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Skriven 2013-04-27 17:36:14 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,

-> 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> Kittens most often come in pairs, but sometimes they come in triplets.

Only times we had more than two was when a cat had kittens. Had that
happen I think 4 times but the one time, the mom cat was only 9 months
old and the babies only lived a couple of days. Before we could get her
to the vet, she went out again and more kittens were on the way,
successfully.

 RH> I did get a single one once, but he was the runt.

Most of the time we had only one cat at a time. Had 2 dogs several
times, plus the cat(s), a canary and a (small) fish tank. Dogs and cats
were indoor/outdoor ones.

->  RH> On the other hand, an afternoon nap won't hurt anything; sleep
 RH> helps 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> Tell him not to worry about it.  There are some things that will be
 RH> off his menu for a while.  Nap taking however is definitely NOT among
 RH> them.

No, I'm waking him up now so he will be alert for supper to be served
shortly. Spinach/strawberry salad, turkey tenderloin and quinia. Got the
spinach at the farmer's market earlier today.


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

 RH> Exactly.  The bananas came just like they were picked off the tree,
 RH> and the spiders would hitch a ride.  Wharf cats thought they made good
 RH> toys.

Free fun!


->  RH> Government cheese was the good stuff for a long time. I guess
 RH> nothing 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> Namely anything but the pasteurized processed cheese "food".

For sure! We belonged to a natural foods co-op; I got a lot of my cheese
from them. That's where I learned to appreciate Jarlesberg Swiss cheese.


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

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

 RH> It's not difficult.  You need some pliers and a screwdriver sometimes,
 RH> but if I can manage you could.

Most likely, I've got my own tool box full of goodies.

-> -> 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> Quite probably correct.  Baked beans however work well in a crock.

It's about the only way I do beans now.


-> -> I work off a net book, sitting with my feet up, on our love seat.
 RH> 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> I've got bigger ones with longer fingers; I have a hard time with
 RH> laptops.

->  RH> hollow leg.  He scarfed it on the way out the door. The cheesecake
 RH> is 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.

 RH> Oddly the chunk I left in the office fridge was still there this
 RH> afternoon when I dropped something off.  That didn't last long once I
 RH> put it out in the open on a conference table.(LOL)

Probably forgotten in the busy-ness of the start of the week. If nobody
had anything that needed to be put into the fridge, it could have been
easily forgotten. But, it's history now.

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


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