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Skriven 2014-06-26 08:49:35 av Dave Drum (1:3634/12.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Nancy Backus
Ärende: Cell phonies
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-=> Nancy Backus wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> That's what I have heard called a "Snickers Bar" phone. Never had one.
 DD> But, it ought to be OK so long as you remember to give it those two key
 DD> presses before putting it in a pocket or satchel.

 NB> Dunno that I'd heard that name before.... I've had it for a while
 NB> now... It replaced my original cell phone that went obsolete on me,
 NB> being analog... couldn't get a replacement battery for it either...
 NB> That may be what finally does this one in, too...

I am informed by a guy I know who has such a phone that it is also called a
"Dove Bar" (as in soap, I think). My best friend has an old LG phone that his
kid got through the freebie gummint phone program. I found him a battery and an
antenna for it at Cell Phone Shop (www.cellphoneshop.net) along with a nice,
inexpensive BlueTooth headset. All told I spent about $10 - part of which was
wasted as the phone is so old it's not BlueTooth capable.   Bv)=
 
 NB>> I don't expect calls much any more, but I've told folks that might
 NB>> actually need to contact me when I'm not home that the cell phone IS on
 NB>> when I'm not home to receive calls on the landline.  Assuming, of
 NB>> course, cell service where I might happen to be...  :)

 DD> There are some spots like that here in the Great American Outback.
 DD> Around Beardstown (where Georgia lives) is a major example. One of the
 DD> "movers and shakers" bought cell phone rights at the FCC auction then
 DD> set his price so high that only a couple of cell providers would meet
 DD> it - he'd have been better off in a financial sense had he been
 DD> reasonable and received several income streams.

 NB> Some days, one does wonder where their brains were...  ;)   My phone
 NB> finally has service at our camp at Boyd Pond... it was quite the
 NB> surprise to look at the phone when I arrived in May, to see that there
 NB> were actually two bars there, instead of the usual No Service... and
 NB> they were still there when I got inside the camp.  So I guess there
 NB> finally is a Verizon tower within range now...  :)

I'm with AT&T/Cingular since my kid brother added me to this Friends & Family
plan. Before that I was on a pay-as-you-go Virgin Mobile ... and ALWAYS rolled
minutes over. Unlike many of the chirrun and young people I see - I don't live
with the cell screwed into my ear on a permanent basis.
 
 NB>> I'll print it off, and bring with...  maybe with some help this
 NB>> mostly Eat might manage it...  ;)  Or someone else might be inspired
 NB>> to do it...  :)

Enlist Burton - he's an eat too. And I don't think this one is beyond his
(limited) capabilities.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: My Stuff (Non-Alcoholic)
 Categories: Beef, Vegetables, Sauces, Mushrooms, Wine
      Yield: 1 Lg serving
 
    1/2 md Onion, sliced
      4 oz Mushrooms (sm can sliced)
           - reserve liquid
    1/4 lb Ground hamburg; approx
    1/2    Package of dry gravy mix
    1/2 c  Mushroom liquid + water
           Some frozen green peas
      6 oz RED Zinfandel (not white)
 
  Dump onions, and beef into a large frying pan and cook
  until beef is browned. Make the mushroom liquid up to
  1/2 cup with water, and add to the pan. Then add the
  mushrooms and the dry gravy powder. Cook and stir a
  little until it thickens some. Cover with a large cover
  and let sit on the magic burner, at about 180øF/82øC.
  
  Just before eating throw in a handful of peas, for color.
  (I used to 'brown' the mushrooms with the hamburg, but
  Shirley says it was a waste of time.)
  
  Go drink the wine at the computer, watch the news, etc.
  When ready to eat (My Stuff was ready at the end of the
  last paragraph), make a serving of instant potatoes and
  three slices of nice brown toast. Put the potatoes and
  two slices of toast on a big plate. Put about 2/3 to 3/4
  of My Stuff on top. Refill wine glass.
  
  When the toast is gone, and the potatoes are about 2/3
  gone, get the last slice of toast and put the rest of My
  Stuff on the toast, and on the potatoes to warm them up.
  
  My Stuff can sit on the magic burner for hours if you
  want. It just gets better. Remember to turn off the magic
  burner.
  
  Recipe By Burt Ford.  U/L to cooking 09/94
  
  From: http://www.recipesource.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

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