been looking out the BM> window at the right time to see. NB> Next door, with their high-school graduate, had a string of NB> parties to celebrate... At one of them, they had the now-legal NB> ground fireworks which they set off from the front walk... I NB> could see them out the window, being only next-door... :) Here Iowa allows whatever the next classification of fireworks is above sparklers; Bettendorf allows July 3rd and 4th from 2 p.m. until 11 p.m.. plus for New Year's. The evening of July 3rd was noisy; July 4....!!! I'm quite certain because of no public displays anyone interested in having their own did so! We went outside for a while and surrounded! :) The only problem was with the trees surrounding the property most of the displays were 'window blinded' by the leaves and branches but still got a decent show. And some were in between the trees so a clear view. This morning (7th) the morning show meteorologist did comment there were a few isolated fireworks still last night -- with the glance to the anchor at the news desk about 15' away of no wonder we're tired (they probably start their shift around 3 a.m.). NB> And then, on the 4th... there were fireworks everywhere... all NB> through the neighborhood.... all day and well into the night... NB> :) From the sound, some were legal... from the sight over the NB> trees, some not... I don't think there were any illegal fireworks around here, or at least none that stood out. A couple years ago someone on the next street over shot off what seemed like an M80 in the early evening; that one brought people to the front doors trying to figure out what exploded! We were half-expecting to hear either hear a car racing off to the hospital and an ambulance coming. NB>>> At this point, she's a friend, too... but mostly it's that she does NB>>> know how urgent my need is... And now, finally, it has opened, and I NB>>> had my first rub in three months Saturday, with another scheduled for NB>>> this Saturday... I normally have them weekly, to keep pain under NB>>> control... BM>> Glad that is finally able to done! As an isolated event between the BM>> two of you probably would have been perfectly healthy, just almost BM>> impossible to make rulings to allow this site to open and another not BM>> to, even though essentially the same, so everyone of a category lumped BM>> together. (Sloppy example: thinking Shop A has no kids at home but BM>> Shop B does so the possibility of bringing home and therefore spreading BM>> the coronavirus.) NB>> Or just the therapist sees a lot of high-risk clients, vs not so NB>> high-risk.... She'd chickened out about a week before the shutdown, NB>> as the virus was arriving... Possibly she could have done a rub or two NB>> "under the radar", not at the office, but doing a home visit, but she NB>> wasn't ready to risk things either.... Anyway, now we are back on a NB>> weekly schedule, thankfully... :) BM> Yes, IMO not worth risking the license -- permanently or temporarily. BM> As for 'chickening out', maybe, maybe not. She may have foreseen the BM> issue and simply took action before others did. NB> No, that was her words, when she called the morning of to cancel NB> that last appointment.... OK -- sometimes one gets a premonition or something or something just doesn't feel right. She seemed ot be right to close, even though a week early by standards (being ahead of everyone else isn't necessarily a bad thing!). BM>> Right: the less to move the easier and faster it is. A while back was BM>> chatting with the 'chips guy' -- he is from Frito-Lay and stocks BM>> daily. Did mention he, an assistant and probably his boss would be BM>> doing the move -- he wasn't looking forward to it. NB>> At least it should be a once and done.... then just stocking in a NB>> different section of the store thereafter.... :) BM> Yes. Frozen is looking more full but still holes. Did notice one BM> strange thing yesterday: frost! Several of the cases had a pretty BM> good amount of frost build-up. My guess is a combination of air leaks BM> in the doors (by the frost pattern), humidity, and the new cases being BM> set a little too cold. NB> Were they already stocked...? Or still mostly empty...? that NB> could have an effect, too... Both! Some cases were full, some empty, a couple/few partially stocked. Most cases didn't have the frost. During the past week's meandering did notice only a few of the cases had a frost build-up and that was way down from the previous week. NB>>> At least you finally found them... :) And before long, customers NB>>> and employees alike will get used to all the new locations... ;) BM>> Right. Just a matter of getting used to the new placement. The BM>> raisins were probably always part of "Dried Fruits", just not labelled BM>> as such, or I remember their location with the 'wrong' landmark BM>> (baking). NB>> Probably dried fruits were next to baking items at that time... maybe NB>> on the other side of the canned pie fillings or something... ;) BM> Pretty much yes. I think the flours and canned pie fillings are BM> together (make sense) and the next major section down has Jell-o and BM> instant puddings. I think the dried fruit section is more with the BM> granola and healthy snacking type section. Still need to learn the BM> new layout but getting there. When in doubt look at the signage -- BM> overhead ones are reasonably specific and then the signs hanging over BM> the shelf detail. If that doesn't work find an employee (not too hard BM> to do!). NB> Eventually you'll be familiar where everything is again... until NB> the next time things get moved around... Yes - and yes! ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® ¯ (Humans know what ® ¯ to remove.) ® .... Did you hear about the paper company that folded? --- 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) .