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Skriven 2014-11-19 20:30:54 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 19546 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: changes  was: Sugars
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  NB>> Having the double rail could be useful for visitors, too...

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

 NB> Longterm, yes...  :)

And on some days, even the short term. Some days I feel years older than
my actual age, other days I don't feel the age the calendar says I am.

 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.

 NB> And then it'll be yours for good or ill..  (G)  To do with as you
 NB> want, or at least, can manage... ;)

Ours----and the bank's!  We've already bought a garbage disposal, under
sink water filter and high rise kitchen sink faucet to improve the
place. Other changes will be made at a slower pace but those will make
things much nicer in the kitchen.

 NB>  NB>> I think there was a gas stove at one point here, there certainly
 NB>  NB>> were gas lights that predated the electric ones in this house...
 NB> and  NB>> a few capped gas lines in the wall...  ;)  But the electric
 NB> 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.

 NB> I think it quite likely.  Or at least the stove before probably did...

So you could, when this stove dies, go back to gas if you wanted to.
Probably more hassle than it's worth tho, unless you really want the gas
stove.


 NB>  NB>> Some people just don't take to technology very well... even when
 NB> their  NB>> minds are still working fine... just "wired"
 NB> 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.

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

She did quite a bit of typing before computers came along. What was
surprising was that she didn't "catch on" to how to delete the old,
start the new letter--she had to relearn every week for over 20 years.


 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.

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

Sigh! Yes, hindsight is always 20/20.

 NB> end of the  RH>> week, probaby will all be filled. I packed up most of
 NB> my cook books  RH>> this afternoon.
 NB>  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.

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

Yes so I'm getting more creative with my cooking. Ended up using the
microwave for supper tonight but had made applesauce and a white sauce
on the stove top earlier in the day.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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