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Skriven 2012-02-15 20:57:19 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 21279 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
Ärende: almost baseball time
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Hi Hap,

->  HN> was interested in "daily news" unless
->  HN> it was mandated for school "current events".

-> Or sports scores if you missed them otherwise. (G)

 hn> Even sports I did not look in the paper for
 hn> information. I was out playing sports rather
 hn> than reading about them in those days.
 hn> Other than following the baseball box scores.

That's how I get most of my sports news/scores--thru the paper. TV local
sportscasters are only interested in the local teams & we've an
excessive amount of them here. It's hard to get any kind of national or
international story of over 15 seconds (not worth their breath) unless
it involves a local team or hometown athlete (eg Josh Hamilton).


->  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.

 hn> Currently I have two that I am
 hn> reading when the mood strikes.
 hn> I'm re reading Tinker Tailor, Soldier
 hn> Spy again, and a book on color theory

I've not read TTSS--any good? I downloaded the last Jean Auel book,
might do a couple of Ken Follette ones. Browsing thru Target, found out
that Nicholas Sparks set a story in Swansboro so might pick that one up.
Current book is the 18th edition of Emily Post

 hn> in watercolors.

Color theory sounds interesting. I've read a bit on it as relates to
quilts. Most of the time I go with what looks good together--and it
works out as I have some knowledge of color theory. I've got the fabrics
for a monochromatic Rail Fence quilt to cut out--5 shades of blue
ranging from light to dark and, I don't think a solid in them.

->  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

-> 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.

 hn> Not any of mine..remember we
 hn> were a military family and when
 hn> I left home to join the navy and
 hn> the next duty station came for
 hn> my folks...most of my "stuff" went
 hn> into the trash bin.

Sort of a lost childhood. I know; I kept a few things of our girls that
they did in early school years but couldn't keep all. Most clothes were
passed on as they were outgrown; now I wish I'd kept a few more things.
But, that old bear of a weight allowance..................

->  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
 hn> 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.

 hn> See even 11 years after we left you
 hn> only had one station! ( way more than
 hn> WE had though).

Be glad you had the radio--tho it would have been hard to do a cooking
demo on the order of Julia Child via radio.

-> -> Sounds like a sensible idea. Getting the goodies all lined up
-> -> (mentally)?

 hn> Actually she came home feeling pretty
 hn> good today so we went to one of
 hn> her favorite places for an late
 hn> lunch and she had one of her
 hn> favorite burgers...now we're home

Good! We tried a new to us seafood place; best seafood we've had since
leaving GA! We will try to make it back there--and it's not in Raleigh
either. (G)

 hn> and probably will have a very light
 hn> (if any) dinner and a bit of chocolate.

We had clam chowder for supper, with a tossed salad using some greens
that needed using.


->  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.

 hn> I'm retired...they're all saturday nights!
 hn> (grin)

For me, Saturday night means getting ready for church the next morning,
and the start of another busy week.


->  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.

 hn> 77% cacao and very good!

Rich! Steve did our usual February 15 thing & got 4 boxes of chocolates.
(G)


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... Books are better than TV; they exercise your imagination.

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