• 350 health was beef

    From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Sunday, April 01, 2018 20:17:01
    Hi Ruth,

    We have enough computers around here that it wouldn't be an immediate emergency if one went belly up. Don't want any to, but it's
    inevitable
    that one will, when we don't want it to. (G)

    Of course. Always.

    Part of what I term as "the law of 'Go Figure'". (G)

    The bits you don't want to conk out always seem to be the first ones

    That applies to most anything, including computers. I had a microwave
    die on me the week before Rachel's wedding in 1997. We bought a
    replacement the next day or so as I was not about to have a houseful of
    people and no working microwave.

    to go. That goes hand in hand with "who'd want that" at tag and estate sales.
    It's often the first thing to be purchased.

    One man's junk is another man's treasure.


    It's around half an hour north on the highway, and a bit over an
    hour
    in either east or west. South gets salt water in my engine intake.

    Not good for our truck either, tho our salt water would be a bit warmer
    than yours.

    At least it's above freezing. Not by much, but above freezing.

    Hopefully you will be avoiding the next round that's to blow thru in the
    next day or so. Looks like we're done with snow for the year but still
    have to worry about frost for a few more weeks.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Sunday, April 01, 2018 20:24:47
    Hi Ruth,

    Sometimes cosmetic fixes are the best we can manage.

    True, some fast food outlets fancy themselves up but the food remains
    the same stuff I wouldn't touch. After having a really good lobster roll from a food truck, I'll not go back to the McD's in Barre, VT for one.

    I don't go in there for anything but the coffee. I've had lobster
    rolls and can't be bothered to go back for seconds.

    I wanted to try the lobster roll, but not at Thruway prices.


    We had a cat named Hoover for about a week. He was a stray my
    dad
    coaxed indoors, and he vacuumed up food.

    Sounds like he was in the need of some good food. Why did he only
    stay
    about a week?

    He had to be put down; he was sick when he allowed himself to be
    coaxed indoors. That may have been part of why he came in. I
    forget
    what it was.

    I see, hopefully he'd had a good life at some point.

    He may have started life in a house, but ran away or something.
    Unfixed tomcat and all.

    Possible, but you've had cats live much longer than that.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, April 04, 2018 11:09:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 03-29-18 23:16 <=-

    more regulated, and taken to the pound faster than stray cats... :)
    Especially pit bull mixes for some reason.
    Even though most of the pit bulls I've ever come across were sweet and mild-mannered... properly trained and not abused, in other words... :)

    Same here. They can be extremely protective if they think a family
    member is threatened, but generally they're pretty mellow.

    A lot of the supposedly vicious breeds are only that because of training
    or the lack thereof... that protective streak can be twisted into
    something else....

    in Hartford CT that makes them for local retailers.
    I could probably find them locally made... there are Jamaican
    restaurants around that might even make their own... :)
    Quite likely.
    Although they might just be buying them at BJ's... ;)

    Doubtful; we have lots of Jamaicans and any bunch buying factory made patties wouldn't be in business long.

    Unless the ones available at BJ's are rather authentic... ;)

    eaten one of those. Different spices of course.
    Of course... :) I had some Cornish pasties when I was visiting my
    sister in the UK... They are tasty, too.. :)
    That doesn't surprise me.
    Just have to try one sometime... ;)

    Around here it's easier to find Caribbean food than British. I can
    get some of the canned goods, but not the freshly made stuff.

    Actually, it's the same here as well...

    ttyl neb

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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Wednesday, April 04, 2018 23:23:00

    emergency if one went belly up. Don't want any to, but it's
    inevitable
    that one will, when we don't want it to. (G)

    Of course. Always.

    Part of what I term as "the law of 'Go Figure'". (G)

    The bits you don't want to conk out always seem to be the first
    ones

    That applies to most anything, including computers. I had a microwave
    die on me the week before Rachel's wedding in 1997. We bought a
    replacement the next day or so as I was not about to have a houseful of people and no working microwave.

    Amen. I "cooked" lunch in mine today - found an Evol frozen meal half
    price and decided to give it a go.

    to go. That goes hand in hand with "who'd want that" at tag and
    estate
    sales.
    It's often the first thing to be purchased.

    One man's junk is another man's treasure.

    Or it's another man's junk too. Tupperware lids are a prime example; to
    most men they're junk.

    At least it's above freezing. Not by much, but above freezing.

    Hopefully you will be avoiding the next round that's to blow thru in the next day or so. Looks like we're done with snow for the year but still
    have to worry about frost for a few more weeks.

    We didn't get snow for Easter, but April Fool, got it April 2. It all
    melted off by the next day, but even so.
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Wednesday, April 04, 2018 23:34:15
    I don't go in there for anything but the coffee. I've had lobster rolls and can't be bothered to go back for seconds.

    I wanted to try the lobster roll, but not at Thruway prices.

    You get my share. OTOH I've been drooling over a Florida friend's
    photographs of dinner in a crab house down there.

    I see, hopefully he'd had a good life at some point.

    He may have started life in a house, but ran away or something.
    Unfixed tomcat and all.

    Possible, but you've had cats live much longer than that.

    By a lot, yes, but they weren't complete strays. A male young cat, also not fixed, wandered up a few years later and demanded IN. We found him a new
    home with a kid whose cat had been killed by a car. That cat became an indoor-only cat and most likely died of extreme old age.
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to NANCY BACKUS on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 16:40:01

    This one jumps in my chair and sits down so I'll brush her. She's learned to jump on my lap too, to get her nightly scratch. She has
    not however learned to SIT in my lap.

    Of the two new cats here, one is just learning the idea of sitting in a
    lap, the other thinks it her due... :)

    Genie hasn't done it again since her trip to the evil V-E-T, but otherwise seems to have forgiven me.

    on the (covered with stuff) bed in my computer room is fair game, and Spook regularly takes it over... ;)

    Genie tries to take mine, and generally succeeds in walking all
    around
    my head. She sleeps elsewhere.

    Cats in this household learn VERY quickly that pillows with heads on
    them are off-limits... they are likely to be tossed off the bed unceremoniously...

    Often my head hasn't hit it yet when she gets there, but she's learned to
    move out of the way pretty quickly.
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 17:17:51

    Since we'd spent longer at the shop, a quick lunch was in order.
    Being a
    cooler day, soup was good.

    It snowed here. Snow. I'm now officially sick of Winter.

    We might get some tonight/tomorrow morning. Forecasters have gone back
    and forth on it, latest is, that there is a chance but that it won't
    stick to much. Not so sunny south, actually rather wet today.

    You may not have, but I got it for you. Nothing stuck, but even so. The Easter Bunny at last report, wanted to beat up Old Man Winter.


    They may not sell for a ton, but I've bought containers just for
    the
    undamaged lid.

    I've not done that yet. Noticed I've also got some rectangular MMs also, mostly good for dry storage.

    That's one I bought; my flour bin lid cracked and at 25 cents the whole container was cheaper than ordering a lid.

    You sent it up here; I went grocery shopping in the snow today. It didn't stick to the roads, but did make walking in the parking lot difficult at least for me.

    We might be getting our share yet. Small farmer's market today (first
    day of longer hours season) and it had fewer vendors than the typical
    winter market day. Town's Dirt Day was cancelled as it would have been
    more of a soupy mud.

    We have more of a Mud Month, once things defrost.
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 17:28:58

    me one there last year; it was loaded with lobster. The McD's one had maybe 1/5 (maybe less) of what this one had.

    And a ton of mayo? My grocery store makes them sometimes and once

    The McDs one did have may, not a ton but more than it should have. The Cousin's was lobster and butter on a roll.

    That sounds more like it.

    gave away free samples. Mayo, hot dog rolls, and lobster. Edible,
    if
    you're desperate, but a waste of good shellfish.

    Publix was demo-ing crab cakes today but they weren't ready when we came
    in, and we didn't stick around long enough to get any. Just in for a
    couple of things, and back out.

    Oh well. My grocery demos things two or three times a month.

    My folks had indoor-outdoor cats live to about 18 years old. The
    current
    one is somewhere around 14; they adopted her from a shelter while we
    were in HI.

    Mine generally only made it to 15/16. Genie is about five now.

    Jenny-cat, was, as near as we could figure, about 8 when we adopted her
    out. Don't know how long she lived; she had health issues almost all her life.

    My friend's 17 year old cat goes for fluids every so often. His mother is going to go on her final trip to the V-E-T pretty soon; she's senile.
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 18:18:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 04-06-18 23:32 <=-

    Same here. They can be extremely protective if they think a family member is threatened, but generally they're pretty mellow.
    A lot of the supposedly vicious breeds are only that because of training
    or the lack thereof... that protective streak can be twisted into
    something else....

    Even my niece's 18-pound dog has one. His can be bribed with food, of course, but some can't.

    If one is using the dog as a protective watch dog, one wouldn't really
    want it to be too easily bribed, though... :) Unless it is a
    supervised bribe, so that the dog knows that the new person is approved
    by the management... ;)

    I could probably find them locally made... there are Jamaican restaurants around that might even make their own... :)
    Quite likely.
    Although they might just be buying them at BJ's... ;)
    Doubtful; we have lots of Jamaicans and any bunch buying factory
    made patties wouldn't be in business long.
    Unless the ones available at BJ's are rather authentic... ;)

    If they're not Scott's from Hartford around here... ain't happening.

    Nope... they're Caribbean Food Delights Frozen Jamaican Style Patties...
    Just looked at a coupon I clipped today... ;)

    Around here it's easier to find Caribbean food than British. I can
    get some of the canned goods, but not the freshly made stuff.
    Actually, it's the same here as well...

    We hit the Kosher aisle for some things, oddly.

    Are the British items Kosher, then...? We have a small section of
    British items at our Wegmans, and about the same size (sometimes a
    little larger around Passover) section of Kosher... :) The larger
    stores probably make a bigger deal of the Kosher, being located in areas
    that are more heavily Jewish than our area.... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 14:21:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 04-10-18 16:44 <=-

    This one jumps in my chair and sits down so I'll brush her. She's learned to jump on my lap too, to get her nightly scratch. She has
    not however learned to SIT in my lap.
    Of the two new cats here, one is just learning the idea of sitting in a
    lap, the other thinks it her due... :)

    Genie hasn't done it again since her trip to the evil V-E-T, but
    otherwise seems to have forgiven me.

    All the more reason to limit the number of visits there... ;) She'll
    probably come round sooner or later... ;)

    on the (covered with stuff) bed in my computer room is fair game, and Spook regularly takes it over... ;)
    Genie tries to take mine, and generally succeeds in walking all
    around my head. She sleeps elsewhere.
    Cats in this household learn VERY quickly that pillows with heads on
    them are off-limits... they are likely to be tossed off the bed unceremoniously...

    Often my head hasn't hit it yet when she gets there, but she's learned
    to move out of the way pretty quickly.

    Or risk being the pillow....? (G)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 20:28:55
    Hi Ruth,

    It snowed here. Snow. I'm now officially sick of Winter.

    We might get some tonight/tomorrow morning. Forecasters have gone back
    and forth on it, latest is, that there is a chance but that it won't
    stick to much. Not so sunny south, actually rather wet today.

    You may not have, but I got it for you. Nothing stuck, but even so.
    The Easter Bunny at last report, wanted to beat up Old Man Winter.

    I know, I've seen late April storms before. Had some mixed in with the
    rain; Steve said he saw ice on the lawn the other day. Now predicting
    we'll be in the 80s for a few days, then back to the low 60s by Monday.

    They may not sell for a ton, but I've bought containers just for
    the
    undamaged lid.

    I've not done that yet. Noticed I've also got some rectangular MMs also, mostly good for dry storage.

    That's one I bought; my flour bin lid cracked and at 25 cents the
    whole container was cheaper than ordering a lid.

    For sure! I've got a few with slightly damaged lids that should be
    replaced, others with more damage, all to be sent in but not done so
    yet. Wonder what they'll do with the German pieces. (G)


    You sent it up here; I went grocery shopping in the snow today. It didn't stick to the roads, but did make walking in the parking lot difficult at least for me.

    We might be getting our share yet. Small farmer's market today (first
    day of longer hours season) and it had fewer vendors than the typical
    winter market day. Town's Dirt Day was cancelled as it would have been
    more of a soupy mud.

    We have more of a Mud Month, once things defrost.

    No surprise there. We've defrosted and now pollenated--it's everywhere!
    I'm trying not to spend too much time outside.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 20:37:40
    Hi Ruth,

    me one there last year; it was loaded with lobster. The McD's one had maybe 1/5 (maybe less) of what this one had.

    And a ton of mayo? My grocery store makes them sometimes and once

    The McDs one did have mayo, not a ton but more than it should have.
    The > Cousin's was lobster and butter on a roll.

    That sounds more like it.

    Paid a pretty penny but it was worth every bite! (G)


    gave away free samples. Mayo, hot dog rolls, and lobster. Edible,
    if
    you're desperate, but a waste of good shellfish.

    Publix was demo-ing crab cakes today but they weren't ready when we came
    in, and we didn't stick around long enough to get any. Just in for a
    couple of things, and back out.

    Oh well. My grocery demos things two or three times a month.

    Publix does their "Aprons" meal several times a week. Always on Friday afternoon and at some point Saturday for a couple of hours. They also
    have other vendors giving away samples, usually on the week end. Other
    stores around here aren't as much into doing the demos or giving out
    taste tidbits.

    My folks had indoor-outdoor cats live to about 18 years old. The
    current
    one is somewhere around 14; they adopted her from a shelter while we
    were in HI.

    Mine generally only made it to 15/16. Genie is about five now.

    Jenny-cat, was, as near as we could figure, about 8 when we adopted her
    out. Don't know how long she lived; she had health issues almost all her life.

    My friend's 17 year old cat goes for fluids every so often. His
    mother is going to go on her final trip to the V-E-T pretty soon;
    she's senile.

    With dementia?

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Friday, April 13, 2018 22:56:12

    The McDs one did have mayo, not a ton but more than it should have.
    The > Cousin's was lobster and butter on a roll.

    That sounds more like it.

    Paid a pretty penny but it was worth every bite! (G)

    I wonder if a whole wheat roll would improve it or just be less authentic.

    Oh well. My grocery demos things two or three times a month.

    Publix does their "Aprons" meal several times a week. Always on Friday afternoon and at some point Saturday for a couple of hours. They also
    have other vendors giving away samples, usually on the week end. Other stores around here aren't as much into doing the demos or giving out
    taste tidbits.

    Most stores only do it on high traffic days. The exception is the bakery
    in my Big Y. Sometimes they do samples on odd days, probably of things
    they made too much of.

    My friend's 17 year old cat goes for fluids every so often. His
    mother is going to go on her final trip to the V-E-T pretty soon;
    she's senile.

    With dementia?

    Or something. Can't find the catboxia, at least.
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Friday, April 13, 2018 23:01:04
    You may not have, but I got it for you. Nothing stuck, but even
    so.
    The Easter Bunny at last report, wanted to beat up Old Man Winter.

    I know, I've seen late April storms before. Had some mixed in with the
    rain; Steve said he saw ice on the lawn the other day. Now predicting
    we'll be in the 80s for a few days, then back to the low 60s by Monday.

    We had a hard frost a few days ago, it went into the 60s today, and it
    won't get out of the 30s on Sunday. The MS and my eardrums are NOT happy.

    I've not done that yet. Noticed I've also got some rectangular MMs
    also,
    mostly good for dry storage.

    That's one I bought; my flour bin lid cracked and at 25 cents the
    whole container was cheaper than ordering a lid.

    For sure! I've got a few with slightly damaged lids that should be
    replaced, others with more damage, all to be sent in but not done so
    yet. Wonder what they'll do with the German pieces. (G)

    Scratch their heads?

    We have more of a Mud Month, once things defrost.

    No surprise there. We've defrosted and now pollenated--it's everywhere!
    I'm trying not to spend too much time outside.

    Maple and spruce pollen are my killers.
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to NANCY BACKUS on Friday, April 13, 2018 23:21:03

    Even my niece's 18-pound dog has one. His can be bribed with food,
    of
    course, but some can't.

    If one is using the dog as a protective watch dog, one wouldn't really
    want it to be too easily bribed, though... :) Unless it is a
    supervised bribe, so that the dog knows that the new person is approved
    by the management... ;)

    Watch dogs have been hurt before by nefarious characters.

    Doubtful; we have lots of Jamaicans and any bunch buying factory made patties wouldn't be in business long.
    Unless the ones available at BJ's are rather authentic... ;)

    If they're not Scott's from Hartford around here... ain't
    happening.

    Nope... they're Caribbean Food Delights Frozen Jamaican Style Patties... Just looked at a coupon I clipped today... ;)

    Ewww. Nope. Not happening here.

    We hit the Kosher aisle for some things, oddly.

    Are the British items Kosher, then...? We have a small section of

    No, but some things popular in Britain are more available here as Kosher specialty items. Some flavors of jam like currant are a prime example.

    British items at our Wegmans, and about the same size (sometimes a
    little larger around Passover) section of Kosher... :) The larger
    stores probably make a bigger deal of the Kosher, being located in areas that are more heavily Jewish than our area.... :)

    My regular store has most of one aisle. There's a whole supermarket down
    the street.
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to NANCY BACKUS on Friday, April 13, 2018 23:40:23

    lap, the other thinks it her due... :)

    Genie hasn't done it again since her trip to the evil V-E-T, but otherwise seems to have forgiven me.

    All the more reason to limit the number of visits there... ;) She'll probably come round sooner or later... ;)

    She's calmed down a lot and even jumps in my lap sometimes now. She's
    figured out that "lap" means "scratch" and "warm spot".

    Cats in this household learn VERY quickly that pillows with heads on
    them are off-limits... they are likely to be tossed off the bed unceremoniously...

    Often my head hasn't hit it yet when she gets there, but she's
    learned
    to move out of the way pretty quickly.

    Or risk being the pillow....? (G)

    Pretty much.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Saturday, April 14, 2018 16:55:51
    Hi Ruth,

    The McDs one did have mayo, not a ton but more than it should have.
    The > Cousin's was lobster and butter on a roll.

    That sounds more like it.

    Paid a pretty penny but it was worth every bite! (G)

    I wonder if a whole wheat roll would improve it or just be less
    authentic.

    It might not be as authentic but it would taste pretty good. Much better
    than a squishy white roll, IMO.


    Oh well. My grocery demos things two or three times a month.

    Publix does their "Aprons" meal several times a week. Always on Friday afternoon and at some point Saturday for a couple of hours. They also
    have other vendors giving away samples, usually on the week end. Other stores around here aren't as much into doing the demos or giving out
    taste tidbits.

    Most stores only do it on high traffic days. The exception is the
    bakery in my Big Y. Sometimes they do samples on odd days, probably
    of things they made too much of.

    Sounds like it's an easy way to "recycle" something rather than tossing
    it out. They might hit a winner and people will demand to see it in the
    display case.

    My friend's 17 year old cat goes for fluids every so often. His
    mother is going to go on her final trip to the V-E-T pretty soon;
    she's senile.

    With dementia?

    Or something. Can't find the catboxia, at least.

    Jenny-cat had problems on that line and she wasn't that old. Early onset
    feline dementia?


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Saturday, April 14, 2018 16:59:16
    Hi Ruth,

    The Easter Bunny at last report, wanted to beat up Old Man Winter.

    I know, I've seen late April storms before. Had some mixed in with the
    rain; Steve said he saw ice on the lawn the other day. Now predicting
    we'll be in the 80s for a few days, then back to the low 60s by Monday.

    We had a hard frost a few days ago, it went into the 60s today, and it won't get out of the 30s on Sunday. The MS and my eardrums are NOT
    happy.

    We're into the low 80s today, will be again tomorrow but a front is
    supposed to come thru tomorrow night. Monday & Tuesday temps are to be
    in the low 60s.

    I've not done that yet. Noticed I've also got some rectangular MMs
    also,
    mostly good for dry storage.

    That's one I bought; my flour bin lid cracked and at 25 cents the
    whole container was cheaper than ordering a lid.

    For sure! I've got a few with slightly damaged lids that should be
    replaced, others with more damage, all to be sent in but not done so
    yet. Wonder what they'll do with the German pieces. (G)

    Scratch their heads?

    Probably do some on line research. Some pieces are similar to what my
    MIL got as trial products that (AFAIK), never made it into the product
    line in the USA.


    We have more of a Mud Month, once things defrost.

    No surprise there. We've defrosted and now pollenated--it's everywhere!
    I'm trying not to spend too much time outside.

    Maple and spruce pollen are my killers.

    Pine is the biggest nemisis areound here. Everybody drives a
    yellow-green car for the latter part of March into late April and we're
    all stuffy/sneezy/itchy eyed.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Sunday, April 15, 2018 23:52:59
    Paid a pretty penny but it was worth every bite! (G)

    I wonder if a whole wheat roll would improve it or just be less authentic.

    It might not be as authentic but it would taste pretty good. Much better than a squishy white roll, IMO.

    Squishy white rolls aren't even food.

    Most stores only do it on high traffic days. The exception is the bakery in my Big Y. Sometimes they do samples on odd days,
    probably
    of things they made too much of.

    Sounds like it's an easy way to "recycle" something rather than tossing
    it out. They might hit a winner and people will demand to see it in the display case.

    That's generally where it was.

    My friend's 17 year old cat goes for fluids every so often. His mother is going to go on her final trip to the V-E-T pretty
    soon;
    she's senile.

    With dementia?

    Or something. Can't find the catboxia, at least.

    Jenny-cat had problems on that line and she wasn't that old. Early onset feline dementia?

    Or a UTI.
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Sunday, April 15, 2018 23:56:04
    rain; Steve said he saw ice on the lawn the other day. Now predicting we'll be in the 80s for a few days, then back to the low 60s by
    Monday.

    We had a hard frost a few days ago, it went into the 60s today, and
    it
    won't get out of the 30s on Sunday. The MS and my eardrums are NOT happy.

    We're into the low 80s today, will be again tomorrow but a front is
    supposed to come thru tomorrow night. Monday & Tuesday temps are to be
    in the low 60s.

    It hit 70 here on Saturday and was sleeting on Sunday night.

    For sure! I've got a few with slightly damaged lids that should be replaced, others with more damage, all to be sent in but not done so
    yet. Wonder what they'll do with the German pieces. (G)

    Scratch their heads?

    Probably do some on line research. Some pieces are similar to what my
    MIL got as trial products that (AFAIK), never made it into the product
    line in the USA.

    And then scratch their heads?

    No surprise there. We've defrosted and now pollenated--it's
    everywhere!
    I'm trying not to spend too much time outside.

    Maple and spruce pollen are my killers.

    Pine is the biggest nemisis areound here. Everybody drives a
    yellow-green car for the latter part of March into late April and we're
    all stuffy/sneezy/itchy eyed.

    Doctors don't test for it here, but people know about it.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Monday, April 16, 2018 19:55:27
    Hi Ruth,

    Paid a pretty penny but it was worth every bite! (G)

    I wonder if a whole wheat roll would improve it or just be less authentic.

    It might not be as authentic but it would taste pretty good. Much better than a squishy white roll, IMO.

    Squishy white rolls aren't even food.

    They can be used to (carefully) mop up juices or sauce but don't have
    too many other. Dr. David Rubin, in his book on nutrition, refers to
    white breadstuffs as "balloon bread".


    Most stores only do it on high traffic days. The exception is the bakery in my Big Y. Sometimes they do samples on odd days,
    probably
    of things they made too much of.

    Sounds like it's an easy way to "recycle" something rather than tossing
    it out. They might hit a winner and people will demand to see it in the display case.

    That's generally where it was.

    So by pulling it out and offering samples, people will know to ask for
    it by name instead of '.............that stuff with pink icing". (G)


    My friend's 17 year old cat goes for fluids every so often. His mother is going to go on her final trip to the V-E-T pretty
    soon;
    she's senile.

    With dementia?

    Or something. Can't find the catboxia, at least.

    Jenny-cat had problems on that line and she wasn't that old. Early onset feline dementia?

    Or a UTI.

    No, as I recall, she tested negative for that. We think it was rooted in
    the abuse she had when she was a kitten.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Monday, April 16, 2018 20:00:15
    Hi Ruth,

    We're into the low 80s today, will be again tomorrow but a front is
    supposed to come thru tomorrow night. Monday & Tuesday temps are to be
    in the low 60s.

    It hit 70 here on Saturday and was sleeting on Sunday night.

    We were in the low 80s, before the front went thru Sunday night. We did
    not get hit by any of the tornadoes that hit in/around Greensboro (a
    couple of hours west of us). Tomorrow is supposed to be chilly again,
    then in the low 80s Wednesday and back to the 60s on Thursday. Frost
    warnings out for tonight.


    For sure! I've got a few with slightly damaged lids that should be replaced, others with more damage, all to be sent in but not done so
    yet. Wonder what they'll do with the German pieces. (G)

    Scratch their heads?

    Probably do some on line research. Some pieces are similar to what my
    MIL got as trial products that (AFAIK), never made it into the product
    line in the USA.

    And then scratch their heads?

    Probably so. (G)

    No surprise there. We've defrosted and now pollenated--it's
    everywhere!
    I'm trying not to spend too much time outside.

    Maple and spruce pollen are my killers.

    Pine is the biggest nemisis areound here. Everybody drives a
    yellow-green car for the latter part of March into late April and we're
    all stuffy/sneezy/itchy eyed.

    Doctors don't test for it here, but people know about it.

    I think it's a "given" around here that most people have problems with
    it. We didn't in Savannah; the coastal breezes kept it away from us.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 16:53:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 04-13-18 23:25 <=-


    Even my niece's 18-pound dog has one. His can be bribed with food,
    of course, but some can't.
    If one is using the dog as a protective watch dog, one wouldn't really
    want it to be too easily bribed, though... :) Unless it is a
    supervised bribe, so that the dog knows that the new person is approved
    by the management... ;)

    Watch dogs have been hurt before by nefarious characters.

    That, too... :)

    Doubtful; we have lots of Jamaicans and any bunch buying
    factory made patties wouldn't be in business long.
    Unless the ones available at BJ's are rather authentic... ;)
    If they're not Scott's from Hartford around here... ain't
    happening.
    Nope... they're Caribbean Food Delights Frozen Jamaican Style Patties... Just looked at a coupon I clipped today... ;)
    Ewww. Nope. Not happening here.

    Just as well you don't have them available, eh...?

    We hit the Kosher aisle for some things, oddly.
    Are the British items Kosher, then...?

    No, but some things popular in Britain are more available here as
    Kosher specialty items. Some flavors of jam like currant are a prime example.

    Ah... that makes sense... :)

    We have a small section of
    British items at our Wegmans, and about the same size (sometimes a
    little larger around Passover) section of Kosher... :) The larger
    stores probably make a bigger deal of the Kosher, being located in areas that are more heavily Jewish than our area.... :)

    My regular store has most of one aisle. There's a whole supermarket
    down the street.

    I'm sure that the makeup of the population around the store has
    something to do with that... :) I think there still is a whole Kosher
    store (maybe more) over on the east side of town where the population is heavily Jewish...

    ttyl neb

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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 21:50:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 04-13-18 23:44 <=-

    lap, the other thinks it her due... :)
    Genie hasn't done it again since her trip to the evil V-E-T, but otherwise seems to have forgiven me.
    All the more reason to limit the number of visits there... ;) She'll probably come round sooner or later... ;)

    She's calmed down a lot and even jumps in my lap sometimes now. She's figured out that "lap" means "scratch" and "warm spot".

    Smart kitty... ;)

    Cats in this household learn VERY quickly that pillows with heads on
    them are off-limits... they are likely to be tossed off the bed unceremoniously...
    Often my head hasn't hit it yet when she gets there, but she's
    learned to move out of the way pretty quickly.
    Or risk being the pillow....? (G)

    Pretty much.

    They do generally catch on eventually.... (G)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to NANCY BACKUS on Thursday, April 19, 2018 18:00:13
    She's calmed down a lot and even jumps in my lap sometimes now.
    She's
    figured out that "lap" means "scratch" and "warm spot".

    Smart kitty... ;)

    More like kitty who wants what she wants.

    Often my head hasn't hit it yet when she gets there, but she's learned to move out of the way pretty quickly.
    Or risk being the pillow....? (G)

    Pretty much.

    They do generally catch on eventually.... (G)

    She figured out that it could get her more scratching, although she hasn't figure out "wake the human up" yet ... thankfully.
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Thursday, April 19, 2018 18:12:02
    It might not be as authentic but it would taste pretty good. Much
    better
    than a squishy white roll, IMO.

    Squishy white rolls aren't even food.

    They can be used to (carefully) mop up juices or sauce but don't have
    too many other. Dr. David Rubin, in his book on nutrition, refers to
    white breadstuffs as "balloon bread".

    I refer to it as landfill bait. I'll use white bread burger rolls and hot
    dog buns, but generally won't eat white bread with preservatives in it.

    Sounds like it's an easy way to "recycle" something rather than
    tossing
    it out. They might hit a winner and people will demand to see it in
    the
    display case.

    That's generally where it was.

    So by pulling it out and offering samples, people will know to ask for
    it by name instead of '.............that stuff with pink icing". (G)

    Taste it once come back for more later is the thinking. It may well work,
    and if not it at least doesn't waste food.

    Or something. Can't find the catboxia, at least.

    Jenny-cat had problems on that line and she wasn't that old. Early
    onset
    feline dementia?

    Or a UTI.

    No, as I recall, she tested negative for that. We think it was rooted in
    the abuse she had when she was a kitten.

    Certainly possible. A friend's can find the box but choose not to, as far
    as he can tell just to cheese off the humans.
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Thursday, April 19, 2018 18:28:18
    It hit 70 here on Saturday and was sleeting on Sunday night.

    We were in the low 80s, before the front went thru Sunday night. We did
    not get hit by any of the tornadoes that hit in/around Greensboro (a
    couple of hours west of us). Tomorrow is supposed to be chilly again,
    then in the low 80s Wednesday and back to the 60s on Thursday. Frost warnings out for tonight.

    I'm starting to feel like I'm living on a yo-yo.

    yet. Wonder what they'll do with the German pieces. (G)

    Scratch their heads?

    Probably do some on line research. Some pieces are similar to what my
    MIL got as trial products that (AFAIK), never made it into the
    product
    line in the USA.

    And then scratch their heads?

    Probably so. (G)

    It might be worth checking Ebay, maybe even German Ebay if you can find a seller who ships to the US.

    Doctors don't test for it here, but people know about it.

    I think it's a "given" around here that most people have problems with
    it. We didn't in Savannah; the coastal breezes kept it away from us.

    Does pine pollen at least lead to pine nuts?
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to NANCY BACKUS on Thursday, April 19, 2018 23:59:14

    want it to be too easily bribed, though... :) Unless it is a
    supervised bribe, so that the dog knows that the new person is
    approved
    by the management... ;)

    Watch dogs have been hurt before by nefarious characters.

    That, too... :)

    Police dogs get bullet-proof vests in some departments. Which stinks.
    Not the vests, but that they're needed.

    Nope... they're Caribbean Food Delights Frozen Jamaican Style
    Patties...
    Just looked at a coupon I clipped today... ;)
    Ewww. Nope. Not happening here.

    Just as well you don't have them available, eh...?

    They wouldn't sell, so no point.

    We hit the Kosher aisle for some things, oddly.
    Are the British items Kosher, then...?

    No, but some things popular in Britain are more available here as Kosher specialty items. Some flavors of jam like currant are a
    prime
    example.

    Ah... that makes sense... :)

    A local store does carry some British items; I don't know if any of it ever sells, except to the same Jamaican crowd.

    that are more heavily Jewish than our area.... :)

    My regular store has most of one aisle. There's a whole
    supermarket
    down the street.

    I'm sure that the makeup of the population around the store has
    something to do with that... :) I think there still is a whole Kosher
    store (maybe more) over on the east side of town where the population is heavily Jewish...

    There are more than a few synagogues here, so the demand is there.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Friday, April 20, 2018 17:11:08
    Hi Ruth,

    Squishy white rolls aren't even food.

    They can be used to (carefully) mop up juices or sauce but don't have
    too many other. Dr. David Rubin, in his book on nutrition, refers to
    white breadstuffs as "balloon bread".

    I refer to it as landfill bait. I'll use white bread burger rolls and
    hot dog buns, but generally won't eat white bread with preservatives
    in it.

    It's not in our house either. Don't have any white rice, flour or sugar.

    Sounds like it's an easy way to "recycle" something rather than
    tossing
    it out. They might hit a winner and people will demand to see it in
    the
    display case.

    That's generally where it was.

    So by pulling it out and offering samples, people will know to ask for
    it by name instead of '.............that stuff with pink icing". (G)

    Taste it once come back for more later is the thinking. It may well
    work, and if not it at least doesn't waste food.

    Clears out the case for something new for people to try.


    Or something. Can't find the catboxia, at least.

    Jenny-cat had problems on that line and she wasn't that old. Early
    onset
    feline dementia?

    Or a UTI.

    No, as I recall, she tested negative for that. We think it was rooted in
    the abuse she had when she was a kitten.

    Certainly possible. A friend's can find the box but choose not to,
    as far as he can tell just to cheese off the humans.

    May have ended up getting him in more trouble than he figured tho. Took Jenny-cat to the vet--got some lamb and rice to try her on. Cat went on
    a hunger strike, actually pushed the bowl away from her.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Friday, April 20, 2018 17:15:02
    Hi Ruth,

    It hit 70 here on Saturday and was sleeting on Sunday night.

    We were in the low 80s, before the front went thru Sunday night. We did
    not get hit by any of the tornadoes that hit in/around Greensboro (a
    couple of hours west of us). Tomorrow is supposed to be chilly again,
    then in the low 80s Wednesday and back to the 60s on Thursday. Frost warnings out for tonight.

    I'm starting to feel like I'm living on a yo-yo.

    Same here. One lady at quilting the other day said that some city
    (Cleveland, I think) was marking the date as the ".......day of January" instead of April whatever it was. Feels more like January more than
    April so far this month--it was 37 for the morning low today.

    yet. Wonder what they'll do with the German pieces. (G)

    Scratch their heads?

    Probably do some on line research. Some pieces are similar to what my
    MIL got as trial products that (AFAIK), never made it into the
    product
    line in the USA.

    And then scratch their heads?

    Probably so. (G)

    It might be worth checking Ebay, maybe even German Ebay if you can
    find a seller who ships to the US.

    Son't know if it's really worth the time and effort.


    Doctors don't test for it here, but people know about it.

    I think it's a "given" around here that most people have problems with
    it. We didn't in Savannah; the coastal breezes kept it away from us.

    Does pine pollen at least lead to pine nuts?

    More like pine cones I think.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Monday, April 23, 2018 23:35:29

    I refer to it as landfill bait. I'll use white bread burger rolls
    and
    hot dog buns, but generally won't eat white bread with
    preservatives
    in it.

    It's not in our house either. Don't have any white rice, flour or sugar.

    I have all of the above. Can't bake without the latter two, and Mom likes
    the former.

    So by pulling it out and offering samples, people will know to ask
    for
    it by name instead of '.............that stuff with pink icing". (G)

    Taste it once come back for more later is the thinking. It may
    well
    work, and if not it at least doesn't waste food.

    Clears out the case for something new for people to try.

    Or at least clears old inventory.

    Certainly possible. A friend's can find the box but choose not
    to,
    as far as he can tell just to cheese off the humans.

    May have ended up getting him in more trouble than he figured tho. Took Jenny-cat to the vet--got some lamb and rice to try her on. Cat went on
    a hunger strike, actually pushed the bowl away from her.

    Smart cat. I had one who loved lamb, and two more who wouldn't eat it.
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Monday, April 23, 2018 23:43:00

    I'm starting to feel like I'm living on a yo-yo.

    Same here. One lady at quilting the other day said that some city (Cleveland, I think) was marking the date as the ".......day of January" instead of April whatever it was. Feels more like January more than
    April so far this month--it was 37 for the morning low today.

    Meanwhile, we're supposed to hit 80 next week, or at least get close. I
    think we may be done with snow.

    And then scratch their heads?

    Probably so. (G)

    It might be worth checking Ebay, maybe even German Ebay if you can
    find a seller who ships to the US.

    Son't know if it's really worth the time and effort.

    You never know; the darndest things turn up, and you weren't the only ones stationed in Germany.

    Does pine pollen at least lead to pine nuts?

    More like pine cones I think.

    Rats. Probably get them from China the same as us, and the Italians too
    these days.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 16:22:51
    Hi Ruth,

    hot dog buns, but generally won't eat white bread with
    preservatives
    in it.

    It's not in our house either. Don't have any white rice, flour or sugar.

    I have all of the above. Can't bake without the latter two, and Mom
    likes the former.

    I can/do bake with other than white flour/sugar. Whole wheat pastry
    flour, some gluten free flours from time to time and raw sugar have
    worked well for me over the years. Since Steve and I both like brown
    ice, that's the one we use.


    So by pulling it out and offering samples, people will know to ask
    for
    it by name instead of '.............that stuff with pink icing". (G)

    Taste it once come back for more later is the thinking. It may
    well
    work, and if not it at least doesn't waste food.

    Clears out the case for something new for people to try.

    Or at least clears old inventory.

    that it does. We wer in Publix today around lunch time and
    surprise--they were doing a cooking demo. They have a weekly recipe that
    gets demo-ed, I thought usually Fridays and week ends, but they were
    also doing today. It was Thai beef with carrot-basil salad. Beef was
    good but it was served on precooked (heat in the microwave) Uncle
    Ben's jasmine rice. We declined the salad as it was loaded with
    cilantro.

    Certainly possible. A friend's can find the box but choose not
    to,
    as far as he can tell just to cheese off the humans.

    May have ended up getting him in more trouble than he figured tho. Took Jenny-cat to the vet--got some lamb and rice to try her on. Cat went on
    a hunger strike, actually pushed the bowl away from her.

    Smart cat. I had one who loved lamb, and two more who wouldn't eat it.

    Interestingly, Sam didn't care for the lamb and rice (dry) dog food. We
    bought a bag once, just as a change from the usual. He ate it, but not
    as enthused as he was over his usual chow so we never got it again.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 16:33:44
    Hi Ruth,

    instead of April whatever it was. Feels more like January more than
    April so far this month--it was 37 for the morning low today.

    Meanwhile, we're supposed to hit 80 next week, or at least get close.
    I think we may be done with snow.

    Maybe so. We're supposed to get some low 80s next week but still have
    several more days of 60s and low 70s before then. Today is probably not
    even going to get out of the 50s, with rain.


    It might be worth checking Ebay, maybe even German Ebay if you can
    find a seller who ships to the US.

    Son't know if it's really worth the time and effort.

    You never know; the darndest things turn up, and you weren't the only
    ones stationed in Germany.

    True, but don't know how many people would have 80s era German
    Tupperware still.

    Does pine pollen at least lead to pine nuts?

    More like pine cones I think.

    Rats. Probably get them from China the same as us, and the Italians
    too these days.

    Southwest (AZ, NM) is a good source of pine nuts.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Thursday, April 26, 2018 21:40:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 04-19-18 18:04 <=-

    She's calmed down a lot and even jumps in my lap sometimes now.
    She's figured out that "lap" means "scratch" and "warm spot".
    Smart kitty... ;)

    More like kitty who wants what she wants.

    But has figured out how to get it... :)

    Often my head hasn't hit it yet when she gets there, but she's learned to move out of the way pretty quickly.
    Or risk being the pillow....? (G)
    Pretty much.
    They do generally catch on eventually.... (G)

    She figured out that it could get her more scratching, although she
    hasn't figure out "wake the human up" yet ... thankfully.

    When she first tries, ignore her... if you respond, other than to toss
    her off and thereafter ignore, she'll just persist....

    ttyl neb

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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Friday, April 27, 2018 00:24:04

    It's not in our house either. Don't have any white rice, flour or
    sugar.

    I have all of the above. Can't bake without the latter two, and
    Mom
    likes the former.

    I can/do bake with other than white flour/sugar. Whole wheat pastry
    flour, some gluten free flours from time to time and raw sugar have
    worked well for me over the years. Since Steve and I both like brown
    ice, that's the one we use.

    Some of the old recipes are finicky and don't work well with raw sugar or
    whole wheat. Breads are a different story.

    that it does. We wer in Publix today around lunch time and
    surprise--they were doing a cooking demo. They have a weekly recipe that gets demo-ed, I thought usually Fridays and week ends, but they were
    also doing today. It was Thai beef with carrot-basil salad. Beef was
    good but it was served on precooked (heat in the microwave) Uncle
    Ben's jasmine rice. We declined the salad as it was loaded with
    cilantro.

    Oh well; I'd have dived on it. The beef at least. Nuked prefab rice is edible, but not desirable.

    Jenny-cat to the vet--got some lamb and rice to try her on. Cat went
    on
    a hunger strike, actually pushed the bowl away from her.

    Smart cat. I had one who loved lamb, and two more who wouldn't eat
    it.

    Interestingly, Sam didn't care for the lamb and rice (dry) dog food. We bought a bag once, just as a change from the usual. He ate it, but not
    as enthused as he was over his usual chow so we never got it again.

    He wasn't used to it, so it tasted suspect.
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Friday, April 27, 2018 21:01:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 04-20-18 00:03 <=-

    want it to be too easily bribed, though... :) Unless it is a
    supervised bribe, so that the dog knows that the new person is
    approved by the management... ;)
    Watch dogs have been hurt before by nefarious characters.
    That, too... :)

    Police dogs get bullet-proof vests in some departments. Which stinks.
    Not the vests, but that they're needed.

    Indeed.

    Nope... they're Caribbean Food Delights Frozen Jamaican Style
    Patties... Just looked at a coupon I clipped today... ;)
    Ewww. Nope. Not happening here.
    Just as well you don't have them available, eh...?

    They wouldn't sell, so no point.

    Oh, I'm sure someone would buy them... just not the Jamaicans... ;)

    We hit the Kosher aisle for some things, oddly.
    Are the British items Kosher, then...?
    No, but some things popular in Britain are more available here as Kosher specialty items. Some flavors of jam like currant are a
    prime example.
    Ah... that makes sense... :)

    A local store does carry some British items; I don't know if any of it ever sells, except to the same Jamaican crowd.

    There's probably others that buy some of it... :)

    that are more heavily Jewish than our area.... :)
    My regular store has most of one aisle. There's a whole
    supermarket down the street.
    I'm sure that the makeup of the population around the store has
    something to do with that... :) I think there still is a whole Kosher
    store (maybe more) over on the east side of town where the population is heavily Jewish...

    There are more than a few synagogues here, so the demand is there.

    Exactly... most (if not all) the synagogues are over on the east side of
    town here....

    ttyl neb

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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Friday, April 27, 2018 23:03:01
    Meanwhile, we're supposed to hit 80 next week, or at least get
    close.
    I think we may be done with snow.

    Maybe so. We're supposed to get some low 80s next week but still have several more days of 60s and low 70s before then. Today is probably not
    even going to get out of the 50s, with rain.

    Next week they're talking mid-80s. I wouldn't put it past Connecticut to
    land in the 40s a week later.

    You never know; the darndest things turn up, and you weren't the
    only
    ones stationed in Germany.

    True, but don't know how many people would have 80s era German
    Tupperware still.

    You might be surprised. It does turn up.

    More like pine cones I think.

    Rats. Probably get them from China the same as us, and the
    Italians
    too these days.

    Southwest (AZ, NM) is a good source of pine nuts.

    I wonder if the Italians have figured that out...if so there may be an invasion.
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to NANCY BACKUS on Friday, April 27, 2018 23:06:20
    She's calmed down a lot and even jumps in my lap sometimes now. She's figured out that "lap" means "scratch" and "warm spot".
    Smart kitty... ;)

    More like kitty who wants what she wants.

    But has figured out how to get it... :)

    Darned tootin'. She likes warm spots, food, and someone to play with.

    They do generally catch on eventually.... (G)

    She figured out that it could get her more scratching, although she hasn't figure out "wake the human up" yet ... thankfully.

    When she first tries, ignore her... if you respond, other than to toss
    her off and thereafter ignore, she'll just persist....

    So far she's only figured out plopping on the human and interfering with
    her breathing. Sorry cat, no sleeping on the lungs for you.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Friday, April 27, 2018 14:55:44
    Hi Ruth,

    It's not in our house either. Don't have any white rice, flour or
    sugar.

    I have all of the above. Can't bake without the latter two, and
    Mom
    likes the former.

    I can/do bake with other than white flour/sugar. Whole wheat pastry
    flour, some gluten free flours from time to time and raw sugar have
    worked well for me over the years. Since Steve and I both like brown
    rice, that's the one we use.

    Some of the old recipes are finicky and don't work well with raw sugar
    or whole wheat. Breads are a different story.

    I've not had any problems with the sugar or flour. We use whole wheat
    pastry flour for most all of our baking, and a finer raw sugar than the turbinado I've seen on some shelves. I use that when I want the coarser
    sugar.

    that it does. We wer in Publix today around lunch time and
    surprise--they were doing a cooking demo. They have a weekly recipe that gets demo-ed, I thought usually Fridays and week ends, but they were
    also doing today. It was Thai beef with carrot-basil salad. Beef was
    good but it was served on precooked (heat in the microwave) Uncle
    Ben's jasmine rice. We declined the salad as it was loaded with
    cilantro.

    Oh well; I'd have dived on it. The beef at least. Nuked prefab rice
    is edible, but not desirable.

    It was good, but could use some of our tweaks to make it better. Nice
    kick to it, but not a blow the doors off kick.

    Jenny-cat to the vet--got some lamb and rice to try her on. Cat went
    on
    a hunger strike, actually pushed the bowl away from her.

    Smart cat. I had one who loved lamb, and two more who wouldn't eat
    it.

    Interestingly, Sam didn't care for the lamb and rice (dry) dog food. We bought a bag once, just as a change from the usual. He ate it, but not
    as enthused as he was over his usual chow so we never got it again.

    He wasn't used to it, so it tasted suspect.

    He ate all sorts of other odd things.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Saturday, April 28, 2018 19:43:24
    Hi Ruth,

    I think we may be done with snow.

    Maybe so. We're supposed to get some low 80s next week but still have several more days of 60s and low 70s before then. Today is probably not
    even going to get out of the 50s, with rain.

    Next week they're talking mid-80s. I wouldn't put it past Connecticut
    to land in the 40s a week later.

    They're saying upper 80s for a few days here, then into the 70s.
    Tomorrow is supposed to be the low 60s for highs tho. It's also our
    annual dessert auction to raise funds for youth camp day. I just
    finished glazing a lemon pound cake--made with lemon greek yogurt, lemon extract and lemon peel. Glaze had lemon peel and lemon juice so it's a
    lemon lover's delight. (G)


    You never know; the darndest things turn up, and you weren't the
    only
    ones stationed in Germany.

    True, but don't know how many people would have 80s era German
    Tupperware still.

    You might be surprised. It does turn up.

    I don't comb the internet that often to look for such things; maybe I
    ought to.


    More like pine cones I think.

    Rats. Probably get them from China the same as us, and the
    Italians
    too these days.

    Southwest (AZ, NM) is a good source of pine nuts.

    I wonder if the Italians have figured that out...if so there may be an invasion.

    Some may be on to the secret but certain Indian tribes make a yearly
    ritual of gathering them. Don't know if Italians have joined them or
    not.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Monday, April 30, 2018 23:46:22

    Next week they're talking mid-80s. I wouldn't put it past
    Connecticut
    to land in the 40s a week later.

    They're saying upper 80s for a few days here, then into the 70s.
    Tomorrow is supposed to be the low 60s for highs tho. It's also our
    annual dessert auction to raise funds for youth camp day. I just
    finished glazing a lemon pound cake--made with lemon greek yogurt, lemon extract and lemon peel. Glaze had lemon peel and lemon juice so it's a
    lemon lover's delight. (G)

    Otherwise known as dinner! It's going to get into the 80s for a few days
    here too.

    True, but don't know how many people would have 80s era German
    Tupperware still.

    You might be surprised. It does turn up.

    I don't comb the internet that often to look for such things; maybe I
    ought to.

    It could pay off. Ebay for example will let you create a specialized
    search and save it. Their computers will then notify you if matching items crop up. Sometimes their idea of matches and mine leave something to be desired, but it's a start.

    Southwest (AZ, NM) is a good source of pine nuts.

    I wonder if the Italians have figured that out...if so there may be
    an
    invasion.

    Some may be on to the secret but certain Indian tribes make a yearly
    ritual of gathering them. Don't know if Italians have joined them or
    not.

    It wouldn't surprise me!
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to NANCY BACKUS on Monday, April 30, 2018 23:59:51

    Ewww. Nope. Not happening here.
    Just as well you don't have them available, eh...?

    They wouldn't sell, so no point.

    Oh, I'm sure someone would buy them... just not the Jamaicans... ;)

    Not the locals either; we've had the good stuff.

    Kosher specialty items. Some flavors of jam like currant are a prime example.
    Ah... that makes sense... :)

    A local store does carry some British items; I don't know if any of
    it
    ever sells, except to the same Jamaican crowd.

    There's probably others that buy some of it... :)

    Possibly, but I have a hunch it's there for the Caribbean ex-pat
    population.

    I'm sure that the makeup of the population around the store has
    something to do with that... :) I think there still is a whole
    Kosher
    store (maybe more) over on the east side of town where the population
    is
    heavily Jewish...

    There are more than a few synagogues here, so the demand is there.

    Exactly... most (if not all) the synagogues are over on the east side of town here....

    They're in assorted locations here. One in my town closed down, and I
    think the Orthodox one near my house is going away too.
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Tuesday, May 01, 2018 00:10:38

    I can/do bake with other than white flour/sugar. Whole wheat pastry flour, some gluten free flours from time to time and raw sugar have worked well for me over the years. Since Steve and I both like brown rice, that's the one we use.

    Some of the old recipes are finicky and don't work well with raw
    sugar
    or whole wheat. Breads are a different story.

    I've not had any problems with the sugar or flour. We use whole wheat
    pastry flour for most all of our baking, and a finer raw sugar than the turbinado I've seen on some shelves. I use that when I want the coarser sugar.

    I've never seen the finer stuff, but then I've never really looked.

    Ben's jasmine rice. We declined the salad as it was loaded with
    cilantro.

    Oh well; I'd have dived on it. The beef at least. Nuked prefab
    rice
    is edible, but not desirable.

    It was good, but could use some of our tweaks to make it better. Nice
    kick to it, but not a blow the doors off kick.

    Some days that door-blowing is part of a food's appeal.

    Interestingly, Sam didn't care for the lamb and rice (dry) dog food.
    We
    bought a bag once, just as a change from the usual. He ate it, but
    not
    as enthused as he was over his usual chow so we never got it again.

    He wasn't used to it, so it tasted suspect.

    He ate all sorts of other odd things.

    Yeah well. Those weren't dog food. Forbidden fruit and all that.
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, May 01, 2018 21:15:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 04-27-18 23:10 <=-

    She's calmed down a lot and even jumps in my lap sometimes now. She's figured out that "lap" means "scratch" and "warm spot".
    Smart kitty... ;)
    More like kitty who wants what she wants.
    But has figured out how to get it... :)

    Darned tootin'. She likes warm spots, food, and someone to play with.

    Sounds like a cat... (G)

    They do generally catch on eventually.... (G)
    She figured out that it could get her more scratching, although she hasn't figure out "wake the human up" yet ... thankfully.
    When she first tries, ignore her... if you respond, other than to toss
    her off and thereafter ignore, she'll just persist....

    So far she's only figured out plopping on the human and interfering
    with her breathing. Sorry cat, no sleeping on the lungs for you.

    Some things one just has to take a hard line on... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Tuesday, May 01, 2018 16:25:45
    Hi Ruth,


    They're saying upper 80s for a few days here, then into the 70s.
    Tomorrow is supposed to be the low 60s for highs tho. It's also our
    annual dessert auction to raise funds for youth camp day. I just
    finished glazing a lemon pound cake--made with lemon greek yogurt, lemon extract and lemon peel. Glaze had lemon peel and lemon juice so it's a
    lemon lover's delight. (G)

    Otherwise known as dinner! It's going to get into the 80s for a few
    days here too.

    About half of it was gone in trades/samples to other people, the rest
    went home with the lady that bought it. She said she's a lemon lover;
    I'll get her opinion on Sunday.

    True, but don't know how many people would have 80s era German
    Tupperware still.

    You might be surprised. It does turn up.

    I don't comb the internet that often to look for such things; maybe I
    ought to.

    It could pay off. Ebay for example will let you create a specialized search and save it. Their computers will then notify you if matching items crop up. Sometimes their idea of matches and mine leave
    something to be desired, but it's a start.

    Ebay turns it into a Stephen project. (G)

    Southwest (AZ, NM) is a good source of pine nuts.

    I wonder if the Italians have figured that out...if so there may be
    an
    invasion.

    Some may be on to the secret but certain Indian tribes make a yearly
    ritual of gathering them. Don't know if Italians have joined them or
    not.

    It wouldn't surprise me!

    Same here.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Tuesday, May 01, 2018 16:29:33
    Hi Ruth,


    I've not had any problems with the sugar or flour. We use whole wheat
    pastry flour for most all of our baking, and a finer raw sugar than the turbinado I've seen on some shelves. I use that when I want the coarser sugar.

    I've never seen the finer stuff, but then I've never really looked.

    IIRC, it's put out by FLorida Crystals--comes in a 2 poound plastic jug
    with a green top.

    Ben's jasmine rice. We declined the salad as it was loaded with
    cilantro.

    Oh well; I'd have dived on it. The beef at least. Nuked prefab
    rice
    is edible, but not desirable.

    It was good, but could use some of our tweaks to make it better. Nice
    kick to it, but not a blow the doors off kick.

    Some days that door-blowing is part of a food's appeal.

    I'd rather taste my food than be blown away by it. (G)

    Interestingly, Sam didn't care for the lamb and rice (dry) dog food.
    We
    bought a bag once, just as a change from the usual. He ate it, but
    not
    as enthused as he was over his usual chow so we never got it again.

    He wasn't used to it, so it tasted suspect.

    He ate all sorts of other odd things.

    Yeah well. Those weren't dog food. Forbidden fruit and all that.

    More like forbidden chocolate chip cookies. (G)

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Friday, May 04, 2018 22:28:19

    extract and lemon peel. Glaze had lemon peel and lemon juice so it's
    a
    lemon lover's delight. (G)

    Otherwise known as dinner! It's going to get into the 80s for a
    few
    days here too.

    About half of it was gone in trades/samples to other people, the rest
    went home with the lady that bought it. She said she's a lemon lover;
    I'll get her opinion on Sunday.

    It'll be gone by Sunday if my guess is correct.

    It could pay off. Ebay for example will let you create a
    specialized
    search and save it. Their computers will then notify you if
    matching
    items crop up. Sometimes their idea of matches and mine leave something to be desired, but it's a start.

    Ebay turns it into a Stephen project. (G)

    Oh Ste-phen.....

    Some may be on to the secret but certain Indian tribes make a yearly ritual of gathering them. Don't know if Italians have joined them or
    not.

    It wouldn't surprise me!

    Same here.

    Italian cooks have been known to do crazier things to get the proper ingredients. Flying 5000 miles wouldn't even rate.
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Friday, May 04, 2018 22:31:05

    I've never seen the finer stuff, but then I've never really looked.

    IIRC, it's put out by FLorida Crystals--comes in a 2 poound plastic jug
    with a green top.

    I've never seen that brand in a jug, just a sack.

    It was good, but could use some of our tweaks to make it better. Nice kick to it, but not a blow the doors off kick.

    Some days that door-blowing is part of a food's appeal.

    I'd rather taste my food than be blown away by it. (G)

    If it's turnips or lima beans, blown away can be preferable.

    as enthused as he was over his usual chow so we never got it
    again.

    He wasn't used to it, so it tasted suspect.

    He ate all sorts of other odd things.

    Yeah well. Those weren't dog food. Forbidden fruit and all that.

    More like forbidden chocolate chip cookies. (G)

    More to the point. Not to mention potato chips, pretzels, oatmeal
    raisin.....
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to NANCY BACKUS on Friday, May 04, 2018 22:43:19

    More like kitty who wants what she wants.
    But has figured out how to get it... :)

    Darned tootin'. She likes warm spots, food, and someone to play
    with.

    Sounds like a cat... (G)

    Well, she does have that reputation.

    her off and thereafter ignore, she'll just persist....

    So far she's only figured out plopping on the human and interfering with her breathing. Sorry cat, no sleeping on the lungs for you.

    Some things one just has to take a hard line on... :)

    She also thinks balls of yarn are evil killer mice, and plastic bags might
    be edible. She's a strange cat.
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, May 05, 2018 16:05:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 05-01-18 00:03 <=-


    Ewww. Nope. Not happening here.
    Just as well you don't have them available, eh...?
    They wouldn't sell, so no point.
    Oh, I'm sure someone would buy them... just not the Jamaicans... ;)

    Not the locals either; we've had the good stuff.

    Oh, ok... :)

    Kosher specialty items. Some flavors of jam like currant
    are a prime example.
    Ah... that makes sense... :)
    A local store does carry some British items; I don't know if
    any of it ever sells, except to the same Jamaican crowd.
    There's probably others that buy some of it... :)

    Possibly, but I have a hunch it's there for the Caribbean ex-pat population.

    Possibly... :)

    I'm sure that the makeup of the population around the store has
    something to do with that... :) I think there still is a whole
    Kosher store (maybe more) over on the east side of town where the population is heavily Jewish...
    There are more than a few synagogues here, so the demand is there.
    Exactly... most (if not all) the synagogues are over on the east side
    of town here....

