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Skriven 2009-07-17 10:48:38 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: dad
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Hi Ruth!
-> 
-> ->  hn> We almost always ended up living
-> ->  hn> "on the economy".
-> 
-> -> OTOH, we lived on post most of the time. We moved on to Fort Hood in
-> 
->  hn> Pop was on "flying status" most of the time
->  hn> we didn't even know where he was or was going.
-> 
-> 
-> Since Steve wasn't in the aviation field, I didn't have to worry about
-> that.  He did get occaisional rides, including one around Oahu when his
-> company commander's husband needed some flying time and took him.
-> 
The Air Force has changed a lot since 
then as well, I know folks who've done
almost their entire career in the same 
location...we seemed to be transferred
every time the wind shifted (grin).

-> ->  hn> Lot of hunting and a lot of fishing.
-> 
-> -> Not really any hunting or fishing for us but that's when we really got
-> -> cooking with lots of alternatives to meat. We could go vegetarian for
-> -> weeks at a time and have all the protein we needed.
-> 
->  hn> For us a lot of hunting and fishing. Pop loved
->  hn> to do both and so did I. Duck, pigeon, dove,
->  hn> quail, pheasant, rabbit, squirrel, boar, deer.
->  hn> You name it and we'd hunt and eat it.
-> 
-> Steve had tried hunting before I met him, found he preferred to hunt
-> with a camera.  His dad used to and his brothers still hunt. Back when
-> we were in Germany, Steve's folks came to visit one year.  His dad had
-> been elk hunting so Mom brought a couple of roasts--froze good & hard,
-> wrapped in a good amount of newspaper and put in a Tupperware bowl.
-> They were still mostly frozen over 24 hours later.  I cooked them in the
-> crock pot with some onions and a bit of liquid for 18 hours on low; they
-> were falling apart tender.
->
When Anne and I were first married, we did 
a lot of fishing and I did a lot of hunting. Anne
does not care for eating fish, but she had fun 
catching them...for me to eat! She tried for 
several years to learn to like em...it just never
happened. Same for hunting, I'd have to eat 
everything I brought home, she wanted nothing
to do with it...she likes chicken breast...with no
skin....about the blandest bit of meat you can 
find...but it's what she likes...eventually I gave 
up hunting all together and while I still have all
my fishing gear...I haven't wet a line in over 
5 years. 
 
->  hn> And I did learn some good life lessons from him.
->  hn> Only shoot at what you want to hit, only
->  hn> shoot what you intend to eat. Never take
->  hn> more than you need. If you wound it, make
->  hn> sure you put it out of it's misery even if
->  hn> you have to track it down for a long time.
->  hn> Never leave a wounded animal out there
->  hn> to suffer.
-> 
-> Good lessons; too bad all hunters don't have a chance to hear them.  My
-> dad knew a NY State Dept. of Conservation officer (the one who developed
-> the hunter safety program); this guy had stories that would curl your
-> hair!
->
I've got hundreds like that as well.
-> 
-> ->  hn> Yes, but you mentioned she was looking
-> ->  hn> for more leadership opportunities...LOTS
-> ->  hn> of those in the officer corps.
-> 
-> -> I know but we can't direct her life.  She knows what's out there and
-> -> what she needs to get what she wants.
-> 
->  hn> Wasn't thinking you would, just chatting between
->  hn> ourselves (grin)
-> 
-> I know; we've made suggestions but left the decision making up to her.
-> She's close enough to her nephew and niece (distance wise) she can go
-> and spoil them; I think she likes that. (G)
->
Yup, all we can do is comment, and then just
support their choices. Hopefully we raised em
to make good choices and we have to have 
faith that they'll do ok.
 
-> ->  hn> Not that they can't...just that computers don't
-> ->  hn> figure very high in their day to day lives. ...hard
-> ->  hn> to believe (grin)!
-> 
-> -> I know, sometimes I wonder how I get things done some days. (G)  
Really,
-> -> it's not bad, I'm only on it for a couple of hours or so each day. And,
-> -> I can multi task; the washer just beeped.  Put that load into the dryer,
-> -> another into the washer and then come back to respond to your 2nd 
note.
-> 
->  hn> Same here, during the reply to this note I've
->  hn> taken chicken out of the freezer to thaw, put
->  hn> away the groceries that I bought today. When
->  hn> I finish this reply, I'll chop up the veggies for
->  hn> tonights dinner and have them in the fridge
->  hn> ready when I need them.
-> 
-> I'm relaxing after a day spent over in Chapel Hill/Durham for medical
-> appointments.  Had to get a quick lunch between so we stopped at a place
-> called "noodles & company"; they have a couple of outlets in Charlotte,
-> one each at Duke Medical Center, Cameron Village (upscale shopping area
-> in Raleigh) and Chapel Hill.  The menu offers several choices of Asian,
-> Mediterranean and American style noodles with various sides and in
-> several combinations.  Steve had the (mild, he added Siracha) Pad Thai
-> and I had the whole grain Tuscan linguine (with red peppers, red onion,
-> mushrooms, broccoli, and garlic) combo with a Caesar salad and parmesan
-> coated chicken breast.  Not the usual fast food--very good.  You order,
-> have a seat & it's cooked and delivered to your table.  After we sat
-> down, I saw that the Pad Thai has cilantro in it (reading the menu
-> brochure).  Steve got up and went over to the order/cook station just
-> before his went on--in his case, without cilantro.
-> 
Last time we were at Costco, we bought a 
big jar of ground up flaxseed. Anne's Doc says
it's good for omegas and other fatty acids and 
fiber and (yadda yadda yadda). We used some in
a meat loaf....ewwww evidently the flax grabbed
onto the fat and made the meatloaf taste "slick"
yuck! We usuallyl make two meatloves at a time,
so today I'm going to chop up the second meatloaf
and add it to a marinara sauce and have it over
whole grain penne pasta...hopefully that will 
make it more edible and less yucky!
chat with you soon!
hap 
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