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     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Life, and other fantasies                                [1]
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Hey Ruth!

-> ->  HN> I used a little backpackers Primus stove.
-> ->  HN> very small, very light and very useful!
-> 
-> -> Steve had one of those for a while. Trying to find fuel for it on HI 
was
-> -> a challenge.
-> 
->  HN> They run on kerosene...you can find that
->  HN> just about anywhere...or alcohol! They'll
->  HN> run on just about anything!
-> 
-> His had a cartridge thing; those got to be almost impossible to find.
-> Finally got rid of it before coming back to the main land where we can
-> now find them (almost) everywhere. But, the interest in
-> camping/backpacking is lower on the priority list now. We've got a few
-> things but gave away some to the Boy Scouts in Savannah that had their
-> new stuff stolen.
->
Might not have been a primus then, I've
never seen one with any sort of cartridge.
Was it propane?
 
-> ->  HN> months..and this year has been a bit
-> ->  HN> drier than usual.
-> 
-> -> Thought we were going to clear up but weatherman says not until
middle
-> -> of next week.
-> 
->  HN> We finally got some rain today!
->  HN> A gully washer for about 2 hours.
->  HN> Now it's slowed down to our more
->  HN> normal soaking.
-> 
-> Sounds good to me. We're clearing but chilling. By this week end, highs
-> will be in the upper 60s, lows in the upper 40s, then warm up just a
-> bit.
->
Our weather turned nice again...warmish days
coolish nights.
 
-> ->  HN> we have a crawl space...but the wall
-> ->  HN> that has the stove in the kitchen
-> ->  HN> abuts the slab that the garage used
-> 
-> -> Sigh! Expand the kitchen into the garage & build a new garage?
-> 
->  HN> What I'd have to do is redesign the
->  HN> kitchen with the stove on the opposite
->  HN> wall...not impossible but not preferable.
-> 
-> Well, you could find another house. (G)
->
Oh I find lots of other houses...just 
have not found a way to purchase one!(grin)
 
-> ->  HN> Never trust a skinny cook!
-> 
-> -> I'm not skinny but I'm not huge either.
-> 
->  HN> Well....I'm not skinny....(grin)
-> 
-> Just as long as you're not huge, either, that's OK.
->
Some days I feel huge...others not so much.
 
-> -> -> able to get some pictures of the 4 together.
-> 
-> ->  HN> Glad to hear they are thriving!
-> 
-> -> Big time! Rachel thinnks part of Audrey's weight is from the 
alternative
-> -> formula she's using as the kid has troubles with cow's milk based 
ones.
-> -> BTW, Steve's meeting with the advisor showed he can take only 9 
credits
-> -> in the spring semester & next fall to have enough for graduation.
-> It'll -> ease the stress on him somewhat.
-> 
->  HN> -> HN> Good for the grands and also good for Steve! So, graduation
->  next winter?
-> 
-> Lord willing & the crick don't rise!
->
Keep the eye on the prize!
 
-> ->  HN> We have some friends who are liver
-> ->  HN> transplant patients and yes, they
-> ->  HN> have a TON of meds...also a friend
-> 
-> -> A friend of ours in HI got a new liver just about 3 years ago. After
a
-> -> whole slew of problems, he was able to return to HI (from AZ) about 5
-> -> months after he got the new liver. He retired from the church this 
past
-> -> spring.
-> 
->  HN> Hmmm maybe Steve might consider
->  HN> that opening? You DID like Hawaii
->  HN> didn't you?
-> 
-> The opening was filled but there might be other churches out there in
-> need of pastors. We'll see; the cost of living would be a major
-> consideration. If we were on Oahu, we'd have the military facilities of
-> Schofield Barracks, Hickam Air Field, Marine Corps Base Kaneoe Bay and
-> Pearl Harbor for commissary & PX shopping. I could go back to Tripler
-> for medical work & we could go back to some of our favorite places to
-> eat. (G)
-> 
-> ->  HN> with an artificial hip, he needs to
-> ->  HN> take several courses of strong
-> ->  HN> antibiotics before even going
-> ->  HN> to the dentist!
-> 
-> -> Dad has never mentioned it, wonder if his dentist is aware of that or
-> -> not.
-> 
->  HN> Oh lordy I sure HOPE SO!!
-> 
-> I do too, but nothing has been mentioned so I've no idea if he takes the
-> antibiotics or not.
-> 
That is something that the dentist 
should be informed about...my neighbor
across the street "forgot" to take his 
antibiotics before a dental visit and 
ended up with an infection in his hip
bones and they almost didn't find a way
to save his hips!
chat with you soon!
ha
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