    They're in assorted locations here. One in my town closed down, and I think the Orthodox one near my house is going away too.

    I haven't heard of any closing around here...

    ttyl neb

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Saturday, May 05, 2018 15:42:55
    Hi Ruth,


    About half of it was gone in trades/samples to other people, the rest
    went home with the lady that bought it. She said she's a lemon lover;
    I'll get her opinion on Sunday.

    It'll be gone by Sunday if my guess is correct.

    It was probably gone by mid week. (G)

    search and save it. Their computers will then notify you if
    matching
    items crop up. Sometimes their idea of matches and mine leave something to be desired, but it's a start.

    Ebay turns it into a Stephen project. (G)

    Oh Ste-phen.....

    I did find a T'ware site last night but didn't haul out my stash to
    start the process. Maybe when we get back from the trip.


    Some may be on to the secret but certain Indian tribes make a yearly ritual of gathering them. Don't know if Italians have joined them or
    not.

    It wouldn't surprise me!

    Same here.

    Italian cooks have been known to do crazier things to get the proper ingredients. Flying 5000 miles wouldn't even rate.

    More time and money to throw away than I have.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Saturday, May 05, 2018 15:47:03
    Hi Ruth,


    I've never seen the finer stuff, but then I've never really looked.

    IIRC, it's put out by FLorida Crystals--comes in a 2 poound plastic jug
    with a green top.

    I've never seen that brand in a jug, just a sack.

    Maybe it's our area?


    It was good, but could use some of our tweaks to make it better. Nice kick to it, but not a blow the doors off kick.

    Some days that door-blowing is part of a food's appeal.

    I'd rather taste my food than be blown away by it. (G)

    If it's turnips or lima beans, blown away can be preferable.

    Blowin' in the wind!


    as enthused as he was over his usual chow so we never got it
    again.

    He wasn't used to it, so it tasted suspect.

    He ate all sorts of other odd things.

    Yeah well. Those weren't dog food. Forbidden fruit and all that.

    More like forbidden chocolate chip cookies. (G)

    More to the point. Not to mention potato chips, pretzels, oatmeal raisin.....

    Actually some veggies and peanut butter too.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Monday, May 07, 2018 13:32:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 05-04-18 22:47 <=-

    More like kitty who wants what she wants.
    But has figured out how to get it... :)
    Darned tootin'. She likes warm spots, food, and someone to play
    with.
    Sounds like a cat... (G)

    Well, she does have that reputation.

    True. ;)

    her off and thereafter ignore, she'll just persist....
    So far she's only figured out plopping on the human and interfering with her breathing. Sorry cat, no sleeping on the lungs for you.
    Some things one just has to take a hard line on... :)

    She also thinks balls of yarn are evil killer mice, and plastic bags
    might be edible. She's a strange cat.

    They all are... just in different ways... ;)

    ttyl neb

    ... She ate so many clams that her stomach rose and fell with the tide.

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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Tuesday, May 08, 2018 23:41:16
    About half of it was gone in trades/samples to other people, the rest went home with the lady that bought it. She said she's a lemon lover; I'll get her opinion on Sunday.

    It'll be gone by Sunday if my guess is correct.

    It was probably gone by mid week. (G)

    And the pan licked.

    Ebay turns it into a Stephen project. (G)

    Oh Ste-phen.....

    I did find a T'ware site last night but didn't haul out my stash to
    start the process. Maybe when we get back from the trip.

    Good idea.

    Italian cooks have been known to do crazier things to get the
    proper
    ingredients. Flying 5000 miles wouldn't even rate.

    More time and money to throw away than I have.

    Me too, but if it's the right stuff and they can ship it home....
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Tuesday, May 08, 2018 23:46:27
    IIRC, it's put out by FLorida Crystals--comes in a 2 poound plastic
    jug
    with a green top.

    I've never seen that brand in a jug, just a sack.

    Maybe it's our area?

    The jugs might be. The brand is regional however.

    I'd rather taste my food than be blown away by it. (G)

    If it's turnips or lima beans, blown away can be preferable.

    Blowin' in the wind!

    Well they are beans after all!

    Yeah well. Those weren't dog food. Forbidden fruit and all
    that.

    More like forbidden chocolate chip cookies. (G)

    More to the point. Not to mention potato chips, pretzels, oatmeal raisin.....

    Actually some veggies and peanut butter too.

    But he was supposed to eat those.
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to NANCY BACKUS on Wednesday, May 09, 2018 00:03:43

    her off and thereafter ignore, she'll just persist....
    So far she's only figured out plopping on the human and
    interfering
    with her breathing. Sorry cat, no sleeping on the lungs for you.
    Some things one just has to take a hard line on... :)

    She also thinks balls of yarn are evil killer mice, and plastic bags might be edible. She's a strange cat.

    They all are... just in different ways... ;)


    Can't kill a mouse except by mistake, but loves to nail a spider.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Wednesday, May 09, 2018 21:21:03
    Hi Ruth,

    About half of it was gone in trades/samples to other people, the rest went home with the lady that bought it. She said she's a lemon lover; I'll get her opinion on Sunday.

    It'll be gone by Sunday if my guess is correct.

    It was probably gone by mid week. (G)

    And the pan licked.

    In this case, a plate. But, yes, it did go fast. Speaking of pan
    licking, I made a fresh strawberry pie yesterday, had some for dessert
    after supper. I happened to look over at Steve--saw him licking his
    plate. Yes, it's that good. (G)

    Ebay turns it into a Stephen project. (G)

    Oh Ste-phen.....

    I did find a T'ware site last night but didn't haul out my stash to
    start the process. Maybe when we get back from the trip.

    Good idea.

    Too much to do between now and when we leave.

    Italian cooks have been known to do crazier things to get the
    proper
    ingredients. Flying 5000 miles wouldn't even rate.

    More time and money to throw away than I have.

    Me too, but if it's the right stuff and they can ship it home....

    Then, it's their nickel/lira/euro.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Wednesday, May 09, 2018 21:24:50
    Hi Ruth,

    IIRC, it's put out by FLorida Crystals--comes in a 2 pound plastic
    jug
    with a green top.

    I've never seen that brand in a jug, just a sack.

    Maybe it's our area?

    The jugs might be. The brand is regional however.

    I'll re-use the jugs for other things, especially when I buy bulk goods.
    It's a good size for various odds and ends, also holds a good amount of
    sugar.

    I'd rather taste my food than be blown away by it. (G)

    If it's turnips or lima beans, blown away can be preferable.

    Blowin' in the wind!

    Well they are beans after all!

    Exactly!


    Yeah well. Those weren't dog food. Forbidden fruit and all
    that.

    More like forbidden chocolate chip cookies. (G)

    More to the point. Not to mention potato chips, pretzels, oatmeal raisin.....

    Actually some veggies and peanut butter too.

    But he was supposed to eat those.

    No, he was supposed to eat his dog food. Actually, we did put his
    heartworm pill in peanut butter sometimes to get him to eat it, so yes,
    he was supposed to, at times, eat pb.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Thursday, May 10, 2018 22:58:00

    It was probably gone by mid week. (G)

    And the pan licked.

    In this case, a plate. But, yes, it did go fast. Speaking of pan
    licking, I made a fresh strawberry pie yesterday, had some for dessert
    after supper. I happened to look over at Steve--saw him licking his
    plate. Yes, it's that good. (G)

    Sounds good to me too. I'm not a berry freak, generally, but any old pie
    in a storm.

    Italian cooks have been known to do crazier things to get the
    proper
    ingredients. Flying 5000 miles wouldn't even rate.

    More time and money to throw away than I have.

    Me too, but if it's the right stuff and they can ship it home....

    Then, it's their nickel/lira/euro.

    And their happy clients/mother/spouse.
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Thursday, May 10, 2018 23:00:12

    Maybe it's our area?

    The jugs might be. The brand is regional however.

    I'll re-use the jugs for other things, especially when I buy bulk goods. It's a good size for various odds and ends, also holds a good amount of sugar.

    Old wooden thread spools? They've become collectible.

    More like forbidden chocolate chip cookies. (G)

    More to the point. Not to mention potato chips, pretzels,
    oatmeal
    raisin.....

    Actually some veggies and peanut butter too.

    But he was supposed to eat those.

    No, he was supposed to eat his dog food. Actually, we did put his
    heartworm pill in peanut butter sometimes to get him to eat it, so yes,
    he was supposed to, at times, eat pb.

    But not jelly - not that it would have stopped him. And better him than
    you!
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Friday, May 11, 2018 21:05:19
    Hi Ruth,

    And the pan licked.

    In this case, a plate. But, yes, it did go fast. Speaking of pan
    licking, I made a fresh strawberry pie yesterday, had some for dessert
    after supper. I happened to look over at Steve--saw him licking his
    plate. Yes, it's that good. (G)

    Sounds good to me too. I'm not a berry freak, generally, but any old
    pie in a storm.

    This is one his mom gave me the recipe for, before Steve and I got
    married. It has been a spring time favorite of ours ever since. (G)


    Italian cooks have been known to do crazier things to get the
    proper
    ingredients. Flying 5000 miles wouldn't even rate.

    More time and money to throw away than I have.

    Me too, but if it's the right stuff and they can ship it home....

    Then, it's their nickel/lira/euro.

    And their happy clients/mother/spouse.

    Exactly!

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Friday, May 11, 2018 21:07:05
    Hi Ruth,


    I'll re-use the jugs for other things, especially when I buy bulk goods. It's a good size for various odds and ends, also holds a good amount of sugar.

    Old wooden thread spools? They've become collectible.

    It would hold them, and I do have a few floating around. But, an old
    Mason jar would be more in type than a plastic jug.


    More like forbidden chocolate chip cookies. (G)

    More to the point. Not to mention potato chips, pretzels,
    oatmeal
    raisin.....

    Actually some veggies and peanut butter too.

    But he was supposed to eat those.

    No, he was supposed to eat his dog food. Actually, we did put his
    heartworm pill in peanut butter sometimes to get him to eat it, so yes,
    he was supposed to, at times, eat pb.

    But not jelly - not that it would have stopped him. And better him
    than you!

    Very little stopped him; he ate some things that I wouldn't.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Sunday, May 13, 2018 23:44:37

    I'll re-use the jugs for other things, especially when I buy bulk
    goods.
    It's a good size for various odds and ends, also holds a good amount
    of
    sugar.

    Old wooden thread spools? They've become collectible.

    It would hold them, and I do have a few floating around. But, an old
    Mason jar would be more in type than a plastic jug.

    The colored ones with the tin lids are worth money now. The rest... are
    best used to hold the thread spools.

    No, he was supposed to eat his dog food. Actually, we did put his heartworm pill in peanut butter sometimes to get him to eat it, so
    yes,
    he was supposed to, at times, eat pb.

    But not jelly - not that it would have stopped him. And better him than you!

    Very little stopped him; he ate some things that I wouldn't.

    Dogs eat some things best buried.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Monday, May 14, 2018 00:11:53

    Sounds good to me too. I'm not a berry freak, generally, but any
    old
    pie in a storm.

    This is one his mom gave me the recipe for, before Steve and I got
    married. It has been a spring time favorite of ours ever since. (G)

    That'll do it - it's Mom's.

    ingredients. Flying 5000 miles wouldn't even rate.

    More time and money to throw away than I have.

    Me too, but if it's the right stuff and they can ship it
    home....

    Then, it's their nickel/lira/euro.

    And their happy clients/mother/spouse.

    Exactly!

    Or better yet for an Italian gentleman, a happy Nonna/Nonni. Gotta keep Grandma happy.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Saturday, May 19, 2018 21:54:28
    Hi Ruth,

    It's a good size for various odds and ends, also holds a good amount
    of
    sugar.

    Old wooden thread spools? They've become collectible.

    It would hold them, and I do have a few floating around. But, an old
    Mason jar would be more in type than a plastic jug.

    The colored ones with the tin lids are worth money now. The rest...
    are best used to hold the thread spools.

    Colored Mason jars? I'd rather have clear, especially if there's thread
    on the spools.

    No, he was supposed to eat his dog food. Actually, we did put his heartworm pill in peanut butter sometimes to get him to eat it, so
    yes,
    he was supposed to, at times, eat pb.

    But not jelly - not that it would have stopped him. And better him than you!

    Very little stopped him; he ate some things that I wouldn't.

    Dogs eat some things best buried.

    Most do but Sam was an indoor dog so didn't have the chance to do that.
    We had a small back yard that he was able to run around some. Don't
    think he was interested in the plums from the tree we had back there. I
    did make jam/preserves from them a couple of times.


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Saturday, May 19, 2018 22:01:51
    Hi Ruth,

    Sounds good to me too. I'm not a berry freak, generally, but any
    old
    pie in a storm.

    This is one his mom gave me the recipe for, before Steve and I got
    married. It has been a spring time favorite of ours ever since. (G)

    That'll do it - it's Mom's.

    Doubt many people would turn it down. (G)


    ingredients. Flying 5000 miles wouldn't even rate.

    More time and money to throw away than I have.

    Me too, but if it's the right stuff and they can ship it
    home....

    Then, it's their nickel/lira/euro.

    And their happy clients/mother/spouse.

    Exactly!

    Or better yet for an Italian gentleman, a happy Nonna/Nonni. Gotta
    keep Grandma happy.

    Got that right!

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 00:40:51

    It would hold them, and I do have a few floating around. But, an old Mason jar would be more in type than a plastic jug.

    The colored ones with the tin lids are worth money now. The
    rest...
    are best used to hold the thread spools.

    Colored Mason jars? I'd rather have clear, especially if there's thread
    on the spools.

    The blue ones are generally worth more money to collectors, but those of us
    who use them prefer the clear ones.

    But not jelly - not that it would have stopped him. And better
    him
    than you!

    Very little stopped him; he ate some things that I wouldn't.

    Dogs eat some things best buried.

    Most do but Sam was an indoor dog so didn't have the chance to do that.
    We had a small back yard that he was able to run around some. Don't
    think he was interested in the plums from the tree we had back there. I
    did make jam/preserves from them a couple of times.

    He'd have eaten that for certain, especially if he saw you eat it.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 00:43:09
    old
    pie in a storm.

    This is one his mom gave me the recipe for, before Steve and I got married. It has been a spring time favorite of ours ever since. (G)

    That'll do it - it's Mom's.

    Doubt many people would turn it down. (G)

    I did turn down a recipe box at an estate sale recently. Or rather, never asked if it was for sale. They weren't my style, and the last thing I need
    is more random bits.

    Or better yet for an Italian gentleman, a happy Nonna/Nonni. Gotta keep Grandma happy.

    Got that right!

    Forget happy wife, happy grandma!
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 13:10:08
    Hi Ruth,


    It would hold them, and I do have a few floating around. But, an old Mason jar would be more in type than a plastic jug.

    The colored ones with the tin lids are worth money now. The
    rest...
    are best used to hold the thread spools.

    Colored Mason jars? I'd rather have clear, especially if there's thread
    on the spools.

    The blue ones are generally worth more money to collectors, but those
    of us who use them prefer the clear ones.

    Only Mason jars I collect are ones that I use for canning. (G) BTW, did
    you know in the "Funky Winkerbean" comic strip there's a movie star
    character named Mason Jarr?


    Dogs eat some things best buried.

    Most do but Sam was an indoor dog so didn't have the chance to do that.
    We had a small back yard that he was able to run around some. Don't
    think he was interested in the plums from the tree we had back there. I
    did make jam/preserves from them a couple of times.

    He'd have eaten that for certain, especially if he saw you eat it.

    Possible, but we never knew what he would turn up his nose at or gobble
    down. Some things we thought he'd never eat, he did and other things we
    thought he'd eat, he didn't.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 13:13:50
    Hi Ruth,

    This is one his mom gave me the recipe for, before Steve and I got married. It has been a spring time favorite of ours ever since. (G)

    That'll do it - it's Mom's.

    Doubt many people would turn it down. (G)

    There was a restaurant on Oahu that featured strawberry pie every year,
    around late March into May or so. They used a cookie crust; I use a
    pastry one. Theirs was good but ours is better. (G)


    I did turn down a recipe box at an estate sale recently. Or rather,
    never asked if it was for sale. They weren't my style, and the last
    thing I need is more random bits.

    Did it have recipies in it? Those might have been the family favorites.
    I've got a box, cook books, and clipping/print outs that I need to go
    thru. Steve has some of our favorites on MM or Gourmet but don't know if
    he's done that pie yet.

    Or better yet for an Italian gentleman, a happy Nonna/Nonni. Gotta keep Grandma happy.

    Got that right!

    Forget happy wife, happy grandma!

    If Grandma is the wife, double reason to keep her happy. (G)

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Thursday, May 24, 2018 23:34:41
    Mason jar would be more in type than a plastic jug.

    The colored ones with the tin lids are worth money now. The
    rest...
    are best used to hold the thread spools.

    Colored Mason jars? I'd rather have clear, especially if there's
    thread
    on the spools.

    The blue ones are generally worth more money to collectors, but
    those
    of us who use them prefer the clear ones.

    Only Mason jars I collect are ones that I use for canning. (G) BTW, did
    you know in the "Funky Winkerbean" comic strip there's a movie star character named Mason Jarr?

    I missed that one, but then I haven't seen that comic since 1980-
    something.

    did make jam/preserves from them a couple of times.

    He'd have eaten that for certain, especially if he saw you eat it.

    Possible, but we never knew what he would turn up his nose at or gobble down. Some things we thought he'd never eat, he did and other things we thought he'd eat, he didn't.

    Generally a dog will eat anything he sees a pack member, i.e. his humans, consume. Not always though, apparently.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Thursday, May 24, 2018 23:38:57

    That'll do it - it's Mom's.

    Doubt many people would turn it down. (G)

    There was a restaurant on Oahu that featured strawberry pie every year, around late March into May or so. They used a cookie crust; I use a
    pastry one. Theirs was good but ours is better. (G)

    Well duh, it's Mom's.

    never asked if it was for sale. They weren't my style, and the last thing I need is more random bits.

    Did it have recipies in it? Those might have been the family favorites.
    I've got a box, cook books, and clipping/print outs that I need to go
    thru. Steve has some of our favorites on MM or Gourmet but don't know if he's done that pie yet.

    Yep. Hand written ones and a few printed ones too. I have more than I
    know what to do with already, and so left them.

    keep Grandma happy.

    Got that right!

    Forget happy wife, happy grandma!

    If Grandma is the wife, double reason to keep her happy. (G)

    Darned tootin'; an unhappy Gramdma can un-happy more than one generation.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Friday, May 25, 2018 17:51:01
    Hi Ruth,


    Colored Mason jars? I'd rather have clear, especially if there's
    thread
    on the spools.

    The blue ones are generally worth more money to collectors, but
    those
    of us who use them prefer the clear ones.

    Only Mason jars I collect are ones that I use for canning. (G) BTW, did
    you know in the "Funky Winkerbean" comic strip there's a movie star character named Mason Jarr?

    I missed that one, but then I haven't seen that comic since 1980- something.

    You can see it on line. I think I started reading it when we moved to
    WF; don't recall other newspapers carrying it.


    did make jam/preserves from them a couple of times.

    He'd have eaten that for certain, especially if he saw you eat it.

    Possible, but we never knew what he would turn up his nose at or gobble down. Some things we thought he'd never eat, he did and other things we thought he'd eat, he didn't.

    Generally a dog will eat anything he sees a pack member, i.e. his
    humans, consume. Not always though, apparently.

    Especially since we have dissimilar tastes for some foods. (G)

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Friday, May 25, 2018 17:53:43
    Hi Ruth,

    There was a restaurant on Oahu that featured strawberry pie every year, around late March into May or so. They used a cookie crust; I use a
    pastry one. Theirs was good but ours is better. (G)

    Well duh, it's Mom's.

    And now mine. I don't use the suggested red food coloring in mine,
    however.

    never asked if it was for sale. They weren't my style, and the last thing I need is more random bits.

    Did it have recipies in it? Those might have been the family favorites.
    I've got a box, cook books, and clipping/print outs that I need to go
    thru. Steve has some of our favorites on MM or Gourmet but don't know if he's done that pie yet.

    Yep. Hand written ones and a few printed ones too. I have more than
    I know what to do with already, and so left them.

    Some family member fell down on the job--should have checked the box for
    family favorites before it went on the sale table.


    keep Grandma happy.

    Got that right!

    Forget happy wife, happy grandma!

    If Grandma is the wife, double reason to keep her happy. (G)

    Darned tootin'; an unhappy Gramdma can un-happy more than one
    generation.

    Exactly!
    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... History repeats itself because nobody listens ...

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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Saturday, May 26, 2018 23:46:43
    Only Mason jars I collect are ones that I use for canning. (G) BTW, did you know in the "Funky Winkerbean" comic strip there's a movie star character named Mason Jarr?

    I missed that one, but then I haven't seen that comic since 1980- something.

    You can see it on line. I think I started reading it when we moved to
    WF; don't recall other newspapers carrying it.

    It used to be here; it may still be for all I'd know.

    Generally a dog will eat anything he sees a pack member, i.e. his humans, consume. Not always though, apparently.

    Especially since we have dissimilar tastes for some foods. (G)

    Onions. Dogs may eat garlic, but not onions.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Saturday, May 26, 2018 23:50:43
    around late March into May or so. They used a cookie crust; I use a pastry one. Theirs was good but ours is better. (G)

    Well duh, it's Mom's.

    And now mine. I don't use the suggested red food coloring in mine,
    however.

    Why bother? I wouldn't either.

    I've got a box, cook books, and clipping/print outs that I need to go thru. Steve has some of our favorites on MM or Gourmet but don't know
    if
    he's done that pie yet.

    Yep. Hand written ones and a few printed ones too. I have more
    than
    I know what to do with already, and so left them.

    Some family member fell down on the job--should have checked the box for family favorites before it went on the sale table.

    Maybe they did, and these were what was left.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Sunday, May 27, 2018 17:17:37
    Hi Ruth,

    Only Mason jars I collect are ones that I use for canning. (G) BTW, did you know in the "Funky Winkerbean" comic strip there's a movie star character named Mason Jarr?

    I missed that one, but then I haven't seen that comic since 1980- something.

    You can see it on line. I think I started reading it when we moved to
    WF; don't recall other newspapers carrying it.

    It used to be here; it may still be for all I'd know.

    They've done a couple of time leaps as I understand--looked at the web
    site a few years ago. Not my all time favorite, "Peanuts" takes that
    honor, but still beats the soap operas or shoot 'em ups/sci-fi. "For
    Better or For Worse" was also a favorite; haven't seen too many of the alternate story line they started a while ago.


    Generally a dog will eat anything he sees a pack member, i.e. his humans, consume. Not always though, apparently.

    Especially since we have dissimilar tastes for some foods. (G)

    Onions. Dogs may eat garlic, but not onions.

    Don't remember what Sam's taste was on that line but he ate quite a bit
    of human foods, good for him or not.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... ... Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans-J. Lennon

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Sunday, May 27, 2018 17:22:05
    Hi Ruth,

    Well duh, it's Mom's.

    And now mine. I don't use the suggested red food coloring in mine,
    however.

    Why bother? I wouldn't either.

    Doesn't add anything to it and the coloring isn't healthy anyway so why
    bother. I had some paste colors a while ago but I think I passed them on
    a while ago. I used to do some cake decorating--pastes gave more intense coloring without diluting the frosting.

    I've got a box, cook books, and clipping/print outs that I need to go thru. Steve has some of our favorites on MM or Gourmet but don't know
    if
    he's done that pie yet.

    Yep. Hand written ones and a few printed ones too. I have more
    than
    I know what to do with already, and so left them.

    Some family member fell down on the job--should have checked the box for family favorites before it went on the sale table.

    Maybe they did, and these were what was left.

    That's possible, mom (or grandmom) may have had some duds she never
    cleaned out, in hopes that tastes might change.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... We all have a branch on our family tree we would like to prune.

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    * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Monday, May 28, 2018 23:15:39

    And now mine. I don't use the suggested red food coloring in mine, however.

    Why bother? I wouldn't either.

    Doesn't add anything to it and the coloring isn't healthy anyway so why bother. I had some paste colors a while ago but I think I passed them on
    a while ago. I used to do some cake decorating--pastes gave more intense coloring without diluting the frosting.

    I've used them in the past, but it's been a while since I decorated
    anything.

    Yep. Hand written ones and a few printed ones too. I have more
    than
    I know what to do with already, and so left them.

    Some family member fell down on the job--should have checked the box
    for
    family favorites before it went on the sale table.

    Maybe they did, and these were what was left.

    That's possible, mom (or grandmom) may have had some duds she never
    cleaned out, in hopes that tastes might change.

    Theirs or the recipe's. We have some Mom made once 40 years ago and then
    never again. So who knows. I found one of them in a Jewish house once,
    years ago. Took it to the supermarket with me and gifted it to one of the ladies on staff, who was very happy to get it.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Monday, May 28, 2018 23:19:21

    You can see it on line. I think I started reading it when we moved to
    WF; don't recall other newspapers carrying it.

    It used to be here; it may still be for all I'd know.

    They've done a couple of time leaps as I understand--looked at the web
    site a few years ago. Not my all time favorite, "Peanuts" takes that
    honor, but still beats the soap operas or shoot 'em ups/sci-fi. "For
    Better or For Worse" was also a favorite; haven't seen too many of the alternate story line they started a while ago.

    Here they're moving Dilbert from the business section back to the comic
    page where he belongs. Finally.

    Especially since we have dissimilar tastes for some foods. (G)

    Onions. Dogs may eat garlic, but not onions.

    Don't remember what Sam's taste was on that line but he ate quite a bit
    of human foods, good for him or not.

    Well duh. Dogs eat other dogs' poop; a dog who does that will even eat
    fluffer nutters.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Friday, June 01, 2018 12:46:13
    Hi Ruth,

    And now mine. I don't use the suggested red food coloring in mine, however.

    Why bother? I wouldn't either.

    Doesn't add anything to it and the coloring isn't healthy anyway so why bother. I had some paste colors a while ago but I think I passed them on
    a while ago. I used to do some cake decorating--pastes gave more intense coloring without diluting the frosting.

    I've used them in the past, but it's been a while since I decorated anything.

    Same here. I have a few basic tips and such like so that I can do a cake
    (or otherwise) if I want to. It takes a lot out of my wrists and elbows
    tho so I won't take on any really fancy projects.


    Yep. Hand written ones and a few printed ones too. I have more
    than
    I know what to do with already, and so left them.

    Some family member fell down on the job--should have checked the box
    for
    family favorites before it went on the sale table.

    Maybe they did, and these were what was left.

    That's possible, mom (or grandmom) may have had some duds she never
    cleaned out, in hopes that tastes might change.

    Theirs or the recipe's. We have some Mom made once 40 years ago and
    then never again. So who knows. I found one of them in a Jewish
    house once, years ago. Took it to the supermarket with me and gifted
    it to one of the ladies on staff, who was very happy to get it.

    Finding something like that and gifting it to the right person is a real treasure. It's knowing the person, and getting just the right, in this
    case, recipe box, or whatever, is a gift in itself.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... Junk: stuff we throw away. Stuff: junk we keep.

    --- PPoint 3.01
    * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Friday, June 01, 2018 12:52:51
    Hi Ruth,

    They've done a couple of time leaps as I understand--looked at the web
    site a few years ago. Not my all time favorite, "Peanuts" takes that
    honor, but still beats the soap operas or shoot 'em ups/sci-fi. "For
    Better or For Worse" was also a favorite; haven't seen too many of the alternate story line they started a while ago.

    Here they're moving Dilbert from the business section back to the
    comic page where he belongs. Finally.

    He's been on the comics page in the N&O since we've been in WF. They
    used to run daily Doonsebury's on the editorial pages, still do the
    Sunday ones. Dropped th daily when they went into re-runs.


    Especially since we have dissimilar tastes for some foods. (G)

    Onions. Dogs may eat garlic, but not onions.

    Don't remember what Sam's taste was on that line but he ate quite a bit
    of human foods, good for him or not.

    Well duh. Dogs eat other dogs' poop; a dog who does that will even
    eat fluffer nutters.

    And "glue" his mouth shut for a bit. Might be good to feed a dog that
    barks a lot one of them. (G)

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... Always butter up the SYSOP, they taste better that way.

    --- PPoint 3.01
    * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Friday, June 01, 2018 16:55:11
    Doesn't add anything to it and the coloring isn't healthy anyway so
    why
    bother. I had some paste colors a while ago but I think I passed them
    on
    a while ago. I used to do some cake decorating--pastes gave more
    intense
    coloring without diluting the frosting.

    I've used them in the past, but it's been a while since I decorated anything.

    Same here. I have a few basic tips and such like so that I can do a cake
    (or otherwise) if I want to. It takes a lot out of my wrists and elbows
    tho so I won't take on any really fancy projects.

    I just don't get that far. Fancy cakes just look good; the icing tastes
    lousy.

    then never again. So who knows. I found one of them in a Jewish house once, years ago. Took it to the supermarket with me and
    gifted
    it to one of the ladies on staff, who was very happy to get it.

    Finding something like that and gifting it to the right person is a real treasure. It's knowing the person, and getting just the right, in this
    case, recipe box, or whatever, is a gift in itself.

    God does that to me on a regular basis. I seem to be the Office in Charge
    of Rehoming Junque.(LOL)
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Friday, June 01, 2018 17:18:23

    site a few years ago. Not my all time favorite, "Peanuts" takes that honor, but still beats the soap operas or shoot 'em ups/sci-fi. "For Better or For Worse" was also a favorite; haven't seen too many of
    the
    alternate story line they started a while ago.

    Here they're moving Dilbert from the business section back to the
    comic page where he belongs. Finally.

    He's been on the comics page in the N&O since we've been in WF. They
    used to run daily Doonsebury's on the editorial pages, still do the
    Sunday ones. Dropped th daily when they went into re-runs.

    I'm still getting Peanuts reruns too, weird but true.

    Well duh. Dogs eat other dogs' poop; a dog who does that will even
    eat fluffer nutters.

    And "glue" his mouth shut for a bit. Might be good to feed a dog that
    barks a lot one of them. (G)

    He might bark for more!
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Bill Swisher@1:261/1466 to Ruth Hanschka on Saturday, June 02, 2018 13:23:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Ruth Haffly <=-

    I'm still getting Peanuts reruns too, weird but true.

    Well duh. Dogs eat other dogs' poop; a dog who does that will even
    eat fluffer nutters.

    I'm getting, almost daily since the guy was sometimes erratic, Dr. Fun cartoons
    from 1994, by choice. Here's one of my favorites: www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/df9401/df940128.jpg
    Ya gotta realize that at the time the wife and I had 2 70-90lb dogs, and a cat.


    ... I'm saving dryer lint to use as packing material when I move.
    ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 [NR]

    --- Maximus/NT 3.01
    * Origin: Owl's Anchor (1:261/1466)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Saturday, June 02, 2018 12:09:43
    Hi Ruth,

    a while ago. I used to do some cake decorating--pastes gave more
    intense
    coloring without diluting the frosting.

    I've used them in the past, but it's been a while since I decorated anything.

    Same here. I have a few basic tips and such like so that I can do a cake
    (or otherwise) if I want to. It takes a lot out of my wrists and elbows
    tho so I won't take on any really fancy projects.

    I just don't get that far. Fancy cakes just look good; the icing
    tastes lousy.

    Whopped cream icings taste better than "butter cream" made with
    shortening. But, you can't decorate with a whipped cream icing; you need
    to use the butter cream for that. IIRC, I used a half butter, half
    shortening instead of all butter for my icing--made it taste better than
    with all shortening but more stable than with all butter.

    then never again. So who knows. I found one of them in a Jewish house once, years ago. Took it to the supermarket with me and
    gifted
    it to one of the ladies on staff, who was very happy to get it.

    Finding something like that and gifting it to the right person is a real treasure. It's knowing the person, and getting just the right, in this
    case, recipe box, or whatever, is a gift in itself.

    God does that to me on a regular basis. I seem to be the Office in
    Charge of Rehoming Junque.(LOL)

    One man's (woman's) trash is another man's (woman's) treasure. The old
    recipe box, cook book or piece of jewelry somebody sells at a yard sale
    may become a family heirloom for another person.


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... ... Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans-J. Lennon

    --- PPoint 3.01
    * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Saturday, June 02, 2018 12:20:41
    Hi Ruth,

    Here they're moving Dilbert from the business section back to the
    comic page where he belongs. Finally.

    He's been on the comics page in the N&O since we've been in WF. They
    used to run daily Doonsebury's on the editorial pages, still do the
    Sunday ones. Dropped th daily when they went into re-runs.

    I'm still getting Peanuts reruns too, weird but true.

    We're getting them too. Some of them I can almost remember when it ran
    the first time.

    Well duh. Dogs eat other dogs' poop; a dog who does that will even
    eat fluffer nutters.

    And "glue" his mouth shut for a bit. Might be good to feed a dog that
    barks a lot one of them. (G)

    He might bark for more!

    He can have my share!

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... Is this a Kodak moment or a Maalox moment?

    --- PPoint 3.01
    * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Bill Swisher on Thursday, June 07, 2018 18:22:05

    I'm still getting Peanuts reruns too, weird but true.

    Well duh. Dogs eat other dogs' poop; a dog who does that will
    even
    eat fluffer nutters.

    I'm getting, almost daily since the guy was sometimes erratic, Dr. Fun cartoons
    from 1994, by choice. Here's one of my favorites: www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/df9401/df940128.jpg
    Ya gotta realize that at the time the wife and I had 2 70-90lb dogs, and a cat.

    The cat ruled the dogs, no doubt.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Thursday, June 07, 2018 18:26:01

    I've used them in the past, but it's been a while since I
    decorated
    anything.

    Same here. I have a few basic tips and such like so that I can do a
    cake
    (or otherwise) if I want to. It takes a lot out of my wrists and
    elbows
    tho so I won't take on any really fancy projects.

    I just don't get that far. Fancy cakes just look good; the icing tastes lousy.

    Whopped cream icings taste better than "butter cream" made with
    shortening. But, you can't decorate with a whipped cream icing; you need
    to use the butter cream for that. IIRC, I used a half butter, half shortening instead of all butter for my icing--made it taste better than with all shortening but more stable than with all butter.

    That's what I did too, when I decorated cakes. Mom's "cake" this year was
    an ice cream sundae.

    treasure. It's knowing the person, and getting just the right, in
    this
    case, recipe box, or whatever, is a gift in itself.

    God does that to me on a regular basis. I seem to be the Office in Charge of Rehoming Junque.(LOL)

    One man's (woman's) trash is another man's (woman's) treasure. The old recipe box, cook book or piece of jewelry somebody sells at a yard sale
    may become a family heirloom for another person.

    It's been known to happen. I sometimes snag the Betty Crockers I find and rehome them as "grandma's cookbook". For example, a friend had ten kids,
    but obviously they only had two grandmothers. When one of the kids gets married, I gift them with a vintage cookbook full of all the stuff that
    tasted so good when Grandma made it.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Thursday, June 07, 2018 18:32:33

    He's been on the comics page in the N&O since we've been in WF. They
    used to run daily Doonsebury's on the editorial pages, still do the Sunday ones. Dropped th daily when they went into re-runs.

    I'm still getting Peanuts reruns too, weird but true.

    We're getting them too. Some of them I can almost remember when it ran
    the first time.

    I wasn't born for a lot of them!

    Well duh. Dogs eat other dogs' poop; a dog who does that will
    even
    eat fluffer nutters.

    And "glue" his mouth shut for a bit. Might be good to feed a dog that barks a lot one of them. (G)

    He might bark for more!

    He can have my share!

    He can have my fluff and white bread. The mouse ate my sandwich flats;
    mice have better taste. The mouse left the white bread alone.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Bill Swisher@1:261/1466 to Ruth Hanschka on Friday, June 08, 2018 15:07:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Bill Swisher <=-

    The cat ruled the dogs, no doubt.

    It was kinda funny. They, all of them over the years, were best buddies. The cats would growl when somebody showed up at the door. Once in Denver Connie and her cat were over. The cat was outside doing cat things by the front porch
    and got pinned by 3 dogs running around the neighborhood. My dog, we only had
    one, came screaming up to the bedroom door, jumped over the waterbed and through the open window, no screen, to chase off the dogs. The two were best friends after that.

    ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 [NR]

    --- Maximus/NT 3.01
    * Origin: Owl's Anchor (1:261/1466)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Bill Swisher on Monday, June 11, 2018 00:26:43

    The cat ruled the dogs, no doubt.

    It was kinda funny. They, all of them over the years, were best buddies. The cats would growl when somebody showed up at the door. Once in Denver Connie and her cat were over. The cat was outside doing cat things by
    the
    front porch
    and got pinned by 3 dogs running around the neighborhood. My dog, we only had one, came screaming up to the bedroom door, jumped over the waterbed and through the open window, no screen, to chase off the dogs. The two were best friends after that.

    That was HIS cat on HIS porch. No invading mutts were going to mess with his cat.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Friday, June 08, 2018 23:13:07
    Hi Ruth,

    tho so I won't take on any really fancy projects.

    I just don't get that far. Fancy cakes just look good; the icing tastes lousy.

    Whopped cream icings taste better than "butter cream" made with
    shortening. But, you can't decorate with a whipped cream icing; you need
    to use the butter cream for that. IIRC, I used a half butter, half shortening instead of all butter for my icing--made it taste better than with all shortening but more stable than with all butter.

    That's what I did too, when I decorated cakes. Mom's "cake" this year
    was an ice cream sundae.

    Sounds good to me. Heavy on the chocolate, light on the nuts and give
    the cherry to someone else.

    treasure. It's knowing the person, and getting just the right, in
    this
    case, recipe box, or whatever, is a gift in itself.

    God does that to me on a regular basis. I seem to be the Office in Charge of Rehoming Junque.(LOL)

    One man's (woman's) trash is another man's (woman's) treasure. The old recipe box, cook book or piece of jewelry somebody sells at a yard sale
    may become a family heirloom for another person.

    It's been known to happen. I sometimes snag the Betty Crockers I find
    and rehome them as "grandma's cookbook". For example, a friend had ten kids, but obviously they only had two grandmothers. When one of the
    kids gets married, I gift them with a vintage cookbook full of all the stuff that tasted so good when Grandma made it.

    That works as long as grandma cooked like Betty Crocker. Not all of them
    do. (G)
    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... If you think you are confused now, wait until I explain it!

    --- PPoint 3.01
    * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Friday, June 08, 2018 23:20:10
    Hi Ruth,

    I'm still getting Peanuts reruns too, weird but true.

    We're getting them too. Some of them I can almost remember when it ran
    the first time.

    I wasn't born for a lot of them!

    I missed some years of it but caught a few more years than you did.

    Well duh. Dogs eat other dogs' poop; a dog who does that will
    even
    eat fluffer nutters.

    And "glue" his mouth shut for a bit. Might be good to feed a dog that barks a lot one of them. (G)

    He might bark for more!

    He can have my share!

    He can have my fluff and white bread. The mouse ate my sandwich
    flats; mice have better taste. The mouse left the white bread alone.

    Smart mouse--knows which kind of bread is best left alone. Still, mouse
    best watch out for the cat in the house.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... You learn something useless every day.

    --- PPoint 3.01
    * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Monday, June 18, 2018 17:21:35

    We're getting them too. Some of them I can almost remember when it
    ran
    the first time.

    I wasn't born for a lot of them!

    I missed some years of it but caught a few more years than you did.

    I don't read the comics much any more anyway; the news is bad enough.

    barks a lot one of them. (G)

    He might bark for more!

    He can have my share!

    He can have my fluff and white bread. The mouse ate my sandwich
    flats; mice have better taste. The mouse left the white bread
    alone.

    Smart mouse--knows which kind of bread is best left alone. Still, mouse
    best watch out for the cat in the house.

    The cat couldn't get at him; he was under the kitchen cabinets. My trap however...snap!
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Monday, June 18, 2018 17:51:51

    to use the butter cream for that. IIRC, I used a half butter, half shortening instead of all butter for my icing--made it taste better
    than
    with all shortening but more stable than with all butter.

    That's what I did too, when I decorated cakes. Mom's "cake" this
    year
    was an ice cream sundae.

    Sounds good to me. Heavy on the chocolate, light on the nuts and give
    the cherry to someone else.

    No cherries involved. No nuts either; they were Friendly's sundae cups.
    Made life easy.

    It's been known to happen. I sometimes snag the Betty Crockers I
    find
    and rehome them as "grandma's cookbook". For example, a friend had
    ten
    kids, but obviously they only had two grandmothers. When one of
    the
    kids gets married, I gift them with a vintage cookbook full of all
    the
    stuff that tasted so good when Grandma made it.

    That works as long as grandma cooked like Betty Crocker. Not all of them
    do. (G)
    ---
    It's probably close enough. I don't find that many Rombauers.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 20:41:20
    Hi Ruth,

    I don't read the comics much any more anyway; the news is bad enough.

    Comics are a good alternative to the news. I'm skimming the back
    newspapers from the time we were gone but reading the comics.

    He might bark for more!

    He can have my share!

    He can have my fluff and white bread. The mouse ate my sandwich
    flats; mice have better taste. The mouse left the white bread
    alone.

    Smart mouse--knows which kind of bread is best left alone. Still, mouse
    best watch out for the cat in the house.

    The cat couldn't get at him; he was under the kitchen cabinets. My
    trap however...snap!

    And the mouse ends up in the trash can. Got to teach your cat how to
    catch and properly dispose of mice!
    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    --- PPoint 3.01
    * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 20:46:34
    Hi Ruth,

    with all shortening but more stable than with all butter.

    That's what I did too, when I decorated cakes. Mom's "cake" this
    year
    was an ice cream sundae.

    Sounds good to me. Heavy on the chocolate, light on the nuts and give
    the cherry to someone else.

    No cherries involved. No nuts either; they were Friendly's sundae
    cups. Made life easy.

    Predone, just pull one out of the freezer type? You could have fancied
    it up a bit. Did you put a candle on it?

    It's been known to happen. I sometimes snag the Betty Crockers I
    find
    and rehome them as "grandma's cookbook". For example, a friend had
    ten
    kids, but obviously they only had two grandmothers. When one of
    the
    kids gets married, I gift them with a vintage cookbook full of all
    the
    stuff that tasted so good when Grandma made it.

    That works as long as grandma cooked like Betty Crocker. Not all of them
    do. (G)
    ---
    It's probably close enough. I don't find that many Rombauers.

    No, but if grandma came from the old country, she didn't cook like Betty Crocker. More likely great grandma now, and grandma, being first
    generation American may have cooked like Betty. Who's to know at this
    point?



    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... Junk: stuff we throw away. Stuff: junk we keep.

    --- PPoint 3.01
    * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Friday, June 22, 2018 23:41:43

    I don't read the comics much any more anyway; the news is bad
    enough.

    Comics are a good alternative to the news. I'm skimming the back
    newspapers from the time we were gone but reading the comics.

    Ever run across a column called News of the Weird? Sometimes it's funny
    and sometimes you just have to wonder.

    Smart mouse--knows which kind of bread is best left alone. Still,
    mouse
    best watch out for the cat in the house.

    The cat couldn't get at him; he was under the kitchen cabinets. My trap however...snap!

    And the mouse ends up in the trash can. Got to teach your cat how to
    catch and properly dispose of mice!

    She disposes of cat crackers and considers that sufficient. I got yet
    another mouse, btw. They generally don't keep coming in this late, but the mice didn't get the memo.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Friday, June 22, 2018 23:46:06
    Sounds good to me. Heavy on the chocolate, light on the nuts and give
    the cherry to someone else.

    No cherries involved. No nuts either; they were Friendly's sundae
    cups. Made life easy.

    Predone, just pull one out of the freezer type? You could have fancied
    it up a bit. Did you put a candle on it?

    We didn't bother; there were only two of us here. My sister got sick and bailed. I did however make steak.

    stuff that tasted so good when Grandma made it.

    That works as long as grandma cooked like Betty Crocker. Not all of
    them
    do. (G)
    ---
    It's probably close enough. I don't find that many Rombauers.

    No, but if grandma came from the old country, she didn't cook like Betty Crocker. More likely great grandma now, and grandma, being first
    generation American may have cooked like Betty. Who's to know at this
    point?

    Hard to be sure. Settlement Cookbook, maybe. I do have some weird ones
    here - Baltic Republics languages. They're books for new immigrants who
    want to learn to cook American but who don't read English well yet. My
    Latvian is nonexistant, so that's about as far into the book as I can get.
    I have one in Lithuanian too. Same problem.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Saturday, June 23, 2018 13:54:28
    Hi Ruth,

    I don't read the comics much any more anyway; the news is bad
    enough.

    Comics are a good alternative to the news. I'm skimming the back
    newspapers from the time we were gone but reading the comics.

    Ever run across a column called News of the Weird? Sometimes it's
    funny and sometimes you just have to wonder.

    I've seen it on Steve's desk top set up and from what little I read, it
    is well worthy of the name. You could put a lot of today's "normal" news
    in there and it would fit right in.


    Smart mouse--knows which kind of bread is best left alone. Still,
    mouse
    best watch out for the cat in the house.

    The cat couldn't get at him; he was under the kitchen cabinets. My trap however...snap!

    And the mouse ends up in the trash can. Got to teach your cat how to
    catch and properly dispose of mice!

    She disposes of cat crackers and considers that sufficient. I got yet another mouse, btw. They generally don't keep coming in this late,
    but the mice didn't get the memo.

    You're not in a famine or drought are you? Mice are probably looking for
    an easy meal and not finding it outside. Trouble is, when they go inside,......................bye bye mouse.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... gnorw og... gnorw og... gnorw og nac gnihton

    --- PPoint 3.01
    * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Saturday, June 23, 2018 13:58:30
    Hi Ruth,


    No cherries involved. No nuts either; they were Friendly's sundae
    cups. Made life easy.

    Predone, just pull one out of the freezer type? You could have fancied
    it up a bit. Did you put a candle on it?

    We didn't bother; there were only two of us here. My sister got sick
    and bailed. I did however make steak.

    Sounds good. My birthday is on the last day of the Sew/Quilt show in
    Raleigh this year. I'll be working it, then getting ready to head out of
    town shortly afterward. In the mean time, I'll prepack non perishables, clothes, etc into the camper so I won't have as much to load at the last minute.


    stuff that tasted so good when Grandma made it.

    That works as long as grandma cooked like Betty Crocker. Not all of
    them
    do. (G)
    ---
    It's probably close enough. I don't find that many Rombauers.

    No, but if grandma came from the old country, she didn't cook like Betty Crocker. More likely great grandma now, and grandma, being first
    generation American may have cooked like Betty. Who's to know at this
    point?

    Hard to be sure. Settlement Cookbook, maybe. I do have some weird
    ones here - Baltic Republics languages. They're books for new
    immigrants who want to learn to cook American but who don't read
    English well yet. My Latvian is nonexistant, so that's about as far
    into the book as I can get. I have one in Lithuanian too. Same
    problem.

    I've got several in German but that's not a problem around here. (G) It
    would be interesting to see how an "American" recipe is presented to a
    non English speaker wanting to learn how to cook the foods of their new country.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    --- PPoint 3.01
    * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Sunday, June 24, 2018 23:51:30
    Hi Ruth,

    I don't read the comics much any more anyway; the news is bad
    enough.

    Comics are a good alternative to the news. I'm skimming the back newspapers from the time we were gone but reading the comics.

    Ever run across a column called News of the Weird? Sometimes it's funny and sometimes you just have to wonder.

    I've seen it on Steve's desk top set up and from what little I read, it
    is well worthy of the name. You could put a lot of today's "normal" news
    in there and it would fit right in.

    These days it might even have to go out of business.

    She disposes of cat crackers and considers that sufficient. I got
    yet
    another mouse, btw. They generally don't keep coming in this late,
    but the mice didn't get the memo.

    You're not in a famine or drought are you? Mice are probably looking for
    an easy meal and not finding it outside. Trouble is, when they go inside,......................bye bye mouse.

    Not so's you'd notice.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Sunday, June 24, 2018 23:55:51

    We didn't bother; there were only two of us here. My sister got
    sick
    and bailed. I did however make steak.

    Sounds good. My birthday is on the last day of the Sew/Quilt show in
    Raleigh this year. I'll be working it, then getting ready to head out of town shortly afterward. In the mean time, I'll prepack non perishables, clothes, etc into the camper so I won't have as much to load at the last minute.

    Will the quilters sing Happy Birthday?

    English well yet. My Latvian is nonexistant, so that's about as
    far
    into the book as I can get. I have one in Lithuanian too. Same problem.

    I've got several in German but that's not a problem around here. (G) It would be interesting to see how an "American" recipe is presented to a
    non English speaker wanting to learn how to cook the foods of their new country.

    If I could really read the books, I'd take a crack at it.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Monday, June 25, 2018 21:39:56
    Hi Ruth,

    Ever run across a column called News of the Weird? Sometimes it's funny and sometimes you just have to wonder.

    I've seen it on Steve's desk top set up and from what little I read, it
    is well worthy of the name. You could put a lot of today's "normal" news
    in there and it would fit right in.

    These days it might even have to go out of business.

    Wouldn't be surprised, given what you see for news these days.


    She disposes of cat crackers and considers that sufficient. I got
    yet
    another mouse, btw. They generally don't keep coming in this late,
    but the mice didn't get the memo.

    You're not in a famine or drought are you? Mice are probably looking for
    an easy meal and not finding it outside. Trouble is, when they go inside,......................bye bye mouse.

    Not so's you'd notice.

    Something's got them going inside. Maybe they figure finding food is
    easier inside over in the wild? Thing is, they end up being the food if
    a good mouser lives in the house.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... There is no such thing as a free lunch

    --- PPoint 3.01
    * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Monday, June 25, 2018 21:42:59
    Hi Ruth,

    We didn't bother; there were only two of us here. My sister got
    sick
    and bailed. I did however make steak.

    Sounds good. My birthday is on the last day of the Sew/Quilt show in
    Raleigh this year. I'll be working it, then getting ready to head out of town shortly afterward. In the mean time, I'll prepack non perishables, clothes, etc into the camper so I won't have as much to load at the last minute.

    Will the quilters sing Happy Birthday?

    Doubt it, probably won't even know it's my birthday.


    English well yet. My Latvian is nonexistant, so that's about as
    far
    into the book as I can get. I have one in Lithuanian too. Same problem.

    I've got several in German but that's not a problem around here. (G) It would be interesting to see how an "American" recipe is presented to a
    non English speaker wanting to learn how to cook the foods of their new country.

    If I could really read the books, I'd take a crack at it.

    Is it more like Russian or German? Measurements in English or metric?

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... A truly wise person knows that he knows not.

    --- PPoint 3.01
    * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 23:23:55

    Ever run across a column called News of the Weird? Sometimes
    it's
    funny and sometimes you just have to wonder.

    I've seen it on Steve's desk top set up and from what little I read,
    it
    is well worthy of the name. You could put a lot of today's "normal"
    news
    in there and it would fit right in.

    These days it might even have to go out of business.

    Wouldn't be surprised, given what you see for news these days.

    Given what comes out of Washington sometimes, they have competition!

    but the mice didn't get the memo.

    You're not in a famine or drought are you? Mice are probably looking
    for
    an easy meal and not finding it outside. Trouble is, when they go inside,......................bye bye mouse.

    Not so's you'd notice.

    Something's got them going inside. Maybe they figure finding food is
    easier inside over in the wild? Thing is, they end up being the food if
    a good mouser lives in the house.

    That isn't a problem here. Her Furriness isn't the best at it.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 23:31:35

    Sounds good. My birthday is on the last day of the Sew/Quilt show in Raleigh this year. I'll be working it, then getting ready to head out
    of
    town shortly afterward. In the mean time, I'll prepack non
    perishables,
    clothes, etc into the camper so I won't have as much to load at the
    last
    minute.

    Will the quilters sing Happy Birthday?

    Doubt it, probably won't even know it's my birthday.

    Oh well - it would have been a good excuse for fruit cup if not cake.
    Maybe one of those watermelon cakes? (cut from a watermelon, and topped
    with whipped topping and more fruit)

    I've got several in German but that's not a problem around here. (G)
    It
    would be interesting to see how an "American" recipe is presented to
    a
    non English speaker wanting to learn how to cook the foods of their
    new
    country.

    If I could really read the books, I'd take a crack at it.

    Is it more like Russian or German? Measurements in English or metric?

    The one I can find quickly is in English. It probably didn't make too much difference, since most folks from that region cooked by the eyeball and
    dump method most likely.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 14:38:26
    Hi Ruth,

    Ever run across a column called News of the Weird? Sometimes
    it's
    funny and sometimes you just have to wonder.

    I've seen it on Steve's desk top set up and from what little I read,
    it
    is well worthy of the name. You could put a lot of today's "normal"
    news
    in there and it would fit right in.

    These days it might even have to go out of business.

    Wouldn't be surprised, given what you see for news these days.

    Given what comes out of Washington sometimes, they have competition!

    Quite so, on all sides.

    but the mice didn't get the memo.

    You're not in a famine or drought are you? Mice are probably looking
    for
    an easy meal and not finding it outside. Trouble is, when they go inside,......................bye bye mouse.

    Not so's you'd notice.

    Something's got them going inside. Maybe they figure finding food is
    easier inside over in the wild? Thing is, they end up being the food if
    a good mouser lives in the house.

    That isn't a problem here. Her Furriness isn't the best at it.

    Maybe you need to get a barn bred kitten? Mom cat would have taught her
    litter the finer points of mousing, both for food and entertainment. (G)

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... OH NO! Not ANOTHER learning experience!

    --- PPoint 3.01
    * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 14:40:45
    Hi Ruth,

    Sounds good. My birthday is on the last day of the Sew/Quilt show in Raleigh this year. I'll be working it, then getting ready to head out
    of
    town shortly afterward. In the mean time, I'll prepack non
    perishables,
    clothes, etc into the camper so I won't have as much to load at the
    last
    minute.

    Will the quilters sing Happy Birthday?

    Doubt it, probably won't even know it's my birthday.

    Oh well - it would have been a good excuse for fruit cup if not cake. Maybe one of those watermelon cakes? (cut from a watermelon, and
    topped with whipped topping and more fruit)

    I'd rather have a chocolate cup cake, not that big a fan of watermelon.

    I've got several in German but that's not a problem around here. (G)
    It
    would be interesting to see how an "American" recipe is presented to
    a
    non English speaker wanting to learn how to cook the foods of their
    new
    country.

    If I could really read the books, I'd take a crack at it.

    Is it more like Russian or German? Measurements in English or metric?

    The one I can find quickly is in English. It probably didn't make too much difference, since most folks from that region cooked by the
    eyeball and dump method most likely.

    Probably so, most of us cook that way. It's a wonder most ethnic cook
    books get published--trying to figure out the pinch of this, hand full
    of that, 5 cents worth of an ingredient you've never heard of...


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... A mind stretched by new ideas can never go back to its original size.

    --- PPoint 3.01
    * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Friday, June 29, 2018 23:52:43
    I've seen it on Steve's desk top set up and from what little I
    read,
    it
    is well worthy of the name. You could put a lot of today's
    "normal"
    news
    in there and it would fit right in.

    These days it might even have to go out of business.

    Wouldn't be surprised, given what you see for news these days.

    Given what comes out of Washington sometimes, they have
    competition!

    Quite so, on all sides.

    Some days I have to wonder.

    Something's got them going inside. Maybe they figure finding food is easier inside over in the wild? Thing is, they end up being the food
    if
    a good mouser lives in the house.

    That isn't a problem here. Her Furriness isn't the best at it.

    Maybe you need to get a barn bred kitten? Mom cat would have taught her litter the finer points of mousing, both for food and entertainment. (G)

    I used to have one years ago, but even he couldn't get under the kitchen cabinets. He was actually a purebred, but he was raised by a retired alley rabbit.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Friday, June 29, 2018 23:55:05
    Oh well - it would have been a good excuse for fruit cup if not
    cake.
    Maybe one of those watermelon cakes? (cut from a watermelon, and topped with whipped topping and more fruit)

    I'd rather have a chocolate cup cake, not that big a fan of watermelon.

    On the other hand, the latter is much lower carb. I love watermelon, but
    can't buy big hunks since I'm the only one in the house eating it.

    If I could really read the books, I'd take a crack at it.

    Is it more like Russian or German? Measurements in English or metric?

    The one I can find quickly is in English. It probably didn't make
    too
    much difference, since most folks from that region cooked by the eyeball and dump method most likely.

    Probably so, most of us cook that way. It's a wonder most ethnic cook
    books get published--trying to figure out the pinch of this, hand full
    of that, 5 cents worth of an ingredient you've never heard of...

    Bake when the oven feels hot enough....
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Saturday, June 30, 2018 16:54:30
    Hi Ruth,

    Oh well - it would have been a good excuse for fruit cup if not
    cake.
    Maybe one of those watermelon cakes? (cut from a watermelon, and topped with whipped topping and more fruit)

    I'd rather have a chocolate cup cake, not that big a fan of watermelon.

    On the other hand, the latter is much lower carb. I love watermelon,
    but can't buy big hunks since I'm the only one in the house eating it.


    True, the watermelon is lower carb; it is mostly water. But it's not my favorite fruit and I can have some carbs (balanced by proteins) so pass
    me the cup cakes please.


    If I could really read the books, I'd take a crack at it.

