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Skriven 2008-06-09 15:12:45 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 8232 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: Rice prices
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Hi Ruth,

-> 1984.  As far as I know, it's still working (my youngest sister has it)
-> but it spent 6 years in storage while we were in Germany.  We'd been
-> told we couldn't take them--got over there and............found out we
-> could have.  Bought a cheapy after about 9 months, only about 500 watts,
-> that Steve replaced a couple of years later with the GS (or was it

 RH> Maybe the low wattage has something to do with the longevity?  This
 RH> one is very underpowered, but since it has long paid for itself I'm
 RH> not
 RH> complaining.

I think the one my sister has is 750 watts. That was the norm in the mid
80s.  The 500 watt one we sold after Steve got a more powerful one in
Berlin.  That one conked out 11 years ago and was replaced--shortly
before Rachel's wedding.


-> Nope! Not with a big hole in the bottom, rendering about half the loaf
-> useless for sandwiches--and most other stuff.

 RH> There is that.  Holes in bread are NOT useful, unless you're making
 RH> one of those kiddy breakfast egg things.

And then you want the hole somewhat centered. One time one of our girls
couldn't remember the name "egg in the eye" and came up with "egg in the
face" as an alternate name.

-> My recipe calls for instant coffee but since we don't keep it around, it
-> is just left out.  No appreciable difference in taste that we know of.

 RH> It's a color thing, rather than taste.

And, since I use an extra dark cocoa powder anyways..........

-> -> Coal as in used in coal burning engines? That would be a natural for
 RH> you
-> -> since your dad enjoyed trains. (G)
 RH> ->
->  RH> Exactly.  Anthracite to me is the smell of home.(G)
 RH> ->
-> Not to me but maybe my dad. That is, in addition to fresh newsprint.
 RH> ->
 RH> I wouldn't be surprised.  Printers ink in the blood and all that.

Yes, he is still writing a bit--mostly on the weekly letters to us, my
siblings, cousins, etc. It's all computer done now so doesn't have the
same smell.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly@earthlink.net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


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