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Ärende: pantry                                                   [1]
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Hi Hap,

->  hn> grandparent's farm was a time when
->  hn> all the aunts got together with my
->  hn> Grandmother and put up peaches,

-> Sounds like she had the trees on her property to be able to do so. Must
-> have been fun with all your aunts putting up the peaches--hopefully the
-> kitchen was sizeable. (G)

 hn> Probably ( going from kid's sized memory
 hn> here) 10 acres of peach, 10acres of pecan,
 hn> less than an acre of apple, same for pear...
 hn> that's all the fruit trees I remember, black walnut
 hn> trees weren't a "grove" but there were several

Is it still intact or has the land been split up and sold off?

 hn> real big ones around the house. The house
 hn> was rebuilt on the orginal foundation of the
 hn> Plantation house that was destroyed during
 hn> the "recent unpleasantness with the north" as
 hn> my grandmother used to say (grin). The kitchen

I've used that expression before. Mostly to educate that the war was
anything but civil.

 hn> was HUUUUGE! The kitchen table (the one we
 hn> ate at most) was about 20 feet long, with
 hn> chairs on the "kitchen" side (for grownups)

So they could jump up and get something from the stove easier.

 hn> and a series of long benches on the "wall"
 hn> side..where we kids all packed in.  There

That's right, shove in all the kids and the left handed ones throw
everyone off. (G)


 hn> was also in the center of the kitchen a
 hn> big wooden "butcher block" table where
 hn> meats would be cut and such. There was
 hn> a gas stove and a big old woodburning
 hn> stove as well. Double sinks AND a pump
 hn> right out of the counter!! The sinks did
 hn> have running water by the time I was
 hn> around..but the pump still worked! and
 hn> in the summer if you wanted Cold water
 hn> you went and got it from the pump!

Nice! The other night as I was cleaning up, I was thinking about how
nice a big old farm sink would be. Then I realised--by the time we're
able to (if ever) build or buy our dream house and put in all the "toys"
we want, we'll be too old to appreciate them. So, just have to be
content with such as I have and work around problems like lack of space.

->  hn> tonight when I got home from the ballpark
->  hn> we had a cup of soup and a slice of quiche.
->  hn> Both were real good and very welcome!!

-> Sounds good to me. Sometimes the simplest things are the most
-> satisfying.

 hn> Yep! Had a day game at the ballpark on
 hn> Memorial Day, and when I got home
 hn> Anne made dinner for me! Hamburger
 hn> patty and brussels sprouts!  boy was
 hn> it Goooood!

Early evening for a change?


 hn> I have today off from the ballpark and
 hn> will go back for a day game tomorrow
 hn> and have thursday off then work straight
 hn> through tull 5 june, being boss two of
 hn> those games.

But you're still enjoying it and that's what counts.

->  hn> into the high 50's and rarely into the 60's.
->  hn> Perfect weather!!

-> We're headed for another hot and humid (both quite high) week. I'm done
-> with the big cooking stuff for now but revving up the sewing machines,
-> serger, etc.

 hn> Had a couple of showers this morning
 hn> but mostly just cloudy and very nice
 hn> weather...60F for a high.

We're supposed to have a low of 60 or so tomorrow night. Humidity is
supposed to go down tonight and have a high of about 87 on Friday, still
several degrees above "normal" tho.

->  hn> interesting things to do (grin).

-> Different era, different culture. He's a city kid, raised in the instant
-> (or less time) gratification time. He was sort of overwhelmed at my
-> folks last summer--all the wide open play space he could have and no
-> electronic games, etc. Computers there were for work, not play. You're a
-> military child of a couple of generations ago but with enough "farm
-> raising" you knew how to entertain yourself.

 hn> Yep, and as a parent I would be
 hn> (and was) very cautious about letting
 hn> my kids just "go out and play" without
 hn> any adult keeping an eye on them! it's
 hn>  a very different world than the one
 hn> I grew up in.

Same here. I was cautious with my girls but they still had a lot more
freedom to "run" than most of today's kids have. They didn't have as
much freedom as I did but that's the changes in the world. Rachel makes
Robert check in every so often (a set amount of time) if he's playing
any where other than his own (fenced in) back yard.

->  hn> Here it's often a matter of landlords
->  hn> taking advantage of the latinos. Some of
->  hn> it it language based and some of it plays upon
->  hn> their fears.

-> I've read about that in this area as well. Several groups have filed
-> suit recently to ensure courts have interpreters for them so they get a
-> fair deal.  It's mostly, as you say, the language and fear factors that
-> make them so susceptable to rip offs.

 hn> Many of the landlords are afraid of the
 hn> high crime rates in the latino community.
 hn> Whether it's real or perceived, they either
 hn> want to gouge those who can't defend
 hn> themselves, or protect their investment
 hn> in real estate.  In either case, the tenants


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