Subj : Re: Isolation Diary To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Sun Jul 19 2020 23:51:36 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 03-Jul-2020 08:35 <=- Just a reassurance of sorts... the last messages I sent were indeed on the 13th, which you answered on the 15th... So you shouldn't have missed any... This past week got incredibly busy, along with being too hot and humid, so I've slipped a ways again... Hopefully things will be more normal this week.... :) BM>> So things are essentially back to normal. Do have what appears to be BM>> a double batch of messages from you this morning: ten messages, which BM>> I'm guessing is your customary five per day run times two. Yesterday BM>> morning looks like there was a problem transferring messages at the BM>> levels above me. Still ended up being a rather large packet for me. NB>> Right... that would have been two days worth... 5 per packet... :) BM> And I figured that out without resorting to scratch paper! Very good... ;) BM> Oh, we figured out why Autumn was having a little bit of problem doing BM> arithmetic. Sometimes counting on her fingers, which is fine. but BM> seemed anything with adding five or more she'd give an answer one BM> short (so if the answer was supposed to be 9 she'd answer 8). The BM> problem was the thumb: "count on your fingers": she wasn't counting the BM> thumb as a finger! She hadn't realized 'thumb' is the name of that BM> finger! Discovered that shortly before she went home Wednesday. The strangest things can trip one up... ;) BM>> Celebration time!! With the talk of a possible second wave of BM>> the coronavirus might be a good idea to buy a few things ahead just in BM>> case. Not hoarding, but more along the lines of keeping an extra small BM>> pack of toilet paper on hand, Kleenex, paper towels, etc. Don't wait BM>> until on the last roll/box has been opened. Same for some basic food BM>> that's storable. Buy on sale, of course! NB>> I'll admit to staying a little farther ahead than I used to, with NB>> things still somewhat unsure... Making sure prescriptions are NB>> reordered as early as possible, staying a full box/tube ahead on OTC NB>> meds and getting the replacement as soon as the new one is opened... NB>> that sort of thing... Paper products I was already way ahead on just NB>> from previous buying on sale, and in bulk.... BM> Right: one of the 'detail things' that may occur from the pandemic BM> lessons is 'plan ahead'. We're (generic) used to going to the store BM> and buying what we just ran out of now. Great for convenience, BM> not-so-great on cost savings. Then there's the subset we (you and I BM> tend to fall into this group) where we try to plan ahead: I don't need BM> toothpaste now but my brand is one sale/has a coupon so if I buy it now BM> I'll have it when I need it later, plus I saved some money. Yup, the subset has already learned the lesson... ;) BM> That buying-ahead plan doesn't always work: maybe the pre-cooked and BM> shelled eggs would keep but the raw ones in the carton would not. I think actually they have similar lifespans... BM> Plus some people are living paycheck-to-paycheck and buying for now BM> is hard enough, much less buying for now and later. Although, if they can put aside enough to take advantage of the sales and/or buy in bulk, it actually can end up stretching that tight budget... :) NB>> Update, the Beef roast au jus finally made it back on the shelf, so I NB>> grabbed one... Still no beef tips with gravy, the shelf tag was turned NB>> backwards... hope it eventually comes back too, as that's what I NB>> prefer for a base... But I figured the other would work in a pinch... :) BM> Hooray on the beef roast au jus!! ..."Have a sale: ding!" ==> BM> Computer or manager should re-order. And that might trigger the check BM> if should re-order the beef tips when they are available. ...Tag's BM> backwards, so Wegmans is thinking they will be back, just a temporary BM> supply issue. Yes, that was my take on it... and as it happened, I think it was the next week or so that the beef tips were also back, before I'd used the au jus package, so I got it anyway... They seem to be coming in properly again now... :) BM>>> Yes, possible to substitute Cream of Asparagus for the Cream of BM>>> Mushroom in certain recipes. I'd guess the C of A label would even BM>>> have a recipe suggestion and perhaps even substitutions. NB>>> Probably... ;) BM>> The canned soups section still has a lot of holes but looks like they BM>> are getting better supplied. I tend to cut back on my soup consuption BM>> in Summer because it's hot -- yeah, don't have to heat it up so high BM>> to serve, just still hot. NB>> I don't use canned soups much at all anymore anyway... so haven't NB>> really been monitoring that area... :) BM> OK. I noticed last Thursday the canned soups at Hy-Vee as almost full. BM> Up until last week was definitely on the empty side with lots of BM> holes, this week on the fuller side with only a few holes. ...Didn't BM> create any: not really a hot soup eater in Summer except for the BM> occasional tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwich for dinner. But at least they are available should you want them... :) NB>>> Sounds almost like heavy equipment back-up alarms... just slightly NB>>> different on different machines, maybe... :) BM>> Well, the "BEEEP" and "BOOOP: were somewhat similar-sounding to the BM>> back up alarms, just lower in tone (most back-up alarms have a bit of BM>> a piercing quality). Also singular: most back-ups go BM>> 'beeep-beeep-beeep' and the tones I heard were always singular. BM>> Haven't heard since; casually looked for a why/source but didn't find BM>> anything. Another mystery! NB>> Maybe extra-terrestials paid a brief visit...? BM> Checking out the new I-74 Bridge and updating their version of Google BM> Maps! Maybe... BM>>> I'm thinking 'yes' to the extra stylist on duty to handle the backlog BM>>> load. Could have been their normal staffing as normally I don't go on BM>>> Thursdays. As for social distancing the chairs in use were semi- BM>>> clustered together but there were clear barriers hanging between the BM>>> chairs, plus stylists usually rent or are otherwise assigned a BM>>> specific chair so probably not able to spread out further to use the BM>>> other chairs. I didn't feel uncomfortable and no one else seemed to BM>>> either. NB>>> I'd guess that people that would have felt uncomfortable wouldn't NB>>> have ventured out yet... :) BM>> That might be a statistic being overlooked! NB>> Or possibly actually being taken into account... They might have put NB>> on even more people if they thought everyone that had missed their NB>> haircuts and stylings were going to be coming in right away... :) BM> True. I'd guess a combination: numerous customers rushing out to get BM> 'sheared': "I can't wait any longer!", so hopefully extra stylists BM> available. LIS (I think) the first couple/several days there was a BM> wait of up to an hour. Actually not bad considering each appointment BM> is around 20 minutes, and now add time for the COVID-19 sanitizing. No that wasn't bad at all, really... :) ttyl neb .... The polls show 8 out of 5 schizophrenics agree! --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .