Subj : Re: Proper Shutdown
To   : Barry Martin
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Jul 28 2020 10:11:00

Barry,

 DS> summer, folks say they see "heat lightning" from the hot weather.
 DS> It's actually lightning from a thunderstorm, that's too far away
 DS> for thunder to be heard.

 BM> This event was almost for-certain right here!  Both of us recall the
 BM> brightness was in front of us as the 'back' was darker.

  Light travels faster than sound, but it also lasts longer.

 BM> Yes, if that's the only piece of mail and it's already been taken care
 BM> of no need to rush down to the Post Office.  ...Will be 'interesting'
 BM> to see what we get for mail Monday.  Saturday's (yesterday's) mail
 BM> notification thing said we were to get two bills and an unknown
 BM> (usually is magazines or weekly micro-newspaper-mostly-grocery-ads
 BM> thing).  No mail delivered here, saw the postman walking along the
 BM> street which probably means Linda to the north didn't get any mail
 BM> either (the carriers usually cut across the yards).  Sort of watched
 BM> across the street and most on that side got 'missed'.  Could see if no
 BM> deliveries at all because of the heat but there were a couple.

  Yesterday, a $6 clinic bill showed up. I may wait until Monday to pay it.
But, I basically am "broke" until Monday. At least I have plenty of food
and drink here.

 BM> Some U.S. airlines are pretty much cramming everyone together 'as
 BM> needed' while other airlines are not selling the center seat to give
 BM> some distancing.  AFAIC a better option but still not enough.  Right
 BM> now if I _had_ to fly I'd be choosing the airline/flight with the empty
 BM> center seat.

  The groping at the airport is the worst. I'm waiting for them to strip
search everybody. :P  

 BM> Yes: a tip should be extra, on top of; as you said, for better-than-
 BM> expected service, attitude, etc.  OTOH I suppose not giving the staff a
 BM> full paycheck and expecting the amount missing to be made up by tips is
 BM> one way to keep the servers 'hungry' and so encourage them to give good
 BM> service (as opposed to plopping the food before the patron) -- I don't
 BM> know: I never worked in a restaurant.....

  So many today think that is a demeaning occupation. But, if you can "cut
the mustard, and stir the mayo", especially in management, you have a 
future, as everyone has to eat.

 BM> Agree.  I'm tipping _my_ server, not the one in the next aisle over.
 BM> OTOH there are some restaurants where the servers work together: one
 BM> server may take the order and be the main server, when the food comes
 BM> out two or three other servers help the main server present the food.

  You have a point there.

 BM> One McDonald's used buns with sesame seeds, the other plain.  One used
 BM> sliced onions, the other chopped (and so more like a relish).  Couple
 BM> of other differences.

  Admittedly, I do like their french fries.

 DS>   Well, she was invaluable...as a user, Co-Sysop, and wife. I
 DS> sure do miss her. :'(

 BM> She sounds like she was a very nice person.

  Very much so.

 BM> I'm not into the graphic stuff nor animal cruelty though can watch a
 BM> 'dissection' and not get queasy so I get the "is it over yet?" "Nope!
 BM> ...  OK, you can open your eyes now".

  I remember in biology class in high school, this girl at my table was
squeamish (I'm the one now), so I had to prick her finger for her for
getting a drop of blood. Mind you, this was almost 45 years ago.

 DS>   Classified information?? :P See the tagline below.
 DS> ... Washington, DC -- America's work free drugplace.

 BM> One would have thought with the cameras and C-SPAN watching they would
 BM> have changed to get work done; instead seems to be a lot of showboating
 BM> going on.

  Ratings and money go hand in hand.

 BM> ... "Can you tell me when my past due amount is due?"

  You don't know?? :P

Daryl

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