-=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 20-Jul-2020 09:11 <=-
NB>> Just a reassurance of sorts... the last messages I sent were
NB>> indeed on the 13th, which you answered on the 15th... So you
NB>> shouldn't have missed any... This past week got incredibly busy,
NB>> along with being too hot and humid, so I've slipped a ways
NB>> again... Hopefully things will be more normal this week.... :)
BM> OK - was wondering what happened. Was rather hot and humid here too;
BM> a lot of nothing got done. <g>
It keeps being too hot and humid here.... plus now I have something
medical going on which is also being rather draining.... no, not Covid,
I tested negative for that a week ago, in preparation for a
gastroscopy.... hopefully this will be resolved sooner than later... :)
In the meantime, expect my appearances here to be spottier than usual
for a while.....
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.
NB>> The strangest things can trip one up... ;)
BM> Though once figured out usually makes sense. In this case the thumb
BM> has two names, really three: thumb, finger, and digit (the latter
BM> wasn't brought up!). I did do a quick test last week -- wasn't so much
BM> to test the thumb-counting but I sort of felt like a little math fun
BM> and she did get the answers right.
Good... she learned the concept.... ;)
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 on 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.
NB>> Yup, the subset has already learned the lesson... ;)
BM> Hopefully! Can still see situations where there just isn't spare
BM> money to take advantage of sales, or to take advantage of the sale one
BM> needs to not purchase some other item.
It partly is more of a lifestyle than anything else.... ;)
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.
NB>> I think actually they have similar lifespans...
BM> So much for that example!
Live and learn... ;)
BM>> Plus some people are living paycheck-to-paycheck and buying for now
BM>> is hard enough, much less buying for now and later.
NB>> Although, if they can put aside enough to take advantage of the
NB>> sales and/or buy in bulk, it actually can end up stretching that
NB>> tight budget... :)
BM> And possibly realize there is a light and the end of the long tunnel:
BM> scrimp and save now to have a more relaxed finanacial future later.
BM> ...I'm having problems as can come up with issues creating problems getting
BM> out of the hole, plus what works for one person doesn't necessarily work
BM> for another.
Exactly....
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.
NB>> But at least they are available should you want them... :)
BM> Yes: have a few in the cabinet (took advantage of sales!) so should
BM> get in the mood for a hot soup meal in the middle of the hot and humid
BM> summer it is there, and make a note to replace when on sale again.
That works... :)
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.
NB>> No that wasn't bad at all, really... :)
BM> Right. Haven't needed to go back for another haircut yet. <checking> Hmm!
BM> It's been about a month and a half; probably another two or three weeks.
BM> Not growing too fast.
Been back yet...? <G> (Seeing as it's been more than a month.....)
ttyl neb
... Old bakers never die, you just can't get a rise out of them!
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