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Skriven 2010-10-28 17:07:26 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 3147 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: Yo-play?
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Hi Ruth,

-> OTOH, Steve got chomped on almost every time he went outside, especially
-> in the back yard.  Even a quick trip to take out the trash let the
-> mosquitoes know it was meal time.  Me, they pretty much ignored.

 RH> We usually get slightly sublethal swarms, but not this year.   The
 RH> generally ignore me.

We're not having any problems with them any more this year but are
still, with the tiny ants.  They've been a problem in the kitchen ever
since we moved in here; we think part of it is the flower bed in front
of the kitchen.  Anyway, we keep after them and eventually they will get
the hint that they're not welcome.

->  RH> Fingers (not recommended), broom, sticky tape?

-> Mostly broom & whisk broom, a bit of fingers and damp paper towel. Also
-> the vaccuum cleaner.

 RH> For those itty bitty bits nothing else seems to snag.

If you have a good tool for the floors.  The one with my vaccuum isn't
the best for bare floors so I'll take it off and just suck stuff off
without the tool.

->  RH> Figures.  But then he doesn't have a genetic predisposition to like
->  RH> stuff on wheels that runs on coal.

-> No, he's a few generations removed from that.

 RH> It doesn't matter; the genes persist.

He's more into Legos now; they're going to Lego Land for his birthday
next month.


->  RH> That would be Not Good.  It sounds like she used a single thread
->  RH> instead of double.  Anything like that I generally go double
 RH> thread.
 RH> ->
-> I do too but my mom never has been known for her sewing abilties.  She'd
-> rather use a safety pin or 2 than do a proper hem job. That's how I

 RH> There have been days....

It's more of an every time it's needed occurance with her; she just has
an infinitesimal amount of sewing ability.


-> found out the lining in one of her skirts was in tatters--she had pinned
-> up the hem of the lining so it didn't show below bottom of the skirt.
-> Trouble was, she pinned it so that the skirt was hiked up in an odd
-> position.  I took it back to NC, took out the old lining and put in a
-> new one, plus new elastic in the waist.  The skirt will outleast her
-> now.

 RH> I'd have used a needle and thread, but I'm weird.

The best thing to do in this instance was a complete redo of the lining
and elastic.


-> I'd have rather done counted cross stitch.  Mom did teach me the basics
-> of cooking but it wasn't anything ceative. That had to wait until I got
-> out of the house.

 RH> People in that generation didn't get the chance to be too creative.

And when they marry people like my dad, there's even less chance to be
creative.  Uncreative eating--one of those things that make me wonder
how I survived my childhood.

-> We were down there (WFM) this past Saturday and I got some Hirtenkase.
-> The sample was good so I went for more. (G)

 RH> I can believe it.  I had to look the stuff up, but it sounds good to
 RH> me too!

I've been buying small pieces of different ones to try whenever we go
there.  Doesn't break the bank and we have fun trying new to us cheeses.

->  RH> It's just a good thing I'm not paying a mortgage.

-> Probably paid off a long time ago.

 RH> Never existed - Dad paid cash.

Even better then.  My parents did a 20 year mortgage; it was history
about the time I got married.


->  RH> 08:30. (sour face)  I didn't take a muscle relaxant last night, so
 RH> I
->  RH> was actually better off this morning than I have been in a while.

-> Easier to get the bones stirring to get to the kitchen for that first
-> cup of coffee?

 RH> Bingo.  Not as tired during the day either.

Might be worth not taking it any more except on an as needed basis if
that's the case.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


... Even I don't understand what I just said...

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