Soda Shoppe for November 1, 2021

Amy · November 10, 2021, 04:08:44 PM

BINGO!! Shirley, what about the post office!! Why didn't I think of that earlier....wonder if they would put a note in their(Lloyd and Nancy's mail box??

Amy · November 10, 2021, 04:12:38 PM

Well, that got shot down.They can't put a note in their mail box.

On the up side I sure have chatted with a lot of nice folks where Lloyd lives.

Amy · November 10, 2021, 08:32:50 PM

Just a note to say Jane is doing well. She is still in ICU ,just so they can monitor her closely. Please keep her in your prayers..

Shirley · November 10, 2021, 09:01:07 PM

haha, Amy, I did as well, at least at the Holden Walmart! No luck at finding the Hammond family.

Was running late to pick up a prescription for antibiotic (sinuses running amuck). I don't usually go out after dark. BUT, I need to fix my head. Got to the main intersection of my little loop line street & cross town busy one & noticed that the busy intersection to the east had lots of flashing lights, accident or even a problem at the apartment complex, but I was turning west to go south after I cross over the bridge (get the picture?) OOPS, what nobody wants to see, must have been at least a dozen police cars & other emergency vehicles crowding that whole batch of streets that meet just south of the dam going across the river.

One lane was kind of open, enough for my little car to wiggle thru & nobody stopped me. I boogied on down to the next busy intersection where my grocery store/pharmacy is. Decided I didn't want to get out of the car so pulled into the drive thru pharmacy lane. This is an area where illegals are caught (or other criminals) at the by-pass around the city, the underpass of a busy cross country drug world.... but an upscale housing area, too.

I don't often take medicine & never been in that drive thru but managed to get the job done & do a flip back to the street heading toward those flashing lights. Finally inched along & put down my window when I came to a human in uniform... Explained "my house backs up to the river on the north side (no way to get there but way I was heading), anything I need to worry about?" We've had man hunts in the 33 years living here so not outrageous to think of. He replied, "just an accident".... but I sure couldn't see it for all those official vehicles! I'm not afraid but the alert button is on, times like this I sure wish I had a dog, these cats won't bark for me!

I'm waiting for a package from Amazon to be delivered yet tonight... I don't like the late deliveries but beats shopping a dozen stores & not finding what I need! Sweet dreams & hope ALL the news about our cyber family is good tomorrow!

Thanks for the update about Jane, Amy. Sounds like she has good care.

Vanilla-Jackie · November 11, 2021, 03:54:05 AM

Soon being car collected for my morning church games, bible reading circle, prayers - chat and cup of tea..followed by our church lunch..This will get me out for a welcome few hours amongst good company...

Amy · November 11, 2021, 06:26:24 AM

Good morning..
Another chilly morning here, not much sun today. Friends are stopping by to leave fabric and thread to donate to the group I am with in the city. With this darn pandemic it has curtailed a lot of the fund raising we do towards supplies.
Today is tidy up and put on a big pot of soup for tomorrow. If all goes well David and Bri will be coming up for a short visit. Hope they can at least have lunch with us. Will make his favourite pie, a raisin pie and they can take it home with them. Will also make a blueberry pie and we can have that for lunch also.

Shirley, will keep trying here..between us we should be able to nail Lloyds shoes in one place!

Gloria, sure hope your computer is fixed .I think I would be looking for another one but not the same kind. Going to be a wet weekend here, rain starts on Fri and they were talking that "S" word too!

Better get ready to meet the day, don't wish to be caught in pj's

Will keep you posted on Jane , she is a fighter and won't be down for long!

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Gloria · November 11, 2021, 07:08:16 AM

Here I go again, had a lot typed on notepad and it all went into cyberspace. Been happening a lot lately. My grandson called yesterday and told me he is looking online for computers that would be good for me since I don't do PSP anymore I really do not need as big a hard drive as this lemon has.

SHIRLEY if anyone has Lloyd's old snail mail address and sent a letter there the post office would forward it to him. This is a case where someone having a name and address of one of his family members would be handy.

AMY believe me I already told David-grandson-NO HP ever again.I don' t trust myself picking one after getting this lemon and he knows computers much better than me. The company he works for uses Dells. Thanks for the updates on Jane. I miss her posts and she is in my prayers often during the day.

Take care and have a good day, stay safe.

Shirley · November 11, 2021, 07:19:13 AM

Good morning, WORLD. Tom slept in my bedroom last night so thought it time for breakfast at about 5:00am. I slept with one eye open because Callie wouldn't eat at all last night or evening, and she parked herself at a spot by a door where she never slept before (in the kitchen). Naturally, my thoughts were "is this her time?" She was still laying in the same spot when Tom & I came in this morning. I opened them a fresh can of salmon & fixed each a little larger than usual serving. Tom gulped his down & Callie ate most of hers. Tom went "out back" and I coaxed Callie to go thru the garage on to the front yard (or porch). I'm hoping she does go out because she is not good about using the 2 litter boxes in the garage. Will face that in a few minutes. Tiger came up from the basement & is eating. She will want to go check out the other end of the house, but none of them are doing what they "normally" do. So far I can trust her to NOT make a mess anywhere, except she likes to find a closet door she can bump open to sleep inside. You know the saying, "dogs have owners, cats have slaves".... ain't far wrong!

Fitbit says I got less than 5 hours sleep so guess who gets a nap today??!!

Right now it is 41° but feels like 39, tad windy but normal for Kansas. Got a feeling leaf pick up is on the menu this week end.

I'll keep up from my end, Amy, and betcha we'll find Lloyd & Nancy one of these days! With all of our investigating they will be the best known couple in Missouri!

Gloria, you snuck in again, you are getting up earlier than "usual"... maybe none of us are doing anything "usual" since Covid. This laptop does everything I need and more, but I still have the old one downstairs that I can do a few things with using PSP. Not much, but it's MY fault, not the computer's. It is too slow to mess with often but not ready to dump it, never been updated from Vista!

RAMMEL · November 11, 2021, 08:11:16 AM

Computers - The last one I got (this one) is a HP. So far it has done well. It has a Solid State Drive which is used for the Operating System so it boots up very fast. Not like my old one that took for ever to come to life. My only gripe (which I've learned to deal with.) is that it has a second Hard drive [ Drive D ] which is for all my stuff (Stuff other than the Operating System). You just have to remember to save things to the "D" Drive.

HP must have improved. A HP Laptop I bought went back 3 times, at their expense, and still didn't work right. I found a fix on the net that made it work. They failed to include some software that was necessary for proper operation. Shame on their support people - scattered all over the world.

patricia19 · November 11, 2021, 09:46:33 AM

Good morning from a cold Interior at minus 14 at 5:43 AM.

Amy, thanks so much for keeping us informed on Jane's progress!

I mentioned this before, but a sure way to locate and get a message to Lloyd is to call the local police and request a check. They won't give you an address but will check on Lloyd and ask him to notify us as we're worried. This method works.

Shirley · November 11, 2021, 10:40:04 AM

Patricia, since we don't have any address and not really any idea what area they moved to... not sure the police would search. I don't know why I got the feeling it was more rural and think it is a duplex with their grands, may not even be in their name. My "gut" feeling is best way might be to call the VA in Warrensburg, MO, I think he goes there more than one in KC but not sure about that. They probably do his hearing aids, his various carts, etc... to get around. If we caught a kind person that handles phones for them they might be able to contact at their new residence. I will see if I can get their phone number tomorrow, being this is their holiday, I expect they are being overwhelmed with visitors today. No mail service here today.

patricia19 · November 11, 2021, 11:08:40 AM

If you go by the last address, the police will search. They do a welfare check.

Amy · November 11, 2021, 03:46:01 PM

This has been a

day but ended well all round.

First on our way into town there was a stray dog, collie type with a collar and scared! I tried dog cookies and his tail would wag but no way was he coming for them. Phone calls to no avail to find a solution to this. Talked with a retired dog catcher, talked with a foster Mom then talked with my other neighbour. To make a long story short....neighbour phoned back and said another person picked up the dog and is keeping him!!

This is an older dog and it just galls me if someone let it out
and left it.

Next was an email that asked for me to "click"....well no I don't think so. We had ordered a fridge from HD in the city but this email was from another one?? Kept forever on the phone waiting for someone to pick up.....ended up phoning a number and the lady was kind enough to confirm delivery for me. I told her we didn't order from that store but they do all the deliveries she said. Shoulda said that at first store. Will inform them when we go in to the city and that store again. This was ordered Aug 30th!

All's well that ends well.
I am sure glad that dog has a warm home to sleep in tonight.

Amy · November 12, 2021, 06:50:00 AM

Good morning..

A wet one here ,raining most of the night and well into the morning.

Getting ready to enjoy the company of the kids this morning.
Patricia, I am hearing reports that snow is in Manitoba and could be heading this way! We have been lucky so far but know that luck will soon run out.

No news on Jane, I am going with no news is good news.

Better get ready to meet the day..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Gloria · November 12, 2021, 07:45:49 AM

Good morning everyone. 55 now and will be raining by noon time. I will get another hew CNA at noon time. I do need a back message and my left shoulder, too. Wish I had that replaced years ago. At the age I am now I wonder if it could still be done. I so dislike being put out because I never really wake up till the next morning.

SHIRLEY I have been going to bed earlier since the time change so waking earlier although this morning was 6:30 instead of the 5:30 all last week. never had Vista but I loved the XP. After Incredimail closed down and no way to make stationery anymore I started getting disgusted. Then Yahoo was sold and t he new owners got rid of all the PSP groups I lost interest. Really the SS is about all I go online for and a few games of Mah Jong and Brains Breakers jigsaw puzzles. Spent a few hours watching Mash on the ME channel. That is one program I never minded watching more than once.

RAMMEL my grandson said t his HP lemon has room for a second hard drive. Very slow starting in the mornings now. I have a big 2T external drive I save every thing to and it is only half full. This is the second external I have, the first one was full and it is now sitting there making me wish I had a port to plug it into. I have a lot of Joan's (BIS)stories on that one even from the old SN. I sent this HP back to them 2 times and then they sent one of their smart (?) gurus here to work on it. What a joke t ha t was. He was in his mid 30's and said he knew everything there was about computers and this was his seventh career change. I almos t laughed at that one. My grandson majored in computers in college, was hired by a company in his last year as an intern and still working for them. They have sent him overseas several times to set up new offices. I asked him if he knew every thing about computers qand he said no, they keep changing and coming up with new things.

AMY those mean jerks who drop off dogs and cats anywhere I would like to drop off in the middle of nowhere and left to survive on their own. Glad that dog was picked up by a caring person. Like you I like the no news is good news. I like thinking that Jane's family is so happy with the result of her surgery they are jumping for joy. Still it would help her cyber family to hear from them.

The office people here took yesterday off and I bet the witch takes today off, too. A nice long week end for her.

Have a good day and stay safe.

Shirley · November 12, 2021, 12:57:04 PM

Okay, latest attempt to contact Lloyd & Nancy a bust, maybe. Talked to a nice guy at the Warrensburg, MO VA clinic. He couldn't tell me anything about Lloyd, if even listed as a person registered to them, but said he would do what he could to look them up to let them know "the cyber world of Seniors & Friends wants them to know we are concerned about them". I did explain that this had been a bad year .... AND I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH LLOYD! They are okay and hope to have internet set up next Tuesday! Boy, that guy at the VA was fast! I did get his gr-daughter's name & phone number but will not give out to anyone but who/whom ever will be the keeper of names. Nancy was concerned about anyone calling her since she is a teacher. Oh, the house is in their gr-daughter's name.... and he got a big laugh out of Patricia wanting to call the police! I told him they will be the best know couple in the county since Amy called feed stores, etc..... SO, I do think it gave them lots of warm feelings that we had been concerned about them. And now I've got things to do before my son shows up tonight to re-wire my outside light & remove the glass sand filter he put on the well line to keep the sand out of the sprinkler heads. Supposed to get our first freeze tonight... wind blowing like crazy & cuts right through clothes.

Amy · November 12, 2021, 02:04:11 PM

Shirley, thank you!!! Now we can rest easy with hopes he will soon be back. He is part of our family..

Kids just left, with soup, raisin pie and raisin squares along with some other goodies. Just before they came the fellas with the fridge came and set the fridge up for us. I don't mind coasting the rest of the day now.

CallieOK · November 12, 2021, 02:53:14 PM

Good Afternoon,

Glad to read the news about Janie and praying her recovery continues well.

Also glad Lloyd was "found". I had quite a chuckle at the "detective" work.

My Tablet crashed on Tuesday. Only things that would open were two games and Netflix. DIL worked for almost 2 hours to fix it and finally, with my agreement, "scrubbed" everything on it and started over.
I've managed to get back the four solitaire games I play every morning and almost all of the web sites I check regularly - even thought I had to re-register and had forgotten some of the passwords. The thing I missed most was access to the e-books I rely on. PC was fine but I don't like sitting at a desk to read.

I could access all of the forums and personal information here but had to re-register in order to post. Not sure all of you realize that "anyone anywhere" can read everything on this website without registering. That's why I don't post any detailed personal information.

Gloria and Rammel, my PC is a HP all-in-one. I don't particularly like the plug-ins for cds and flash drive being on the back and had to get used to new versions of some of the available programs for writing, business forms, etc. - but haven't had any problems with it.

