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Skriven 2008-01-14 13:07:32 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
    Kommentar till text 706 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: BlueWave                                                 [1]
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Hi Ruth!

>> Ah.. perhaps you can see if your repairman will accept you buying the
>> part online then.. might work out.

> I'll call him Monday to let him know I've got a handle on the parts and
> a price.

Hope that works out :)

>> Yeah, it was tricky getting it to work, but I figured I had nothing
>> really to lose :)

> True, and if you've the time and patience, it's worth the try.

I always felt I had a good handle on my sewing machines.. I guess because I
learned to sew on one of those ancient Singer machines.. it was a model that
worked with a treadle.  My grandfather was a sewing machine replairman/salesman
and he'd put an electric moter on it for my grandmother :) That machine never
skipped a stitch but you had to know how to use it, that's for sure... sadly my
youngest idiot sister took it when Mom broke up the house, and then dumped it
:(  I could have killed her :)

>>> Your Pfaff sounds about as old as my poor Athena, but they sure don't

>> > Is that the Athena 2000 (or something like that) Singer sold in the
>> mid > 70s?  I was looking at it but my mom gave me her Futura 2
>> > somewhat used.) until I got the Pfaff.

>> Yes, that's the one.. the Athena 2000.. I probably bought it in about
>> 1979 or something..  What a great machine that was :)  I made all the
>> kids clothes plus a bunch for myself :)

> I made quite a bit of clothes for the girls, me (and some for) Steve
> over the years.  Rachel's wedding dress (and the other girl's dresses)
> were made on the Pfaff; I've also done a lot of other sewing--Robert's
> nursery, lots of home dec for us over the years, a lot of baby quilts,
> etc on it.

Now quilting I only did very rarely.. otherwise, yes, once you can sew,
everybody in the family seems to have a request <smile>.. I never minded.. It's
funny too though that my daughter has no interest in sewing to the degree that
I do (and did..).. She does knit though :)  She knitted the most outrageously
beautiful blanket for me for Christmas this year :)  But she asked me to make
the baby's cloth diapers for her.. and his clothes this past year.. so that was
really neat to do for them. I'm working on some overalls and warm pj's for him
now (the baby is about 20 months old :) )

>>> That would be handy :)  Does that model you have download designs?
>> > We can download them off the internet onto memory cards and then
>> plug > those into the machine. Lots of bells and whistles with this

>> Super :)

> A lot of fun things but more expensive if something goes wrong as
> it's still a fairly new machine.

Yes, I expect it should be running well for quite a while though.

>>> matters so much.. :) But Gentoo can be a little different in where it
>>> "puts" packages, and how you do the updates, etc.

>> > OK, Steve likes Fedora and Red Hat.

>> I've never run Fedora but I'm familiar with it.  I did run RedHat
>> before switching to Gentoo.. I think that was just about when RedHat
>> came out with Fedora, IIRC.  Linux is just so stable, I love it.

> Yes but now something needs tweaking on my system so I can "talk to"
> some web pages.  He will check it out for me.

That's good.  It's always neat to have someone who's used to working on linux
systems "around" <bg>... Over here, it's me.  Actually, my son is the one who
first convinced me to switch to linux.. after that, I convinced Ron... But his
work actually keeps him in both worlds since the company he writes software for
is released across a number of operating systems... so "both" doesn't really
quite apply :) It's more like "many" <g>.  He's the senior developer/designer
for a product that is released for about all of them..

>>> of Jan. after the holidays :) :)  Still true :)  We did the same this

>> > And how old is he now? (G)

>> Eh.. he's getting there Lol.. but the real kicker is my daughter, "the
>> baby" ... in her thirties .. STILL can't get used to that idea :)

> My older one will be 30 this year, younger one will be 28.  But this
> year also, both my parents and my in laws have their baby turn 50.

:)  Time flies.. sometimes I can't believe how fast kids grow up..

>> Sounds like my pepper grinder - I usually use a blend as well. Did you
>> see those disposable pepper corn grinders?  They look handy, but my
>> pepper grinder is great..

> The disposable ones are good when we pack out and have to live in the
> quarters for a while longer or move in before we get our stuff. We've
> bought them for that, or Steve has from time to time when he goes TDY
> (Temporary Duty) and cooks for himself.  Usually he will leave it at
> the place as a donation to the kitchen.

Makes sense..  I bought this pepper grinder in Louisville, KY when we were
living there.. it was purchased from a specialty cooking shop.. they must have
loved it when they saw me coming, since I couldn't resist buying so many of
their wares :)  It was a great shop.. didn't stay open that long though :(  I
guess there weren't enough people around like me that loved to cook with good
equipment, etc.. I think I read somewhere at the time that the bulk of the
population in Louisville liked eating "out" more than in any other cities
<grin>

>> > most everything has salt added already. Usually the spicing takes
>> care > of the need to add extra salt.  I will use it in bread making
>> as it
>> > helps control the yeast.

>> Yep, know what you mean.. we're about the same here.

> Sounds like it--sister! (G)

Think so  :)

>>> Here's my recipe for Marina, it's very similar to what you do :)

>> > Enough to float a boat? I want a marinara, not a marina. (G)

>> <Laugh>.. I always have sauce in my fridge.. of some type <grin>.  For
>> quick pizza's, pasta.. that kind of thing.. when I make Pasta e
>> Fagioli, I use a scoop of sauce in it (not too much) instead of tomato
>> paste.. or when I make Roast Beef hash, I add it as well :)

> I should keep more in the fridge than I do; mine is full of flours,
> rices, etc as well. (G)

ah :) Good idea if you've got a number of them that aren't always used often..

>> ========= Pasta e Fagioli:  Bean soup with Macaroni=========

> This is one of Steve's favorites.

It's hard not to like it :) :)


>> 2 tablespoons olive oil
>> 1 small onion
>> 1 stalk celery
>> 4 slices bacon, or 1/4 cup prosciutto 1 clove garlic
>> 1 small carrot
>> 1 can white cannellini beans

> His mom made an easy one when we were down for Thanksgiving--but used
> canned pork & beans.  Said the recipe came from (I think she said) her
> mom. You could definately tell the taste of the canned beans in it.


Sometimes I use my pressure cooker to cook dry beans before making this, but
usually I look for good canned cannellini beans - ones without tons of
additives, or salt.. not always easy to find :(

Take care,
Janis

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