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Skriven 2006-08-06 23:33:50 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av CAROL SHENKENBERGER
Ärende: Re: Home Againi 879
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-> RH> I don't grind enough meat to make that worth the effort.  Besides,
the
-> RH> no space in my garage for such a thing.  We New Englanders keep our
ca
-> RH> there, unlike y'all down south.
-> 
-> Oh!  Bite me!  Naw, my car goes inthe garage but it's a biggish one. 

We have a two car garage, but that's all that fits in besides the garbage
cans.  It was designed for late 50s cars, but the space the car isn't in I
need to walk through to get into the house!

-> room at both sides for other things.  One side has a table that was
built to 
-> the wall which predates us, and we built one at the other side.  Plenty 

Somebody's ersatz potting shed, tool bench, outdoor kitchen....

-> One of the charms of my house is it still has a real garage, not one
turned 
-> into extra living space.  Grin, we still get a little frost on the
windshield 
-> and I prefer to park it inside and not have to deal with that in the
morning on
-> 
-> the way to work.

I was thinking more of snow.  Frost is a minor irritation....
 
-> (Manual meat grinder) Yes!  It is.  I cant use those mega-15lb or more
sausage 
-> recipes with it unless I edit them down, but for 3lbs or so, it's
perfect.

I have a manual sausage stuffer to go with your manual sausage maker.  It
came from a grocery store that had a catering business on the side.  They
used to make their own, I guess.
 
-> walked out a 1.5 mile shopping with Charlotte though granted we stayed
inside 
-> much of the 3 hours or so we were out.  AC use made such places under
90F and a
-> few were a downright chilly 80F.  My apartment is a perfect (for the
season) 
-> 93F with fans stirring the air.

Uck.  Anything much over 80 and I"m a worthless puddle.  
 
-> I've never seen a brown-out.  The USA types happened either not in my
area, or 

Me neither thank goodness; they eat electrical equipment.

-> after I left.  In Japan, you just 'comply' and it doesnt happen.  That
said, my
-> fidonet connection has hit the normal 'nominal' but they have upgraded a
bit so
-> it's not as bad.  Its the base communications office.  When it gets this
hot, 
-> they run 100F inside and the signal degrades so I may have to try
several times
-> to get a dial to Canada at over 19,200 baud.

At over 100F I'm surprised the computers haven't fried!
 
-> -> Well, I'd have a fire if I tried to run one outside today!  Base has 
-> 
-> RH> As in ready, aim?
-> 
-> Heh aim the external stove thataway maybe!

Dunno - all I have are plug-ins and charcoal.  It would work OK as a
gunpowder ingredient, if one had some sulfur and saltpeter handy.
 
-> RH> They're cheaper when they go on sale, but otherwise a buck a can for
-> RH> Campbells isn't too far off normal.
-> 
-> Maybe the same in some ways.  But your's is at least partly markup. 
What do 
-> you pay for pork loin?  Here it is 11$ and up a lb. T-bone 'decent' 

Depends.  The whole thing can show up on sale for under $2/pound, but you
have to get the whole cryovaced package.  I don't pay full price so I don't
know what that is.

steaks are 
-> 22$ a lb (bone in) though they now and again have 'grab all you can get'
beef 
-> sales at a mere 11$ for T-bone.  For *us* that is 1/2 price.

Not half price here, but for some cuts that's a sale price.  I never buy
steak because I refuse to pay $10/pound (on sale) for a hunk of beef.  Rib
eyes show up for $4.99 sometimes, but you have to purchase at least three
pounds.
 
-> enough and others think it's a ripp off to 'have to tip' at a grocery
store.
-> Me, I dont take the high prices out on the workers.  It;s just something
that 
-> is and they add a value service.  If i want to pack my own and not tip,
I 
-> always can.

I do it half the time anyway. It keeps the soap off of the strawberries.
 
-> the cart out in the rain and load it in their car and not tip.  Me?  I
tip a 
-> decent amount, perhaps a bit generous but for services rendered.  If
it's 
-> rainy, the folks ther who know me even break out plastic bags and help
us wrap 
-> our backpacks.  I consider this fully worth 1$ to have a backpack
weighting 
-> done right and wrapped for us in the rain when we have to walk 3 miles
home 
-> (grin, bet you would too).
-> 
Most likely.  Around here you're lucky to get regular bags packed properly
unless you do it yourself.
 
-> If you had no choice, like i had, you might be suprized at what you will 
-> manage.  You'd have had to shop more often I think, but you may not have
ever 
-> used a pull cart so may not know how very might lighter they feel for
the 
-> bigger stuff weight.  Oh, I know it's odd, but it's something i had to 

I have a hand truck that gets used regularly, so I have an idea.  It still
hurts.  At this point, I pulled something in one shoulder, so pulling
anyhing sounds like pain.  

-> -> after 9/11 as no cabs were allowed on base and i didnt have a car.  3
-> RH> miles 
-> -> home....
-> 
-> RH> Ouch.  
-> 
-> Yes, much ;ouchy;.  Try getting ready to deploy for 3-4 months with a
bare 
-> larder.  Had to find a way to do it.  Had to find a way to keep a kid
with me 
-> to give the hubby that last bit of time til he was ensconched with her
for 3-4 
-> months straight (too young them to be left alone, no english speaking
neighbors
-> 
-> to make friends with).

That changed quickly, I'll bet.  The kid probably promptly started learning
Japanese.  
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