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Skriven 2013-05-05 20:59:59 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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Hi Ruth,

-> My mom was going to summer school while I was in high school, plus one
-> night a week college an hour away, working on her master's degree.
-> That's the time I learned to cook.

 RH> No wonder you don't miss it.  In my case it was more the perpetual
 RH> outsider status.  That gets old really quickly.

I understand; I wasn't in the "big shots" clique but did have a good
circle of friends.

->  RH> We at least had a laundromat in the building.  Self-service, but no
->  RH> hauling laundry across campus.

-> I didn't have to haul laundry across campus but far enough that it was
-> nice to have facilities in the dorm, especially on days when weather was
-> miserable. Having the dining facility in the dorm was nice those times
-> too but with the arraingement at the campus center, we got to eat with a
-> wider assortment of people.

 RH> That's always more fun.  Instead of sitting in the same old spot with
 RH> the same old crew, you can find some others you've never met.

Small campus so I knew quite a few of the other students. Some better
than others of course but fun to have meals with different ones as the
schedules permitted.

->  RH> They must have updated your wiring since the 50s.

-> This house was built in the late 1990s so wiring should have been put in
-> to a modern code. OTOH, the one place where we lived in Swansboro was
-> built in the 40s (?) and had a total of 4 outlets, 2 in the kitchen.
-> Steve wired in several more while we lived there, including some to take
-> heavier duty loads. We acquired a freezer, washer and dryer while living
-> there.

 RH> That would require a few more plugs.  My grandmother's house was like
 RH> that. I think she even had knob and tube wiring.

I'm not sure what the wiring was in that house. Last time we visited the
area it was still there but with a for sale sign on it (with a clause
that the buyer had to move it off the property). We weren't even tempted
to price it.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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