Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 30-Jun-2020 08:38 <=-
cut power to a substation to keep it from "blowing up" if the water
got into it from a smaller river. Lack of power to run pumps and shop
vacs created one set of problems, a small issue compared to having to
replace a shorted-out substation if they had left the power on.
I'd guess they warned the customers of the necessity...?
I would assume so but at the store (in the Mall) we didn't find out whyNow that would be at best disconcerting...! ;0 Did the Mall have emergency lighting, at least...?
the power failure until later. May have been announced on the radio,
may have called the Mall Office and the information didn't get passed
on or passed on in time. Just all of a sudden it got really dark!
Barely: the store had the battery-powered emergency lights poking out
of the ceiling but so had some light. And of course being a big-box
store no windows except for the various door entries.
I don't recall about cell phone lights -- seems this occurred before cellphones were common.
We did break out a few store items: battery-powered TV to find
out what was going on (phones didn't work because they were powered by
a computer and it's UPS didn't last long). Flashlights from Hardware.
Last day of June as I write this. Woke up to 73ø, supposed to get
into the very very upper 80's -- overcast currently as there's a thunderstorm (wow! did you see Daryl's ears?!) system in SE Iowa, (Yesterday was essentially clear and got into the mid-90's.) The local
TV forecast is saying the rain will stay south and we'll get maybe half
an inch; better thas nothing.
Overdosing on turkey leftovers one year is what turned my great-niece
into a piscatarian... she eats veggies, eggs, dairy, and fish... no
poultry or meat... not even into high school yet... :)
Could be a form of animal rights thinking but otherwise can sort of
see her aversion. LIS some time back I had the hungries and O.D.'d on
spray-can cheese. Had on crackers; no problem with crackers but since
then can't eat Blue Cheese (was the flavour). Still munch down other
kinds of cheese, though tend not to be overly adventurous and stick
with the common offerings.
Yes, I remember that story... <G> There might be a touch of animalYes, I was thinking similarly. The idea of only eating something
rights, but I think mostly it was just that she got the aversion to
the taste and idea from the overdose... She's a rather articulate
young lady... :)
(for lack of better words right now) 'expelled voluntarily' like milk
and eggs does sort of make sense. Vegetables and fruit theoretically don't have a soul like animals, so that has some logic to my way of thinking also. When I get to fish I have a bit of a confusion as to
me they're animals, so have a soul (and one even a sole! <rs!>) So
while I go back to gnawing on my turkey leg I'll let them not eat what they're uncomfortable eating. If we're eating together and they prefer
I don't eat the turkey I'll have the fish.
Right: at this point we're still hosting a bit of extended family and
want to have at least one meal each to take away.
So there are always plans for most of what ever is left... :)
Yes. On-purpose buy a larger turkey than could possibly be eaten as
the intent is to give away most of the leftovers and have some for us.
Minimal cooking does come in handy!
That works nicely, then... :)
They get to enjoy the meal again in a day or two, plus a day off from
cooking.
A family holiday tradition, even.... :)Sort of! Still do the 'early holiday' as was a lot easier for us
working retail, plus the kids could spend Christmas with grandparents, boyfriends' families. now their own.
Have to admit, we tend to go more for various other ethnic cuisines
than the usual Western fare... ;)
It's unique and different from the day-to-day!
And stuff I'm less likely to cook, too... :)Yes, even something relatively simple like Fried Rice takes special ingredients and cookware.
More likely it's that there's a not too insignificant group that has
discovered Indian food... and there are a number of Indian and
Pakistani restaurants in the UK, since those were at one time part of
the British empire.... ;) And haggis is basically a sort of sausage,
you know... ;)
From what little I know of it very coarsely ground as opposed to a
smoother grind of the breakfast sausages, and almost puree of hot
dogs.
More like the coarser grind of the dinner sausages... ;) There is aI was probably thinking kielbasa: three or four brands available and
fairly wide range of grinds... and I tend to prefer the coarser
grinds myself... ;)
one is rather mushy and so-so on flavour. Not a mushy as in wet
oatmeal, is firm just too finely ground. Of course that's the one
that comes up on sale frequently!
Just like some medical
blurbs seem to indicate one thing the original article the opposite.
Now that is a case of needing to go back to the original... :)
Depending on how much and what was trimmed could possibly be a very
good thing to do.
And at the least, a caution to go back to the source beforeWhich probably very few people will bother to do. Sort of a fine line between laziness and trust: if it's been printed why not believe what
swallowing new information... ;)
it says?
... MAC error msg: "Like dude, something went wrong"<chuckle> That didn't quite make sense at first: I'm still bringing
up the various computers back on-line: changing the LAN IP address from the DSL-issued 192.168.0.x to the fiber optic's 192.168.4.x, so the
'MAC' got interpreted as the one attached to network indentification as opposed to the Apple computer initially. ...More coffeeeeee!!
... Reading glasses will tend to disappear like single socks in the
dryer.
And now it's the 10th of June... and things are swelteringly hot...
My only vegetarian friend doesn't mind other people eating whatever,
she just has an aversion to the taste of meat, especially chicken...
she also has some aversion to rice... ;)
Yup... juggling all the ddifferent aspects of families for the holidays can be fun.... ;)
between laziness and trust: if it's been printed why not believe what
it says?
Because not everything printed is true.....!?? <G>
Different MAC.... :)
... Reading glasses will tend to disappear like single socks in the
dryer.
That's why they sell them in lots of 6, 10 and 12.... <G>
Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 11-Jul-2020 02:46 <=-
And now it's the 10th of June... and things are swelteringly hot...
Don't you mean July?? :P Our hottest part of the year is still 5
weeks away.
Yup... juggling all the ddifferent aspects of families for the holidays
can be fun.... ;)
Except for my brother, who I don't see or talk to that often, as I
don't want to disturb him (he has worse time sleeping, and is in worse shape than I am), all of our relatives/family are out of state. Sadly,
the number is shrinking by the year, as more and more die off.
between laziness and trust: if it's been printed why not believe what
it says?
Because not everything printed is true.....!?? <G>
But, I saw it on the internet!! <G>
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