Subj : Re: SpringHasSpru To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Jul 10 2020 16:46:54 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 30-Jun-2020 08:38 <=- BM>>> cut power to a substation to keep it from "blowing up" if the water BM>>> got into it from a smaller river. Lack of power to run pumps and shop BM>>> vacs created one set of problems, a small issue compared to having to BM>>> replace a shorted-out substation if they had left the power on. NB>>> I'd guess they warned the customers of the necessity...? BM>> I would assume so but at the store (in the Mall) we didn't find out why BM>> the power failure until later. May have been announced on the radio, BM>> may have called the Mall Office and the information didn't get passed BM>> on or passed on in time. Just all of a sudden it got really dark! NB> Now that would be at best disconcerting...! ;0 Did the Mall have NB> emergency lighting, at least...? BM> Barely: the store had the battery-powered emergency lights poking out BM> of the ceiling but so had some light. And of course being a big-box BM> store no windows except for the various door entries. So at least you weren't in pitch-black dark... :) Just close... ;) BM> I don't recall about cell phone lights -- seems this occurred before BM> cellphones were common. I wouldn't be surprised... ;) BM> We did break out a few store items: battery-powered TV to find BM> out what was going on (phones didn't work because they were powered by BM> a computer and it's UPS didn't last long). Flashlights from Hardware. Necessities... ;) BM> Last day of June as I write this. Woke up to 73ø, supposed to get BM> into the very very upper 80's -- overcast currently as there's a BM> thunderstorm (wow! did you see Daryl's ears?!) system in SE Iowa, BM> (Yesterday was essentially clear and got into the mid-90's.) The local BM> TV forecast is saying the rain will stay south and we'll get maybe half BM> an inch; better thas nothing. And now it's the 10th of June... and things are swelteringly hot... supposed to finally get some rain tonight or tomorrow... and the heat advisary lifts tonight finally... Not that it'll be much better, except in comparison... "only" mid 80s for highs for a few days... and then it looks like it'll climb right back up again... ;( NB>>> Overdosing on turkey leftovers one year is what turned my great-niece NB>>> into a piscatarian... she eats veggies, eggs, dairy, and fish... no NB>>> poultry or meat... not even into high school yet... :) BM>> Could be a form of animal rights thinking but otherwise can sort of BM>> see her aversion. LIS some time back I had the hungries and O.D.'d on BM>> spray-can cheese. Had on crackers; no problem with crackers but since BM>> then can't eat Blue Cheese (was the flavour). Still munch down other BM>> kinds of cheese, though tend not to be overly adventurous and stick BM>> with the common offerings. NB>> Yes, I remember that story... There might be a touch of animal NB>> rights, but I think mostly it was just that she got the aversion to NB>> the taste and idea from the overdose... She's a rather articulate NB>> young lady... :) BM> Yes, I was thinking similarly. The idea of only eating something BM> (for lack of better words right now) 'expelled voluntarily' like milk BM> and eggs does sort of make sense. Vegetables and fruit theoretically BM> don't have a soul like animals, so that has some logic to my way of BM> thinking also. When I get to fish I have a bit of a confusion as to BM> me they're animals, so have a soul (and one even a sole! ) So BM> while I go back to gnawing on my turkey leg I'll let them not eat what BM> they're uncomfortable eating. If we're eating together and they prefer BM> I don't eat the turkey I'll have the fish. My only vegetarian friend doesn't mind other people eating whatever, she just has an aversion to the taste of meat, especially chicken... she also has some aversion to rice... ;) BM>>>> Right: at this point we're still hosting a bit of extended family and BM>>>> want to have at least one meal each to take away. NB>>>> So there are always plans for most of what ever is left... :) BM>>> Yes. On-purpose buy a larger turkey than could possibly be eaten as BM>>> the intent is to give away most of the leftovers and have some for us. BM>>> Minimal cooking does come in handy! NB>>> That works nicely, then... :) BM>> They get to enjoy the meal again in a day or two, plus a day off from BM>> cooking. NB>> A family holiday tradition, even.... :) BM> Sort of! Still do the 'early holiday' as was a lot easier for us BM> working retail, plus the kids could spend Christmas with grandparents, BM> boyfriends' families. now their own. Yup... juggling all the ddifferent aspects of families for the holidays can be fun.... ;) NB>>> Have to admit, we tend to go more for various other ethnic cuisines NB>>> than the usual Western fare... ;) BM>> It's unique and different from the day-to-day! NB>> And stuff I'm less likely to cook, too... :) BM> Yes, even something relatively simple like Fried Rice takes special BM> ingredients and cookware. Exactly.. :) NB>>> More likely it's that there's a not too insignificant group that has NB>>> discovered Indian food... and there are a number of Indian and NB>>> Pakistani restaurants in the UK, since those were at one time part of NB>>> the British empire.... ;) And haggis is basically a sort of sausage, NB>>> you know... ;) BM>> From what little I know of it very coarsely ground as opposed to a BM>> smoother grind of the breakfast sausages, and almost puree of hot BM>> dogs. NB>> More like the coarser grind of the dinner sausages... ;) There is a NB>> fairly wide range of grinds... and I tend to prefer the coarser NB>> grinds myself... ;) BM> I was probably thinking kielbasa: three or four brands available and BM> one is rather mushy and so-so on flavour. Not a mushy as in wet BM> oatmeal, is firm just too finely ground. Of course that's the one BM> that comes up on sale frequently! Trying to get it to move, eh...? Not really a bargain if you don't care for the taste and texture... ;) BM>>> Just like some medical BM>>> blurbs seem to indicate one thing the original article the opposite. NB>>> Now that is a case of needing to go back to the original... :) BM>> Depending on how much and what was trimmed could possibly be a very BM>> good thing to do. NB>> And at the least, a caution to go back to the source before NB>> swallowing new information... ;) BM> Which probably very few people will bother to do. Sort of a fine line BM> between laziness and trust: if it's been printed why not believe what BM> it says? Because not everything printed is true.....!?? NB>> ... MAC error msg: "Like dude, something went wrong" BM> That didn't quite make sense at first: I'm still bringing BM> up the various computers back on-line: changing the LAN IP address from BM> the DSL-issued 192.168.0.x to the fiber optic's 192.168.4.x, so the BM> 'MAC' got interpreted as the one attached to network indentification as BM> opposed to the Apple computer initially. ...More coffeeeeee!! Different MAC.... :) BM> ... Reading glasses will tend to disappear like single socks in the BM> dryer. That's why they sell them in lots of 6, 10 and 12.... ttyl neb .... Let him who takes the plunge remember to return it. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .