[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #116503

Hi Colleen,
Greg thought he had the flooding issue taken care of too but he said it was the situation of the perfect storm of events so hopefully it won’t happen again.
22 hours seemed like a long time without power. There was no way we could have cooked all the food in the freezers as they are packed. lol Besides we have an electric oven. lol So we would have had to start the gas cooktop manually with a match or use the grill. lol
Mostly everyone out here seems to have generators. Fortunately it wasn’t boiling hot either so we didn’t miss the AC too much. I know you can always open windows but sometimes if it is really humid outdoors that almost makes it worse as it lets all that damp air in.
Greg just read that there are still people in the area without power. Thank goodness we weren’t on the end of the line with the start up.
It sounds like that restaurant would be a place that we would like. I like those places like The Crab Shack where you can get the bucket with the crab and shrimp and sausage potato and corn. Greg and I always wish there was a place like that around here.
I had not heard that Frank also has a stomach problem. I hope that he will be okay. Greg and I always get a kick when they call him ” the bearded charmer” and the ladies flirt with him. lol We think those guys would be lost without Danielle back home getting leads for them and holding down the fort.
I will have to remember if I ever hear a watermelon hissing to jump back and throw it out the door.
Speaking of melons Greg just noticed that we have a melon growing in the garden and he didn’t even plant any this year. lol
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #116496

Hey Sue-I have a question for you.
I have heard people make reference to WaWa. It’s usually people that seem to be in Pennsylvania. We don’t have that here. It sounds like maybe it is like a 7-11 or like a store that you would have with a gas station but I don’t really know what it is. Do you know and if you do can you please explain.
Thanks in advance.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #116491

Hi DD,
Thanks for the info on the mask extenders-I just saw a picture of one the other day.
The paper masks fit him okay so he can always go with those. I just thought the cloth masks were better as they are reusable. I’ll see how the extra large ones that I got from Amazon will work for him.
That will be nice to have the AC in the bedroom so that you can sleep on the hot nights.
I’m not looking forward to fall yet. At least in the warmer weather restaurants can have outdoor seating and we can see the kids outdoors-all that will go away once winter hits. It will be a long lonely winter.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #116442

Hey everyone,
I will write more later but I just wanted to tell you about our adventure. Big storms whipped through late yesterday afternoon. So Greg and I are in the basement because there are tornado warnings all around us. We’re down there about a half hour and just as we decide to come back upstairs the lights flicker a couple of times and then it goes dark. Luckily Greg has a shop light not too far from where we were so he gets that and just as we start to go up the stairs the water starts rushing in from the window well. It was just kind of the perfect storm of bad things happening. Everything was fine until the power went out and there was so much water that the back up sump pump couldn’t handle it so it started letting water in. It wasn’t as bad as the time before as Greg ran and got the generator and hooked the pump back up. But boy did it pour. Three inches in about a half hour. All our sunflowers were torn up and I had such pretty different color ones this year. So the next thing after a couple hours is we start worrying about the refrigerator and freezers. Especially now since Covid I have the freezers packed so we don’t have to shop often. So we had the two refrigerators and the freezer running off the generator thank God for that. You could hear the generators running all up and down our street. However, our main fridge is really fitted in a tight spot so we had to have Jenny and Ricky come over to help Greg to pull it out from the wall far enough to hook it up to the generator. So we got to visit with them for a little bit too and then we saw Jenny’s friend walking down the street with her dog and her boys so Jenny visited with her for a bit. Jenny and Ricky brought the dogs too so we let them run around for a bit. So we have electric cables all over the place. Greg taped them down after we kept tripping over them and nearly broke our necks. So I filled up a lot of flameless candles with batteries and we plugged one lamp into the generator so at least we had light. So last night we ended up playing board games by a camping light until midnight. lol
So as the day was going by today we were getting more and more worried as Com Ed Said we could expect to be running again by 3 P. M. on August 15th. That’s Friday!!! So we were just sitting there trying to figure out how we were going to handle that when the lights came back on. Boy-did I say a quick thanksgiving prayer. Hallelujah!
By the way it’s a good thing we have a pond as we were using pond water to flush the toilets. lol Sometimes you can prepare and fill a couple buckets before hand but this one caught us by surprise. So that is the adventures of Greg and Gail. I hope we don’t have any more like this one. lol
Gail
So all told the power was off for 22 hours. That’s enough.

