Subj : Re: Minced Garlic To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Mon Jul 13 2020 16:40:32 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 01-Jul-2020 09:05 <=- 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! NB>> Serendipity... BM> Plus attitude. "We're lost!" can result in " now we're going BM> to be late" to "let's enjoy the surprises!". If there's plenty of slack in the schedule, the latter is the better way to go... :) If one is going to be late for something relatively critical, it might be less of a grumble and more of a worry.... 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. NB>> I was sorta thinking that the actual grab was unplanned, that he was NB>> expecting you to just hand it over.... BM> Probably so, or at least initially. "Gimme your paper!" "?? No." BM> "Gimme!" "No!" Yup. 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. NB>> Nah... haven't been any mice in the house for probably a couple years NB>> now... and neither of these two has ever eaten any mouse or part NB>> thereof here... caught and killed, but left entire... and usually, NB>> I think, merely scared the mouse to death by playing with it... BM> And so the mouse has decided while a nice place those cats don't make BM> good hosts and so the mouse leaves, leaving a poor review on "Squeek" BM> (the rodent version of Yelp). Fine by me... We didn't want their business anyway... ;) ttyl neb .... A stitch in time would have confused Einstein. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .