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Skriven 2008-09-05 17:05:40 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
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Ärende: keeping cool                                             [1]
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Hi Hap,

->  hn> contratct). We didn't have any objections
->  hn> to paying the money back, but sure would
->  hn> have preferred not to have it all come out
->  hn> of a single check!
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> Sounds like the military. Hope you like rice & beans. (g)

 hn> We'll get by, but it will mean not so
 hn> many "extras" for a couple of months.

I hear you there.

->  hn> More than likely Steam, as it's

-> OK, wonder if it's one my dad has seen. Being in CA, I'm wondering if
-> his railroad friend Gerald Best had anyting to do in setting it up.

 hn> I'm interested in finding out more abouit it,
 hn> if only for the photographic possibilites.

Now why does that not surprise me? My dad has quite a few pictures,
slides, movies, etc of trains. (G)

->  hn> She'd be certain to avoid that as she's not at
->  hn> the main campus which is about 2 hours away.

-> It's too much to ask her to commute too.

 hn> That would be a heck of a commute!

I'd ask for gas money if I had to do it.

->  hn> are several summer sessions, and the labs are much
->  hn> busier during the summer months than the winter.
->  hn> At least as far as visiting students and researchers
->  hn> go.

-> More marine life caught in the summer too, most likely.  Gotta get the
-> critters for research while you can.

 hn> Yep, plus a lot of the senior reseachers are visiting
 hn> prof's from other schools and they are "busy"
 hn> during the school year (grin). The place is
 hn> sure hopping during the summer though!

Gee, I wonder what keeps them so busy. (G)

->  hn> very nice, very large, well equipped kitchen. She's
->  hn> starting to take an interest in cooking and she's
->  hn> pretty good at making whole wheat bread by hand.

-> Decent!  I used to do whole wheat bread by hand, 8 loaves at a time.  I
-> suspect her output is a quarter of that, at best.

 hn> I think she makes two or three loaf batches, but I'm
 hn> not sure, she didn't make it while we were there.

Too busy enjoying a visit from her parents to bake.

-> Saturday is our fancier breakfast; Sunday we go for aa quick but nicer
-> than cerealkind of one so we can get out the door for Sunday School &
-> church.

 hn> We'll often go to mass on Saturday
 hn> nights, and we enjoy having Sunday's be
 hn> quiet and relaxing.

We don't have the Saturday night service option.  Our Sunday afternoons
are usually pretty quiet tho.  After we get home from evening service,
the Food Network gets put on for a couple of hours tho.

->  hn> of the local ecosystem, she's been assigned
->  hn> space in a "Quarantined" segment of the labs.
->  hn> which is actually much nicer than her regular
->  hn> space (which she still has). On this trip we

-> Interesting; does she have to "decontaminate" before going into that

 hn> Not before going in, but yes before leaving.  It's
 hn> in a separate building and the water supplies
 hn> don't go back to the local waters. They don't
 hn> want any critters introduced into the local
 hn> ecosystem. Even though it's likely that the

Surprising that she doesn't do it on the way in as well.  She could very
well be carrying some local organism that would be harmful to the non
local critters.


 hn> critters Amanda is studying are the same ones
 hn> found locally (usually in greater numbers than
 hn> this year), they don't take any chances and
 hn> quarantine the systems anyway. Even though
 hn> the critters she's using only come from just a
 hn> bit south of where she is now.

IOW, should have the same resistance to the same germs, etc but there's
always that chance..................

->  hn> got to see that the lobster research is winding
->  hn> down and there were only about 1 or 2 dozen
->  hn> of the pretty blue lobbies there...they look up
->  hn> and beg for food when you go by  their little
->  hn> cubes!

-> But you can't use them for food. (G)

 hn> Amanda reminds me of that each time
 hn> I go by there and look in on them! (grin)

Soething on the order of "Dad, will you quit thinking about cooking one
for supper?" sort of line?


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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