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #116347

Hi Adele,
I’m so sorry that your neighbor lost his Mom. I hope he does not feel guilty as he made the best choice that he could for her care. I know from experience that Alzheimer’s patients can not be left on their own so she needed the extra care. I will say a prayer for them.
Glad that Steph is communicating again. Sorry that Jhonny is gone. They seem to have a turbulent relationship. Hope they boys are doing okay with all the changes.
I like the Quacker jogger pants. I bought a couple sets with the tops last winter and wore them all the time at home. Very comfy!
I saw the boofetti chip and dip. Love the cute little tooth pick holders. They do have cute Halloween stuff. I hope the Q will have some fall decor shows.
Wonder if there will even be any trick or treating this year. it doesn’t matter as we don’t get any kids here anyway but I know the kids love going.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #116340

Hi Barbara,
I wonder how much the little kids like Colin understand about what is going on.
I know ours know that if they go into WalMart with Mom they have to wear their masks. I know because they were going there last Friday to pick up a birthday present for their cousin and they got in the car carrying their masks with them.
The regular masks like you would get in the doctor’s office fit Greg all right but some of the cloth masks that I have bought don’t fit him at all and I just can’t figure it out. I have no problem whatsoever. He doesn’t have a big head but maybe a big face or his ears are set farther back on his head. I have bought several masks that just don’t fit him right at all so now I will get them and what do I want with a White Sox mask when I am a Cubs fan. lol So I tried ordering these extra large ones off Amazon hoping they will work. But they are just boring white-the other’s I got had cuter patterns. lol
I hope your check ups go well this week. I have to get labs too but have been putting them off but I better do them soon before my rheumatologist has a kitten. I do them up at the hospital so was reluctant to go before but I need to get them done soon.
Hope everyone is well down your way and the temps aren’t too hot.
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #116335

Hi Colleen,
Oh, I never saw the Alan Jackson concert. I like him too. He had a good 911 song called Where were you when the world stopped turning. Very moving.
We just watched one that I had copied with Vince Gill and Reba. Sometimes I forget to check them out so I have missed some.
I don’t know what Huckabee is so I don’t think I have ever watched it. lol
Is Frank sick now? I had heard that he had back surgery. I don’t think they will be able to film again until they can go to places and that might be awhile. Maybe they could wear masks and social distance while they are hunting for “rusty gold.” lol
How was your lunch with Mandy-what did you order from the seafood place?
We passed a milestone on Friday. We were dropping off vegetables at Jenny’s and when we were leaving we remarked about how much we missed fish frys. Well we didn’t want to spend 45 minutes just waiting to pick up from our regular place so we decided to drive through Culvers and get their fish dinner. So that was the first time since March that we had gotten food from outside our house. It sure felt good not to cook!
Gail

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #116332

Greg’s bike looks sorta like this. I heard Simon’s was a mountain bike which I think is a different body style.

[Gail Norusis]

in reply to: Quacker Talk-August 2020 #116330

I will try to explain the electric bike as well as I can. It is just like a regular bike. It has five assist settings. So if you are peddling Greg says you can put it on 1 and it makes you feel like your legs are ten years younger, 2 20 years younger, 3 30 years younger on steroids. He says he uses three for going up the big hills. So really it is an electric assist. I guess at five it would pedal by itself but he says he never used that. Basically it’s a bike to make it easier for us older folks to ride. You get the exercise but don’t have to exert as much but it’s still riding a bike with a gentle assist. It is no where close to a scooter or anything like that. If you saw one driving by you would just think the person was riding a regular bike. Greg’s friend Tim does a lot of bike riding for exercise and he has one.

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