Subj : New normals To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Jul 14 2020 08:59:00 Hi Nancy! 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. NB>> Possible... we'll have to just hold tight and watch... ;) BM> Tons of little details we are unaware of. Could also be streamlining BM> of the line offerings at the manufacturing level to regain the money BM> lost during various shutdowns: the diversion in the production line to BM> the quarterinf machinery may only cost 1› but those pennies add up at BM> the case and shipment levels! NB> Apparently aluminum for soft drink canning is in short supply... NB> at least that was what Richard was told, when he asked why there NB> weren't any cases of Dr Pepper or of Vanilla Coke on the NB> shelves... with the shortage, they're only producing what they NB> see as the most popular varieties/brands... to get the special NB> 3for price he had to get 3 cases of regular Coke instead... That might also explain the empty soup shelves -- they're in aluminium cans also. Haven't heard of any issues locally: there is an Arconic facilty (spun off from ALCOA) a few miles from here -- the eagles and eaglets are on the site. 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! NB>> At least chances are that it won't be moving someplace else when you NB>> do track it down.... ;) BM> True: seems most items having been moved to their new home are at BM> their permanent location -- at least for now: ice cream will be BM> condensed in winter due to cold weather and whatever is more popular in BM> cold weather increased. NB> I don't think that the regular displays of ice cream vary from NB> season to season here... but in the summer or at holiday time NB> (with special flavors) they do tend to show up in the endcap NB> freezers... :) I'm trying to recall Hy-Vee's ice cream section over time -- prior to remodelling. Seems like overall it was reduced but some seasonal specialties helped to fill. Not recalling anything 'odd' in the ice cream section. 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. NB>> I'd be just as happy to have the social distancing no longer so much NB>> required, though... I'd tend to follow it with strangers in any case, NB>> but am missing the contact with friends.... BM> Yes, though one health advantage is the lack of contact with friends BM> who are contacting their friends exclusive of your circle of friends BM> (drawing virtual Venn Diagram!) and if someone is contaminated they BM> don't transfer it in to your portion. NB> There is that. Again, though that would be the case anyway, in NB> "normal" times... :) True, just right now everyone (well, most people) are trying to be vigilant and stay healthy. BM> OTOH contact is also healthy. NB> Yup... particularly for mental health.... Definitely. NB> (virtual Bix 7) 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. :)) NB>> Just a quick summary will probably suffice... ;) BM> Submissions for the race are starting today so will be easier to get BM> the idea of how it's being put together. NB> So they are still going along with doing it.... :) Yes. I was on the website the other day but didn't figure out how the race was to be won. The live race goes up a steep hill, turns right and that part of the course has minor hills and valleys, makes a U-turn, so back along the 'top' section with the minor hills and valleys, left and back down the hill. With the virtual race could do on a treadmill which could emulate the elevations of the real course, could run a flat track in air conditioning -- that seems like cheating! 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. NB>> Or they smile indulgently... look at them, having such fun with their NB>> grandchild.... ;) BM> Probably so: haven't see the people in the white lab coats roaming! NB> Good sign... So far! ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® ¯ (Humans know what ® ¯ to remove.) ® .... Not just a coat rack! --- 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) .