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Skriven 2008-05-21 14:13:26 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 7456 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: fresh milk
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Hi Nancy,

 RH> training. (She's on active duty with them in AZ, the Phoneix area.)
 RH> The longest we lived any one place was in AZ; we don't even have a

 NB> Here's the back story...  My parents moved to Rochester the summer
 NB> before my senior year in high school, as Daddy took a job teaching at
 NB> RIT.  Since his kids got tuition free there, that's where I went to
 NB> college... and met hubby there.  Before he was through completely, he

I met Steve thru a Bible Study for deaf students at NTID 36 years ago.
Both the college he was going to (Roberts Weslyan) and the one I went to
(Houghton) had participants as well.

 NB> had taken a summer job at Kodak which turned into a full-time one, and

Most all of Steve's family (and he) have worked or are still working for
Kodak. Dad retired from them about 15 years ago, the Elm Grove plant.


 NB> we ended up staying in Rochester.  But before that, I'd never been in
 NB> one place more than 6 years...  Born in PA, lived across the river in
 NB> still here... ;)  And that my parents never up and moved again...

My parents moved to Margaretville about a year after they got married.
They've been there now for just about 57 years and it doesn't look like
they're going to move.  OTOH, I've lived there, NC, CA, TX, Frankfurt
and Berlin in Germany, MA, AZ, HI and now in GA. Dad has had a garden
most years he's lived there; I've had a small one in a couple of places.

 NB> now live with my sister in Bloomfield, just outside of Rochester (near
 NB> Victor and Canandaigua).

OK, I know the area. We've picked up the Thruway (or gotten off)
sometimes in Victor.

 NB> summer  NB>> camp, and we've enjoyed his "fresh-from-the-tank" milk

 RH> Is that the Gilbert Lake Camp Area you menitoned?  Our church used to

 NB> No, this will be the first time we'll be going to Gilbert Lake, the
 NB> family had been going down into PA to a private campground in Gaines
 NB> (on Rte 6), but needed to find a place more handicap-accessible for
 NB> Daddy
 NB> this year.  Hubby and I own property up in St Lawrence county (NYS,

I see. Enjoy this one; I've not been there in over 40 years so it's
probably changed quite a bit.


 NB> near the Adirondack Park preserve), part of which he inherited from
 NB> his
 NB> grandfather.  Our friend lives near there.  :)

Another pretty part of the state, with heavy winters. We've never been
stationed at Fort Drum; I don't know if I could take the winters there
with my health.

 NB> drive there  NB>> isn't insignificant).  So, yes, I know whereof you
 NB> speak... and miss  NB>> it also.

 RH> It's worth it for the milk. When we started, we were about a 15-20
 RH> minute drive away.  A move out of town added another 10 minutes or so
 RH> to it so we tried to combine trips with a bit of grocery shopping in

 NB> Our friend's farm is near where we go for church when we are up
 NB> there... when we were younger, we were able to be more active there
 NB> during the
 NB> week, so we would combine trips that way.  The store where we shop is

Easy to do; we're combining more trips these days.


 NB> only(!) about half an hour from the camp, and the farm still another
 NB> 15 minutes away.  Back then, we'd also be up for at least 2 weeks,
 NB> often
 NB> with the weekends at either end as well, and didn't need to just veg
 NB> at the camp for the time we had there...  <G>

But you could veg if you wanted to. (G)


 RH> station for him, I had to change our younger daughter's diaper. We'd
 RH> not planned to be out so long so I'd not brought any clean ones (I used
 RH> cloth) along. Good thing I'd bought a roll of paper towels--a few of
 RH> them made a good improvised diaper for about half an hour until we got
 RH> home. (G)  The milk was't affected by the extra wait to get it into the
 RH> fridge.

 NB> Fresh hath its benefits...  :)  And necessity IS the mother of
 NB> invention...  <G>  A memorable experience... :)

Yes, I'm glad I had to get a roll of paper towels that night.  I've
always bought the plain white ones except for the short time I was able
to get the unbleached (whole wheat is what we used to call them),
recycled ones. Those were the white ones.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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