    Is it more like Russian or German? Measurements in English or metric?

    The one I can find quickly is in English. It probably didn't make
    too
    much difference, since most folks from that region cooked by the eyeball and dump method most likely.

    Probably so, most of us cook that way. It's a wonder most ethnic cook
    books get published--trying to figure out the pinch of this, hand full
    of that, 5 cents worth of an ingredient you've never heard of...

    Bake when the oven feels hot enough....

    If you can hold your hand in it for a minute, it's a slow oven, hold the
    hand for 30 seconds, a moderate one and can't hold the hand in at all, a
    fast (hot) oven. I have read what the various times sort of relate to temperature wise but don't recall it.


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... You learn something useless every day.

    --- PPoint 3.01
    * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Monday, July 02, 2018 23:41:39

    On the other hand, the latter is much lower carb. I love
    watermelon,
    but can't buy big hunks since I'm the only one in the house eating
    it.


    True, the watermelon is lower carb; it is mostly water. But it's not my favorite fruit and I can have some carbs (balanced by proteins) so pass
    me the cup cakes please.

    Given the current temperatures here, it feels like Texas in Connecticut,
    I'd take the watermelon... for breakfast at least.

    much difference, since most folks from that region cooked by the eyeball and dump method most likely.

    Probably so, most of us cook that way. It's a wonder most ethnic cook books get published--trying to figure out the pinch of this, hand
    full
    of that, 5 cents worth of an ingredient you've never heard of...

    Bake when the oven feels hot enough....

    If you can hold your hand in it for a minute, it's a slow oven, hold the hand for 30 seconds, a moderate one and can't hold the hand in at all, a fast (hot) oven. I have read what the various times sort of relate to temperature wise but don't recall it.

    My guess would be 250F, 350F and 425 or 450F. Or thereabouts.
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Tuesday, July 03, 2018 16:28:32
    Hi Ruth,

    On the other hand, the latter is much lower carb. I love
    watermelon,
    but can't buy big hunks since I'm the only one in the house eating
    it.


    True, the watermelon is lower carb; it is mostly water. But it's not my favorite fruit and I can have some carbs (balanced by proteins) so pass
    me the cup cakes please.

    Given the current temperatures here, it feels like Texas in
    Connecticut, I'd take the watermelon... for breakfast at least.

    We're having hot weather also, but I'm not having watermelon for
    breakfast. This morning it was a blueberry muffin, strawberry yogurt and
    tea.

    much difference, since most folks from that region cooked by the eyeball and dump method most likely.

    Probably so, most of us cook that way. It's a wonder most ethnic cook books get published--trying to figure out the pinch of this, hand
    full
    of that, 5 cents worth of an ingredient you've never heard of...

    Bake when the oven feels hot enough....

    If you can hold your hand in it for a minute, it's a slow oven, hold the hand for 30 seconds, a moderate one and can't hold the hand in at all, a fast (hot) oven. I have read what the various times sort of relate to temperature wise but don't recall it.

    My guess would be 250F, 350F and 425 or 450F. Or thereabouts.

    Sounds about right.
    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... I am positive that a definite maybe is probably in order.

    --- PPoint 3.01
    * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Wednesday, July 04, 2018 23:54:06
    Given the current temperatures here, it feels like Texas in Connecticut, I'd take the watermelon... for breakfast at least.

    We're having hot weather also, but I'm not having watermelon for
    breakfast. This morning it was a blueberry muffin, strawberry yogurt and tea.

    I had yogurt and a small roll myself, whole wheat, but would rather have
    had the watermelon.

    If you can hold your hand in it for a minute, it's a slow oven, hold
    the
    hand for 30 seconds, a moderate one and can't hold the hand in at
    all, a
    fast (hot) oven. I have read what the various times sort of relate to temperature wise but don't recall it.

    My guess would be 250F, 350F and 425 or 450F. Or thereabouts.

    Sounds about right.

    That's enough to tell me why my grandmother went to work as a maid instead
    of cooking on the family farm. No wood stoves or wood-fired ovens in New
    York City by WWI!
    --- SBBSecho 3.00-Win32
    * Origin: Doc's Place Synchronet BBS (1:123/141)
  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Thursday, July 05, 2018 15:08:31
    Hi Ruth,

    Given the current temperatures here, it feels like Texas in Connecticut, I'd take the watermelon... for breakfast at least.

    We're having hot weather also, but I'm not having watermelon for
    breakfast. This morning it was a blueberry muffin, strawberry yogurt and tea.

    I had yogurt and a small roll myself, whole wheat, but would rather
    have had the watermelon.

    As I understand, the heat will break some time on Friday. Saturday will
    be so cool that you won't want the watermelon.

    If you can hold your hand in it for a minute, it's a slow oven, hold
    the
    hand for 30 seconds, a moderate one and can't hold the hand in at
    all, a
    fast (hot) oven. I have read what the various times sort of relate to temperature wise but don't recall it.

    My guess would be 250F, 350F and 425 or 450F. Or thereabouts.

    Sounds about right.

    That's enough to tell me why my grandmother went to work as a maid
    instead of cooking on the family farm. No wood stoves or wood-fired
    ovens in New York City by WWI!

    No surprise, all the wood smoke going into the air would have made it a
    lot less breathable than it was. You see a lot of wood smoke haze in the
    air now in non metro areas where people have gone back to heating with
    wood.
    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
    rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


    ... If you think you are confused now, wait until I explain it!

    --- PPoint 3.01
    * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)
  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Saturday, July 07, 2018 23:33:13
    We're having hot weather also, but I'm not having watermelon for breakfast. This morning it was a blueberry muffin, strawberry yogurt
    and
    tea.

    I had yogurt and a small roll myself, whole wheat, but would rather have had the watermelon.

    As I understand, the heat will break some time on Friday. Saturday will
    be so cool that you won't want the watermelon.

    I found a tag sale this morning that started about the same time I found
    out it was there. Scored a TON of fabric for $20, to be shared with the
    quilt group at church, and ate a cup of yogurt for breakfast as a
    consequence. I had to move quickly, MS or no MS.


    temperature wise but don't recall it.

    My guess would be 250F, 350F and 425 or 450F. Or thereabouts.

    Sounds about right.

    That's enough to tell me why my grandmother went to work as a maid instead of cooking on the family farm. No wood stoves or wood-
    fired
    ovens in New York City by WWI!

    No surprise, all the wood smoke going into the air would have made it a
    lot less breathable than it was. You see a lot of wood smoke haze in the
    air now in non metro areas where people have gone back to heating with
    wood.

    Some people here in the more rural parts of Connecticut do it too. Grandma
    had enough of messing with coal and wood stoves, is my guess.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Sunday, July 08, 2018 21:15:14
    Hi Ruth,

    I had yogurt and a small roll myself, whole wheat, but would rather have had the watermelon.

    As I understand, the heat will break some time on Friday. Saturday will
    be so cool that you won't want the watermelon.

    I found a tag sale this morning that started about the same time I
    found out it was there. Scored a TON of fabric for $20, to be shared

    Good going! Anything special?


    with the quilt group at church, and ate a cup of yogurt for breakfast
    as a
    consequence. I had to move quickly, MS or no MS.

    Understandable; I got over to the farmer's market yesterday shortly
    after 10 (starts at 8, closes at noon) but since it was a rainy day,
    they weren't doing much business. Got a good bit of produce; Steve had
    gotten some baked goods when he was there earlier helping them set up.

    temperature wise but don't recall it.

    My guess would be 250F, 350F and 425 or 450F. Or thereabouts.

    Sounds about right.

    That's enough to tell me why my grandmother went to work as a maid instead of cooking on the family farm. No wood stoves or wood-
    fired
    ovens in New York City by WWI!

    No surprise, all the wood smoke going into the air would have made it a
    lot less breathable than it was. You see a lot of wood smoke haze in the
    air now in non metro areas where people have gone back to heating with
    wood.

    Some people here in the more rural parts of Connecticut do it too.
    Grandma had enough of messing with coal and wood stoves, is my guess.

    My brother has used wood for a primary source of heat for years. Thought
    he'd back off some when he moved into my parent's house but just
    switched from a wood stove to the fire place. We used to burn wood but
    at this point, it's so much easier just to pay the gas company. (G)

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 23:43:35
    Hi Ruth,

    I had yogurt and a small roll myself, whole wheat, but would
    rather
    have had the watermelon.

    As I understand, the heat will break some time on Friday. Saturday
    will
    be so cool that you won't want the watermelon.

    I found a tag sale this morning that started about the same time I found out it was there. Scored a TON of fabric for $20, to be
    shared

    Good going! Anything special?

    Judaica and a full bolt suitable for quilt backs. Things with Jewish themes
    are hard to find, even here.

    consequence. I had to move quickly, MS or no MS.

    Understandable; I got over to the farmer's market yesterday shortly
    after 10 (starts at 8, closes at noon) but since it was a rainy day,
    they weren't doing much business. Got a good bit of produce; Steve had gotten some baked goods when he was there earlier helping them set up.

    Good idea. There's a farmer's market here, but it's never open when I can
    get there and there are a max of three vendors generally.

    lot less breathable than it was. You see a lot of wood smoke haze in
    the
    air now in non metro areas where people have gone back to heating
    with
    wood.

    Some people here in the more rural parts of Connecticut do it too. Grandma had enough of messing with coal and wood stoves, is my
    guess.

    My brother has used wood for a primary source of heat for years. Thought he'd back off some when he moved into my parent's house but just
    switched from a wood stove to the fire place. We used to burn wood but
    at this point, it's so much easier just to pay the gas company. (G)

    OTOH if wood is free and gas costs money, I'd be tempted.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Thursday, July 12, 2018 19:54:54
    Hi Ruth,

    As I understand, the heat will break some time on Friday. Saturday
    will
    be so cool that you won't want the watermelon.

    I found a tag sale this morning that started about the same time I found out it was there. Scored a TON of fabric for $20, to be
    shared

    Good going! Anything special?

    Judaica and a full bolt suitable for quilt backs. Things with Jewish themes are hard to find, even here.

    Sounds good to me. Not much of a call for Judaica fabrics here (don't
    know if I've ever seen any in the area) but backing, especially the wide
    stuff is indeed a good find.



    consequence. I had to move quickly, MS or no MS.

    Understandable; I got over to the farmer's market yesterday shortly
    after 10 (starts at 8, closes at noon) but since it was a rainy day,
    they weren't doing much business. Got a good bit of produce; Steve had gotten some baked goods when he was there earlier helping them set up.

    Good idea. There's a farmer's market here, but it's never open when I
    can get there and there are a max of three vendors generally.

    We have a good market--nice mix of produce, baked goods, meat and eggs,
    one lady does jewelry in addition to the meat her husband sells, a
    couple of potters, a fresh cut flower stand..........and usually live
    music.


    lot less breathable than it was. You see a lot of wood smoke haze in
    the
    air now in non metro areas where people have gone back to heating
    with
    wood.

    Some people here in the more rural parts of Connecticut do it too. Grandma had enough of messing with coal and wood stoves, is my
    guess.

    My brother has used wood for a primary source of heat for years. Thought he'd back off some when he moved into my parent's house but just
    switched from a wood stove to the fire place. We used to burn wood but
    at this point, it's so much easier just to pay the gas company. (G)

    OTOH if wood is free and gas costs money, I'd be tempted.

    It may be free but does cost in time, effort, gas, etc to cut and haul
    it. The old "wood warms you twice" is quite true--thrice if you have to
    split big logs down into smaller ones for the stove.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Friday, July 13, 2018 22:37:22
    found out it was there. Scored a TON of fabric for $20, to be
    shared

    Good going! Anything special?

    Judaica and a full bolt suitable for quilt backs. Things with
    Jewish
    themes are hard to find, even here.

    Sounds good to me. Not much of a call for Judaica fabrics here (don't
    know if I've ever seen any in the area) but backing, especially the wide stuff is indeed a good find.

    I think it's just the 44/45 inch stuff, but for baby quilts that's fine.

    Good idea. There's a farmer's market here, but it's never open
    when I
    can get there and there are a max of three vendors generally.

    We have a good market--nice mix of produce, baked goods, meat and eggs,
    one lady does jewelry in addition to the meat her husband sells, a
    couple of potters, a fresh cut flower stand..........and usually live
    music.

    Sounds good. The one in the next town over is bigger, but harder to get to
    and in a hot parking lot.

    at this point, it's so much easier just to pay the gas company. (G)

    OTOH if wood is free and gas costs money, I'd be tempted.

    It may be free but does cost in time, effort, gas, etc to cut and haul
    it. The old "wood warms you twice" is quite true--thrice if you have to split big logs down into smaller ones for the stove.

    True. I guess it depends on your priorities.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Saturday, July 14, 2018 14:07:54
    Hi Ruth,

    Judaica and a full bolt suitable for quilt backs. Things with
    Jewish
    themes are hard to find, even here.

    Sounds good to me. Not much of a call for Judaica fabrics here (don't
    know if I've ever seen any in the area) but backing, especially the wide stuff is indeed a good find.

    I think it's just the 44/45 inch stuff, but for baby quilts that's
    fine.


    Agreed, most of my baby quilts are 36" x 48" so the 44/45" wide fabrics
    are good for backing. Extra around edges can be trimmed and used for
    binding or do a turn over to the front binding, even easier.


    Good idea. There's a farmer's market here, but it's never open
    when I
    can get there and there are a max of three vendors generally.

    We have a good market--nice mix of produce, baked goods, meat and eggs,
    one lady does jewelry in addition to the meat her husband sells, a
    couple of potters, a fresh cut flower stand..........and usually live
    music.

    Sounds good. The one in the next town over is bigger, but harder to
    get to and in a hot parking lot.

    Ours is in a parking lot, and in a NC summer, can be hot. But the stuff
    for sale is worth it. Steve brought home cinnamon rolls, a blueberry
    crumble thing, a "pop tart" and a chocolate chess pie today. We had
    enough veggies from last week's trip to hold us thru this week.


    at this point, it's so much easier just to pay the gas company. (G)

    OTOH if wood is free and gas costs money, I'd be tempted.

    It may be free but does cost in time, effort, gas, etc to cut and haul
    it. The old "wood warms you twice" is quite true--thrice if you have to split big logs down into smaller ones for the stove.

    True. I guess it depends on your priorities.

    Also finances. When we lived down on the coast, we heated with wood but
    had a furnace (oil?, I don't remember) as a suppliment. Nice for when
    the fire died back enough to not be effective in the wee small hours.
    (G) Usually we caught the "click" of the fan turning off and that was
    the cue to add more wood tho.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Monday, July 16, 2018 23:50:09

    Sounds good to me. Not much of a call for Judaica fabrics here (don't know if I've ever seen any in the area) but backing, especially the
    wide
    stuff is indeed a good find.

    I think it's just the 44/45 inch stuff, but for baby quilts that's fine.


    Agreed, most of my baby quilts are 36" x 48" so the 44/45" wide fabrics
    are good for backing. Extra around edges can be trimmed and used for
    binding or do a turn over to the front binding, even easier.

    Done that. This turns out to be a blend, but oh well.

    Sounds good. The one in the next town over is bigger, but harder
    to
    get to and in a hot parking lot.

    Ours is in a parking lot, and in a NC summer, can be hot. But the stuff
    for sale is worth it. Steve brought home cinnamon rolls, a blueberry
    crumble thing, a "pop tart" and a chocolate chess pie today. We had
    enough veggies from last week's trip to hold us thru this week.

    Those sound like really good veggies - chocolate's a vegetable!

    split big logs down into smaller ones for the stove.

    True. I guess it depends on your priorities.

    Also finances. When we lived down on the coast, we heated with wood but
    had a furnace (oil?, I don't remember) as a suppliment. Nice for when
    the fire died back enough to not be effective in the wee small hours.
    (G) Usually we caught the "click" of the fan turning off and that was
    the cue to add more wood tho.

    Right now it's more the a/c clicking than the heat. Some folks here have pellet stoves instead.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 19:43:30
    Hi Ruth,

    I think it's just the 44/45 inch stuff, but for baby quilts that's fine.

    Agreed, most of my baby quilts are 36" x 48" so the 44/45" wide fabrics
    are good for backing. Extra around edges can be trimmed and used for
    binding or do a turn over to the front binding, even easier.

    Done that. This turns out to be a blend, but oh well.

    It'll work. Sounds like what I've used to make shirts that don't wrinkle
    quite as much as 100% cotton.

    Sounds good. The one in the next town over is bigger, but harder
    to
    get to and in a hot parking lot.

    Ours is in a parking lot, and in a NC summer, can be hot. But the stuff
    for sale is worth it. Steve brought home cinnamon rolls, a blueberry
    crumble thing, a "pop tart" and a chocolate chess pie today. We had
    enough veggies from last week's trip to hold us thru this week.

    Those sound like really good veggies - chocolate's a vegetable!

    Exactly! I made cole slaw today, using the cabbage we got last week.


    split big logs down into smaller ones for the stove.

    True. I guess it depends on your priorities.

    Also finances. When we lived down on the coast, we heated with wood but
    had a furnace (oil?, I don't remember) as a suppliment. Nice for when
    the fire died back enough to not be effective in the wee small hours.
    (G) Usually we caught the "click" of the fan turning off and that was
    the cue to add more wood tho.

    Right now it's more the a/c clicking than the heat. Some folks here have pellet stoves instead.

    And some friends of ours in Alabama have a fire box outside of the house
    with a pipe running to inside--really keeps the house warm but not
    smoked up.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Sunday, July 22, 2018 00:29:19
    Agreed, most of my baby quilts are 36" x 48" so the 44/45" wide
    fabrics
    are good for backing. Extra around edges can be trimmed and used for binding or do a turn over to the front binding, even easier.

    Done that. This turns out to be a blend, but oh well.

    It'll work. Sounds like what I've used to make shirts that don't wrinkle quite as much as 100% cotton.

    ...and that I can't wear in the Summer anyway. I tend to react when it
    gets humid outside. It's better off as a quilt back.

    the fire died back enough to not be effective in the wee small hours.
    (G) Usually we caught the "click" of the fan turning off and that was
    the cue to add more wood tho.

    Right now it's more the a/c clicking than the heat. Some folks
    here
    have pellet stoves instead.

    And some friends of ours in Alabama have a fire box outside of the house with a pipe running to inside--really keeps the house warm but not
    smoked up.

    I've heard of that but not seen it.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Sunday, July 22, 2018 21:24:23
    Hi Ruth,

    are good for backing. Extra around edges can be trimmed and used for binding or do a turn over to the front binding, even easier.

    Done that. This turns out to be a blend, but oh well.

    It'll work. Sounds like what I've used to make shirts that don't wrinkle quite as much as 100% cotton.

    ...and that I can't wear in the Summer anyway. I tend to react when
    it gets humid outside. It's better off as a quilt back.

    For you, yes, it would be a good quilt back. For me, possibly a shirt.

    the fire died back enough to not be effective in the wee small hours.
    (G) Usually we caught the "click" of the fan turning off and that was
    the cue to add more wood tho.

    Right now it's more the a/c clicking than the heat. Some folks
    here
    have pellet stoves instead.

    And some friends of ours in Alabama have a fire box outside of the house with a pipe running to inside--really keeps the house warm but not
    smoked up.

    I've heard of that but not seen it.

    It really does a good job. She could probably put a crock of beans or
    something in the fireplace and they would cook over several hours
    without adding more wood. All day, she would have to add some wood but
    the beans would still cook.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Thursday, July 26, 2018 23:35:22
    It'll work. Sounds like what I've used to make shirts that don't
    wrinkle
    quite as much as 100% cotton.

    ...and that I can't wear in the Summer anyway. I tend to react
    when
    it gets humid outside. It's better off as a quilt back.

    For you, yes, it would be a good quilt back. For me, possibly a shirt.

    Not this pattern, probably. I've seen some conservative Mennonites in
    similar patterns, but no one else in the last 30 years.

    with a pipe running to inside--really keeps the house warm but not
    smoked up.

    I've heard of that but not seen it.

    It really does a good job. She could probably put a crock of beans or something in the fireplace and they would cook over several hours
    without adding more wood. All day, she would have to add some wood but
    the beans would still cook.

    Humidify the house and cook dinner at the same time ? Sounds good.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Sunday, July 29, 2018 21:19:35
    Hi Ruth,

    ...and that I can't wear in the Summer anyway. I tend to react
    when
    it gets humid outside. It's better off as a quilt back.

    For you, yes, it would be a good quilt back. For me, possibly a shirt.

    Not this pattern, probably. I've seen some conservative Mennonites in similar patterns, but no one else in the last 30 years.

    Without seeing it, I can't visualise it so will have to take your word.

    with a pipe running to inside--really keeps the house warm but not
    smoked up.

    I've heard of that but not seen it.

    It really does a good job. She could probably put a crock of beans or something in the fireplace and they would cook over several hours
    without adding more wood. All day, she would have to add some wood but
    the beans would still cook.

    Humidify the house and cook dinner at the same time ? Sounds good.

    Don't see why not--get a cast iron dutch oven and bake up a pan of corn
    bread to go with it.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Hanschka@1:123/141 to Ruth Haffly on Sunday, August 05, 2018 22:49:04

    For you, yes, it would be a good quilt back. For me, possibly a
    shirt.

    Not this pattern, probably. I've seen some conservative Mennonites
    in
    similar patterns, but no one else in the last 30 years.

    Without seeing it, I can't visualise it so will have to take your word.

    Those little tiny sprigged fabric patterns with backgrounds in the muted colors.

    It really does a good job. She could probably put a crock of beans or something in the fireplace and they would cook over several hours
    without adding more wood. All day, she would have to add some wood
    but
    the beans would still cook.

    Humidify the house and cook dinner at the same time ? Sounds good.

    Don't see why not--get a cast iron dutch oven and bake up a pan of corn bread to go with it.

    It's probably been done. Those Alaska "pioneer" families on those TV shows probably do it regularly.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ruth Hanschka on Tuesday, August 07, 2018 16:49:11
    Hi Ruth,

    For you, yes, it would be a good quilt back. For me, possibly a
    shirt.

    Not this pattern, probably. I've seen some conservative Mennonites
    in
    similar patterns, but no one else in the last 30 years.

    Without seeing it, I can't visualise it so will have to take your word.

    Those little tiny sprigged fabric patterns with backgrounds in the
    muted colors.

    Sounds interesting; I picked up a couple of brown prints at the Amish
    store yesterday--shirts for me.

    It really does a good job. She could probably put a crock of beans or something in the fireplace and they would cook over several hours
    without adding more wood. All day, she would have to add some wood
    but
    the beans would still cook.

    Humidify the house and cook dinner at the same time ? Sounds good.

    Don't see why not--get a cast iron dutch oven and bake up a pan of corn bread to go with it.

    It's probably been done. Those Alaska "pioneer" families on those TV shows probably do it regularly.

    They probably have an active crock of sourdough starter going also. Ours
    will need some attention when we get home. (G)

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Thursday, August 09, 2018 18:08:26
    Without seeing it, I can't visualise it so will have to take
    your word.

    Those little tiny sprigged fabric patterns with backgrounds in
    the
    muted colors.

    Sounds interesting; I picked up a couple of brown prints at the
    Amish
    store yesterday--shirts for me.

    You'd recognize it if you saw it.

    Don't see why not--get a cast iron dutch oven and bake up a pan
    of corn
    bread to go with it.

    It's probably been done. Those Alaska "pioneer" families on
    those TV
    shows probably do it regularly.

    They probably have an active crock of sourdough starter going also.
    Ours
    will need some attention when we get home. (G)

    Quite likely. If there's nowhere to buy bread, you have to do your
    own.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Sunday, August 12, 2018 21:38:34
    Hi Ruth,

    Without seeing it, I can't visualise it so will have to take
    your word.

    Those little tiny sprigged fabric patterns with backgrounds in
    the
    muted colors.

    Sounds interesting; I picked up a couple of brown prints at the
    Amish
    store yesterday--shirts for me.

    You'd recognize it if you saw it.

    Probably; I've been buying fabric for how many years now?


    Don't see why not--get a cast iron dutch oven and bake up a pan
    of corn
    bread to go with it.

    It's probably been done. Those Alaska "pioneer" families on
    those TV
    shows probably do it regularly.

    They probably have an active crock of sourdough starter going also.
    Ours
    will need some attention when we get home. (G)

    Quite likely. If there's nowhere to buy bread, you have to do your
    own.

    It works. Gave some starter to both of our daughters on the last trip
    out west. Older one says she's gotten quite good at making biscuits with
    it. Younger one texted pictures of her sons and the big pile of waffles
    they'd made with it. We froze ours before the last trip, thawed it out
    the other day and will probably use it in the next day or so.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, August 17, 2018 15:54:08

    Sounds interesting; I picked up a couple of brown prints at
    the
    Amish
    store yesterday--shirts for me.

    You'd recognize it if you saw it.

    Probably; I've been buying fabric for how many years now?

    You're older than I am by a few years, but not that many. I found a
    few more bits in a freebie pile yesterday. Out the door they went.

    Quite likely. If there's nowhere to buy bread, you have to do
    your
    own.

    It works. Gave some starter to both of our daughters on the last
    trip
    out west. Older one says she's gotten quite good at making biscuits
    with
    it. Younger one texted pictures of her sons and the big pile of
    waffles
    they'd made with it. We froze ours before the last trip, thawed it
    out
    the other day and will probably use it in the next day or so.

    I tried making a starter once; we must not have any good wild yeast
    around here. It was fairly nasty.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, August 18, 2018 14:31:59
    Hi Ruth,

    You'd recognize it if you saw it.

    Probably; I've been buying fabric for how many years now?

    You're older than I am by a few years, but not that many. I found a
    few more bits in a freebie pile yesterday. Out the door they went.

    But I didn't seriously start buying fabric until I was in college, more
    so after getting married.

    Quite likely. If there's nowhere to buy bread, you have to do
    your
    own.

    It works. Gave some starter to both of our daughters on the last
    trip
    out west. Older one says she's gotten quite good at making biscuits
    with
    it. Younger one texted pictures of her sons and the big pile of
    waffles
    they'd made with it. We froze ours before the last trip, thawed it
    out
    the other day and will probably use it in the next day or so.

    I tried making a starter once; we must not have any good wild yeast
    around here. It was fairly nasty.

    Try it with "tame" (commercial) yeast. It may not be 100% authentic but
    it works well and who's to know the diffence? Steve's sister gave us
    some that she'd started from a King Arthur flour purchase, white, but we changed it into a whole wheat one with no noticeable difference.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Saturday, August 25, 2018 17:32:48
    u're older than I am by a few years, but not that many. I found a
    few more bits in a freebie pile yesterday. Out the door they
    went.

    But I didn't seriously start buying fabric until I was in college,
    more
    so after getting married.

    I didn't really buy it until the 90s.

    I tried making a starter once; we must not have any good wild
    yeast
    around here. It was fairly nasty.

    Try it with "tame" (commercial) yeast. It may not be 100% authentic

    I did. Nasty wasn't the word.

    but
    it works well and who's to know the diffence? Steve's sister gave
    us
    some that she'd started from a King Arthur flour purchase, white,
    but we
    changed it into a whole wheat one with no noticeable difference.

    The yeast doesn't care as long as it eats.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Sunday, August 26, 2018 19:23:54
    Hi Ruth,

    u're older than I am by a few years, but not that many. I found a
    few more bits in a freebie pile yesterday. Out the door they
    went.

    But I didn't seriously start buying fabric until I was in college,
    more
    so after getting married.

    I didn't really buy it until the 90s.

    I started while you were probably in grade school. Right now I'm
    updating my kitchen hand drying towels--each one has a matching dish
    drying towel and co-ordinating dish cloth.



    I tried making a starter once; we must not have any good wild
    yeast
    around here. It was fairly nasty.

    Try it with "tame" (commercial) yeast. It may not be 100% authentic

    I did. Nasty wasn't the word.

    Something went wrong big time.

    but
    it works well and who's to know the diffence? Steve's sister gave
    us
    some that she'd started from a King Arthur flour purchase, white,
    but we
    changed it into a whole wheat one with no noticeable difference.

    The yeast doesn't care as long as it eats.

    No, but we do.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, August 31, 2018 23:21:30
    t.

    But I didn't seriously start buying fabric until I was in
    college,
    more
    so after getting married.

    I didn't really buy it until the 90s.

    I started while you were probably in grade school. Right now I'm
    updating my kitchen hand drying towels--each one has a matching
    dish
    drying towel and co-ordinating dish cloth.

    I buy new ones ever so often, but don't embellish them. And they've
    never matched.

    Try it with "tame" (commercial) yeast. It may not be 100%
    authentic

    I did. Nasty wasn't the word.

    Something went wrong big time.

    The local wild yeasts didn't taste that great apparently.

    The yeast doesn't care as long as it eats.

    No, but we do.

    Yeah well - you don't count.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, September 01, 2018 14:19:19
    Hi Ruth,

    But I didn't seriously start buying fabric until I was in
    college,
    more
    so after getting married.

    I didn't really buy it until the 90s.

    I started while you were probably in grade school. Right now I'm updating my kitchen hand drying towels--each one has a matching
    dish
    drying towel and co-ordinating dish cloth.

    I buy new ones ever so often, but don't embellish them. And they've
    never matched.

    My MIL gave me a set years ago. Now it's one way of saying "this kitchen
    is home", no matter where "home" happens to be.


    Try it with "tame" (commercial) yeast. It may not be 100%
    authentic

    I did. Nasty wasn't the word.

    Something went wrong big time.

    The local wild yeasts didn't taste that great apparently.

    The yeast doesn't care as long as it eats.

    No, but we do.

    Yeah well - you don't count.

    Apparantly not. (G)

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Tuesday, September 04, 2018 18:01:26
    updating my kitchen hand drying towels--each one has a matching
    dish
    drying towel and co-ordinating dish cloth.

    I buy new ones ever so often, but don't embellish them. And
    they've
    never matched.

    My MIL gave me a set years ago. Now it's one way of saying "this
    kitchen
    is home", no matter where "home" happens to be.

    Makes sense. For me, home is where I have to clean the catbox.

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Monday, September 17, 2018 22:25:02
    Hi Ruth,

    updating my kitchen hand drying towels--each one has a
    matching > RH> dish
    drying towel and co-ordinating dish cloth.

    I buy new ones ever so often, but don't embellish them. And
    they've
    never matched.

    My MIL gave me a set years ago. Now it's one way of saying "this
    kitchen
    is home", no matter where "home" happens to be.

    Makes sense. For me, home is where I have to clean the catbox.


    I've not had to do that in almost 26 years. (G)

    Saw something in one of the back newspapers that I skimmed today--you
    should have 3 towels in your kitchen--one for drying dishes, one for
    drying hands, and one for use as a "pot holder", pulling stuff out of
    the oven. I've got the first 2 but for the 3rd job I use mitts.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, September 21, 2018 17:10:28
    My MIL gave me a set years ago. Now it's one way of saying
    "this
    kitchen
    is home", no matter where "home" happens to be.

    Makes sense. For me, home is where I have to clean the
    catbox.


    I've not had to do that in almost 26 years. (G)

    Saw something in one of the back newspapers that I skimmed today--
    you
    should have 3 towels in your kitchen--one for drying dishes, one
    for
    drying hands, and one for use as a "pot holder", pulling stuff out
    of
    the oven. I've got the first 2 but for the 3rd job I use mitts.

    Same here. Towels don't have enough R value.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, September 22, 2018 15:40:56
    Hi Ruth,

    Saw something in one of the back newspapers that I skimmed today--
    you
    should have 3 towels in your kitchen--one for drying dishes, one
    for
    drying hands, and one for use as a "pot holder", pulling stuff out
    of
    the oven. I've got the first 2 but for the 3rd job I use mitts.

    Same here. Towels don't have enough R value.

    I'm more concerned about a corner slipping and contacting the heating
    element or whatever.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Sunday, September 23, 2018 23:13:24
    you
    should have 3 towels in your kitchen--one for drying dishes,
    one
    for
    drying hands, and one for use as a "pot holder", pulling stuff
    out
    of
    the oven. I've got the first 2 but for the 3rd job I use mitts.

    Same here. Towels don't have enough R value.

    I'm more concerned about a corner slipping and contacting the heating
    element or whatever.

    That too - probably happening when it slips because you half drop the
    pot because it's too darned hot!
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Monday, September 24, 2018 14:34:10
    Hi Ruth,

    should have 3 towels in your kitchen--one for drying dishes,
    one
    for
    drying hands, and one for use as a "pot holder", pulling
    stuff out
    of
    the oven. I've got the first 2 but for the 3rd job I use
    mitts. > RH> >
    Same here. Towels don't have enough R value.

    I'm more concerned about a corner slipping and contacting the
    heating > element or whatever.

    That too - probably happening when it slips because you half drop the
    pot because it's too darned hot!

    Most likely the towel got damp, allowing the heat to be conducted from
    the pot/dish to your hands. I keep the mitts hung up so there's less
    chance of them getting set in a damp spot.
    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Saturday, September 29, 2018 17:18:30
    the oven. I've got the first 2 but for the 3rd job I
    use
    mitts. > RH> >
    Same here. Towels don't have enough R value.

    I'm more concerned about a corner slipping and contacting
    the
    heating > element or whatever.

    That too - probably happening when it slips because you half
    drop the
    pot because it's too darned hot!

    Most likely the towel got damp, allowing the heat to be conducted
    from
    the pot/dish to your hands. I keep the mitts hung up so there's
    less
    chance of them getting set in a damp spot.

    Even pot holders aren't good enough in some cases. Towels don't bear
    thinking on.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Sunday, September 30, 2018 20:33:42
    Hi Ruth,

    That too - probably happening when it slips because you half
    drop the
    pot because it's too darned hot!

    Most likely the towel got damp, allowing the heat to be conducted
    from
    the pot/dish to your hands. I keep the mitts hung up so there's
    less
    chance of them getting set in a damp spot.

    Even pot holders aren't good enough in some cases. Towels don't bear thinking on.

    I'll use the mitts if available. Regular square pot holders are good for
    hot pads or some sewing projects. (G)

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Thursday, October 04, 2018 00:02:54
    the pot/dish to your hands. I keep the mitts hung up so there's
    less
    chance of them getting set in a damp spot.

    Even pot holders aren't good enough in some cases. Towels don't
    bear
    thinking on.

    I'll use the mitts if available. Regular square pot holders are good
    for
    hot pads or some sewing projects. (G)


    Me too. The silicone ones are more heat proof but stiff.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Friday, October 05, 2018 20:55:03
    Hi Ruth,

    the pot/dish to your hands. I keep the mitts hung up so
    there's > RH> less
    chance of them getting set in a damp spot.

    Even pot holders aren't good enough in some cases. Towels
    don't bear
    thinking on.

    I'll use the mitts if available. Regular square pot holders are good
    for
    hot pads or some sewing projects. (G)


    Me too. The silicone ones are more heat proof but stiff.

    I've not tried them, don't intend to--they're ugly. (G)


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Thursday, October 11, 2018 00:09:28
    I'll use the mitts if available. Regular square pot holders are
    good
    for
    hot pads or some sewing projects. (G)


    Me too. The silicone ones are more heat proof but stiff.

    I've not tried them, don't intend to--they're ugly. (G)

    They work. They're ugly but the work, and rinse off in the sink.
    They're often better as hot pads than pot holders.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Thursday, October 11, 2018 15:59:16
    Hi Ruth,

    I'll use the mitts if available. Regular square pot holders
    are good
    for
    hot pads or some sewing projects. (G)

    Me too. The silicone ones are more heat proof but stiff.

    I've not tried them, don't intend to--they're ugly. (G)

    They work. They're ugly but the work, and rinse off in the sink.
    They're often better as hot pads than pot holders.

    I have a couple for use as hot pads in the camper. Also have other
    silicone utensils, both for the camper and home use, but no bakeware.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Thursday, October 18, 2018 23:01:48
    Me too. The silicone ones are more heat proof but stiff.

    I've not tried them, don't intend to--they're ugly. (G)

    They work. They're ugly but the work, and rinse off in the sink. They're often better as hot pads than pot holders.

    I have a couple for use as hot pads in the camper. Also have other
    silicone utensils, both for the camper and home use, but no bakeware.

    I've handled the bakeware, but it's floppy. It would drive me crazy.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, October 20, 2018 19:07:19
    Hi Ruth,

    Me too. The silicone ones are more heat proof but
    stiff. >
    I've not tried them, don't intend to--they're ugly. (G)

    They work. They're ugly but the work, and rinse off in the
    sink. > RH> They're often better as hot pads than pot holders.

    I have a couple for use as hot pads in the camper. Also have other silicone utensils, both for the camper and home use, but no
    bakeware. >
    I've handled the bakeware, but it's floppy. It would drive me crazy.

    I've seen the bakeware and have no desire to put it in my kitchen. A
    cookie sheet underneath the pan would cure its tendency to flop however.


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 23:41:40
    I have a couple for use as hot pads in the camper. Also have
    other
    silicone utensils, both for the camper and home use, but no
    bakeware. >
    I've handled the bakeware, but it's floppy. It would drive me
    crazy.

    I've seen the bakeware and have no desire to put it in my kitchen. A
    cookie sheet underneath the pan would cure its tendency to flop
    however.

    You'd have to put something stiff underneath or there'd be no handling
    it. Or keeping the batter in it.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Thursday, October 25, 2018 19:47:41
    Hi Ruth,

    I have a couple for use as hot pads in the camper. Also have
    other
    silicone utensils, both for the camper and home use, but no
    bakeware. >
    I've handled the bakeware, but it's floppy. It would drive me
    crazy.

    I've seen the bakeware and have no desire to put it in my kitchen. A cookie sheet underneath the pan would cure its tendency to flop
    however.

    You'd have to put something stiff underneath or there'd be no handling
    it. Or keeping the batter in it.

    Not what I'd want to try. Out in KY we shopped at a Kroger a couple of
    times. They had a display of silicone kitchen gadgets--we picked up a
    meat rack and a lifting rack. Used the latter today under canning jars
    (but not as a lifter, just a rack) in a boiling water bath. We'd been
    given about a half gallon (was in a gallon jug so hard to determine
    exact amount) of bbq sauce. Popped it into the fridge to hold, then
    today heated it to a boil and put it into pint jars (5, plus a half
    jelly jar that was not proccessed) that were boiling water bath
    proccessed. 100% success rate on the seals and bbq sauce for months to
    come. Steve is smoking a Boston butt today that will benefit from it.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Monday, October 29, 2018 23:01:20
    You'd have to put something stiff underneath or there'd be no
    handling
    it. Or keeping the batter in it.

    Not what I'd want to try. Out in KY we shopped at a Kroger a couple
    of
    times. They had a display of silicone kitchen gadgets--we picked up
    a
    meat rack and a lifting rack. Used the latter today under canning
    jars
    (but not as a lifter, just a rack) in a boiling water bath. We'd
    been
    given about a half gallon (was in a gallon jug so hard to determine
    exact amount) of bbq sauce. Popped it into the fridge to hold, then
    today heated it to a boil and put it into pint jars (5, plus a half
    jelly jar that was not proccessed) that were boiling water bath
    proccessed. 100% success rate on the seals and bbq sauce for months
    to
    come. Steve is smoking a Boston butt today that will benefit from
    it.

    Good idea. My old incisional hernia hole/scarring kicked up a major
    fuss starting last week, so I haven't been up to much lifting. I
    hauled my purse around for the first time today without regretting
    it, so things are healing. Slowly. Again.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 20:05:16
    Hi Ruth,

    Not what I'd want to try. Out in KY we shopped at a Kroger a couple
    of
    times. They had a display of silicone kitchen gadgets--we picked up
    a
    meat rack and a lifting rack. Used the latter today under canning
    jars
    (but not as a lifter, just a rack) in a boiling water bath. We'd
    been
    given about a half gallon (was in a gallon jug so hard to determine exact amount) of bbq sauce. Popped it into the fridge to hold, then today heated it to a boil and put it into pint jars (5, plus a half jelly jar that was not proccessed) that were boiling water bath proccessed. 100% success rate on the seals and bbq sauce for months
    to
    come. Steve is smoking a Boston butt today that will benefit from
    it.

    Good idea. My old incisional hernia hole/scarring kicked up a major
    fuss starting last week, so I haven't been up to much lifting. I
    hauled my purse around for the first time today without regretting
    it, so things are healing. Slowly. Again.

    OUCH! Unfortunatly, things like that take time to fully heal. We're
    doing better, but still not 100% over the effects of the mid September accident. I can sneeze, take a semi deep breath or cough without quite
    the level of pain of even a few weeks ago. Are you able to handle basic
    cooking chores OK?

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, October 31, 2018 19:52:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Ruth Haffly on 10-29-18 23:01 <=-

    Good idea. My old incisional hernia hole/scarring kicked up a major
    fuss starting last week, so I haven't been up to much lifting. I
    hauled my purse around for the first time today without regretting
    it, so things are healing. Slowly. Again.

    Good that things are healing up again... hernias, even fixed ones,
    aren't very much fun, especially when they decide to act up... but it's promising that you are able to lift a little more now... How heavy is
    your purse...? I've pared down mine to what I can hold in/on my hand,
    just so that I won't be lifting too much.... And then stuff it in my
    pockets, when I have them... ;)

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Saturday, November 03, 2018 18:09:40
    Good idea. My old incisional hernia hole/scarring kicked up a
    major
    fuss starting last week, so I haven't been up to much lifting.
    I
    hauled my purse around for the first time today without
    regretting
    it, so things are healing. Slowly. Again.

    OUCH! Unfortunatly, things like that take time to fully heal. We're

    And just when I thought I was safe getting back in the water....it
    acted up again the last few days. This is going to take a while.
    Then one foot went nuts too - that's slowly getting better too.

    doing better, but still not 100% over the effects of the mid
    September
    accident. I can sneeze, take a semi deep breath or cough without
    quite
    the level of pain of even a few weeks ago. Are you able to handle
    basic
    cooking chores OK?

    I find ways. Pots of water are still ... not good ... but there are
    ways.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Sunday, November 04, 2018 23:36:16
    Good idea. My old incisional hernia hole/scarring kicked up a
    major
    fuss starting last week, so I haven't been up to much lifting.
    I
    hauled my purse around for the first time today without
    regretting
    it, so things are healing. Slowly. Again.

    Good that things are healing up again... hernias, even fixed ones,

    Sort of. Slowly.

    aren't very much fun, especially when they decide to act up... but
    it's
    promising that you are able to lift a little more now... How heavy
    is
    your purse...? I've pared down mine to what I can hold in/on my
    hand,
    just so that I won't be lifting too much.... And then stuff it in
    my
    pockets, when I have them... ;)

    About five to six pounds. It's been weighed. I need to figure out
    what I can jettison.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Sunday, November 04, 2018 20:42:22
    Hi Ruth,

    hauled my purse around for the first time today without
    regretting
    it, so things are healing. Slowly. Again.

    OUCH! Unfortunatly, things like that take time to fully heal. We're

    And just when I thought I was safe getting back in the water....it
    acted up again the last few days. This is going to take a while.
    Then one foot went nuts too - that's slowly getting better too.

    YOu know the saying--"after age (whatever), it's nothing but patch,
    patch, patch". (G) I understand; I've had times like that; I just refer
    to it as a "misery lovves company" phase.


    doing better, but still not 100% over the effects of the mid
    September
    accident. I can sneeze, take a semi deep breath or cough without
    quite
    the level of pain of even a few weeks ago. Are you able to handle
    basic
    cooking chores OK?

    I find ways. Pots of water are still ... not good ... but there are
    ways.

    Does the sprayer hose on your kitchen sink extend far enough to reach
    the stove? I saw Steve sometimes fill pots on the stove in our WF rental
    house that way. Once the (whatever) is cooked, then bail/dip some of the
    water out until it is down to a handle-able level before dumping the
    rest into the sink.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Thursday, November 08, 2018 00:21:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 11-04-18 22:36 <=-

    Good idea. My old incisional hernia hole/scarring kicked up a
    major fuss starting last week, so I haven't been up to much
    lifting. I hauled my purse around for the first time today
    without regretting it, so things are healing. Slowly. Again.
    Good that things are healing up again...

    Sort of. Slowly.

    And hopefully will continue....

    hernias, even fixed ones, aren't very much fun, especially when
    they decide to act up... but it's promising that you are able to
    lift a little more now... How heavy is your purse...? I've pared
    down mine to what I can hold in/on my hand, just so that I won't be
    lifting too much.... And then stuff it in my pockets, when I have
    them... ;)

    About five to six pounds. It's been weighed. I need to figure out
    what I can jettison.

    Yup... Or at least only tote the whole purse when you really need more
    than the essentials... ;)

    ttyl neb

    ... Prune yoghurt - when you need to eat and run!!!

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Saturday, November 10, 2018 01:35:14
    hauled my purse around for the first time today without
    regretting
    it, so things are healing. Slowly. Again.

    OUCH! Unfortunatly, things like that take time to fully
    heal. We're

    And just when I thought I was safe getting back in the
    water....it
    acted up again the last few days. This is going to take a
    while.
    Then one foot went nuts too - that's slowly getting better
    too.

    The foot let up, but the rest.... not so much.

    YOu know the saying--"after age (whatever), it's nothing but patch,
    patch, patch". (G) I understand; I've had times like that; I just
    refer
    to it as a "misery lovves company" phase.

    That sounds about like my normal life.

    the level of pain of even a few weeks ago. Are you able to
    handle
    basic
    cooking chores OK?

    I find ways. Pots of water are still ... not good ... but
    there are
    ways.

    Does the sprayer hose on your kitchen sink extend far enough to
    reach
    the stove? I saw Steve sometimes fill pots on the stove in our WF

    Not even close, and I'd still have to dump it.

    rental
    house that way. Once the (whatever) is cooked, then bail/dip some
    of the
    water out until it is down to a handle-able level before dumping
    the
    rest into the sink.

    I've resorted to that before.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Saturday, November 10, 2018 19:02:44
    major fuss starting last week, so I haven't been up to much
    lifting. I hauled my purse around for the first time today
    without regretting it, so things are healing. Slowly.
    Again.
    Good that things are healing up again...

    Sort of. Slowly.

    And hopefully will continue....

    Famous last words; I feel like it's getting worse instead of better.
    Darkest before dawn I hope!

    About five to six pounds. It's been weighed. I need to
    figure out
    what I can jettison.

    Yup... Or at least only tote the whole purse when you really need
    more
    than the essentials... ;)

    I had to change bags. There was a smaller one, brand new, in my
    closet. It weighs about 1/4 of what the old one does and only holds
    half as much.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, November 10, 2018 20:26:56
    Hi Ruth,

    And just when I thought I was safe getting back in the
    water....it
    acted up again the last few days. This is going to take a
    while.
    Then one foot went nuts too - that's slowly getting better
    too.

    The foot let up, but the rest.... not so much.

    YOu know the saying--"after age (whatever), it's nothing but patch, patch, patch". (G) I understand; I've had times like that; I just
    refer
    to it as a "misery loves company" phase.

    That sounds about like my normal life.


    I'm feeling some of that too--the foot I broke in 2005/6 is acting up
    since I started using the cane (more weight bearing on that side) to
    off set the knee.

    the level of pain of even a few weeks ago. Are you able to
    handle
    basic
    cooking chores OK?

    I find ways. Pots of water are still ... not good ... but
    there are
    ways.

    Does the sprayer hose on your kitchen sink extend far enough to
    reach
    the stove? I saw Steve sometimes fill pots on the stove in our WF

    Not even close, and I'd still have to dump it.

    So, no major spaghetti cooking for a crowd type dinners then. (G)


    rental
    house that way. Once the (whatever) is cooked, then bail/dip some
    of the
    water out until it is down to a handle-able level before dumping
    the
    rest into the sink.

    I've resorted to that before.

    I haven't--yet--as there's usually some one else around to handle the
    water dump for me.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Monday, November 12, 2018 20:35:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 11-10-18 18:02 <=-

    major fuss starting last week, so I haven't been up to much
    lifting. I hauled my purse around for the first time today
    without regretting it, so things are healing. Slowly.
    Again.
    Good that things are healing up again...
    Sort of. Slowly.
    And hopefully will continue....

    Famous last words; I feel like it's getting worse instead of better. Darkest before dawn I hope!

    Oh, dear....

    About five to six pounds. It's been weighed. I need to
    figure out what I can jettison.
    Yup... Or at least only tote the whole purse when you really need
    more than the essentials... ;)

    I had to change bags. There was a smaller one, brand new, in my
    closet. It weighs about 1/4 of what the old one does and only holds
    half as much.

    That sounds quite promising.... Brings it down to 2 1/2 to 3 pounds...
    Does it have a strap so that you don't have to hold it in your hand...?

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 01:10:38
    YOu know the saying--"after age (whatever), it's nothing but
    patch,
    patch, patch". (G) I understand; I've had times like that;
    I just
    refer
    to it as a "misery loves company" phase.

    That sounds about like my normal life.


    I'm feeling some of that too--the foot I broke in 2005/6 is acting
    up
    since I started using the cane (more weight bearing on that side)
    to
    off set the knee.

    Yep. One of these centuries that hole needs fixing, provided they
    can repair some other stuff first so that getting it fixed is
    safe(r).

    Does the sprayer hose on your kitchen sink extend far enough
    to
    reach
    the stove? I saw Steve sometimes fill pots on the stove in
    our WF

    Not even close, and I'd still have to dump it.

    So, no major spaghetti cooking for a crowd type dinners then. (G)

    Not even close.

    I've resorted to that before.

    I haven't--yet--as there's usually some one else around to handle
    the
    water dump for me.

    That's what husbands are for. I need one of those husband things.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Thursday, November 15, 2018 01:34:42
    Famous last words; I feel like it's getting worse instead of
    better.
    Darkest before dawn I hope!

    Oh, dear....

    Yet another doctor today who said I'm pretty much a walking Catch-22;
    one more self-diagnosis confirmed.(LOL)

    Yup... Or at least only tote the whole purse when you really
    need
    more than the essentials... ;)

    I had to change bags. There was a smaller one, brand new, in
    my
    closet. It weighs about 1/4 of what the old one does and only
    holds
    half as much.

    That sounds quite promising.... Brings it down to 2 1/2 to 3
    pounds...
    Does it have a strap so that you don't have to hold it in your
    hand...?

    I don't buy any other kind.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 22:51:51
    Hi Ruth,

    to it as a "misery loves company" phase.

    That sounds about like my normal life.

    I'm feeling some of that too--the foot I broke in 2005/6 is acting
    up
    since I started using the cane (more weight bearing on that side)
    to
    off set the knee.

    Yep. One of these centuries that hole needs fixing, provided they
    can repair some other stuff first so that getting it fixed is
    safe(r).

    No rest for the w...................


    Does the sprayer hose on your kitchen sink extend far enough
    to
    reach
    the stove? I saw Steve sometimes fill pots on the stove in
    our WF

    Not even close, and I'd still have to dump it.

    So, no major spaghetti cooking for a crowd type dinners then. (G)

    Not even close.

    Sigh! But then, you've a BIL who can do the Italian cooking for a crowd.


    I've resorted to that before.

    I haven't--yet--as there's usually some one else around to handle
    the
    water dump for me.

    That's what husbands are for. I need one of those husband things.

    Keep looking, one may show up when you least expect it.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Friday, November 16, 2018 16:31:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 11-15-18 00:34 <=-

    Famous last words; I feel like it's getting worse instead of
    better. Darkest before dawn I hope!
    Oh, dear....

    Yet another doctor today who said I'm pretty much a walking Catch-22;
    one more self-diagnosis confirmed.(LOL)

    That sounds like a self-diagnosis that it would have been nice to NOT
    have had confirmed....

    Yup... Or at least only tote the whole purse when you really
    need more than the essentials... ;)
    I had to change bags. There was a smaller one, brand new, in
    my closet. It weighs about 1/4 of what the old one does and
    only holds half as much.
    That sounds quite promising.... Brings it down to 2 1/2 to 3
    pounds... Does it have a strap so that you don't have to hold it in
    your hand...?

    I don't buy any other kind.

    That tends to distribute the weight a little better... and leaves the
    hands free... If I were to carry a proper purse, that's what I'd
    probably be getting also... As it is, when I need to carry more than my
    usual, I use a small totebag with straps so that I can carry it on my shoulder.... :)

    ttyl neb

    ... I tried to drown my problems but found out they can swim.

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 01:20:22
    Yep. One of these centuries that hole needs fixing, provided
    they
    can repair some other stuff first so that getting it fixed is
    safe(r).

    No rest for the w...................

    No fix for the other problem either. But... I will get a crown
    replaced after Thanksgiving. (sigh)

    So, no major spaghetti cooking for a crowd type dinners
    then. (G)

    Not even close.

    Sigh! But then, you've a BIL who can do the Italian cooking for a
    crowd.

    Whether he likes it or not.

    That's what husbands are for. I need one of those husband
    things.

    Keep looking, one may show up when you least expect it.

    They're rather like cats, except that there aren't any husband rescue
    shelters to go look in. No husband carriers to put in the back seat
    either so you can listen to them howl all the way home.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 17:01:07
    Hi Ruth,

    Yep. One of these centuries that hole needs fixing, provided
    they
    can repair some other stuff first so that getting it fixed is safe(r).

    No rest for the w...................

    No fix for the other problem either. But... I will get a crown
    replaced after Thanksgiving. (sigh)

    Immer Etwas! I will be seeing the ortho doctor about the knee after Thanksgiving. Hoping he will say "late Christmas present, new knee
    coming after the first of the year".


    So, no major spaghetti cooking for a crowd type dinners
    then. (G)

    Not even close.

    Sigh! But then, you've a BIL who can do the Italian cooking for a
    crowd.

    Whether he likes it or not.

    I usually do it at home, Steve will drain the pot if I ask. Sometimes he
    will just show up and do it, before I even ask.

    That's what husbands are for. I need one of those husband
    things.

    Keep looking, one may show up when you least expect it.

    They're rather like cats, except that there aren't any husband rescue shelters to go look in. No husband carriers to put in the back seat either so you can listen to them howl all the way home.

    Cross one the wrong way while out and you will hear him howl all the way
    home. (G)

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 15:44:54
    better. Darkest before dawn I hope!
    Oh, dear....

    Yet another doctor today who said I'm pretty much a walking
    Catch-22;
    one more self-diagnosis confirmed.(LOL)

    That sounds like a self-diagnosis that it would have been nice to
    NOT
    have had confirmed....

    Too true. I could do without more of those.

    That sounds quite promising.... Brings it down to 2 1/2 to 3
    pounds... Does it have a strap so that you don't have to hold it
    in
    your hand...?

    I don't buy any other kind.

    That tends to distribute the weight a little better... and leaves
    the
    hands free... If I were to carry a proper purse, that's what I'd
    probably be getting also... As it is, when I need to carry more
    than my
    usual, I use a small totebag with straps so that I can carry it on
    my
    shoulder.... :)

    I have a couple of those too. I had to get my pie carriers out of
    the basement today. That part wasn't bad. Climbing the stairs...
    wasn't a bright idea. Stuff that felt better now hurts again.
    Argggh.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, November 23, 2018 01:06:08
    No rest for the w...................

    No fix for the other problem either. But... I will get a
    crown
    replaced after Thanksgiving. (sigh)

    Immer Etwas! I will be seeing the ortho doctor about the knee after Thanksgiving. Hoping he will say "late Christmas present, new knee
    coming after the first of the year".


    And about time too. The bones in my knees are fine; the connective
    tissue....


    Sigh! But then, you've a BIL who can do the Italian cooking
    for a
    crowd.

    Whether he likes it or not.

    I usually do it at home, Steve will drain the pot if I ask.
    Sometimes he
    will just show up and do it, before I even ask.

    That's it, I seriously need one of those husband things!

    Keep looking, one may show up when you least expect it.

    They're rather like cats, except that there aren't any husband
    rescue
    shelters to go look in. No husband carriers to put in the
    back seat
    either so you can listen to them howl all the way home.

    Cross one the wrong way while out and you will hear him howl all
    the way
    home. (G)

    And after too, even after you let him into the house!
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Friday, November 23, 2018 15:30:44
    Hi Ruth,

    No rest for the w...................

    No fix for the other problem either. But... I will get a
    crown
    replaced after Thanksgiving. (sigh)

    Immer Etwas! I will be seeing the ortho doctor about the knee after Thanksgiving. Hoping he will say "late Christmas present, new knee coming after the first of the year".

    And about time too. The bones in my knees are fine; the connective tissue....

    There's no cartilage in the knee;it's bone on bone, rubbing against each
    other so there's probably microscopic wear & tear of the bones.


    Sigh! But then, you've a BIL who can do the Italian cooking
    for a
    crowd.

    Whether he likes it or not.

    I usually do it at home, Steve will drain the pot if I ask.
    Sometimes he
    will just show up and do it, before I even ask.

    That's it, I seriously need one of those husband things!

    They are handy. (G) Right now Steve is cleaning up the smoker parts from
    doing a couple of turkeys on Wednesday. It's a messy job; I'm glad he's
    doing it.


    Keep looking, one may show up when you least expect it.

    They're rather like cats, except that there aren't any husband
    rescue
    shelters to go look in. No husband carriers to put in the
    back seat
    either so you can listen to them howl all the way home.

    Cross one the wrong way while out and you will hear him howl all
    the way
    home. (G)

    And after too, even after you let him into the house!

