Subj : Condolences, etc. To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Dec 12 2021 08:04:00 Hi Daryl! BM> Where he is now just gives him some more to complain about! "Too hot! BM> Too cold!" (Cue the bears in Goldilocks!) Personally I'd be bored BM> with constant comfortable temperatures. DS> Some folks are never satisfied or happy. It's one thing to be not satisfied/happy and do something to get to satisfaction/happiness but quite another to wallow in it. BM> Just still might get carded! DS> I got carded years ago when I went down to the Train Station DS> into a place called Slick Willy's (in place before Bill Clinton ). I was going in there to play pinball, eat pizza, and drink root beer...and DS> I still got carded. They probably thought your beard was fake and you were just trying to look older! ...They probably had a policy to card everyone regardless of appearance. A place here has a policy of carding if look younger than 40. In the early 70's my parents and I went to a restaurant; waitress asked Dad if he wanted something to drink - he ordered something non- alcoholic, then asked me -- I was underaged so just ordered an iced tea r something. My Mother's turn (I don't recall why went last) -- she ordered a wine or something alcoholic so got carded as the waitress said she look under 21! She would have been almost to 41! BM> Probably more of an withdrawl than an actual Scrooge morphing. DS> Reminds of the scene from Caddyshack, where the guy's "digging DS> for gold". :P Or just pointing to their brain! BM> I'd probably be looking into a Meals on Wheels type of programme. DS> The problem is, you have to have Medicaid for that. The only DS> Medicaid I have pays the monthly premium for Medicare...but DS> that's it. So, in essence, I don't have Medicaid. Well, I'm not sure that's correct. Sure, you may have zero dollars left after Medicaid pays Medicare but you still have Medicaid. Another thing is per https://agingarkansas.org/services/meals-on-wheels/ I didn't see anything (though didn't dig) about Medicaid/Medicare required. Over 60, etc: Our home-delivered meals are meant to help those unable to leave their homes due to disability, illness, or frailty, and who meet the eligibility requirements. You must be 60 years or older and/or homebound and unable to prepare your own meals. Might be worth some on-line time checking further; there's an application form someplace on the site, as well as a general inquiry form at the bottom of the page. BM> May as well make it tasty! Some pills, etc., have a BM> aftertaste. DS> Too bad you can't chew them like candy. You don't want to chew some medication -- probably coated so start to dissolve after the stomach. Might be able to get some pills coated with a flavouring by the pharmacy -- thank Mary Poppins for that suggestion: "just a little bit of sugar helps the medicine go down" (too bad was for diabetes!!). BM> Misbehaves does it?! Generally not a good idea to leave things alone BM> too long when cooking: the pan will boil over onto the stove, the BM> toaster will burn the bread, microwave will explode. That happened to BM> me at the store: heating up my usual "Rice-and" dinner ([leftover] BM> meat, vegetable, rice -- cheap, easy to make-ahead, tasty), turned BM> around to go back to my table to get water or something - muffled boom! BM> Turned around -- thought the lid of my bowl had somehow resealed and BM> blew off. Microwave was dark. Other guy in the Break Room said there BM> was a bright flash at the 'boom!. DS> Or there was a fire that started. I unplugged the microwave and called a manager. BM> Plus adds a bit of flavour, so could have a ham/balogna/whatever BM> sandwich and adding a different condiment would alter slightly -- maybe BM> not a 'new' flavour but at least different. DS> It is that...but I get burned out on the same thing day in and DS> day out. Yu: BTDT! BM> I'm thinking more of a looks/appearance thing: generally a car or two BM> parked on the front yard looks a little tacky. There's a similar BM> ordinance here, maybe a little stricter as not allowed to park a BM> trailer/camper in the driveway or street for more than a few days. BM> (Not certain of the specifics as don't have one.) A few of the BM> neighbours in the extended neighbourhood do -- will see their campers BM> parked in their driveway or curbside mysteriously appear for a few days BM> and then disappear for a while. Same with boats. DS> Why does one of the "You Might Be A Redneck" jokes come to DS> mind?? No idea! BM> I sort of remember those. Grab-and-go type meals could be very handy BM> for busy times at the office, etc. ...Not sure applicable during a BM> pandemic lockdown -- trudge-trudge-trudge all the way to the kitchen! DS> If I don't have to go out, I stay at home. And, with an DS> unsettled and stormy weather pattern forecast this next week (as DS> if the tornadoes this past Friday night weren't bad enough), I'll DS> be staying home much of the week, and the BBS is likely to get a DS> vacation, as it were. I have to release a square dance DS> publication on Wednesday, so I'm hoping that the weather will DS> cooperate in that regard. They have been forecasting a high of 69ø for next Wednesday (December 15th)! I don't recall the normal high but around 40ø. Did have a storm system pass though here Monday: gusts to 46 MPH with come downpours of rain. BM> I'd probably use a paper napkin over toilet paper, though if at a BM> public rest room and out of towels then toilet paper is great! DS> The Toilet Paper...The Scoop On All The Poop. I wonder if the toilet manufacturers call their employee newsletter that?! BM> Right. Some people can have the same thing day after day; I got burnt BM> out on sandwiches for lunch at the store even though I mixed it up: BM> balogna one day, leftover chicken chunks another, etc. DS> Variety is the spice of life. There's something to be said for consistency and another for variety. Personally I like a little of both, so one moderates the other. (Do everything in moderation, including moderation!) BM> "Wow! Nothing to pay for a year!!" Last couple/fews cars I've had to BM> buy had a no-payments-for-3-months sort of deal. I started paying BM> almost immediately: had the money available, plus cuts the overall BM> interest on the total loan. (I also paid twice a month - half with BM> each paycheck. Not as big a glup, plus nibbled away at the interest and BM> paid of early because of '4-4-5': every third month had an 'extra' pay BM> period.) DS> For now, it doesn't look like I'll have to sell the car. A DS> fellow square dancer and his wife took me to and from a dance DS> last night, as I hadn't been out at night since the eye surgery. DS> While there was still some glare (especially from the halogen DS> headlights), it wasn't as bad as before. Yet, I don't drive at DS> night, unless I have to. I don't have any facts to back up but seems the original (several years back) halogen, maybe LED headlights were effectively super-bright on the eyes. Something was altered and they are still bright but not nearly as blinding. Anyway, my 'trick' is to look to the right side of the lane instead of the center when a bright light approaches. Can still see the road fine, just technically would not be as detailed: peripheral vision vs. center vision. BM> Heck, I can do that here! No, not 'exhibitionist' nor 'kinky' -- we're BM> on two different levels of the two-story house! DS> Or like the snakes with HISS and HER bathrooms. 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