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Skriven 2008-09-05 16:38:26 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 13294 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: summer gardens in ny                                     [2]
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Hi Janis,

 JK> > They should produce until the ground freezes.  My parents are
 JK> planning > to keep the carrots (and maybe beets) in the ground until
 JK> it freezes.

 JK> Yeah, can't hurt.

Nope, and maybe the neighborhood bear(s) will have some munchies.  They
already ruined my folk's corn crop and gotten into other mischief.


>> plants were still producing in November.. :)  She lives in Jersey, so

 JK> > A bit south of you and some areas moderated by the ocean.  Good way
 JK> to > keep things longer  in the ground.

 JK> Yes, very close to where I grew up (Warwick) and where Ron and I lived
 JK> for a while.  She is right in Macafe NJ if that means anything to
 JK> you..  It's only about 2 hours from here.  We get down there now and

The name doesn't ring any bells but it's been 25 years or more since I
was in NJ.  My mom grew up in Plainfield; I've a couple of aunts in
Dunellen and Newark.


 JK> > Seems baby boys always have the curls and super long eye lashes. (G)

 JK> I know what you mean! It is really funny sometimes.  Alex had the most
 JK> beautiful red hair when he was a baby.. until he was about 4 actually.

And our girls had hair so fine and light colored that it looked like
they were bald.  Both of them have my hair color now but it's a lot
thicker; Deborah has enough natural curl that when she was 4, she looked
like Shirley Temple.

>> almost tethered, and keep your doors to outside locked at all times...
>> seriously, he runs like the wind, and more than once has been
>> 'scooped' up at the last second when he might have been in a dangerous

 JK> > Sounds like ou Deborah when she was younger.

 JK> And now you wonder how you kept up with her? That's how I feel when I
 JK> see drew taking off :)

I know; I wish I had even a quarter of their energy.

>> as the "resident baby-sitters", but now.. ooh.. I don't mind waiting

 JK> > Just a bit longer actually.

 JK> yes, 'trusting threes' around the corner... terrible two's on the way
 JK> out haha

I don't know, some never leave the terrible twos. (G)


 JK> > You were a year ahead of Steve and me.

 JK> Ok, that's what I figured (g).

So did I from what you've said before.


>> January-February kids who had to wait a whole darn year to go to
>> school (at least in our town).  So I graduated when I was 18, since my
>> birthday is in Feb.

 JK> > We were both 17 as my birthday is in July, Steve's is in October.

 JK> I always felt like the 'older kid' in school haha


I had class mates that were  19, pushing 20, but they did stick it out
to graduate.

 JK> > clerk). I didn't have to deal with his criticism of my cooking over
 JK> the > summer except on week ends.  Just got the negative comments from
 JK> my
 JK> > younger siblings.

 JK> Oh you can never make kids happy, that's what I always figured :)


No, especially if it's your siblings.


>> well, my brother was next, then my last two sisters.. who were a
>> complete embarrasment time after time when you didn't want them around
>> (g). And I think they enjoyed getting me up at dawn, embarrassing me

 JK> > My younger brother did a good job of embarassing himself in front of
 JK> > Steve once. (G)

 JK> Was he trying to embarrass you and it backfired?


Yes, we'd gone for a walk after supper and he thought he'd spy on us.
He claimed he was just out for a bike ride but his bike had no seat and
we were about half a mile from the house. We caught him when we turned
and headed back home. There's no way he'd be out for a casual ride on a
bike with no seat. (G)


 JK> > My mom was gone for her summer school sessions but Dad came home for
 JK> > lunch, and of course, at the end of the work day.  Generally things
 JK> were > in order whenever he was home in the evening.

 JK> Mom worked 7-3 and Dad slightly off hours.. but anyway, by the time
 JK> Mom got home, I was happy to hand the little umm kids off to her (g)

I can imagine.

>> Airplane once, up close and personel at New Paltz college though ..And
>> Joplin in NYC at the Filmore East..

 JK> > I never saw any of them but lived thru it. (G)

 JK> Sure, we all did - and as I often say, by the grace of God, and I'm
 JK> not kidding.


I know what you mean.

>> cells.. way back we were counting per sq. inch, the actual number of
>> cells in the microscope's field of vision with your eye to the
>> microscope, and a clicker/counter in your hand... once computers came
>> out though, boom.. slide that in and let the computer figure the whole
>> slide.

 JK> > Some things change for the better, others don't.  But there's
 JK> nothing > like the human touch, especially in the field of medicine.

 JK> I agree there.

Robots just don't have a very good bedside personality.


>> > so I got the better end of the
>> > deal--getting a doctor that welcomed me.

>> boy.. that is good.

 JK> > It is; I really didn't want to be seen by somebody who didn't want
 JK> to > see me.

 JK> Definitely.. I can't imagine what it would be like to do so :(

Nor can I; I would not care for it.  If it were my regular doctor, I'd
try to change, ASAP.


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