    That, too. (G)
    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Sunday, November 25, 2018 01:27:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 11-21-18 14:44 <=-

    better. Darkest before dawn I hope!
    Oh, dear....
    Yet another doctor today who said I'm pretty much a walking
    Catch-22; one more self-diagnosis confirmed.(LOL)
    That sounds like a self-diagnosis that it would have been nice to
    NOT have had confirmed....

    Too true. I could do without more of those.

    Indeed... :)

    That sounds quite promising.... Brings it down to 2 1/2 to 3
    pounds... Does it have a strap so that you don't have to hold it
    in your hand...?
    I don't buy any other kind.
    That tends to distribute the weight a little better... and leaves
    the hands free... If I were to carry a proper purse, that's what
    I'd probably be getting also... As it is, when I need to carry
    more than my usual, I use a small totebag with straps so that I
    can carry it on my shoulder.... :)

    I have a couple of those too. I had to get my pie carriers out of
    the basement today. That part wasn't bad. Climbing the stairs...
    wasn't a bright idea. Stuff that felt better now hurts again.
    Argggh.

    Oh, dear.... Maybe you should install a chair lift on the stairs...?
    Or at least start saving for one....? :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 01:22:20
    Immer Etwas! I will be seeing the ortho doctor about the
    knee after
    Thanksgiving. Hoping he will say "late Christmas present,
    new knee
    coming after the first of the year".

    And about time too. The bones in my knees are fine; the
    connective
    tissue....

    There's no cartilage in the knee;it's bone on bone, rubbing against
    each
    other so there's probably microscopic wear & tear of the bones.

    That would be what's known as a problem.

    That's it, I seriously need one of those husband things!

    They are handy. (G) Right now Steve is cleaning up the smoker parts
    from
    doing a couple of turkeys on Wednesday. It's a messy job; I'm glad
    he's
    doing it.

    Amen. We had a smoked bird too; a local BBQ joint did the dirty
    part. Unless you count making the turkey stock afterward.

    They're rather like cats, except that there aren't any
    husband
    rescue
    shelters to go look in. No husband carriers to put in
    the
    back seat
    either so you can listen to them howl all the way home.

    Cross one the wrong way while out and you will hear him howl
    all
    the way
    home. (G)

    And after too, even after you let him into the house!

    That, too. (G)

    Mrow! If you really want to hear one howl, make sure he's a football
    fan and hand him the local college team's record this year. That's
    enough to make anyone howl.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 01:14:16
    the hands free... If I were to carry a proper purse, that's what
    I'd probably be getting also... As it is, when I need to carry
    more than my usual, I use a small totebag with straps so that I
    can carry it on my shoulder.... :)

    I have a couple of those too. I had to get my pie carriers
    out of
    the basement today. That part wasn't bad. Climbing the
    stairs...
    wasn't a bright idea. Stuff that felt better now hurts again.
    Argggh.

    Oh, dear.... Maybe you should install a chair lift on the
    stairs...?
    Or at least start saving for one....? :)

    Not on basement stairs. No point. Dumbwaiter maybe...(LOL)
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 16:19:18
    Hi Ruth,

    Thanksgiving. Hoping he will say "late Christmas present,
    new knee
    coming after the first of the year".

    And about time too. The bones in my knees are fine; the
    connective
    tissue....

    There's no cartilage in the knee;it's bone on bone, rubbing against
    each
    other so there's probably microscopic wear & tear of the bones.

    That would be what's known as a problem.

    That's what I've been saying all along. Was up on my feet to chop
    veggies for a veggie/bean soup for supper (clean out the veggie drawer
    so bits of carrot, celery, red onion, broccoli, cauliflower, yellow bell pepper, serrano pepper, tomato, water chestnut and potato in with mixed
    beans and smoked, sliced, ham shanks are all in the pot. Also added a
    bit of salt and pepper. Other activities have been "sit down" to take
    the strain off the knee.

    That's it, I seriously need one of those husband things!

    They are handy. (G) Right now Steve is cleaning up the smoker parts
    from
    doing a couple of turkeys on Wednesday. It's a messy job; I'm glad
    he's
    doing it.

    Amen. We had a smoked bird too; a local BBQ joint did the dirty
    part. Unless you count making the turkey stock afterward.

    I'll do the stock on Thursday. Got a bit more meat off the bones, to go
    for soup (using stock). The bean soup has both turkey and chicken stock
    that were in the fridge, waiting for an opportunity like this so it's
    very much an odds and ends soup. Today has only been in the mid 40s for
    high, lows to be in the mid 20s tonight so the soup will be appreciated.


    They're rather like cats, except that there aren't any
    husband
    rescue
    shelters to go look in. No husband carriers to put in
    the
    back seat
    either so you can listen to them howl all the way home.

    Cross one the wrong way while out and you will hear him howl
    all
    the way
    home. (G)

    And after too, even after you let him into the house!

    That, too. (G)

    Mrow! If you really want to hear one howl, make sure he's a football
    fan and hand him the local college team's record this year. That's
    enough to make anyone howl.

    Steve isn't into football, even the local high school team that has won
    42 straight games, mostly by blow out scores. Told him that high school football needs a mercy rule, one score was 70-7. Those kids could
    probably eat more in one meal than we'd eat in a month!

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Thursday, November 29, 2018 21:51:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 11-28-18 00:14 <=-

    the hands free... If I were to carry a proper purse, that's what
    I'd probably be getting also... As it is, when I need to carry
    more than my usual, I use a small totebag with straps so that I
    can carry it on my shoulder.... :)
    I have a couple of those too. I had to get my pie carriers
    out of the basement today. That part wasn't bad. Climbing
    the stairs... wasn't a bright idea. Stuff that felt better
    now hurts again. Argggh.
    Oh, dear.... Maybe you should install a chair lift on the
    stairs...? Or at least start saving for one....? :)

    Not on basement stairs. No point. Dumbwaiter maybe...(LOL)

    Just need someone in the basement to load it... or were you thinking a
    super heavy duty one that could carry a person....? ;) Are you leaving
    the pie carriers upstairs now....? :)

    ttyl neb

    ... Fired from orange juice factory - couldn't concentrate! !

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Saturday, December 01, 2018 00:35:58
    That would be what's known as a problem.

    That's what I've been saying all along. Was up on my feet to chop
    veggies for a veggie/bean soup for supper (clean out the veggie
    drawer
    so bits of carrot, celery, red onion, broccoli, cauliflower, yellow
    bell
    pepper, serrano pepper, tomato, water chestnut and potato in with
    mixed
    beans and smoked, sliced, ham shanks are all in the pot. Also added
    a
    bit of salt and pepper. Other activities have been "sit down" to
    take
    the strain off the knee.

    I did the grocery shopping today. Probably not the wisest move.
    Dinner was roast pork tenderloin with butternut squash chunks baked
    in the same pan. Mom mashed the potatoes on the side.

    for soup (using stock). The bean soup has both turkey and chicken
    stock
    that were in the fridge, waiting for an opportunity like this so
    it's
    very much an odds and ends soup. Today has only been in the mid 40s
    for
    high, lows to be in the mid 20s tonight so the soup will be
    appreciated.

    That's warmer than it's been here some days. That's why the oven
    goes on.

    all
    the way
    home. (G)

    And after too, even after you let him into the house!

    That, too. (G)

    Mrow! If you really want to hear one howl, make sure he's a
    football
    fan and hand him the local college team's record this year.
    That's
    enough to make anyone howl.

    Steve isn't into football, even the local high school team that has
    won
    42 straight games, mostly by blow out scores. Told him that high
    school
    football needs a mercy rule, one score was 70-7. Those kids could
    probably eat more in one meal than we'd eat in a month!

    Teenaged males can put it away, even if they don't play football.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Saturday, December 01, 2018 00:43:16
    Oh, dear.... Maybe you should install a chair lift on the
    stairs...? Or at least start saving for one....? :)

    Not on basement stairs. No point. Dumbwaiter maybe...(LOL)

    Just need someone in the basement to load it... or were you thinking a
    super heavy duty one that could carry a person....? ;) Are you
    leaving
    the pie carriers upstairs now....? :)


    A full on elevator sounds about right. I'm just grateful it's just the
    pantry and cat box down there along with my Ebay stuff. The washing
    machine is upstairs.

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, December 01, 2018 15:56:34
    Hi Ruth,

    beans and smoked, sliced, ham shanks are all in the pot. Also added
    bit of salt and pepper. Other activities have been "sit down" to
    take
    the strain off the knee.

    I did the grocery shopping today. Probably not the wisest move.
    Dinner was roast pork tenderloin with butternut squash chunks baked
    in the same pan. Mom mashed the potatoes on the side.

    Something you could do on one pan in the toaster oven? Sounds yummy tho.

    very much an odds and ends soup. Today has only been in the mid 40s
    for
    high, lows to be in the mid 20s tonight so the soup will be
    appreciated.

    That's warmer than it's been here some days. That's why the oven
    goes on.

    We're a few miles further south but our temps have been right at home up
    north.

    Mrow! If you really want to hear one howl, make sure he's a
    football
    fan and hand him the local college team's record this year.
    That's
    enough to make anyone howl.

    Steve isn't into football, even the local high school team that has
    won
    42 straight games, mostly by blow out scores. Told him that high
    school
    football needs a mercy rule, one score was 70-7. Those kids could probably eat more in one meal than we'd eat in a month!

    Teenaged males can put it away, even if they don't play football.

    I know. I raised a couple of girls who could really pack it away,
    especially the younger one. She was on JROTC drill team, as much of a
    work out in its own right as football. BTW, WF high school won another
    last night, 2 games away from a 3-peat consecutive state championship.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Sunday, December 02, 2018 23:40:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 11-30-18 23:43 <=-

    Oh, dear.... Maybe you should install a chair lift on the
    stairs...? Or at least start saving for one....? :)
    Not on basement stairs. No point. Dumbwaiter maybe...(LOL)
    Just need someone in the basement to load it... or were you thinking
    a super heavy duty one that could carry a person....? ;) Are you
    leaving the pie carriers upstairs now....? :)

    A full on elevator sounds about right. I'm just grateful it's just the pantry and cat box down there along with my Ebay stuff. The washing machine is upstairs.

    Hmmm... pantry, catbox and Ebay stuff sounds like a lot of needing to
    use those steps.... and with issues about stairs.... sounds to me as
    though the elevator might be a priority.... :)

    ttyl neb

    ... When did my wild oats turn to shredded wheat? :-(

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, December 07, 2018 18:02:58
    I did the grocery shopping today. Probably not the wisest
    move.
    Dinner was roast pork tenderloin with butternut squash chunks
    baked
    in the same pan. Mom mashed the potatoes on the side.

    Something you could do on one pan in the toaster oven? Sounds yummy
    tho.

    Possibly, but I used the real oven.

    That's warmer than it's been here some days. That's why the
    oven
    goes on.

    We're a few miles further south but our temps have been right at
    home up
    north.

    Not tonight I hope; we getting down to Too Freakin' Cold.

    42 straight games, mostly by blow out scores. Told him that
    high
    school
    football needs a mercy rule, one score was 70-7. Those kids
    could
    probably eat more in one meal than we'd eat in a month!

    Teenaged males can put it away, even if they don't play
    football.

    I know. I raised a couple of girls who could really pack it away,
    especially the younger one. She was on JROTC drill team, as much of
    a
    work out in its own right as football. BTW, WF high school won
    another
    last night, 2 games away from a 3-peat consecutive state
    championship.

    If they celebrated with pizza, it was probably purchased wholesale!
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Friday, December 07, 2018 18:04:20
    a super heavy duty one that could carry a person....? ;) Are you leaving the pie carriers upstairs now....? :)

    A full on elevator sounds about right. I'm just grateful it's
    just the
    pantry and cat box down there along with my Ebay stuff. The
    washing
    machine is upstairs.

    Hmmm... pantry, catbox and Ebay stuff sounds like a lot of needing to
    use those steps.... and with issues about stairs.... sounds to me as
    though the elevator might be a priority.... :)

    Every other day or so isn't that horrible.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, December 08, 2018 13:19:59
    Hi Ruth,

    Dinner was roast pork tenderloin with butternut squash chunks
    baked
    in the same pan. Mom mashed the potatoes on the side.

    Something you could do on one pan in the toaster oven? Sounds yummy
    tho.

    Possibly, but I used the real oven.

    Thinking again, you probably needed the size of the bigger oven. For a
    while we had a bigger toaster oven (could hold a 13 x 9 pan) but when we
    got serious about fridge shopping, passed it on. The oven over hung the
    counter top it was on; our current fridge is a bit smaller than the cut
    out for it so there was no problem. New fridge will fill up the space so
    we got a smaller toaster oven.


    We're a few miles further south but our temps have been right at
    home up
    north.

    Not tonight I hope; we getting down to Too Freakin' Cold.

    We're supposed to be getting a major storm tonight. Snow, ice, the
    works, but hopefully our power will stay on. Camper is out in Lexington, getting some work done on it, so we don't have that as a back up
    retreat.

    42 straight games, mostly by blow out scores. Told him that
    high
    school
    football needs a mercy rule, one score was 70-7. Those kids
    could
    probably eat more in one meal than we'd eat in a month!

    Teenaged males can put it away, even if they don't play
    football.

    I know. I raised a couple of girls who could really pack it away, especially the younger one. She was on JROTC drill team, as much of
    a
    work out in its own right as football. BTW, WF high school won
    another
    last night, 2 games away from a 3-peat consecutive state
    championship.

    If they celebrated with pizza, it was probably purchased wholesale!

    Probably so, and the kids could pack away a lot of it! They won last
    night, so will play the state championship game next week. In 14 games,
    they've allowed a total of 106 points scored against them, while scoring
    over 500 points. If they win again, they should get a much better meal
    than pizza to celebrate--but I'd not want to be the one footing the bill
    for it.


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Monday, December 10, 2018 01:22:38
    Hi Ruth,

    Dinner was roast pork tenderloin with butternut squash
    chunks
    baked
    in the same pan. Mom mashed the potatoes on the side.

    Something you could do on one pan in the toaster oven?
    Sounds yummy
    tho.

    Possibly, but I used the real oven.

    Thinking again, you probably needed the size of the bigger oven.
    For a
    while we had a bigger toaster oven (could hold a 13 x 9 pan) but
    when we
    got serious about fridge shopping, passed it on. The oven over hung
    the
    counter top it was on; our current fridge is a bit smaller than the
    cut
    out for it so there was no problem. New fridge will fill up the
    space so
    we got a smaller toaster oven.


    These days they generally stick a nuker in that hole. Sometimes you
    get lucky and get a convection oven instead.

    Not tonight I hope; we getting down to Too Freakin' Cold.

    We're supposed to be getting a major storm tonight. Snow, ice, the
    works, but hopefully our power will stay on. Camper is out in
    Lexington,
    getting some work done on it, so we don't have that as a back up
    retreat.

    Ouch. Stay dry, and warm!

    I know. I raised a couple of girls who could really pack it
    away,
    especially the younger one. She was on JROTC drill team, as
    much of
    a
    work out in its own right as football. BTW, WF high school
    won
    another
    last night, 2 games away from a 3-peat consecutive state
    championship.

    If they celebrated with pizza, it was probably purchased
    wholesale!

    Probably so, and the kids could pack away a lot of it! They won
    last
    night, so will play the state championship game next week. In 14
    games,
    they've allowed a total of 106 points scored against them, while
    scoring
    over 500 points. If they win again, they should get a much better
    meal
    than pizza to celebrate--but I'd not want to be the one footing the
    bill
    for it.

    I for one would not want to be taking that bunch to a steak house!
    The old school all you can eat Bonanza or Ponderosa maybe, but they'd
    have to reserve the whole joint.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Monday, December 10, 2018 15:55:46
    Hi Ruth,

    Something you could do on one pan in the toaster oven?
    Sounds yummy
    tho.

    Possibly, but I used the real oven.

    Thinking again, you probably needed the size of the bigger oven.
    For a
    while we had a bigger toaster oven (could hold a 13 x 9 pan) but
    when we
    got serious about fridge shopping, passed it on. The oven over hung
    the
    counter top it was on; our current fridge is a bit smaller than the
    cut
    out for it so there was no problem. New fridge will fill up the
    space so
    we got a smaller toaster oven.

    These days they generally stick a nuker in that hole. Sometimes you
    get lucky and get a convection oven instead.

    This is a counter top area for the toaster oven, fridge is in the "hole" between the counter and wall. Microwave is mounted above the stove.


    Not tonight I hope; we getting down to Too Freakin' Cold.

    We're supposed to be getting a major storm tonight. Snow, ice, the works, but hopefully our power will stay on. Camper is out in
    Lexington,
    getting some work done on it, so we don't have that as a back up retreat.

    Ouch. Stay dry, and warm!

    We are, kept the power on so the lights work. Gas heat so no worry
    there. Steve is using the time to add molding to the edges of the
    kitchen floor, now that the plank vinyl is in place. The room is still
    quite torn up so we'll just heat more turkey soup for supper. (G)

    last night, 2 games away from a 3-peat consecutive state
    championship.

    If they celebrated with pizza, it was probably purchased
    wholesale!

    Probably so, and the kids could pack away a lot of it! They won
    last
    night, so will play the state championship game next week. In 14
    games,
    they've allowed a total of 106 points scored against them, while
    scoring
    over 500 points. If they win again, they should get a much better
    meal
    than pizza to celebrate--but I'd not want to be the one footing the
    bill
    for it.

    I for one would not want to be taking that bunch to a steak house!
    The old school all you can eat Bonanza or Ponderosa maybe, but they'd
    have to reserve the whole joint.

    I'd take them to an AYCE buffet--but let the place know in advance that
    the team is coming so that the cooks can fix probably triple (or more)
    the amount of food. Golde Corral might be a good place; they're used to
    big crowds for their military appreciation days.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 16:43:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 12-07-18 17:04 <=-

    a super heavy duty one that could carry a person....? ;) Are you leaving the pie carriers upstairs now....? :)
    A full on elevator sounds about right. I'm just grateful it's
    just the pantry and cat box down there along with my Ebay stuff.
    The washing machine is upstairs.
    Hmmm... pantry, catbox and Ebay stuff sounds like a lot of needing to
    use those steps.... and with issues about stairs.... sounds to me as
    though the elevator might be a priority.... :)

    Every other day or so isn't that horrible.

    Unless it pulls what it shouldn't.... ;0

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, December 14, 2018 01:17:04
    These days they generally stick a nuker in that hole.
    Sometimes you
    get lucky and get a convection oven instead.

    This is a counter top area for the toaster oven, fridge is in the
    "hole"
    between the counter and wall. Microwave is mounted above the stove.

    Pretty standard these days, then.

    Ouch. Stay dry, and warm!

    We are, kept the power on so the lights work. Gas heat so no worry
    there. Steve is using the time to add molding to the edges of the
    kitchen floor, now that the plank vinyl is in place. The room is
    still
    quite torn up so we'll just heat more turkey soup for supper. (G)

    Good idea. My kitchen still has its original 1960 floor. It's
    showing its age, but we can't complain.

    I for one would not want to be taking that bunch to a steak
    house!
    The old school all you can eat Bonanza or Ponderosa maybe, but
    they'd
    have to reserve the whole joint.

    I'd take them to an AYCE buffet--but let the place know in advance
    that
    the team is coming so that the cooks can fix probably triple (or
    more)
    the amount of food. Golde Corral might be a good place; they're
    used to
    big crowds for their military appreciation days.

    We don't have one of those as far as I know. Boston Market might
    work too.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Saturday, December 15, 2018 01:11:24
    Hmmm... pantry, catbox and Ebay stuff sounds like a lot of needing
    to
    use those steps.... and with issues about stairs.... sounds to me
    as
    though the elevator might be a priority.... :)

    Every other day or so isn't that horrible.

    Unless it pulls what it shouldn't.... ;0

    What else is new?
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Friday, December 14, 2018 18:10:49
    Hi Ruth,

    This is a counter top area for the toaster oven, fridge is in the
    "hole"
    between the counter and wall. Microwave is mounted above the stove.

    Pretty standard these days, then.

    Actually, quite convenient most of the time. When there's a couple of
    big pots on the front coils (burners) of the stove, not so convenient.

    Ouch. Stay dry, and warm!

    We are, kept the power on so the lights work. Gas heat so no worry there. Steve is using the time to add molding to the edges of the kitchen floor, now that the plank vinyl is in place. The room is
    still
    quite torn up so we'll just heat more turkey soup for supper. (G)

    Good idea. My kitchen still has its original 1960 floor. It's
    showing its age, but we can't complain.

    This was put in, in 1992 but looked much worse for the wear. Don't know
    how many families have lived in this house over the years.

    I for one would not want to be taking that bunch to a steak
    house!
    The old school all you can eat Bonanza or Ponderosa maybe, but
    they'd
    have to reserve the whole joint.

    I'd take them to an AYCE buffet--but let the place know in advance
    that
    the team is coming so that the cooks can fix probably triple (or
    more)
    the amount of food. Golde Corral might be a good place; they're
    used to
    big crowds for their military appreciation days.

    We don't have one of those as far as I know. Boston Market might
    work too.

    Maybe, but these guys would want some red meat, especially if they win
    the state championship tonight. It's a rainy night so will be a sloppy
    game, glad I'm not going.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Monday, December 17, 2018 00:22:18
    This is a counter top area for the toaster oven, fridge is
    in the
    "hole"
    between the counter and wall. Microwave is mounted above the
    stove.

    Pretty standard these days, then.

    Actually, quite convenient most of the time. When there's a couple
    of
    big pots on the front coils (burners) of the stove, not so
    convenient.

    I've always wondered about that. My kitchen is old enough that there
    wasn't a built in spot for a nuker. It's on its own metal bookcase.

    quite torn up so we'll just heat more turkey soup for
    supper. (G)

    Good idea. My kitchen still has its original 1960 floor.
    It's
    showing its age, but we can't complain.

    This was put in, in 1992 but looked much worse for the wear. Don't
    know
    how many families have lived in this house over the years.

    Too many, apparently. Only two have used mine.

    I'd take them to an AYCE buffet--but let the place know in
    advance
    that
    the team is coming so that the cooks can fix probably triple
    (or
    more)
    the amount of food. Golde Corral might be a good place;
    they're
    used to
    big crowds for their military appreciation days.

    We don't have one of those as far as I know. Boston Market
    might
    work too.

    Maybe, but these guys would want some red meat, especially if they
    win
    the state championship tonight. It's a rainy night so will be a
    sloppy
    game, glad I'm not going.

    It rained all day here too. Lunch was whatever some team members
    scrounged up over at church, missions meeting, and dinner was
    leftovers from a church luncheon for new folks.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Monday, December 17, 2018 17:14:42
    Hi Ruth,

    between the counter and wall. Microwave is mounted above the
    stove.

    Pretty standard these days, then.

    Actually, quite convenient most of the time. When there's a couple
    of
    big pots on the front coils (burners) of the stove, not so
    convenient.

    I've always wondered about that. My kitchen is old enough that there wasn't a built in spot for a nuker. It's on its own metal bookcase.

    We bought a cart for our first microwave. It's been used as a microwave
    cart from time to time since then but also for whatever the need happens
    to be. Some places we've lived have had the microwave cut out so the
    cart gets repurposed. Here it holds the George Foreman grill, some
    goblets and other odds and ends on the top part. Bottom part stores the
    sealer, waffle maker, tortilla press, juicer and other small kitchen appliances.

    This was put in, in 1992 but looked much worse for the wear. Don't
    know
    how many families have lived in this house over the years.

    Too many, apparently. Only two have used mine.

    Too many, and cheap stuff to begin with. Just put down over the sub
    floor.

    the amount of food. Golden Corral might be a good place;
    they're
    used to
    big crowds for their military appreciation days.

    We don't have one of those as far as I know. Boston Market
    might
    work too.

    Maybe, but these guys would want some red meat, especially if they
    win
    the state championship tonight. It's a rainy night so will be a
    sloppy
    game, glad I'm not going.

    It rained all day here too. Lunch was whatever some team members scrounged up over at church, missions meeting, and dinner was
    leftovers from a church luncheon for new folks.

    Team won Friday night, 9-7, on a 4th quarter saftey. It was a rainy
    night, not good for a football game, but the season is now over. We
    finally got some sun yesterday.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, December 19, 2018 18:08:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 12-15-18 00:11 <=-

    Hmmm... pantry, catbox and Ebay stuff sounds like a lot of needing
    to use those steps.... and with issues about stairs.... sounds
    to me as though the elevator might be a priority.... :)
    Every other day or so isn't that horrible.
    Unless it pulls what it shouldn't.... ;0

    What else is new?

    Ummm.... it does sound like the elevator IS a priority... just because
    it's 'normal' doesn't make it nice... or wished-for.... or good for
    you....

    ttyl neb

    ... CA, the Granola State - What ain't fruits is nutz.

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Tuesday, December 25, 2018 01:35:28
    I've always wondered about that. My kitchen is old enough that
    there
    wasn't a built in spot for a nuker. It's on its own metal
    bookcase.

    We bought a cart for our first microwave. It's been used as a
    microwave
    cart from time to time since then but also for whatever the need
    happens
    to be. Some places we've lived have had the microwave cut out so
    the
    cart gets repurposed. Here it holds the George Foreman grill, some
    goblets and other odds and ends on the top part. Bottom part stores
    the
    sealer, waffle maker, tortilla press, juicer and other small
    kitchen
    appliances.

    My microwave cart holds a TV and has the food processor, grinder, and
    some other odds and ends underneath.

    This was put in, in 1992 but looked much worse for the wear.
    Don't
    know
    how many families have lived in this house over the years.

    Too many, apparently. Only two have used mine.

    Too many, and cheap stuff to begin with. Just put down over the sub
    floor.

    Ugh. At least it ought to be fairly simple to replace.

    It rained all day here too. Lunch was whatever some team
    members
    scrounged up over at church, missions meeting, and dinner was
    leftovers from a church luncheon for new folks.

    Team won Friday night, 9-7, on a 4th quarter saftey. It was a rainy
    night, not good for a football game, but the season is now over. We
    finally got some sun yesterday.

    I got snow today. Not much, and it's all melted, but it hasn't been
    sunny in a while. We had flood warnings up on Friday. Mud and rain
    are actually perfect football weather to some people. We are not
    "some people" but they exist.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Tuesday, December 25, 2018 23:29:20
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 12-15-18 00:11 <=-

    Hmmm... pantry, catbox and Ebay stuff sounds like a lot of
    needing
    to use those steps.... and with issues about stairs....
    sounds
    to me as though the elevator might be a priority.... :)
    Every other day or so isn't that horrible.
    Unless it pulls what it shouldn't.... ;0

    What else is new?

    Ummm.... it does sound like the elevator IS a priority... just
    because
    it's 'normal' doesn't make it nice... or wished-for.... or good for
    you....


    Or within the realm of possibility....

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, December 25, 2018 14:29:05
    Hi Ruth,

    I've always wondered about that. My kitchen is old enough that
    there
    wasn't a built in spot for a nuker. It's on its own metal
    bookcase.

    We bought a cart for our first microwave. It's been used as a
    microwave
    cart from time to time since then but also for whatever the need
    happens
    to be. Some places we've lived have had the microwave cut out so
    the
    cart gets repurposed. Here it holds the George Foreman grill, some goblets and other odds and ends on the top part. Bottom part stores
    the
    sealer, waffle maker, tortilla press, juicer and other small
    kitchen
    appliances.

    My microwave cart holds a TV and has the food processor, grinder, and
    some other odds and ends underneath.

    The carts are good for a lot of things other than holding a microwave.
    (G) We bought the cart because we had no counter room to put the
    microwave. Since then, we've have had places where we needed the cart
    for the microwave, other places where we didn't. But, it's paid for
    itself many times over, in the years (35 years next spring) since we
    bought it. We've had about 4, maybe 5 microwaves since. (G)

    Too many, apparently. Only two have used mine.

    Too many, and cheap stuff to begin with. Just put down over the sub floor.

    Ugh. At least it ought to be fairly simple to replace.

    We put the plank floring right over the stuff that was already there.
    The plank stuff interlocks together, almost seamlessly, and is more
    water resistant than regular laminate flooring--a good reason for
    putting it in the kitchen. Thinking of using the left over (one box plus
    a few planks) in one of the bathrooms.

    It rained all day here too. Lunch was whatever some team
    members
    scrounged up over at church, missions meeting, and dinner was leftovers from a church luncheon for new folks.

    Team won Friday night, 9-7, on a 4th quarter saftey. It was a rainy night, not good for a football game, but the season is now over. We finally got some sun yesterday.

    I got snow today. Not much, and it's all melted, but it hasn't been
    sunny in a while. We had flood warnings up on Friday. Mud and rain
    are actually perfect football weather to some people. We are not
    "some people" but they exist.

    We're a bit further south than NC right now--temps are in the mid 70s
    and skies are clear. Looks like we will be travelling in the rain tho,
    on the way home.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, December 28, 2018 23:47:58
    My microwave cart holds a TV and has the food processor,
    grinder, and
    some other odds and ends underneath.

    The carts are good for a lot of things other than holding a
    microwave.
    (G) We bought the cart because we had no counter room to put the
    microwave. Since then, we've have had places where we needed the
    cart
    for the microwave, other places where we didn't. But, it's paid for
    itself many times over, in the years (35 years next spring) since
    we
    bought it. We've had about 4, maybe 5 microwaves since. (G)

    They do tend to be useful.

    Ugh. At least it ought to be fairly simple to replace.

    We put the plank floring right over the stuff that was already
    there.
    The plank stuff interlocks together, almost seamlessly, and is more
    water resistant than regular laminate flooring--a good reason for
    putting it in the kitchen. Thinking of using the left over (one box
    plus
    a few planks) in one of the bathrooms.

    If it's vinyl in the bathroom, I'd go for it.

    sunny in a while. We had flood warnings up on Friday. Mud
    and rain
    are actually perfect football weather to some people. We are
    not
    "some people" but they exist.

    We're a bit further south than NC right now--temps are in the mid
    70s
    and skies are clear. Looks like we will be travelling in the rain
    tho,
    on the way home.

    Meanwhile, I thought 50F was pretty good today. The rain got here
    about when the message did.
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, December 29, 2018 14:26:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 12-25-18 22:29 <=-

    Hmmm... pantry, catbox and Ebay stuff sounds like a lot of
    needing to use those steps.... and with issues about stairs....
    sounds to me as though the elevator might be a priority.... :)
    Every other day or so isn't that horrible.
    Unless it pulls what it shouldn't.... ;0
    What else is new?
    Ummm.... it does sound like the elevator IS a priority... just
    because it's 'normal' doesn't make it nice... or wished-for....
    or good for you....

    Or within the realm of possibility....

    Which... the elevator, or the daily going despite the issues...?

    ttyl neb

    ... You can count an apple's seeds; God counts the apples in a seed.

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Monday, December 31, 2018 18:21:53
    Hi Ruth,

    cart
    for the microwave, other places where we didn't. But, it's paid for itself many times over, in the years (35 years next spring) since
    we
    bought it. We've had about 4, maybe 5 microwaves since. (G)

    They do tend to be useful.

    At times I wonder how I managed without one. (G)

    putting it in the kitchen. Thinking of using the left over (one box
    plus
    a few planks) in one of the bathrooms.

    If it's vinyl in the bathroom, I'd go for it.

    It is, a gunstock oak color so don't know how it would look in the
    bathroom. Might have to change out a few of the other things--shower
    curtain, etc.

    We're a bit further south than NC right now--temps are in the mid
    70s
    and skies are clear. Looks like we will be travelling in the rain
    tho,
    on the way home.

    Meanwhile, I thought 50F was pretty good today. The rain got here
    about when the message did.

    We had light rain off and on until we hit GA, then the skies really
    opened up. Stopped for the night in Savannah, cloudy the next morning
    but eventually blue skies broke thru.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Wednesday, January 02, 2019 00:44:24
    Every other day or so isn't that horrible.
    Unless it pulls what it shouldn't.... ;0
    What else is new?
    Ummm.... it does sound like the elevator IS a priority... just
    because it's 'normal' doesn't make it nice... or wished-for....
    or good for you....

    Or within the realm of possibility....

    Which... the elevator, or the daily going despite the issues...?

    Some days both. I did it today but it wasn't any fun. Weather's
    changing and I'm still paying for Saturday. I did find good stuff at a
    church sale today anyway. The quilt group at church made out like
    bandits for next to nothing.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Wednesday, January 02, 2019 01:20:16
    bought it. We've had about 4, maybe 5 microwaves since. (G)

    They do tend to be useful.

    At times I wonder how I managed without one. (G)

    Best thing ever for making a cup of tea.

    a few planks) in one of the bathrooms.

    If it's vinyl in the bathroom, I'd go for it.

    It is, a gunstock oak color so don't know how it would look in the
    bathroom. Might have to change out a few of the other things--
    shower
    curtain, etc.

    Not the worst thing ever, and vinyl shower curtains are cheap.

    Meanwhile, I thought 50F was pretty good today. The rain got
    here
    about when the message did.

    We had light rain off and on until we hit GA, then the skies really
    opened up. Stopped for the night in Savannah, cloudy the next
    morning
    but eventually blue skies broke thru.

    We got it New Year's Eve; kept the partying down a bit. Mine
    consisted of a few champagne-flavored jelly beans and a slurp of
    birch beer.
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Thursday, January 03, 2019 21:59:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 01-01-19 23:44 <=-

    Every other day or so isn't that horrible.
    Unless it pulls what it shouldn't.... ;0
    What else is new?
    Ummm.... it does sound like the elevator IS a priority... just
    because it's 'normal' doesn't make it nice... or wished-for....
    or good for you....
    Or within the realm of possibility....
    Which... the elevator, or the daily going despite the issues...?

    Some days both. I did it today but it wasn't any fun. Weather's changing and I'm still paying for Saturday.

    That's not so good....

    I did find good stuff at a church sale today anyway. The quilt
    group at church made out like bandits for next to nothing.

    But that's a lot better... ;) There's been a lot of good fabric finds lately.... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Thursday, January 03, 2019 13:14:06
    Hi Ruth,

    bought it. We've had about 4, maybe 5 microwaves since. (G)

    They do tend to be useful.

    At times I wonder how I managed without one. (G)

    Best thing ever for making a cup of tea.

    We have an electric hot pot that does a decent job also. It takes about
    the same time as nuking a fridge filter cold mug of water. Had to do the
    latter at my in-law's house over the 10 days recently.


    a few planks) in one of the bathrooms.

    If it's vinyl in the bathroom, I'd go for it.

    It is, a gunstock oak color so don't know how it would look in the bathroom. Might have to change out a few of the other things--
    shower
    curtain, etc.

    Not the worst thing ever, and vinyl shower curtains are cheap.

    We use fabric curtains, with a liner. There's always the option of
    making my own; it's a simple enough job if you have a machine that does
    good buttonholes.


    Meanwhile, I thought 50F was pretty good today. The rain got
    here
    about when the message did.

    We had light rain off and on until we hit GA, then the skies really opened up. Stopped for the night in Savannah, cloudy the next
    morning
    but eventually blue skies broke thru.

    We got it New Year's Eve; kept the partying down a bit. Mine
    consisted of a few champagne-flavored jelly beans and a slurp of
    birch beer.

    We didn't bother staying up--seen enough New Year's Eve celebrations.
    Besides that, we had no egg nog. (G) (My parents always served it just
    before the new year.)


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Saturday, January 05, 2019 23:47:06
    or good for you....
    Or within the realm of possibility....
    Which... the elevator, or the daily going despite the issues...?

    Some days both. I did it today but it wasn't any fun.
    Weather's
    changing and I'm still paying for Saturday.

    That's not so good....

    That's a mild description. We got nasty rain today; it was no fun
    whatever.

    I did find good stuff at a church sale today anyway. The
    quilt
    group at church made out like bandits for next to nothing.

    But that's a lot better... ;) There's been a lot of good fabric
    finds
    lately.... :)

    Can't say I minded that part!

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Sunday, January 06, 2019 00:20:22
    They do tend to be useful.

    At times I wonder how I managed without one. (G)

    Best thing ever for making a cup of tea.

    We have an electric hot pot that does a decent job also. It takes
    about
    the same time as nuking a fridge filter cold mug of water. Had to
    do the
    latter at my in-law's house over the 10 days recently.

    We had those hot pot things in college - no microwaves allowed, so
    everyone improvised.

    bathroom. Might have to change out a few of the other
    things--
    shower
    curtain, etc.

    Not the worst thing ever, and vinyl shower curtains are cheap.

    We use fabric curtains, with a liner. There's always the option of
    making my own; it's a simple enough job if you have a machine that
    does
    good buttonholes.

    Works for me. If you can find the right sort of fabric you're set to
    go.

    We got it New Year's Eve; kept the partying down a bit. Mine
    consisted of a few champagne-flavored jelly beans and a slurp
    of
    birch beer.

    We didn't bother staying up--seen enough New Year's Eve
    celebrations.
    Besides that, we had no egg nog. (G) (My parents always served it
    just
    before the new year.)

    I have some in the fridge that I forgot about.(LOL)
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Sunday, January 06, 2019 20:22:41
    Hi Ruth,

    Best thing ever for making a cup of tea.

    We have an electric hot pot that does a decent job also. It takes
    about
    the same time as nuking a fridge filter cold mug of water. Had to
    do the
    latter at my in-law's house over the 10 days recently.

    We had those hot pot things in college - no microwaves allowed, so everyone improvised.

    A few people had hot pots when I was in college but most of us just had
    the immersion coil. (I was in the latter group.) Microwaves weren't even
    on the horizon, except in maybe the mind of a mad scientist. The one
    dorm I lived in had kitchenettes on every floor; the one I lived in
    longer had just one full sized kitchen. Other than popcorn and birthday
    cakes, cooking in the dorms wasn't encouraged.


    bathroom. Might have to change out a few of the other
    things--
    shower
    curtain, etc.

    Not the worst thing ever, and vinyl shower curtains are cheap.

    We use fabric curtains, with a liner. There's always the option of making my own; it's a simple enough job if you have a machine that
    does
    good buttonholes.

    Works for me. If you can find the right sort of fabric you're set to
    go.

    Just about any cotton fabric would work, lighter weight and lighter
    color being the best. To use as a curtain, piece 2 pieces cut 38" by 75"
    (bit over one yard and 2 yards) together, long sides together, using a
    half inch seam. Trim one side of the seam to 1/4", fold other side over
    and tuck in raw edge, seam that. Turn under 1/4" on each side, seam and
    turn over another 1/4" and seam (option--serge, then do one seam). Do
    the same with the bottom. For the top edge--fold down top 3", then turn
    bottom under 1/2" and seam. (optional--fuse interfacing onto inner
    part of turned under piece before seaming) Make 12 3/4" to 1" long
    button holes across top, evenly spacing them. Use with a liner or spray
    with a water resistant coating. Also, you may want to sew weights into
    the hem of the curtain--keep them light weight if you do. It's easy to
    make custom decor for your bathroom if you make your own shower and
    window curtains to match or co-ordinate. (G)

    We got it New Year's Eve; kept the partying down a bit. Mine consisted of a few champagne-flavored jelly beans and a slurp
    of birch beer.

    We didn't bother staying up--seen enough New Year's Eve
    celebrations.
    Besides that, we had no egg nog. (G) (My parents always served it
    just
    before the new year.)

    I have some in the fridge that I forgot about.(LOL)

    Now that I jogged your memory, is it still there? (G)

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, January 09, 2019 19:50:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 01-05-19 22:47 <=-

    or good for you....
    Or within the realm of possibility....
    Which... the elevator, or the daily going despite the issues...?
    Some days both. I did it today but it wasn't any fun.
    Weather's changing and I'm still paying for Saturday.
    That's not so good....

    That's a mild description. We got nasty rain today; it was no fun whatever.

    I know how that is... We're getting snow now... at least it looks kinda pretty.... so far it's only a thin layer on things....

    I did find good stuff at a church sale today anyway. The
    quilt group at church made out like bandits for next to
    nothing.
    But that's a lot better... ;) There's been a lot of good fabric
    finds lately.... :)

    Can't say I minded that part!

    Nope... almost makes up for a lot of stuff.... :)

    ttyl neb

    ... Dew knot trussed yore spiel chequer. Missed steaks rebound their.

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Saturday, January 12, 2019 01:08:10
    latter at my in-law's house over the 10 days recently.

    We had those hot pot things in college - no microwaves
    allowed, so
    everyone improvised.

    A few people had hot pots when I was in college but most of us just
    had
    the immersion coil. (I was in the latter group.) Microwaves weren't
    even

    I've seen those but never had one.

    on the horizon, except in maybe the mind of a mad scientist. The
    one
    dorm I lived in had kitchenettes on every floor; the one I lived in
    longer had just one full sized kitchen. Other than popcorn and
    birthday
    cakes, cooking in the dorms wasn't encouraged.

    We didn't have access to a kitchen, and the dorm kitchen wasn't open
    on weekends so we had to do something.

    bottom under 1/2" and seam. (optional--fuse interfacing onto inner
    part of turned under piece before seaming) Make 12 3/4" to 1" long
    button holes across top, evenly spacing them. Use with a liner or
    spray
    with a water resistant coating. Also, you may want to sew weights
    into
    the hem of the curtain--keep them light weight if you do. It's easy
    to
    make custom decor for your bathroom if you make your own shower and
    window curtains to match or co-ordinate. (G)

    I've never seen the spray. A lot of them come with magnets in the
    bottom, but if you have a fiberglass tub those are something of a
    waste. I'd be inclined to use an upholstery fabric of some kind,
    preferably something mildew-resistant.

    Besides that, we had no egg nog. (G) (My parents always
    served it
    just
    before the new year.)

    I have some in the fridge that I forgot about.(LOL)

    Now that I jogged your memory, is it still there? (G)

    Yep. I just came down with my annual cold; hot sauce has more
    appeal
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Sunday, January 13, 2019 18:44:06
    Some days both. I did it today but it wasn't any fun.
    Weather's changing and I'm still paying for Saturday.
    That's not so good....

    That's a mild description. We got nasty rain today; it was no
    fun
    whatever.

    I know how that is... We're getting snow now... at least it looks
    kinda
    pretty.... so far it's only a thin layer on things....

    Just enough to give anyone driving a hard time. We're supposed to
    get missed entirely.

    But that's a lot better... ;) There's been a lot of good fabric
    finds lately.... :)

    Can't say I minded that part!

    Nope... almost makes up for a lot of stuff.... :)

    Hauled it from one charity to another, is what it amounts to. Not a
    bad job all things considered.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Sunday, January 13, 2019 20:55:24
    Hi Ruth,

    A few people had hot pots when I was in college but most of us just
    had
    the immersion coil. (I was in the latter group.) Microwaves weren't
    even

    I've seen those but never had one.

    As better ways to heat water in a dorm room came about, the coils lost popularity. Even while I was in college the hot pots became more and
    more "the standard"--but my folks figured the coil, since it still
    worked, was all I needed.

    on the horizon, except in maybe the mind of a mad scientist. The
    one
    dorm I lived in had kitchenettes on every floor; the one I lived in longer had just one full sized kitchen. Other than popcorn and
    birthday
    cakes, cooking in the dorms wasn't encouraged.

    We didn't have access to a kitchen, and the dorm kitchen wasn't open
    on weekends so we had to do something.

    Our dorm kitchens were available 24/7. If you had a later morning class
    and didn't want to get up for breakfast hours, you could pour a bowl of
    cereal and get milk (you bought) from the fridge--or make some toast
    instead. A couple of the kitchenettes in the one dorm were on the side
    of the dorm that was built into the hill--and poorly vented--so the fire
    alarm went off on a regular basis when toast was being made in that
    dorm.

    spray
    with a water resistant coating. Also, you may want to sew weights
    into
    the hem of the curtain--keep them light weight if you do. It's easy
    to
    make custom decor for your bathroom if you make your own shower and window curtains to match or co-ordinate. (G)

    I've never seen the spray. A lot of them come with magnets in the
    bottom, but if you have a fiberglass tub those are something of a
    waste. I'd be inclined to use an upholstery fabric of some kind, preferably something mildew-resistant.

    Upholstery fabric is usually too heavy/stiff to work well as a shower
    curtain. The spray is usually available in the sporting goods section of
    stores like Wal-Mart or at a place like Cabellas or Gandor Mountain. As
    for the mildew issue, I wash the liner as needed in hot water, with
    bleach. The curtain will also be done as needed, but usually at a lower
    temp, no bleach--especially if it's a print.

    Besides that, we had no egg nog. (G) (My parents always
    served it
    just
    before the new year.)

    I have some in the fridge that I forgot about.(LOL)

    Now that I jogged your memory, is it still there? (G)

    Yep. I just came down with my annual cold; hot sauce has more
    appeal

    No fun, hope you shake it soon.

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    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 22:17:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 01-13-19 17:44 <=-

    Some days both. I did it today but it wasn't any fun.
    Weather's changing and I'm still paying for Saturday.
    That's not so good....
    That's a mild description. We got nasty rain today; it
    was no fun whatever.
    I know how that is... We're getting snow now... at least it looks
    kinda pretty.... so far it's only a thin layer on things....

    Just enough to give anyone driving a hard time. We're supposed to
    get missed entirely.

    It was light and didn't really stick to the roads, so it wasn't even too
    bad for driving on/in.... What we are being promised for this weekend
    may well be a different story.....

    But that's a lot better... ;) There's been a lot of good fabric
    finds lately.... :)
    Can't say I minded that part!
    Nope... almost makes up for a lot of stuff.... :)

    Hauled it from one charity to another, is what it amounts to. Not a
    bad job all things considered.

    Another way to feel useful... ;)

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Thursday, January 17, 2019 18:10:08
    As better ways to heat water in a dorm room came about, the coils
    lost
    popularity. Even while I was in college the hot pots became more
    and
    more "the standard"--but my folks figured the coil, since it still
    worked, was all I needed.

    They upgraded from fuse boxes while I was there and we could use two blow-dryers on the same side of the hall at the same time. Finally.

    We didn't have access to a kitchen, and the dorm kitchen
    wasn't open
    on weekends so we had to do something.

    Our dorm kitchens were available 24/7. If you had a later morning
    class
    and didn't want to get up for breakfast hours, you could pour a
    bowl of
    cereal and get milk (you bought) from the fridge--or make some
    toast
    instead. A couple of the kitchenettes in the one dorm were on the
    side
    of the dorm that was built into the hill--and poorly vented--so the
    fire
    alarm went off on a regular basis when toast was being made in that
    dorm.

    We used to blow the fuses regularly; they hadn't upgraded the
    electrical since the 40s. And would have killed for even a badly
    vented kitchenette.

    I've never seen the spray. A lot of them come with magnets in
    the
    bottom, but if you have a fiberglass tub those are something
    of a
    waste. I'd be inclined to use an upholstery fabric of some
    kind,
    preferably something mildew-resistant.

    Upholstery fabric is usually too heavy/stiff to work well as a
    shower
    curtain. The spray is usually available in the sporting goods
    section of
    stores like Wal-Mart or at a place like Cabellas or Gandor
    Mountain. As
    for the mildew issue, I wash the liner as needed in hot water, with
    bleach. The curtain will also be done as needed, but usually at a
    lower
    temp, no bleach--especially if it's a print.

    I may have to go looking some day. My curtain is getting a little
    sun-faded.

    Now that I jogged your memory, is it still there? (G)

    Yep. I just came down with my annual cold; hot sauce has more
    appeal

    No fun, hope you shake it soon.

    Thanks. It's on its way out...eventually.
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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Ruth Haffly on Saturday, January 19, 2019 08:47:55
    Re: 350 health was beef
    By: Ruth Haffly to RUTH HANSCHKA on Sun Jan 13 2019 07:55 pm

    As better ways to heat water in a dorm room came about, the coils lost popularity. Even while I was in college the hot pots became more and
    more "the standard"--but my folks figured the coil, since it still
    worked, was all I needed.

    Kids nowadays have microwaves, but I started out with a hot pot and later a toaster oven. It was fun to see what you could make with those two things in a dorm without a kitchen, including my trademark bologna flambe!

    After making hot pot hot dogs, you did need to wash the pot THOROUGHLY before making tea with it, I learned the hard way.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Sunday, January 20, 2019 01:19:28
    .
    That's a mild description. We got nasty rain today; it
    was no fun whatever.
    I know how that is... We're getting snow now... at least it
    looks
    kinda pretty.... so far it's only a thin layer on things....

    Just enough to give anyone driving a hard time. We're
    supposed to
    get missed entirely.

    It was light and didn't really stick to the roads, so it wasn't
    even too
    bad for driving on/in.... What we are being promised for this
    weekend
    may well be a different story.....

    I'm in the middle of that now. Snow, sleet, rain, freezing
    rain...eyyyyuch. At least the grocery stores made out like bandits.
    And then there's the cold blast to turn it all into a frozen lump.
    Which will be washed out with rain on Wednesday. Go figure.

    Hauled it from one charity to another, is what it amounts to.
    Not a
    bad job all things considered.

    Another way to feel useful... ;)

    I bought yarn from one charity today, for my sister to use to make shawls/hats/etc for another charity. Double bonus.
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to KURT WEISKE on Sunday, January 20, 2019 15:35:00
    Quoting Kurt Weiske to Ruth Haffly on 01-19-19 07:55 <=-

    Hey, there... good to see you show up here... :)

    As better ways to heat water in a dorm room came about, the coils lost
    popularity. Even while I was in college the hot pots became more and
    more "the standard"--but my folks figured the coil, since it still
    worked, was all I needed.

    Kids nowadays have microwaves, but I started out with a hot pot and
    later a toaster oven. It was fun to see what you could make with those
    two things in a dorm without a kitchen, including my trademark bologna flambe!

    That sounds rather interesting... :) Served on toast....? I was
    probably fortunate in that I was still living at home, not in the
    dorms... ;)

    After making hot pot hot dogs, you did need to wash the pot THOROUGHLY before making tea with it, I learned the hard way.

    [snicker] I can well imagine... :) The tea had oily overtones, did
    it...? :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Monday, January 21, 2019 17:26:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 01-20-19 00:19 <=-

    That's a mild description. We got nasty rain today; it
    was no fun whatever.
    I know how that is... We're getting snow now... at least it
    looks kinda pretty... so far it's only a thin layer on things..
    Just enough to give anyone driving a hard time. We're
    supposed to get missed entirely.
    It was light and didn't really stick to the roads, so it wasn't
    even too bad for driving on/in.... What we are being promised for
    this weekend may well be a different story.....

    I'm in the middle of that now. Snow, sleet, rain, freezing rain...eyyyyuch. At least the grocery stores made out like bandits.

    Yeah... we did our usual weekly shopping Friday evening, just before the storm... and lots of shelves were quite depleted... Primarily the frozen
    pizza, the soda, the cereal aisles... rather amusing to see what was
    considered important... (G)

    And then there's the cold blast to turn it all into a frozen lump.
    Which will be washed out with rain on Wednesday. Go figure.

    Well, we only got the snow.... And lots of it.... at least 18"... and
    still getting some lighter lake effect snow.... the cold today isn't
    making it a frozen lump... but Wednesday's promised rain probably
    will...

    Hauled it from one charity to another, is what it amounts to.
    Not a bad job all things considered.
    Another way to feel useful... ;)

    I bought yarn from one charity today, for my sister to use to make shawls/hats/etc for another charity. Double bonus.

    Indeed... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Monday, January 21, 2019 16:12:18
    Hi Ruth,

    popularity. Even while I was in college the hot pots became more
    and
    more "the standard"--but my folks figured the coil, since it still worked, was all I needed.

    They upgraded from fuse boxes while I was there and we could use two blow-dryers on the same side of the hall at the same time. Finally.

    Sounds like the dorm I lived in most of my college life--main part was
    built around 1906, extentions were WWII era. Surprisingly, the circuits
    were decent, but would not have supported the heavier electronics loads
    of today. Dorm was torn down some years ago.

    instead. A couple of the kitchenettes in the one dorm were on the
    side
    of the dorm that was built into the hill--and poorly vented--so the
    fire
    alarm went off on a regular basis when toast was being made in that dorm.

    We used to blow the fuses regularly; they hadn't upgraded the
    electrical since the 40s. And would have killed for even a badly
    vented kitchenette.

    Did you use the outer window sills as an ice box? We did--had nice wide
    spaces between the window and screen also for small stuff so it wouldn't
    fall off.

    preferably something mildew-resistant.

    Upholstery fabric is usually too heavy/stiff to work well as a
    shower
    curtain. The spray is usually available in the sporting goods
    section of
    stores like Wal-Mart or at a place like Cabellas or Gandor
    Mountain. As
    for the mildew issue, I wash the liner as needed in hot water, with bleach. The curtain will also be done as needed, but usually at a
    lower
    temp, no bleach--especially if it's a print.

    I may have to go looking some day. My curtain is getting a little sun-faded.

    It's an easy enough to do project--and gets you the curtains you want.

    Now that I jogged your memory, is it still there? (G)

    Yep. I just came down with my annual cold; hot sauce has more appeal

    No fun, hope you shake it soon.

    Thanks. It's on its way out...eventually.

    Still dosing it with a good helping of hot sauce? I've found that upping
    the vitamin c helps also--extra orange juice, grapefruit or just plain tablets--helps clear the chest congestion.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Kurt Weiske on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 12:25:21
    Hi Kurt,

    As better ways to heat water in a dorm room came about, the coils lost popularity. Even while I was in college the hot pots became more and
    more "the standard"--but my folks figured the coil, since it still
    worked, was all I needed.

    Kids nowadays have microwaves, but I started out with a hot pot and

    Microwaves weren't on the radar when I was in college. I did my papers
    on a manual typewriter, bigger than this net book. Computers wer key
    punch and took up a room, plus.

    later a toaster oven. It was fun to see what you could make with those

    We were only allowed the hot pot or coil in our rooms. Did you go to a
    state college or private?

    two things in a dorm without a kitchen, including my trademark bologna flambe!

    Intentionally flambe'd? (G)


    After making hot pot hot dogs, you did need to wash the pot THOROUGHLY before making tea with it, I learned the hard way.

    Nothing like hot dog flavored tea. (G) At least at that stage, the dogs
    didn't have any mustard on them--that would have added another note of
    interest to the tea.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to NANCY BACKUS on Thursday, January 24, 2019 17:41:00
    NANCY BACKUS wrote to KURT WEISKE <=-

    After making hot pot hot dogs, you did need to wash the pot THOROUGHLY before making tea with it, I learned the hard way.

    [snicker] I can well imagine... :) The tea had oily overtones, did it...? :)

    I wondered why the tea made me hungry. :)




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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Ruth Haffly on Thursday, January 24, 2019 17:49:00
    Ruth Haffly wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

    We were only allowed the hot pot or coil in our rooms. Did you go to a state college or private?

    State school. The dorms were concrete and cinder block, pretty inflammable.
    :)



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  • From Nancy Backus@1:18/200 to Kurt Weiske on Friday, January 25, 2019 22:12:48
    Hi, Kurt... In case you didn't get this message from Dale (as I only saw
    it show up Sean Dennis's Outpost BBS, so it didn't make it everywhere),
    I'm forwarding it along to you.... :) ttyl neb

    == Forwarded Message Follows =========================================

    * Originally By: Dale Shipp
    * Originally To: Kurt Weiske
    * Originally Re: Re: 350 health was beef
    * Original Date: 19 Jan 19 22:43:08
    * Original Area: Fido: National Cooking Echo
    * Forwarded by : Blue Wave/DOS v2.20

    On 01-19-19 07:47, Kurt Weiske <=-
    spoke to Ruth Haffly about 350 health was beef <=-
    As better ways to heat water in a dorm room came about, the coils lost popularity. Even while I was in college the hot pots became more and
    more "the standard"--but my folks figured the coil, since it still
    worked, was all I needed.

    Kids nowadays have microwaves, but I started out with a hot pot and
    later a toaster oven. It was fun to see what you could make with those
    two things in a dorm without a kitchen, including my trademark bologna flambe!

    After making hot pot hot dogs, you did need to wash the pot THOROUGHLY before making tea with it, I learned the hard way.

    What did it taste like? Stale beefy/porky broth?

    Welcome to the Fidonet Cooking echo. Glad you dropped by. Usually,
    there is a bit more traffic than we've had for the past couple of days
    but a couple of our more frequent posters seem to be doing other things.

    Talk to us all a little bit about your food preferences. Are you an EAT
    or a COOK. We have both here.


    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

    Title: Bacon Crescent Bites
    Categories: Appetizer, Posted
    Yield: 8 Servings

    -
    3 oz PHILADELPHIA BRAND Cream
    -Cheese -- softened
    6 sl OSCAR MAYER Bacon -- crisply
    -cooked &
    -crumbled
    1 Green onion -- thinly
    -sliced
    1/2 ts Worcestershire sauce
    1 cn Refrigerated crescent dinner
    -rolls

    MIX cream cheese, bacon, onion and Worcestershire sauce.

    SEPARATE crescent rolls into 8 triangles. Cut each triangle in half
    lengthwise. Spread 1 generous teaspoon cream cheese mixture on each
    triangle. Roll up, starting at shortest side of triangle and rolling
    to opposite point. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.

    BAKE at 375oF for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

    BUSTED BY MEG ANTCZAK 1/14/98

    Recipe By : KRAFT WEBSITE

    From Internet mailing list, brand-name-recipes@frontiernet.net

    From: Meg Antczak <meginny@frontiernet.Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 22:03:03
    ~0400

    MMMMM


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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Saturday, January 26, 2019 00:21:50
    Just enough to give anyone driving a hard time. We're
    supposed to get missed entirely.
    It was light and didn't really stick to the roads, so it wasn't
    even too bad for driving on/in.... What we are being promised
    for
    this weekend may well be a different story.....

