Text 21279, 133 rader
Skriven 2012-02-14 20:49:36 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: almost baseball time
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Hi Ruth!

-> -> know when that started but its been in the house as long as I can
-> -> remember. Wherever Steve & I have lived, I've subscribed to the local
-> -> daily paper. I think my blood is half printer's ink. (G)
-> 
->  HN> We had it in the house, but I seldom
->  HN> was interested in "daily news" unless
->  HN> it was mandated for school "current events".
-> 
-> Or sports scores if you missed them otherwise. (G)
->
Even sports I did not look in the paper for 
information. I was out playing sports rather
than reading about them in those days.
Other than following the baseball box scores.
 
->  HN> I did however usually have my face buried in
->  HN> a book.
-> 
-> I did too, as a kid. I've done a lot of reading for fun as an adult but
-> not in the past 3 years tho. Textbooks have taken priority but I'll get
-> back to real reading in a relatively short time. I usually keep a cook
-> book handy for "fun" reading, especially if I'm eating alone or have
-> acquuired a new one. The latter usually go on my stack of books, etc
-> near my corner of the love seat; got one on tagines there now.
->
Currently I have two that I am 
reading when the mood strikes. 
I'm re reading Tinker Tailor, Soldier
Spy again, and a book on color theory
in watercolors.
 
-> ->  HN> yes! But we only got "teen" music one
-> ->  HN> or two times a week.
-> 
-> -> Beats not at all.
-> 
->  HN> Yep, we'd get a group of us and meet
->  HN> at someone's apartment and we'd all
->  HN> sit around the radio and "chart"
->  HN> the hits. We all had composition
->  HN> books that we kept track in and
->  HN> could look up what was "hot" from
->  HN> month to month.
-> 
-> Any chance one or more of the books is still around? It would be fun to
-> look at now to see what was big then.
->
Not any of mine..remember we
were a military family and when 
I left home to join the navy and
the next duty station came for
my folks...most of my "stuff" went
into the trash bin.
-> 
-> ->  HN> We did not have Television available
-> ->  HN> in those days, so radio was IT. We did
-> ->  HN> get to see JFK's funeral via Telstar on
-> ->  HN> a French neighbor's TV. We could have
-> ->  HN> gotten a french television and watched
-> ->  HN> the local station but we never did.
-> 
-> -> We got a multisystem set in Germany--watching German broadcasts of 
the
-> -> Olympics was so much nicer than the American. No cut aways for
-> -> backstories or infinite numbers of commercials, just sports. Steve took
-> -> that tv to Korea and it died while we were in HI.
-> 
->  HN> Yes, but when were you IN Germany?
->  HN> I was in France between 1960 and
->  HN> 1965...a whole lot less "amenities"
->  HN> in those days!
-> 
-> IIRC, AFN-TV came to Europe in 1972. We were there from October, 1986 
to
-> July, 1992. Limited to one channel on AFN but could pick up German tv on
-> the multi system set, then British version of AFN when we were in
-> Berlin.
->
See even 11 years after we left you
only had one station! ( way more than
WE had though).
 
-> ->  HN> No plans currently. Probably NOT a big
-> ->  HN> night out...the effects of all the radiation
-> ->  HN> have begun to be pretty significant in terms
-> ->  HN> of her comfort level..so it's much easier to
-> ->  HN> stay home where she can be comfortable.
-> 
-> -> Sounds like a sensible idea. Getting the goodies all lined up
-> -> (mentally)?
->
Actually she came home feeling pretty 
good today so we went to one of
her favorite places for an late 
lunch and she had one of her
favorite burgers...now we're home
and probably will have a very light
(if any) dinner and a bit of chocolate.
 
->  HN> Nope (grin) not spending much time looking
->  HN> ahead currently...keeping up with the
->  HN> day to day is keeping me hopping pretty
->  HN> much!
-> 
-> I understand. Sometimes on Saturday nights I wonder where the week has
-> gone to.
->
I'm retired...they're all saturday nights!
(grin)
 
-> ->  HN> during chemo...but nothing has been
-> ->  HN> mentioned about radiation...she has
-> ->  HN> plans to ask this week.
-> 
-> -> If nothing has been said about them until now, she should be OK. Bring
-> -> on the chocolate!
->
Note, that we are having some tonight!
 
->  HN> Anne talked to the radiologist and he
->  HN> says "no problems" have chocolate if
->  HN> you like, just don't over do it!
->  HN> (and we don't)
-> 
-> Good--and this is the week to get her some special chocolates.
-> 
77% cacao and very good!
chat with you soon!
hap 
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