-=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 11-Jul-2020 09:40 <=-
BM>>> I would assume so but at the store (in the Mall) we didn't find out why
BM>>> the power failure until later. May have been announced on the radio,
BM>>> may have called the Mall Office and the information didn't get passed
BM>>> on or passed on in time. Just all of a sudden it got really dark!
NB>> Now that would be at best disconcerting...! ;0 Did the Mall have
NB>> emergency lighting, at least...?
BM>> Barely: the store had the battery-powered emergency lights poking out
BM>> of the ceiling but so had some light. And of course being a big-box
BM>> store no windows except for the various door entries.
NB>> So at least you weren't in pitch-black dark... :) Just close... ;)
BM> It was the 'just close'. And once we figured out it was going to last
BM> a while we just of settled in and got comfortable, including bringing
BM> over some chairs from the Furniture Department. (At least no one got
BM> too comfortable by bringing over a lounger!)
Well, a lounger would have been a lot of effort... <G>
BM>> We did break out a few store items: battery-powered TV to find
BM>> out what was going on (phones didn't work because they were powered by
BM>> a computer and it's UPS didn't last long). Flashlights from Hardware.
NB>> Necessities... ;)
BM> Pretty much, and the battery-powered television probably was on display
BM> so couldn't have been sold as new anyway, so mainly batteries and
BM> flashlights as the expenses.
And the store wouldn't begrudge you those, given the circumstances... :)
BM>> Last day of June as I write this. Woke up to 73°, supposed to get
BM>> into the very very upper 80's -- overcast currently as there's a
BM>> thunderstorm (wow! did you see Daryl's ears?!) system in SE Iowa,
BM>> (Yesterday was essentially clear and got into the mid-90's.) The local
BM>> TV forecast is saying the rain will stay south and we'll get maybe half
BM>> an inch; better thas nothing.
NB>> And now it's the 10th of July... and things are swelteringly hot...
NB>> supposed to finally get some rain tonight or tomorrow... and the heat
NB>> advisary lifts tonight finally... Not that it'll be much better,
NB>> except in comparison... "only" mid 80s for highs for a few days...
NB>> and then it looks like it'll climb right back up again... ;(
BM> Beginning of last week was hot and somewhat humid here; storms
BM> Thursday night and cooler by about ten degrees. What was sort of odd about
BM> yesterday was it was rather windy but clear. Seems when
BM> not-a-cloud-in-the-sky there is barely a breeze; probably the 'sucking
BM> in" of the air to make up for the storm.
Possible.
BM>> Yes, I was thinking similarly. The idea of only eating something
BM>> (for lack of better words right now) 'expelled voluntarily' like milk
BM>> and eggs does sort of make sense. Vegetables and fruit theoretically
BM>> don't have a soul like animals, so that has some logic to my way of
BM>> thinking also. When I get to fish I have a bit of a confusion as to
BM>> me they're animals, so have a soul (and one even a sole! <rs!>) So
BM>> while I go back to gnawing on my turkey leg I'll let them not eat what
BM>> they're uncomfortable eating. If we're eating together and they prefer
BM>> I don't eat the turkey I'll have the fish.
NB>> My only vegetarian friend doesn't mind other people eating whatever,
NB>> she just has an aversion to the taste of meat, especially chicken...
NB>> she also has some aversion to rice... ;)
BM> Hadn't heard of an aversion to the taste/consistency of rice though
BM> could understand: some rice does have an odd 'tongue reaction'. As
BM> for your friend, seems more of a response to what she interprets as an
BM> undesirable taste in chicken and meat; guessing fish might be OK
BM> because either they live in water as opposed to on land or just the
BM> diet is different.
I forget if she's willing to eat fish or not... I know she's at least
ovo-lacto-vegetarian.... :)
BM>>> They get to enjoy the meal again in a day or two, plus a day off from
BM>>> cooking.
NB>>> A family holiday tradition, even.... :)
BM>> Sort of! Still do the 'early holiday' as was a lot easier for us
BM>> working retail, plus the kids could spend Christmas with grandparents,
BM>> boyfriends' families. now their own.
NB>> Yup... juggling all the ddifferent aspects of families for the
NB>> holidays can be fun.... ;)
BM> We more or less pick a date, usually well in advance so everyone
BM> working can get the day or most of the day off.
That's pretty much how my family does it, too... :)
BM>> I was probably thinking kielbasa: three or four brands available and
BM>> one is rather mushy and so-so on flavour. Not as mushy as in wet
BM>> oatmeal, is firm just too finely ground. Of course that's the one
BM>> that comes up on sale frequently!
NB>> Trying to get it to move, eh...? Not really a bargain if you
NB>> don't care for the taste and texture... ;)
BM> Right. I suppose other people prefer that taste and consistency to
BM> the one we prefer -- just another to have different brands available
BM> and to try different brands if "close but no cee-gar".
Doesn't hurt to have variety... ;)
NB>>> ... MAC error msg: "Like dude, something went wrong"
BM>> <chuckle> That didn't quite make sense at first: I'm still bringing
BM>> up the various computers back on-line: changing the LAN IP address from
BM>> the DSL-issued 192.168.0.x to the fiber optic's 192.168.4.x, so the
BM>> 'MAC' got interpreted as the one attached to network indentification as
BM>> opposed to the Apple computer initially. ...More coffeeeeee!!
NB>> Different MAC.... :)
BM> Anyone thinking 'and cheese'?!
Probably someone is... but not me.... ;)
BM> As for the computers here, everyone is up except for my old laptop. Haven't
BM> tried yet, and I'm not expecting any problems. Some of the
BM> 'old laptop time' got tied up with the newer notebook and some problems
BM> I sort of rediscovered it had. In general the new notebook works fine,
BM> Main issue is its WiFi connection drops after a few minutes (something
BM> overheats?). Not due to the connection as tried with the fiber optic
BM> one. For now the notebook is just going to be tethered to Ethernet.
BM> The old laptop has worked fine and is the one I brought to Vienna, so
BM> no issues with WiFi.
You'll get it all sorted out.... ;)
BM>> ... Reading glasses will tend to disappear like single socks in the
BM>> dryer.
NB>> That's why they sell them in lots of 6, 10 and 12.... <G>
BM> Only works if the entire pack or at least several match.
Oh, I was talking about the packs of reading glasses, not of socks... ;)
BM> OTOH Autumn does like to wear 'blended' socks: same shade of purple
BM> and pink, or both socks will have unicorns, for instance.
So they match, just not quite as expected.... ;)
ttyl neb
... Anything that's not nailed down is a cat toy.
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