    I'm in the middle of that now. Snow, sleet, rain, freezing rain...eyyyyuch. At least the grocery stores made out like
    bandits.

    Yeah... we did our usual weekly shopping Friday evening, just
    before the
    storm... and lots of shelves were quite depleted... Primarily the
    frozen
    pizza, the soda, the cereal aisles... rather amusing to see what
    was
    considered important... (G)

    Some friends and I call it "French toast runs" - everyone panicking
    and buying bread, eggs and milk. And toilet paper. That tends to go
    too. And beer. Beer tends to disappear.

    And then there's the cold blast to turn it all into a frozen
    lump.
    Which will be washed out with rain on Wednesday. Go figure.

    Well, we only got the snow.... And lots of it.... at least 18"...
    and
    still getting some lighter lake effect snow.... the cold today
    isn't
    making it a frozen lump... but Wednesday's promised rain probably
    will...

    We got snow, sleet and then freezing rain. Fortunately not nearly
    the freezing rain they were predicting, but even so it created a few
    drive-on skating rinks.

    Hauled it from one charity to another, is what it amounts
    to.
    Not a bad job all things considered.
    Another way to feel useful... ;)

    I bought yarn from one charity today, for my sister to use to
    make
    shawls/hats/etc for another charity. Double bonus.

    Indeed... :)

    Got a big haul of it at $3/plastic grocery bag full. No one will
    need yarn at my sister's church for a while, anyway.(LOL)
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Kurt Weiske on Friday, January 25, 2019 21:15:27
    Hi Kurt,

    We were only allowed the hot pot or coil in our rooms. Did you go to a state college or private?

    State school. The dorms were concrete and cinder block, pretty inflammable. :)

    Sounds like the housing we lived in on Schofield Barracks, HI. We
    figured it would (and did withstand Hurricane Iniki in 1992) a major
    storm without damage. When we moved in, in 2001, it had a couple of
    avocado trees in the back yard. One was rather poorly so we had it taken out--which meant all the soil nutrients, etc went to the other one.
    Every other year that tree was loaded with softball sized avocadoes--we couldn't give them all away, there were so many of them. Some branches
    were so loaded down that they actually broke from the weight of the
    fruit. The off years, we hardly had any avocadoes. We moved in 2006 and
    have wondered if the tree was kept or taken down--the Army was scheduled
    to build new hoousing in that area.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Saturday, January 26, 2019 23:27:14
    They upgraded from fuse boxes while I was there and we could
    use two
    blow-dryers on the same side of the hall at the same time.
    Finally.

    Sounds like the dorm I lived in most of my college life--main part
    was
    built around 1906, extentions were WWII era. Surprisingly, the
    circuits
    were decent, but would not have supported the heavier electronics
    loads
    of today. Dorm was torn down some years ago.

    Mine was built just after WWII and they never really upgraded the
    electrical until I was a sophomore. Those dorms have been torn down
    since.

    We used to blow the fuses regularly; they hadn't upgraded the
    electrical since the 40s. And would have killed for even a
    badly
    vented kitchenette.

    Did you use the outer window sills as an ice box? We did--had nice
    wide
    spaces between the window and screen also for small stuff so it
    wouldn't
    fall off.

    There wasn't much of a sill, although I did chill off fruit from time
    to time.

    I may have to go looking some day. My curtain is getting a
    little
    sun-faded.

    It's an easy enough to do project--and gets you the curtains you
    want.

    As long as it's not letting water out on to the floor, I'm not going
    to get picky.

    No fun, hope you shake it soon.

    Thanks. It's on its way out...eventually.

    Still dosing it with a good helping of hot sauce? I've found that
    upping
    the vitamin c helps also--extra orange juice, grapefruit or just
    plain
    tablets--helps clear the chest congestion.

    That never worked on me. Most of it's gone now except some
    congestion, but what else is new.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Monday, January 28, 2019 12:25:15
    Hi Ruth,

    They upgraded from fuse boxes while I was there and we could

    Sounds like the dorm I lived in most of my college life--main part
    was
    built around 1906, extentions were WWII era. Surprisingly, the
    circuits
    were decent, but would not have supported the heavier electronics
    loads
    of today. Dorm was torn down some years ago.

    Mine was built just after WWII and they never really upgraded the electrical until I was a sophomore. Those dorms have been torn down since.

    The dorms now have to have heavier duty wiring than when we were
    students. Everybody has lap tops, cell phones, etc that need charging.
    Don't know if my alma mater allows microwaves or small fridges in the
    rooms (probably not) but I understand a lot of schools do allow them
    now. All of the above are power grabbers, then add in the blow dryers,
    electric tooth brushes, etc..............

    We used to blow the fuses regularly; they hadn't upgraded the electrical since the 40s. And would have killed for even a
    badly
    vented kitchenette.

    Did you use the outer window sills as an ice box? We did--had nice
    wide
    spaces between the window and screen also for small stuff so it
    wouldn't
    fall off.

    There wasn't much of a sill, although I did chill off fruit from time
    to time.

    It wasn't supposed to be done at our school but I think most all of the
    staff sort of ignored the fact that it was done. Every so often, a
    notice was put out about it, probably when some important visitor was
    due to visit campus. (G)

    I may have to go looking some day. My curtain is getting a
    little
    sun-faded.

    It's an easy enough to do project--and gets you the curtains you
    want.

    As long as it's not letting water out on to the floor, I'm not going
    to get picky.

    No need to, and now you know how to make the curtain you want.

    No fun, hope you shake it soon.

    Thanks. It's on its way out...eventually.

    Still dosing it with a good helping of hot sauce? I've found that
    upping
    the vitamin c helps also--extra orange juice, grapefruit or just
    plain
    tablets--helps clear the chest congestion.

    That never worked on me. Most of it's gone now except some
    congestion, but what else is new.

    Time, and thyme tea for chest congestion.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Ruth Haffly on Sunday, January 27, 2019 09:27:00
    Ruth Haffly wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

    Sounds like the housing we lived in on Schofield Barracks, HI. We
    figured it would (and did withstand Hurricane Iniki in 1992) a major
    storm without damage. When we moved in, in 2001, it had a couple of avocado trees in the back yard. One was rather poorly so we had it
    taken out--which meant all the soil nutrients, etc went to the other
    one.

    I have an avocado tree in my back yard (a few miles south of Santa Cruz, on
    the coast in California) that hasn't borne fruit. I was led to understand
    that avocado trees needed another tree to pollinate them?





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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to KURT WEISKE on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 21:01:00
    Quoting Kurt Weiske to Nancy Backus on 01-24-19 16:49 <=-

    After making hot pot hot dogs, you did need to wash the pot THOROUGHLY
    before making tea with it, I learned the hard way.
    [snicker] I can well imagine... :) The tea had oily overtones, did
    it...? :)

    I wondered why the tea made me hungry. :)

    Just the suggestion of food made the stomach waken, I guess... ;)

    ttyl neb

    ... Apparently, "Now More Cashews!" is code for "Now Only Two Pecans!"

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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 21:57:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 01-25-19 23:21 <=-

    Just enough to give anyone driving a hard time. We're
    supposed to get missed entirely.
    It was light and didn't really stick to the roads, so it wasn't
    even too bad for driving on/in.... What we are being promised
    for this weekend may well be a different story.....
    I'm in the middle of that now. Snow, sleet, rain, freezing rain...eyyyyuch. At least the grocery stores made out like
    bandits.
    Yeah... we did our usual weekly shopping Friday evening, just
    before the storm... and lots of shelves were quite depleted...
    Primarily the frozen pizza, the soda, the cereal aisles... rather
    amusing to see what was considered important... (G)

    Some friends and I call it "French toast runs" - everyone panicking
    and buying bread, eggs and milk. And toilet paper. That tends to go too. And beer. Beer tends to disappear.

    Oh, yeah, the beer, too.... We didn't go down to the paper products end
    of the store, but that might also have had a run on it.... The store
    was busier than usual, too.... As we were leaving, I ran into a young
    friend from church.... she'd run in to get a couple things she needed to
    fix supper that night, and grabbed a few more while she was at it... she wondered if we were there to prepare for the storm, but I told her it
    was just our usual Friday night shopping trip... :) She was a little
    surprised when I told her I'd not be surprised if church was cancelled
    due to the storm... Turned out I was right in my intuition... with close
    to 2 feet of snow being predicted, and driving advisaries all around the
    area, right through Sunday until past the second service, the seesion
    and pastor decided to just cancel everything and keep us all safe....
    Just as well... it took us until Tuesday to be fully dug out, and get
    the cars out of the driveway....

    And then there's the cold blast to turn it all into a frozen
    lump. Which will be washed out with rain on Wednesday. Go
    figure.
    Well, we only got the snow.... And lots of it.... at least 18"...
    and still getting some lighter lake effect snow.... the cold today
    isn't making it a frozen lump... but Wednesday's promised rain
    probably will...

    We got snow, sleet and then freezing rain. Fortunately not nearly
    the freezing rain they were predicting, but even so it created a few drive-on skating rinks.

    Ours was all snow over the weekend, and when it got colder, it didn't
    change much.... then it warmed up and rained Wednesday, and everything compacted... it didn't get as icy as I feared, though the subsequent
    freezing ended up freezing water around my tires solid.... it was a
    "fun" job getting the car out Friday when we went out shopping.... Still
    lots of ice under newer snow in our dirveway....

    Hauled it from one charity to another, is what it amounts
    to. Not a bad job all things considered.
    Another way to feel useful... ;)
    I bought yarn from one charity today, for my sister to use to
    make shawls/hats/etc for another charity. Double bonus.
    Indeed... :)

    Got a big haul of it at $3/plastic grocery bag full. No one will
    need yarn at my sister's church for a while, anyway.(LOL)

    You have them well supplied... :) How many bags did you get at that price....? ;)

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, February 01, 2019 01:01:08
    Mine was built just after WWII and they never really upgraded
    the
    electrical until I was a sophomore. Those dorms have been
    torn down
    since.

    The dorms now have to have heavier duty wiring than when we were
    students. Everybody has lap tops, cell phones, etc that need
    charging.
    Don't know if my alma mater allows microwaves or small fridges in
    the
    rooms (probably not) but I understand a lot of schools do allow
    them
    now. All of the above are power grabbers, then add in the blow
    dryers,
    electric tooth brushes, etc..............

    These days dorms have to have heavy-duty wiring. Fridges are almost
    required, as are baby microwaves. Add in the other stuff and they
    have to beef up the wiring.

    Did you use the outer window sills as an ice box? We did--
    had nice
    wide
    spaces between the window and screen also for small stuff so
    it
    wouldn't
    fall off.

    There wasn't much of a sill, although I did chill off fruit
    from time
    to time.

    It wasn't supposed to be done at our school but I think most all of
    the
    staff sort of ignored the fact that it was done. Every so often, a
    notice was put out about it, probably when some important visitor
    was
    due to visit campus. (G)

    Well then they should have had fridges for student use.(LOL)

    the vitamin c helps also--extra orange juice, grapefruit or
    just
    plain
    tablets--helps clear the chest congestion.

    That never worked on me. Most of it's gone now except some
    congestion, but what else is new.

    Time, and thyme tea for chest congestion.

    Except this is sinus/nasal. Not much of anything in the chest.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Friday, February 01, 2019 01:11:02
    wondered if we were there to prepare for the storm, but I told her
    it
    was just our usual Friday night shopping trip... :) She was a
    little
    surprised when I told her I'd not be surprised if church was
    cancelled
    due to the storm... Turned out I was right in my intuition... with
    close
    to 2 feet of snow being predicted, and driving advisaries all
    around the
    area, right through Sunday until past the second service, the
    seesion
    and pastor decided to just cancel everything and keep us all
    safe....
    Just as well... it took us until Tuesday to be fully dug out, and
    get
    the cars out of the driveway....

    Two feet? Eep. That would keep even our plows busy. We cancelled
    stuff last night due to the cold. Then again so did everyone else.

    Ours was all snow over the weekend, and when it got colder, it
    didn't
    change much.... then it warmed up and rained Wednesday, and
    everything
    compacted... it didn't get as icy as I feared, though the
    subsequent
    freezing ended up freezing water around my tires solid.... it was a
    "fun" job getting the car out Friday when we went out shopping....
    Still
    lots of ice under newer snow in our dirveway....

    Sounds it. My car was in the garage, so no problems there.

    need yarn at my sister's church for a while, anyway.(LOL)

    You have them well supplied... :) How many bags did you get at
    that
    price....? ;)

    Five, all told. One is headed straight to Ebay. with one or two more
    to follow. The mohair ought to pay for the whole shebang.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Kurt Weiske on Thursday, January 31, 2019 22:13:49
    Hi Kurt,

    Sounds like the housing we lived in on Schofield Barracks, HI. We
    figured it would (and did withstand Hurricane Iniki in 1992) a major
    storm without damage. When we moved in, in 2001, it had a couple of avocado trees in the back yard. One was rather poorly so we had it
    taken out--which meant all the soil nutrients, etc went to the other
    one.

    I have an avocado tree in my back yard (a few miles south of Santa
    Cruz, on the coast in California) that hasn't borne fruit. I was led
    to understand that avocado trees needed another tree to pollinate
    them?

    I don't know; we had the bumper crop every other year. There were
    probably other avocado trees in the neighborhood, but don't know exactly
    where. Maybe it was the type of avocado? Ours were round, about the size
    of softballs.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Friday, February 01, 2019 22:07:37
    Hi Ruth,

    rooms (probably not) but I understand a lot of schools do allow
    them
    now. All of the above are power grabbers, then add in the blow
    dryers,
    electric tooth brushes, etc..............

    These days dorms have to have heavy-duty wiring. Fridges are almost required, as are baby microwaves. Add in the other stuff and they
    have to beef up the wiring.

    Probably a ceertain standard for dorm construction now.

    Did you use the outer window sills as an ice box? We did--

    There wasn't much of a sill, although I did chill off fruit
    from time
    to time.

    It wasn't supposed to be done at our school but I think most all of
    the
    staff sort of ignored the fact that it was done. Every so often, a notice was put out about it, probably when some important visitor
    was
    due to visit campus. (G)

    Well then they should have had fridges for student use.(LOL)

    Most of the dorms were older, wiring couldn't have supported it.

    the vitamin c helps also--extra orange juice, grapefruit or
    just
    plain
    tablets--helps clear the chest congestion.

    That never worked on me. Most of it's gone now except some congestion, but what else is new.

    Time, and thyme tea for chest congestion.

    Except this is sinus/nasal. Not much of anything in the chest.

    OK, push the kim chee. (G)

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, February 05, 2019 18:17:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 02-01-19 00:11 <=-

    wondered if we were there to prepare for the storm, but I told her
    it was just our usual Friday night shopping trip... :) She was a
    little surprised when I told her I'd not be surprised if church
    was cancelled due to the storm... Turned out I was right in my
    intuition... with close to 2 feet of snow being predicted, and
    driving advisaries all around the area, right through Sunday until
    past the second service, the session and pastor decided to just
    cancel everything and keep us all safe.... Just as well... it took
    us until Tuesday to be fully dug out, and get the cars out of the driveway....

    Two feet? Eep. That would keep even our plows busy. We cancelled
    stuff last night due to the cold. Then again so did everyone else.

    Yup... things got cancelled here because of the extreme cold and
    windchills, too...

    Ours was all snow over the weekend, and when it got colder, it
    didn't change much.... then it warmed up and rained Wednesday, and everything compacted... it didn't get as icy as I feared, though
    the subsequent freezing ended up freezing water around my tires
    solid.... it was a"fun" job getting the car out Friday when we
    went out shopping.... Still lots of ice under newer snow in our driveway....

    Sounds it. My car was in the garage, so no problems there.

    Times like these, I wish we could put ours in the garage, but the garage
    is full.... ;)

    need yarn at my sister's church for a while, anyway.(LOL)
    You have them well supplied... :) How many bags did you get at
    that price....? ;)

    Five, all told. One is headed straight to Ebay. with one or two more
    to follow. The mohair ought to pay for the whole shebang.

    That should work out well, then.... :)

    ttyl neb

    ... Pigs can turn vegetables into bacon. What's your superpower?

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Sunday, February 10, 2019 19:33:34
    These days dorms have to have heavy-duty wiring. Fridges are
    almost
    required, as are baby microwaves. Add in the other stuff and
    they
    have to beef up the wiring.

    Probably a ceertain standard for dorm construction now.

    With all the electronics in use now, they'd have to.

    notice was put out about it, probably when some important
    visitor
    was
    due to visit campus. (G)

    Well then they should have had fridges for student use.(LOL)

    Most of the dorms were older, wiring couldn't have supported it.

    Those little cubes don't take much apparently.

    Time, and thyme tea for chest congestion.

    Except this is sinus/nasal. Not much of anything in the
    chest.

    OK, push the kim chee. (G)

    Back to that again, not that I mind. The congestion never really
    left, and it's setting a known offender tooth off. I never know if
    it's a real problem or just crankiness from being assaulted by sinus
    crud.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Sunday, February 10, 2019 19:41:10
    us until Tuesday to be fully dug out, and get the cars out of
    the
    driveway....

    Two feet? Eep. That would keep even our plows busy. We
    cancelled
    stuff last night due to the cold. Then again so did everyone
    else.

    Yup... things got cancelled here because of the extreme cold and
    windchills, too...

    If it's cold enough to kill car batteries, probably smart to stay
    home.

    Sounds it. My car was in the garage, so no problems there.

    Times like these, I wish we could put ours in the garage, but the
    garage
    is full.... ;)

    I've tried to avoid that, but I do have a basement full of packing
    materials. :-)

    need yarn at my sister's church for a while, anyway.(LOL)
    You have them well supplied... :) How many bags did you get at
    that price....? ;)

    Five, all told. One is headed straight to Ebay. with one or
    two more
    to follow. The mohair ought to pay for the whole shebang.

    That should work out well, then.... :)

    My sister finally came and hauled off her share. She said the ladies
    at her church will be fighting over it.(LOL)
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Monday, February 11, 2019 15:28:14
    Hi Ruth,

    These days dorms have to have heavy-duty wiring. Fridges are
    almost
    required, as are baby microwaves. Add in the other stuff and
    they
    have to beef up the wiring.

    Probably a ceertain standard for dorm construction now.

    With all the electronics in use now, they'd have to.

    Add in the baby microwaves, fridges and other stuff a lot of schools
    allow--you need heavy duty wiring.

    Well then they should have had fridges for student use.(LOL)

    Most of the dorms were older, wiring couldn't have supported it.

    Those little cubes don't take much apparently.

    No, but when the main section of your dorm was built around the turn of
    the 19/20 century and the addition in the 1940s, you know the wiring
    won't meet modern standards. Even when I was a student it was old; that
    was when computers took up a whole room and a lot of students did papers
    on manual typewriters. Blow dryers were a relativly new item on the
    market then, as were hand held calculators.

    Time, and thyme tea for chest congestion.

    Except this is sinus/nasal. Not much of anything in the
    chest.

    OK, push the kim chee. (G)

    Back to that again, not that I mind. The congestion never really
    left, and it's setting a known offender tooth off. I never know if
    it's a real problem or just crankiness from being assaulted by sinus
    crud.

    Can't win for losing. Is it something antibiotics would help or just the
    old tincure of time? I'm trying to stay away from any place that might
    send germs my way--don't want the surgery to be postponed now that I'm
    this [] close.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 18:14:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 02-10-19 18:41 <=-

    us until Tuesday to be fully dug out, and get the cars out of
    the driveway....
    Two feet? Eep. That would keep even our plows busy. We
    cancelled stuff last night due to the cold. Then again so
    did everyone else.
    Yup... things got cancelled here because of the extreme cold and
    windchills, too...

    If it's cold enough to kill car batteries, probably smart to stay
    home.

    Especially when less than a minute's exposure is likely to produce
    severe frostbite....

    Sounds it. My car was in the garage, so no problems there.
    Times like these, I wish we could put ours in the garage, but the
    garage is full.... ;)
    I've tried to avoid that, but I do have a basement full of packing materials. :-)

    Ours holds (in addition to the other junk) three classic cars that all
    need significant work on them... one is Richard's '68 VW bug, the other
    two we acquired when a neighbor was moving away and only taking what he
    could fit in the car he was driving....

    need yarn at my sister's church for a while, anyway.(LOL)
    You have them well supplied... :) How many bags did you get at
    that price....? ;)
    Five, all told. One is headed straight to Ebay. with one or
    two more to follow. The mohair ought to pay for the whole
    shebang.
    That should work out well, then.... :)

    My sister finally came and hauled off her share. She said the ladies
    at her church will be fighting over it.(LOL)

    You DO get the good stuff.... (G) Did she take 2 or 3 bags....?

    ttyl neb

    ... "I love pancakes," said Tom flippantly.

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Thursday, February 14, 2019 23:39:08
    Probably a ceertain standard for dorm construction now.

    With all the electronics in use now, they'd have to.

    Add in the baby microwaves, fridges and other stuff a lot of
    schools
    allow--you need heavy duty wiring.

    The new ones are all-electric, so must take more juice.

    Most of the dorms were older, wiring couldn't have supported
    it.
    Those little cubes don't take much apparently.

    No, but when the main section of your dorm was built around the
    turn of
    the 19/20 century and the addition in the 1940s, you know the
    wiring
    won't meet modern standards. Even when I was a student it was old;
    that
    was when computers took up a whole room and a lot of students did
    papers
    on manual typewriters. Blow dryers were a relativly new item on the
    market then, as were hand held calculators.

    No clue what it would have made of microwaves. My calculator was
    solar, even then. Weighed a ton, but no batteries or plug needed.

    OK, push the kim chee. (G)

    Back to that again, not that I mind. The congestion never
    really
    left, and it's setting a known offender tooth off. I never
    know if
    it's a real problem or just crankiness from being assaulted by
    sinus
    crud.

    Can't win for losing. Is it something antibiotics would help or
    just the
    old tincure of time? I'm trying to stay away from any place that
    might
    send germs my way--don't want the surgery to be postponed now that
    I'm
    this [] close.

    In this case it turns out to be the tooth making the sinuses crazy
    instead of the other way around. An old root canal doesn't like me
    any more and is getting redone on Tuesday. I'm praying this works
    because it doesn't feel good. Not one bit.

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Thursday, February 14, 2019 23:48:06
    Yup... things got cancelled here because of the extreme cold and windchills, too...

    If it's cold enough to kill car batteries, probably smart to
    stay
    home.

    Especially when less than a minute's exposure is likely to produce
    severe frostbite....

    That too.

    I've tried to avoid that, but I do have a basement full of
    packing
    materials. :-)

    Ours holds (in addition to the other junk) three classic cars that
    all
    need significant work on them... one is Richard's '68 VW bug, the
    other
    two we acquired when a neighbor was moving away and only taking
    what he
    could fit in the car he was driving....

    Ouch. But that ought to keep Richard busy for a while!

    My sister finally came and hauled off her share. She said the
    ladies
    at her church will be fighting over it.(LOL)

    You DO get the good stuff.... (G) Did she take 2 or 3 bags....?

    Four, I think. I kept two, having bought more earlier at a higher
    price.
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, February 16, 2019 23:12:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 02-14-19 22:48 <=-

    Yup... things got cancelled here because of the extreme cold and windchills, too...
    If it's cold enough to kill car batteries, probably smart to
    stay home.
    Especially when less than a minute's exposure is likely to produce
    severe frostbite....

    That too.

    At least we are getting less of those extremely cold temps now... :)

    I've tried to avoid that, but I do have a basement full of
    packing materials. :-)
    Ours holds (in addition to the other junk) three classic cars that
    all need significant work on them... one is Richard's '68 VW bug,
    the other two we acquired when a neighbor was moving away and only
    taking what he could fit in the car he was driving....

    Ouch. But that ought to keep Richard busy for a while!

    When/if he ever gets around to dealing with them.... it's been over 40
    years now, and they still sit there... ;)

    My sister finally came and hauled off her share. She said the
    ladies at her church will be fighting over it.(LOL)
    You DO get the good stuff.... (G) Did she take 2 or 3 bags....?

    Four, I think. I kept two, having bought more earlier at a higher
    price.

    And now to get those sold on Ebay..... :)

    ttyl neb

    ... I am Homer of Borg, you will be assim...Oooh, donuts!

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Thursday, February 21, 2019 23:56:18
    stay home.
    Especially when less than a minute's exposure is likely to
    produce
    severe frostbite....

    That too.

    At least we are getting less of those extremely cold temps now...
    :)

    We had snow and ice on Wednesday night, and all the ice was gone by
    Thursday afternoon. All it did was delay school a few hours.

    the other two we acquired when a neighbor was moving away and
    only
    taking what he could fit in the car he was driving....

    Ouch. But that ought to keep Richard busy for a while!

    When/if he ever gets around to dealing with them.... it's been over
    40
    years now, and they still sit there... ;)

    Poor babies. After that long I'd be tempted to sell them off for a
    few bucks to guys who mess with cars.

    You DO get the good stuff.... (G) Did she take 2 or 3 bags....?

    Four, I think. I kept two, having bought more earlier at a
    higher
    price.

    And now to get those sold on Ebay..... :)

    Sold five lots of it last week! More getting written up as we speak.
    I sold some of it cheap apparently. ;-)
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, February 23, 2019 22:12:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 02-21-19 22:56 <=-

    stay home.
    Especially when less than a minute's exposure is likely to
    produce severe frostbite....
    That too.
    At least we are getting less of those extremely cold temps
    now... :)

    We had snow and ice on Wednesday night, and all the ice was gone by Thursday afternoon. All it did was delay school a few hours.

    This past week has been break week for the schools... So the less than
    pleasant weather Monday wasn't much of a hassle....

    the other two we acquired when a neighbor was moving away and
    only taking what he could fit in the car he was driving....
    Ouch. But that ought to keep Richard busy for a while!
    When/if he ever gets around to dealing with them.... it's been over
    40 years now, and they still sit there... ;)

    Poor babies. After that long I'd be tempted to sell them off for a
    few bucks to guys who mess with cars.

    He still considers himself a "guy that messes with cars".... and figures
    that eventually he'll get to them.... :)

    You DO get the good stuff.... (G) Did she take 2 or 3 bags....?
    Four, I think. I kept two, having bought more earlier at a
    higher price.
    And now to get those sold on Ebay..... :)

    Sold five lots of it last week! More getting written up as we speak.
    I sold some of it cheap apparently. ;-)

    Got snapped up quick, did they....? (G) Did they pay for themselves at least....?

    ttyl neb

    ... Eat Salmon ... the OTHER pink meat

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Sunday, February 24, 2019 00:51:40
    We had snow and ice on Wednesday night, and all the ice was
    gone by
    Thursday afternoon. All it did was delay school a few hours.

    This past week has been break week for the schools... So the less
    than
    pleasant weather Monday wasn't much of a hassle....

    We had school last week, although another day caught a delay due to
    ice.

    40 years now, and they still sit there... ;)

    Poor babies. After that long I'd be tempted to sell them off
    for a
    few bucks to guys who mess with cars.

    He still considers himself a "guy that messes with cars".... and
    figures
    that eventually he'll get to them.... :)

    When he's 90? (LOL) I have some of those projects myself, but they
    don't take up a whole garage bay.

    Sold five lots of it last week! More getting written up as we
    speak.
    I sold some of it cheap apparently. ;-)

    Got snapped up quick, did they....? (G) Did they pay for
    themselves at
    least....?

    Pretty well paid for the whole shebang in fact.
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Monday, February 25, 2019 22:56:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 02-23-19 23:51 <=-

    We had snow and ice on Wednesday night, and all the ice was
    gone by Thursday afternoon. All it did was delay school a
    few hours.
    This past week has been break week for the schools... So the less
    than pleasant weather Monday wasn't much of a hassle....

    We had school last week, although another day caught a delay due to
    ice.

    And today, the schools were closed again, for the wind and the cold....

    40 years now, and they still sit there... ;)
    Poor babies. After that long I'd be tempted to sell them off
    for a few bucks to guys who mess with cars.
    He still considers himself a "guy that messes with cars".... and
    figures that eventually he'll get to them.... :)

    When he's 90? (LOL) I have some of those projects myself, but they
    don't take up a whole garage bay.

    Hey... they're his cars, and his garage.... ok, well, it could be my
    garage as well, but I'm leaving it to him to deal with... :)

    Sold five lots of it last week! More getting written up as we
    speak. I sold some of it cheap apparently. ;-)
    Got snapped up quick, did they....? (G) Did they pay for
    themselves at least....?

    Pretty well paid for the whole shebang in fact.

    That's quite good.... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 18:04:25
    Hi Ruth,

    Probably a certain standard for dorm construction now.

    With all the electronics in use now, they'd have to.

    Add in the baby microwaves, fridges and other stuff a lot of
    schools
    allow--you need heavy duty wiring.

    The new ones are all-electric, so must take more juice.

    So hopefully the schools are investing in solar or some other
    alternative form of energy to keep the cost of electricity down.

    Most of the dorms were older, wiring couldn't have supported
    it.
    Those little cubes don't take much apparently.

    No, but when the main section of your dorm was built around the
    turn of
    the 19/20 century and the addition in the 1940s, you know the
    wiring
    won't meet modern standards. Even when I was a student it was old;
    that
    was when computers took up a whole room and a lot of students did
    papers
    on manual typewriters. Blow dryers were a relativly new item on the market then, as were hand held calculators.

    No clue what it would have made of microwaves. My calculator was
    solar, even then. Weighed a ton, but no batteries or plug needed.

    Probably would have blown fuses every time something was plugged in. Our
    first calculators were battery operated. Rachel needed one in 3rd grade
    when we got to Germany so I bought a solar one for $8.00 at the PX. We
    might still have it around, 33 years later. Battery operated ones tended
    to die and get tossed but that solar one kept going and going.

    OK, push the kim chee. (G)

    Back to that again, not that I mind. The congestion never
    really
    left, and it's setting a known offender tooth off. I never
    know if
    it's a real problem or just crankiness from being assaulted by
    sinus
    crud.

    Can't win for losing. Is it something antibiotics would help or
    just the
    old tincure of time? I'm trying to stay away from any place that
    might
    send germs my way--don't want the surgery to be postponed now that
    I'm
    this [] close.

    In this case it turns out to be the tooth making the sinuses crazy
    instead of the other way around. An old root canal doesn't like me
    any more and is getting redone on Tuesday. I'm praying this works
    because it doesn't feel good. Not one bit.

    Hopefully you're feeling better and eating more than just soup by now.
    I've been improving bit by bit but still leaving the kitchen work to
    Steve. A friend brought over Olive Garden soup, salad and breadsticks
    for supper tonight so it'll be an easy meal tonight.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Saturday, March 02, 2019 18:51:24
    than pleasant weather Monday wasn't much of a hassle....

    We had school last week, although another day caught a delay
    due to
    ice.

    And today, the schools were closed again, for the wind and the
    cold....

    We could get Monday off if the storm coming hits like they think it
    will. We had one last night that didn't do much.

    He still considers himself a "guy that messes with cars".... and
    figures that eventually he'll get to them.... :)

    When he's 90? (LOL) I have some of those projects myself, but
    they
    don't take up a whole garage bay.

    Hey... they're his cars, and his garage.... ok, well, it could be
    my
    garage as well, but I'm leaving it to him to deal with... :)

    It would beat shoveling the car out every time!

    Got snapped up quick, did they....? (G) Did they pay for
    themselves at least....?

    Pretty well paid for the whole shebang in fact.

    That's quite good.... :)

    Now to get rid of the other batch....

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Monday, March 04, 2019 00:32:56
    Add in the baby microwaves, fridges and other stuff a lot of
    schools
    allow--you need heavy duty wiring.

    The new ones are all-electric, so must take more juice.

    So hopefully the schools are investing in solar or some other
    alternative form of energy to keep the cost of electricity down.

    I'd be putting solar panels on all those flat roofs.

    No clue what it would have made of microwaves. My calculator
    was
    solar, even then. Weighed a ton, but no batteries or plug
    needed.

    Probably would have blown fuses every time something was plugged
    in. Our
    first calculators were battery operated. Rachel needed one in 3rd
    grade
    when we got to Germany so I bought a solar one for $8.00 at the PX.
    We
    might still have it around, 33 years later. Battery operated ones
    tended
    to die and get tossed but that solar one kept going and going.

    That old solar tech was TOUGH stuff. Battery compartments get
    corroded, but no batteries, no corrosion.

    instead of the other way around. An old root canal doesn't
    like me
    any more and is getting redone on Tuesday. I'm praying this
    works
    because it doesn't feel good. Not one bit.

    Hopefully you're feeling better and eating more than just soup by
    now.

    It never got done. Turns out this too has had too much work done. My
    body was already fighting off the infection part. It still isn't
    back to normal and probably will be, but the long term solution is to eventually yank it if need be.

    I've been improving bit by bit but still leaving the kitchen work
    to
    Steve. A friend brought over Olive Garden soup, salad and
    breadsticks
    for supper tonight so it'll be an easy meal tonight.

    ---

    I nuked some leftovers.(LOL) I didn't get home from church until 4PM
    and enough was enough.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, March 05, 2019 13:37:57
    Hi Ruth,

    Add in the baby microwaves, fridges and other stuff a lot of
    schools
    allow--you need heavy duty wiring.

    The new ones are all-electric, so must take more juice.

    So hopefully the schools are investing in solar or some other alternative form of energy to keep the cost of electricity down.

    I'd be putting solar panels on all those flat roofs.

    If the area got enough sun, that would work. Wind power would work in
    some areas also.

    No clue what it would have made of microwaves. My calculator
    was
    solar, even then. Weighed a ton, but no batteries or plug
    needed.

    Probably would have blown fuses every time something was plugged
    in. Our
    first calculators were battery operated. Rachel needed one in 3rd
    grade
    when we got to Germany so I bought a solar one for $8.00 at the PX.
    We
    might still have it around, 33 years later. Battery operated ones
    tended
    to die and get tossed but that solar one kept going and going.

    That old solar tech was TOUGH stuff. Battery compartments get
    corroded, but no batteries, no corrosion.

    Very true, we've dealt with battery corrosion in various small things
    like that over the years.

    instead of the other way around. An old root canal doesn't
    like me
    any more and is getting redone on Tuesday. I'm praying this
    works
    because it doesn't feel good. Not one bit.

    Hopefully you're feeling better and eating more than just soup by
    now.

    It never got done. Turns out this too has had too much work done. My
    body was already fighting off the infection part. It still isn't
    back to normal and probably will be, but the long term solution is to eventually yank it if need be.

    Good that you're doing better, bad that the tooth will eventually have
    to go. Other than my wisdom teeth (all 4 very much impacted, taken out
    in one shot), I've only lost one other tooth. That was due to internal reabsorbtion.

    I've been improving bit by bit but still leaving the kitchen work
    to
    Steve. A friend brought over Olive Garden soup, salad and
    breadsticks
    for supper tonight so it'll be an easy meal tonight.

    I nuked some leftovers.(LOL) I didn't get home from church until 4PM
    and enough was enough.

    I understand. Steve smoked some ribs yesterday, had a couple of them for supper. He bought a new smoker/grill just before my surgery; this was
    the first time he tried it as a smoker and was very happy with the
    outcome.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, March 06, 2019 16:07:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 03-02-19 17:51 <=-

    than pleasant weather Monday wasn't much of a hassle....
    We had school last week, although another day caught a delay
    due to ice.
    And today, the schools were closed again, for the wind and the
    cold....

    We could get Monday off if the storm coming hits like they think it
    will. We had one last night that didn't do much.

    We dodged that bullet... did it hit you...? I did hear that Boston got
    hit by it...

    He still considers himself a "guy that messes with cars".... and
    figures that eventually he'll get to them.... :)
    When he's 90? (LOL) I have some of those projects myself, but
    they don't take up a whole garage bay.
    Hey... they're his cars, and his garage.... ok, well, it could be
    my garage as well, but I'm leaving it to him to deal with... :)

    It would beat shoveling the car out every time!

    He'd still have to shovel the driveway sufficiently to get either car
    out.... But, true, one wouldn't have to clear the snow off the car
    itself anyway... :)

    Got snapped up quick, did they....? (G) Did they pay for
    themselves at least....?
    Pretty well paid for the whole shebang in fact.
    That's quite good.... :)

    Now to get rid of the other batch....

    And how is that going....? :)

    ttyl neb

    ... A grapefruit is a lemon that had a chance and took advantage of it.

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Sunday, March 10, 2019 18:43:46
    Hi Ruth,

    Add in the baby microwaves, fridges and other stuff a
    lot of
    schools
    allow--you need heavy duty wiring.

    The new ones are all-electric, so must take more juice.

    So hopefully the schools are investing in solar or some
    other
    alternative form of energy to keep the cost of electricity
    down.

    I'd be putting solar panels on all those flat roofs.

    If the area got enough sun, that would work. Wind power would work
    in
    some areas also.

    It would keep the buildings cooler in the Summer too.

    That old solar tech was TOUGH stuff. Battery compartments get
    corroded, but no batteries, no corrosion.

    Very true, we've dealt with battery corrosion in various small
    things
    like that over the years.

    I've opened many an old piece of electronic gear to find the green
    uck in the battery compartment.

    back to normal and probably will be, but the long term
    solution is to
    eventually yank it if need be.

    Good that you're doing better, bad that the tooth will eventually
    have
    to go. Other than my wisdom teeth (all 4 very much impacted, taken

    I've come to that conclusion.

    I nuked some leftovers.(LOL) I didn't get home from church
    until 4PM
    and enough was enough.

    I understand. Steve smoked some ribs yesterday, had a couple of
    them for
    supper. He bought a new smoker/grill just before my surgery; this
    was
    the first time he tried it as a smoker and was very happy with the
    outcome.

    Smoked ribs... yes please! I'll be getting...more leftovers.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Sunday, March 10, 2019 19:23:00
    due to ice.
    And today, the schools were closed again, for the wind and the
    cold....

    We could get Monday off if the storm coming hits like they
    think it
    will. We had one last night that didn't do much.

    We dodged that bullet... did it hit you...? I did hear that Boston
    got
    hit by it...

    It cancelled quilting group and school, but it was fine later.

    they don't take up a whole garage bay.
    Hey... they're his cars, and his garage.... ok, well, it could
    be
    my garage as well, but I'm leaving it to him to deal with... :)

    It would beat shoveling the car out every time!

    He'd still have to shovel the driveway sufficiently to get either
    car
    out.... But, true, one wouldn't have to clear the snow off the car
    itself anyway... :)

    Or get ice off the windshield.

    Got snapped up quick, did they....? (G) Did they pay for
    themselves at least....?
    Pretty well paid for the whole shebang in fact.
    That's quite good.... :)

    Now to get rid of the other batch....

    And how is that going....? :)

    One boxful hasn't moved and the rest hasn't gone live yet.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Monday, March 11, 2019 17:06:37
    Hi Ruth,

    I'd be putting solar panels on all those flat roofs.

    If the area got enough sun, that would work. Wind power would work
    in
    some areas also.

    It would keep the buildings cooler in the Summer too.

    For sure! The old dorm I lived in had no AC; we just opened our windows.
    (G) The newest dorms on campus were built with AC but it wasn't needed
    much during the school year.

    That old solar tech was TOUGH stuff. Battery compartments get corroded, but no batteries, no corrosion.

    Very true, we've dealt with battery corrosion in various small
    things
    like that over the years.

    I've opened many an old piece of electronic gear to find the green
    uck in the battery compartment.

    So have we. As part of moving with the military, we usually took
    batteries out of remotes, flashlights--anything that the movers packed basically--since we didn't know how long it would be before we saw the
    stuff again. That simple step helped save a lot of potential battery
    corrosion.


    back to normal and probably will be, but the long term
    solution is to
    eventually yank it if need be.

    Good that you're doing better, bad that the tooth will eventually
    have
    to go. Other than my wisdom teeth (all 4 very much impacted, taken

    I've come to that conclusion.

    Sigh!

    I nuked some leftovers.(LOL) I didn't get home from church
    until 4PM
    and enough was enough.

    I understand. Steve smoked some ribs yesterday, had a couple of
    them for
    supper. He bought a new smoker/grill just before my surgery; this
    was
    the first time he tried it as a smoker and was very happy with the outcome.

    Smoked ribs... yes please! I'll be getting...more leftovers.

    We will have leftovers tonight too. A neighbor brought over supper last
    night, enough to feed us for a couple of nights actually. Pork chops
    with cheesy rice so Steve added a salad and some of the buttercup squash
    we'd cooked up last week.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Saturday, March 16, 2019 01:11:20
    If the area got enough sun, that would work. Wind power
    would work
    in
    some areas also.

    It would keep the buildings cooler in the Summer too.

    For sure! The old dorm I lived in had no AC; we just opened our
    windows.
    (G) The newest dorms on campus were built with AC but it wasn't
    needed
    much during the school year.

    Up until now anyway; if the climate changes the way they say it will,
    who knows.

    I've opened many an old piece of electronic gear to find the
    green
    uck in the battery compartment.

    So have we. As part of moving with the military, we usually took
    batteries out of remotes, flashlights--anything that the movers
    packed
    basically--since we didn't know how long it would be before we saw
    the
    stuff again. That simple step helped save a lot of potential
    battery
    corrosion.

    With my own stuff I can do that, but if I'm looking at something at
    an estate sale, you never can tell.

    to go. Other than my wisdom teeth (all 4 very much impacted,
    taken

    I've come to that conclusion.

    Sigh!

    On the upside it's calmed down a lot. Downside, the old incisional
    hernias (mesh and holes) are giving me more grief.

    Smoked ribs... yes please! I'll be getting...more leftovers.

    We will have leftovers tonight too. A neighbor brought over supper
    last
    night, enough to feed us for a couple of nights actually. Pork
    chops
    with cheesy rice so Steve added a salad and some of the buttercup
    squash
    we'd cooked up last week.

    Sounds OK to me too. I'm not sure I've ever done cheesy rice. It
    might be good with brown rice; white rice doesn't have enough taste
    to be bothered.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, March 16, 2019 14:29:48
    Hi Ruth,

    For sure! The old dorm I lived in had no AC; we just opened our
    windows.
    (G) The newest dorms on campus were built with AC but it wasn't
    needed
    much during the school year.

    Up until now anyway; if the climate changes the way they say it will,
    who knows.

    Possibly, but I'm not going to get into that here.

    I've opened many an old piece of electronic gear to find the
    green
    uck in the battery compartment.

    So have we. As part of moving with the military, we usually took batteries out of remotes, flashlights--anything that the movers
    packed
    basically--since we didn't know how long it would be before we saw
    the
    stuff again. That simple step helped save a lot of potential
    battery
    corrosion.

    With my own stuff I can do that, but if I'm looking at something at
    an estate sale, you never can tell.

    True, you might find something that looks good........until you open the battery compartment. Some things might be salvageable, others, not worth
    the time/money.


    to go. Other than my wisdom teeth (all 4 very much impacted,
    taken

    I've come to that conclusion.

    Sigh!

    On the upside it's calmed down a lot. Downside, the old incisional hernias (mesh and holes) are giving me more grief.

    That's a pain and a half! I'm still dealing with the knee, figuring
    it'll be some time in late spring or early summer before I can do a lot
    with it.


    Smoked ribs... yes please! I'll be getting...more leftovers.

    We will have leftovers tonight too. A neighbor brought over supper
    last
    night, enough to feed us for a couple of nights actually. Pork
    chops
    with cheesy rice so Steve added a salad and some of the buttercup
    squash
    we'd cooked up last week.

    Sounds OK to me too. I'm not sure I've ever done cheesy rice. It
    might be good with brown rice; white rice doesn't have enough taste
    to be bothered.

    No, white rice isn't the greatest but she's not into brown rice and such
    like. She's busy raising 4 kids but maybe I can teach her a bit about
    using whole grains and suchlike once I get back on my feet.


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Thursday, March 21, 2019 00:46:08
    We could get Monday off if the storm coming hits like they
    think it will. We had one last night that didn't do much.
    We dodged that bullet... did it hit you...? I did hear that
    Boston
    got hit by it...

    It cancelled quilting group and school, but it was fine later.

    Did you get much snow with it...?

    Not much; it just hit at the wrong time.

    Pretty well paid for the whole shebang in fact.
    That's quite good.... :)
    Now to get rid of the other batch....
    And how is that going....? :)

    One boxful hasn't moved and the rest hasn't gone live yet.

    An on-going process, after all... :)

    Slow and steady and annoying here we go.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, March 22, 2019 23:36:20
    .
    (G) The newest dorms on campus were built with AC but it
    wasn't
    needed
    much during the school year.

    Up until now anyway; if the climate changes the way they say
    it will,
    who knows.

    Possibly, but I'm not going to get into that here.

    Me either, except to say I'm looking at pictures of friends BBQing in
    Texas and South Carolina right now.

    stuff again. That simple step helped save a lot of potential
    battery
    corrosion.

    With my own stuff I can do that, but if I'm looking at
    something at
    an estate sale, you never can tell.

    True, you might find something that looks good........until you
    open the
    battery compartment. Some things might be salvageable, others, not
    worth
    the time/money.

    With that stuff you have to look before you buy.


    On the upside it's calmed down a lot. Downside, the old
    incisional
    hernias (mesh and holes) are giving me more grief.

    That's a pain and a half! I'm still dealing with the knee, figuring
    it'll be some time in late spring or early summer before I can do a
    lot
    with it.

    Meanwhile, the dumb tooth is telling me it really does have to go.

    Sounds OK to me too. I'm not sure I've ever done cheesy rice.
    It
    might be good with brown rice; white rice doesn't have enough
    taste
    to be bothered.

    No, white rice isn't the greatest but she's not into brown rice and
    such
    like. She's busy raising 4 kids but maybe I can teach her a bit
    about
    using whole grains and suchlike once I get back on my feet.

    Those prefab boxed rices are even worse. I've resorted to them here
    and there at need.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, March 23, 2019 15:20:09
    Hi Ruth,

    Up until now anyway; if the climate changes the way they say
    it will,
    who knows.

    Possibly, but I'm not going to get into that here.

    Me either, except to say I'm looking at pictures of friends BBQing in Texas and South Carolina right now.

    It's only in the mid 50s here, and windy. Not a good day for bbq-ing but
    maybe closed grill cooking.

    stuff again. That simple step helped save a lot of potential
    battery
    corrosion.

    With my own stuff I can do that, but if I'm looking at
    something at
    an estate sale, you never can tell.

    True, you might find something that looks good........until you
    open the
    battery compartment. Some things might be salvageable, others, not
    worth
    the time/money.

    With that stuff you have to look before you buy.

    Do you usually ask permission before opening something dubious or ask
    for forgiveness afterwards?

    On the upside it's calmed down a lot. Downside, the old
    incisional
    hernias (mesh and holes) are giving me more grief.

    That's a pain and a half! I'm still dealing with the knee, figuring it'll be some time in late spring or early summer before I can do a
    lot
    with it.

    Meanwhile, the dumb tooth is telling me it really does have to go.

    Not a fun time. The knee is improving--still some signs of the allergic
    rash from where it was under wraps for so long. I'm getting around the
    house part time without the cane, especially in the kitchen and sewing
    room.


    Sounds OK to me too. I'm not sure I've ever done cheesy rice.
    It
    might be good with brown rice; white rice doesn't have enough
    taste
    to be bothered.

    No, white rice isn't the greatest but she's not into brown rice and
    such
    like. She's busy raising 4 kids but maybe I can teach her a bit
    about
    using whole grains and suchlike once I get back on my feet.

    Those prefab boxed rices are even worse. I've resorted to them here
    and there at need.

    I tried them back when they (and the quick noodles with sauce dishes)
    first came out. Not worth continuing with unless I'm grasping at straws
    for meals.


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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Monday, March 25, 2019 15:13:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 03-20-19 23:46 <=-

    We could get Monday off if the storm coming hits like they
    think it will. We had one last night that didn't do much.
    We dodged that bullet... did it hit you...? I did hear that
    Boston got hit by it...
    It cancelled quilting group and school, but it was fine later.
    Did you get much snow with it...?

    Not much; it just hit at the wrong time.

    So the powers-that-be decided to be more safe than sorry....

    Pretty well paid for the whole shebang in fact.
    That's quite good.... :)
    Now to get rid of the other batch....
    And how is that going....? :)
    One boxful hasn't moved and the rest hasn't gone live yet.
    An on-going process, after all... :)

    Slow and steady and annoying here we go.

    And of course you are always adding to the stock that needs selling... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 18:15:00
    Me either, except to say I'm looking at pictures of friends
    BBQing in
    Texas and South Carolina right now.

    It's only in the mid 50s here, and windy. Not a good day for bbq-
    ing but
    maybe closed grill cooking.

    That would work; my friends in northern Michigan would be outside in
    shorts.

    With my own stuff I can do that, but if I'm looking at
    something at
    an estate sale, you never can tell.

    True, you might find something that looks good........until
    you
    open the
    battery compartment. Some things might be salvageable,
    others, not
    worth
    the time/money.

    With that stuff you have to look before you buy.

    Do you usually ask permission before opening something dubious or
    ask
    for forgiveness afterwards?

    Generally ask forgiveness, but if it's damaged they don't want to
    sell it anyway, at least here. Or they want to know about it.

    That's a pain and a half! I'm still dealing with the knee,
    figuring
    it'll be some time in late spring or early summer before I
    can do a
    lot
    with it.

    Meanwhile, the dumb tooth is telling me it really does have to
    go.

    Not a fun time. The knee is improving--still some signs of the
    allergic
    rash from where it was under wraps for so long. I'm getting around
    the
    house part time without the cane, especially in the kitchen and
    sewing
    room.

    Now the dentist says that due to the MS and some other factors she
    needs more information on how to deal with me. Making matters worse,
    I have an orphan form of the disease, and will react differently to
    everything than a "normal" MS patient.

    Those prefab boxed rices are even worse. I've resorted to
    them here
    and there at need.

    I tried them back when they (and the quick noodles with sauce
    dishes)
    first came out. Not worth continuing with unless I'm grasping at
    straws
    for meals.

    It's OK emergency chow, but I wouldn't serve it regularly.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Thursday, March 28, 2019 00:49:00
    think it will. We had one last night that didn't do
    much.
    We dodged that bullet... did it hit you...? I did hear that
    Boston got hit by it...
    It cancelled quilting group and school, but it was fine
    later.
    Did you get much snow with it...?

    Not much; it just hit at the wrong time.

    So the powers-that-be decided to be more safe than sorry....

    School busses sliding all over the road is not good publicity. It
    wouldn't have been good for the teachers either.

    One boxful hasn't moved and the rest hasn't gone live yet.
    An on-going process, after all... :)

    Slow and steady and annoying here we go.

    And of course you are always adding to the stock that needs
    selling... :)

    True. I at least try to go for smaller items for the most part.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Thursday, March 28, 2019 12:46:16
    Hi Ruth,

    Me either, except to say I'm looking at pictures of friends
    BBQing in
    Texas and South Carolina right now.

    It's only in the mid 50s here, and windy. Not a good day for bbq-
    ing but
    maybe closed grill cooking.

    That would work; my friends in northern Michigan would be outside in shorts.

    We've seen folks in shorts on colder days around here........makes you
    wonder if they're northern transplants or just have a high metabolism
    and don't fel the cold. Weather report says that we're to have 60s
    today, 70s next couple of days, 60s on Sunday and back to 50s on Monday.
    Guess we'll not break out the shorts yet. (G)

    True, you might find something that looks good........until
    you
    open the
    battery compartment. Some things might be salvageable,
    others, not
    worth
    the time/money.

    With that stuff you have to look before you buy.

    Do you usually ask permission before opening something dubious or
    ask
    for forgiveness afterwards?

    Generally ask forgiveness, but if it's damaged they don't want to
    sell it anyway, at least here. Or they want to know about it.

    That seems to be the unwritten rule. Or, if they really want to get rid
    of it, they will let you have it for a super low price, sometimes free.

    That's a pain and a half! I'm still dealing with the knee,
    figuring
    it'll be some time in late spring or early summer before I
    can do a
    lot
    with it.

    Meanwhile, the dumb tooth is telling me it really does have to
    go.

    Not a fun time. The knee is improving--still some signs of the
    allergic
    rash from where it was under wraps for so long. I'm getting around
    the
    house part time without the cane, especially in the kitchen and
    sewing
    room.

    Now the dentist says that due to the MS and some other factors she
    needs more information on how to deal with me. Making matters worse,
    I have an orphan form of the disease, and will react differently to everything than a "normal" MS patient.

    New dentist or one you've been seeing for years? If the latter, she
    should be somewhat aware of your problems.


    Those prefab boxed rices are even worse. I've resorted to
    them here
    and there at need.

    I tried them back when they (and the quick noodles with sauce
    dishes)
    first came out. Not worth continuing with unless I'm grasping at
    straws
    for meals.

    It's OK emergency chow, but I wouldn't serve it regularly.

    Nor would I; there's usually something in the pantry that can be
    combined with something else in the fridge or freezer to make a more
    edible meal.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, March 30, 2019 22:16:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 03-27-19 23:48 <=-

    think it will. We had one last night that didn't do
    much.
    We dodged that bullet... did it hit you...? I did hear that
    Boston got hit by it...
    It cancelled quilting group and school, but it was fine
    later.
    Did you get much snow with it...?
    Not much; it just hit at the wrong time.
    So the powers-that-be decided to be more safe than sorry....

    School busses sliding all over the road is not good publicity. It wouldn't have been good for the teachers either.

    Ah, so when it hit, it was nasty enough... and coinciding with school
    traffic times...

    One boxful hasn't moved and the rest hasn't gone live yet.
    An on-going process, after all... :)
    Slow and steady and annoying here we go.
    And of course you are always adding to the stock that needs
    selling... :)

    True. I at least try to go for smaller items for the most part.

    And things you expect to be able to sell... or would just as soon keep
    for yourself.... or already know where to donate or rehome them.... ;)

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Wednesday, April 03, 2019 01:16:50
    That would work; my friends in northern Michigan would be
    outside in
    shorts.

    We've seen folks in shorts on colder days around here........makes
    you
    wonder if they're northern transplants or just have a high
    metabolism
    and don't fel the cold. Weather report says that we're to have 60s
    today, 70s next couple of days, 60s on Sunday and back to 50s on
    Monday.
    Guess we'll not break out the shorts yet. (G)

    A friend locally wears Hawaiian shirts and shorts until it goes below freezing. Then he wears long pants. The guy is a furnace
    apparently.

    Generally ask forgiveness, but if it's damaged they don't want
    to
    sell it anyway, at least here. Or they want to know about it.

    That seems to be the unwritten rule. Or, if they really want to get
    rid
    of it, they will let you have it for a super low price, sometimes
    free.

    It's happened, but if it's a battery piece and the electrical is
    shot, even free is too much.

    Now the dentist says that due to the MS and some other factors
    she
    needs more information on how to deal with me. Making matters
    worse,
    I have an orphan form of the disease, and will react
    differently to
    everything than a "normal" MS patient.

    New dentist or one you've been seeing for years? If the latter, she
    should be somewhat aware of your problems.

    New one. The old one retired.

    It's OK emergency chow, but I wouldn't serve it regularly.

    Nor would I; there's usually something in the pantry that can be
    combined with something else in the fridge or freezer to make a
    more
    edible meal.

    I did eat one of those frozen "takeout" Chinese meals on Sunday
    night, but Sunday is usually heat and eat night here. It was OK.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, April 03, 2019 15:15:06
    Hi Ruth,

    and don't fel the cold. Weather report says that we're to have 60s today, 70s next couple of days, 60s on Sunday and back to 50s on
    Monday.
    Guess we'll not break out the shorts yet. (G)

    A friend locally wears Hawaiian shirts and shorts until it goes below freezing. Then he wears long pants. The guy is a furnace
    apparently.

    Some people are. We knew it was cold on Oahu when our senior pastor wore
    socks, our associate pastor wore long sleeved shirts. Yesterday we
    didn't get any snow but an hour west of us they had flurries, stuck to
    the ground a bit not that much further west. Today is clear and in the
    mid 60s. I'm not packing away colder weather clothes yet.


    Generally ask forgiveness, but if it's damaged they don't want
    to
    sell it anyway, at least here. Or they want to know about it.

    That seems to be the unwritten rule. Or, if they really want to get
    rid
    of it, they will let you have it for a super low price, sometimes
    free.

    It's happened, but if it's a battery piece and the electrical is
    shot, even free is too much.

    Sometimes it's free so it can be your problem to deal with. Depending on
    what it is, we've taken and refurbished or repurposed free items.


    Now the dentist says that due to the MS and some other factors
    she
    needs more information on how to deal with me. Making matters
    worse,
    I have an orphan form of the disease, and will react
    differently to
    everything than a "normal" MS patient.

    New dentist or one you've been seeing for years? If the latter, she should be somewhat aware of your problems.

    New one. The old one retired.

    So you have to break in the new one. Fun job. (G)


    It's OK emergency chow, but I wouldn't serve it regularly.

    Nor would I; there's usually something in the pantry that can be combined with something else in the fridge or freezer to make a
    more
    edible meal.

    I did eat one of those frozen "takeout" Chinese meals on Sunday
    night, but Sunday is usually heat and eat night here. It was OK.

