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Skriven 2008-10-02 23:28:06 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av CAROL SHENKENBERGER
Ärende: Chatter and Clams
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-> Charlotte kept growing til she was 17 or so, she said.  (She moved to
live
-> with my Dad when she was 16).  She looks like a tall version of me.  So
much
-> like me, often only we can tell pictures of us apart.  Dad for example
had 2
-> pictures of me as a kid and didnt realize it, thinking one was
Charlotte. 
-> Mom saw pictures of my niece's wedding and thought one of them was me
but I
-> didnt make it to the wedding, this only this past year and that pic had
-> nothing to put the height in perspective ;-)
-> 
That would make a difference.  My sister and I never had the problem; I
look like Dad and she looks like Mom, but I got the recessives for
coloring.  The funny part is my sister keeps saying my niece looks more
like me than her.  I think she looks more like her great-grandfather than
she does me.

-> Her husband Joe asked her when she'd gone fishing after finding a stray
pic
-> of me doing that in Okinawa 2 years ago, then he realized the haircut
was
-> wrong and looked closer ....

And realized the fishing woman was about four inches too short?
 
->  > -> the house.  You get used to it fast and then it doesnt feel so hot
->  > outside.
->  > 
->  > Unfortunately with MS, that doesn't work with me.  The colder it is,
the
->  > better off I am.
-> 
-> I can understand that one.

You've got the opposite problem, as does Don.  Uncle Arthur does NOT like
cold weather, not one little bit.
 
->  > house with the computer, living room etc down to 65 generally.  Your
back
->  > wouldn't like it much colder than that.
-> 
-> At night, it's not a problem.  I have good mink blankets from Korea and
some
-> very nice thick comforters to go over them.

Synthetic mink, or honest to gosh critter fur?  Mink are nasty critters;
they're best used as fur generators. ;-)
 
-> Not sure skim milk would have the right effect, but i sometimes have
used a
-> little sour cream and 4% milk for things that called for heavy cream.

It worked when I did it, but then I wasn't after a thick chowder; mom
doesn't like the real stuff as much as the Manhattan clam soup and the
thick stuff...fuggedaboutit.
 
-> Thoughts are leading to a clam dip for now.  I have 2 decent ways, 1
with
-> sourcream base and the other with philly cheese base.  Then yes, fried
-> clamcakes made with minced clams and lots of binding agents, a little
bit
-> like crabcakes but made with clams.

I've heard of them, but haven't tried them.  Wouldn't mind, though.  
 
-> As it gets colder, the 'soup kitchen' is going back to business.  I
normally
-> donated every other week with some dish, in winter.  Church affiliated
and
-> they help the local mom's and the elderly to make ends meet. No homeless
per
-> say, but that's because they help them find places to live.

Mine runs a clothes closet, and contributes to the local food pantry but we
don't run one ourselves.
 
->  > ->  > Wishing you could bump him and take over the space?
->  > ->
->  > -> Yeah, thought was in my head yesterday!
->  > 
->  > But not today?
-> 
-> Naw, slept in.  Should have forced myself to get up early since tomorrow
I
-> start work at 5am.

Ewww - I can't see straight at 5AM.  Walk straight either, these days. 
I've tried after the )@()#@ cat woke me up.  
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