Text 11534, 92 rader
Skriven 2007-02-08 13:42:52 av hap newsom
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: New Mexico                                               [1]
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Hi Ruth!
-> 
-> -> portioned it out) and so on.  We're shopping more often now that we
-> -> don't have a freezer and not neccessarily saving money as more "off the
-> -> list" items seem to jump into the buggy, especially if Steve is shopping
-> 
->  hn> With it just being the two of us now I don't "stock up" like I did
->  hn> when Amanda was home. I try to plan a menu a week ahead and 
shop "to
-> 
-> But the big difference is probably in how often a paycheck comes in.  We
-> get one once a month, on the first.  Some months an odd amount will come
-> in from my sewing or Steve doing either computer work or pulpit supply
-> but those times are irregular at best.  So, we shop for most everything
-> once a month.
-> 
When I was still working for the post office, I got paid every other 
friday...but since I've retired the checks come only on the first of the 
month...Anne always got paid once a month. I just put the money in Savings 
and use it as I need it...so far I've been lucky and have not run out of money 
before paying for all the needs (grin).
-> 
-> ->  hn> Love those ziploc bags!!
-> 
-> -> Amen to that one!  When we buy chicken breasts, I'll pop each one 
into a
-> -> sandwich bag, squeeze out the air, seal & pop into a larger (gallon
-> -> size) bag.  Basically that's how I do all my meats. I make sure I label
-> 
->  hn> I don't quite go that far but leftovers go in em well!
-> 
-> It helps to be somewhat organised.  We don't end up with mystery meat
-> very often that way.
-> 
I try not to keep anything in the freezer so long that I forget what it is
(grin)

-> -> You may have met him in Waikiki or one of your surfing competitions.  In
-> -> November, 04, the waves were 50+/- on the North Shore one day so 
they
-> -> ran the "Eddie", I think Bruce Irons won that one (or was it his
-> 
->  hn> I don't think I ever met him, at least not to my recollection...but
->  hn> it's possible,
->  hn> there were tons of local kids around most of the time! Back in my day
-> 
-> He was a bit more of a kid; I think in his 30s when he passed away.
-> 
Yeah, but how old was he in 1969? 

-> 
->  hn> I was one of the few crazy haoles who would go out in heavy winter
->  hn> surf on the north shore...and we were called Crazy Haoles to our 
faces
->  hn> by lots of the locals who wouldn't go out in it...but there were
->  hn> enough of us (locals and haoles alike) who kept at it and all of a
->  hn> sudden EVERYBODY wanted to go out in "BigWatta", and then it 
started
->  hn> to get crowded out there! Jiminy, I still miss
->  hn> it (grin)
-> 
-> But do you want to try it again at this stage of life?  Probably not the
-> big waves but the more reasonable ones would still be fun.
-> 
I'd be a fool to try big waves in my present physical condition....but if I
were 
in shape? Heck yeah! I know guys in thier 60's who still do fine on the waves.

-> ->  hn> Although a 30 foot wave is one monster of a wave!
-> 
-> -> I guess the biggest one we heard of, off the coast at Maui, was around
-> -> 60'; that is a monster wave.
-> 
->  hn> That IS a monster wave! Must have been out at JAWS.
-> 
-> It was--some guy got loads of money surfing it a few years.
-> 
-> ->  hn> schedule sheet letting them know I won't be available for the 
opening
-> ->  hn> series against Oakland ( and I really will miss it too) because I'll
-> ->  hn> be in New Mexico
-> ->  hn> photographing the slot canyons and such in the four corners 
region.
-> 
-> -> You will be having so much fun you won't even be thinking of the ball
-> -> park.  The food will be different but every bit as good as garlic fries.
-> 
Oh I plan on having lots of fun alright! 
chat with you soon
hap 
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