    We usually have odds and ends--whatever's available on Sunday nights.
    The mid day meal is usually a bit later so I'm not hungry until 7-ish.
    By then I don't want a lot to eat so I'll just have something light.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Friday, April 05, 2019 00:52:22
    School busses sliding all over the road is not good publicity.
    It
    wouldn't have been good for the teachers either.

    Ah, so when it hit, it was nasty enough... and coinciding with
    school
    traffic times...

    Meanwhile two hours later, it was just wet.

    True. I at least try to go for smaller items for the most
    part.

    And things you expect to be able to sell... or would just as soon
    keep
    for yourself.... or already know where to donate or rehome them....
    ;)


    Precisely. Some of them get sold, some get sent to new homes
    locally, and some go into the hoard.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, April 05, 2019 23:58:22
    A friend locally wears Hawaiian shirts and shorts until it
    goes below
    freezing. Then he wears long pants. The guy is a furnace
    apparently.

    Some people are. We knew it was cold on Oahu when our senior pastor
    wore
    socks, our associate pastor wore long sleeved shirts. Yesterday we

    That's how you know it's freezing out. Andy wears long pants. When
    it gets close to zero he wears a coat.

    didn't get any snow but an hour west of us they had flurries, stuck
    to
    the ground a bit not that much further west. Today is clear and in
    the
    mid 60s. I'm not packing away colder weather clothes yet.

    Parts of CT are getting snow/ice tonight in the higher areas. I'm
    getting rain. Tomorrow? Up to about 60.

    It's happened, but if it's a battery piece and the electrical
    is
    shot, even free is too much.

    Sometimes it's free so it can be your problem to deal with.
    Depending on
    what it is, we've taken and refurbished or repurposed free items.

    Me too, depending.

    New dentist or one you've been seeing for years? If the
    latter, she
    should be somewhat aware of your problems.

    New one. The old one retired.

    So you have to break in the new one. Fun job. (G)

    The old doc picked her, so she knows her stuff. Now she has to learn
    to know me.

    I did eat one of those frozen "takeout" Chinese meals on
    Sunday
    night, but Sunday is usually heat and eat night here. It was
    OK.

    We usually have odds and ends--whatever's available on Sunday
    nights.
    The mid day meal is usually a bit later so I'm not hungry until 7-
    ish.
    By then I don't want a lot to eat so I'll just have something
    light.

    Generally no one cooks here on a Sunday. Tonight was pot roast made
    with onion soup mix, a can of diced tomatoes, potatoes, and a chunk
    of bottom round the supermarket literally gave away. It was on sale
    for $1.88/pound and had a coupon for quick sale on it. The sale
    coupon was more than the sale price of the beef. No-brainer on that
    one! Cooked the meat low and slow and added potatoes.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, April 06, 2019 16:38:05
    Hi Ruth,

    A friend locally wears Hawaiian shirts and shorts until it
    goes below
    freezing. Then he wears long pants. The guy is a furnace apparently.

    Some people are. We knew it was cold on Oahu when our senior pastor
    wore
    socks, our associate pastor wore long sleeved shirts. Yesterday we

    That's how you know it's freezing out. Andy wears long pants. When
    it gets close to zero he wears a coat.

    Soundslike he might have been raised north of where Jim Weller lives.
    (G)


    didn't get any snow but an hour west of us they had flurries, stuck
    to
    the ground a bit not that much further west. Today is clear and in
    the
    mid 60s. I'm not packing away colder weather clothes yet.

    Parts of CT are getting snow/ice tonight in the higher areas. I'm
    getting rain. Tomorrow? Up to about 60.

    We had rain yesterday, predicted again for Monday into Tuesday. Better
    rain than snow.


    It's happened, but if it's a battery piece and the electrical
    is
    shot, even free is too much.

    Sometimes it's free so it can be your problem to deal with.
    Depending on
    what it is, we've taken and refurbished or repurposed free items.

    Me too, depending.

    Agreed, but you can come up with some real winners.


    New dentist or one you've been seeing for years? If the
    latter, she
    should be somewhat aware of your problems.

    New one. The old one retired.

    So you have to break in the new one. Fun job. (G)

    The old doc picked her, so she knows her stuff. Now she has to learn
    to know me.

    She didn't read your records?

    I did eat one of those frozen "takeout" Chinese meals on
    Sunday
    night, but Sunday is usually heat and eat night here. It was
    OK.

    We usually have odds and ends--whatever's available on Sunday
    nights.
    The mid day meal is usually a bit later so I'm not hungry until 7-
    ish.
    By then I don't want a lot to eat so I'll just have something
    light.

    Generally no one cooks here on a Sunday. Tonight was pot roast made
    with onion soup mix, a can of diced tomatoes, potatoes, and a chunk
    of bottom round the supermarket literally gave away. It was on sale
    for $1.88/pound and had a coupon for quick sale on it. The sale
    coupon was more than the sale price of the beef. No-brainer on that
    one! Cooked the meat low and slow and added potatoes.

    Sounds good. We had left over chicken; Steve had the last of the Marsala
    and I had a piece from the Publix recipe we decided not to keep. Had
    some tossed salad Steve brought home from the Legion meeting to go with
    it.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Monday, April 08, 2019 16:47:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 04-04-19 23:52 <=-

    School busses sliding all over the road is not good publicity.
    It wouldn't have been good for the teachers either.
    Ah, so when it hit, it was nasty enough... and coinciding with
    school traffic times...

    Meanwhile two hours later, it was just wet.

    Making administrators think they should have just opted for a delayed start....?

    True. I at least try to go for smaller items for the most
    part.
    And things you expect to be able to sell... or would just as soon
    keep for yourself.... or already know where to donate or rehome
    them.... ;)

    Precisely. Some of them get sold, some get sent to new homes
    locally, and some go into the hoard.

    And then off you go, looking for more of them.... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Thursday, April 11, 2019 00:03:14
    wore
    socks, our associate pastor wore long sleeved shirts.
    Yesterday we

    That's how you know it's freezing out. Andy wears long pants.
    When
    it gets close to zero he wears a coat.

    Soundslike he might have been raised north of where Jim Weller
    lives.
    (G)

    As far as I know, he's local.

    Parts of CT are getting snow/ice tonight in the higher areas.
    I'm
    getting rain. Tomorrow? Up to about 60.

    We had rain yesterday, predicted again for Monday into Tuesday.
    Better
    rain than snow.

    Meanwhile, the ups and downs of the barometer are not fun.

    what it is, we've taken and refurbished or repurposed free
    items.

    Me too, depending.

    Agreed, but you can come up with some real winners.

    A friend furnished her first house that way. Forty years later and
    change she still has some of those pieces.

    So you have to break in the new one. Fun job. (G)

    The old doc picked her, so she knows her stuff. Now she has to
    learn
    to know me.

    She didn't read your records?

    She did, thankfully, but those don't tell the whole story obviously.
    She does however know something about how MS operates.

    for $1.88/pound and had a coupon for quick sale on it. The
    sale
    coupon was more than the sale price of the beef. No-brainer on
    that
    one! Cooked the meat low and slow and added potatoes.

    Sounds good. We had left over chicken; Steve had the last of the
    Marsala
    and I had a piece from the Publix recipe we decided not to keep.
    Had
    some tossed salad Steve brought home from the Legion meeting to go
    with
    it.

    Sounds good to me. Tonight was homemade vegetable soup with a side
    of hot dogs. (LOL)
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Thursday, April 11, 2019 13:04:19
    Hi Ruth,

    That's how you know it's freezing out. Andy wears long pants.
    When
    it gets close to zero he wears a coat.

    Soundslike he might have been raised north of where Jim Weller
    lives.
    (G)

    As far as I know, he's local.

    Just happens to like cold weather. I was like that, many years ago. Had
    the sense to wear a jacket, but not always zipped, in the winter.

    Parts of CT are getting snow/ice tonight in the higher areas.
    I'm
    getting rain. Tomorrow? Up to about 60.

    We had rain yesterday, predicted again for Monday into Tuesday.
    Better
    rain than snow.

    Meanwhile, the ups and downs of the barometer are not fun.

    No, they aren't. Right now we're warm and sunny--good grilling weather
    but unless you have a covered grill, everything gets coated in pollen.
    Had quite the storm system go thru Monday night so the truck got washed
    clean but by the time we got in it to go for some lab work for me on
    Tuesday (about 9:15 am), it had a yellow coating again.

    what it is, we've taken and refurbished or repurposed free
    items.

    Me too, depending.

    Agreed, but you can come up with some real winners.

    A friend furnished her first house that way. Forty years later and
    change she still has some of those pieces.

    I can believe it. We've got some family heirloom pieces, some other old
    ones we've been given and some things we've bought--a good mix.


    So you have to break in the new one. Fun job. (G)

    The old doc picked her, so she knows her stuff. Now she has to
    learn
    to know me.

    She didn't read your records?

    She did, thankfully, but those don't tell the whole story obviously.
    She does however know something about how MS operates.

    So she should pick up quickly on problem areas.

    for $1.88/pound and had a coupon for quick sale on it. The
    sale
    coupon was more than the sale price of the beef. No-brainer on
    that
    one! Cooked the meat low and slow and added potatoes.

    Sounds good. We had left over chicken; Steve had the last of the
    Marsala
    and I had a piece from the Publix recipe we decided not to keep.
    Had
    some tossed salad Steve brought home from the Legion meeting to go
    with
    it.

    Sounds good to me. Tonight was homemade vegetable soup with a side
    of hot dogs. (LOL)

    Tonight Steve has Legion meeting (last week was VFW, not Legion) so I'll
    have leftover German potato salad and left over chicken from the Publix
    recipe I tried last week. Made the potato salad last night to go with
    some ribs Steve had smoked, then put into the freezer.


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Friday, April 12, 2019 23:37:00

    It wouldn't have been good for the teachers either.
    Ah, so when it hit, it was nasty enough... and coinciding with
    school traffic times...

    Meanwhile two hours later, it was just wet.

    Making administrators think they should have just opted for a
    delayed
    start....?

    I think they did that, another time.

    True. I at least try to go for smaller items for the most
    part.
    And things you expect to be able to sell... or would just as
    soon
    keep for yourself.... or already know where to donate or rehome
    them.... ;)

    Precisely. Some of them get sold, some get sent to new homes
    locally, and some go into the hoard.

    And then off you go, looking for more of them.... :)

    Darned tootin'. I picked one up this morning from a pile of
    freebies. It's already going to sell to another home. I'm in a
    group on Facebook mainly for low dollar stuff, but a few bucks for
    something I have zero in is OK by me!

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 23:29:00
    Soundslike he might have been raised north of where Jim
    Weller
    lives.
    (G)

    As far as I know, he's local.

    Just happens to like cold weather. I was like that, many years ago.
    Had
    the sense to wear a jacket, but not always zipped, in the winter.

    I still don't wear gloves to drive until it gets down to freezing.

    Meanwhile, the ups and downs of the barometer are not fun.

    No, they aren't. Right now we're warm and sunny--good grilling
    weather
    but unless you have a covered grill, everything gets coated in
    pollen.

    We had a gullywasher of a storm roll through that knocked some of the
    tree pollen down, but that wouldn't have been good grilling weather
    either.

    Had quite the storm system go thru Monday night so the truck got
    washed
    clean but by the time we got in it to go for some lab work for me
    on
    Tuesday (about 9:15 am), it had a yellow coating again.

    My car fun was replacing two tires; the next town over has stone
    curbs, and those curbs eat tires.

    A friend furnished her first house that way. Forty years
    later and
    change she still has some of those pieces.

    I can believe it. We've got some family heirloom pieces, some other
    old
    ones we've been given and some things we've bought--a good mix.

    Meanwhile, some folks pay decorators to get the same look!

    She didn't read your records?

    She did, thankfully, but those don't tell the whole story
    obviously.
    She does however know something about how MS operates.

    So she should pick up quickly on problem areas.

    Except that my version of the disease is one of the orphans. I don't
    even react the way "normal MS patients" do. Go figure.

    Tonight Steve has Legion meeting (last week was VFW, not Legion) so
    I'll
    have leftover German potato salad and left over chicken from the
    Publix
    recipe I tried last week. Made the potato salad last night to go
    with
    some ribs Steve had smoked, then put into the freezer.

    Sounds good to me! I made mac and cheese tonight, but overcooked the
    pasta. I baked the mac and cheese, but it came out liquid-y somehow.
    Either not enough cheese or too waterlogged pasta. Tasted OK though.
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 15:44:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 04-12-19 23:36 <=-

    It wouldn't have been good for the teachers either.
    Ah, so when it hit, it was nasty enough... and coinciding with
    school traffic times...
    Meanwhile two hours later, it was just wet.
    Making administrators think they should have just opted for a
    delayed start....?

    I think they did that, another time.

    It's what seems to happen most of the time around here... :)

    True. I at least try to go for smaller items for the most
    part.
    And things you expect to be able to sell... or would just as
    soon keep for yourself.... or already know where to donate or
    rehome them.... ;)
    Precisely. Some of them get sold, some get sent to new homes
    locally, and some go into the hoard.
    And then off you go, looking for more of them.... :)

    Darned tootin'. I picked one up this morning from a pile of
    freebies. It's already going to sell to another home. I'm in a
    group on Facebook mainly for low dollar stuff, but a few bucks for something I have zero in is OK by me!

    Pretty darn good, actually... :)

    ttyl neb

    ... Actually I Can Believe It's Not Butter.

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 13:39:44
    Hi Ruth,

    As far as I know, he's local.

    Just happens to like cold weather. I was like that, many years ago.
    Had
    the sense to wear a jacket, but not always zipped, in the winter.

    I still don't wear gloves to drive until it gets down to freezing.

    I'll wear them to keep the wrists warm. Enough arthritis in them that
    the gloves are a help.

    Meanwhile, the ups and downs of the barometer are not fun.

    No, they aren't. Right now we're warm and sunny--good grilling
    weather
    but unless you have a covered grill, everything gets coated in
    pollen.

    We had a gullywasher of a storm roll through that knocked some of the
    tree pollen down, but that wouldn't have been good grilling weather either.

    We had that too, but yesterday we did grill--a pretty day, just a bit on
    the cool side tho.

    Had quite the storm system go thru Monday night so the truck got
    washed
    clean but by the time we got in it to go for some lab work for me
    on
    Tuesday (about 9:15 am), it had a yellow coating again.

    My car fun was replacing two tires; the next town over has stone
    curbs, and those curbs eat tires.

    No fun. We got new tires all around for the truck last year.

    A friend furnished her first house that way. Forty years
    later and
    change she still has some of those pieces.

    I can believe it. We've got some family heirloom pieces, some other
    old
    ones we've been given and some things we've bought--a good mix.

    Meanwhile, some folks pay decorators to get the same look!

    Yes, and the 50s colors are coming back for kitchens.

    She didn't read your records?

    She did, thankfully, but those don't tell the whole story
    obviously.
    She does however know something about how MS operates.

    So she should pick up quickly on problem areas.

    Except that my version of the disease is one of the orphans. I don't
    even react the way "normal MS patients" do. Go figure.

    Can't even predict how you'll react to drugs, etc?


    Tonight Steve has Legion meeting (last week was VFW, not Legion) so
    I'll
    have leftover German potato salad and left over chicken from the
    Publix
    recipe I tried last week. Made the potato salad last night to go
    with
    some ribs Steve had smoked, then put into the freezer.

    Sounds good to me! I made mac and cheese tonight, but overcooked the pasta. I baked the mac and cheese, but it came out liquid-y somehow. Either not enough cheese or too waterlogged pasta. Tasted OK though.

    Tastes OK is the bottom line in most all cooking. If it tastes good
    enough to eat, then you're doing something right.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Friday, April 19, 2019 23:51:18
    school traffic times...
    Meanwhile two hours later, it was just wet.
    Making administrators think they should have just opted for a
    delayed start....?

    I think they did that, another time.

    It's what seems to happen most of the time around here... :)

    Today it started out humid and didn't get wet until it was way too
    late to delay anything except tomorrow's tag sales. Which don't
    exist. I"m headed to another grocery store after braving a madhouse
    today. Vanilla ice cream here we come.


    Precisely. Some of them get sold, some get sent to new
    homes
    locally, and some go into the hoard.
    And then off you go, looking for more of them.... :)

    Darned tootin'. I picked one up this morning from a pile of
    freebies. It's already going to sell to another home. I'm in
    a
    group on Facebook mainly for low dollar stuff, but a few bucks
    for
    something I have zero in is OK by me!

    Pretty darn good, actually... :)

    Free money. Gotta love it!
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Saturday, April 20, 2019 00:19:54
    I still don't wear gloves to drive until it gets down to
    freezing.

    I'll wear them to keep the wrists warm. Enough arthritis in them
    that
    the gloves are a help.

    That's one problem I don't have. Stiff or wobbly legs sometimes, but
    not Uncle Arthur.

    We had a gullywasher of a storm roll through that knocked some
    of the
    tree pollen down, but that wouldn't have been good grilling
    weather
    either.

    We had that too, but yesterday we did grill--a pretty day, just a
    bit on
    the cool side tho.

    It would have been OK today too, until it started pouring. I had meat
    loaf and baked asparagus instead.

    My car fun was replacing two tires; the next town over has
    stone
    curbs, and those curbs eat tires.

    No fun. We got new tires all around for the truck last year.

    Not cheap, but cheaper than no tread or a blowout.

    Meanwhile, some folks pay decorators to get the same look!

    Yes, and the 50s colors are coming back for kitchens.

    Amuses me no end.

    Except that my version of the disease is one of the orphans.
    I don't
    even react the way "normal MS patients" do. Go figure.

    Can't even predict how you'll react to drugs, etc?

    Except that it won't be good. I don't react to opiates except to get
    the side effects, for instance. Neurologically active drugs are
    guaranteed to be trouble.

    Sounds good to me! I made mac and cheese tonight, but
    overcooked the
    pasta. I baked the mac and cheese, but it came out liquid-y
    somehow.
    Either not enough cheese or too waterlogged pasta. Tasted OK
    though.

    Tastes OK is the bottom line in most all cooking. If it tastes good
    enough to eat, then you're doing something right.

    Add enough cheese to pasta and it'll pretty much always taste good.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, April 20, 2019 13:50:43
    Hi Ruth,

    I still don't wear gloves to drive until it gets down to
    freezing.

    I'll wear them to keep the wrists warm. Enough arthritis in them
    that
    the gloves are a help.

    That's one problem I don't have. Stiff or wobbly legs sometimes, but
    not Uncle Arthur.

    Be glad; I've broken enough bones over the years that the osteo
    arthritis has set in in various places. So far it's not as bad as the rheumitoid arthritis my mom had tho.

    We had a gullywasher of a storm roll through that knocked some
    of the
    tree pollen down, but that wouldn't have been good grilling
    weather
    either.

    We had that too, but yesterday we did grill--a pretty day, just a
    bit on
    the cool side tho.

    It would have been OK today too, until it started pouring. I had meat
    loaf and baked asparagus instead.

    We had another set of storms blow thru yesterday, including some
    possible tornadoes around, but not in, WF. Supper was beef curry over
    rice, no grilling for us either.

    My car fun was replacing two tires; the next town over has
    stone
    curbs, and those curbs eat tires.

    No fun. We got new tires all around for the truck last year.

    Not cheap, but cheaper than no tread or a blowout.

    True, especially while towing.


    Meanwhile, some folks pay decorators to get the same look!

    Yes, and the 50s colors are coming back for kitchens.

    Amuses me no end.

    Not for my kitchen. Right now it's still the creme brule that was
    painted thruout the house when we bought it. We'll probably keep the
    kitchen that color but change out the paint color in some of the other
    rooms.

    Except that my version of the disease is one of the orphans.
    I don't
    even react the way "normal MS patients" do. Go figure.

    Can't even predict how you'll react to drugs, etc?

    Except that it won't be good. I don't react to opiates except to get
    the side effects, for instance. Neurologically active drugs are guaranteed to be trouble.

    Can't win for losing. I can't do the opiods either.

    Sounds good to me! I made mac and cheese tonight, but
    overcooked the
    pasta. I baked the mac and cheese, but it came out liquid-y
    somehow.
    Either not enough cheese or too waterlogged pasta. Tasted OK
    though.

    Tastes OK is the bottom line in most all cooking. If it tastes good enough to eat, then you're doing something right.

    Add enough cheese to pasta and it'll pretty much always taste good.

    There are rare cases where it doesn't work but those are more the
    exception than the rule.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Sunday, April 21, 2019 20:35:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 04-19-19 23:51 <=-

    school traffic times...
    Meanwhile two hours later, it was just wet.
    Making administrators think they should have just opted for a
    delayed start....?
    I think they did that, another time.
    It's what seems to happen most of the time around here... :)

    Today it started out humid and didn't get wet until it was way too
    late to delay anything except tomorrow's tag sales. Which don't
    exist. I"m headed to another grocery store after braving a madhouse today. Vanilla ice cream here we come.

    Did you get anything worthwhile....? Or did you just get wet and
    harried....? ;0 Vanilla ice cream sounds like a lovely panacea... :)

    Precisely. Some of them get sold, some get sent to new
    homes locally, and some go into the hoard.
    And then off you go, looking for more of them.... :)
    Darned tootin'. I picked one up this morning from a pile of freebies. It's already going to sell to another home. I'm in
    a group on Facebook mainly for low dollar stuff, but a few
    bucks for something I have zero in is OK by me!
    Pretty darn good, actually... :)

    Free money. Gotta love it!

    Yup. :)

    ttyl neb

    ... He who says it can't be done shouldn't interrupt the person doing it.

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, April 26, 2019 23:01:00
    That's one problem I don't have. Stiff or wobbly legs
    sometimes, but
    not Uncle Arthur.

    Be glad; I've broken enough bones over the years that the osteo
    arthritis has set in in various places. So far it's not as bad as
    the
    rheumitoid arthritis my mom had tho.

    That's a bear.

    It would have been OK today too, until it started pouring. I
    had meat
    loaf and baked asparagus instead.

    We had another set of storms blow thru yesterday, including some
    possible tornadoes around, but not in, WF. Supper was beef curry
    over
    rice, no grilling for us either.

    Definitely none here today. Heavy rain off and on, thunder, hail ...
    no thanks.

    Yes, and the 50s colors are coming back for kitchens.

    Amuses me no end.

    Not for my kitchen. Right now it's still the creme brule that was
    painted thruout the house when we bought it. We'll probably keep
    the
    kitchen that color but change out the paint color in some of the
    other
    rooms.

    No black and white for you guys? The flippers go for grays these
    days apparently, instead of the tans and browns.

    Can't even predict how you'll react to drugs, etc?

    Except that it won't be good. I don't react to opiates except
    to get
    the side effects, for instance. Neurologically active drugs
    are
    guaranteed to be trouble.

    Can't win for losing. I can't do the opiods either.

    Pretty much. The military has an apt description for what I run into constantly. Cluster. That's all I can type of it of course.

    Add enough cheese to pasta and it'll pretty much always taste
    good.

    There are rare cases where it doesn't work but those are more the
    exception than the rule.

    Overload is possible. Difficult, but possible.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Friday, April 26, 2019 23:43:42
    late to delay anything except tomorrow's tag sales. Which don't
    exist. I"m headed to another grocery store after braving a
    madhouse
    today. Vanilla ice cream here we come.

    Did you get anything worthwhile....? Or did you just get wet and harried....? ;0 Vanilla ice cream sounds like a lovely panacea...
    :)

    Not much worth writing home about. I did score at the Ill Will this week however - one heavy-duty rhinestone set and some nice yellow scrap
    metal. Let's just say it paid for itself.

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, April 27, 2019 15:16:37
    Hi Ruth,

    That's one problem I don't have. Stiff or wobbly legs
    sometimes, but
    not Uncle Arthur.

    Be glad; I've broken enough bones over the years that the osteo arthritis has set in in various places. So far it's not as bad as
    the rheumitoid arthritis my mom had tho.

    That's a bear.

    Seeing what she had, I agree.

    It would have been OK today too, until it started pouring. I
    had meat
    loaf and baked asparagus instead.

    We had another set of storms blow thru yesterday, including some possible tornadoes around, but not in, WF. Supper was beef curry
    over
    rice, no grilling for us either.

    Definitely none here today. Heavy rain off and on, thunder, hail ...
    no thanks.

    There were several tornadoes in that storm system, including an EF 2
    that hit a dairy operation a couple of counties over.

    Yes, and the 50s colors are coming back for kitchens.

    Amuses me no end.

    Not for my kitchen. Right now it's still the creme brule that was painted thruout the house when we bought it. We'll probably keep
    the
    kitchen that color but change out the paint color in some of the
    other
    rooms.

    No black and white for you guys? The flippers go for grays these
    days apparently, instead of the tans and browns.

    I've noticed, and am less than impressed.

    Can't even predict how you'll react to drugs, etc?

    Except that it won't be good. I don't react to opiates except
    to get
    the side effects, for instance. Neurologically active drugs
    are
    guaranteed to be trouble.

    Can't win for losing. I can't do the opiods either.

    Pretty much. The military has an apt description for what I run into constantly. Cluster. That's all I can type of it of course.

    Nothing more is needed.

    Add enough cheese to pasta and it'll pretty much always taste
    good.

    There are rare cases where it doesn't work but those are more the exception than the rule.

    Overload is possible. Difficult, but possible.

    Depends on the cheese--some you can over do with just a very small
    amout, others you can have a good bit of and still not have enough.


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 20:37:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 04-26-19 23:43 <=-

    late to delay anything except tomorrow's tag sales. Which don't exist. I"m headed to another grocery store after braving a
    madhouse today. Vanilla ice cream here we come.
    Did you get anything worthwhile....? Or did you just get wet and harried...? ;0 Vanilla ice cream sounds like a lovely panacea... :)

    Not much worth writing home about. I did score at the Ill Will this
    week however - one heavy-duty rhinestone set and some nice yellow
    scrap metal. Let's just say it paid for itself.

    That's always a nice state of things... :) Did you sell it to someone
    or just for scrap....? :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Wednesday, May 01, 2019 22:34:02
    Be glad; I've broken enough bones over the years that the
    osteo
    arthritis has set in in various places. So far it's not as
    bad as
    the rheumitoid arthritis my mom had tho.

    That's a bear.

    Seeing what she had, I agree.

    Psoriatic arthritis is right in there too. Then there's Lupus.
    Eyyuch.

    over
    rice, no grilling for us either.

    Definitely none here today. Heavy rain off and on, thunder,
    hail ...
    no thanks.

    There were several tornadoes in that storm system, including an EF
    2
    that hit a dairy operation a couple of counties over.

    Instant butter, if the storm got hold of a milk tank?

    painted thruout the house when we bought it. We'll probably
    keep
    the
    kitchen that color but change out the paint color in some of
    the
    other
    rooms.

    No black and white for you guys? The flippers go for grays
    these
    days apparently, instead of the tans and browns.

    I've noticed, and am less than impressed.

    It's nice the first time, but not so much by the 20th.

    Can't win for losing. I can't do the opiods either.

    Pretty much. The military has an apt description for what I
    run into
    constantly. Cluster. That's all I can type of it of course.

    Nothing more is needed.

    Nor wanted.

    Add enough cheese to pasta and it'll pretty much always
    taste
    good.

    There are rare cases where it doesn't work but those are
    more the
    exception than the rule.

    Overload is possible. Difficult, but possible.

    Depends on the cheese--some you can over do with just a very small
    amout, others you can have a good bit of and still not have enough.

    Limburger. Handkaase. Cream cheese, for the opposite reason.
    American Provelone is too much in any quantity.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Thursday, May 02, 2019 12:38:30
    Hi Ruth,

    arthritis has set in in various places. So far it's not as
    bad as
    the rheumitoid arthritis my mom had tho.

    That's a bear.

    Seeing what she had, I agree.

    Psoriatic arthritis is right in there too. Then there's Lupus.
    Eyyuch.

    From what I've heard about the former, yes. From what I know about the
    latter (friend in AZ has had it for 20+ years), it's really bad.

    over
    rice, no grilling for us either.

    Definitely none here today. Heavy rain off and on, thunder,
    hail ...
    no thanks.

    There were several tornadoes in that storm system, including an EF
    2
    that hit a dairy operation a couple of counties over.

    Instant butter, if the storm got hold of a milk tank?

    The storm spared the major dairy buildings. We stopped at their outlet
    (milk and ice cream) store on Tuesday--they must have had at least 20
    different flavors of ice cream available for cones/cups/shakes, etc plus
    tub packs. Very generous with the scoops too.

    painted thruout the house when we bought it. We'll probably
    keep the
    kitchen that color but change out the paint color in some of
    the other rooms.

    No black and white for you guys? The flippers go for grays
    these
    days apparently, instead of the tans and browns.

    I've noticed, and am less than impressed.

    It's nice the first time, but not so much by the 20th.

    Nice for other people's houses but not ours. (G)

    Can't win for losing. I can't do the opiods either.

    Pretty much. The military has an apt description for what I
    run into
    constantly. Cluster. That's all I can type of it of course.

    Nothing more is needed.

    Nor wanted.

    Got that right!


    Add enough cheese to pasta and it'll pretty much always
    taste good.

    There are rare cases where it doesn't work but those are
    more the
    exception than the rule.

    Overload is possible. Difficult, but possible.

    Depends on the cheese--some you can over do with just a very small amout, others you can have a good bit of and still not have enough.

    Limburger. Handkaase. Cream cheese, for the opposite reason.
    American Provelone is too much in any quantity.

    I'll take a pass on anything that's overloaded with blue cheese--unless
    I can pick it out/leave it on the side. Even a tablespoon can be too
    much sometimes.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Monday, May 06, 2019 23:40:34
    Not much worth writing home about. I did score at the Ill Will
    this
    week however - one heavy-duty rhinestone set and some nice yellow
    scrap metal. Let's just say it paid for itself.

    That's always a nice state of things... :) Did you sell it to
    someone
    or just for scrap....? :)

    Yes. (LOL) Scrapped some, held onto some. I'm selling the rhinestones
    though - look up D&E Easter Egg jewelry and you'll see why. The pieces
    I found were a little different, but that jewelry shows up in the
    dictionary under Gaudy.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Tuesday, May 07, 2019 00:02:18
    bad as
    the rheumitoid arthritis my mom had tho.

    That's a bear.

    Seeing what she had, I agree.

    Psoriatic arthritis is right in there too. Then there's
    Lupus.
    Eyyuch.

    From what I've heard about the former, yes. From what I know about
    the
    latter (friend in AZ has had it for 20+ years), it's really bad.

    It can be. For some folks it's off and on, but for others not so
    much. It killed a distant cousin; Lupus can attack internal organs
    and kill you.

    There were several tornadoes in that storm system, including
    an EF
    2
    that hit a dairy operation a couple of counties over.

    Instant butter, if the storm got hold of a milk tank?

    The storm spared the major dairy buildings. We stopped at their
    outlet
    (milk and ice cream) store on Tuesday--they must have had at least
    20
    different flavors of ice cream available for cones/cups/shakes, etc
    plus
    tub packs. Very generous with the scoops too.

    Sounds like a good place to be.

    No black and white for you guys? The flippers go for
    grays
    these
    days apparently, instead of the tans and browns.

    I've noticed, and am less than impressed.

    It's nice the first time, but not so much by the 20th.

    Nice for other people's houses but not ours. (G)

    Mine either.

    Can't win for losing. I can't do the opiods either.

    Pretty much. The military has an apt description for
    what I
    run into
    constantly. Cluster. That's all I can type of it of
    course.

    Nothing more is needed.

    Nor wanted.

    Got that right!

    In all possible senses.

    Overload is possible. Difficult, but possible.

    Depends on the cheese--some you can over do with just a very
    small
    amout, others you can have a good bit of and still not have
    enough.

    Limburger. Handkaase. Cream cheese, for the opposite reason.
    American Provelone is too much in any quantity.

    I'll take a pass on anything that's overloaded with blue cheese--
    unless
    I can pick it out/leave it on the side. Even a tablespoon can be
    too
    much sometimes.

    I'll eat yours. I'd eat it with a spoon.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, May 08, 2019 21:08:13
    Hi Ruth,

    Psoriatic arthritis is right in there too. Then there's
    Lupus. Eyyuch.

    From what I've heard about the former, yes. From what I know about
    the
    latter (friend in AZ has had it for 20+ years), it's really bad.

    It can be. For some folks it's off and on, but for others not so
    much. It killed a distant cousin; Lupus can attack internal organs
    and kill you.

    Gets you one way or another.


    There were several tornadoes in that storm system, including
    an EF
    2
    that hit a dairy operation a couple of counties over.

    Instant butter, if the storm got hold of a milk tank?

    The storm spared the major dairy buildings. We stopped at their
    outlet
    (milk and ice cream) store on Tuesday--they must have had at least
    20
    different flavors of ice cream available for cones/cups/shakes, etc
    plus
    tub packs. Very generous with the scoops too.

    Sounds like a good place to be.

    If you like good ice cream out in the middle of nowhere, yes. (G)

    No black and white for you guys? The flippers go for
    grays
    these
    days apparently, instead of the tans and browns.

    I've noticed, and am less than impressed.

    It's nice the first time, but not so much by the 20th.

    Nice for other people's houses but not ours. (G)

    Mine either.

    Not for me in clothing either, unless a choir director specifies so. Had
    to buy a black shirt a few years ago for that reason.


    Overload is possible. Difficult, but possible.

    Depends on the cheese--some you can over do with just a very
    small
    amout, others you can have a good bit of and still not have
    enough.

    Limburger. Handkaase. Cream cheese, for the opposite reason. American Provelone is too much in any quantity.

    I'll take a pass on anything that's overloaded with blue cheese--
    unless
    I can pick it out/leave it on the side. Even a tablespoon can be
    too
    much sometimes.

    I'll eat yours. I'd eat it with a spoon.

    Sounds fair to me. (G)

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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Thursday, May 09, 2019 21:23:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 05-06-19 23:40 <=-

    Not much worth writing home about. I did score at the Ill Will
    this week however - one heavy-duty rhinestone set and some nice
    yellow scrap metal. Let's just say it paid for itself.
    That's always a nice state of things... :) Did you sell it to
    someone or just for scrap....? :)

    Yes. (LOL) Scrapped some, held onto some. I'm selling the
    rhinestones though - look up D&E Easter Egg jewelry and you'll see
    why. The pieces I found were a little different, but that jewelry
    shows up in the dictionary under Gaudy.

    And some people like that sort of stuff.... ;)

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, May 10, 2019 23:33:38
    From what I've heard about the former, yes. From what I know
    about
    the
    latter (friend in AZ has had it for 20+ years), it's really
    bad.

    It can be. For some folks it's off and on, but for others not
    so
    much. It killed a distant cousin; Lupus can attack internal
    organs
    and kill you.

    Gets you one way or another.

    Something has to. Elijah got out of this world without dying, but no
    one else has managed it since.

    20
    different flavors of ice cream available for
    cones/cups/shakes, etc
    plus
    tub packs. Very generous with the scoops too.

    Sounds like a good place to be.

    If you like good ice cream out in the middle of nowhere, yes. (G)

    Good ice cream anywhere, yes.

    I've noticed, and am less than impressed.

    It's nice the first time, but not so much by the 20th.

    Nice for other people's houses but not ours. (G)

    Mine either.

    Not for me in clothing either, unless a choir director specifies
    so. Had
    to buy a black shirt a few years ago for that reason.

    I have some odd colors myself, mostly because ... why not.

    Limburger. Handkaase. Cream cheese, for the opposite
    reason.
    American Provelone is too much in any quantity.

    I'll take a pass on anything that's overloaded with blue
    cheese--
    unless
    I can pick it out/leave it on the side. Even a tablespoon
    can be
    too
    much sometimes.

    I'll eat yours. I'd eat it with a spoon.

    Sounds fair to me. (G)

    I'll leave you the limburger.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Friday, May 10, 2019 23:37:30
    yellow scrap metal. Let's just say it paid for itself.
    That's always a nice state of things... :) Did you sell it to
    someone or just for scrap....? :)

    Yes. (LOL) Scrapped some, held onto some. I'm selling the
    rhinestones though - look up D&E Easter Egg jewelry and you'll
    see
    why. The pieces I found were a little different, but that
    jewelry
    shows up in the dictionary under Gaudy.

    And some people like that sort of stuff.... ;)

    They can have my share, especially if they're paying me for it!
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, May 11, 2019 17:00:29
    Hi Ruth,

    It can be. For some folks it's off and on, but for others not
    so
    much. It killed a distant cousin; Lupus can attack internal
    organs
    and kill you.

    Gets you one way or another.

    Something has to. Elijah got out of this world without dying, but no
    one else has managed it since.

    Enoch beat him--he was translated. (G)


    20
    different flavors of ice cream available for
    cones/cups/shakes, etc
    plus
    tub packs. Very generous with the scoops too.

    Sounds like a good place to be.

    If you like good ice cream out in the middle of nowhere, yes. (G)

    Good ice cream anywhere, yes.

    Agreed. This wasn't really too far off the interstate but you had to
    know it was there.

    (Gray/black)
    Nice for other people's houses but not ours. (G)

    Mine either.

    Not for me in clothing either, unless a choir director specifies
    so. Had
    to buy a black shirt a few years ago for that reason.

    I have some odd colors myself, mostly because ... why not.

    I don't have odd colors--my wardrobe is mostly tho in the
    blue/green/brown shades. A few reds, oranges and yellows but no pinks or purples.


    I'll take a pass on anything that's overloaded with blue
    cheese--
    unless
    I can pick it out/leave it on the side. Even a tablespoon
    can be
    too
    much sometimes.

    I'll eat yours. I'd eat it with a spoon.

    Sounds fair to me. (G)

    I'll leave you the limburger.

    How about we just leave the limburger for somebody else? (G)

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    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 18:47:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Ruth Haffly on 05-10-19 23:33 <=-

    From what I've heard about the former, yes. From what I know
    about the latter (friend in AZ has had it for 20+ years),
    it's really bad.
    It can be. For some folks it's off and on, but for others not
    so much. It killed a distant cousin; Lupus can attack internal organs and kill you.
    Gets you one way or another.

    Something has to. Elijah got out of this world without dying, but no one else has managed it since.

    But Enoch managed it previously.... ;) And there's always the chance
    that we'll be around when we all "meet him in the air"...

    ttyl neb

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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 19:01:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 05-10-19 23:37 <=-

    yellow scrap metal. Let's just say it paid for itself.
    That's always a nice state of things... :) Did you sell it to
    someone or just for scrap....? :)
    Yes. (LOL) Scrapped some, held onto some. I'm selling the
    rhinestones though - look up D&E Easter Egg jewelry and you'll
    see why. The pieces I found were a little different, but that
    jewelry shows up in the dictionary under Gaudy.
    And some people like that sort of stuff.... ;)

    They can have my share, especially if they're paying me for it!

    Paying you for it is good... (G) You can sell my share, too... ;)

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Thursday, May 16, 2019 22:41:40
    much. It killed a distant cousin; Lupus can attack
    internal
    organs
    and kill you.

    Gets you one way or another.

    Something has to. Elijah got out of this world without dying,
    but no
    one else has managed it since.

    Enoch beat him--he was translated. (G)

    Enoch didn't have a witness catching his cape as the chariot went up.
    :-)

    Sounds like a good place to be.

    If you like good ice cream out in the middle of nowhere,
    yes. (G)

    Good ice cream anywhere, yes.

    Agreed. This wasn't really too far off the interstate but you had
    to
    know it was there.

    Every dairy addict in the area does, no doubt.

    to buy a black shirt a few years ago for that reason.

    I have some odd colors myself, mostly because ... why not.

    I don't have odd colors--my wardrobe is mostly tho in the
    blue/green/brown shades. A few reds, oranges and yellows but no
    pinks or
    purples.

    I just bought a fushia sweater at a tag sale this morning. I don't
    wear anything that makes me look like I have the flu, but everything
    else is fair game.

    I'll eat yours. I'd eat it with a spoon.

    Sounds fair to me. (G)

    I'll leave you the limburger.

    How about we just leave the limburger for somebody else? (G)

    Oh Michael...(LOL) We need Clean Dave too. Or possibly just some
    onions.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Thursday, May 16, 2019 23:59:06
    about the latter (friend in AZ has had it for 20+ years),
    it's really bad.
    It can be. For some folks it's off and on, but for others
    not
    so much. It killed a distant cousin; Lupus can attack
    internal
    organs and kill you.
    Gets you one way or another.

    Something has to. Elijah got out of this world without dying,
    but no
    one else has managed it since.

    But Enoch managed it previously.... ;) And there's always the chance
    that we'll be around when we all "meet him in the air"...

    I wouldn't mind a bit! Or be surprised.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Friday, May 17, 2019 19:52:58
    Hi Ruth,

    organs
    and kill you.

    Gets you one way or another.

    Something has to. Elijah got out of this world without dying,
    but no
    one else has managed it since.

    Enoch beat him--he was translated. (G)

    Enoch didn't have a witness catching his cape as the chariot went up.
    :-

    Nobody has found his body/remains to this day tho.


    Sounds like a good place to be.

    If you like good ice cream out in the middle of nowhere,
    yes. (G)

    Good ice cream anywhere, yes.

    Agreed. This wasn't really too far off the interstate but you had
    to
    know it was there.

    Every dairy addict in the area does, no doubt.

    Quite possible. We were at a Cold Stone Creamery the other day; they
    have a good dark chocolate ice cram. Had a toss up between that and the
    mint choc chip but the dark chocolate won out.


    to buy a black shirt a few years ago for that reason.

    I have some odd colors myself, mostly because ... why not.

    I don't have odd colors--my wardrobe is mostly tho in the blue/green/brown shades. A few reds, oranges and yellows but no
    pinks or
    purples.

    I just bought a fushia sweater at a tag sale this morning. I don't
    wear anything that makes me look like I have the flu, but everything
    else is fair game.

    I generally don't wear colors that wash me out, exception is if needed
    for concert black or white. Also don't wear colors that make me look
    sick. I've purged my wardrobe of the latter, do have one pair each of
    black and grey slacks.

    I'll eat yours. I'd eat it with a spoon.

    Sounds fair to me. (G)

    I'll leave you the limburger.

    How about we just leave the limburger for somebody else? (G)

    Oh Michael...(LOL) We need Clean Dave too. Or possibly just some
    onions.

    Doubt Michael would eat it, don't know about Clean Dave.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Saturday, May 18, 2019 23:56:18
    Yes. (LOL) Scrapped some, held onto some. I'm selling the rhinestones though - look up D&E Easter Egg jewelry and you'll
    see why. The pieces I found were a little different, but that jewelry shows up in the dictionary under Gaudy.
    And some people like that sort of stuff.... ;)

    They can have my share, especially if they're paying me for it!

    Paying you for it is good... (G) You can sell my share, too... ;)

    I'm certainly trying!
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Monday, May 20, 2019 21:43:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 05-16-19 23:59 <=-

    about the latter (friend in AZ has had it for 20+ years),
    it's really bad.
    It can be. For some folks it's off and on, but for others
    not so much. It killed a distant cousin; Lupus can attack internal organs and kill you.
    Gets you one way or another.
    Something has to. Elijah got out of this world without dying,
    but no one else has managed it since.
    But Enoch managed it previously.... ;) And there's always the chance
    that we'll be around when we all "meet him in the air"...

    I wouldn't mind a bit! Or be surprised.

    Ditto. :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Monday, May 20, 2019 23:42:30

    one else has managed it since.

    Enoch beat him--he was translated. (G)

    Enoch didn't have a witness catching his cape as the chariot
    went up.
    :-

    Nobody has found his body/remains to this day tho.

    He got the heck outta Dodge, for certain.

    Good ice cream anywhere, yes.

    Agreed. This wasn't really too far off the interstate but
    you had
    to
    know it was there.

    Every dairy addict in the area does, no doubt.

    Quite possible. We were at a Cold Stone Creamery the other day;
    they
    have a good dark chocolate ice cram. Had a toss up between that and
    the
    mint choc chip but the dark chocolate won out.

    Well yeah. Dark chocolate always wins over mint.

    I just bought a fushia sweater at a tag sale this morning. I
    don't
    wear anything that makes me look like I have the flu, but
    everything
    else is fair game.

    I generally don't wear colors that wash me out, exception is if
    needed
    for concert black or white. Also don't wear colors that make me
    look
    sick. I've purged my wardrobe of the latter, do have one pair each
    of
    black and grey slacks.

    Most of my dress slacks are black, navy, tan etc.

    How about we just leave the limburger for somebody else? (G)

    Oh Michael...(LOL) We need Clean Dave too. Or possibly just
    some
    onions.

    Doubt Michael would eat it, don't know about Clean Dave.

    Make it a dare and either one probably would. I've eaten it, didn't appreciate it, but I ate it.
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 21:40:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 05-18-19 23:56 <=-

    Yes. (LOL) Scrapped some, held onto some. I'm selling the rhinestones though - look up D&E Easter Egg jewelry and you'll
    see why. The pieces I found were a little different, but that jewelry shows up in the dictionary under Gaudy.
    And some people like that sort of stuff.... ;)
    They can have my share, especially if they're paying me for it!
    Paying you for it is good... (G) You can sell my share, too... ;)

    I'm certainly trying!

    I wish you great success there... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 14:27:19
    Hi Ruth,

    Enoch beat him--he was translated. (G)

    Enoch didn't have a witness catching his cape as the chariot
    went up.

    Nobody has found his body/remains to this day tho.

    He got the heck outta Dodge, for certain.

    Or the Middle Eastern equivalent. (G)

    Good ice cream anywhere, yes.

    Agreed. This wasn't really too far off the interstate but
    you had to know it was there.

    Every dairy addict in the area does, no doubt.

    Quite possible. We were at a Cold Stone Creamery the other day;
    they
    have a good dark chocolate ice cram. Had a toss up between that and
    the
    mint choc chip but the dark chocolate won out.

    Well yeah. Dark chocolate always wins over mint.

    It was a toss up for sure. Now if they could have added mint to the dark chocolate, that would have been a no brainer choice.


    I just bought a fushia sweater at a tag sale this morning. I
    don't
    wear anything that makes me look like I have the flu, but
    everything
    else is fair game.

    I generally don't wear colors that wash me out, exception is if
    needed
    for concert black or white. Also don't wear colors that make me
    look
    sick. I've purged my wardrobe of the latter, do have one pair each
    of
    black and grey slacks.

    Most of my dress slacks are black, navy, tan etc.

    Most of mine are shades of brown, a bit of green and blue besides the
    one pair each of black and grey.


    How about we just leave the limburger for somebody else? (G)

    Oh Michael...(LOL) We need Clean Dave too. Or possibly just
    some
    onions.

    Doubt Michael would eat it, don't know about Clean Dave.

    Make it a dare and either one probably would. I've eaten it, didn't appreciate it, but I ate it.

    How about we don't buy it in the first place? Then we won't have to
    worry about who will or won't eat it. (G)


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Sunday, May 26, 2019 22:47:26
    Nobody has found his body/remains to this day tho.

    He got the heck outta Dodge, for certain.

    Or the Middle Eastern equivalent. (G)

    Ur of the Chaldees?

    Quite possible. We were at a Cold Stone Creamery the other
    day;
    they
    have a good dark chocolate ice cram. Had a toss up between
    that and
    the
    mint choc chip but the dark chocolate won out.

    Well yeah. Dark chocolate always wins over mint.

    It was a toss up for sure. Now if they could have added mint to the
    dark
    chocolate, that would have been a no brainer choice.

    That would work. Dark chocolate swirl in the mint or a mint swirl in
    the dark chocolate.

    sick. I've purged my wardrobe of the latter, do have one
    pair each
    of
    black and grey slacks.

    Most of my dress slacks are black, navy, tan etc.

    Most of mine are shades of brown, a bit of green and blue besides
    the
    one pair each of black and grey.

    I tend to wear what I can get that fits.

    How about we just leave the limburger for somebody
    else? (G)

    Oh Michael...(LOL) We need Clean Dave too. Or
    possibly just
    some
    onions.

    Doubt Michael would eat it, don't know about Clean Dave.

    Make it a dare and either one probably would. I've eaten it,
    didn't
    appreciate it, but I ate it.

    How about we don't buy it in the first place? Then we won't have to
    worry about who will or won't eat it. (G)

    Not a problem. Spending money on it once was enough.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Monday, May 27, 2019 16:45:52
    Hi Ruth,

    Nobody has found his body/remains to this day tho.

    He got the heck outta Dodge, for certain.

    Or the Middle Eastern equivalent. (G)

    Ur of the Chaldees?

    Possibly so, but who's to know in this life?


    Quite possible. We were at a Cold Stone Creamery the other
    day; they have a good dark chocolate ice cream. Had a toss up
    between that and the mint choc chip but the dark chocolate won out.

    Well yeah. Dark chocolate always wins over mint.

    It was a toss up for sure. Now if they could have added mint to the
    dark chocolate, that would have been a no brainer choice.

    That would work. Dark chocolate swirl in the mint or a mint swirl in
    the dark chocolate.

    I think I'd go for the latter combo.


    sick. I've purged my wardrobe of the latter, do have one
    pair each of black and grey slacks.

    Most of my dress slacks are black, navy, tan etc.

    Most of mine are shades of brown, a bit of green and blue besides
    the one pair each of black and grey.

    I tend to wear what I can get that fits.

    So do I, but there's no problem finding my size. Sometimes I'll need to
    take up a hem or other tweaks to the fit but that's a no brainer job for
    me.

    How about we just leave the limburger for somebody
    else? (G)

    Oh Michael...(LOL) We need Clean Dave too. Or
    possibly just some onions.

    Doubt Michael would eat it, don't know about Clean Dave.

    Make it a dare and either one probably would. I've eaten it,
    didn't appreciate it, but I ate it.

    How about we don't buy it in the first place? Then we won't have to worry about who will or won't eat it. (G)

    Not a problem. Spending money on it once was enough.

    Spending money on it twice is throwing money away.

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    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Saturday, June 01, 2019 18:05:46
    Hi Ruth,

    Nobody has found his body/remains to this day tho.

    He got the heck outta Dodge, for certain.

    Or the Middle Eastern equivalent. (G)

    Ur of the Chaldees?

    Possibly so, but who's to know in this life?

    Certainly not anyone in Ur. There might be a cow or a sheep pen on
    the site now.

    It was a toss up for sure. Now if they could have added mint
    to the
    dark chocolate, that would have been a no brainer choice.

    That would work. Dark chocolate swirl in the mint or a mint
    swirl in
    the dark chocolate.

    I think I'd go for the latter combo.

    I'd end up in the chocolate dulce de leche.

    Most of mine are shades of brown, a bit of green and blue
    besides
    the one pair each of black and grey.

    I tend to wear what I can get that fits.

    So do I, but there's no problem finding my size. Sometimes I'll
    need to
    take up a hem or other tweaks to the fit but that's a no brainer
    job for
    me.

    Pants never fit me; if the waist is correct, the hips are too big
    .... and they always cut the inseam too short on plus sizes. I got
    sick of fixing everything years ago. Now I'm an in-between size and
    nothing ever fits properly and instead of getting better, it's worse.

    How about we just leave the limburger for
    somebody
    else? (G)

    Oh Michael...(LOL) We need Clean Dave too. Or
    possibly just some onions.

    Doubt Michael would eat it, don't know about Clean
    Dave.

    Make it a dare and either one probably would. I've
    eaten it,
    didn't appreciate it, but I ate it.

    How about we don't buy it in the first place? Then we won't
    have to
    worry about who will or won't eat it. (G)

    Not a problem. Spending money on it once was enough.

    Spending money on it twice is throwing money away.

    I can find lots of better ways to do that.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Sunday, June 02, 2019 19:25:46
    Hi Ruth,

    He got the heck outta Dodge, for certain.

    Or the Middle Eastern equivalent. (G)

    Ur of the Chaldees?

    Possibly so, but who's to know in this life?

    Certainly not anyone in Ur. There might be a cow or a sheep pen on
    the site now.

    But not a pig pen.

    It was a toss up for sure. Now if they could have added mint
    to the
    dark chocolate, that would have been a no brainer choice.

    That would work. Dark chocolate swirl in the mint or a mint
    swirl in
    the dark chocolate.

    I think I'd go for the latter combo.

    I'd end up in the chocolate dulce de leche.

    That might be worth a try.


    Most of mine are shades of brown, a bit of green and blue
    besides the one pair each of black and grey.

    I tend to wear what I can get that fits.

    So do I, but there's no problem finding my size. Sometimes I'll
    need to take up a hem or other tweaks to the fit but that's a no
    brainer job for me.

    Pants never fit me; if the waist is correct, the hips are too big
    .... and they always cut the inseam too short on plus sizes. I got
    sick of fixing everything years ago. Now I'm an in-between size and nothing ever fits properly and instead of getting better, it's worse.

    Sounds like you need to have a personal tailor/seamstress. (G)


    How about we just leave the limburger for
    somebody
    else? (G)

    Oh Michael...(LOL) We need Clean Dave too. Or
    possibly just some onions.

    Doubt Michael would eat it, don't know about Clean
    Dave.

    Make it a dare and either one probably would. I've
    eaten it,
    didn't appreciate it, but I ate it.

    How about we don't buy it in the first place? Then we won't
    have to
    worry about who will or won't eat it. (G)

    Not a problem. Spending money on it once was enough.

    Spending money on it twice is throwing money away.

    I can find lots of better ways to do that.

    Same here but I'd rather not.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Monday, June 03, 2019 23:30:42
    Or the Middle Eastern equivalent. (G)

    Ur of the Chaldees?

    Possibly so, but who's to know in this life?

    Certainly not anyone in Ur. There might be a cow or a sheep
    pen on
    the site now.

    But not a pig pen.

    One presumes not. Goats possibly.

    That would work. Dark chocolate swirl in the mint or a
    mint
    swirl in
    the dark chocolate.

    I think I'd go for the latter combo.

    I'd end up in the chocolate dulce de leche.

    That might be worth a try.

    Fat, dairy and chocolate with a caramel taste in it? Yeah....

    Pants never fit me; if the waist is correct, the hips are too
    big
    .... and they always cut the inseam too short on plus sizes. I
    got
    sick of fixing everything years ago. Now I'm an in-between
    size and
    nothing ever fits properly and instead of getting better, it's
    worse.

    Sounds like you need to have a personal tailor/seamstress. (G)

    Pretty much, and fixing waistbands is above my pay grade. There
    isn't much you can do to make pants longer. Shorter isn't too tough,
    but adding an inch is problematic.

    How about we don't buy it in the first place? Then we
    won't
    have to
    worry about who will or won't eat it. (G)

    Not a problem. Spending money on it once was enough.

    Spending money on it twice is throwing money away.

    I can find lots of better ways to do that.

    Same here but I'd rather not.

    I prefer to do it at rummage sales. It benefits a church, and I come
    out ahead overall as often as not.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, June 04, 2019 17:05:07
    Hi Ruth,

    Certainly not anyone in Ur. There might be a cow or a sheep
    pen on
    the site now.

    But not a pig pen.

    One presumes not. Goats possibly.

    Possible, tho, as there are probably some that eat pork living in the
    area.

    That would work. Dark chocolate swirl in the mint or a
    mint
    swirl in
    the dark chocolate.

    I think I'd go for the latter combo.

    I'd end up in the chocolate dulce de leche.

    That might be worth a try.

    Fat, dairy and chocolate with a caramel taste in it? Yeah....

    Now if it had a swirl of caramel, not just the taste of it, I'd consider
    it more so.

    sick of fixing everything years ago. Now I'm an in-between
    size and
    nothing ever fits properly and instead of getting better, it's
    worse.

    Sounds like you need to have a personal tailor/seamstress. (G)

    Pretty much, and fixing waistbands is above my pay grade. There
    isn't much you can do to make pants longer. Shorter isn't too tough,
    but adding an inch is problematic.

    It can be done, depending on the hem. I've done it before. Waist area adjustments are more challenging but not impossible. I picked up a pair
    of dress slacks yesterday--fit nice except for having to hem the legs.
    Got a matching jacket too.



    How about we don't buy it in the first place? Then we
    won't
    have to
    worry about who will or won't eat it. (G)

    Not a problem. Spending money on it once was enough.

    We will buy some cheeses once, to try, but not twice if they don't taste
    like they're worth keeping. They're not usually thrown out, but I think
    we both would be tempted to for a stronger one if we ever bought one we
    didn't like.

    Spending money on it twice is throwing money away.

    I can find lots of better ways to do that.

    Same here but I'd rather not.

    I prefer to do it at rummage sales. It benefits a church, and I come
    out ahead overall as often as not.

    A local church had a yard sale last week end. Our church benefitted by
    us finding a Kohler high kitchen sink faucet with sprayer hose in the
    handle and matching soap dispenser for the grand price of $5.00. Steve installed it at no charge. Good use of money. (G)



    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, June 05, 2019 21:38:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Ruth Haffly on 06-03-19 23:30 <=-

    Or the Middle Eastern equivalent. (G)
    Ur of the Chaldees?
    Possibly so, but who's to know in this life?
    Certainly not anyone in Ur. There might be a cow or a sheep
    pen on the site now.
    But not a pig pen.

    One presumes not. Goats possibly.

    Probably.

    That would work. Dark chocolate swirl in the mint or a
    mint swirl in the dark chocolate.
    I think I'd go for the latter combo.
    I'd end up in the chocolate dulce de leche.
    That might be worth a try.

    Fat, dairy and chocolate with a caramel taste in it? Yeah....

    Mint is better than caramel, to me, usually....

