"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/9/2014 11:14 AM, wrote:
>> Plus pre-internet dating I always understood midnight shopping was for
>> those of both sexes sizing up what was available
>
> I remember in the 1980's Kroger (supmrkt) advertised some sort of
> "singles" night. It was like a wine & cheese bar or something similar so
> people could meet & greet. That was a really strange idea. Who looks for
> dates in a grocery store? (Other than Andy, RIP.)

I heard of those things too but if we had them here, I didn't know of them.

On 7/9/2014 6:01 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-07-09 4:23 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> Save the great blue herons! The construction of a cell tower on
>> Dataw was voted down by an overwhelming majority. And lo! and behold!
>> Right about that time the county trimmed some trees in the area just off
>> Dataw and what did I see? A cell phone tower. The reception problem
>> isn't the lack of a tower, it's with the cell phone carriers they are
>> using. Even if they had approved the construction of a tower on Dataw,
>> unless everyone's carrier jumped on board it wouldn't help anything.
>>
>
> There is a community near us that is lobbying against construction of a
> cell phone tower. They are complaining about the evil effects of the
> signals and don't want their kids exposed. It leaves me wondering how
> many of them use cell phones, how many provided their kids with cell
> phones, and how many have wifi in their homes.
>
Based on all the ads for "family plans" for cell phones I see on
television, all kids have cell phones. We can't send little Johnny off
to Kindergarten without his cell phone! I really, truly, do not
understand it.

> My health food nazi sorta SiL will not get wifi in their chalet because
> she is concerned about the radio waves. She uses her neighbour's wifi
> instead. Her sons have pointed out that wifi signals are all around her
> anyway.
>
Does she wear a tinfoil hat?

Jill

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/9/2014 12:28 PM, Janet wrote:
>> In article >,
>> says...
>>>
>>> On 7/9/2014 8:11 AM, Janet wrote:
>
>>>> Holy Cow. In smkts here, if we have to queue behind more than
>>>> three
>>>> customers we start kicking up a fuss. Then they open another till, even
>>>> managers turn out to do it.
>>>
>>> It's the same where I live, but we don't live in large cities.
>>
>> It's the same in cities, here.
>
> Uh huh. Well, once all available lanes are open, and there
> are still long lines, there is no more opening another till.

Yes of course that happens here too during busy periods. I just won't go
there during those times


--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

On 7/10/2014 5:04 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 7/9/2014 6:03 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 7/9/2014 11:24 AM, Gary wrote:
>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, here we go again with the cell/smartphone thing. Since they
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>> work well where I live I'm certainly not paying an extra monthly bill
>>>>>> just to have one.
>>>>>
>>>>> But yet, you recently were against them putting up a cell tower near
>>>>> you. Save the amimals or some protest like that.
>>>>>
>>>>> G.
>>>>>
>>>> We are required to have land lines for the security system. I got rid
>>>> of my cell phone years ago. Why pay two phone bills? I don't *like*
>>>> talking on the phone.
>>>
>>> You should at least have a Trac Phone. What happens if you are out and
>>> have an emergency? There are no coin op phones any more. At least not
>>> here.
>>
>> I'll buy a Trac Fone when you buy an air conditioner.
>>
>> There are plenty of pay phones in the area. If nothing else, someone
>> who stops to see if I need help (lots of helpful people around here)
>> will most likely have a cell phone. I didn't have one when the clutch
>> went out on my car. A couple who were walking their dog let me borrow
>> their phone to call roadside assistance for a tow truck.
>
> Well, you go buy something then because I just ordered a swamp cooler.
> I only hope that this one does indeed use just tap water and not ice.
> If it takes ice then I'll need to buy an ice maker as well as there is
> no room in my freezer for ice.
>
You should have bought another freezer after yours crapped out. Then
you'd be able to store a bag or two of ice.

I'm not the one complaining about how hot it is. Me, I have air
conditioning. It's 76°F right now in the wee hours of the morning. I'm
comfy cool. The average *high* temps this time of year are in the
90's. It will be hot like this for the next few months. I'll be
comfortable and still won't need a cell phone.

Jill

> I was reading online about portable ones that don't have to be vented.
> Also read that they weren't very good but were better than a fan. What
> I could not find though, was the actual product to buy.

On 7/10/2014 5:05 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 7/9/2014 11:14 AM, wrote:
>>> Plus pre-internet dating I always understood midnight shopping was for
>>> those of both sexes sizing up what was available
>>
>> I remember in the 1980's Kroger (supmrkt) advertised some sort of
>> "singles" night. It was like a wine & cheese bar or something similar
>> so people could meet & greet. That was a really strange idea. Who
>> looks for dates in a grocery store? (Other than Andy, RIP.)
>
> I heard of those things too but if we had them here, I didn't know of them.

Seems to me I heard ads for it on the radio about it when I was driving
home from work. It sounded just as odd back then as it does now.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/10/2014 5:04 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 7/9/2014 6:03 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 7/9/2014 11:24 AM, Gary wrote:
>>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, here we go again with the cell/smartphone thing. Since they
>>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>> work well where I live I'm certainly not paying an extra monthly
>>>>>>> bill
>>>>>>> just to have one.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But yet, you recently were against them putting up a cell tower near
>>>>>> you. Save the amimals or some protest like that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> G.
>>>>>>
>>>>> We are required to have land lines for the security system. I got rid
>>>>> of my cell phone years ago. Why pay two phone bills? I don't *like*
>>>>> talking on the phone.
>>>>
>>>> You should at least have a Trac Phone. What happens if you are out and
>>>> have an emergency? There are no coin op phones any more. At least not
>>>> here.
>>>
>>> I'll buy a Trac Fone when you buy an air conditioner.
>>>
>>> There are plenty of pay phones in the area. If nothing else, someone
>>> who stops to see if I need help (lots of helpful people around here)
>>> will most likely have a cell phone. I didn't have one when the clutch
>>> went out on my car. A couple who were walking their dog let me borrow
>>> their phone to call roadside assistance for a tow truck.
>>
>> Well, you go buy something then because I just ordered a swamp cooler.
>> I only hope that this one does indeed use just tap water and not ice.
>> If it takes ice then I'll need to buy an ice maker as well as there is
>> no room in my freezer for ice.
>>
> You should have bought another freezer after yours crapped out. Then
> you'd be able to store a bag or two of ice.
>
No place to put a freezer. The kind I got can not go in the garage. I wish
I had known this before I bought it. There are some available at Amazon
that I could technically put in there but I have no space for one now. I
have reorganized everything and now the onions and potatoes are where the
freezer was. Plus a lot of cat litter since I've been ordering it from
Amazon. Normally I would not have this much but I kept ordering it when I
was down on the couch. And it was disappering. Husband had been sticking
the stuff all over the place.

Plus the main reason I got the freezer was due to the massive amount of ice
cream that he had been eating. He had quit eating it totally so I wasn't
buying any. He did ask for some just a little while ago so I will pick
something up at Costco later. I do have a little room in there now.

> I'm not the one complaining about how hot it is. Me, I have air
> conditioning. It's 76°F right now in the wee hours of the morning. I'm
> comfy cool. The average *high* temps this time of year are in the
> 90's. It will be hot like this for the next few months. I'll be
> comfortable and still won't need a cell phone.

At 76 I would be miserable. I am a Princess. 55-60 is the perfect temp.
for me. I can do as low as 50 without whining or perhaps as high as 70. I
can even do colder with no problems. It is currently 56 outside but it is
80 in here. Once this house gets hot it does take a good two days of cooler
weather to get it comfortable. I think it is too well insulated.

On the plus side of that, if we do get one day of random hot weather, the
house will be cool. It only heats up on the second day of hot weather. And
if we lose power in the winter, the house will stay warm for many hours.

My mom claims that all people used to heat their houses to 74. I can't
imagine that. My FIL did do this as he was constantly cold due to a severe
thyroid problem. We learned even in winter to bring lightweight clothing,
particularly if we had to do any cooking. I also learned to bring hard
candies because my throat would get so dry from the hot air.

In my liftetime, I think 70 was the number that most people shot for. But I
do remember when we were urged to drop it down to 68. I hated that time
period. My dad had made a huge, lighted Christmas tree using the really old
lights that his mom had. I want to say that they were C-9 bulbs. Larger
than the nightlight size. Everyone loved it. He put it up on the
basketball hoop and people driving up from downtown could see it. We got a
lot of people who drove to our house to compliment him on it. But... We
were also urged not to use Christmas lights and in particular, the large
lights like that. So he dismantled it and that made us sad.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/10/2014 5:05 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 7/9/2014 11:14 AM, wrote:
>>>> Plus pre-internet dating I always understood midnight shopping was for
>>>> those of both sexes sizing up what was available
>>>
>>> I remember in the 1980's Kroger (supmrkt) advertised some sort of
>>> "singles" night. It was like a wine & cheese bar or something similar
>>> so people could meet & greet. That was a really strange idea. Who
>>> looks for dates in a grocery store? (Other than Andy, RIP.)
>>
>> I heard of those things too but if we had them here, I didn't know of
>> them.
>
> Seems to me I heard ads for it on the radio about it when I was driving
> home from work. It sounded just as odd back then as it does now.

That's probably where I heard it and it was most likely in downtown Seattle,
where I tried not to go at night.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/9/2014 6:01 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2014-07-09 4:23 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> Save the great blue herons! The construction of a cell tower on
>>> Dataw was voted down by an overwhelming majority. And lo! and behold!
>>> Right about that time the county trimmed some trees in the area just off
>>> Dataw and what did I see? A cell phone tower. The reception problem
>>> isn't the lack of a tower, it's with the cell phone carriers they are
>>> using. Even if they had approved the construction of a tower on Dataw,
>>> unless everyone's carrier jumped on board it wouldn't help anything.
>>>
>>
>> There is a community near us that is lobbying against construction of a
>> cell phone tower. They are complaining about the evil effects of the
>> signals and don't want their kids exposed. It leaves me wondering how
>> many of them use cell phones, how many provided their kids with cell
>> phones, and how many have wifi in their homes.
>>
> Based on all the ads for "family plans" for cell phones I see on
> television, all kids have cell phones. We can't send little Johnny off to
> Kindergarten without his cell phone! I really, truly, do not understand
> it.

They do. Most kids these days have two parents that work and they need a
way to contact them.

I can't remember how old Angela was when I finally let her have one. She
didn't really need it. She needs it now. They are pretty much required for
school. The teachers told us if they didn't have one, we needed to get them
one and preferably a Smart phone.

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 7/9/2014 12:28 PM, Janet wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> says...
>>>>
>>>> On 7/9/2014 8:11 AM, Janet wrote:
>>
>>>>> Holy Cow. In smkts here, if we have to queue behind more than
>>>>> three
>>>>> customers we start kicking up a fuss. Then they open another till,
>>>>> even
>>>>> managers turn out to do it.
>>>>
>>>> It's the same where I live, but we don't live in large cities.
>>>
>>> It's the same in cities, here.
>>
>> Uh huh. Well, once all available lanes are open, and there
>> are still long lines, there is no more opening another till.
>
> Yes of course that happens here too during busy periods. I just won't go
> there during those times

Before we got the POS system at K Mart, if things got too bad, we would whip
out the two garden shop registers. They would be set up near the others.
They were the real old timey ones with the hard to push buttons and the
wooden till that had a bell that rang when the drawer popped open. Only
problem was that one of them only went up to $99.99 and we also had to
figure and add the tax from a tax chart. So it made things rather tough
when they stopped charging tax on food. So those registers were really only
good for customers purchasing perhaps one or two things that weren't very
expensive.

I have no clue where they got the archaic things from or why. The one was a
royal PITA in the garden shop because we couldn't ring up lawn mowers or
really large orders on it. They also had something that went bad at the
drop of the hat. I want to say that it was fuses but that doesn't seem
quite right. Maybe it was the ink that they took. I remember the
unfortunate day when I was there alone for the early bird specials. They
opened the garden shop an hour earlier than the rest of the store. We
always had really good prices on bedding plants and usually two other items
at that hour.

The one register that went up to (I think) $999.99 wasn't working and we had
no extra whatever it was that it needed. There were no other registers open
in the store and we had people who wanted to buy mowers. They were not
happy and neither was I.

They finally did replace those with newer registers but the cafeteria and
the deli had that kind for many years even after the POS system went in.

These days it is very rare to see that type of register at all. But I think
some of them were very pretty looking. Particularly if they were made of
fancy brass.

On 7/9/2014 11:48 PM, Cheryl wrote:

> I have no idea how mine gets so heavy. I clean it out, lift it while
> empty and it's very light. Then I put the necessities back in, and there
> we go again, heavy. Sometimes it's loose change. I have a huge plastic
> beer bottle shaped coin collector, and I haven't cashed it in ever. It's
> too heavy to lift so I can't imagine how much is in there. LOL

I can feel it if my little wallet gets too full of coins. For
your back's sake it's worth unloading most of it.

You probably have hundreds of dollars in that bottle! I have
a little one that was originally a peanut butter jar (meant to
be a coin jar, has a slot in the cap) and if that gets even
close to full it's 100 bucks.

nancy

On 7/10/2014 1:21 AM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Jul 2014 23:38:18 -0400, Cheryl >
> wrote:
>
>> We still have those in the store which I tend to shop. We also have very
>> small carts that are about half the size of a regular one, so I try to
>> grab one of those, but it doesn't really have a good place to put my cane.
>
> I love those carts!

Me too! I only see them in Wegman's. So much easier to
maneuver in a crowded store.

> My local Safeway had them before the big merger.
> They had double baskets and AFAIWC held as much as a regular cart did
> - but the powers that be in the new management structure have declined
> to continue the practice.

They already had the carts, and those things are not cheap.
What the heck did they do with them. Crazy.

nancy

On 7/10/2014 5:33 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> Uh huh. Well, once all available lanes are open, and there
>> are still long lines, there is no more opening another till.
>
> Yes of course that happens here too during busy periods. I just won't
> go there during those times

It's one thing I don't miss about living in a large city.
The store would be overwhelmed with shoppers sometimes and
all the nice rules don't help. Too many people, even for a
large store. There is no Open another lane.

nancy

On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 04:15:42 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 7/9/2014 11:49 PM, Cheryl wrote:
>> I think part of what makes mine heavy is the glasses cases. One for
>> regular glasses and one for sunglasses. I'm sure I can get lighter
>> versions, but these are hard cases and protect them well. I can't
>> imagine carrying around WD40. Weird.
>
>One of the best things I ever did was ditch the two pair of glasses
>routine. The last time I bought new eyeglasses I went with transition
>lenses. They do cost more but they're so much easier.
>
>I still won't be carrying WD-40 in my purse.
>
>Jill

I used Transition for a while. I stopped because the accurate
response is only good for about a year. At least, that was the
admitted response time from the Transition people. They also seemed
to be slightly tinted all the time. I didn't like that faint tint
look on my face. I carry a pair of sunglasses that slip over the top
of my regular glasses. They offer wrap-around protection.
http://www.epolarizedsunglasses.com/...-over-glasses/
Janet US

On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 07:48:41 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 7/9/2014 11:48 PM, Cheryl wrote:
>
>> I have no idea how mine gets so heavy. I clean it out, lift it while
>> empty and it's very light. Then I put the necessities back in, and there
>> we go again, heavy. Sometimes it's loose change. I have a huge plastic
>> beer bottle shaped coin collector, and I haven't cashed it in ever. It's
>> too heavy to lift so I can't imagine how much is in there. LOL
>
>I can feel it if my little wallet gets too full of coins. For
>your back's sake it's worth unloading most of it.
>
>You probably have hundreds of dollars in that bottle! I have
>a little one that was originally a peanut butter jar (meant to
>be a coin jar, has a slot in the cap) and if that gets even
>close to full it's 100 bucks.
>
>nancy
I have a bucket that originally housed peanut butter. I collect at
least $100 per year. I've got a coin sorter to make it easier. I
always round up when paying so I collect change. It's my little
savings plan.
Janet US

On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 02:04:30 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
snip
>
>Well, you go buy something then because I just ordered a swamp cooler. I
>only hope that this one does indeed use just tap water and not ice. If it
>takes ice then I'll need to buy an ice maker as well as there is no room in
>my freezer for ice.
>
>I was reading online about portable ones that don't have to be vented. Also
>read that they weren't very good but were better than a fan. What I could
>not find though, was the actual product to buy.

If you think your house is humid now, wait until you use the swamp
cooler. In addition, if your air is already humid the swamp cooler
will not be efficient. What on earth possessed you to get a swamp
cooler in your climate? We used to use one here where our summertime
humidity is 8-10% and I didn't like the way it made things in the
house feel.
Janet US

On 7/10/2014 8:57 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:

> I used Transition for a while. I stopped because the accurate
> response is only good for about a year. At least, that was the
> admitted response time from the Transition people. They also seemed
> to be slightly tinted all the time. I didn't like that faint tint
> look on my face.

My current glasses are Transitions - my next pair will not be. The
response time seems to be getting longer - not so much the time to
darken, but the time it takes to fade after coming indoors.
I've had them for about 18 months now.

On Sunday, July 6, 2014 10:36:01 AM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>
>
> The boy playing the banjo was born with Downs Syndrome. The impression
>
> given in the movie is everyone who lives in the backwoods are inbred.
>
They're not necessarily inbred, but they are selected for lack of physical attractiveness and intelligence. How? Easy, do you think that pretty women who could marry out of the backwoods typically stay? What about the young folks who go off to college and become educated? Do you think they come back? Some do, but many don't. Every generation is uglier and stupider than the one before.
>
> Jill

--Bryan

On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 07:09:46 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

>On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 02:04:30 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
>snip
>>
>>Well, you go buy something then because I just ordered a swamp cooler. I
>>only hope that this one does indeed use just tap water and not ice. If it
>>takes ice then I'll need to buy an ice maker as well as there is no room in
>>my freezer for ice.
>>
>>I was reading online about portable ones that don't have to be vented. Also
>>read that they weren't very good but were better than a fan. What I could
>>not find though, was the actual product to buy.
>
>If you think your house is humid now, wait until you use the swamp
>cooler. In addition, if your air is already humid the swamp cooler
>will not be efficient. What on earth possessed you to get a swamp
>cooler in your climate? We used to use one here where our summertime
>humidity is 8-10% and I didn't like the way it made things in the
>house feel.
>Janet US

How a swamp cooler works:
http://tinyurl.com/ms8lj79
Janet US

On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 04:07:07 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 7/9/2014 7:56 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Wed, 09 Jul 2014 16:11:37 -0400, jmcquown >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On 7/9/2014 12:16 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> >>> I saw an article somewhere recently that had must haves to
> >>> carry in your bag. One of the items was a to-go can of
> >>> WD=40. Yeah, wreck your back carrying around every little
> >>> thing you might possibly need, ever.
> >>>
> >>> nancy
> >>
> >> Why would anyone need to carry WD-40 in their purse?!
> >>
> > I'd understand a tube of graphite because you never know when a lock
> > will be sticky (especially with all the wind, fog and salt air we have
> > here) and I actually did that for a few years when I knew I'd need it
> > from time to time. WD-40 stumps me though.
> >
> Yep, I have a small tube of graphite powder for the exterior door locks.
> The salt air is quite humid. I don't carry it in my purse, though.
>
I needed it for exterior locks at work, so I carried it with me. It
didn't take up much more space than a tube of lipstick, so it was not
an issue like the portable cell phone recharger is.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 05:18:07 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> Based on all the ads for "family plans" for cell phones I see on
> television, all kids have cell phones. We can't send little Johnny off
> to Kindergarten without his cell phone! I really, truly, do not
> understand it.

Junior High, for sure.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 07:52:27 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

> On 7/10/2014 1:21 AM, sf wrote:
> > On Wed, 09 Jul 2014 23:38:18 -0400, Cheryl >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> We still have those in the store which I tend to shop. We also have very
> >> small carts that are about half the size of a regular one, so I try to
> >> grab one of those, but it doesn't really have a good place to put my cane.
> >
> > I love those carts!
>
> Me too! I only see them in Wegman's. So much easier to
> maneuver in a crowded store.
>
> > My local Safeway had them before the big merger.
> > They had double baskets and AFAIWC held as much as a regular cart did
> > - but the powers that be in the new management structure have declined
> > to continue the practice.
>
> They already had the carts, and those things are not cheap.
> What the heck did they do with them. Crazy.
>
They don't do anything, the carts "evaporate".

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 03:53:29 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> I still
> haven't checked out The Pig (Piggly Wiggly); it's too far away to
> consider as a regular shopping stop unless I have some other reason to
> be in that part of town.

Piggly Wiggly will be worth the trip just to see all their branded
items. A childhood friend who lives in NC sent me their shopping bag,
coasters and a child's t-shirt... all with their piggy logo on them.
Cute.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On 2014-07-10 7:24 AM, Julie Bove wrote:

> They do. Most kids these days have two parents that work and they need
> a way to contact them.
>
> I can't remember how old Angela was when I finally let her have one.
> She didn't really need it. She needs it now. They are pretty much
> required for school. The teachers told us if they didn't have one, we
> needed to get them one and preferably a Smart phone.
>


Yeah. Sure. Didn't we go through this a month ago when you claimed that
your daughter's teacher insisted that she had to have a cell phone and
everyone said you were full of crap?

On 2014-07-10 7:52 AM, Nancy Young wrote:

>> My local Safeway had them before the big merger.
>> They had double baskets and AFAIWC held as much as a regular cart did
>> - but the powers that be in the new management structure have declined
>> to continue the practice.
>
> They already had the carts, and those things are not cheap.
> What the heck did they do with them. Crazy.

Some become mobile homes for the homeless. If there are apartments
nearby, especially in low income areas, people take their groceries home
in them. Needless to say, they don't bother to return them.

It is strange. I have seen people pushing shopping carts home with only
one or two bags in. Aside from the fact that they are basically stealing
the cart, it has to be easier to carry a few bags than to push a cart.

Cheryl wrote:
>
> I'll have to try to find the times when
> my usual store isn't busy.

Go any day of the week very early. Never a crowd problem. My normal
weekly time is 6am every Saturday.

G.

"Nellie" > wrote in message
...
> On Tuesday, July 8, 2014 7:41:36 PM UTC-7, sf wrote:
>> On Tue, 8 Jul 2014 15:29:21 -0700 (PDT), Nellie >
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > I don't think Whatsapp is available for the iPhone so I don't know
>> > about that.
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't have an iPhone, so I don't care. )
>>
>> >
>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila
>
>
> Other way around, the Whatsapp *is* available for your phone and *not*
> mine.

So far as I know, Whatsapp works on Android which is Google.

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"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 9 Jul 2014 20:04:46 -0700 (PDT), Nellie >
> wrote:
>
>> Other way around, the Whatsapp *is* available for your phone and *not*
>> mine.
>
> Heh, I don't care anyway. Looked at it and it's another form of skype
> where you can only talk to other people who have signed up with it.
> Sounds like a good idea to get my kids signed up with it if we ever
> leave the country again. Not sure if that will happen though. I'm
> ready for a cruise, hubby isn't interested - yet.

Whatsapp is text. Do you mean Viber?

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"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Cheryl wrote:
>>
>> I'll have to try to find the times when
>> my usual store isn't busy.
>
> Go any day of the week very early. Never a crowd problem. My normal
> weekly time is 6am every Saturday.
>
> G.

Yes, I usually go at 6 or before. Never a crowd. Once in awhile I will go
later, like today.


Cheri

wrote:
>
> Plus pre-internet dating I always understood midnight shopping was for
> those of both sexes sizing up what was available

Not midnight. If you want to meet available singles, go grocery
shopping around 7-9pm on Fridays or Saturdays. That's when singles
with no significant others shop. Just to get out of the house since
they have no other plans for that night. Those hours are prime
"hunting season."

G.

Janet wrote:
>
> I'd never date anyone who enjoyed supermarket shopping....

Well there goes any chance I might have had with Janet UK.

G.

jmcquown wrote:
>
> On 7/9/2014 12:20 PM, Gary wrote:
> > jmcquown wrote:
> >>
> >> I barely knew who O.J. Simpson was (football player but I don't watch
> >> football and don't know why that makes someone famous) until the murder
> >> trial. I remember watching that "low speed chase" on television and
> >> laughing about it.
> >
> > That "low speed chase" was so silly. The cops should have just driven
> > up next to his car and shot him. heheh
> >
> It had to be one of the most stupid things I've ever seen on television.
> He's "running"?! I've seen golf carts move faster than that. :-D

How did that end? Do you remember? Did he just run out of gas or what?

G.

"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 02:04:30 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
> snip
>>
>>Well, you go buy something then because I just ordered a swamp cooler. I
>>only hope that this one does indeed use just tap water and not ice. If it
>>takes ice then I'll need to buy an ice maker as well as there is no room
>>in
>>my freezer for ice.
>>
>>I was reading online about portable ones that don't have to be vented.
>>Also
>>read that they weren't very good but were better than a fan. What I could
>>not find though, was the actual product to buy.
>
> If you think your house is humid now, wait until you use the swamp
> cooler. In addition, if your air is already humid the swamp cooler
> will not be efficient. What on earth possessed you to get a swamp
> cooler in your climate? We used to use one here where our summertime
> humidity is 8-10% and I didn't like the way it made things in the
> house feel.
> Janet US

I was wondering the same thing. I had one years ago and hated it, it was not
efficient at all.

Cheri

jmcquown wrote:
>
> Why would anyone need to carry WD-40 in their purse?!

To clean her secret handgun after shooting innocent people in some
social setting. :-O

On 7/10/2014 12:07 PM, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> On 7/9/2014 12:20 PM, Gary wrote:
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I barely knew who O.J. Simpson was (football player but I don't watch
>>>> football and don't know why that makes someone famous) until the murder
>>>> trial. I remember watching that "low speed chase" on television and
>>>> laughing about it.
>>>
>>> That "low speed chase" was so silly. The cops should have just driven
>>> up next to his car and shot him. heheh
>>>
>> It had to be one of the most stupid things I've ever seen on television.
>> He's "running"?! I've seen golf carts move faster than that. :-D
>
> How did that end? Do you remember? Did he just run out of gas or what?
>
> G.
>
Nope. He went back home. According to news reports (I'd long since
lost interest) "The chase ended at Simpson's mansion, where for nearly
an hour more, he sat inside the Bronco, demanding to speak to his mother."

Jill

On 7/10/2014 12:08 PM, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> Why would anyone need to carry WD-40 in their purse?!
>
> To clean her secret handgun after shooting innocent people in some
> social setting. :-O
>
Everyone knows you don't use WD-40 to clean a gun. Sheesh.

Jill

"S Viemeister" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/10/2014 8:57 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
>> I used Transition for a while. I stopped because the accurate
>> response is only good for about a year. At least, that was the
>> admitted response time from the Transition people. They also seemed
>> to be slightly tinted all the time. I didn't like that faint tint
>> look on my face.
>
> My current glasses are Transitions - my next pair will not be. The
> response time seems to be getting longer - not so much the time to darken,
> but the time it takes to fade after coming indoors.
> I've had them for about 18 months now.

I won't have them. Not so bad when you just come indoors. but could be
pretty dangerous when you are driving.

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On 7/10/2014 9:09 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 02:04:30 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
> snip
>>
>> Well, you go buy something then because I just ordered a swamp cooler. I
>> only hope that this one does indeed use just tap water and not ice. If it
>> takes ice then I'll need to buy an ice maker as well as there is no room in
>> my freezer for ice.
>>
>> I was reading online about portable ones that don't have to be vented. Also
>> read that they weren't very good but were better than a fan. What I could
>> not find though, was the actual product to buy.
>
> If you think your house is humid now, wait until you use the swamp
> cooler. In addition, if your air is already humid the swamp cooler
> will not be efficient. What on earth possessed you to get a swamp
> cooler in your climate? We used to use one here where our summertime
> humidity is 8-10% and I didn't like the way it made things in the
> house feel.
> Janet US
>
A swamp cooler is definitely not an air conditioner. It will pump the
room full of moist air... the last thing you want if it's hot.

Jill

On 7/10/2014 7:21 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> At 76 I would be miserable. I am a Princess.

Oh! I forgot you're a Princess! Do you walk around wearing a tiara? LOL

> 55-60 is the perfect
> temp. for me. I can do as low as 50 without whining or perhaps as high
> as 70. I can even do colder with no problems. It is currently 56
> outside but it is 80 in here. Once this house gets hot it does take a
> good two days of cooler weather to get it comfortable. I think it is
> too well insulated.
>
Would you rather have a poorly insulated house?

> My mom claims that all people used to heat their houses to 74. I can't
> imagine that. My FIL did do this as he was constantly cold due to a
> severe thyroid problem.

Old people get cold easily. My parents kept it at 80°. When I first
got here it was winter. I had to sleep with the window open and a fan
running. I had packed as if things were normal - long pants, sweaters.
I wound up scrounging around for shorts because it was so friggin' hot
in the house.

> We learned even in winter to bring lightweight
> clothing, particularly if we had to do any cooking. I also learned to
> bring hard candies because my throat would get so dry from the hot air.
>
I drink lots of ice water. I can't think of the last time I needed a
losenge or some such.

> In my liftetime, I think 70 was the number that most people shot for.
> But I do remember when we were urged to drop it down to 68.

That was in the winter, not the summer. You can always put more clothes
on. There is only so much you can take off without being arrested.

Jill

On 7/10/2014 6:56 AM, wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jul 2014 04:37:40 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 7/9/2014 11:14 AM, wrote:
>>> Plus pre-internet dating I always understood midnight shopping was for
>>> those of both sexes sizing up what was available
>>
>> I remember in the 1980's Kroger (supmrkt) advertised some sort of
>> "singles" night. It was like a wine & cheese bar or something similar
>> so people could meet & greet. That was a really strange idea. Who
>> looks for dates in a grocery store? (Other than Andy, RIP.)
>>
>> Jill
>
> I didn't think it was that odd. There are many single people who
> perhaps formerly would have been looking around at places like church
> gatherings and people newly moved to areas where they did not grow up
> who found it difficult to start meeting new friends. This catered to
> that market. As I understood it, there was no ad, no wine and cheese
> bar, it was just a thing some did, a couple of girls for example would
> slowly tour the aisles with more than groceries in mind.
>
> As I said, internet dating sites probably solved that one.
>
I wouldn't know about internet dating sites. I did think it was an odd
idea for a grocery store to sponsor a "singles night". I wouldn't
bother with church socials, either. I knew a couple of women who had
their hearts ripped out by some of those fine, upstanding church-goers.

Jill

On 7/10/2014 8:17 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 7/10/2014 8:57 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
>> I used Transition for a while. I stopped because the accurate
>> response is only good for about a year. At least, that was the
>> admitted response time from the Transition people. They also seemed
>> to be slightly tinted all the time. I didn't like that faint tint
>> look on my face.
>
> My current glasses are Transitions - my next pair will not be. The
> response time seems to be getting longer - not so much the time to
> darken, but the time it takes to fade after coming indoors.
> I've had them for about 18 months now.

My firstborn had a problem with transitions, so he did not order those
again. BTW, he somehow lost his glasses Friday at work, so when we went
out to lunch, Saturday, he looked like Bono because he was wearing some
kind of safety glasses. It was all I could do not to laugh.

Becca