Text 10197, 135 rader
Skriven 2007-01-06 15:06:26 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 10039 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
Ärende: commisary
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Hi Carol,


RH> I'm all caught up and trying to stay so.  Power here is something else
RH> tho I did manage to get a loaf of bread made the other day without
RH> interruption. (As I was typing the last sentance it blinked enough to
RH> set off the UPS's warning beeper.)

 CS> Bad weather or something else?  Some base housings have old electrical
 CS> gear and that can be a real PITA.

Should be fairly new wiring; the house is less than a year old. I've a
feeling that it's somewhere else on post that is the source of the
problems.  We had it in HI all the time; that's why everything important
runs on UPSs.


RH> part of that comes from living in Germany for 6 years and enjoying the
RH> fresh white asparagus every spring.

 CS> I've never had 'fresh' be available as cheap as canned.  While i

RH> I know, fresh is a bit "dear" most of the time.  I did see white,
RH> cheaper than the green a few weeks ago at the commissary but didn't ge

 CS> I have some frozen spears.  Havent made them up yet.  I'm
 CS> contemplating dinner though.

Roasted, drizzled with a bit of olive oil and salt is good.


RH> It's your choice.  We'll go for the frozen from time to time but green
RH> "comfort food" is probably spinach. (G)

 CS> Charlotte and i love spinach.  Don flees the house when we make it

We both like it.  The green tonight will be the last of some collards I
cooked up recently.


 CS> when I left that had one over the other.  Someplace along Pearl Harbor
 CS> to Waikiki.  Some was separate but some was the same when I was there.

RH> There's a stretch in Pearl City/Aiea where H1 goes over the Kam for a
RH> stetch but now they're pretty much separate.  Depending on where we
RH> wanted to go, we took one or the other.

 CS> HI now over KAM all the way from Pearl Harbor base to Wakiki exit now?

No, just in the Pearl City/Aiea area; then they split off into different
directions.  They talked about the whole time we were there, about
alternatives, including a flyover for the Pearl Harbor section or public
transport from the same area to downtown but nothing has been settled
yet.  Kapolei has grown hugely, mostly as a bedroom community to
Honolulu, same with the Ewa Beach area so getting into/out of town to or
from them has really gotten bad.

 CS>  Should be.  They were working the last section when I left.  I dont
 CS> have a good memory of the route from Pearl harbor out westawrds to
 CS> Pearl City. Didnt go that direction much.


 CS> Funny how that happens. One day you just realize how long it has been.
 CS> 'Howddathappen'?

RH> Yes; at the end of this month, I will have been on Fido for 13 years
RH> now.  My baby is 26; my grandbaby is now 3.

 CS> I've been a sysop since 1986, Fidonet since 1989.

We were steered into Fido when we got to AZ; Steve was in different
areas before someone told him about Cooking.  I went from Cooking to
several of the old craft echos (now defunct, sad to say) but now stay
pretty much here.

 CS> \sigh\ he was so cute!
RH> He WAS (?) so cute?  Not any more?

 CS> Ah he is, just a differnt sort of cute.  Garners *lots* of looks from
 CS> the local female population.  I just remind him that looking is ok,

RH> (Grin) I don't know if anybody ever used th word "cute" for Steve or m
RH> but he liked to tease our girls about their "cute little dimples".  I
RH> usually refer to him as my "tall, dark & handsome". He didn't have a
RH> white horse but did have a red Pinto when we met (the one that was

 CS> Ok, works for me!  I describe Don as having a face only a mother or a
 CS> wife could love <g>.  Actually, he's gotten pretty handsome now.

Would be interesting to hear what some of Charlotte's girl friends say
about him. (G)

 CS> Well, I lucked up.  Almost no wind at all and not too bad.  A Peacoat
 CS> was enough to keep me fairly comfy.  Probably 45F or so the whole time

RH> That's good. Dry, as well?

 CS> Yes.  No rain at all that night.

We had a front come thru last night that did major damage before hitting
the coast.  There were some tornadoes inland but just wind & rain here.
It didn't cool down much this time but by mid week we're supposed to be
cold again.

RH> done on the short cycle with the bread yeast for whole grain breads an
 CS> Drats.  Mine just flopped.  Ended up with a doorstop here.  Doesnt
 CS> happen often but does sometimes to all of us.

RH> Yes, I know the feeling.  The fun of second guessing what went wrong.
RH> cubed up most of our "brick", oven dried them and ran them thru the
RH> blender for crumbs so it wasn't wasted.

 CS> I do that sometimes too, though not with a blender.  I cut it up a
 CS> bit, throw it in an old pillow case, and let Charlotte vent her excess
 CS> energy bashing it to pulp <G>.  Back in VB, I used such to feed the

We don't have the kid with extra energy. (G)  I've crumbed my extra for
years--not bought breadcrumbs in probably close to 30 years.  The last
couple of moves (or more) have had a pound or so of breadcrumbs (well
packed) in with the HHG.

 CS> birds by tossing hunks out in the yard.

That works too; we jsut do the crumb thing so I can use them in other
cooking.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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