    Pants never fit me; if the waist is correct, the hips are too
    big .... and they always cut the inseam too short on plus
    sizes. I got sick of fixing everything years ago. Now I'm an in-between size and nothing ever fits properly and instead of
    getting better, it's worse.
    Sounds like you need to have a personal tailor/seamstress. (G)

    Pretty much, and fixing waistbands is above my pay grade. There
    isn't much you can do to make pants longer. Shorter isn't too tough, but adding an inch is problematic.

    You could always add an inch of lace... or a strip of a contrasting
    fabric... and then add a bit of either to decorate a pocket.... ;)

    Not a problem. Spending money on it once was enough.
    Spending money on it twice is throwing money away.
    I can find lots of better ways to do that.
    Same here but I'd rather not.

    I prefer to do it at rummage sales. It benefits a church, and I come
    out ahead overall as often as not.

    A win-win, most of the time.... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, June 07, 2019 22:49:50
    Certainly not anyone in Ur. There might be a cow or a
    sheep
    pen on
    the site now.

    But not a pig pen.

    One presumes not. Goats possibly.

    Possible, tho, as there are probably some that eat pork living in
    the
    area.

    Not if they're Joe Average Muslims there aren't. But... who knows.

    I think I'd go for the latter combo.

    I'd end up in the chocolate dulce de leche.

    That might be worth a try.

    Fat, dairy and chocolate with a caramel taste in it? Yeah....

    Now if it had a swirl of caramel, not just the taste of it, I'd
    consider
    it more so.

    Yeah well.

    Sounds like you need to have a personal tailor/seamstress.
    (G)

    Pretty much, and fixing waistbands is above my pay grade.
    There
    isn't much you can do to make pants longer. Shorter isn't too
    tough,
    but adding an inch is problematic.

    It can be done, depending on the hem. I've done it before. Waist
    area
    adjustments are more challenging but not impossible. I picked up a
    pair
    of dress slacks yesterday--fit nice except for having to hem the
    legs.
    Got a matching jacket too.

    The fabric has to be there to let out. I've gotten to the point
    where I can't be bothered any more.

    Not a problem. Spending money on it once was
    enough.

    We will buy some cheeses once, to try, but not twice if they don't
    taste
    like they're worth keeping. They're not usually thrown out, but I
    think
    we both would be tempted to for a stronger one if we ever bought
    one we
    didn't like.

    Probably not the worst thing to do. Beats having it stink up the
    fridge.

    I prefer to do it at rummage sales. It benefits a church, and
    I come
    out ahead overall as often as not.

    A local church had a yard sale last week end. Our church benefitted
    by
    us finding a Kohler high kitchen sink faucet with sprayer hose in
    the
    handle and matching soap dispenser for the grand price of $5.00.
    Steve
    installed it at no charge. Good use of money. (G)

    That works all the way around.

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 12:48:27
    Hi Ruth,

    Certainly not anyone in Ur. There might be a cow or a
    sheep pen on the site now.

    But not a pig pen.

    One presumes not. Goats possibly.

    Possible, tho, as there are probably some that eat pork living in
    the area.

    Not if they're Joe Average Muslims there aren't. But... who knows.

    We do know of a couple of instances of pigs being raised in that general
    area. One where a young man thought that the pigs ate better than he
    did, another time, a case of deviled ham was recorded.

    I think I'd go for the latter combo.

    I'd end up in the chocolate dulce de leche.

    That might be worth a try.

    Fat, dairy and chocolate with a caramel taste in it? Yeah....

    Now if it had a swirl of caramel, not just the taste of it, I'd
    consider it more so.

    Yeah well.

    I know, can't have everything but it's nice to dream about a flavor like
    that. No calories or carbs to dreams. (G)


    Sounds like you need to have a personal tailor/seamstress.
    (G)

    Pretty much, and fixing waistbands is above my pay grade.
    There isn't much you can do to make pants longer. Shorter isn't
    too tough, but adding an inch is problematic.

    It can be done, depending on the hem. I've done it before. Waist
    area adjustments are more challenging but not impossible. I picked
    up a pair of dress slacks yesterday--fit nice except for having to hem
    the legs. Got a matching jacket too.

    The fabric has to be there to let out. I've gotten to the point
    where I can't be bothered any more.

    Just add a contrast of some other fabric at the bottom? A couple of
    years ago Steve's mom gave him a suit of Dad's that didn't fit any more.
    The legs were a bit short for Steve so I had to let them out all that I
    could. Whoever hemmed them for Dad had cut a V in the seam and put in a
    fairly narrow hem. I turned up a very narrow hem, stitched some seam
    tape to it to have enough fabric to stitch. Overall a bit of work but
    it's now a useable suit for Steve.

    Not a problem. Spending money on it once was
    enough.

    We will buy some cheeses once, to try, but not twice if they don't
    taste like they're worth keeping. They're not usually thrown out,
    but I think we both would be tempted to for a stronger one if we ever
    bought one we didn't like.

    Probably not the worst thing to do. Beats having it stink up the
    fridge.

    True, especially if you time the throw out day to when the trash will be
    picked up. That way it won't stink up the can for very long either. (G)

    I prefer to do it at rummage sales. It benefits a church, and
    I come out ahead overall as often as not.

    A local church had a yard sale last week end. Our church benefitted
    by us finding a Kohler high kitchen sink faucet with sprayer hose
    in the handle and matching soap dispenser for the grand price of $5.00.
    Steve installed it at no charge. Good use of money. (G)

    That works all the way around.

    That's what we thought. One of our friends said that if we found a deal
    like that again, to get it for her, but she would put it in.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Thursday, June 13, 2019 22:20:30
    mint swirl in the dark chocolate.
    I think I'd go for the latter combo.
    I'd end up in the chocolate dulce de leche.
    That might be worth a try.

    Fat, dairy and chocolate with a caramel taste in it?
    Yeah....

    Mint is better than caramel, to me, usually....

    I'm not overly fond, except for mint ice cream.

    Pretty much, and fixing waistbands is above my pay grade.
    There
    isn't much you can do to make pants longer. Shorter isn't
    too tough,
    but adding an inch is problematic.

    You could always add an inch of lace... or a strip of a contrasting
    fabric... and then add a bit of either to decorate a pocket.... ;)

    Been done, if not by me. Not on my jeans, for certain.

    I prefer to do it at rummage sales. It benefits a church, and
    I come
    out ahead overall as often as not.

    A win-win, most of the time.... :)

    If I can turn around and redonate or resell whatever, everyone wins. Operation Christmas Child makes out like a bandit that way.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Saturday, June 15, 2019 23:42:04
    Possible, tho, as there are probably some that eat pork
    living in
    the area.

    Not if they're Joe Average Muslims there aren't. But... who
    knows.

    We do know of a couple of instances of pigs being raised in that
    general
    area. One where a young man thought that the pigs ate better than
    he
    did, another time, a case of deviled ham was recorded.

    Would Muslims to shopping in the Piggly Wiggly? Inquiring minds want
    to know.

    Now if it had a swirl of caramel, not just the taste of it,
    I'd
    consider it more so.

    Yeah well.

    I know, can't have everything but it's nice to dream about a flavor
    like
    that. No calories or carbs to dreams. (G)

    Cheap too.

    It can be done, depending on the hem. I've done it before.
    Waist
    area adjustments are more challenging but not impossible. I
    picked
    up a pair of dress slacks yesterday--fit nice except for having to
    hem
    the legs. Got a matching jacket too.

    The fabric has to be there to let out. I've gotten to the
    point
    where I can't be bothered any more.

    Just add a contrast of some other fabric at the bottom? A couple of
    years ago Steve's mom gave him a suit of Dad's that didn't fit any
    more.
    The legs were a bit short for Steve so I had to let them out all
    that I
    could. Whoever hemmed them for Dad had cut a V in the seam and put
    in a
    fairly narrow hem. I turned up a very narrow hem, stitched some
    seam
    tape to it to have enough fabric to stitch. Overall a bit of work
    but
    it's now a useable suit for Steve.

    It's been done, but not recently.

    Probably not the worst thing to do. Beats having it stink up
    the
    fridge.

    True, especially if you time the throw out day to when the trash
    will be
    picked up. That way it won't stink up the can for very long either.
    (G)

    I've been known to do that with other things.

    A local church had a yard sale last week end. Our church
    benefitted
    by us finding a Kohler high kitchen sink faucet with sprayer
    hose
    in the handle and matching soap dispenser for the grand price of
    $5.00.
    Steve installed it at no charge. Good use of money. (G)

    That works all the way around.

    That's what we thought. One of our friends said that if we found a
    deal
    like that again, to get it for her, but she would put it in.

    I'm still hunting guitars, cellos, etc for friends. I found a guitar
    today, but it wasn't the right kind.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 15:38:46
    Hi Ruth,

    Not if they're Joe Average Muslims there aren't. But... who
    knows.

    We do know of a couple of instances of pigs being raised in that
    general area. One where a young man thought that the pigs
    ate better than he did, another time, a case of deviled ham was
    recorded.

    Would Muslims to shopping in the Piggly Wiggly? Inquiring minds want
    to know.

    Probably, since the pig is (mostly) an abstract concept there. (I said
    "mostly" because when we lived in NC in the late 70s/early 80s, PW ads
    had a dancing "pig" in their ads.) The store does sell various pork
    products.


    Now if it had a swirl of caramel, not just the taste of it,
    I'd consider it more so.

    Yeah well.

    I know, can't have everything but it's nice to dream about a flavor
    like that. No calories or carbs to dreams. (G)

    Cheap too.

    Very much so!

    picked
    up a pair of dress slacks yesterday--fit nice except for having to
    hem the legs. Got a matching jacket too.

    The fabric has to be there to let out. I've gotten to the
    point where I can't be bothered any more.

    Wearing them more as capris?

    Just add a contrast of some other fabric at the bottom? A couple of years ago Steve's mom gave him a suit of Dad's that didn't fit any
    more. The legs were a bit short for Steve so I had to let them out
    all that I could. Whoever hemmed them for Dad had cut a V in the seam
    and put in a fairly narrow hem. I turned up a very narrow hem, stitched
    some seam tape to it to have enough fabric to stitch. Overall a bit of
    work but it's now a useable suit for Steve.

    It's been done, but not recently.

    Not a favorite job to do?

    (limburger)
    Probably not the worst thing to do. Beats having it stink up
    the fridge.

    True, especially if you time the throw out day to when the trash
    will be
    picked up. That way it won't stink up the can for very long either.
    (G)

    I've been known to do that with other things.

    Same here.



    A local church had a yard sale last week end. Our church
    benefitted by us finding a Kohler high kitchen sink faucet with
    sprayer hose in the handle and matching soap dispenser for the grand
    price of $5.00. Steve installed it at no charge. Good use of money. (G)

    That works all the way around.

    That's what we thought. One of our friends said that if we found a
    deal
    like that again, to get it for her, but she would put it in.

    I'm still hunting guitars, cellos, etc for friends. I found a guitar today, but it wasn't the right kind.

    So the hunt continues...............

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Thursday, June 20, 2019 22:42:52
    Would Muslims to shopping in the Piggly Wiggly? Inquiring
    minds want
    to know.

    Probably, since the pig is (mostly) an abstract concept there. (I
    said
    "mostly" because when we lived in NC in the late 70s/early 80s, PW
    ads
    had a dancing "pig" in their ads.) The store does sell various
    pork
    products.

    Oddly, I bought Piggly Wiggly t-shirts, complete with pig, in a
    rummage sale. A friend is getting them at Christmas.

    picked
    up a pair of dress slacks yesterday--fit nice except for
    having to
    hem the legs. Got a matching jacket too.

    The fabric has to be there to let out. I've gotten to
    the
    point where I can't be bothered any more.

    Wearing them more as capris?

    That is one thing I do NOT wear, not with the dumb support stockings.
    Support stockings and shorts or crops is just wrong.

    and put in a fairly narrow hem. I turned up a very narrow hem,
    stitched
    some seam tape to it to have enough fabric to stitch. Overall a
    bit of
    work but it's now a useable suit for Steve.

    It's been done, but not recently.

    Not a favorite job to do?

    Not even remotely. I've added lace to quilts before, but not pants.


    sprayer hose in the handle and matching soap dispenser for the
    grand
    price of $5.00. Steve installed it at no charge. Good use of
    money. (G)

    Works for me.

    I'm still hunting guitars, cellos, etc for friends. I found a
    guitar
    today, but it wasn't the right kind.

    So the hunt continues...............

    I did find a violin tonight; it was the handle of a brand new mug.
    Bagged it of course.
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, June 19, 2019 22:02:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 06-13-19 22:20 <=-

    mint swirl in the dark chocolate.
    I think I'd go for the latter combo.
    I'd end up in the chocolate dulce de leche.
    That might be worth a try.
    Fat, dairy and chocolate with a caramel taste in it?
    Yeah....
    Mint is better than caramel, to me, usually....

    I'm not overly fond, except for mint ice cream.

    I do like York Peppermint Patties, mint in dark chocolate...

    Pretty much, and fixing waistbands is above my pay grade.
    There isn't much you can do to make pants longer. Shorter
    isn't too tough, but adding an inch is problematic.
    You could always add an inch of lace... or a strip of a contrasting fabric... and then add a bit of either to decorate a pocket.... ;)

    Been done, if not by me. Not on my jeans, for certain.

    A red print could work well with jeans... :)

    I prefer to do it at rummage sales. It benefits a church,
    and I come out ahead overall as often as not.
    A win-win, most of the time.... :)

    If I can turn around and redonate or resell whatever, everyone wins. Operation Christmas Child makes out like a bandit that way.

    Yup, that works out well.... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Friday, June 21, 2019 20:15:16
    Hi Ruth,

    Would Muslims to shopping in the Piggly Wiggly? Inquiring
    minds want to know.

    Probably, since the pig is (mostly) an abstract concept there. (I
    said "mostly" because when we lived in NC in the late 70s/early
    80s, PW ads had a dancing "pig" in their ads.) The store does sell
    various pork products.

    Oddly, I bought Piggly Wiggly t-shirts, complete with pig, in a
    rummage sale. A friend is getting them at Christmas.

    I've seen some of the shirts but have never thought them worthy of my
    spending money on.

    picked
    up a pair of dress slacks yesterday--fit nice except for
    having to hem the legs. Got a matching jacket too.

    The fabric has to be there to let out. I've gotten to the point
    where I can't be bothered any more.

    Wearing them more as capris?

    That is one thing I do NOT wear, not with the dumb support stockings. Support stockings and shorts or crops is just wrong.

    True, but you wouldn't be the first one to make that fashion statement.
    (G)

    and put in a fairly narrow hem. I turned up a very narrow hem,
    stitched some seam tape to it to have enough fabric to stitch.
    Overall a bit of work but it's now a useable suit for Steve.

    It's been done, but not recently.

    Not a favorite job to do?

    Not even remotely. I've added lace to quilts before, but not pants.

    I've added fringe or other trim to the bottom of jeans, back when it was
    in fashion. Also extensively embroidered the legs.


    sprayer hose in the handle and matching soap dispenser for the
    grand
    price of $5.00. Steve installed it at no charge. Good use of
    money. (G)

    Works for me.

    I'm still hunting guitars, cellos, etc for friends. I found a
    guitar
    today, but it wasn't the right kind.

    So the hunt continues...............

    I did find a violin tonight; it was the handle of a brand new mug.
    Bagged it of course.

    I hunt down other things--thimbles, sewing related knick knacks, fabric,
    books, etc. Also cooking related goodies--got some cherries at a good
    price this week so made cherry preserves today. Steve wants to make a
    cherry pie also--maybe tomorrow, if there's time (have to work on VBS
    crafts, also farmer's market day & I need to restock veggies).

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Friday, June 28, 2019 17:17:36
    Fat, dairy and chocolate with a caramel taste in it?
    Yeah....
    Mint is better than caramel, to me, usually....

    I'm not overly fond, except for mint ice cream.

    I do like York Peppermint Patties, mint in dark chocolate...

    Dark chocolate being key.


    fabric... and then add a bit of either to decorate a pocket....
    ;)

    Been done, if not by me. Not on my jeans, for certain.

    A red print could work well with jeans... :)

    Not if I want to wear them with shirts.(LOL)

    I prefer to do it at rummage sales. It benefits a church,
    and I come out ahead overall as often as not.
    A win-win, most of the time.... :)

    If I can turn around and redonate or resell whatever, everyone
    wins.
    Operation Christmas Child makes out like a bandit that way.

    Yup, that works out well.... :)

    They got more today. I woke up early, dumb body strikes again, and
    went to a tag sale I generally would have skipped. Got there five or
    10 minutes too late for jewelry, but OCC got a pile of pencils.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, June 28, 2019 17:41:14
    Probably, since the pig is (mostly) an abstract concept
    there. (I
    said "mostly" because when we lived in NC in the late
    70s/early
    80s, PW ads had a dancing "pig" in their ads.) The store does
    sell
    various pork products.

    Oddly, I bought Piggly Wiggly t-shirts, complete with pig, in
    a
    rummage sale. A friend is getting them at Christmas.

    I've seen some of the shirts but have never thought them worthy of
    my
    spending money on.

    Probably aren't, but they're a rarity this far North.

    Wearing them more as capris?

    That is one thing I do NOT wear, not with the dumb support
    stockings.
    Support stockings and shorts or crops is just wrong.

    True, but you wouldn't be the first one to make that fashion
    statement.
    (G)

    Yes, but I don't wear white socks with sandals.

    and put in a fairly narrow hem. I turned up a very narrow
    hem,
    stitched some seam tape to it to have enough fabric to stitch.
    Overall a bit of work but it's now a useable suit for Steve.

    It's been done, but not recently.

    Not a favorite job to do?

    Not even remotely. I've added lace to quilts before, but not
    pants.

    I've added fringe or other trim to the bottom of jeans, back when
    it was
    in fashion. Also extensively embroidered the legs.

    I've done appliques, or at least patches. Unlike some I don't wear
    jeans with holes.

    I did find a violin tonight; it was the handle of a brand new
    mug.
    Bagged it of course.

    I hunt down other things--thimbles, sewing related knick knacks,
    fabric,
    books, etc. Also cooking related goodies--got some cherries at a
    good
    price this week so made cherry preserves today. Steve wants to make
    a
    cherry pie also--maybe tomorrow, if there's time (have to work on
    VBS
    crafts, also farmer's market day & I need to restock veggies).

    I hunt .... anything that smells good. Quilt fabric is always a good
    find. Quilting flannels too - scored a ton a few weeks ago.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, June 29, 2019 14:34:24
    Hi Ruth,

    80s, PW ads had a dancing "pig" in their ads.) The store does
    sell various pork products.

    Oddly, I bought Piggly Wiggly t-shirts, complete with pig, in
    a rummage sale. A friend is getting them at Christmas.

    I've seen some of the shirts but have never thought them worthy of
    my spending money on.

    Probably aren't, but they're a rarity this far North.

    The stores aren't as commom now as they were 30/40 years ago. I think
    Lowe's bought them out in NC but do recall seeing scattered thru the
    south. i think SC had one near Hilton Head.


    Wearing them more as capris?

    That is one thing I do NOT wear, not with the dumb support
    stockings. Support stockings and shorts or crops is just wrong.

    True, but you wouldn't be the first one to make that fashion
    statement. (G)

    Yes, but I don't wear white socks with sandals.

    Nor black socks with sandals and shorts? Saw quite a bit of that fashion statement in the Catskills in the 50s and 60s, from flatlanders.

    Not even remotely. I've added lace to quilts before, but not
    pants.

    I've added fringe or other trim to the bottom of jeans, back when
    it was in fashion. Also extensively embroidered the legs.

    I've done appliques, or at least patches. Unlike some I don't wear
    jeans with holes.

    I don't either.


    I did find a violin tonight; it was the handle of a brand new
    mug. Bagged it of course.

    I hunt down other things--thimbles, sewing related knick knacks,
    fabric, books, etc. Also cooking related goodies--got some
    cherries at a good price this week so made cherry preserves today.
    Steve wants to make a cherry pie also--maybe tomorrow, if there's time
    (have to work on VBS crafts, also farmer's market day & I need to
    restock veggies).

    I hunt .... anything that smells good. Quilt fabric is always a good find. Quilting flannels too - scored a ton a few weeks ago.

    Sounds good; I'd have grabbed it if I'd been up that way. I use it for
    baby quilts. We got the cherry pie made and got more cherries today.
    Also got blueberries from a couple of local growers. Some will go into a
    pie, others frozen and bagged for later use and the rest just used on
    cereal and suchlike. Got some lettuce, a canary melon, beans and onions
    at the market today. Baked goodies include blueberry pop tarts, banana
    pecan bread, pb cookies, and oatmeal/raisin cookies--all in all, a good
    day of shopping.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Monday, July 01, 2019 22:22:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 06-28-19 17:17 <=-

    Fat, dairy and chocolate with a caramel taste in it?
    Yeah....
    Mint is better than caramel, to me, usually....
    I'm not overly fond, except for mint ice cream.
    I do like York Peppermint Patties, mint in dark chocolate...

    Dark chocolate being key.

    Or at least a major factor.... :)

    fabric... and then add a bit of either to decorate a pocket.. ;)
    Been done, if not by me. Not on my jeans, for certain.
    A red print could work well with jeans... :)

    Not if I want to wear them with shirts.(LOL)

    A small print...? Maybe a multi color....? What sort of shirts...?

    I prefer to do it at rummage sales. It benefits a church,
    and I come out ahead overall as often as not.
    A win-win, most of the time.... :)
    If I can turn around and redonate or resell whatever,
    everyone wins. Operation Christmas Child makes out like a bandit
    that way.
    Yup, that works out well.... :)

    They got more today. I woke up early, dumb body strikes again, and
    went to a tag sale I generally would have skipped. Got there five or
    10 minutes too late for jewelry, but OCC got a pile of pencils.

    That worked out ok for them.... :) You'll get jewelry at another sale,
    no doubt.... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Tuesday, July 02, 2019 23:04:00
    Oddly, I bought Piggly Wiggly t-shirts, complete with
    pig, in
    a rummage sale. A friend is getting them at Christmas.

    I've seen some of the shirts but have never thought them
    worthy of
    my spending money on.

    Probably aren't, but they're a rarity this far North.

    The stores aren't as commom now as they were 30/40 years ago. I
    think
    Lowe's bought them out in NC but do recall seeing scattered thru
    the
    south. i think SC had one near Hilton Head.


    I'm not sure how far North the stores get, but they probably peter
    out at the Mason-Dixon line.

    True, but you wouldn't be the first one to make that fashion
    statement. (G)

    Yes, but I don't wear white socks with sandals.

    Nor black socks with sandals and shorts? Saw quite a bit of that
    fashion
    statement in the Catskills in the 50s and 60s, from flatlanders.

    Been done, but not by me.

    I've done appliques, or at least patches. Unlike some I don't
    wear
    jeans with holes.

    I don't either.

    I'm too old for that. Then again I was always too old for that.

    (have to work on VBS crafts, also farmer's market day & I need to
    restock veggies).

    I hunt .... anything that smells good. Quilt fabric is always
    a good
    find. Quilting flannels too - scored a ton a few weeks ago.

    Sounds good; I'd have grabbed it if I'd been up that way. I use it
    for
    baby quilts. We got the cherry pie made and got more cherries

    Quilt backs too.

    today.
    Also got blueberries from a couple of local growers. Some will go
    into a
    pie, others frozen and bagged for later use and the rest just used
    on
    cereal and suchlike. Got some lettuce, a canary melon, beans and
    onions
    at the market today. Baked goodies include blueberry pop tarts,
    banana
    pecan bread, pb cookies, and oatmeal/raisin cookies--all in all, a
    good
    day of shopping.

    Sounds good to me too! Pecan bread and canary melons? I could go
    with that.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Tuesday, July 02, 2019 23:50:00
    .
    Mint is better than caramel, to me, usually....
    I'm not overly fond, except for mint ice cream.
    I do like York Peppermint Patties, mint in dark chocolate...

    Dark chocolate being key.

    Or at least a major factor.... :)

    And never a bad idea.

    A red print could work well with jeans... :)

    Not if I want to wear them with shirts.(LOL)

    A small print...? Maybe a multi color....? What sort of
    shirts...?

    Any shirts other than red. :-)

    They got more today. I woke up early, dumb body strikes again,
    and
    went to a tag sale I generally would have skipped. Got there
    five or
    10 minutes too late for jewelry, but OCC got a pile of
    pencils.

    That worked out ok for them.... :) You'll get jewelry at another
    sale,
    no doubt.... :)

    There's a hot rummage sale next week. Not literally - the synagogue
    is air conditioned.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, July 03, 2019 17:35:57
    Hi Ruth,

    Oddly, I bought Piggly Wiggly t-shirts, complete with
    pig, in a rummage sale. A friend is getting them at Christmas.

    I've seen some of the shirts but have never thought them
    worthy of my spending money on.

    Probably aren't, but they're a rarity this far North.

    So you snagged the shirts when you had the opportunity. (G)

    The stores aren't as commom now as they were 30/40 years ago. I
    think Lowe's bought them out in NC but do recall seeing scattered
    thru the south. i think SC had one near Hilton Head.

    I'm not sure how far North the stores get, but they probably peter
    out at the Mason-Dixon line.

    If not further south. Don't know if they ever made it to MD or VA.

    True, but you wouldn't be the first one to make that fashion
    statement. (G)

    Yes, but I don't wear white socks with sandals.

    Nor black socks with sandals and shorts? Saw quite a bit of that
    fashion statement in the Catskills in the 50s and 60s, from
    flatlanders.

    Been done, but not by me.

    Nobody saw your knobby knees? (G)

    I've done appliques, or at least patches. Unlike some I don't
    wear jeans with holes.

    I don't either.

    I'm too old for that. Then again I was always too old for that.

    It was one (of many) fashion crazes that I never understood the
    reasoning behind.

    (have to work on VBS crafts, also farmer's market day & I need to
    restock veggies).

    I hunt .... anything that smells good. Quilt fabric is always
    a good find. Quilting flannels too - scored a ton a few weeks
    ago.

    Sounds good; I'd have grabbed it if I'd been up that way. I use it
    for baby quilts. We got the cherry pie made and got more cherries

    Quilt backs too.

    Sounds good to me.

    Also got blueberries from a couple of local growers. Some will go
    into a pie, others frozen and bagged for later use and the rest
    just used on cereal and suchlike. Got some lettuce, a canary melon,
    beans and onions at the market today. Baked goodies include blueberry
    pop tarts, banana pecan bread, pb cookies, and oatmeal/raisin
    cookies--all in all, a good day of shopping.

    Sounds good to me too! Pecan bread and canary melons? I could go
    with that.

    Come down for the picnic and you can pick some up for yourself. Melons
    may be gone then but the bread will still be around, as well as other
    goodies.


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Tuesday, July 09, 2019 00:13:32
    I've seen some of the shirts but have never thought
    them
    worthy of my spending money on.

    Probably aren't, but they're a rarity this far North.

    So you snagged the shirts when you had the opportunity. (G)

    And when they're charging you fifty cents there isn't much downside.

    I'm not sure how far North the stores get, but they probably
    peter
    out at the Mason-Dixon line.

    If not further south. Don't know if they ever made it to MD or VA.

    I've heard of them, but never seen one.

    Nor black socks with sandals and shorts? Saw quite a bit of
    that
    fashion statement in the Catskills in the 50s and 60s, from
    flatlanders.

    Been done, but not by me.

    Nobody saw your knobby knees? (G)

    Not with socks and sandals on at least.

    I'm too old for that. Then again I was always too old for
    that.

    It was one (of many) fashion crazes that I never understood the
    reasoning behind.

    Holey jeans started just showing up when folks wore their work pants
    in public. It may have been Patrick Swazey we have to blame.

    pop tarts, banana pecan bread, pb cookies, and oatmeal/raisin
    cookies--all in all, a good day of shopping.

    Sounds good to me too! Pecan bread and canary melons? I could
    go
    with that.

    Come down for the picnic and you can pick some up for yourself.
    Melons
    may be gone then but the bread will still be around, as well as
    other
    goodies.

    These days, 20 to 30 miles is about as far as I get unfortunately.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, July 09, 2019 16:54:00
    Hi Ruth,

    I've seen some of the shirts but have never thought them worthy
    of my spending money on.

    Probably aren't, but they're a rarity this far North.

    So you snagged the shirts when you had the opportunity. (G)

    And when they're charging you fifty cents there isn't much downside.

    No, at that stage they're usually one step removed from the dust or shop
    rag stage.


    I'm not sure how far North the stores get, but they probably peter
    out at the Mason-Dixon line.

    If not further south. Don't know if they ever made it to MD or VA.

    I've heard of them, but never seen one.

    I've seen a good number, especially the first time we lived in NC. Moved
    back here in 2009 and not so many of them around any more.

    Nor black socks with sandals and shorts? Saw quite a bit of that
    fashion statement in the Catskills in the 50s and 60s, from
    flatlanders.

    Been done, but not by me.

    Nobody saw your knobby knees? (G)

    Not with socks and sandals on at least.

    I'm too old for that. Then again I was always too old for
    that.

    It was one (of many) fashion crazes that I never understood the reasoning behind.

    Holey jeans started just showing up when folks wore their work pants
    in public. It may have been Patrick Swazey we have to blame.

    Don't know, never saw much of him.

    pop tarts, banana pecan bread, pb cookies, and oatmeal/raisin
    cookies--all in all, a good day of shopping.

    Sounds good to me too! Pecan bread and canary melons? I could
    go with that.

    Come down for the picnic and you can pick some up for yourself.
    Melons may be gone then but the bread will still be around, as
    well as other goodies.

    These days, 20 to 30 miles is about as far as I get unfortunately.

    Well, if you change your mind, the picnic is the last week end in
    September.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Sunday, July 07, 2019 20:34:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 07-02-19 23:49 <=-

    Mint is better than caramel, to me, usually....
    I'm not overly fond, except for mint ice cream.
    I do like York Peppermint Patties, mint in dark chocolate...
    Dark chocolate being key.
    Or at least a major factor.... :)

    And never a bad idea.

    Indeed... :)

    A red print could work well with jeans... :)
    Not if I want to wear them with shirts.(LOL)
    A small print...? Maybe a multi color....? What sort of
    shirts...?

    Any shirts other than red. :-)

    Ok, then, any small print in multi should work for anything that you'd
    wear with them.... :)

    They got more today. I woke up early, dumb body strikes again,
    and went to a tag sale I generally would have skipped. Got
    there five or 10 minutes too late for jewelry, but OCC got a
    pile of pencils.
    That worked out ok for them.... :) You'll get jewelry at another
    sale, no doubt.... :)

    There's a hot rummage sale next week. Not literally - the synagogue
    is air conditioned.

    Sounds like a good one.... :) Hope you do well there... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, July 12, 2019 22:58:54
    Probably aren't, but they're a rarity this far North.

    So you snagged the shirts when you had the opportunity. (G)

    And when they're charging you fifty cents there isn't much
    downside.

    No, at that stage they're usually one step removed from the dust or
    shop
    rag stage.

    Church rummage sales can be weird like that. Some stuff is really
    overpriced, and they give others away.

    I've heard of them, but never seen one.

    I've seen a good number, especially the first time we lived in NC.
    Moved
    back here in 2009 and not so many of them around any more.

    How about Lidl? They seem to have moved in.

    Holey jeans started just showing up when folks wore their work
    pants
    in public. It may have been Patrick Swazey we have to blame.

    Don't know, never saw much of him.

    Dirty Dancing?

    Come down for the picnic and you can pick some up for
    yourself.
    Melons may be gone then but the bread will still be around,
    as
    well as other goodies.

    These days, 20 to 30 miles is about as far as I get
    unfortunately.

    Well, if you change your mind, the picnic is the last week end in
    September.

    It isn't likely, unfortunately.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Friday, July 12, 2019 23:01:26
    A red print could work well with jeans... :)
    Not if I want to wear them with shirts.(LOL)
    A small print...? Maybe a multi color....? What sort of
    shirts...?

    Any shirts other than red. :-)

    Ok, then, any small print in multi should work for anything that
    you'd
    wear with them.... :)

    One of these centuries maybe.

    There's a hot rummage sale next week. Not literally - the
    synagogue
    is air conditioned.

    Sounds like a good one.... :) Hope you do well there... :)

    $100 plus later.... I ought to at least break even and I hope to do considerably better.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Monday, July 15, 2019 13:30:55
    Hi Ruth,

    So you snagged the shirts when you had the opportunity. (G)

    And when they're charging you fifty cents there isn't much
    downside.

    No, at that stage they're usually one step removed from the dust or
    shop rag stage.

    Church rummage sales can be weird like that. Some stuff is really overpriced, and they give others away.

    Sometimes yard sales can be like that too. Just depends on who's selling
    what.

    I've heard of them, but never seen one.

    I've seen a good number, especially the first time we lived in NC.
    Moved
    back here in 2009 and not so many of them around any more.

    How about Lidl? They seem to have moved in.

    Got one just down the road from us, not even a mile.


    Holey jeans started just showing up when folks wore their work
    pants in public. It may have been Patrick Swazey we have to blame.

    Don't know, never saw much of him.

    Dirty Dancing?

    I know that one but have only seen a few clips of it, probably not even
    5 minute's worth.


    Come down for the picnic and you can pick some up for
    yourself. Melons may be gone then but the bread will still be
    around, as well as other goodies.

    These days, 20 to 30 miles is about as far as I get
    unfortunately.

    Well, if you change your mind, the picnic is the last week end in September.

    It isn't likely, unfortunately.

    Sigh!

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    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Saturday, July 20, 2019 17:39:08
    Church rummage sales can be weird like that. Some stuff is
    really
    overpriced, and they give others away.

    Sometimes yard sales can be like that too. Just depends on who's
    selling
    what.

    I got a pile today at one sale for free, but spent $2 on a kid's toy
    that probably wasn't worth it.

    How about Lidl? They seem to have moved in.

    Got one just down the road from us, not even a mile.


    I don't have one yet, but one of these centuries maybe.

    Holey jeans started just showing up when folks wore their work
    pants in public. It may have been Patrick Swazey we have to
    blame.

    Don't know, never saw much of him.

    Dirty Dancing?

    I know that one but have only seen a few clips of it, probably not
    even
    5 minute's worth.

    I've seen it once or twice. Patrick did his own dancing in what may
    have been his own jeans. His mom was a dance instructor. Despite
    the name it was a pretty clean movie.

    Come down for the picnic and you can pick some up for
    yourself. Melons may be gone then but the bread will still be
    around, as well as other goodies.

    These days, 20 to 30 miles is about as far as I get
    unfortunately.

    Well, if you change your mind, the picnic is the last week
    end in
    September.

    It isn't likely, unfortunately.

    Sigh!

    Right now the only place I'm going is back to the dentist on Monday.
    Follow-up for pulling the tooth that broke.
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Thursday, July 18, 2019 11:34:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 07-12-19 23:01 <=-

    A red print could work well with jeans... :)
    Not if I want to wear them with shirts.(LOL)
    A small print...? Maybe a multi color....? What sort of
    shirts...?
    Any shirts other than red. :-)
    Ok, then, any small print in multi should work for anything that
    you'd wear with them.... :)

    One of these centuries maybe.

    Just not into the sewing, eh...?

    There's a hot rummage sale next week. Not literally - the
    synagogue is air conditioned.
    Sounds like a good one.... :) Hope you do well there... :)

    $100 plus later.... I ought to at least break even and I hope to do considerably better.

    Sounds promising... :) Good stuff, eh....? :)

    ttyl neb

    ... I'm not nearly as think as you confused I am.

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Sunday, July 21, 2019 17:51:45
    Hi Ruth,

    Sometimes yard sales can be like that too. Just depends on who's
    selling what.

    I got a pile today at one sale for free, but spent $2 on a kid's toy
    that probably wasn't worth it.

    Sounds like you did well. A few weeks ago we were at a sale where Steve
    scored a creeper, something else (forget what). The creeper was worth
    the sale. I found a bracelet I'll re-do as a necklace--like the stones
    but prefer necklaces to bracelets.

    How about Lidl? They seem to have moved in.

    Got one just down the road from us, not even a mile.

    I don't have one yet, but one of these centuries maybe.

    Give them time, they may show up eventually. Overall, Aldi is better but
    you can find some surprise buys at Lidl.


    Holey jeans started just showing up when folks wore their work
    pants in public. It may have been Patrick Swazey we have to
    blame.

    Don't know, never saw much of him.

    Dirty Dancing?

    I know that one but have only seen a few clips of it, probably not
    even 5 minute's worth.

    I've seen it once or twice. Patrick did his own dancing in what may
    have been his own jeans. His mom was a dance instructor. Despite
    the name it was a pretty clean movie.

    IIRC, it came out when we didn't have much money for extras like movies.
    Would have had to pay a babysitter on top of the movie price, etc and
    from the clips I saw, it just wasn't the kind of movie we would have
    enjoyed anyway. OTOH, I did convice Steve to take me to GWTW a couple of
    months after we got married.

    Come down for the picnic and you can pick some up for yourself.
    Melons may be gone then but the bread will still be around, as well as
    other goodies.

    These days, 20 to 30 miles is about as far as I get unfortunately.

    Well, if you change your mind, the picnic is the last week end in
    September.

    It isn't likely, unfortunately.

    Sigh!

    Right now the only place I'm going is back to the dentist on Monday. Follow-up for pulling the tooth that broke.

    No fun--back to soft foods for a while?


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 22:54:36

    Any shirts other than red. :-)
    Ok, then, any small print in multi should work for anything that
    you'd wear with them.... :)

    One of these centuries maybe.

    Just not into the sewing, eh...?

    Not desperate enough to get into that look.

    $100 plus later.... I ought to at least break even and I hope to
    do
    considerably better.

    Sounds promising... :) Good stuff, eh....? :)

    Some of it. I also scored a pile of Christmas/Chanukkah gifts.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, July 26, 2019 16:39:18
    I got a pile today at one sale for free, but spent $2 on a
    kid's toy
    that probably wasn't worth it.

    Sounds like you did well. A few weeks ago we were at a sale where
    Steve
    scored a creeper, something else (forget what). The creeper was
    worth
    the sale. I found a bracelet I'll re-do as a necklace--like the
    stones
    but prefer necklaces to bracelets.

    I hit a church fundraiser sale today and spent $10. I'll get it back
    in scrap silver, most likely. The fun part was finding a purse for a
    dollar. What was inside? $1.60. Sold! (LOL)

    I don't have one yet, but one of these centuries maybe.

    Give them time, they may show up eventually. Overall, Aldi is
    better but
    you can find some surprise buys at Lidl.

    The closest one seems to be on Staten Island or something like that.
    Aldi is considerably closer.

    Dirty Dancing?

    [...]>
    IIRC, it came out when we didn't have much money for extras like
    movies.
    Would have had to pay a babysitter on top of the movie price, etc
    and
    from the clips I saw, it just wasn't the kind of movie we would
    have
    enjoyed anyway. OTOH, I did convice Steve to take me to GWTW a
    couple of
    months after we got married.

    Now of course you can borrow it from a library for free, if desired.
    I've only seen GWTW all the way through once. Broadcast TV always
    edited parts of it out.


    It isn't likely, unfortunately.

    Sigh!

    Right now the only place I'm going is back to the dentist on
    Monday.
    Follow-up for pulling the tooth that broke.

    No fun--back to soft foods for a while?

    Pretty much. I'm eating mostly real food now, but things did get
    infected. Joyful - especially when antibiotics are not your friends.
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, July 27, 2019 14:51:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 07-24-19 22:54 <=-

    Any shirts other than red. :-)
    Ok, then, any small print in multi should work for anything that
    you'd wear with them.... :)
    One of these centuries maybe.
    Just not into the sewing, eh...?

    Not desperate enough to get into that look.

    Not even to lengthen otherwise decent (but too short) jeans....?

    $100 plus later.... I ought to at least break even and I hope
    to do considerably better.
    Sounds promising... :) Good stuff, eh....? :)

    Some of it. I also scored a pile of Christmas/Chanukkah gifts.

    That's also a good deal... saves money and effort for later... :)

    ttyl neb

    ... Help! I'm going through cherry cheesecake withdrawal.

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, July 27, 2019 16:42:23
    Hi Ruth,

    Sounds like you did well. A few weeks ago we were at a sale where
    Steve scored a creeper, something else (forget what). The creeper
    was worth the sale. I found a bracelet I'll re-do as a necklace--like
    the stones but prefer necklaces to bracelets.

    I hit a church fundraiser sale today and spent $10. I'll get it back
    in scrap silver, most likely. The fun part was finding a purse for a dollar. What was inside? $1.60. Sold! (LOL)

    As long as the purse itself is in useable condition, it was a good deal.

    I don't have one yet, but one of these centuries maybe.

    Give them time, they may show up eventually. Overall, Aldi is
    better but you can find some surprise buys at Lidl.

    The closest one seems to be on Staten Island or something like that.
    Aldi is considerably closer.

    So go where you can get to it in good time/less traffic. Today was
    farmer's market for us. Picked up a bunch of baby eggplants, a canary
    melon, some blueberries, a couple of yellow squash, pecan banana bread,
    a big brownie and a couple of blueberry "pop tarts". Most of the
    blueberries went into the freezer (some held out for baking) and the
    melon will be shared with a neighbor.

    Dirty Dancing?

    IIRC, it came out when we didn't have much money for extras like
    movies. Would have had to pay a babysitter on top of the movie
    price, etc and from the clips I saw, it just wasn't the kind of movie
    we would have enjoyed anyway. OTOH, I did convice Steve to take me to
    GWTW a couple of months after we got married.

    Now of course you can borrow it from a library for free, if
    desired. I've only seen GWTW all the way through once. Broadcast TV
    always edited parts of it out.

    Not interested in DD but own GWTW on DVD.

    Right now the only place I'm going is back to the dentist on
    Monday. Follow-up for pulling the tooth that broke.

    No fun--back to soft foods for a while?

    Pretty much. I'm eating mostly real food now, but things did get infected. Joyful - especially when antibiotics are not your friends.

    Sounds like a misery loves company scenerio. Getting a crown or cap on
    the one tooth?

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 19:02:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Ruth Haffly on 07-26-19 16:39 <=-

    I got a pile today at one sale for free, but spent $2 on a
    kid's toy that probably wasn't worth it.
    Sounds like you did well. A few weeks ago we were at a sale
    where Steve scored a creeper, something else (forget what). The
    creeper was worth the sale. I found a bracelet I'll re-do as a necklace--like the stones but prefer necklaces to bracelets.

    I hit a church fundraiser sale today and spent $10. I'll get it
    back in scrap silver, most likely. The fun part was finding a
    purse for a dollar. What was inside? $1.60. Sold! (LOL)

    That last was a net gain of $.60 even if you couldn't get anything for
    the purse later... ;)

    Dirty Dancing?

    [...]>
    IIRC, it came out when we didn't have much money for extras like
    movies. Would have had to pay a babysitter on top of the movie
    price, etc and from the clips I saw, it just wasn't the kind of
    movie we would have enjoyed anyway. OTOH, I did convice Steve to
    take me to GWTW a couple of months after we got married.

    Now of course you can borrow it from a library for free, if desired. I've only seen GWTW all the way through once. Broadcast TV always
    edited parts of it out.

    My sister and I saw the whole thing (GWTW) once... we stopped into the
    movie house where it was showing on the way home from school... we
    walked by that movie house every day... :) We might have warned Mommy
    that we were planning to do that, I don't remember any more now... ;) Afterwards, still on our way home, we checked out the book from the
    library and read that straight through... ;)

    Right now the only place I'm going is back to the dentist on
    Monday. Follow-up for pulling the tooth that broke.
    RHf > No fun--back to soft foods for a while?

    Pretty much. I'm eating mostly real food now, but things did get infected. Joyful - especially when antibiotics are not your friends.

    Good that it cleared up again.... no fun at all....

    ttyl neb

    ... I'll have two brains on drugs with bacon toast and coffee.

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Friday, August 02, 2019 16:49:08
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 07-24-19 22:54 <=-

    Any shirts other than red. :-)
    Ok, then, any small print in multi should work for anything
    that
    you'd wear with them.... :)
    One of these centuries maybe.
    Just not into the sewing, eh...?

    Not desperate enough to get into that look.

    Not even to lengthen otherwise decent (but too short) jeans....?

    I'm not desperate enough I guess.

    $100 plus later.... I ought to at least break even and I
    hope
    to do considerably better.
    Sounds promising... :) Good stuff, eh....? :)

    Some of it. I also scored a pile of Christmas/Chanukkah
    gifts.

    That's also a good deal... saves money and effort for later... :)

    This is when I do 90% of my Christmas shopping.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, August 02, 2019 17:05:24
    I hit a church fundraiser sale today and spent $10. I'll get
    it back
    in scrap silver, most likely. The fun part was finding a purse
    for a
    dollar. What was inside? $1.60. Sold! (LOL)

    As long as the purse itself is in useable condition, it was a good
    deal.

    It actually looks nice, if you're into 80s snakeskin envelope
    clutches.

    better but you can find some surprise buys at Lidl.

    The closest one seems to be on Staten Island or something like
    that.
    Aldi is considerably closer.

    So go where you can get to it in good time/less traffic. Today was

    That's about an hour further than I'm willing to drive these days.

    farmer's market for us. Picked up a bunch of baby eggplants, a
    canary
    melon, some blueberries, a couple of yellow squash, pecan banana
    bread,
    a big brownie and a couple of blueberry "pop tarts". Most of the
    blueberries went into the freezer (some held out for baking) and
    the
    melon will be shared with a neighbor.

    Melons can get to be a bit much. I rarely buy a whole watermelon
    unless it's one of the babies. They're just too big.

    we would have enjoyed anyway. OTOH, I did convice Steve to take me
    to
    GWTW a couple of months after we got married.

    Now of course you can borrow it from a library for free, if
    desired. I've only seen GWTW all the way through once. Broadcast
    TV
    always edited parts of it out.

    Not interested in DD but own GWTW on DVD.

    Good idea, and now you're in the right neighborhood for viewing
    parties. More or less anyway.

    Right now the only place I'm going is back to the
    dentist on
    Monday. Follow-up for pulling the tooth that broke.

    No fun--back to soft foods for a while?

    Pretty much. I'm eating mostly real food now, but things did
    get
    infected. Joyful - especially when antibiotics are not your
    friends.

    Sounds like a misery loves company scenerio. Getting a crown or cap
    on
    the one tooth?

    Got rid of the tooth - it broke off at about gum level.
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, August 03, 2019 20:12:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 08-02-19 16:49 <=-

    Any shirts other than red. :-)
    Ok, then, any small print in multi should work for anything
    that you'd wear with them.... :)
    One of these centuries maybe.
    Just not into the sewing, eh...?
    Not desperate enough to get into that look.
    Not even to lengthen otherwise decent (but too short) jeans....?

    I'm not desperate enough I guess.

    I suppose not, then... ;)

    $100 plus later.... I ought to at least break even and I
    hope to do considerably better.
    Sounds promising... :) Good stuff, eh....? :)
    Some of it. I also scored a pile of Christmas/Chanukkah
    gifts.
    That's also a good deal... saves money and effort for later... :)

    This is when I do 90% of my Christmas shopping.

    Good thinking... We've gotten to the point where we no longer have to
    buy such gifts... :)

    ttyl neb

    ... Only the pure in heart can make a good soup. -- Beethoven

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, August 03, 2019 22:34:39
    Hi Ruth,

    in scrap silver, most likely. The fun part was finding a purse
    for a
    dollar. What was inside? $1.60. Sold! (LOL)

    As long as the purse itself is in useable condition, it was a good
    deal.

    It actually looks nice, if you're into 80s snakeskin envelope
    clutches.

    I wasn't then, and don't think I'd want to get into them now. I prefer
    shoulder bags, leather if possible.

    better but you can find some surprise buys at Lidl.

    The closest one seems to be on Staten Island or something like
    that.
    Aldi is considerably closer.

    So go where you can get to it in good time/less traffic. Today was

    That's about an hour further than I'm willing to drive these days.


    Understandable.

    farmer's market for us. Picked up a bunch of baby eggplants, a
    canary
    melon, some blueberries, a couple of yellow squash, pecan banana
    bread,
    a big brownie and a couple of blueberry "pop tarts". Most of the blueberries went into the freezer (some held out for baking) and
    the
    melon will be shared with a neighbor.

    Melons can get to be a bit much. I rarely buy a whole watermelon
    unless it's one of the babies. They're just too big.


    Steve is the main watermelong eater around here but still, the small
    ones are worth sharing. Shared the canary with our Life Group at church
    so we didn't have to worry about it being too much.


    we would have enjoyed anyway. OTOH, I did convice Steve to take me
    to
    GWTW a couple of months after we got married.

    Now of course you can borrow it from a library for free, if
    desired. I've only seen GWTW all the way through once. Broadcast
    TV
    always edited parts of it out.

    Not interested in DD but own GWTW on DVD.

    Good idea, and now you're in the right neighborhood for viewing
    parties. More or less anyway.

    Parts of it are still playing out in real life.


    Pretty much. I'm eating mostly real food now, but things did
    get
    infected. Joyful - especially when antibiotics are not your
    friends.

    Sounds like a misery loves company scenerio. Getting a crown or cap
    on
    the one tooth?

    Got rid of the tooth - it broke off at about gum level.

    Major ouch time there. You want your round ground?


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Monday, August 05, 2019 23:13:58
    necklace--like the stones but prefer necklaces to bracelets.

    I hit a church fundraiser sale today and spent $10. I'll get
    it
    back in scrap silver, most likely. The fun part was finding a
    purse for a dollar. What was inside? $1.60. Sold! (LOL)

    That last was a net gain of $.60 even if you couldn't get anything
    for
    the purse later... ;)

    Exactly. The purse is headed to a consignment store, I hope. If it
    sells for $5 I'm even further ahead of the game.

    I've only seen GWTW all the way through once. Broadcast TV
    always
    edited parts of it out.

    My sister and I saw the whole thing (GWTW) once... we stopped into
    the
    movie house where it was showing on the way home from school... we
    walked by that movie house every day... :) We might have warned
    Mommy
    that we were planning to do that, I don't remember any more now...
    ;)
    Afterwards, still on our way home, we checked out the book from the
    library and read that straight through... ;)

    I hope Mom didn't get too worried; that's one LONG movie.

    infected. Joyful - especially when antibiotics are not your
    friends.

    Good that it cleared up again.... no fun at all....

    Now I'm praying things aren't coming back around. The last thing I
    need....
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Monday, August 05, 2019 23:41:58
    that you'd wear with them.... :)
    One of these centuries maybe.
    Just not into the sewing, eh...?
    Not desperate enough to get into that look.
    Not even to lengthen otherwise decent (but too short) jeans....?

    I'm not desperate enough I guess.

    I suppose not, then... ;)

    I have however been hand-stitching a crocheted bird onto a lap quilt.
    Made the quilt, but found the bird.

    Some of it. I also scored a pile of Christmas/Chanukkah
    gifts.
    That's also a good deal... saves money and effort for later...
    :)

    This is when I do 90% of my Christmas shopping.

    Good thinking... We've gotten to the point where we no longer have
    to
    buy such gifts... :)

    I still exchange them with some cousins, family and a few friends. I
    also do a Secret Santa exchange or two. It's worth squirreling away
    useful bits for that sometimes.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Tuesday, August 06, 2019 00:07:56
    As long as the purse itself is in useable condition, it was
    a good
    deal.

    It actually looks nice, if you're into 80s snakeskin envelope
    clutches.

    I wasn't then, and don't think I'd want to get into them now. I
    prefer
    shoulder bags, leather if possible.

    Same here, but if they pay me to haul it off...!

    Melons can get to be a bit much. I rarely buy a whole
    watermelon
    unless it's one of the babies. They're just too big.


    Steve is the main watermelong eater around here but still, the
    small
    ones are worth sharing. Shared the canary with our Life Group at
    church
    so we didn't have to worry about it being too much.

    Good idea. Those melons with the seeds in the middle don't tend to
    keep too well.

    always edited parts of it out.

    Not interested in DD but own GWTW on DVD.

    Good idea, and now you're in the right neighborhood for
    viewing
    parties. More or less anyway.

    Parts of it are still playing out in real life.


    Ack.

    Sounds like a misery loves company scenerio. Getting a crown
    or cap
    on
    the one tooth?

    Got rid of the tooth - it broke off at about gum level.

    Major ouch time there. You want your round ground?


    Ground down more like. Now I'm praying the infection that trashed
    that upper tooth isn't back and that it's just sinus crud or another
    tooth that I already knew needed to go eventually.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, August 06, 2019 12:03:04
    Hi Ruth,

    As long as the purse itself is in useable condition, it was
    a good deal.

    It actually looks nice, if you're into 80s snakeskin envelope clutches.

    I wasn't then, and don't think I'd want to get into them now. I
    prefer shoulder bags, leather if possible.

    Same here, but if they pay me to haul it off...!

    .............then go ahead and haul it off!



    Melons can get to be a bit much. I rarely buy a whole
    watermelon unless it's one of the babies. They're just too big.

    Steve is the main watermelon eater around here but still, the
    small ones are worth sharing. Shared the canary with our Life
    Group at church so we didn't have to worry about it being too much.

    Good idea. Those melons with the seeds in the middle don't tend to
    keep too well.

    No, and even tho they're smaller than a watermelon, they don't come in a
    one serving size (yet).

    always edited parts of it out.

    Not interested in DD but own GWTW on DVD.

    Good idea, and now you're in the right neighborhood for
    viewing parties. More or less anyway.

    Parts of it are still playing out in real life.

    Ack.

    I know/agree.


    Sounds like a misery loves company scenerio. Getting a crown
    or cap on the one tooth?

    Got rid of the tooth - it broke off at about gum level.

    Major ouch time there. You want your round ground?

    Ground down more like. Now I'm praying the infection that trashed
    that upper tooth isn't back and that it's just sinus crud or another
    tooth that I already knew needed to go eventually.

    Going to end up like UDD with a full set of China Clippers? Might save
    some time/money/pain/frustration in the long run.

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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Thursday, August 08, 2019 16:41:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 08-05-19 23:13 <=-

    I hit a church fundraiser sale today and spent $10. I'll get
    it back in scrap silver, most likely. The fun part was finding
    a purse for a dollar. What was inside? $1.60. Sold! (LOL)
    That last was a net gain of $.60 even if you couldn't get anything
    for the purse later... ;)

    Exactly. The purse is headed to a consignment store, I hope. If it sells for $5 I'm even further ahead of the game.

    Indeed. :)

    I've only seen GWTW all the way through once. Broadcast TV
    always edited parts of it out.
    My sister and I saw the whole thing (GWTW) once... we stopped into
    the movie house where it was showing on the way home from school...
    we walked by that movie house every day... :) We might have warned
    Mommy that we were planning to do that, I don't remember any more
    now... ;) Afterwards, still on our way home, we checked out the
    book from the library and read that straight through... ;)

    I hope Mom didn't get too worried; that's one LONG movie.

    Yes... maybe 4 hours...? That's why I think we might have warned her
    ahead of time... But we also did tend to stay for activities after
    school, so she might have just taken it in stride.. Plus there were
    plenty of other kids at home to distract her... I'm the oldest of 8, the youngest was probably about 18 months old at the time... ;)

    infected. Joyful - especially when antibiotics are not your
    friends.
    Good that it cleared up again.... no fun at all....

    Now I'm praying things aren't coming back around. The last thing I need....

    That's for sure....

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 23:08:40
    It actually looks nice, if you're into 80s snakeskin
    envelope
    clutches.

    I wasn't then, and don't think I'd want to get into them
    now. I
    prefer shoulder bags, leather if possible.

    Same here, but if they pay me to haul it off...!

    .............then go ahead and haul it off!

    And then redonate if necessary.


    Good idea. Those melons with the seeds in the middle don't
    tend to
    keep too well.

    No, and even tho they're smaller than a watermelon, they don't come
    in a
    one serving size (yet).

    I tend to buy a cup of chunks and eat it for lunch.

    Ground down more like. Now I'm praying the infection that
    trashed
    that upper tooth isn't back and that it's just sinus crud or
    another
    tooth that I already knew needed to go eventually.

    Going to end up like UDD with a full set of China Clippers? Might
    save
    some time/money/pain/frustration in the long run.

    Partial eventually, probably. It's a family trait, come to it.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 23:42:42
    Mommy that we were planning to do that, I don't remember any
    more
    now... ;) Afterwards, still on our way home, we checked out
    the
    book from the library and read that straight through... ;)

    I hope Mom didn't get too worried; that's one LONG movie.

    Yes... maybe 4 hours...? That's why I think we might have warned
    her
    ahead of time... But we also did tend to stay for activities after
    school, so she might have just taken it in stride.. Plus there were
    plenty of other kids at home to distract her... I'm the oldest of
    8, the
    youngest was probably about 18 months old at the time... ;)

    That would do it. Eight little monsters... eep. (LOL)
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 22:13:23
    Hi Ruth,

    It actually looks nice, if you're into 80s snakeskin
    envelope clutches.

    I wasn't then, and don't think I'd want to get into them
    now. I prefer shoulder bags, leather if possible.

    Same here, but if they pay me to haul it off...!

    .............then go ahead and haul it off!

    And then redonate if necessary.

    Always an option.


    Good idea. Those melons with the seeds in the middle don't
    tend to keep too well.

    No, and even tho they're smaller than a watermelon, they don't come
    in a one serving size (yet).

