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Skriven 2014-08-10 21:42:17 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 15661 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  RH>> but, as one sibling said, Dad would have differences with
 NB> anybody that  RH>> was hired. He just doesn't want to admit he's old
 NB> and needs help.  NB>> He may be getting there... but that's always a
 NB> tough thing to admit...

 RH> The latest situation has aged him more. BTW, brother just had dead
 RH> tissue removed, not entire foot. Don't know how much was taken tho.

 NB> I'm sure.  As for brother, hope that they get it all, that stuff is
 NB> hard to treat once it gets a (pardon the pun) foothold...

The actually had to go back and take the foot; it was too far gone.
Guess whatever it was, got a toehold and more. He's expecting to heal up
from this, then go over to a rehab place to learn to deal with the
changes to his life. (talked tonight)

 NB>  NB>> I have a set of the purple wisteria pattern... My mother-in-law
 NB> bought  NB>> them for us when we got new kitchen cabinets that had
 NB> inside
 NB>  NB>> dimensions too small to store our usual earthenware plates.

 RH> Steve's mom gave us a set of the butterfly gold pattern in 1980 for
 RH> Christmas. We also had brown dripware ironstone. For a while, we had a
 RH> grey ironstone also but eventually passed that on, A few years ago,
 RH> the ironstone was getting too heavy for me for normal use so we passed
 RH> it on to a family who'd lost everything in a house fire. Now we have
 RH> the Corelle and a set of white china (for 12) my MIL gave us.

 NB> We wore out a few sets of Melamine before we got the earthenware

We had a couple of sets of the melamine but gave it up as the girls
learned to feed themselves without making too much of a mess. The first
ironstone (earthenware) was a wedding present, a later set, a christmas
present from a friend.

 NB> (probably as a grocery store promotion)...  We have some good china
 NB> that gets saved for special... used to be used more often than it does
 NB> now. :)

 NB> Eating supper recently, I was reminded of another use for patterned
 NB> plates... an incentive for kids to finish their food... to see the
 NB> Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck at the bottom of the bowl... ;)  One might
 NB> be able to adapt that for encouraging elderly to nibble a bit more..
 NB> ;)

Maybe I ought to get Dad a Mickey Mouse bowl and plate? (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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