This has been a pleasantly busy week. Several "small chores" that I'd been putting off got done and I've had a good visit with several family members.

And that's what's going on in my corner of the world.

Amy · November 12, 2021, 03:55:50 PM

Just got an update on Jane, Dr said she may get out next Mon or Tue. She is missing food and coffee. Bless her heart she will be out of there as soon as she can !!

Shirley · November 12, 2021, 06:44:50 PM

Callie, you are right about anyone being able to read our posts & why I never mention online when I am leaving home, my understanding is that these gangs (like the one that broke into our house nearly 33 years ago) operate all over the country & do check all the various "media", chat rooms, Twitter, etc... & contact groups nearest of "fair game". Long ago visitors could not see the photos or post, not sure if they can get into our membership to see where each of us lives......

Patricia, Lloyd's comment when I told him your suggestion of having the police help was, "they might want to arrest me".... and laughed more. The guy at the VA was impressed about our links around the world "talking about what we old folks have going on in our lives". Does anyone in here have a way to check up in case YOU don't post for a while? I sent Rick my phone number & later the same day realized that wouldn't do any good if I wasn't here to answer so sent him my son's. My kids all know how important y'all are to my life. Besides, if people know they are being judged "around the world" if they don't treat us right.... hey, if it makes them nicer it's a good thing (as Martha Stewart would say).

Oh, one time when our internet was down I did go to the local branch library where people can use their public computers online. At that time I was careful to delete all cookies & history when I got out, but at least could notify anyone that would have missed me what was going on.

I've gotta get busy & clean the place up. Have a fly buzzing past my head so very annoying. I keep 2 fly swatters in this long room & they always seem to be in the same spot... at the wrong end of where the fly is~~

Glad to hear Jane is on the mend. When I had dental surgery many years ago my ornery brother came to the hospital with a card that had a packet of "instant food particles" for someone that couldn't eat. It hurt to smile but made an impression. He never offered sympathy when I got a boo-boo as a kid.... with scraped knee & hands he had a comment like, "chasing a mouse?"

CallieOK · November 12, 2021, 07:06:43 PM

Shirley, that's why I do not post my last name or give an exact location of where I live.

at your pesky fly. Those black flies come in when I leave an outside door open for only a minute or two and I'd swear they follow me around the house. Read somewhere that flies can't see you swing the swatter if they're turned away from you. It does work - IF you can catch them in that position.

We're supposed to have a Hard Freeze tonight but I haven't covered anything. "Pot garden" plants have lasted longer than usual, anyway, and I'm ready to get rid of them..

There's a t.v. movie I want to watch so I'd better get to the kitchen and find something for dinner.

Enjoy your Evening, Everyfriend.

RAMMEL · November 12, 2021, 07:29:30 PM

Quote from: Shirley on November 12, 2021, 06:44:50 PMDoes anyone in here have a way to check up in case YOU don't post for a while? I sent Rick my phone number & later the same day realized that wouldn't do any good if I wasn't here to answer so sent him my son's. My kids all know how important y'all are to my life.

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A thought for all - Thinking about Shirley's comment above. I'm willing to keep a list of "Contact Information" for emergency/important use if so desired by S&F members. It would and should only for instances like Lloyd's (Health Check) or obvious immediate need. Someone else should also have a copy of that list lest I can't be reached or computer crash. If I am to maintain a list I would want the info emailed to me (or a PM here would be good) with a request to add it to our "emergency list".
Any further comments about this?

Gloria · November 13, 2021, 06:57:37 AM

Good morning everyone, boy did we get rain with strong wind yesterday, sure glad I did not have to go out. Just pulled the shades up and very foggy, pea soup fog? Glad again I don't have to drive in it. Only 35 now and not much above freezing. Now I am hoping to have some good news about Jane. Amy you are the contact for her family and wishing t o see some good news before I get to the end of the posts.

SHIRLEY glad you had the patience to call around and finally found Lloyd and Nancy. I would not know how to start or what to say. The more I am alone the less I want to talk. Hardly any social life here anymore and that must make the witch so happy.

AMY if one of my brothers was still alive he would love your raison pie. Our Mom made it but I never liked it and he was always asking if I had her recipe. All her recipes were in her head, never had one written down with her handful of this or a pinch of that. I need to measure everything when I baked. My daughter after making some thing a few times will do that handful or pinch, she does a lot like my Mom did and she is named for my Mom.

CALLIE I have had nothing but problems with this HP since day 1.

