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Skriven 2008-02-05 13:30:44 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 1865 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: BlueWave                                                 [2]
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Hi Ruth!

>> the theater part > was sold to someone else who put an end to that so
>> after 6th grade, I > saw very few movies down at that theater.

>> Did you see "The Tingler"?  That was one that I couldn't even sit
>> through.. of course, I was only about 8.. my sister was about 12..
>> Same thing with "The Blob".

> No, I never saw either of them. My parents took us to a lot of Disney,
> some like "The Music Man", the Beatles "Hard Day's Night" (and I think

Hard Day's Night was in about 1964 or so, I think.. these were a bit before
that .. probably 1959 or 1960.. my sister loved horrifying movies haha..but
she'd make ME go with her since obviously she didn't want to go alone (g).
These were Saturday afternoon Matinees..

> "Help") and a few westerns. I know I saw "How the West Was Won" and was
> very impressed with it; found it in a bargain bin out in Las Vegas over
> Christmas.

That's neat :)

>>> she was about 60 or so.. I'm hoping Lauren's doesn't come back, but
>>> you never know.  No one smokes over there, so that's good.

>> > I was diagnosed as an adult but I'm sure I had asthma when I was a
>> kid. > My parents didn't (still don't) smoke; I think the only one in

>> Lucky.. it's a vile habit, and I'm sure we've got the darn "gene" or
>> whatever that encourages that .. I was just glad that neither of my
>> kids smoke. Ron must have some good genes (g).. he quit when my

> Steve tried it (before we met) but got the tar (and nicotine) whupped
> out of him by his mom when she found out.  We've found that in his
> extended family on his dad's side a tendency toward getting lung cancer
> from smoking. Our younger daughter smoked for a while but gave it up
> after finding out about that and my diagnosis.

That's good.

>> daughter was born.  I did as well, but started again 2 years later
>> when I was working in an office at the hosp. as Admitting supervisor,
>> and my office was the only place where people could smoke :(.. I
>> lasted about 6 months :( I still curse the darn things.

> So are you smoking now? My one doctor in AZ & I (he was a non smoker as
> well) used to kid about my "smoking" every time he gave me a breathing
> treatment.

Yes, I smoke now, about 1/2 pack a day.. I keep it to one room or outside and I
try to not smoke more than smoke :) In other words, if we're going out
somewhere, I don't take them with me.

>>> > I don't color mine; I'm happy with its normal color.

>>> I didn't mind the color of my hair either til various meds starting
>>> messing with it.. one of them I was on causes hair loss which was a
>>> real pain in the butt. What can you do <g>

>> > OK, none of my meds seem to have affected my hair color or quantity.
>> So > far, no problems with the radiation doing anything to it either.

These are weird drugs the doc puts me on for spastic muscles.. I take them on
and off because they drive me nuts.. this particular one turns your legs to
mush for the first 3-4 weeks you're on it, and makes you brain-dead. But
eventually you can walk better..  And hair loss is lovely.. (g). Bah..
sometimes I rebel, and toss the pills and take two or three anacin and that
works as well as going through all the grief of those pills :)

>> That's great :)  Not that it's one of the big things in life (g).. but
>> it helps me at least when I don't have to fight one more thing in my
>> day (g).

> True, some things aren't worth the battle.

Yep :)

> Today Steve couldn't take me for my treatment so a friend from church
> did.  He invited me to the Sunshiner's meeting as well; it's a once a
> month pot luck. I went and had lots of good food & fun.  Steve called
> while I was there and said that he was back on post (He'd had to go to
> Fort Stewart, about 45 minutes away.) but would not be home for lunch.
> I told him I wasn't home for lunch either. (G)

Hehe :)  I love pot luck suppers.. we used to do them a lot at the church in
Warwick where I grew up.. :)

> Yesterday I wanted to get some chicken bones in the garbage (pick up is
> Mondays). After church I put the carcass, some neck pieces, celery and
> onion into a stock pot. Steve insisted on cooking it the Alton Brown
> way; put something in the pot to hold the stuff under water (We used an
> inverted metal steamer.) and then quick cool it afterward.  I've made
> stock lots of times doing it my way but let him try it.  I can't see
> anything different about the way it turned out. (G)  Now I've got 3
> quarts of chicken stock, about a cup and a half of meat from the bones
> and anothe cup or so tof meat that I got before I "stocked" it in the
> fridge.  The last amount will go for chicken fried rice (probably
> tomorrow), the other meat I'll make into chicken salad for sandwichs and
> the stock will be used in various things.  It's not the smoked flavor
> stock but it'll still be good; I may boil it down to a more concentrated
> level.

Sounds perfect.. I have some chinese cookbooks, and the recipes are fantastic
and very authentic.  The author talks about making chicken broth out of the
whole bird though... I've always done it like you do, with the carcas :) I know
it must be much better to do it with the whole bird though since when I make
Kentucky Burgoo, I use a whole bird.. and wow, is it good so maybe I'll try it
one of these days :)

Take care,
Janis

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