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Skriven 2008-06-10 10:43:36 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Kommentar till text 8437 av Nancy Backus (1:3634/12.0)
Ärende: fresh milk [1]
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Hi Nancy,
RH> night in Feb, 72, I was hit by a car and taken to Strong. It did a
RH> major number to my right knee so I didn't get back to the study until
RH> the last couple in mid May. I was on crutches then (didn't lose them
RH> until August).
NB> Ugh! I trust it healed pretty well finally, though? I suspect that
NB> it still gives you grief every so often... those things usually do.
I ripped out (not a simple tear like most athletes do to theirs) the ACL
and Medial ligaments in the knee, as well as chipping off the bone
sections that held them in place. Due to Strong's mis diagnosis, it was
another 3 days before an orthopedic surgeon looked at it--and then
operated the next morning. He was skeptical I would ever walk on it
again but I have, and I've skiied on it as well (when I was younger). I
can't bend the knee more than 90 degrees nor kneel on it but I CAN walk
on it. Yes, it gives me trouble now andagain, but I've banged up
enough other joints that (most of the time) I don't really ntice it.
NB> injury (to right leg, and secondarily to left knee) was more recent,
NB> but the residuals don't seem likely to totally go away ever.
They usually don't, especailly if you've injured a joint. A weight
bearing one like the knee or one that gets a lot of use (like Sean's
wrist) will probably never recover 100% of what it was, pre injury.
That's why you see a lot of athletes using braces on joints that have
been injured.
NB> NB>> He was one of the fortunate ones, then.
RH> Yes, he was. I gues at one time, Kodak really did a lot for the
RH> workers. Steve has mentioned a picnic he attended several years with
RH> his family; they had plant tours and lots of other stuff.
NB> It used to be a family... and a family-oriented place. I went to a
NB> number of those family days when Richard was working there. And there
NB> were a number of people from his group that would at least yearly get
NB> together with their families for a smaller imformal picnic. A couple
That's nice; the section would get to know each aother better. It's
sort of like what we're doing in the military with the Family Readyness
Groups (FRGs). There's a battalion wide one but also each company has
one. We had a battalion wide picnic in May; other events are planned
thru out the year for the group as a whole and each company does various
things. It builds a sense of cohesiveness or "family" which, since most
soldiers and family are far away from mom, dad, siblings, etc, can be
very good.
NB> of us wives formed our own support group, when our husbands were SO
NB> involved in a project that they were pulling all-nighters... (G) And,
NB> it also used to be that the unions in the area would look to what
NB> benefits Kodak (a non-union place) was giving to their workers before
NB> making their demands in negotiations. And that, if one got a job
NB> there, anyone could be assured that unless they messed up royally
NB> they'd be set for their whole career. But that was then...
And ths is now. Kodak still employs lots of folks but it's just not the
same. Are the other big union places as good (Xerox, Bausch & Lomb) or
are they drifitng down like Kodak, bringing the Rochester area economy
down?
NB> They RH>> were slower to get on to the digital band wagon and have
NB> lost a lot of RH>> the big name they used to have in the camera
NB> industry.
NB> The powers-that-were-once understood the reason, rationale and
NB> importance of research and innovation... then those in charge lost
NB> short-sighted. And that was really the beginning of the decline.
Concentrating on the bottoom line will bring most places down. Over
research can kill as well, as it did with Kodak--they should have come
out with an inexpensive digital while developing other, fancier ones.
The loss of the instant developing camera lawsuit brought by Polariod
crippled them too.
NB> I've been trying very hard to not hold on to the bitterness of the
NB> whole situation... ;/ Have to admit, I'm not holding my breath,
NB> but I will still purposively hope the best for them... Besides, if
NB> they took Richard back for just 6 months, he'd qualify for his full
NB> pension, not just a reduced version of it... and sooner rather than
NB> later.. ;>
Well, keep hoping and praying. Stranger things have been known to
happen. At least he does have a pension; not like some Enron workers who
lost it all.
RH> We were in a dead end situation in NC before Steve went into the Army.
RH> Basic, he went to Monterey, CA where the girls and I joined him. That
RH> gave us our first exposure to guacamole & calamari, among other things.
RH> Moving to TX for 2 1/2 years brought more foods into our lives, as did
RH> our time in Germany (5 3/4 years). Since we came back from there,
RH> we've lived in MA for 6 months, AZ for 8 years (7 for Steve; he did a
RH> year in Korea and yes, we both like Korean food) and 5 1/2 years in HI.
RH> We moved to GA in late September of 06 so we've come almost full
RH> circle to where we started in NC with southern cooking.
NB> An exciting journey... both culinary and overall... :)
Very much so. Steve was introduced to Fido by a fellow computer user
about a year after we got to AZ. He started reading Cooking, then asked
me to take over as he had too many other things going on. I've been in
this echo since late January, 1994.
RH> Did you get to go to Japan with him?
NB> Sadly, no. It was totally a business trip, and he was part of a 3-man
NB> team that was going over. After work hours, the host team treated
NB> them to good Japanese food, and there was only minimal time to even
Too bad; I've read some about how spouses are given tours and other
things while the (husbands) are in meetings,then they all get back
together for meals, etc in the evening.
NB> any souvenirs. At least I had my own trip to go on that week... a
NB> genealogy conference near Philly... and had a friend that was going
That must have been interesting.
NB> down with me. Good conference... but, had things been different,
NB> I'd've
NB> LOVED to go to Japan with him.
I know; I wish I could have visited Steve in Korea but it just wasn't
meant to happen. The money he would have spent for air fare to come back
for a couple of weeks went to Rachel's wedding instead.
NB> learned NB>> what we could about them, often from those who had grown
NB> up in those NB>> cultures or from those who may have spent some time
NB> immersed... I had
RH> the world as well as the States, we've all really broadened our
RH> knowledge of food and culture.
NB> I can see that. :) I had much the same experience, culturally
NB> anyway, in the genealogy echoes when they were active, especially the
NB> international ones, where there were also posters from various parts
NB> of the world...
A common core makes a good group. You've been here long enough that you
would feel right at home at the picnic. It would be like seeing family
you hadn't seen for a while.
NB> NB>> cooking, such as it is any more, is a hodgepodge from all over,
NB> not NB>> particularly anything specifically identifiable... ;) And,
NB> if going NB>> out to eat, it's usually somewhere ethnic... mostly
NB> Asian, including
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Ruth
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