Subj : Solar TV Battery Test II To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Apr 05 2020 10:04:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>>> But you can keep it in your pocket if you aren't swayed by their NB>>>> rhetoric... ;) BM>>> And I have! Also have been swayed but on checking out reviews is BM>>> barely useful. NB>>> I tend to be mostly impervious to advertising.... unless I'm already NB>>> considering something, and have been already checking it out, their NB>>> rhetoric doesn't get to me... :) BM>> But-but-but: it's New _and_ Improved!! NB>> And.........??? BM> And?! But it's 'New' and 'Improved'!!' What more could one want?!! NB> Working, and doing what I need it to do....? Oh, and not NB> costing excessively, or actually not being any different from the NB> previous item.... ;) Working better than before is always a nice thing! Even better is when I notice the proclaimed improvement and it actually does something. "Now with more bubbles!" is fine for a bubble bath but not necessarily for a car wash soap! BM>> I'll tend to glance at the electronics (more computer) advertising, BM>> sort of to see what's out there, sort of for planning future computer BM>> builds/expansions. NB>> That somewhat makes sense... not so much planning on buying as NB>> keeping abreast on what might be happening... BM> The 'buck/boost' device idea derived from a 'technical advertisement'. BM> Will admit it took a few postings of the ad to finally catch. NB> It finally dawned on you what good it might do YOU... ;) Yup! I had been thinking Zener diode which would 'buck' the high input voltage but would dp nothing for the low input. For than I had a digital voltmeter: visually monitoring. Both of those have a bit of a flaw, which is probably why I didn't persue. BM>> As for the insurance ads - some are entertaining! More what perks up BM>> my ears is the "you could save up to", which did get me to consider BM>> and eventually change my insurance -- ten years ago?! Right now BM>> still at a reasonable rate, no dissatisfaction, so no need to BM>> consider switching. Will probably do a review again in a year or two. NB>> I look at the print ads sometimes, but not been inclined to check NB>> anything out yet.... I've noticed that the company we're with tends NB>> to have the least savings by switching, which tends to reinforce my NB>> idea that we're probably best off where we are... :) BM> That would seem logical. Not a bad idea to have a review every five BM> or ten years: things change. You might have purchased a ...ummm... BM> (y'know being relatively easily satisfied has drawbacks when trying to BM> come up with examples!).... Aw, jacuzzi! Maybe you thought was covered BM> under homeowners but isn't, or barely is and for a few dollars can get BM> a decent rider. NB> Yeah, right.... not too many things we'd even consider as a NB> possible thing.... Besides, our agent does have us come in every NB> so often to check our coverage and make sure that we have what we NB> need.... :) Our agent is more of a slackard on that specific but any time there is a question she's available and will fit us in. BM>>> As for clothing, food, ...furniture.... Don't really need anything. BM>>> Well, food on a regular basis but satisfied with Hy-Vee; do check BM>>> their ads for sale items. NB>> Likewise... :) Wegmans doesn't have food ads anymore, as such... but NB>> I do keep an eye out in the store at things we buy regularly to see if NB>> they go on sale, and if so, if one should get it a little early to NB>> take advantage of the sale.... and I regularly check out the digital NB>> coupons for anything I might be getting.... :) BM> Hy-Vee announced last week they were temporarily discontinuing their BM> print ad because they couldn't guarantee sufficient stock due to BM> COVID-19 issues. Did have the on-line ad, at least for this week BM> (effective date March 25), though IMO wasn't much in it; I probably BM> would have skipped if it wasn't for me being across the street for the BM> cards, etc., at Dollar General and needing a few things which rarely BM> go on sale. NB> Wegmans had discontinued theirs a couple of years ago... long NB> before anything like this was happening.... We just do our weekly NB> shopping... I have noticed, though, that some of the sales (noted NB> from the shelf tags) have quietly ended early.... I guess there's NB> no need to stimulate sales when one at the same time has to limit NB> how much shoppers can buy at a time, with stocks diminishing too NB> quickly.... ;0 There haven't been any new digital coupons NB> either... I'm wondering if Hy-Vee (and other grocers and possibly retailers in general) will take this as an opportunity to cut back on their advertising? I'm sort of relucant to eliminate print ads as I think they serve as a reminder ("remember us!") but I don't think short-term sales are necessary. Actually I find them rather annoying: so if I go Friday instead of Thursday I could save, but Fridays are inconvenient. ....Suppose not much different than it's on sale this week but not next. As for the lack of digital coupons, Clorox and the like don't need to advertise much less give money off; DiGiorno probably would still like to tempt customers away from Tony's. And redeemed coupons add several cents to the store's bottom line. BM> Will be interesting to see what next week's electronic ad offers. NB> Indeed. :) I was telling someone last week's Hy-Vee digital ad had over 1,000 items while this week's had a little over 400. And their 99› orange juice (limit two) was sold out. (But I did get the last roll of Angel Soft toilet paper, plus I had a dollar off digital coupon!!) NB> ... Windows without dos is only Winw. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... A fake diamond is a shamrock. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .