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Skriven 2014-11-14 17:12:20 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 19302 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: sibs
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Hi Janis,

>>> > couple of days later and did it again!!
>>> GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

>>> haha... little sisters... I was always having to babysit them - they

 JK> > We were close enough in age that I didn't do too much babysitting of
 JK> my > siblings, probably just as well. My older brother did more of
 JK> that, using the time to beat up on me--and my parents never
 believed me when I'd tell them, even years later.

 JK> That would be very frustrating I'd imagine to a kid...:(

Quite so. But it makes you wonder, why they wouldn't believe it even
when I told them as an adult.

>> > Did he go into engineering?

>> He works with electrical components.. I forget what his title is (g)
>> I'll have to ask him next time we talk :)  He lives in Vancouver
>> Canada with his wife so we don't see each other that often.  He
>> usually makes the trip here to the states once a year or so though, so
>> that's great.

 JK> > Nice that he does come--bringing Canadian goodies? I saw my older
 JK> > brother briefly in May but before that was 4 years ago. I think I
 JK> see my > sister in AZ more often. (G)

 JK> No Canadian goodies, no.. I would guess just about everything he might
 JK> bring is available with our location so near the great lakes to some
 JK> degreee.. just a guess.

OK, I thought there might have been something you discovered on a visit
to him that you couldn't get in the States. For a long time, our parents
would bring us kasha as we could only get it in NY. Now it's available
nationwide.


>> Are they nearby your parents?  My family is all over the place (g)..

 JK> > Younger brother lives across the street from Dad, youngest sister
 JK> down > in Dutchess County (Wassaic). Older brother is in Florida,
 JK> other sister > is in Az, about an hour from where our younger daughter
 JK> lives.

 JK> Sounds like your family is as spread out as mine is (g) It's good that
 JK> your brother is so close to your dad.  I expect he checks on him so
 JK> that must be a relief of sorts.

My brother has lived in that house for a good 30+ years and has done a
lot of checking on our parents in that time. It's the house Mom & Dad
rented when they first moved to town, before they built the current
house. My brother was born just after they moved across the street. It
is nice that he's been across the street from our folks over the years;
its saved a lot of worry as they age (not always gracefully). He does
keep us updated on them, especially in the last few years.

>> time, just a year younger than she was.  They were crossing the street
>> and man who was drunk came out of no where and hit her.  I can't
>> imagine what his parents when through at the time.

 JK> > They probably had mixed emotions--great relief that he was spared
 JK> but > great grief over losing their daughter.

 JK> Yes, that makes sense.

Seemed to, to me anyway.


>> Yes, it will feel really good to not have to think about what a
>> landlord may think about what you'd like to do :)

 JK> > Definately, tho we've not had problems with our landlord here. One
 JK> of > the first things we will do is put in a garbage disposal. The
 JK> area under > the sink is wired for one but there's none there so we
 JK> will get one, as > well, probably, as an under sink water filter and
 JK> high rise faucet.

 JK> I've always been afraid of putting one in... I figured knowing me, my
 JK> fingers would end up in it -   That's probably a very silly thing to
 JK> worry about :)

Really, it's shouldn't be anything to worry about. Push things down (my
FIL made a "pusher"), take your hands out of the way and turn on the
water, then the disposal. When all is ground (you can tell by a change
in the sound), turn off the disposal, then the water. Note tho, that
they don't dispose of everything so read the book if you've any
questions. It does cut down on a lot of what would go into the trash can
as we've no compost pile.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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