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Skriven 2009-10-30 11:53:42 av HAP NEWSOM (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: eggplant
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Hey Ruth!
-> 
->  hn> Wednesday eveining, I've been busy taking care
->  hn> of Annie who's down with the piggyplague. Dr ordered
-> 
-> 
-> It's a drop dead gorgeous sunny late October Thursday afternoon here. No
-> fun, keep pushing the chicken soup. It's a good thing that computer
-> viruses (viri?) are the only thing that travel thru the air & Steve has
-> lots of protection on our systems.
-> 
Oh I'm pushing the soup! (grin) She's either
in bed or bundled up on the couch. She's feeling
the full effect of the flu now and doesn't have a
whole lot of energy.....which may be a good thing
as she'd be up and around doing "stuff" otherwise!

->  hn> her to stay home till Monday...otherwise she'd be trying
->  hn> to sneak in the building to deliver lesson plans for the
->  hn> substitute!!
-> 
-> That's dedicated teaching but she needs to stay home.
->
She's not feeling like doing anything 
otherwise at this point!
-> 
-> ->  hn> the plant and hang it upside down...waitta minnit!
-> ->  hn> Isnt your plant ALREADY upside down?? (GRIN)
-> 
-> -> And, we don't have a garage or carport either.  So, we'll just let
them
-> -> ripen as much as possible outside, then bring them in.  We're only
-> -> supposed to have lows in the 50s this week, maybe high 40s near the
end.
-> -> No frost so the tomatoes will stay put.
-> 
->  hn> Ahhh, summer weather, I miss it already...LOL
-> 
-> I wouldn't mind what we're having today year round.
->
I could go for that!
 
-> ->  hn> questions I can go to the Physical Therapy
-> ->  hn> dept and ask them, but I don't wanna have to
-> 
-> -> OK, as long as you can.  Sometimes it's easier having someone else
-> -> provide resistance for some of the exercises.
-> 
->  hn> True, but it costs a co-pay every time I walk
->  hn> through the door...and that adds up to some $$
->  hn> really quick if you let it!
-> 
-> I know.  Steve can get some of his work done thru the VA but I can't.
-> We're dealing with co pays again--for a while, we had to pay a Tri-care
-> one while Steve was active duty. Somebody wised up and eliminated that
-> but now that he's retired, it's back.
->
Now you've shifted to Tri-Care for life
though right?
 
-> ->  hn> professional help (if I need it my SIL is a
-> ->  hn> Licensed Massage Therapist and can do
-> 
-> -> OK, that will work.  I've had enough trained (thru the Army)
therapists
-> -> wrking on various joints over the years.  Kinda surprised some of
them
-> -> as to how much pain they thought they could put me thru before I'd
let
-> -> them know they'd reached their limit.
-> 
->  hn> meaning you let them know before they
->  hn> thought you should? or you went further
->  hn> than they thought you'd be able to endure?
-> 
-> The latter.  I could out tough some of the guys who were there for
-> therapy but didn't have as high a pain tolerance.
->
Me too...but there's no such thing
as "tolerance" when they hit the exact
"right" spot! YOW!!
 
-> ->  hn> and ran the family farm, but I'm not sure how
-> ->  hn> far he went in school. He could read and write
-> ->  hn> quite well and was a Brickmason as well.
-> 
-> -> Now, if you don't finish high school, you're at the low end of the
totem
-> -> pole.  No Wild West sows to work at either.
-> 
->  hn> There's lots of carnivals travelling the old routes
->  hn> though.
-> 
-> True, but that can get old fast.
->
For most, yes...
 
-> ->  hn> I like the onions, mushrooms and bell peppers.
-> ->  hn> Garlic can go in other dishes (grin)
-> 
-> -> It's your choice. (G)
-> 
->  hn> Funny the way our preferences work with some
->  hn> dishes!
-> 
-> Very true.  I was raised on only garlic salt (gag) but took to cooking
-> with fresh garlic and garlic powder when I married Steve.  Almost but
-> not quite the same with onions; my dad allowed some fresh for cooking
-> but very little (he had stomach trouble, probably pre ulcers, garlic &
-> onion didn't sit well) but he did let my mom use some onion powder as
-> well.
->
I was raised totally without garlic. 
Mom used onion powder, and fresh onions
a lot, but not garlic. I guess it was
not much of a southern rural ingredient.
chat with you soon!
ha
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