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Skriven 2008-04-28 16:22:56 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 6169 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: NYS
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Hi Ruth!

>> sadly enough (grin).. growing up there was interesting though.. I was
>> able to work on making clothes for people like Gloria Dehaven ... she
>> did a lot of volunteer work at our animal shelter since she lived in

> Neat; was she one of the radical PETA folks or just an animal lover?

Just an animal lover... which I thought was very neat.  Being so close to
Manhatten was great because we could run to some of the great fabric stores
there and pick out the most beautiful fabrics for people at places like that.
Sari Silks.. and more..

>> Warwick part of the year.. and ooh.. very impressive this one is.. got
>> to be critiqued by Shep Coleman (who the heck is that everyone is
>> asking??? (laugh)) for my acting performance in the play Harvey :)  It

> The name is faintly familiar.  Were you the rabbit? (G)

Ah no (laugh)... the ingenu frisky teenage daughter about to be introduced into
"society"... :)  Shep Coleman was a musical director on Broadway.. I believe
his major work would have been the musical direction of 'Hello Dolly!', though
there may have been others of note.. I really think that was his big one
though.  There were quite a number of famous musicians in Warwick then as
well.. Doc Severinson lived in Warwick back then for while... I went to school
with his daughters..

>> was great fun, if nothing else.. but this later yuppie infusion is
>> totally different from that era..

> That's what invaded Margaretville to some extent.  A lot of tourist
> folks--summer vacationers, fishermen, hunters, skiers, etc. I knew one
> off Broadway actress who worked with our drama department when I was in
> high school but can't recall her name (she was that far off B'way-G-).

At least that type would seem to come and go compared to the type that moved
into Warwick in later years, I expect?  These people bought up all the property
they could, even the most run down streets in the village... which is good I
suppose for the people who lived there, I mean they were able to sell at a
great price I expect (or hope, anyway) though I don't know really.  Then those
run down areas were re-built, restored and "yuppie-ized" (g)... likewise, the
rural areas were developed and huge homes were built.

>>> of westchester.. Ron used to take the PATH train through the Twin
>>> Towers to work.. That was well before they got blown all to h... :(

>> > Were you in Kentucky then?  We were in HI and got the news around
>> > 3:30am.

>> Think so.. one of Ron's co-workers in Westchester, who lives about 15
>> minutes from Manhatten, called him and said, TURN ON THE TV.. it was
>> horrible.. we missed the first building being hit, but saw all the
>> rest of it live... truly horrible.

> I watched quite a bit of it too.  Steve was able to get to work
> (advantage of living on post) but most of his office wasn't. I'd made
> some pumpernickel/sourdough bagels the day before so he took a bunch in
> for people who may not have had the chance to get breakfast.

I think the entire nation was tuned in to the news stations that day.. how
tragic it was. I remember getting a netmail from Fidonet people in Italy
expressing their sadness for the people in Zone 1 immediately after they'd
heard the news. That was one of many, actually.. but the first I remember
receiving.

>> > could have made a good deal had we bought a house when we first got
>> over > there, sold before leaving.  But, in a lot of other ways, it
>> was easier > to live on post.

>> Sure, I can imagine..

> Especially in times like above. Any incoming vehicles got a MAJOR!
> inspection;

Can understand that :(

> this tied up traffic, backing it onto the highways.
> There aren't very many alternative routes in the state so you can
> imagine what a mess it created.

Yup.. must have been quite a mess, but understandable.

>> >  Commute to work was a whole lot less stressful and we
>> > had an avocado tree in our back yard.

>> Oh, that's incredibly neat :)  That's something you can only dream of
>> in NY :) I've got tons of plants around that will never bear a fruit
>> haha

> But it's fun to say you've got such and such a plant. (G)  The tree
> produced like gangbusters every other year--they were about softball
> sized fruit too. We gave them away by the sack full!

That's really nice :)  I bet that was appreciated :)  here's a recipe I came up
with when my daughter came by this summer and I was desperate to come up with
vegetarian dishes :)

===Lobster-stuffed Avocado======
6-8 servings

Citrus dressing:
juice from 2 lemons (4 Tablespoons) 2 tablespoons fresh grapefuit juice 2
tablespoons honey
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoon green onions, diced
1 teaspoon jalapeno, finely diced (or to taste) salt and pepper, to taste

Salad:
4 cups baby salad greens (spinach, lettuce, etc) 1 large mango
4 avocado
3/4 lb lobster meat

Mix and shake the dressing adding jalepeno, salt and pepper to taste. Reserve
about 1/4 of the dressing.  Toss baby greens in the rest of the dressing. Place
baby greens on a platter. Scoop avocado out of shell, and  slice into slivers.
Slice mango into slivers. Drizzle some of the dressing on the avocado and mango
slivers and replace in the shells.  Divide lobster meat into equal portions and
place in center of the shells. Serve chilled.
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>> Hopefully they left the tree :)

> I don't know; I guess I could e-mail a friend who's still there & find
> out.

True :)


> Even having an older sibling who was way smarter than me was a
> detriment in school.  He was 2 years ahead of me but in a couple of my
> classes.

So they expected you to perform - that's not real fair either :( But somehow I
think you were shortchanging yourself there (g)

>> There was one that made our cats very very sick which we had to stop
>> right away.. I think this one was something you gave the cat to eat
>> though.. then after that, they came out with the one drop on the back
>> of neck treatments.. they do work so much better.. still have to fight
>> the darn kitties though ;) ;)

> We used to have fun with our dogs and heartworm treatments.  The once a
> month ones made Sam sick so he had to use the dailys.  Had to disguise
> it in meat or peanut butter for him to eat it; if we just put it in his
> food dish, he'd eat everything but the pill.

Oh yeah, we had those kind of things happen all the time with these labs until
I got the hang of getting a pill down their throat.. You go through all the
trouble of packing the pill in a pile of cheese or hamburger or whatever, set
it down, and then you look down and sitting in the dish is this solitary pill
:) :)  Luckily they are not of a biting nature so just putting the pill in
their mouth works (grin).. matter of fact, they will put up with just about
anything.. well, mostly anything :)  they RUN when I take out the toe nail
clippers :( That's probably because of a sloppy job done by a vet long ago :(
It is funny to see though.. I have to really hide it to get even close to them
with it :(

Take care,
Janis

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