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Skriven 2011-05-26 17:05:39 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 11247 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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IHi Michael,

 RH> I've read your rants. (G) Little airport getting itself all puffed up
 RH> and now losing passengers.

 ML> Many factors, but I'm beyond caring what the causes are, I just
 ML> want to get from place A to place B without undue annoyance
 ML> and difficulty.

I understand that very well! Next month we're flying Southwest to/from
Phoenix. We're going out together but Steve is returning before I am.
Going thru all sorts of crazy flight convolutions to get to where we
want to end up.

 RH> Seriously considering a run up that way in very early August to check
 RH> on the folks and get the Shopsmith Steve's sister in law is holding for

 ML> Then perhaps you can make it to Nancy's?

Nice to think about but we don't have the luxury of time. We're going to
only spend about 3 days at each set of parents, thinking about stopping
to see Gail & Dale on the way up. By the time the picnic starts, we'll
be heading south again as fall semester starts the next week.


 ML> Helped make a straw-rhub pie the last time I was in
 ML> Williamsport. Pretty good stuff.
 RH> I wouldn't turn down a piece. It's been one of my favorite pies for
 RH> years. Maybe I'll make one later this week, after I get the dilled
 RH> green beans and cucumber relish made.

 ML> How very Penn Dutch of you. I actually almost bought a jar
 ML> of dilly beans last time I was at the Williamsport farmer's
 ML> market, what was that, 2 weeks ago?

I'm doing all sorts of putting up this year. Some is an experiment; some
to avoid the HFCS in a lot of commercial products. Some is just to see
if we like the results well enough to try it again. And, 2 weeks ago
today, I flew from Las Vegas to Atlanta to Raleigh and Steve drove me
home.

 RH> We picked up an eggplant at the local produce stand yesterday.
 RH> Debating doing it parmesan style like I did last year or just breading
 RH> it and frying it without going to the extra fuss.

 ML> It is extra fuss, but I think it's worth it, and that's from
 ML> someone who has a very difficult time with fresh cheeses such
 ML> as mozzarella.

Depending on how thick/thin I slice it, it will probably be all parmesan
style.  Extra fuss, yes, but extra good taste. (G)

BTW, are/were you in a place that you could see the results of this
season of "American Idol" last (Wed.) night? A 17 year old young man
from Garner (about 40 miles south east of Raleigh won the show. He is
good; Steve commented that he could listen to a CD or concert very
easily. Very country oriented vocals. And, Garner is where the first of
the bear sightings was last week. (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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