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Skriven 2007-04-07 17:41:00 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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Ärende: New Years gift!
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->  RH> Not to mention mouse-proof!
-> 
-> Never had a problem with mice in AZ tho the potential for trouble was
-> there.  OTOH, we had 2 in our house in HI after our neighbors packed
-> out.  They kept their back yard sort of jungle-ish so I suspect a
-> combination of their having to mow before clearing housing and the pack
-> out brought the mice in.  I know we weren't the only ones to deal with
-> mice over there too; on Maui after a long dry spring, the mice were
-> overrunning a large part of the island.
-> 
I get some every year.  There is brush in back of the house (we don't own
the property) and the field mice seem to think my kitchen is a good place
to hang out.
 
->  RH> I almost never make my own.   I don't buy enough bread for it to
->  RH> really get stale, and the kind of I bring home doesn't make good
bread
->  RH> crumbs.
-> 
-> I make mine from the bread I bake.  Gives everything I use them in a
-> nice flavor, not to mention being better for you. (G)

Probably true.  I don't make much bread any more; no one else in the house
ever liked it so I gave up.
 
-> ->  RH> To the point of wanting to scream and run out of the room?
-> -> Not yet but sometime I probably will.
->  RH> ....when you can run.
-> 
-> One of these days...........

Same here - the MS is acting up again.
 
->  RH> There are some things humans just were NOT meant to eat.
-> 
-> And others that we were meant to eat but have to watch how much we do
-> eat, as in chocolate.

Or olives.  I can usually walk past the chocolate, but preserved olives are
a whole new ballgame!
 
-> -> Easy way to check is with a thermometer stuck into running hot water.
-> -> From your description, it sounds like your water heater is set a bit
-> 
->  RH> Probably - it's an energy saving thing.
-> 
-> OK; I can understan that.

You do NOT want to see the bills for natural gas around here.  
 
->  RH> anyway. I'm sick of putting in the time to have the thing ignored
in
->  RH> favor of
->  RH> Nabisco cookies, so I use a box mix.
-> 
-> I've been known to do so from time to time as well.

With brownies the boxes often come out better than mine anyway, so I just
go ahead and use the mix.  
 
-> -> Just don't take up reed intruments as well; don't want any sax &
-> -> violin-ce.
-> 
->  RH> I'll leave those to Michael.  And Tarantino, the director of
(fruit)
->  RH> Pulp Fiction.
-> 
-> After all, he's from the land of fruits, nuts and flakes.

Born under the astrological sign of the Granola!
 
->  RH> That could be interesting.  I hope someone remembers to put cream
of
->  RH> tartar in the whipped cream, otherwise they'll have floor frosting!
-> 
-> I suspect there will be no problem remembering to do so.  If GA's late
-> Aprils are like the ones we had in NC, the weather will be warm enough
-> to be a reminder.  Supposed to get right at or a bit below freezing the
-> next few night tho, with highs in the upper 50s.

Upper 50s?  Try official highs in the upper 30s here lately. 
 
->  RH> Ewwww - did it get everyone downstairs too?
-> 
-> A faint drift of it went thru the whole school but it was concentrated
-> in a small area around the classroom.
-> 
Ewww - I hope no one around had morning sickness!
 
->  RH> Definitely.  My feet are pancakes, but I've never found a dress
shoe
->  RH> with those specs.
-> 
-> I have, from time time, but it's been about 10 year since I bought my
-> last dress shoes.  Those felt good in the store but afterward hurt; the
-> ones that fit/felt the best I bought in Frankfurt, Germany about 18
-> years ago.  I've still got them but only until I can find a replacement;
-> they're my desparation, gotta wear dress shoes for this occaision but
-> haven't found any good ones yet shoes.
-> 
I've always had better luck with european than US shoes too.  I'm not sure
why - maybe it's just because they make them big enough.
 
-> We had a young man go to India for a couple of years from our church in
-> HI.  He met his (American) now wife over there; they came back a couple
-> of years ago so he could work on a Master's degree.  BTW, if you ever
-> get a chance to hear the India Children's Choir, go--and enjoy the
-> program.  They're from these tribes dealt with in the movie & performed
-> at our church Wed. night.  Afterward, we got DVDs of their performance,
-> the above movie, a book about the man the movie featured and a hand
-> woven shawl in the traditional colors/patterns of the area (black, red &
-> white). Until about 1910, these tribes were head hunters.

That's one I haven't run across.  I've run across plenty of Indian cultural
stuff, but not that particular group.  
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