Text 28867, 133 rader
Skriven 2012-08-28 19:28:16 av HAP NEWSOM (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Tasting
===============
Hi There Ruth!

-> ->  HN> I'm not sure if I remember a time when
-> ->  HN> my mom was not working.
-> 
-> -> I should have said "worked outside of the home" because for years she
-> -> gathered the "Local and Personal" news from the community for the
-> -> newspaper Dad worked on. But, since she did it while I was in school
-> 
->  HN> My mom did both, when I was young
->  HN> my dad was a lower enlisted man with
->  HN> 4 kids and a wife...we were below
-> 
-> My dad did a lot of professional photography work for years in addition
-> to what he shot for the paper. He did weddings, liquor licenses, all
-> sorts of stuff to suppliment his newspaper salary. Of course he had to
-> spend hours in the dark room too, developing and printing.
->
there's lots you can do with photography!
-> 
->  HN> the poverty level by most measurements
-> 
-> We were too, but us kids weren't as aware of it.
-> 
->  HN> as this was LONG before military pay
->  HN> got anywhere close to civilian equality.
-> 
-> We were on food stamps for almost a year before Stve went active. A
-> PFC's pay was a raise for us.
->
We probably qualified, but I don't think 
they even had a food stamp program in
the 50's. Anne and I qualified when I
was in college, but one month of that
was enough for me...we made do with 
beans and rice. Pay the bills first
and eat on what's left.
-> 
->  HN> So Mom worked where she could and Pop
->  HN> often took side jobs as well when he
->  HN> was not flying off somewhere. I
->  HN> think my favorite job of his was as
->  HN> a projector operator at a drive in
->  HN> movie (not sure where it was as I
->  HN> was really young). Mom would load us
->  HN> all into the station wagon (we always
->  HN> had a station wagon) with quilts and
-> 
-> We had station wagons until some time after my youngest sister left
-> home. Steve's family had a number of them as well.
->
Common sense..most room for the 
most "cargo".
-> 
->  HN> such and we'd go to the movies. Pop
-> 
-> Sounds like fun; Steve has talked abotu going to drive ins but I've
-> never been to one (except in the day time when it was a flea market, in
-> Jacksonville, NC).
->
Ah you don't know what you're missing!
 
->  HN> would start the projector and then
->  HN> come down and see us while it ran.
->  HN> I got to see tons of cartoons that
->  HN> way (grin).
-> 
-> Who's your favorite character?
->
Probably Popeye the Sailor. 
Wouldn't that be obvious! (grin)
 
-> -> Red soup--as Rachel named it years ago. (G) We've switched away from
-> -> Campbell's and gone with various organic ones, Annie's makes a good 
one.
-> -> I might try making my own while tomatoes are still in season now that
-> -> we're having some cool weather.
-> 
->  HN> When I'm sick it's Campbells, for sure
->  HN> when I'm well I'll make it from scratch
->  HN> and often add fresh basil to it as well.
-> 
-> I don't like the HFCS they think it needs. IIRC, one of the recipes I
-> have for making it also calls for fresh basil.
->
Don't like the HFCS...but when
I'm sick I don't wanna stand over
the stove making from scratch either!
 
-> -> And cheese is carb free! (G)
-> 
->  HN> Yeah, but it's higher in sodium
->  HN> and if you get the right cheeses
->  HN> higher in fat as well! Last night
->  HN> Annie and I shared a very nice
->  HN> double creme brie on soy crackers.
->  HN> Sooo good!
-> 
-> Drooling...........................
->
It was goooood too!
 
-> ->  HN> With our needs actually getting smaller
-> ->  HN> I'm not sure a big dishwasher would
-> ->  HN> "pay" a smallish chest freezer on
-> ->  HN> the other hand.....
-> 
-> -> I think you would appreciate a dishwasher. Just think, you may be 
having
-> -> grand kids some day..........................BTW, how is Amanda doing
-> -> with her job, still in Sacramento?
-> 
->  HN> It would be a "nicety" but not a
->  HN> necessity, and if the budget can
->  HN> allow it it might manage to get
->  HN> in...but it would require extra
->  HN> plumbing as well....
-> 
-> Find out how much the extra plumbing would cost to be done at the same
-> time as the rest of the kitchen work. Then you would have it in place
-> for when you decide to put a dishwasher in.
->
Not just extra plumbing, but extra
electrical wiring as well, and 
space to fit it all too.
Still it's an idea we will discuss
when the time comes...as Anne keeps
pointing out; "we aren't getting ANY 
younger."
chat with you soon!
ha
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
 * Origin: Fidonet Since 1991 And Still Here. Join Us: www.DocsPl (1:123/140)