Text 12061, 124 rader
Skriven 2011-06-11 10:53:59 av Sean Dennis (1:18/200)
  Kommentar till text 12055 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Deppity Dawg
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Hello, Ruth.

Friday June 10 2011 at 16:21, you wrote to me:

 RH> Could have been Nolanville (as Wikipedia claims) but in the mid 80s,
 RH> HH had the reputation.

It still had a reputation for that back in the mid-90s when I was there.  I had
a friend who was a MP, after retirement, got a job working for the HH police
department.  He privately told me that they liked to nail soliders for speeding
because they knew they had the money.  That doesn't surprise me in the least
bit, but I haven't been back there since 2000, so maybe things have changed.

 RH> Some cops, seeing an out of area (state, county, whatever) license
 RH> plates wantingto make big bucks off the stranger. Looks like they did,
 RH> too.

That mentality is the same, I've noticed, pretty much anywhere.  About 20 miles
south of me on I-26 (it's "east I-26" oddly), in the town of Erwin, they loves
themselves a good speed trap.  They claim it's because I-26 is a "drug
corridor", but at that particular location, I-26 is six lanes, flat, and
wide-open with a reduced speed limit.  Thankfully, when I have to head down
that way to go to Atlanta, I take a backroad down into Asheville (longer, but a
very scenic and curvy drive), get around Asheville which is a bizarre maze to
get through since they've not built an "outer loop" for the Interstate to go
around town instead of through it, and pop out near Hendersonville which is
where we connect to U.S. State Route 25 and head down to Greeneville, S.C., to
connect to I-85.

That rather roundabout way has saved us from the myriad of speed traps that
litter that particular route, especially in North Carolina, in Mars Hill, where
that town sits at the bottom of some very long and steep hills.  North Carolina
state troopers sit at the bottom of those hills in clusters like spiders in
their webs. :)

Not that I bother speeding anymore-after having a head-on collision, the "need
to speed" disappeared.  These days we're more interested in enjoying the
scenery and stopping to take pictures.

 RH> Probably because they've lost their reputation of being a speed trap.

Yeah, but locally, I'm sure they're still doing what they have done for years.
It's a hard habit to break, I'm sure.

 RH> We lived in CC for the first 15 months or so we were at Fort Hood.
 RH> Had to rent a place off post because at the time, E4, under 2s
 RH> couldn't get post housing. They changed that rule after we'd been
 RH> there about 6 months but it took almost a year to get housing. (We got
 RH> it on West FH where Steve worked.) Joined First Baptist Church, CC and
 RH> kept out membership there after moving on post. Lived on post for
 RH> about 11 months before moving to Frankfurt, West Germany.

I'd lived on-post for a very short while at Fort Sill, but I married there and
we lived off-post the entire time I was at Fort Hood.  We were in a tiny
apartment complex just off of Highway 183 in 'Cove (2207 E. Hwy 183; still
remember the address!).  I lived there from 1996 until 2000 when my wife and I
divorced, then I moved to Illinois.

 RH> Not being too much of a hot dog eater, I've never cared for corn dogs
 RH> either. Never bought any in the stores, just let the girls get them at
 RH> Golden Corral.

Maura's not one much for corn dogs either.  She does love her hot dogs,
especially when combined with baked beans.

 RH> You'll enjoy that Dutch oven, especially in colder weather. You can
 RH> brown meat for a stew in it, add everything else and pop it in the
 RH> oven on a low temperature, letting it cook all day. The meat comes out
 RH> nice and tender, everything else is done nicely too. We've done lamb
 RH> shanks in the Dutch oven--marinaded in Italian dressing, coated with a
 RH> flour & cheese mix and braised. They're good too, and after the
 RH> initial few minutes of work, they don't need any more attention except
 RH> an occaisional turning until time to serve. We introduced lamb to some
 RH> of our friends in Savannah by fixing it that way.

That sounds really good.  To be honest, we've only used the Dutch oven a couple
of times.  However, once I'm in school, I would like to start using that more
often, as well as the crockpot, to have meals ready when we get home from
school and work.

Maura has never had lamb (except in a gyro).  Those lamb shanks sound pretty
good.

 RH> Hmmmmmmmmmmm, wonder if Robert and Sarah would like them as much as
 RH> their mom and aunt used to. (G)

Oh, I'm sure. :)  I can't eat hot dogs like I used to, so corn dogs are a rare
treat.  I think homemade corn dogs will be even better.

A side note: I received a phone call at 8:35 PM last night.  It was a local
Long John Silver's asking if I wanted to come in for an interview today at 2:30
PM.  So, I'm hoping the next time I post, I will have some good news.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Hot Dogs Revisited (Glamour Dogs) by Brigitte Sealing
 Categories: Cyberealm, Meats
      Yield: 6 Servings

    1/2 c  Crushed corn chips
    1/2 md Onion, minced
    1/4 c  Tomato sauce
      1 c  Grated cheddar cheese
      1 ts Worchestershire sauce
     10    Hot dogs

  "Mix all ingredients except hot dogs together. Heat oven to 350F.
  Split the hot dogs lengthwise. Put into a baking dish and fill each
  hot dog with the mixture. Bake about 12 minutes."

  Source: Brigitte Sealing, Cyberealm BBS, Watertown, NY Originally
  posted: 5/92

  Typed for you by: Linda Fields, Cyberealm BBS Watertown, NY
  315-785-8098

MMMMM

Later,
Sean

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