Subj : Various Things (2) To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Feb 01 2023 08:48:00 Hi Darylý! BM> Hi Daryl (n)! <== math joke DS> If the metal deal was blowing in the wind, would it be known as DS> a sine wave?? At least it's being friendly! BM> Then we would be working at an inn in Vermont! DS> And, probably making more money than you are now. P Gaa! I took a pay cut to retire! BM> Gee, I wonder how they create the electricity? Personally I'd prefer BM> some sort of redundancy: here the furnace, water heater, dryer and BM> stove are natural gas (NG) -- if the power goes out so does the furnace BM> (blower and safety electronics require electricity) but can light the BM> oven and burners manually for heat. Electric stove and no power -- BM> brrr!!! DS> Yep...these environmentalists don't think of such. Or the fuel source to generate the electricity in the first place. (Personally I'm glad the verious emissions have been reduced, I don't think they can be completed eliminated.) BM> I'm thinking the medical aspects initially but quickly switch over the BM> the joke aspect. Think of the savings on toilet paper! DS> And, there's scented toilet paper...like that makes a DS> difference!! Or, for political season, have pictures of all the DS> candidates on the toilet paper. This could turn into a smear campaign! And think of the new meaning of 'campaign trail'!! BM> Should ask if some of your medications could be liquified or creamed: BM> latter as a sandwich spread! DS> I wish some of them were smaller in size...some can be hard to DS> swallow. Some people have problems swallowing smaller pills while other have problems with the larger ones. ...The quick solution is to make 'em all small: leave small for the one group, encapsulate for the other! BM> I'd consider taking advantage of any free or subscription deliveries. BM> Here Hy-Vee (Midwest grocery chain) will deliver food if the bill is BM> over $45 (somewhere in that dollar range). They also have a member BM> programme: pay something like $100 per year and get free delivery. No BM> idea if Kroeger and stores in your area offer similar. DS> Well, we're in the middle of an ice storm right now, and there DS> are no deliveries being made until at least Friday. Quick! Go outside to fill up your iced water glass! Here warming up: woke up to 10ø, about 17ø now a couple of hours later (running late). Tomorrow afternoon/evening (Thursday, Ground Hog's Day) supposed to cool down again to around 0ø and then Sunday and Monday into the 40's! BM> "I do what's right! (for me!)" DS> Cue the music: "Selfish. They call me selfish. I'm thinking DS> only of me". :P There are times when that is the right thing to do. BM> Yes, I recall the super-expensive toilet seats, bolts, etc. Sometimes BM> a reason: in zero-gravity of space need a bit of suction to contain the BM> -uhh- expulsion of waste so a custom seat. (Don't recall if this was BM> the reason for the expensive seat.) OTOH they could have sent me down BM> the hill to K&K Hardware for the bolts: I would have charged a BM> reasonable per-hour fee, gone to the Post Office and shipped BM> overnight.... DS> But, it won't get there overnight now. "Oh, you meant one night?!" BM> I was scanning through an article: there is or they could make a BM> trillion dollar coin which would take care of the deficit issue. One BM> of the problems with the coin is there's a law disallowing currency BM> over a certain value, so by that the coin is illegal. There's another BM> law allowing the striking of commerative, etc., coins, and since these BM> have a value would work. DS> They might as well be printing "Monopoly Money". BM> That brings a new meaning to 'wiped out'! DS> That's when you're fatigued from going to the bathroom so much, DS> in the preparation for a colonoscopy. :P Remember to use the soft toilet paper! BM> Around here there are ride services: will come to and drop off at the BM> door. The ones I'm familar with (as in seeing, not using) have a van BM> or something looking like a small school bus. DS> I'll be using the deal with my HMO for doctors appointments, DS> but don't have one scheduled until the Ides Of March, a week DS> before my birthday. That was a bad day for Caesar, though. :P I was thinking the community-sponsored vans (locally CASI - Center for Active Seniors, Inc., River Bend Transit, etc.) might be a cheaper alternative to Uber and Lyft for non-medical transportation. As for Caesar, now his legacy is a pizza chain. (Wonder if they have a special on March 15th? They put the little table upside down to represent knives?) BM> Oo! Sale! DS> Go buy a new mattress!! Mattress stores are everywhere! How many mattresses can the population of one city buy?! BM> Left in for a reminder! And/or stick note on calendar / note card on BM> desk / whatever works! DS> I've also got to call them to cancel the mosquito treatment DS> every 3 weeks. The thing is, I can't afford spending $130 a month DS> for that. That would bug me. BM> Intrusions? I'm forecast to get elbowed starting tonight (Sunday BM> 01.29.23) All day supposed to hover 14ø-18ø, then starting in the mid- BM> afternoon descend into the single digits with the next two or three BM> days waking up to below zero. ...Well, it _is_ January! DS> We're under an Ice Storm Warning until Thursday afternoon. So DS> far, I still have power, and everything is "normal". How long DS> it'll last is anybody's guess. And it doesn't take a major storm to knock out power: perfect weather and some dummy looses control and drives into a pole -- there goes the power! ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... 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