> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: There is a small convenience store five
>> blocks north of me on Main and Fourth Street. (A Dollar General
>> place). They sell animal food, soda pop, potato chips, etc and if my
>> motorized chair arrives sometime this week I will be able to get by >> I am sure.
PAT, if you are able to get out, why not go to a regular grocery store and get some healthier alternatives to junk food from the convenience store? It will be better for you, and less expensive in the long run too. Please take good care of yourself, especially during this nasty weather outside!
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Other than this past two weeks, where none of the usual rules in my life apply, I do usually go over to Marvins IGA store on Tenth Street and stock up on healthier food. Not only that, but the prices are a lot cheaper also, with a bigger variety of selections. In fact, two Fridays ago -- before the storm started that same evening -- I was at Marvins and stocked up on several items including lots of dog/cat food. Then on Saturday after- noon (midway through the blast of ice/rain), Epiphany Episcopal Church (local, here in Independence) showed up at the door with a two-week supply of human food. I thought the snow storm last weekend was going to further mess things up, but I was actually able to walk around outside a little in it. It seems to have improved my traction somewhat. I also took to heart a message here in the Digest a few days ago about 'tire chain' type things to wear on one's feet from the company in Idaho (?) which makes them, and I put in an order on the phone for a pair of those. I expect they will arrive in a couple days. So that is why I still have a small stock of 'good, nutritious food' to eat instead of potato chips and candy bars and soda pop from the Dollar General convenience store. I've a feeling by this time next week it will all be gone and we will be able to tell our grandchildren about the vicious winter of '07. I am also thinking that I should invest in one of those necklace pendants one can wear which summons via phone any help needed. The last thing I want to have happen is to one day die and not get discovered for a couple days until either meals on wheels (the 'cook') shows up with food or the housekeeper comes around and they find my bloated body laying somewhere with the dog and cats staring hungrily at my body. PAT]