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Skriven 2009-03-12 12:21:44 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: Basey-ball
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Hiya Ruth!]

-> ->  hn> Doesn't have to be fancy to be good!
-> 
-> -> For sure!  Another place we ate at in Wake Forest is called Forks
-> -> Cafeteria. We got there about 45 minutes before closing--it's all good
-> -> old southern cooking.  I had chicken and dumplings  (by that time, it
-> 
->  hn> I love greens!! And chicken and dumplings, but not cooked to
-> 
-> Advantage goes to whole wheat flour with dumplings--they don't mush like
-> white flour ones do. (G)
-> 
-> 
->  hn> mush! My grandmother made a mix of collards, mustard greens
->  hn> and turnip greens that my grandfater loved....and I loved it too!
->  hn> That was my maternal grandmother, my paternal grandmother
->  hn> made the best pecan pie, banana pudding, and divinity candy
->  hn> you ever flipped a lip on!
-> 
-> Good southern cooking, all of it.
-> 
Figures though (grin), they were both Tennessee
girls. 
-> 
-> -> -> In a way, yes.  The air bag is supposed to turn its'self off if it
-> -> -> senses the occupant of the passenger seat is 100 lbs or less.  I 
weigh
-> -> -> more than that but the sensor seems to think I don't--and turns off 
the
-> 
-> ->  hn> So you need to keep a 20 pound sack of potatoes
-> ->  hn> on your lap when you ride in the car?
-> 
-> -> I don't think so!  We had a Dodge Caliber for the trip to NC; there were
-> -> a few little things on the car that Steve liked but over all, we're glad
-> -> we decided not to buy one.
-> 
->  hn> Anne loves her Vibe (same as toyota matrix) and
->  hn> I have to admit it's a nice little car! I like my minivan
->  hn> cause I can haul a lot of stuff in it!
-> 
-> Well, we're now riding around in a Ford Escape.  Steve picked up the car
-> Saturday morning; the light went on again Sunday night on our way to
-> church.  Steve called the dealer Monday morning; they basically told him
-> to wait until it happened when they were open.  Yesterday morning we had
-> to go out and it happened not even 10 minutes away from home so we 
went
-> right to the dealer.  After checking some codes (This time, something
-> actually showed on the diagnostics computer.), they set us up with
-> another rental car.  Our neighbors think it's funny, the various cars
-> they've seen come and go.  But, this is the 4th time our car has been to
-> the dealer trying to right the problem.
->
At least the dealer is working on fixing it.
We've been lucky, both Anne's vibe and 
my Montana SV6 have had no problems
at all other than scheduled maintainence.
(knock on wood!!)
 
-> ->  hn> from Hawaii and Anne and I were sure not
-> ->  hn> used to Washington weather at that point!
-> 
-> -> I'd have probably had a jacket but don't know how heavy. We got back
-> -> from HI in late August and headed to LV, NV.
-> 
->  hn> I wore a jacket, and had the heater running
->  hn> full blast in my truck! And I was still cold!
->  hn> Now, I'd be wearing t-shirt and shorts in that
->  hn> weather (grin)!
-> 
-> I know; I'm still having a time dealing with winter.  It was colder at
-> Wake Forest last week than in Savannah but Steve said he felt warmer up
-> there. The absence of humidity makes a big difference.
-> 
Yup, a humid cold is a biting penetrating cold!
And a humid heat just sucks your energy right
out of you....No way to win!!
chat with you soon!
hap 
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