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Skriven 2014-11-23 20:31:57 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 19692 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: changes  was: Sugars                                     [1]
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Hi Nancy,

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

 NB> Pretty typical...  :)   The mind won't accept that so much time has
 NB> passed, it just seems like yesterday that we were whatever (in
 NB> college, just married, etc etc)... and then the body reminds with its
 NB> aches and

Especially when you ask it to do something it's not used to doing. Steve
was working under the kitchen sink putting in the garbage disposal--said
he had to contort himself quite a bit in ways he wasn't used to. He used
the car jack to hold the disposal in place while fastening it in. (G)

 NB> pains and challenges...  :)   We put a rail up on the side of the
 NB> house for the side porch stairs, and it got more use by visitors for a
 NB> while... nowadays, there are days I need it to haul myself up, when
 NB> the legs (knees, ankles) don't want to work easily...  :)

I usually keep a hand on a rail if one is there, just to keep steady.
The new house has several steps to the front door, unlike this place
where it's a matter of a couple of inches between the driveway & porch.

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

 RH> Ours----and the bank's!

 NB> Details...!   ;)

But true. All went well with the signing but there are a number of
things Steve is working on before we do much moving of boxes. I'm
filling the boxes as he does the other work.

 RH> water filter and high rise kitchen sink faucet to improve the place.
 RH> Other changes will be made at a slower pace but those will make
 RH> things much nicer in the kitchen.

 NB> Good things to put in right at the start, when you can... especially
 NB> when you do so much cooking... :)

That's the idea.

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

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

 NB> Most probably more hassle, especially since when we redid the kitchen,
 NB> we moved the sink to the side of the kitchen where the stove had been
 NB> and the stove to the outer wall, so the still existing gas line is
 NB> under the sink now...  ;)  It would need extending/reworking to put in
 NB> a gas

So it's a possibility, but most likely not a probability.

 NB> stove now...  I wouldn't totally discount the idea, but it's also
 NB> totally possible that the ancient electric stove will outlast us as
 NB> well, making the issue moot... ;)

Possible, or it could die completely tomorrow--but let's hope not.


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

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

 NB> My point being that there was no need to delete before starting a new
 NB> one before the computer, one just took a fresh piece of paper and
 NB> started typing.  No need to name stuff and then have to delete the old

True, she never made the "leap" in learning.


 NB> to use the same name (or to rename it, if one wanted to keep the
 NB> previous letter for some reason).  My aunt never has done that well
 NB> with technology, and her mind hasn't been slipping at all... she's
 NB> into
 NB> genealogy and we've shared research findings over the years...  But
 NB> the most she's done with the computer was doing genealogy messages on
 NB> Prodigy... as far as I know she's not even doing e-mail... she left
 NB> all that technology stuff to my uncle...

My dad has been the one doing the technology stuff too, but has been
doing much less of it the past year or so. I did send him an e-mail a
couple of weeks ago and got a one sentence reply a few days later. I
think now most of the time he's on the computer, he's playing Free Cell.

 NB>  RH>> have made adapting to technology harder for her.
 NB>  NB>> Always easier to see the traces from this viewpoint...

 RH> Sigh! Yes, hindsight is always 20/20.

 NB> Or at least closer...

Another example of learning from the school of experience.

 NB> had  RH>> to grab the pressure cooker yesterday to cook some beet
 NB> greens. I  RH>> used it as a regular pot tho, not pressurised.
 NB>  NB>> Probably the only one big enough for the purpose left
 NB> unpacked... ;)

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

 NB> Needs must...  (G)   And now, you just have to get the new kitchen in
 NB> order, and you'll be cooking back to normal again...

It'll be a few weeks before the kitchen is in order. I'm hoping to have
everything basically in place by Christmas, fine tuning placements over
the rest of the time we're in the house.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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