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Skriven 2014-10-22 20:55:05 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 18322 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: changes  was: Sugars
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Hi Nancy,


 RH> Better it was there, than the way they used to get her down the few
 RH> steps from the house. Getting down tho, wasn't nearly as bad as
 RH> getting her back in, especially over the stoop at the door. Dad had
 RH> trouble helping Mom by himself so he usually had someone to help both
 RH> of them but it was still a "hold yur breath until they're down safely"
 RH> time.

 NB> Or until they were safely up and over...  ;)  Richard has brought
 NB> people in wheelchairs up and down stairs at church many a time...
 NB> there's a
 NB> ramp for getting from outside into the main sanctuary, and smaller
 NB> ramps for other places on that floor... but to get someone down into
 NB> the
 NB> fellowship hall below, one has to use at least one part-flight of
 NB> stairs.

Public places need to have more handicap access points. Dad built the
house may years ago, wasn't thinking far enough down the road and aging
issues when he designed the entrances.  He put in an electic stove
similar to the one you've described in your house; I leaned how to cook
on that one.

 NB>  NB>> For sure.  I tend to use ramps rather than stairs when
 NB> available,  NB>> since stairs are often a problem for me, even though
 NB> I'm not in
 NB>  NB>> wheelchair or using a walker... with a walker, a ramp is just so
 NB> much  NB>> more convenient, and probably safer as well... :)

 RH> I'll use either or, probably steps more often right now.

 NB> Depends on how many stairs and how well my legs/ankles are
 NB> functioning.

I understand quite well.


 RH> I can see leaving the ramp in place but taking the chair lift out
 RH> until he needs it. It would facilitate his moving into the house if
 RH> the lift (or at least the chair) was out of the way. Some furniture
 RH> is coming out of the upstairs rooms shortly (if not already); I hope
 RH> the chair was moved for that as the stuff is big/bulky.

 NB> Probably depends on how trivial or not moving the chair out of the way
 NB> is...  and if there were any alternative ways of getting the furniture
 NB> out...

It's out now; I didn't ask how.

 RH> I suspect not having to cook for themselves made it more enjoyable
 RH> too.

 NB> That's always a factor... :)

 RH> Steve started helping me cut up the meat but sharpened the knife
 RH> before beginning. He got a finger in the way while cutting it so I took
 RH> over. Nothing serious but enough to need a band aid. Finding a decent
 RH> knife in that house is a challenge, same with potato peelers.

 NB> And a dull knife can be more dangerous...   So all the potato peelers
 NB> are on their last legs and/or gone missing...?  ;)

All are on their last legs except maybe the one we bought a few years
ago. Dad doesn't throw out the bad ones either so you've got to be
careful to know what one to grab unless you want to be very frustrated.
As for knives, Mom and Dad had one or two that were kept decently sharp,
others were not so but sort of useable (I guess to keep us kids from
"harm").
 NB>  NB>> containers to reappear later for another meal...?  Richard's not
 NB>  NB>> keen on having the same meal appear two nights in a row, but
 NB> doesn't  NB>> mind it reappearing a couple nights later, so something
 NB> that would  NB>> keep (and maybe even benefit from steeping) for a day
 NB> or so could  NB>> just go into the fridge...  But that's a sort of
 NB> planning and
 NB>  NB>> thinking that one has to learn..  :)

 RH> I try to not bring out the same thing two nights in a row unless we
 RH> get pushed for time. Sometimes it's easier to reheat than to cook a
 RH> fresh meal. Yesterday Steve smoked a rack of ribs--we had half for
 RH> supper and put the other half into the freezer for another meal. He
 RH> also made a pastrami (smoked corned beef) at the same time.

 NB> Makes sense to use the smoker for more than one thing at a time....
 NB> and then have them available for later meals without having to take
 NB> the time then...  :)

Very handy to have pre done. It's the time of year to start watching for
special on turkey; I want to get one to roast, one to smoke.

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Ruth
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