AMY thanks for this update on Jane. Glad they are keeping her in the hospital long enough to make sure she is well and healing so she can go home.

SHIRLEY when I first moved here and before I had cable installed I went down stairs to use a computer in the library to get in here. Now none of the computers there work. She does not want to spend the money to have them worked on so those without computers can use them.
I know several who enjoyed time in there looking things up or playing games. Not many have their own PCs.

RAMMEL at one time my daughter did join but never had the time to really get involved, I think I should tell her about this and perhaps my oldest son. My daughter living off the grid now and had the dish on the roof is not as stable as cable -if Cox can be called stable.

Have a good day and be safe.

phyllis · November 13, 2021, 09:17:34 AM

Good news about Jane.

I will go home on next Wed., I think. Getting stronger each day.

Glad Lloyd was found.

Take care, All. TTYL when i don't have to text everything.

Amy · November 13, 2021, 09:39:17 AM

Good rainy morning..

No hanging laundry out today

Went into town to pick up a few things before the stores get busy. Bought silicon mats for baking, has anyone used these before?

Gloria, I love raisin pie ,but I don't add sugar to mine.I think the raisins are sweet enough.........just a splash of vanilla and a hunk of butter after it is thickened and into the pie it goes. I never measure and had some filling left over so it went into a date square minus the dates

Phyllis , good to hear you may go home next Wed.

Patricia, how are you??? Did you get more snow or just freezing weather?

Callie, too many lurkers and bad people out there that plague the internet.

Shirley, did you get that fly? Seems every time I pick up the fly swatter to go after a fly they hide!!

Better get my work started.

Enjoy your day and stay safe..

Shirley · November 13, 2021, 10:10:22 AM

It's a beautiful morning, we have FROST on the ground so maybe the pollen count will go down! But, speaking of going down, it is raining bright yellow sweet gum leaves. The ground is covered so I will go out with scooper paddles & put some in bags, shredder first. So far I haven't found anyone to hire to mow with bagger. They are so lazy all they want to do is ride around & mulch so they don't have to pick up or empty baggers.. gripe-gripe

Nice to see you girls (Jane & Phyllis) are getting sprung soon. Keep up the good work when you get home, "drink lots of water & keep working on those muscles". Next young pup that says that to me might get a "knuckle sandwich"!

You snuck in, Amy. I am sorry to say the thought of a raisin pie is more than my mind can cope with. That youngest brother of mine convinced me back when we were kids & visiting Grandma's house, that the raisins in her prune cake were dead ticks. One of the uncles lived with Grandma & always had those spotted bird dogs that ran free, woods all around & they would get ticks that were as big as my thumb... Everyone was encouraged to pull them off when we were outside. My stomach churned at the thought but the brothers not only pulled them off but would chase me around teasing they were going to throw them at me.

Oh, the joy of ornery brothers! They didn't tease my sister or girl cousin her age, they would have gone crying to mothers. Besides, they didn't hang out with the boys & I did. I didn't like the French & German dolls they played with, not that I was ever invited into the bedroom where they were stored. My father had 3 brothers & one sister, the girl cousin was the daughter of that sister so had "rights" to her mama's things. All those thoughts go along with raisins being cooked in anything. I do eat them out of the box, not the same, I even enjoy hearing about cooking with them (kinda like horror movies). I am teasing you, you know, what's a sister for?

Amy · November 13, 2021, 10:57:39 AM

Shirley, my neighbour's son loved raisin pie....but he would not eat tea biscuits with raisins in them.

Shirley · November 13, 2021, 11:39:39 AM

Amy, I can only imagine how good they are for the body, all that iron in the raisins. Crazy that I still have a mental block about eating them but won't eat a cookie or roll without picking raisins out & embarrassed to do that if anyone around. That darn fly just woke up so have fly swatter & waiting.... Leaves are calling, off I go.

patricia19 · November 13, 2021, 12:13:54 PM

Amy, we had a small bit of snow yesterday. I was busy most of the day with emails, and online paperwork, so I didn't pay attention outside. We are presently at minus six, and Monday will be minus 24 so I don't expect any more for some time. In the past few years, March has been our snowiest month.

Carol · November 13, 2021, 08:51:48 PM

I feel back in the saddle again..... found you!

Here in the Denver area, weather is quite warm for this time of the year. Nothing like our several years in Texas where the AC was running while the turkey was baking and everyone was swimming. It never did feel right when we were transferred there from Minnesota.

Here, I am about to call the sheriff over repeating road rage youngsters but we don't want to be identified.

I is good to "find" everyone again. Take care.

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