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Skriven 2008-02-06 14:31:14 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 1895 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: BlueWave                                                 [1]
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Hi Janis,

>> cold then <grin>.  But it was a relief from the heat we were used to

 JK> > Probably more relief from the humidity as much as anything.

 JK> It's true, that would have been a factor.

Probably so; I'd forgotten how humid it can be in upstate NY.  I do like
my AC--helps me breath better too.

 JK> > Catch & eat or catch & release?  My dad's old boss used to give our
 JK> > family a lot of his catch, usually trout but sometimes shad or

 JK> We caught, cleaned and ate trout.. sun fish.. trying to remember what
 JK> else we caught.. I think catfish.. it's been too long :)  But I do
 JK> remember cleaning and eating them :)

Suckers? Perch?

>> family has been there since about the late 1700's ... We still visit
>> their graves there, so our kids will know where they are.

 JK> > had to stop at the cemetary (we didn't understand why when we were
 JK> kids) > and the Shawnee Meat Market for German style sausages. In
 JK> later years > (after I go into high school), my folks used to stop at
 JK> a candy shop on > their way home from NJ.  They had all sorts of
 JK> goodies but the chocolate > chunks and Swedish fish are ones I
 JK> remember them getting most often.

 JK> Sounds like great memories there (smile).  My mom and dad's family are

I'd say good but not great.

 JK> in Scranton PA and in NY, and in NJ.. We'd go to Scranton every
 JK> weekend when I was a kid.. then I'd stay with my cousins there for the
 JK> summer sometimes, or with my grandmother.. walked the tracks to visit

Easy enough to get to from the Sullivan county area.

 JK> other relatives there :) Like you, I remember the great food we'd come
 JK> away with :) There was this one place in Scranton where you could get
 JK> the best sausage on earth, I'm sure :)

The best of the wurst?  Sometimes on our way back from NJ, my parents
would stop in Monticello to get hard rolls, pastrami (for them,
occaisionally for the kids) and salami for supper sandwiches when we got
home (about an hour later).  That was some good meat! The rolls were
pretty good too. (G)


 JK> > Same here but I've gotten older and wiser. (G) Plus got the asthma
 JK> > diagnosis which means cold weather isn't good for me.

 JK> When my daughter was a baby, the first time I noticed there was a
 JK> problem with her breathing she actually started turning gray .. I was
 JK> terrified and called the pediatrician (she was under 1 year old then)
 JK> and he said to open the window and have her breathe the nighttime
 JK> air.. it was cold and cut through all the crap in her lungs, thank

Scary to think about "what if".  A friend in Germany picked up on the
fact I was wheezing once and asked if I had asthma.  I told her not that
I knew of so she suggested I get checked out the next time I went to the
doctor. Sure enough, I did (I'm glad I finally found out why I was
always so short of breath.) get it checked and I do have asthma. At the
time it was borderline but it's gotten worse over the years.

>> Personally, I'd love to live somewhere where the temp is about 75-80F
>> year-round.. Hawaii? Sicily? :)  I don't know for sure where that

 JK> > Hawaii would be a good choice if you want to live in the states. But
 JK> you > need to be super rich to live there or plan on holding multiple
 JK> jobs. It > will get cooler in the winter and warmer in the summer but
 JK> not the major > swings like you get on the main land.

 JK> Yeah, I've heard that Hawaii is very expensive for cost of living
 JK> etc.. I guess we'll have to get rich then (grin)

Yes, unless you want to live on the beach. But, the political systems
are cracking down on the homeless now so.........   A lot of the
homeless folks there are working but are homeless because they don't
make enough money to afford housing.

>> couldn't tell them what to do. Especially from a distance.. and we
>> were quite stuck in KY at that point.

 JK> > I'm glad I'm not at that point just yet with my parents; I'd have to
 JK> do > a lot long distance as well.

 JK> Yes, it gets rough.. even with my mom now down in Florida now...

I know, I feel the same way with my mom and dad in NY. One good part
about it tho is that my younger brother lives across the street from
them and checks on them every day.  If he can't, (younger) friends of my
parents look in on them.


>> Yes, she would have loved this house.. and the mountains are right
>> there almost in the backyard.  We were going to give her the apartment

 JK> > The mountains in AZ are what made the difference for me--especially
 JK> if > they got snow in the winter. Some years it stayed well into

 JK> No!  We are banishing all snow here in the spring (laugh)  Doesn't

This was far enough away so as not to be a problem unless you wanted to
go up to Carr Canyon or Miller Peak. We were about a mile in elevation
on post but the peaks were higher.

 JK> look like I'm going to get an early spring though :(

Sigh! But then you expect that sort of thing up there.


>> > We've yet to visit my brother nor figure out why he went with such a
>> big > place. I understand he has an orange tree on the property tho,
>> and he > can watch the shuttle launches easily.

>> That's really nice... I would love to see the launches.  My uncle
>> worked for Nasa - he's retired now, but still does some work for them.
>> I remember being mystified by the fact that he worked with


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