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Skriven 2014-03-15 22:51:08 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 10883 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
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Hi Dave,

 RH> I could never go that long--I need some sleep to function.

 DD> I do too. Just that in those days I could go longer without sleep.
 DD> These days I usually get six to eight hours -- more if I manage a nap.

Most of the time if I nap, I don't sleep as well at night so I try not
to nap. Might need to the next few days with grandbabies visiting (and
Deborah). Logan (2 1/2 years) is busy enough to wear me out just
watching him. Jaxon (7 months) is much more laid back.



 RH> OK, kept the pre-electricity hours. Some say it's better for us to do
 RH> that than to try to keep awake too much after dark.

 DD> People will say almost anything. If it works for them they seem to
 DD> think that it ought to work for everyone. But all people are different
 DD> - endless variety abounds.

Yes, just like on here. We have Cooks, Serious Cooks, and Eats. (G)


 DD> he ran lumber yards until his death.

 RH> My dad got his working start in the lumber yard his dad worked in. Dad
 RH> was put into the office, earning 15 cents an hour and his mom couldn't
 RH> see why he wanted to quit the job to go back to high school. He'd
 RH> started as a water boy in the yard, earning 10 cents an hour. But, he
 RH> ended up being the first of his siblings (2 older ones, one younger) to
 RH> finish high school and (eventually) graduate from college on the GI
 RH> Bill.

 DD> I couldn't wait to get out of high school - mostly because I was bored
 DD> out of my mind and I wasn't learning anything new. So, off I went to
 DD> the Navy - where I learned electronics theory and practice. But, when
 DD> a local community college opened I was among their first students and
 DD> learned a lot about things in which I was interested. After a year and
 DD> a term in the second year I left that institution by not registering
 DD> for classes. That got me a call from the Dean of Students who couldn't
 DD> seem to get a grip on my reason for not finishing the year and
 DD> graduation. I told him "You don't have any courses in which I am
 DD> interested. So, I'll move along to something else." Which caused him
 DD> to sputter "But, but, you don't have a degree yet." So, I told him "I
 DD> came to learn. Not to pursue a piece of paper. If you have courses in
 DD> the future which interest me, I'll be back."

I got a BA right out of high school--parents basically mandated college
for us, I guess partly because of their backgrounds. Haven't worked much
(for pay) in my field but done a lot of volunteer type stuff that's used
it (sociology major, psychology & art minors).

 DD> I got my MA in Public Affairs Reporting almost by accident and the
 DD> associate's or bachelor's degree but I did earn a Master's. Go figger.

I didn't get a MA but did also get a diploma in Women's Studies--some
coourses were almost as intensive as Steve's M Div ones.


 DD> BTW - milk cows do NOT have to be milked at any certain time. Just so
 DD> long as they are milked every 12 hours or so. That 4 a.m. and 4 p.m.

 RH> Cows don't give anybody a vacation unless help is hired to cover the
 RH> milking while the farmer is gone. Even with milking machines there's
 RH> still a lot of work to running a dairy farm.

 DD> True dat. For any farm - except that there are periods of low activity
 DD> on a modern ca$h grain operation.

Relatively low activity, not actual low activity. Always something to
keep farmers of any type busy.


 DD> I do OK for sleep - unless the pain from the osteo-arthritis wakes me
 DD> up. Lat night was a dandy and I finally had to give in and take a
 DD> couple Tramadol to make it lie down so I could finish my nap. I don't
 DD> like to take pain killers as I am frightened of becoming habituated to
 DD> them.

 RH> I had enough aches & pains that it took me a while to get to sleep.
 RH> Seems they don't bother me much during the day but rev up at night when
 RH> I want to get to sleep. Actually, they ache some during the day but I'm
 RH> busy enough to sort of ignore it.

 DD> During the day the arthritis pains tend to be a dull ache which is a
 DD> background PITA. And when I am tired I can usually get some sleep
 DD> before be wakened by the hip or shoulder pains. Usually scrooching
 DD> around to a different position in the bed can let me go back to sleep
 DD> ... if fitfully.

Old age ain't for sissys!


 DD>       Title: Farmer's Omelet
 DD>  Categories: Eggs, Pork, Herbs, Potatoes
 DD>       Yield: 2 servings

 DD>       4 md New potatoes
 DD>       2 sl Thick-cut bacon
 DD>       4 lg Eggs

 RH> We've done varients on this, usually using chicken (more of the German
 RH> style). Makes a good supper or breakfast, depending on how ambitious
 RH> you are in the morning or wanting something easy do but filling for
 RH> supper. (G)

 DD> I think nearly everyone has a version of this - except, possibly,
 DD> MLoo, who claims to eschew breakfast. The poultry part of my breakfast
 DD> is mostly
 DD> hen-fruit not hen-flesh. I much prefer pork or beef as the meat. But,
 DD> as I have said many times (and it's true) it is a poor cook who cannot
 DD> suit himself. Bv)=

Yes, we each cook to our own tastes. Found out a couple of Logan's
favorite foods are rice and cheese.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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