    I tend to buy a cup of chunks and eat it for lunch.

    Much more practical if you're the only eater of the melon.

    Ground down more like. Now I'm praying the infection that
    trashed that upper tooth isn't back and that it's just sinus crud
    or another tooth that I already knew needed to go eventually.

    Going to end up like UDD with a full set of China Clippers? Might
    save some time/money/pain/frustration in the long run.

    Partial eventually, probably. It's a family trait, come to it.

    So t'would be no surprise. My dad had a partial for years--think he got
    it even before I was born. It was expanded on over the years but he
    never did need the full set of dentures. Mom started with a small
    partial in her 40s that also grew but also never got to a full denture
    set. So far I've done much better, only lost one tooth (to an internal reabsorbtion) other than my wisdom teeth. Hopefully I'll keep the losses
    to that.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, August 16, 2019 17:40:30
    now. I prefer shoulder bags, leather if possible.

    Same here, but if they pay me to haul it off...!

    .............then go ahead and haul it off!

    And then redonate if necessary.

    Always an option.


    The consignment store took all three purses. If they sell, I'm in
    bonus territory. They took a random artisan velvet and ceramic box
    too, that I bought for what was in it. The box itself is free money
    if it moves.

    in a one serving size (yet).

    I tend to buy a cup of chunks and eat it for lunch.

    Much more practical if you're the only eater of the melon.

    Especially honeydews.

    Partial eventually, probably. It's a family trait, come to it.

    So t'would be no surprise. My dad had a partial for years--think he
    got
    it even before I was born. It was expanded on over the years but he
    never did need the full set of dentures. Mom started with a small
    partial in her 40s that also grew but also never got to a full
    denture
    set. So far I've done much better, only lost one tooth (to an
    internal
    reabsorbtion) other than my wisdom teeth. Hopefully I'll keep the
    losses
    to that.

    That would be good. I oddly have all four wisdom teeth. Use 'em too.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, August 17, 2019 16:24:18
    Hi Ruth,

    now. I prefer shoulder bags, leather if possible.

    Same here, but if they pay me to haul it off...!

    .............then go ahead and haul it off!

    And then redonate if necessary.

    Always an option.

    The consignment store took all three purses. If they sell, I'm in
    bonus territory. They took a random artisan velvet and ceramic box
    too, that I bought for what was in it. The box itself is free money
    if it moves.

    Sounds like you did well. Hopefully all will sell and you will get a few
    more $$ to play with.


    in a one serving size (yet).

    I tend to buy a cup of chunks and eat it for lunch.

    Much more practical if you're the only eater of the melon.

    Especially honeydews.

    We tend to get cantalope and watermelon most of the time, the canary
    melons were something "just for different" from the farmer's market.
    Steve looked at watermelons the other day, decided to leave them in the
    box.


    Partial eventually, probably. It's a family trait, come to it.

    So t'would be no surprise. My dad had a partial for years--think he
    set. So far I've done much better, only lost one tooth (to an
    internal
    reabsorbtion) other than my wisdom teeth. Hopefully I'll keep the
    losses
    to that.


    That would be good. I oddly have all four wisdom teeth. Use 'em too.

    My wisdom teeth were all sideways, under the gum line, so there was no
    way they'd come up naturally. Had them all taken at once, under a
    general anesthesia in the hospital.

    ---
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    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 21:34:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 08-13-19 23:42 <=-

    Mommy that we were planning to do that, I don't remember any
    more now... ;) Afterwards, still on our way home, we checked
    out the book from the library and read that straight through... ;)
    I hope Mom didn't get too worried; that's one LONG movie.
    Yes... maybe 4 hours...? That's why I think we might have warned
    her ahead of time... But we also did tend to stay for activities
    after school, so she might have just taken it in stride.. Plus there
    were plenty of other kids at home to distract her... I'm the oldest
    of 8, the youngest was probably about 18 months old at the time... ;)

    That would do it. Eight little monsters... eep. (LOL)

    All planned, too... (G) There's almost 16 years between me and the youngest... the spacing stretched out a little at the end... the first 4
    were in 5 years... ;)

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 23:58:14
    The consignment store took all three purses. If they sell,
    I'm in
    bonus territory. They took a random artisan velvet and ceramic
    box
    too, that I bought for what was in it. The box itself is free
    money
    if it moves.

    Sounds like you did well. Hopefully all will sell and you will get
    a few
    more $$ to play with.

    Let's hope.

    Especially honeydews.

    We tend to get cantalope and watermelon most of the time, the
    canary
    melons were something "just for different" from the farmer's
    market.
    Steve looked at watermelons the other day, decided to leave them in
    the
    box.

    Canary, crenshaw. I love athena melons when I can find one. Not
    often. They're like a canteloupe but they taste good. :-)

    reabsorbtion) other than my wisdom teeth. Hopefully I'll
    keep the
    losses
    to that.


    That would be good. I oddly have all four wisdom teeth. Use
    'em too.

    My wisdom teeth were all sideways, under the gum line, so there was
    no
    way they'd come up naturally. Had them all taken at once, under a
    general anesthesia in the hospital.

    Those had to go. I'll bet it didn't feel too good afterward.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Thursday, August 22, 2019 00:10:54
    her ahead of time... But we also did tend to stay for activities
    after school, so she might have just taken it in stride.. Plus
    there
    were plenty of other kids at home to distract her... I'm the oldest
    of 8, the youngest was probably about 18 months old at the time...
    ;)

    That would do it. Eight little monsters... eep. (LOL)

    All planned, too... (G) There's almost 16 years between me and the youngest... the spacing stretched out a little at the end... the first
    4
    were in 5 years... ;)

    Double EEP. Brave, or crazy, parents. Friends of mine had seven, but
    the last two are twins. They were born a few months after the oldest
    one got married.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Thursday, August 22, 2019 16:30:48
    Hi Ruth,

    too, that I bought for what was in it. The box itself is free
    money if it moves.

    Sounds like you did well. Hopefully all will sell and you will get
    a few more $$ to play with.

    Let's hope.

    do you have to go back and check or do they mail you a check if
    something sells?

    Especially honeydews.

    We tend to get cantalope and watermelon most of the time, the
    canary
    melons were something "just for different" from the farmer's
    market.
    Steve looked at watermelons the other day, decided to leave them in
    the
    box.

    Canary, crenshaw. I love athena melons when I can find one. Not
    often. They're like a canteloupe but they taste good. :-)

    Sounds interesting; have to keep an eye out for one.


    reabsorbtion) other than my wisdom teeth. Hopefully I'll
    keep the losses to that.

    That would be good. I oddly have all four wisdom teeth. Use
    'em too.

    My wisdom teeth were all sideways, under the gum line, so there was
    no
    way they'd come up naturally. Had them all taken at once, under a general anesthesia in the hospital.

    Those had to go. I'll bet it didn't feel too good afterward.

    Took a good month or so before the mouth felt good again. It was done
    early enough in December that I was able to eat a proper Christmas
    dinner, but still went quite easy on most parts. Trouble is, a lot of
    the parts that were easy to eat (mushy), were things I didn't like. But,
    I survived; the teeth have been gone for quite some time now.


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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, August 24, 2019 20:31:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 08-22-19 00:10 <=-

    her ahead of time... But we also did tend to stay for activities
    after school, so she might have just taken it in stride.. Plus
    there were plenty of other kids at home to distract her... I'm the
    oldest of 8, the youngest was probably about 18 months old at the
    time... ;)
    That would do it. Eight little monsters... eep. (LOL)
    All planned, too... (G) There's almost 16 years between me and the youngest... the spacing stretched out a little at the end... the
    first 4 were in 5 years... ;)

    Double EEP. Brave, or crazy, parents. Friends of mine had seven, but
    the last two are twins. They were born a few months after the oldest
    one got married.

    Mommy always said that they'd decided to have a large family... they
    were each the oldest of three kids, but Daddy's mother was the oldest of
    8 girls... They spaced the first two of us at 2 years apart, and then
    Mommy was curious as to what her natural spacing would be... so the next
    two were each 18 months apart, which apparently was what the natural
    spacing was, and she decided that was too close together, so they again
    planned the two year span for the next baby... So it was 2 years, 18
    months, 18 months and then 2 years... 5 kids in 7 years... Then the
    last 3 were spaced more like 3 years apart... No cabooses or twins in
    the batch... They got their eight kids, they quit having more... :)

    Upshot was, though, that I as oldest got a major share of the load...
    so, yeah, somewhat eep... ;) And dunno if it was brave, or crazy, or
    some of each... ;) I do remember having to mother my mother from time
    to time, as well as my yuunger siblings... ;)

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 00:08:26
    Sounds like you did well. Hopefully all will sell and you
    will get
    a few more $$ to play with.

    Let's hope.

    do you have to go back and check or do they mail you a check if
    something sells?

    It goes both ways. I go back in and they check, and if it's the
    right time of year cut me a check.

    Canary, crenshaw. I love athena melons when I can find one.
    Not
    often. They're like a canteloupe but they taste good. :-)

    Sounds interesting; have to keep an eye out for one.

    They're not around long, if they turn up at all.

    My wisdom teeth were all sideways, under the gum line, so
    there was
    no
    way they'd come up naturally. Had them all taken at once,
    under a
    general anesthesia in the hospital.

    Those had to go. I'll bet it didn't feel too good afterward.

    Took a good month or so before the mouth felt good again. It was
    done
    early enough in December that I was able to eat a proper Christmas
    dinner, but still went quite easy on most parts. Trouble is, a lot
    of
    the parts that were easy to eat (mushy), were things I didn't like.
    But,
    I survived; the teeth have been gone for quite some time now.

    Don't want them back. Mom had a tooth filled today, and doesn't like novocaine one bit. (welcome to my world)
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 00:28:28
    Double EEP. Brave, or crazy, parents. Friends of mine had
    seven, but
    the last two are twins. They were born a few months after the
    oldest
    one got married.

    Mommy always said that they'd decided to have a large family...
    they
    were each the oldest of three kids, but Daddy's mother was the
    oldest of
    8 girls... They spaced the first two of us at 2 years apart, and
    then
    Mommy was curious as to what her natural spacing would be... so the
    next
    two were each 18 months apart, which apparently was what the
    natural
    spacing was, and she decided that was too close together, so they
    again
    planned the two year span for the next baby... So it was 2 years,
    18
    months, 18 months and then 2 years... 5 kids in 7 years... Then
    the
    last 3 were spaced more like 3 years apart... No cabooses or twins
    in
    the batch... They got their eight kids, they quit having more... :)

    Upshot was, though, that I as oldest got a major share of the
    load...
    so, yeah, somewhat eep... ;) And dunno if it was brave, or crazy,
    or
    some of each... ;) I do remember having to mother my mother from
    time
    to time, as well as my yuunger siblings... ;)

    My parents had two 18 months apart and Mom decided that was too
    enough headaches.(LOL)
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 12:04:45
    Hi Ruth,

    do you have to go back and check or do they mail you a check if something sells?

    It goes both ways. I go back in and they check, and if it's the
    right time of year cut me a check.

    Yes, it's usually a case of the one who does the consigning having to go
    back for the check. Guess they'd deduct postage if the store had to mail
    it.

    Canary, crenshaw. I love athena melons when I can find one.
    Not
    often. They're like a canteloupe but they taste good. :-)

    Sounds interesting; have to keep an eye out for one.

    They're not around long, if they turn up at all.

    Maybe I'll find one next year. We're transitioning out of watermelon
    season into winter squashs; I picked up a small butternut one last week
    at the farmer's market.


    My wisdom teeth were all sideways, under the gum line, so
    there was no way they'd come up naturally. Had them all taken at
    once, under a general anesthesia in the hospital.

    Those had to go. I'll bet it didn't feel too good afterward.

    Took a good month or so before the mouth felt good again. It was
    done early enough in December that I was able to eat a proper
    Christmas dinner, but still went quite easy on most parts. Trouble is,
    a lot of the parts that were easy to eat (mushy), were things I didn't
    like. But, I survived; the teeth have been gone for quite some time
    now.

    Don't want them back. Mom had a tooth filled today, and doesn't like novocaine one bit. (welcome to my world)

    I'll take it, beats having the drill hit a nerve, unmedicated. the oral
    surgeon that took out my wisdom teeth also gave me a promise that if
    they ever grew back, he'd take them out for free. So far I've not had to
    take him up on that offer. (G) It was part of the package we worked out
    for payment, etc.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Saturday, August 31, 2019 18:30:38
    It goes both ways. I go back in and they check, and if it's
    the
    right time of year cut me a check.

    Yes, it's usually a case of the one who does the consigning having
    to go
    back for the check. Guess they'd deduct postage if the store had to
    mail
    it.

    Some do, some don't.

    Sounds interesting; have to keep an eye out for one.

    They're not around long, if they turn up at all.

    Maybe I'll find one next year. We're transitioning out of
    watermelon
    season into winter squashs; I picked up a small butternut one last
    week
    at the farmer's market.

    I haven't seen local ones yet; they won't be around for another
    month. Meanwhile, here comes Hurricane season, so it's probably
    watermelon season for a while yet. Some folks may not be able to
    power up the oven to bake the squash.

    like. But, I survived; the teeth have been gone for quite some
    time
    now.

    Don't want them back. Mom had a tooth filled today, and
    doesn't like
    novocaine one bit. (welcome to my world)

    I'll take it, beats having the drill hit a nerve, unmedicated. the

    Amen to that.

    oral
    surgeon that took out my wisdom teeth also gave me a promise that
    if
    they ever grew back, he'd take them out for free. So far I've not
    had to
    take him up on that offer. (G) It was part of the package we worked
    out
    for payment, etc.

    (LOL) I take it he doesn't work on sharks!
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, August 31, 2019 14:52:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 08-28-19 00:28 <=-

    Mommy always said that they'd decided to have a large family...
    (snip)
    apart, and then Mommy was curious as to what her natural spacing
    would be... so the next two were each 18 months apart, which
    apparently was what the natural spacing was, and she decided that
    was too close together, so they again planned the two year span for
    the next baby... So it was 2 years, 18 months, 18 months and then 2
    years... 5 kids in 7 years... Then the last 3 were spaced more like
    3 years apart... No cabooses or twins in the batch... They got their
    eight kids, they quit having more... :)

    My parents had two 18 months apart and Mom decided that was too
    enough headaches.(LOL)

    Eighteen months is pretty close... :) And each couple has their own
    comfort zone... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Sunday, September 01, 2019 20:11:41
    Hi Ruth,

    right time of year cut me a check.

    Yes, it's usually a case of the one who does the consigning having
    to go
    back for the check. Guess they'd deduct postage if the store had to
    mail
    it.

    Some do, some don't.

    Presumably the policy is specified before you consign?


    Sounds interesting; have to keep an eye out for one.

    They're not around long, if they turn up at all.

    Maybe I'll find one next year. We're transitioning out of
    watermelon
    season into winter squashs; I picked up a small butternut one last
    week at the farmer's market.

    I haven't seen local ones yet; they won't be around for another
    month. Meanwhile, here comes Hurricane season, so it's probably
    watermelon season for a while yet. Some folks may not be able to
    power up the oven to bake the squash.

    Looks like Dorian is going to brush the coastline--right where we used
    to live. As of now, it looks like we'll have wind and rain, but not
    much. Still, going to make sure there's emergency rations (soups, dry
    cereal, water, etc) in the camper and that the water tanks are all
    filled. Ounce of prevention..................

    Don't want them back. Mom had a tooth filled today, and
    doesn't like
    novocaine one bit. (welcome to my world)

    I'll take it, beats having the drill hit a nerve, unmedicated. the

    Amen to that.

    oral
    surgeon that took out my wisdom teeth also gave me a promise that
    if
    they ever grew back, he'd take them out for free. So far I've not
    had to
    take him up on that offer. (G) It was part of the package we worked
    out
    for payment, etc.

    (LOL) I take it he doesn't work on sharks!

    Not that I know of.
    ---
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    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Thursday, September 05, 2019 17:23:40
    years... 5 kids in 7 years... Then the last 3 were spaced more
    like
    3 years apart... No cabooses or twins in the batch... They got
    their
    eight kids, they quit having more... :)

    My parents had two 18 months apart and Mom decided that was too
    enough headaches.(LOL)

    Eighteen months is pretty close... :) And each couple has their own
    comfort zone... :)


    Or discomfort zone. Two friends had 10 kids; the second one ended up divorced. Another friend had his twins, kids six and seven, just after
    the oldest daughter's wedding.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, September 06, 2019 23:51:50
    Yes, it's usually a case of the one who does the consigning
    having
    to go
    back for the check. Guess they'd deduct postage if the store
    had to
    mail
    it.

    Some do, some don't.

    Presumably the policy is specified before you consign?


    Probably, but for 55 cents I didn't bother to check.

    I haven't seen local ones yet; they won't be around for
    another
    month. Meanwhile, here comes Hurricane season, so it's
    probably
    watermelon season for a while yet. Some folks may not be able
    to
    power up the oven to bake the squash.

    Looks like Dorian is going to brush the coastline--right where we
    used
    to live. As of now, it looks like we'll have wind and rain, but not
    much. Still, going to make sure there's emergency rations (soups,
    dry
    cereal, water, etc) in the camper and that the water tanks are all
    filled. Ounce of prevention..................

    I'm getting some wind/rain action myself from the storm, but not a
    ton. The southeastern part of the state will get more.

    they ever grew back, he'd take them out for free. So far
    I've not
    had to
    take him up on that offer. (G) It was part of the package we
    worked
    out
    for payment, etc.

    (LOL) I take it he doesn't work on sharks!

    Not that I know of.

    I wonder if lawyers grow their wisdom teeth back?
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, September 07, 2019 20:54:56
    Hi Ruth,

    Yes, it's usually a case of the one who does the consigning
    having to go back for the check. Guess they'd deduct postage if
    the store had to mail it. RH> >

    Some do, some don't.

    Presumably the policy is specified before you consign?

    Probably, but for 55 cents I didn't bother to check.

    Don't know if I would have too. Most often, we just donate stuff to the
    campus Sharing Shop, ReStore, Good Will or similar, and don't go to the
    bother of a consignment place.


    month. Meanwhile, here comes Hurricane season, so it's
    probably watermelon season for a while yet. Some folks may not be
    able to power up the oven to bake the squash.

    Looks like Dorian is going to brush the coastline--right where we
    used
    to live. As of now, it looks like we'll have wind and rain, but not much. Still, going to make sure there's emergency rations (soups,
    dry
    cereal, water, etc) in the camper and that the water tanks are all filled. Ounce of prevention..................

    I'm getting some wind/rain action myself from the storm, but not a
    ton. The southeastern part of the state will get more.

    We got some wind and rain, basically about what we've gotten in some
    other storms. Outer Banks and coastal counties got hit again but we
    didn't even have so much as a power flicker. I was able to fix supper,
    run the dishwasher, etc without problems.


    they ever grew back, he'd take them out for free. So far
    I've not had to take him up on that offer. (G) It was part of the
    package we worked out for payment, etc.

    (LOL) I take it he doesn't work on sharks!

    Not that I know of.

    I wonder if lawyers grow their wisdom teeth back?

    If you know any, ask. (G)


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Monday, September 09, 2019 23:13:40
    Presumably the policy is specified before you consign?

    Probably, but for 55 cents I didn't bother to check.

    Don't know if I would have too. Most often, we just donate stuff to
    the
    campus Sharing Shop, ReStore, Good Will or similar, and don't go to
    the
    bother of a consignment place.

    I donate 95% of my own stuff, but some things get bought for resale
    of found with the original tags.

    I'm getting some wind/rain action myself from the storm, but
    not a
    ton. The southeastern part of the state will get more.

    We got some wind and rain, basically about what we've gotten in
    some
    other storms. Outer Banks and coastal counties got hit again but we
    didn't even have so much as a power flicker. I was able to fix
    supper,
    run the dishwasher, etc without problems.

    We got wet. Halifax in Canada got nailed apparently.


    (LOL) I take it he doesn't work on sharks!

    Not that I know of.

    I wonder if lawyers grow their wisdom teeth back?

    If you know any, ask. (G)

    The one I know best took one look at what lawyers did after law
    school and went into insurance.(LOL)
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 14:03:22
    Hi Ruth,

    Don't know if I would have too. Most often, we just donate stuff to
    the
    campus Sharing Shop, ReStore, Good Will or similar, and don't go to
    the
    bother of a consignment place.

    I donate 95% of my own stuff, but some things get bought for resale
    of found with the original tags.

    AFAIK, there's only one consignment store in town and it's clothing
    only.

    I'm getting some wind/rain action myself from the storm, but
    not a
    ton. The southeastern part of the state will get more.

    We got some wind and rain, basically about what we've gotten in
    some
    other storms. Outer Banks and coastal counties got hit again but we didn't even have so much as a power flicker. I was able to fix
    supper,
    run the dishwasher, etc without problems.

    We got wet. Halifax in Canada got nailed apparently.

    I understand it was back up to a Category 2 when it hit up there. Most,
    but not all, of the places that lost power have it back now except for
    parts of the Outer Banks. Evacuations, loss of power, storm damage
    (especially to roads) but not as much damage as the Bahamas got. Fishing
    boats and ferries are hauling in supplies like drinking water, diapers, building materials, workers, etc.


    (LOL) I take it he doesn't work on sharks!

    Not that I know of.

    I wonder if lawyers grow their wisdom teeth back?

    If you know any, ask. (G)

    The one I know best took one look at what lawyers did after law
    school and went into insurance.(LOL)

    One in our church went to law school after teaching for several years.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 22:20:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 09-05-19 17:23 <=-

    Continuing from the Pond on 10 Sept... about 10:20pm....

    years... 5 kids in 7 years... Then the last 3 were spaced more
    like 3 years apart... No cabooses or twins in the batch... They
    got their eight kids, they quit having more... :)
    My parents had two 18 months apart and Mom decided that was too
    enough headaches.(LOL)
    Eighteen months is pretty close... :) And each couple has their own comfort zone... :)

    Or discomfort zone. Two friends had 10 kids; the second one ended up divorced.

    Probably it wasn't because of the kids... although I suppose that it
    might have been a contributing factor... :) My one sister had 10 kids,
    they're still together, and now the kids are mostly all grown now, and
    having kids... nobody's gone for 10 yet, though... (G)

    Another friend had his twins, kids six and seven, just
    after the oldest daughter's wedding.

    If I'm parsing that correctly, the twins, born just after the oldest
    daughter's wedding, are now six or seven.... Or was it two sets of
    twins....? :)

    ttyl neb

    ... A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and my Blue Wave reader.

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Saturday, September 14, 2019 18:14:30
    I donate 95% of my own stuff, but some things get bought for
    resale
    of found with the original tags.

    AFAIK, there's only one consignment store in town and it's clothing
    only.

    Most are, clothes and accessories.

    We got wet. Halifax in Canada got nailed apparently.

    I understand it was back up to a Category 2 when it hit up there.
    Most,
    but not all, of the places that lost power have it back now except
    for
    parts of the Outer Banks. Evacuations, loss of power, storm damage (especially to roads) but not as much damage as the Bahamas got.
    Fishing
    boats and ferries are hauling in supplies like drinking water,
    diapers,
    building materials, workers, etc.

    The Bahamas were flattened. That one island hadn't even gotten
    government help yet a week later.

    I wonder if lawyers grow their wisdom teeth back?

    If you know any, ask. (G)

    The one I know best took one look at what lawyers did after
    law
    school and went into insurance.(LOL)

    One in our church went to law school after teaching for several
    years.

    Probably wanted to earn a living.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Sunday, September 15, 2019 16:44:10
    Hi Ruth,

    AFAIK, there's only one consignment store in town and it's clothing only.

    Most are, clothes and accessories.

    What we donate is generally a mixed bag of stuff--some clothing but
    books, kitchen oddiments, whatever may be sitting around, taking up
    space we'd rather open up, basically, "whateveahs".

    We got wet. Halifax in Canada got nailed apparently.

    I understand it was back up to a Category 2 when it hit up there.
    Most, but not all, of the places that lost power have it back now
    except for parts of the Outer Banks. Evacuations, loss of power, storm
    damage (especially to roads) but not as much damage as the Bahamas got.
    Fishing boats and ferries are hauling in supplies like drinking water,
    diapers, building materials, workers, etc.

    The Bahamas were flattened. That one island hadn't even gotten
    government help yet a week later.

    I understand this newest system is dumping some rain on them too. It's
    going to run into a major dip in the jet stream later this week and make
    a sharp turn to the east instead of continuing on its way north. Outer
    Banks will miss this one. I'm keeping an eye out for the end of the month--don't want the picnic week end to be called off on account of
    weather.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 00:25:32
    enough headaches.(LOL)
    Eighteen months is pretty close... :) And each couple has
    their own
    comfort zone... :)

    Or discomfort zone. Two friends had 10 kids; the second one
    ended up
    divorced.

    Probably it wasn't because of the kids... although I suppose that
    it
    might have been a contributing factor... :) My one sister had 10
    kids,
    they're still together, and now the kids are mostly all grown now,
    and
    having kids... nobody's gone for 10 yet, though... (G)

    The first set of friends with 10 kids have been married for almost 40
    years and want another 40.

    Another friend had his twins, kids six and seven, just
    after the oldest daughter's wedding.

    If I'm parsing that correctly, the twins, born just after the
    oldest
    daughter's wedding, are now six or seven.... Or was it two sets of twins....? :)

    There's only one set, and I think they're about 8 now. They were
    kids numbered six and seven.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, September 20, 2019 15:37:30
    AFAIK, there's only one consignment store in town and it's
    clothing
    only.

    Most are, clothes and accessories.

    What we donate is generally a mixed bag of stuff--some clothing but
    books, kitchen oddiments, whatever may be sitting around, taking up
    space we'd rather open up, basically, "whateveahs".

    The church here isn't taking much beyond clothing now. Other stuff
    goes elsewhere.

    Fishing boats and ferries are hauling in supplies like drinking
    water,
    diapers, building materials, workers, etc.

    The Bahamas were flattened. That one island hadn't even
    gotten
    government help yet a week later.

    I understand this newest system is dumping some rain on them too.
    It's
    going to run into a major dip in the jet stream later this week and
    make
    a sharp turn to the east instead of continuing on its way north.
    Outer
    Banks will miss this one. I'm keeping an eye out for the end of the month--don't want the picnic week end to be called off on account
    of
    weather.

    I always keep an eye out. We get hit in CT every so often too.
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, September 21, 2019 14:21:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 09-17-19 00:25 <=-

    enough headaches.(LOL)
    Eighteen months is pretty close... :) And each couple has
    their own comfort zone... :)
    Or discomfort zone. Two friends had 10 kids; the second one
    ended up divorced.
    Probably it wasn't because of the kids... although I suppose that
    it might have been a contributing factor... :) My one sister had 10
    kids, they're still together, and now the kids are mostly all grown
    now, and having kids... nobody's gone for 10 yet, though... (G)

    The first set of friends with 10 kids have been married for almost 40 years and want another 40.

    Sounds like a nice strong marriage there... :)

    Another friend had his twins, kids six and seven, just
    after the oldest daughter's wedding.
    If I'm parsing that correctly, the twins, born just after the
    oldest daughter's wedding, are now six or seven.... Or was it two
    sets of twins....? :)

    There's only one set, and I think they're about 8 now. They were
    kids numbered six and seven.

    Ah... Now it makes sense.... My sister with the 10 kids, had twins too,
    kids numbered eight and nine... she waited four years instead of two
    before having the last one... and that one ended up being a C-section,
    and her doctor talked her into calling it quits at that point...

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 00:05:04
    ended up divorced.
    Probably it wasn't because of the kids... although I suppose
    that
    it might have been a contributing factor... :) My one sister
    had 10
    kids, they're still together, and now the kids are mostly all
    grown
    now, and having kids... nobody's gone for 10 yet, though... (G)

    The first set of friends with 10 kids have been married for
    almost 40
    years and want another 40.

    Sounds like a nice strong marriage there... :)

    Seems like, from everything I can see. I was at the wedding. :-)

    There's only one set, and I think they're about 8 now. They
    were
    kids numbered six and seven.

    Ah... Now it makes sense.... My sister with the 10 kids, had twins
    too,
    kids numbered eight and nine... she waited four years instead of
    two
    before having the last one... and that one ended up being a C-
    section,
    and her doctor talked her into calling it quits at that point...

    Sounds wise.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 17:08:21
    Hi Ruth,

    AFAIK, there's only one consignment store in town and it's
    clothing only.

    Most are, clothes and accessories.

    What we donate is generally a mixed bag of stuff--some clothing but books, kitchen oddiments, whatever may be sitting around, taking up space we'd rather open up, basically, "whateveahs".

    The church here isn't taking much beyond clothing now. Other stuff
    goes elsewhere.

    Re-Store doesn't take clothing so that goes elsewhere. It does take
    small kitchen appliances, dinnerware, glassware, etc--we've gotten some
    good deals on small appliances there.

    Fishing boats and ferries are hauling in supplies like drinking
    water,
    diapers, building materials, workers, etc.

    The Bahamas were flattened. That one island hadn't even
    gotten
    government help yet a week later.

    I understand this newest system is dumping some rain on them too.
    It's
    going to run into a major dip in the jet stream later this week and
    make
    a sharp turn to the east instead of continuing on its way north.
    Outer
    Banks will miss this one. I'm keeping an eye out for the end of the month--don't want the picnic week end to be called off on account
    of
    weather.


    I always keep an eye out. We get hit in CT every so often too.

    Check your survival kit--update long term food stores, etc before winter settles in. One ad on the Patriot radio station is for long term
    survival food stores--says they will last up to 25 years. My question
    is, how good is it after that long a time? Would I want to eat something manufactured that many years ago? Doubtful. (G)

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, September 28, 2019 22:09:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 09-25-19 00:05 <=-

    ended up divorced.
    Probably it wasn't because of the kids... although I suppose
    that it might have been a contributing factor... :) My one
    sister had 10 kids, they're still together, and now the kids
    are mostly all grown now, and having kids... nobody's gone for
    10 yet, though... (G)
    The first set of friends with 10 kids have been married for
    almost 40 years and want another 40.
    Sounds like a nice strong marriage there... :)

    Seems like, from everything I can see. I was at the wedding. :-)

    And probably still very much part of their lives now, too... :)

    There's only one set, and I think they're about 8 now. They
    were kids numbered six and seven.
    Ah... Now it makes sense.... My sister with the 10 kids, had twins
    too, kids numbered eight and nine... she waited four years instead
    of two before having the last one... and that one ended up being a C-section, and her doctor talked her into calling it quits at that
    point...

    Sounds wise.

    That was pretty much the consensus at that point... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Wednesday, October 02, 2019 01:16:52
    The church here isn't taking much beyond clothing now. Other
    stuff
    goes elsewhere.

    Re-Store doesn't take clothing so that goes elsewhere. It does take
    small kitchen appliances, dinnerware, glassware, etc--we've gotten
    some
    good deals on small appliances there.

    I found new small ones here this week, not that I need any.

    of
    weather.


    I always keep an eye out. We get hit in CT every so often
    too.

    Check your survival kit--update long term food stores, etc before
    winter
    settles in. One ad on the Patriot radio station is for long term
    survival food stores--says they will last up to 25 years. My
    question
    is, how good is it after that long a time? Would I want to eat
    something
    manufactured that many years ago? Doubtful. (G)

    I've got a basement and freezer full. I'll leave the crazy stuff to
    the preppers and the Mormons. They pretty much invented it, and the
    observant ones keep a year's supply of shelf stable stuff on hand
    just in case. If not two.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, October 02, 2019 16:46:47
    Hi Ruth,

    The church here isn't taking much beyond clothing now. Other
    stuff goes elsewhere.

    Re-Store doesn't take clothing so that goes elsewhere. It does take small kitchen appliances, dinnerware, glassware, etc--we've gotten
    some good deals on small appliances there.

    I found new small ones here this week, not that I need any.

    Glasses or appliances? I picked up some medium sized tumblers a while
    back; they fit my hand better than the big ones we had. Steve also got
    some mugs that fit his espresso maker space underneath the spout.

    I always keep an eye out. We get hit in CT every so often
    too.

    Check your survival kit--update long term food stores, etc before
    winter
    settles in. One ad on the Patriot radio station is for long term survival food stores--says they will last up to 25 years. My
    question
    is, how good is it after that long a time? Would I want to eat
    something
    manufactured that many years ago? Doubtful. (G)

    I've got a basement and freezer full. I'll leave the crazy stuff to
    the preppers and the Mormons. They pretty much invented it, and the observant ones keep a year's supply of shelf stable stuff on hand
    just in case. If not two.

    I thought it was 3 years of stuff they need to keep on hand. I know when
    our daughter and her husband had their house built outside of SLC, they
    had to put in a cold storage room, even tho they're not Mormon. Idea was
    that if they ever sold the house to a Mormon, it would have the required
    cold storage room. They use it for other storage. (G)

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Ruth Haffly on Friday, October 04, 2019 00:06:04
    Ruth Haffly wrote to RUTH HANSCHKA <=-

    I thought it was 3 years of stuff they need to keep on hand. I know
    when our daughter and her husband had their house built outside of SLC, they had to put in a cold storage room, even tho they're not Mormon.
    Idea was that if they ever sold the house to a Mormon, it would have
    the required cold storage room. They use it for other storage. (G)

    I'm Mormon. Been a member of the Church for 37 years now.

    Food storage is but a part of our faith. It's being prepared for
    disaster or emergencies, both spiritual and temporal, that we're
    counseled to do.

    I don't know about a three-year plan but we are counseled to keep a three-month storage. We are also counseled to remain out of debt and
    to live within one's means as a form of preperation for disaster or
    emergency.

    I won't go any farther because this hinges on a full-blown religious discussion to explain, but if you're interested, visit:

    https://www.providentliving.org (that will redirect you to the Church's website concerning these subjects)

    I feel it's a good idea for everyone to be prepared, no matter your
    faith or lack of faith.

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    Title: Chalupa
    Categories: Main dish, Mexican, Crockpot, Beans
    Yield: 8 Servings

    1 lb Pinto beans
    3 lb Pork roast
    7 c Water
    1/2 c Onion, chopped
    2 Garlic cloves,
    -minced
    1 tb Salt
    2 tb Chili powder
    1 tb Cumin
    1 ts Oregano
    4 oz Green chili peppers,
    -chopped (one can)

    Put all ingredients in a dutch oven, an electric crockery cooker, or a
    heavy kettle. Cover and simmer about 5 hours, or until the roast falls
    apart and the beans are done. Uncover and cook about 1/2 hour, until
    the desired thickness is achieved.

    NOTES:

    * A Mexican meat and bean dish, similar to chili -- I got this
    recipe from "A Primer on Bean Cookery" by the California Dry Bean
    Advisory Board. While not a true chili, chalupa is a Mexican-American
    favorite for a hearty lunch or supper. It may be made ahead and
    reheated, and it freezes well.

    * Chili powder is a mixture of spices, consisting mainly of ground
    dried chili peppers. This recipe may be served with corn chips and
    condiments (including chopped tomato, chopped avocado, chopped onion,
    shredded lettuce, grated cheddar cheese and hot sauce).

    : Difficulty: Easy.
    : Time: 5 minutes preparation, 5-6 hours cooking.
    : Precision: no need to measure.

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Sean Dennis on Friday, October 04, 2019 21:27:44
    Hi Sean,

    I thought it was 3 years of stuff they need to keep on hand. I know
    when our daughter and her husband had their house built outside of SLC, they had to put in a cold storage room, even tho they're not Mormon.
    Idea was that if they ever sold the house to a Mormon, it would have
    the required cold storage room. They use it for other storage. (G)

    I'm Mormon. Been a member of the Church for 37 years now.

    Food storage is but a part of our faith. It's being prepared for
    disaster or emergencies, both spiritual and temporal, that we're
    counseled to do.

    I remember some years ago when Salt Lake City got hit by some major
    flooding the news stories about all the canned goods that had to be
    replaced. We keep some basics on hand but not near enough for 3 years
    (not even in wheat, which we buy in 50 lb sacks). Listening to the radio
    and hearing ads for stuff that's supposed to be fresh for 25 years--that
    claim sounds a bit over the top for me.

    I don't know about a three-year plan but we are counseled to keep a three-month storage. We are also counseled to remain out of debt and
    to live within one's means as a form of preperation for disaster or emergency.

    Sounds like good advice for most any of us.

    I won't go any farther because this hinges on a full-blown religious discussion to explain, but if you're interested, visit:

    https://www.providentliving.org (that will redirect you to the
    Church's website concerning these subjects)

    I've a good idea, from what I've picked up on over the years.


    I feel it's a good idea for everyone to be prepared, no matter your
    faith or lack of faith.

    Sounds like a good motto for the Boy Scouts to adopt. (G)

    Title: Chalupa
    Categories: Main dish, Mexican, Crockpot, Beans
    Yield: 8 Servings

    1 lb Pinto beans
    3 lb Pork roast
    7 c Water
    1/2 c Onion, chopped
    2 Garlic cloves,
    -minced
    1 tb Salt
    2 tb Chili powder
    1 tb Cumin
    1 ts Oregano
    4 oz Green chili peppers,
    -chopped (one can)

    Looks good and easy, probably one where I'd use the crock pot.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Saturday, October 05, 2019 17:40:40
    10 yet, though... (G)
    The first set of friends with 10 kids have been married for
    almost 40 years and want another 40.
    Sounds like a nice strong marriage there... :)

    Seems like, from everything I can see. I was at the wedding. :-)

    And probably still very much part of their lives now, too... :)

    I certainly try.
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Saturday, October 05, 2019 18:05:58
    Re-Store doesn't take clothing so that goes elsewhere. It
    does take
    small kitchen appliances, dinnerware, glassware, etc--we've
    gotten
    some good deals on small appliances there.

    I found new small ones here this week, not that I need any.

    Glasses or appliances? I picked up some medium sized tumblers a
    while
    back; they fit my hand better than the big ones we had. Steve also
    got
    some mugs that fit his espresso maker space underneath the spout.

    Eyeglasses possibly, drinking glasses not. My mugs are an
    accumulation of this and that from hither and yon.

    I've got a basement and freezer full. I'll leave the crazy
    stuff to
    the preppers and the Mormons. They pretty much invented it,
    and the
    observant ones keep a year's supply of shelf stable stuff on
    hand
    just in case. If not two.

    I thought it was 3 years of stuff they need to keep on hand. I know

    Might be. I was going off somewhat unreliable memory.

    when
    our daughter and her husband had their house built outside of SLC,
    they
    had to put in a cold storage room, even tho they're not Mormon.
    Idea was
    that if they ever sold the house to a Mormon, it would have the
    required
    cold storage room. They use it for other storage. (G)

    It might make a good pantry and root cellar in the meantime.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Sunday, October 06, 2019 21:40:56
    Hi Ruth,

    I found new small ones here this week, not that I need any.

    Glasses or appliances? I picked up some medium sized tumblers a
    while back; they fit my hand better than the big ones we had.
    Steve also got some mugs that fit his espresso maker space underneath
    the spout.

    Eyeglasses possibly, drinking glasses not. My mugs are an
    accumulation of this and that from hither and yon.

    Sounds like our mug collection. (G)

    when
    our daughter and her husband had their house built outside of SLC,
    they
    had to put in a cold storage room, even tho they're not Mormon.
    Idea was
    that if they ever sold the house to a Mormon, it would have the
    required
    cold storage room. They use it for other storage. (G)

    It might make a good pantry and root cellar in the meantime.

    That would be a good use for it. Just talked to her; she was lamenting
    that her only watermelon froze but otherwise had a pretty good garden
    this year.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Tuesday, October 08, 2019 14:42:00
    Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 10-05-19 16:40 <=-

    10 yet, though... (G)
    The first set of friends with 10 kids have been married for
    almost 40 years and want another 40.
    Sounds like a nice strong marriage there... :)
    Seems like, from everything I can see. I was at the wedding. :-)
    And probably still very much part of their lives now, too... :)

    I certainly try.

    Good friends are worth keeping... :)

    ttyl neb

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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, October 11, 2019 17:51:42
    while back; they fit my hand better than the big ones we had.
    Steve also got some mugs that fit his espresso maker space
    underneath
    the spout.

    Eyeglasses possibly, drinking glasses not. My mugs are an
    accumulation of this and that from hither and yon.

    Sounds like our mug collection. (G)

    Sounds like everyone's who didn't go out and buy a set. (who buys
    mug sets???)

    cold storage room. They use it for other storage. (G)

    It might make a good pantry and root cellar in the meantime.

    That would be a good use for it. Just talked to her; she was
    lamenting
    that her only watermelon froze but otherwise had a pretty good
    garden
    this year.

    Poor watermelon. I think I can grow some here, but only the mini
    ones. The growing season isn't long enough.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Saturday, October 12, 2019 18:07:55
    Hi Ruth,

    Eyeglasses possibly, drinking glasses not. My mugs are an accumulation of this and that from hither and yon.

    Sounds like our mug collection. (G)

    Sounds like everyone's who didn't go out and buy a set. (who buys
    mug sets???)

    Sometimes they come as part of sets of Corelle Ware but that doesn't
    count. (G) What counts are the one gluwein came in at a Christmas market
    in Berlin, one an upstairs neighbor in Franfurt, my orthodontist in
    Sierra Vista, the one purchased at Our Chalet in Switzerland, various
    freebies from assorted other places, etc, etc.

    cold storage room. They use it for other storage. (G)

    It might make a good pantry and root cellar in the meantime.

    That would be a good use for it. Just talked to her; she was
    lamenting that her only watermelon froze but otherwise had a
    pretty good garden this year.

    Poor watermelon. I think I can grow some here, but only the mini
    ones. The growing season isn't long enough.

    I don't think my dad ever tried it. Our first summer in AZ, our younger daughter planted some seeds from a piece of watermelon she had on July
    4. IIRC, she harvested one melon, some time in October.


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 17:38:04
    Sounds like everyone's who didn't go out and buy a set. (who
    buys
    mug sets???)

    Sometimes they come as part of sets of Corelle Ware but that
    doesn't
    count. (G) What counts are the one gluwein came in at a Christmas
    market

    I find those here once in a while.

    in Berlin, one an upstairs neighbor in Franfurt, my orthodontist in
    Sierra Vista, the one purchased at Our Chalet in Switzerland,
    various
    freebies from assorted other places, etc, etc.

    I have one my sister had made with my cat's picture on it. The one
    I'm using at the moment was hand made; I liked the colors. Others
    are souvenirs of Disney, gifts, etc.

    That would be a good use for it. Just talked to her; she was
    lamenting that her only watermelon froze but otherwise had a
    pretty good garden this year.

    Poor watermelon. I think I can grow some here, but only the
    mini
    ones. The growing season isn't long enough.

    I don't think my dad ever tried it. Our first summer in AZ, our
    younger
    daughter planted some seeds from a piece of watermelon she had on
    July
    4. IIRC, she harvested one melon, some time in October.

    In Arizona, they ought to grow with irrigation. My growing season
    has been over for a while now; we've already had frost once.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 17:59:38
    Hi Ruth,

    mug sets???)

    Sometimes they come as part of sets of Corelle Ware but that
    doesn't count. (G) What counts are the one gluwein came in at a
    Christmas market

    I find those here once in a while.

    I've only got one of those.

    in Berlin, one an upstairs neighbor in Franfurt, my orthodontist in Sierra Vista, the one purchased at Our Chalet in Switzerland,
    various freebies from assorted other places, etc, etc.

    I have one my sister had made with my cat's picture on it. The one
    I'm using at the moment was hand made; I liked the colors. Others
    are souvenirs of Disney, gifts, etc.

    We've given away some from time to time, wouldn't have the storage space
    if we'd kept all we'd acquired.

    That would be a good use for it. Just talked to her; she was
    lamenting that her only watermelon froze but otherwise had a
    pretty good garden this year.

    Poor watermelon. I think I can grow some here, but only the
    mini ones. The growing season isn't long enough.

    I don't think my dad ever tried it. Our first summer in AZ, our
    younger daughter planted some seeds from a piece of watermelon she
    had on July 4. IIRC, she harvested one melon, some time in October.

    In Arizona, they ought to grow with irrigation. My growing season
    has been over for a while now; we've already had frost once.

    This one was in a narrow strip of dirt between the fence and front
    patio. Over the years we grew tomatoes and peppers in it, made salsa,
    chili sauce, green tomato relish.............. all from a small area of
    dirt that had no sort of "enhancement".

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Sunday, October 20, 2019 18:43:58
    Sometimes they come as part of sets of Corelle Ware but that
    doesn't count. (G) What counts are the one gluwein came in at
    a
    Christmas market

    I find those here once in a while.

    I've only got one of those.

    I only have one at the moment, but they do turn up; there's just no
    reason for me to grab them.

    various freebies from assorted other places, etc, etc.

    I have one my sister had made with my cat's picture on it. The
    one
    I'm using at the moment was hand made; I liked the colors.
    Others
    are souvenirs of Disney, gifts, etc.

    We've given away some from time to time, wouldn't have the storage
    space
    if we'd kept all we'd acquired.

    Me either. Some get chipped, broken, dishwasher-crazed, etc too. Waechtersbach is a prime candidate for the last one, and they're
    brutal in a microwave too. They get broiling hot including the
    handle, and one white-glazed one tends to boil liquids faster than
    any other mug I own.

    younger daughter planted some seeds from a piece of watermelon
    she
    had on July 4. IIRC, she harvested one melon, some time in
    October.

    In Arizona, they ought to grow with irrigation. My growing
    season
    has been over for a while now; we've already had frost once.

    This one was in a narrow strip of dirt between the fence and front
    patio. Over the years we grew tomatoes and peppers in it, made
    salsa,
    chili sauce, green tomato relish.............. all from a small
    area of
    dirt that had no sort of "enhancement".

    We used to have a garden in the back yard, but a lot of things
    wouldn't grow back there. Too much shade, a problem Arizona generally
    doesn't have.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Monday, October 21, 2019 21:16:07
    Hi Ruth,

    Sometimes they come as part of sets of Corelle Ware but that
    doesn't count. (G) What counts are the one gluwein came in at
    Christmas market

    I find those here once in a while.

    I've only got one of those.

    I only have one at the moment, but they do turn up; there's just no
    reason for me to grab them.

    I'm hanging on to mine--memories of Christmas/Christmas markets in
    Germany for me. IIRC, the one I have came from a neighborhood (district)
    market in Berlin, probably in 1990 or 1991.

    various freebies from assorted other places, etc, etc.

    I have one my sister had made with my cat's picture on it. The
    one I'm using at the moment was hand made; I liked the colors.
    Others are souvenirs of Disney, gifts, etc.

    We've given away some from time to time, wouldn't have the storage
    space if we'd kept all we'd acquired.

    Me either. Some get chipped, broken, dishwasher-crazed, etc too. Waechtersbach is a prime candidate for the last one, and they're
    brutal in a microwave too. They get broiling hot including the

    Thanks for the warning--I've got a couple of the red Christmas ones I
    picked up at their factory outlet when we were in Germany.

    handle, and one white-glazed one tends to boil liquids faster than
    any other mug I own.

    Probably safer to boil water in a tea kettle to use with those mugs.


    younger daughter planted some seeds from a piece of watermelon
    she had on July 4. IIRC, she harvested one melon, some time in
    October.

    In Arizona, they ought to grow with irrigation. My growing
    season has been over for a while now; we've already had frost
    once.

    We were down to 41 (maybe a bit lower) Saturday morning, going to have
    more cold nights later this week but probably no frost yet. Hope not for
    a while, we've got 2 pots of mums decorating our front steps.


    This one was in a narrow strip of dirt between the fence and front patio. Over the years we grew tomatoes and peppers in it, made
    salsa, chili sauce, green tomato relish.............. all from a
    small area of dirt that had no sort of "enhancement".

    We used to have a garden in the back yard, but a lot of things
    wouldn't grow back there. Too much shade, a problem Arizona generally doesn't have.

    Parts of AZ do have shade--if you know where to look. (G)


    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Friday, October 25, 2019 00:43:14
    I've only got one of those.

    I only have one at the moment, but they do turn up; there's
    just no
    reason for me to grab them.

    I'm hanging on to mine--memories of Christmas/Christmas markets in
    Germany for me. IIRC, the one I have came from a neighborhood
    (district)
    market in Berlin, probably in 1990 or 1991.

    Good reasons to hang onto them. For me they're just mugs but make
    great cocoa mugs for kids.


    We've given away some from time to time, wouldn't have the
    storage
    space if we'd kept all we'd acquired.

    Me either. Some get chipped, broken, dishwasher-crazed, etc
    too.
    Waechtersbach is a prime candidate for the last one, and
    they're
    brutal in a microwave too. They get broiling hot including the

    Thanks for the warning--I've got a couple of the red Christmas ones
    I
    picked up at their factory outlet when we were in Germany.

    I like the colors, but especially the ones they made in Spain are a
    problem.

    handle, and one white-glazed one tends to boil liquids faster
    than
    any other mug I own.

    Probably safer to boil water in a tea kettle to use with those
    mugs.

    Probably so.

    season has been over for a while now; we've already had frost
    once.

    We were down to 41 (maybe a bit lower) Saturday morning, going to
    have
    more cold nights later this week but probably no frost yet. Hope
    not for
    a while, we've got 2 pots of mums decorating our front steps.

    The mums don't care too much.


    small area of dirt that had no sort of "enhancement".

    We used to have a garden in the back yard, but a lot of things
    wouldn't grow back there. Too much shade, a problem Arizona
    generally
    doesn't have.

    Parts of AZ do have shade--if you know where to look. (G)

    Under the house maybe. Cacti don't "do" shade too well.

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Friday, October 25, 2019 21:37:23
    Hi Ruth,

    I'm hanging on to mine--memories of Christmas/Christmas markets in Germany for me. IIRC, the one I have came from a neighborhood
    (district)
    market in Berlin, probably in 1990 or 1991.

    Good reasons to hang onto them. For me they're just mugs but make
    great cocoa mugs for kids.

    Good kiddy size but not for adults who want a bigger mug of whatever.

    Waechtersbach is a prime candidate for the last one, and
    they're brutal in a microwave too. They get broiling hot including
    the

    Thanks for the warning--I've got a couple of the red Christmas ones
    I picked up at their factory outlet when we were in Germany.

    I like the colors, but especially the ones they made in Spain are a problem.

    OK, I just have red ones, made in Germany.

    handle, and one white-glazed one tends to boil liquids faster
    than any other mug I own.

    Probably safer to boil water in a tea kettle to use with those
    mugs.

    Probably so.

    season has been over for a while now; we've already had frost
    once.

    We were down to 41 (maybe a bit lower) Saturday morning, going to
    have more cold nights later this week but probably no frost yet.
    Hope not for a while, we've got 2 pots of mums decorating our front
    steps.

    The mums don't care too much.

    They would die off if frostbitten so we mived them on to the porch
    itself. A bit more sheltered, a bit safer from winds and cold temps.

    small area of dirt that had no sort of "enhancement".

    We used to have a garden in the back yard, but a lot of things wouldn't grow back there. Too much shade, a problem Arizona
    generally doesn't have.

    Parts of AZ do have shade--if you know where to look. (G)

    Under the house maybe. Cacti don't "do" shade too well.

    No, but this was inside a fenced enclosure--got the morning sun but full
    sun was off it by mid day, good for growing veggies.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Tuesday, November 05, 2019 23:52:28
    Hi Ruth,

    great cocoa mugs for kids.

    Good kiddy size but not for adults who want a bigger mug of
    whatever.

    I tend to prefer pint mugs.(LOL)

    I generally use what's the new-ish standard, I think it's 10 ounces
    now
    for my mug. I do have a hand thrown one, got it at the farmer's
    market a
    while back--not sure what the capacity of that is as it's
    taller/narrower than my usual mugs. Still hanging on to some of the
    smaller mugs for sentimental reasons but they don't get much use.

    The 10-ouncers are tea mugs for me, but the bigger the better for
    coffee.

    OK, I just have red ones, made in Germany.

    The one that boils up is white with a red snowman.

    OK, I've got red with green tree mugs--the usual association with
    that
    company.

    That's the classic.


    The wind we've got tonight knocked out power to about a
    quarter of
    the next town over. They're up a lot higher.

    We had quite the storm come thru last night, dropped temps about 30
    degrees. NWS issued a tornado warning for about 15 miles south of
    us; we

    It got to me later that night. Took down my internet/phone/TV into
    the bargain. The power came back on quickly, not so the rest.

    No, but this was inside a fenced enclosure--got the morning
    sun but
    full
    sun was off it by mid day, good for growing veggies.

    Kept things from drying up.

    Exactly! We did water the tomatoes and peppers, also got rain from
    the
    almost daily monsoons.

    I knew Florida got those; I didn't know Arizona did too.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Wednesday, November 06, 2019 15:11:41
    Hi Ruth,

    I tend to prefer pint mugs.(LOL)

    I generally use what's the new-ish standard, I think it's 10 ounces
    now for my mug. I do have a hand thrown one, got it at the
    farmer's market a while back--not sure what the capacity of that is as
    it's taller/narrower than my usual mugs. Still hanging on to some of
    the smaller mugs for sentimental reasons but they don't get much use.

    The 10-ouncers are tea mugs for me, but the bigger the better for
    coffee.

    Like a friend once said--if they limit me to one cup of coffee a day,
    I'll use this cup (and held up her one quart measuring cup). (G)

    OK, I just have red ones, made in Germany.

    The one that boils up is white with a red snowman.

    OK, I've got red with green tree mugs--the usual association with
    that company.

    That's the classic.

    Yes, I have the mugs, small plates, a cookie plate and tea set.


    The wind we've got tonight knocked out power to about a
    quarter of the next town over. They're up a lot higher.

    We had quite the storm come thru last night, dropped temps about 30 degrees. NWS issued a tornado warning for about 15 miles south of
    us; we

    It got to me later that night. Took down my internet/phone/TV into
    the bargain. The power came back on quickly, not so the rest.

    Are your wires above ground? Most of the ones around here are
    underground.

    No, but this was inside a fenced enclosure--got the morning
    sun but full sun was off it by mid day, good for growing veggies.

    Kept things from drying up.

    Exactly! We did water the tomatoes and peppers, also got rain from
    the almost daily monsoons.

    I knew Florida got those; I didn't know Arizona did too.

    Southestern AZ did, every summer (about mid to late June thru mid to
    late September), about late afternoon, very predictable. You could see
    clouds building over the mountains in late morning and know you would
    have rain later in the day. Trouble is, being so warm, afterward it was
    like a sauna with the heat and humidity.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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  • From RUTH HANSCHKA@1:123/140 to RUTH HAFFLY on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 23:43:08
    The 10-ouncers are tea mugs for me, but the bigger the better
    for
    coffee.

    Like a friend once said--if they limit me to one cup of coffee a
    day,
    I'll use this cup (and held up her one quart measuring cup). (G)

    That sounds about right.

    OK, I've got red with green tree mugs--the usual association
    with
    that company.

    That's the classic.

    Yes, I have the mugs, small plates, a cookie plate and tea set.

    My family tends to the Pfaltzgraff with the train running under the
    tree. One guess why.

    It got to me later that night. Took down my internet/phone/TV
    into
    the bargain. The power came back on quickly, not so the rest.

    Are your wires above ground? Most of the ones around here are
    underground.

    We're old originals around here. Not much is buried.

    Exactly! We did water the tomatoes and peppers, also got
    rain from
    the almost daily monsoons.

    I knew Florida got those; I didn't know Arizona did too.

    Southestern AZ did, every summer (about mid to late June thru mid
    to
    late September), about late afternoon, very predictable. You could
    see
    clouds building over the mountains in late morning and know you
    would
    have rain later in the day. Trouble is, being so warm, afterward it
    was
    like a sauna with the heat and humidity.

    Eyyyuch. They get my share.
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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to RUTH HANSCHKA on Thursday, November 14, 2019 12:20:49
    Hi Ruth,

    The 10-ouncers are tea mugs for me, but the bigger the better
    for coffee.

    Like a friend once said--if they limit me to one cup of coffee a
    day, I'll use this cup (and held up her one quart measuring cup).
    (G)

    That sounds about right.

    For some, but not me. Steve may have a couple of cups a day but will
    then switch to tea.

    OK, I've got red with green tree mugs--the usual association
    with that company.

    That's the classic.

    Yes, I have the mugs, small plates, a cookie plate and tea set.

    My family tends to the Pfaltzgraff with the train running under the
    tree. One guess why.

    No guessing needed. My dad, after most of us kids left home, set up a
    train under the tree. I think my younger brother and one sister have
    continued the tradition but we do otherwise.

    It got to me later that night. Took down my internet/phone/TV
    into the bargain. The power came back on quickly, not so the
    rest.

    Are your wires above ground? Most of the ones around here are underground.

    We're old originals around here. Not much is buried.

    Which is bad, come storms season.

    Exactly! We did water the tomatoes and peppers, also got
    rain from the almost daily monsoons.

    I knew Florida got those; I didn't know Arizona did too.

    Southeastern AZ did, every summer (about mid to late June thru
    mid to late September), about late afternoon, very predictable. You
    could see clouds building over the mountains in late morning and know
    you would have rain later in the day. Trouble is, being so warm,
    afterward it was like a sauna with the heat and humidity.

    Eyyyuch. They get my share.

    It usually dissapated after the sun went down and temps cooled off a
    bit. Still, we were glad we were at Fort Huachuca, not Tucson or
    (worse), Phoenix.

    ---
    Catch you later,
    Ruth
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