Topic: THE SAGA CONTINUES (Read 3800 times)

John G. · « **Reply #31 on:** October 14, 2021, 10:03:06 AM »

Power has gone off.

singdaw · « **Reply #32 on:** October 14, 2021, 10:28:26 AM »

TECH WOES!!!!!!

singdaw · « **Reply #33 on:** October 14, 2021, 10:29:19 AM »

More like month. Or year.

John G. · « **Reply #34 on:** October 14, 2021, 10:45:15 AM »

Power back. And back on with IT.

John G. · « **Reply #35 on:** October 14, 2021, 10:46:30 AM »

Had a nice tomato salad for lunch. I had some ripe Roma tomatoes as well as bell peppers, herbs and greens from the garden. Nothing from the fridge.

singdaw · « **Reply #36 on:** October 14, 2021, 10:55:44 AM »

John G. · « **Reply #37 on:** October 14, 2021, 11:07:34 AM »

The audio of State of Terror just came in at the library, not even 24 hours after I placed a reservation. I’m still on with IT or I’d start listening now.

John G. · « **Reply #38 on:** October 14, 2021, 11:08:31 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on October 14, 2021, 10:55:44 AM

You need to have a talk with me.

bk · « **Reply #39 on:** October 14, 2021, 11:30:11 AM »

Back from Spectrum - got a new router. Hooked it up and it was much faster, but the new network name wasn't in the list of available networks. Called and she said I needed to unplug both modem and router and re-plug so they could recognize each other. Did that and they bonded within a minute, so that was good. But the new network name wasn't showing BUT the old one was. She was baffled and reached out to her person, who said they'd heard of that happening. Meanwhile, while I was on hold I for grins tried to connect to the old one and it did, instantly. I told her that and she was even more baffled. So, we're gonna leave it alone and if there's any issues later I call back and ask for "Internet" and tell them to override something in the "provisions" and that should bring up the new name - but for now, if ain't broken I'm standing pat.

John G. · « **Reply #40 on:** October 14, 2021, 11:39:06 AM »

Happy Halloween. Two weeks early.

bk · « **Reply #41 on:** October 14, 2021, 12:01:21 PM »

Still online, so that's good. Don't want to change anything if it continues to work, but if I need to I know what to tell the Internet person.

Jane · « **Reply #42 on:** October 14, 2021, 12:25:42 PM »

My apologies DR George, and condolences on the loss of your friend Rick

Jane · « **Reply #43 on:** October 14, 2021, 12:29:04 PM »

From DR John:

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And in my house, with the Southern Baptist background, sh*t was commonplace. Largely because it's not considered a swear word in Germany. We knew not to say it in public. But hell or damn were strictly forbidden.

This thinking is probably why it is the word of choice for me.

I did have to curtail the use of the word when almost two year old used it in an embarrassing situation

Jane · « **Reply #44 on:** October 14, 2021, 12:29:33 PM »

Embarrassing because of the people he used it in front of.

Jane · « **Reply #45 on:** October 14, 2021, 12:39:11 PM »

Quote from: John G. on October 14, 2021, 08:31:20 AM

So, Extea vibes for BK that his woes get solved.

DITTO!

Jane · « **Reply #46 on:** October 14, 2021, 12:41:26 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on October 14, 2021, 08:48:04 AM

So, adding insult to our various injuries...

Gasoline is up nearly 20 cents from a week or two ago.

Prices are up on MANY of the usual things I buy at the supermarket. Of course those have been creeping up for a while.

But worst of all, there are signs of shortages -- at least in paper goods. I'm late to the par-tay on this one, because I only got wind of it yesterday evening when I made that stop in a supermarket outside of my own local area, and noticed that their paper goods aisle was COMPLETELY EMPTY. Just like in spring of 2020. I kid you not.

I asked someone up front, saying I was only curious, but are we in an actual shortage again? She said not necessarily, but every time they stock up, their customers empty those shelves in pretty short order. She actually said "they seem to be pretty grabby around here", and "here" happens to be a fairly well to do community.

So this morning I checked in on the news, which I simply don't do every day, and sure enough, they're hinting at it, blaming it on the backlog at the ports. I said to myself, the HELL with this, and I just came back from two stores with a few 12-packs of toilet paper. We're good on paper towels here, and those seem to be in better supply. But I'll be taking inventory of what we've got, and damn it to HELL we're building that stash back up again. Not inordinately, but we're going to have at least a few months supply here, which we've basically done since things became available again after last time.

I read an interesting interview with a worker at one of the ports. He said everyone is blaming someone else for the problem. Previously I had only heard that the truckers are to blame. This guy said trucks were there.

KevinH · « **Reply #47 on:** October 14, 2021, 12:46:25 PM »

Good afternoon!

KevinH · « **Reply #48 on:** October 14, 2021, 12:46:41 PM »

My condolences on the loss of your friend, DR Geroge.

Jane · « **Reply #49 on:** October 14, 2021, 01:25:30 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on October 14, 2021, 10:28:26 AM

TECH WOES!!!!!!

Perfect.

Jane · « **Reply #50 on:** October 14, 2021, 01:26:24 PM »

Quote from: John G. on October 14, 2021, 11:07:34 AM

The audio of State of Terror just came in at the library, not even 24 hours after I placed a reservation. I’m still on with IT or I’d start listening now.

I don't know that I want to read it. I am sure to find your comments very interesting.

Jane · « **Reply #51 on:** October 14, 2021, 01:28:07 PM »

DR Vixmom I keep thinking of your son in-law teaching classes in Florida. How is he doing?

bk · « **Reply #52 on:** October 14, 2021, 01:38:50 PM »

I've been told that shipping is the issue on certain products - very slow, but they're getting places but of course the morons are in panic mode and the media stokes that fire but good. It's truly nauseating.

bk · « **Reply #53 on:** October 14, 2021, 01:39:19 PM »

Just taking it easy and praying for some good news, you-know-what-wise.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #54 on:** October 14, 2021, 01:56:59 PM »

With what I picked up this morning, we’re once again in good shape. And that’s a relief.

Jeanne · « **Reply #55 on:** October 14, 2021, 02:30:05 PM »

Hello, everyone.

Jeanne · « **Reply #56 on:** October 14, 2021, 02:30:43 PM »

So sorry about BK's computer woes, but it does sound like he's making progress. Vibes all is well VERY SOON!

Jeanne · « **Reply #57 on:** October 14, 2021, 02:31:51 PM »

Vibes to DR Elmore that all medical issues are soon in place and it's smooth sailing forward.

Jeanne · « **Reply #58 on:** October 14, 2021, 02:33:50 PM »

I am waiting for a flower burger to be delivered. Has anyone heard of a flower burger? It's a nationwide chain of vegan burgers. Very limited menu -- SIX! types of vegan burger, baked potato wedges, a few other things. I just heard about it the other day.

Jeanne · « **Reply #59 on:** October 14, 2021, 02:36:43 PM »

I learned yesterday that Gwenyth Paltrow's company goop now has restaurants, called goop Kitchens. The ratings are very good. They have a salmon dish that interests me. But not today. Today is Flower Burger Day!

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