Subj : Re: Posts To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Nov 26 2019 16:10:56 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 13-Nov-2019 11:08 <=- NB>>> All depends on what got answered when, I guess... Now you NB>>> should be getting a relatively steady stream... with gaps just NB>>> for days I get too busy to write messages... ;) BM>> That'll work! NB>> And so it has turned out.... :) BM> Breaks and pauses are good. :) NB> And it seems that sometimes you take advantage of such as well... :) BM> More only when I'm out of town. There have been a few times when no BM> messages to download, so generally nothing for me to respond to and BM> upload! Yes, we do miss Daryl... ;0 And I've been having exceptionally busy days lately, myself.... BM>>> And yes, I have started Christmas shopping; there are a couple BM>>> of boxes here so actually shopped, not just considered. :) NB>>> I used to watch for things to go on sale throughout the year... but NB>>> not avidly... now we don't need to get nearly so many things for NB>>> Christmas (practically none at all, actually), so I don't worry about NB>>> it at all anymore... :) BM>> Same here. The various adults don't really need anything, just nice BM>> to give (and get) a little something. Daughters semi-hinted at winter/ BM>> Christmas-themed solar lights for outside so they're getting those. BM>> (A little hard to disguise when wrapping!) NB>> If they are boxed, they'd still be not too hard to wrap, though... BM> These were sold without cartons. Have seen (and received) boxed solar BM> lights. So find boxes for them, and make your wrapping easier... or stuff them in a large Christmas-themed shopping bag with lots of tissue paper to cover them... ;) NB>> My family is large, and getting larger... we used to get individual NB>> presents for all the siblings and their kids, etc... but as the family NB>> got bigger, others in the family were finding that to be too much to NB>> handle, so then it was more often families buying family gifts to NB>> exchange.... now it's just bring something for the exchange gift game, NB>> pretty much.... and if you want to just watch the fun, you don't even NB>> have to bring that... BM> Makes sense: after a few additions gift-giving can become unwieldy and BM> a chore. Might make more sense to give a family gift or two to share: BM> promote family togetherness and something better at $20 than four BM> gifts at $5. As you said, all depends on a bunch of circumstances and BM> details. Yup.... The younger generation has pretty much taken over the running of the gifting part of the celebration... I used to be pretty good at finding individual gifts for a dollar or less that would be greatly appreciated by the recipient... and nice family gifts for under $10... BM>> As for not buying an item on sale - . Some items are never BM>> on sale, or the sale price is 'insignificant' at a dollar or two. Not BM>> advocating throwing away money, but sometimes not worth waiting for a BM>> sale. NB>> True... some things one just buys when one sees it, as long as the NB>> price isn't ridiculously out of line... ;) BM> Right. I've had to update our cell phones: our current ones are quite BM> fine except they won't connect at the end of the year (VoLTE required BM> is the reason -- Voice over LTE -- I vague know; main thing was the BM> current phones don't have). That must be related to the kind of service you have... Pretty sure my phone doesn't have that capability, but I've received no such notice, and mine is TracFone as well... But then mine is still a simple phone, just voice and text with rudimentary data.... BM> I could have probably saved some money by BM> going external and buying my own phones and 'bringing them in' to the BM> network. I'd have to do the research on compatability, I'd probably get BM> minimal support if something goes wrong. For a few dollars get the BM> phones from them (TracFone), if/when something goes wrong they have to BM> figure it out as they provided the phone. Nice theory... ;) Seriously, though, that could make sense... ;) BM>>> store was designed _not_ to have shopping carts [!]. When we got them BM>>> in we had to create a space by the entries for the cart corrals.) NB>>> Even grocery stores, that ARE designed for having shopping carts, NB>>> don't always have enough for an overflow of customers.... ;) BM>> Right. Carts are an expense so don't want to have them collecting BM>> dust for that once a year rush. OTOH we went to Lowe's the other day BM>> and they have what seems like more carts thn they could possibly need BM>> if every customer took two on Black Friday. NB>> Maybe they've experienced other overflow times, like when people are NB>> getting supplies for their gardens in the spring...? Or figuring that NB>> some people need more than one cart when getting all the supplies NB>> needed for some household project...? (You are talking Lowe's NB>> hardware-type stores, not the grocery type?) BM> Actually in this instance specifically Lowe's. Reason I asked was that apparently there are Lowe's grocery stores down in NC where friends of mine live.... BM> As for the number of BM> carts, possible the need for all the carts during certain events. BM> Maybe the carts available at the Garden Center (essentially outdoors) BM> are moved to the storage area where I saw them -- sitting under snow BM> might rust them. Water gets inside hollow parts, freezes and breaks. That would make a lot of sense.... Snow and ice aren't nice to carts, so better to bring them into some sort of shelter... :) NB>> ... It's a tough job! ..... So I'd Rather YOU do it. BM> But one _never_ phrases it that way!! True.... that might be counterproductive.... ;) ttyl neb .... Dew knot trussed your spiel chequer to find awl miss stakes. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .