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Skriven 2009-08-26 23:27:38 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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->  RH> Then it's either a good thing or a bad thing.  No way to know which
at
->  RH> the moment.
-> 
-> No, unfortunately not.  I did get back almost all the range of motion it
-> had (lost the ability to hyper-extend) and a fair amount of strength
-> which is handy for large chop up (veggies) jobs.  I lost some of the
-> hand use tho--mostly not a problem but is for ASL and typing.

I'd like to say I can't imagine what that's like, but with MS I definitely
can.  
 
-> -> I think he'd rather have chocolate chip cookies.
-> 
->  RH> I could go with that.
-> 
-> So could he so I guess I'd best get baking.  Especially since we found
-> some black walnuts (already shelled) at Harris Teeter a few weeks ago
-> that have been in our freezer waiting to go into cookies.
-> 
In my house they wouldn't be around long enough for that.  Nuts tend to
vanish here.
 
->  RH> A few.  It depends on the book.  My old King Arthur has been known
to
->  RH> get a workout, and that 1962 edition of Joy of Cooking has come off
->  RH> the shelf more than once.
-> 
-> I've got (in paperback) a 2 volume JOC I refer to every so often.  I
-> don't have a King Arthur one but wouldn't mind getting it one of these
-> days.  I also want to pick up Giada DiLaurentis's " Everyday Italian".
-> 
I don't have the last one, the TV cooks' books tend not to follow me home. 
I got the other ones at library used book sales.  The '62 is from before
they messed with it and tried to make everything "healthy".  As if
substituting hard margarine for butter is healthy. 

->  RH> used.  A giant Chinese one went to the local senior center one day;
it
->  RH> was too heavy to carry any more with it.  The next day it was gone.
->  RH> They have a bitty
->  RH> thrift store in there that I try to hit once in a while.  In was
->  RH> closed the day I brought the book, so it was left on the book
giveaway
->  RH> table.
-> 
-> Somebody wanted it or they needed a table leg prop. (G)
-> 
It was too big for that unless someone took a saw to the table leg.  BIG
sucker.  I took more over today.  They'll be gone by next week.
 
->  RH> Got it in one.  I've got two stacks that are leaving, and I'm
slowly
->  RH> working through the rest.  The Japanese and Swedish ones, in those
->  RH> languages respectively, are staying.  I can kind of read the
Swedish
->  RH> one, but I keep it for the marginalia.
-> 
-> As I should go thru my shelves again. The only language ones I have are
-> in German; got one (on pasta) as a freebie at a Tupperware party over
-> there.  All the other ladies took the 1 quart strainer which I already
-> had.

A German language Tupperware cookbook would be a rarity. I had a bread
recipe book here in German that I think came from you.  I just handed that
off to a friend who actually is German and bakes bread.  He was extremely
happy to see it.
 
->  RH> Too bad my stack isn't in a small town.
-> 
-> And it wouldn't pay to ship them there as profits go to the library.
-> That is, unless you really wanted to get rid of them and didn't mind
-> paying the shipping.
-> 
I can always re-donate them here, and the Senior Center is another option.
 
->  RH> One maybe.  I've been known to piece them.  When I hit the thrift
->  RH> stores I always check for 100% cotton sheets just in case.
-> 
-> Sheets are too rather tightly woven; I've read that they're not the best
-> for backing.  I guess it's more for hand quilting; they might do well
-> with machhine quilting.
-> 
That's 90% of what I do, so it's not a problem.  I actually prefer them,
when I'm not using flannel or fleece.  Or fake fur(!) ... I just did one
with flannel on the front and fake fur on the back.  Both are in dark,
muted colors so it looked right.  It's a Christmas present for a cousin
with two teenagers.  (and a husband)  I had to tie that one, because it
also has batting and there's no way to quilt fake fur and have it look
right.

->  RH> That will be true until the day you die.  I swear the things
multiply
->  RH> on their own, like wire coathangers.
-> 
-> Or last nights dishes left by the sink.

Those only look like they've multiplied.  It's an illusion.
 
->  RH> They don't have to be.  Sometimes it happens anyway.
-> 
-> I doubt they will; this isn't graduate level work.

That's different.  Phd dissertations almost always end up as books, at
least in very limited quantities.  Master's theses sometimes do too.
 
->  RH> I've done it with fleece before now.  The edges don't fray, so it's
->  RH> not as much of a pain unless you count the stretch factor.
-> 
-> True but most of the time I (used to) do applique was for the home made
-> diaper bags.  Small area, small designs.  Then I got the embroidery
-> machine.......................
-> 

That would make a difference.  One guess - once you had the machine,
bye-bye applique.
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