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Skriven 2010-10-03 22:32:41 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 2325 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: seafood was: mom update/soy
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Hi Nancy,

 RH> one plus was that if we could afford to go there (I think we did a
 RH> handful of times in the years we lived in Swansboro.), it was close to

 NB> Which is about what I was thinking.  :)  And with it not affordable,
 NB> yeah, even the proximity is less of a plus.

Especially the noise of the kitchen when you're trying to get some
sleep. But, we suvived it.

 RH> where we lived. After a couple of years tho, we moved a bit further
 RH> away.  Still within walking distance but didn't have to contend with
 RH> all the inconveniences.

 NB> A little better.

Yes, but we were closer to the waterfront.  Made it easier to wander out
at night in that vicinity and talk with boat owners who had tied up for
the night.


 RH> The apartment building was an old hotel that had been converted. It
 RH> the apartments did.  It used gas for heating and cooking and had 10'
 RH> ceilings; with no insulation, it could be cold in the winter.  But, it
 RH> was our first place to live; at the time, we never thought we'd be
 RH> living in so many different places over the years.

 NB> Again, pluses and minuses, more of the latter.  Too bad charm doesn't
 NB> heat..  My first real apartment was over a store (where I worked, so
 NB> it was convenient)...  It had pluses and minuses, too...  ;)  One that
 NB> was both was the ancient gas stove in the kitchen... The oven control
 NB> had no temperature markings, so one just had to guess.  And the oven


We made a down payment 7 took over payments on a small double wide just
outside the town limits for our next place after Water Street.  The oven
dial there had no markings on it either so the pizza I made for supper
our first night there was quite well done.  The family that had lived
there previously had built a house; to save on expenses for little
things, they took the toilet paper holders, curtain rods and brackets,
etc.  We replaced them and kept them in the house when we moved out. We
also reolaced the oven dial fairly early on.


 NB> door was
 NB> either open or closed, nothing inbetween...  We invested in an oven
 NB> thermometer, and used a piece of wood to prop the door open when
 NB> broiling.  I learned a lot about cooking there, though.  :)

I learned quite a bit about cooking with gas in our first place. Number
one lesson was probably not to strike a match until you are down on your
hands and knees to light the broiler.  Mistake made only once!


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Ruth
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