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Skriven 2015-09-16 12:32:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Home  was: picnic tastes
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 09-14-15  19:48 <=-

 NB>> Oh, that one has been built... It was when they made Elmgrove Rd
 NB>> connect with North Greece Rd, at West Ridge... The house where the
 NB>> import shop was, was right on the corner of Elmgrove and Ridge... and
 NB>> they widened Elmgrove Rd right there when they brought the other road
 NB>> over to meet it...

 RH> OK, I know the general area, and yes, it is quite built up.

The import store might be somewhere else in the region, but I've not
tried to track it down...  :)

 RH> The area in question down here is south of Raleigh, trying to make an
 RH> outer loop a reality, as well as a toll road. Right now, most of the
 RH> road is built and the northern & western sections are free. The
 RH> southern section was built a few years ago as a toll road. We can now
 RH> use our EZ Pass on it but for the first few years there was no
 RH> reciprical agreement with other states allowing it. We could have
 RH> gotten double billed tho, had we used their transponder with the EZ
 RH> Pass one in the car--but we've never used the road.
 
Yet another reason why I tend to avoid toll roads... Never have bought
an EZ Pass, but considered it briefly from time to time... Maybe if I'd
needed a toll road or bridge regularly as part of my day-to-day
trekkings, or some such... but those tend to be few and far between for
me...  ;)

 RH>> The drink was gone before we got home; the white coconut is sitting
 RH>> in the wire basket, waiting to be cracked open.
 NB>> Does he have a project in mind for it...?

 RH> None has been mentioned; I think he just got caught up in the other
 RH> work he was doing.

Lots of things to do still..  ;)  Maybe he just couldn't resist getting
another white coconut...  (G)

 RH> While he was finishing the bathroom this afternoon,
 RH> I inventoried (full) canning jars, got them organised into (labeled)
 RH> boxes and set for him to take out to the water heater room later.
 RH> That's done, I've got more room in the pantry and kitchen as a whole.

Useful job...  :)  

 NB>> Now that you are home, you can get back to the home projects... ;)

 RH> We are; I've not done the freezer yet but getting other projects done
 RH> that will make access to it easier.

That will come... and then you'll be set for stocking for the winter
there, too...  :)
 
 NB>>> And, quite possibly, also the amount of charcoal he'd need for
 NB>>> that amount of chicken...
 RH>> I think a bit of that too. We've had gas grills for the last 24 (give
 RH>> or take a few months) years.
 NB>> We've only had charcoal... but I don't think Richard's cooked
 NB>> anything on a grill for a couple decades, either...  ;)

 RH> OTOH, we've lived in areas where we could pretty much grill year
 RH> round. We also have the smoker that gets quite a bit of use.

So you've had the practice... but also the rationale for getting the gas
grill over the charcoal... and thus got out of practice using
charcoal... :)

 RH>> And more rain predicted for tomorrow afternoon. But, the grass is
 RH>> mowed, once again. Soon it'll be time to start raking leaves.
 NB>> We've had a couple of rainy, chilly days... Supposed to warm up again
 NB>> during the week, though, with sun starting tomorrow afternoon... :)
 NB>> So far, the leaves are staying on the trees...  (G)

 RH> We're seeing bits of fall color here & there but not much yet.

Ours are definitely starting to turn now... still a lot of green, but
fall is clearly coming...  :)

 RH> Had a front come thru, cooling temps down to mid 70s yesterday and
 RH> today, tomorrow they will start a small rise to the mid 80s but back
 RH> down by the end of the week. Great weather for outdoor work, once we
 RH> finish this round of indoor projects.

The front that came in over the weekend dropped our high temps into the
lower to mid 60s, with lots of rain... but now the highs are back into
the low 80s, pretty much all week, they say...  And sunny... No chance
suggested for rain until Saturday... 

 RH> I need to check the tomato plants, see how many more 'maters I can pick.

And then figure out how many green tomatoes you'll have for putting up
at the end of the season... :)  So, your tomato plants did decently this
year despite your absence...?  ;)

ttyl         neb

... Those who lose dreaming are lost. Australian Aboriginal Proverb

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