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Skriven 2008-01-05 17:09:01 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
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Hi Hap,

-> Planning on this year being better than last--but you never know.

 hn> Nope, you never know, but it helps
 hn> to aim yourself in the right direction!

Yes, now to see how good the aim is. (G)

->  hn> I think I got this one on specail at Borders for $2.99 so it was
->  hn> a great bargain and had LOTS of easy recipes so that grad
->  hn> students sharing a big kitchen would have little problem
->  hn> putting together a good meal.

 And developing skills for life after grad school.

 hn> So you see through my nefarious sceme eh! (grin)

Yep! I was a decent (not great but decent) cook when I left home. OTOH,
my sisters could hardly boil water.

->  hn> Ours is mainly used for reheating leftovers rather
->  hn> than preparing a dish.

-> She does a lot of Lean Cuisine and other meals in a box when pressed for
-> time.  Beats MREs.

 hn> I can't remember the last time we did a "frozen dinner"
 hn> or any dish like that! A LONG time ago we used to get
 hn> some frozen lasagna that we'd cook in the oven but
 hn> other than that we usually make from scratch...
 hn> er well *I* usually make from scratch, Anne does
 hn> her part and doesn't complain about it much !

I'll be using it to reheat some of the stuff I put in the freezer over
the last couple of months.  Most of the time it gets used for frozen
veggies, water for tea or canned soups.

->  hn> That's part of it's charm for her I think. She likes the
->  hn> process as much as the result.

-> I used to, until I broke my wrists.  Now the ABM does it for me.

 hn> I think Amanda is at the point where the process
 hn> of making the bread is more theraputic and relaxing
 hn> than even the enjoying of the finished product!

I suspect so. It gives her a break from the research and reading.  Also
a chance to take out some of the aggrivation from the r&r. (G)

->  hn> Can she catch "hops" on military flights? I

-> Not for travel like this. She had to get to a school at Fort Gordon,
-> then after it was over, back to AZ for her job.  She signed up for a hop

 hn> Times sure have changed...Budgetary matters
 hn> I'd suspect. Back in my day

That, and fewer bases.


 hn> you could hop a flight just about anytime
 hn> to anywhere. Hawaii was a
 hn> bit of a bother ( I only caught one hop
 hn> to Hawaii) if you were on a time
 hn> schedule but anywhere else was pretty
 hn>  easy! I used to fly in and out of Shaw
 hn> AFB and Charleston back and forth to the
 hn> west coast or up and down the east coast
 hn>  with relative ease! When I was stationed in
 hn> Dam Neck (Virginia Beach) I could go up to
 hn> Langley AFB and catch a hop every saturday
 hn> am down to Shaw (where my folks live) and
 hn> back on Sunday afternoon. If a plane was going
 hn> somewhere and there was room, you could ride.

We've not yet tried it but may after Steve retires.  Time constraints
and the possibility of not getting to where you need to (and having to
buy a last minute ticket because you HAVE to be there) have precluded
our experimenting with them.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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