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Skriven 2013-04-25 20:30:05 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: Railroad Stuff
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Hi Ruth,

->  RH> I think my dad bought it or something.  It was probably a whole
 RH> dollar

-> And Dad wanted to get something for his cat loving
daughter...........

 -> RH> And cat-loving dad wanted to get  something for his cat-loving
 RH> daughter.  My mom doesn't mind cats, but my dad loved them.  He
 liked RH> anything in a fur coat that wasn't a squirrel or a mouse.  He
 didn't RH> mind mice much either as long as they weren't pooping in his
 kitchen RH> or eating the bird seed.

My parents have had cats since I was a kid (dogs as well). The man that
gave us our first ones told us that kittens only came in pairs; we used
that line on our parents a couple of other times to get 2 kittens.

->  RH> And now in bed and staying there! I don't think a heat pack will

-> He's up and about; it's better for him to keep as active as he can. We
-> took a short walk (around the circle) after lunch; the walks will get
-> longer as he improves.

 RH> On the other hand, an afternoon nap won't hurt anything; sleep helps
 RH> neurological stuff heal faster.

I think he dozes some but he's trying to be somewhat active. As I was
working on supper, he thought about setting the table, then realised
that he couldn't. Nice thought tho, same as cleaning the wok after
supper. He usually does it for me but I did it tonight.

->  RH> the fireplace they used to come in with the wood or something.  I
->  RH> still get some little gray guys.

-> Better them than the jumping "wolf" spiders that can scare the living
-> daylights out of you. (G) I've encountered my fair share of them.

 RH> Never had those.  I do like tarantulas as long as they're in cages and
 RH> not crawling out of my bananas. Dad talked about finding them on the
 RH> New Jersey docks when he worked there for a while in college.

Coming in on banana shipments?

->  RH> Emphasis on the junk.  I do get a yen for the fake cheese once in a
->  RH> while, mostly when I can get it free or close to it.  Then I
 RH> remember
->  RH> why I don't eat it - if they have to label it food, it isn't.

-> Before Steve went in the Army, we were on Food Stamps for a while. That
-> was in the days of occaisional government give aways; one day we got a
-> notice to come and pick up some cheese. I got to the pick up place and
-> it was the imitation velveeta stuff. Had to take it, 15 pounds worth,
-> and couldn't freeze it so we used it up as fast as we could. Never have
-> bought any of it in the years since.

 RH> Amen.  Eight ounces a year is about my limit. Maybe every other year.
 RH> Government cheese was the good stuff for a long time. I guess nothing
 RH> lasts.

Sometimes they gave away the good stuff but we never got any. Just that
one give away but that was enough. We ate it as fast as we could, then
used the food stamps to buy the good stuff.

->  RH> If you're not a programmer or electrician, it's the norm.

-> I'm neither, more of a designer.

 RH> Same here more or less, although I can manage to rewire a lamp and the
 RH> like.

I probably could, but never had the opportunity to try.


->  RH> Old school electric burners took forever to heat up and forever to
->  RH> cool down.  They make closed burner gas stoves now but I don't have
->  RH> one of them. It's easier to see how high you have the gas with open
->  RH> burners.

-> Yes, and you can crank them down so that there's a bare minimum of a
-> flame & put a heat diffuser under the pot to create a super low
-> temperature. Been there, done that.

 RH> These days I usually use the crock pot for that, but yep.  Chem lab
 RH> training.

I still like stove top instead of the crock pot for some things.
Marinara sauce, for one.

->  RH> It's not so bad; the computer does nasty things to my shoulders
->  RH> sometimes.

-> I work off a net book, sitting with my feet up, on our love seat. Much
-> better for the neck & shoulders.

 RH> Quite likely, but I need the full-sized keyboard.

I don't mind the small one; I've got smaller hands so the reach on a
full size keyboard is harder.

->  RH> Amen Mom!  I had a meeting a church this morning.  I brought a
 RH> small
->  RH> salami, ome crackers, a bottle of soda ...and cheesecake.

-> And nothing came home I presume.

 RH> Oddly, some of the cheesecake.  The salami vanished however.  It was
 RH> one of those el-cheapo markdownss from the Big Y.  It was good; there
 RH> was a
 RH> smallish chunk left at the end, and I offered it to a young guy with a
 RH> hollow leg.  He scarfed it on the way out the door. The cheesecake is
 RH> of course also long gone.

I'm not surprised. I would have stretched it out so as to keep the carb
count reasonable but it would probably be gone by now.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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