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Skriven 2006-04-25 12:43:44 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
    Kommentar till text 742 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: Dinner out
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Hi Ruth,

-> For the most part, it's not a bad life.  Pay scale is not on the level
-> with the civilian world but better than it was at one point.  Some of
-> the benefits are better than the civilian realm, especially for active
-> duty and families that have no special needs.  Even a lot of the special
-> needs families have good medical as far as that goes.

 RH> It beats no insurance, that's for sure.  I've seen that movie before.

Yes, with my medical problems now, I'm basically uninsurable.  One of
the reasons Steve enlisted was that he was going to be hit for higher
insurance deduction where he worked without a matching pay increase. As
is, we were barely exsisting on $500./month take home pay and $75./month
in food stamps. for a family of 4

-> Yes, but you live in a bigger urban area than I did for the first 22
-> years of my life.  Plus, the computer has exposed you to cultures that

 RH> I guess.  Bloomfield has about 19000 people in it these days.  In the
 RH> Liberty area, that's the population of the entire county.

Probably, especailly because you do have several larger towns there.
OTOH, it probably equals more than one Delaware County where my parents
live.

-> you might have read about previously.  But, overall, I've done quite wll
-> food wise, discovring the new and unusual.

 RH> Having hot and cold running Missionary families through the church
 RH> didn't hurt either.

True; I didn't grow up with that.  I've had more exposure since joining
with the Southern Baptists, even getting to work with some in Europe.

->  RH> Ut oh.  Loose fabric.
 RH> ->
-> Mostly small pieces.  But, yes, fun to put the brain to work with it.

 RH> Crazy quilt.  Log cabin?  It wouldn't work for trad. Hawaiian, but
 RH> just about anything else goes.

More crazy than log cabin.

-> Saw that the average life expectancy (with mormal use) of irons is 2-3
-> years; mine was at least 6 and had a lot of heavy use.

 RH> Mine is older than that, but I don't beat up on it.  I did finally get
 RH> a tabletop ironing board; I hate hauling out the 6' steel contraption
 RH> and I'm sick of trying to work on a towel.

I keep a table top set up on one end of my cutting table.  But, last
Friday and Saturday nights, Steve set up the big one so I could press
quilt binding strips while watching the Merrie MOnarch festival hula
competition, while seated.

->  RH> the darker your skin is the more you can get away with color-wise.
 RH> ->
-> Yes, I generally avoid super pastel colors, stark blacks & whites,
-> others............, brown eyes & brown/blonde hair.

 RH> I look fairly hideous in pastels, but the superbrights don't work
 RH> either. I sometimes wear colors that don't look that great because I'm
 RH> sick of
 RH> turquoise and various shades of pink.

I don't do pink. (G)


->  RH> No wonder I've never liked it much; I don't deep fry stuff.
 RH> ->
-> Nor do I but I do indulge in okra from time to time when it's available
-> away from home. (G)

 RH> Usually frozen.  Frozen veggies generally aren't much of a temptation.

No, but they beat boiled to death ones.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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