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Skriven 2014-11-18 21:33:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: changes  was: Sugars
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 11-16-14  20:06 <=-

 RH>> Yes, there's not much of a porch out front so Steve fastened the
 RH>> rail to the house.
 NB>> Having the double rail could be useful for visitors, too...

 RH> And us, as we age. (G)

Longterm, yes...  :)
 
 NB>> Unless there'd been a gas stove previously and the connection still
 NB>> there... otherwise, yeah, it would be a project to get the gas line
 NB>> in for the stove...  :) 

 RH> I don't think there has been a gas stove at any time but could be
 RH> wrong. IIRC, Steve said there's no hook up for one (currently) in the
 RH> kitchen. We'll be exploring all the little ins, outs and quirks more
 RH> completely in a few days---signing is this Thursday afternoon.

And then it'll be yours for good or ill..  (G)  To do with as you want,
or at least, can manage... ;)
 
 NB>> I think there was a gas stove at one point here, there certainly
 NB>> were gas lights that predated the electric ones in this house... and
 NB>> a few capped gas lines in the wall...  ;)  But the electric stove
 NB>> clearly dates to the 50's, so it's been a while... :)

 RH> Could be, that whoever put the electric stove in replaced a gas one?
 RH> It sounds likely.

I think it quite likely.  Or at least the stove before probably did...
 
 RH>> Mom never did get into technology. I think her mind was beginning
 RH>> to go for years, at a much slower pace initially as she always had
 RH>> trouble with computers and other technology as it came out. She did
 RH>> use a microwave oven, but only for basics, that didn't take much
 RH>> brainwork to master.
 NB>> Some people just don't take to technology very well... even when their
 NB>> minds are still working fine... just "wired" differently...  :)

 RH> Technology was really taking off in the 80s. Mom did a bit with it but
 RH> was never comfortable and never did get the hang of a lot of it. She
 RH> used to do a weekly letter and every week Dad would have to show her
 RH> how to wipe out the previous one & begin the new one. Eventually the
 RH> letters became less frequent until they stopped altogether some time
 RH> ago. 

Had she done much typing before the computer...?  The concept of needing
to delete the old before doing the new isn't exactly something one would
have needed back in the days of typewriters...  :)

 RH> But, looking in retrospect, I now see little things that indicated
 RH> a bit of mental slippage here & there over the years which would have
 RH> made adapting to technology harder for her.

Always easier to see the traces from this viewpoint... 

 RH>> The living room is so stacked with boxes that I can't even see into
 RH>> the kitchen. (G) They're waiting to be filled but by the end of the
 RH>> week, probaby will all be filled. I packed up most of my cook books
 RH>> this afternoon.
 NB>> Progress...  :)

 RH> And more this week. I'd packed most of my pots the other day so had to
 RH> grab the pressure cooker yesterday to cook some beet greens. I used it
 RH> as a regular pot tho, not pressurised.

Probably the only one big enough for the purpose left unpacked... ;)

ttyl       neb

... Confidence is the feeling you had before you knew better.

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