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Skriven 2006-11-29 11:22:19 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 8102 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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Hi Ruth,

-> My dad left before the boss fired him--Dad knew what he was doing was
-> right, boss didn't know how to run a newspaper.  Boss had inherited the
-> job from his dad who got it from his dad (who did know, and had hired

 RH> One guess - it's now a Knight-Ridder paper?

Last I knew, no but sinking fast on quality.

-> IOW, mostly ones that are read once and not worth keeping. Beats
-> "romance" novels that aren't even worth reading once.

 RH> Depends.  Some of the books may have value, especially the original
 RH> James Blish script adaptations.  I've got those.  The romance novels
 RH> ... I've found a few that were worth reading and even rereading.  The
 RH> rest are best used as furnace fuel.

Neither of the above are my favorite reading.  Came across our Anne of
Green Gables set while unpacking and have settled down to re-read them.
They are good books for girls--a lot better than some of the stuff on
the market now.


-> That's pretty much it.  I don't usually buy spaghetti sauce but do keep
-> tomato sauce & paste on hand, as well as canned tomatoes.

 RH> I buy whatever's cheap/free with coupon.

I have to use an assortment in my cooking.  Found the Hunt's Organic
brand for the diced tomatoes at the Fort Stewart commissary; they seem
to be pretty decent but a few cents more per can than the non organic.
I can bring the price down by using a coupon good for any Hunt's
tomato products.

-> I figured; I'm long ago out of that stage, as are my girls.

 RH> My idea of a teen/tween store is the Salvation Army.

Can find some real steals in them for adults as well.

-> I'd bought some heavy duty sticky back--was able to use a bit to repair
-> the one cam walker I was in this spring. (G)

 RH> On the other hand, you don't have to wash those.

No, not a full wash but a spot cleaning or wipedown can be done.

-> and he's in officer quarters.  The private contractor that built the
-> housing probably should have been told to build a certain number of
-> single level houses in each area but wasn't so...........

 RH> Figures.  Your way, my way, and the Army way...?

In this case, the private contractor should have spoken up prior to
construction.

-> Not quite 50/50; remember there's probably a few Mets fans. (G)

 RH> OK - 45/45/10.  Maybe less.  I'm one of the <10.  The only
 RH> concentration of Mets fans in the state is down in the south-west
 RH> corner of the state.

Like most of the sports fans in this state live in/around Atlanta.

->  RH> football Pro Bowl.

-> That's about it.  They had an arena football league team for 2-3 years
-> while we were there but that went belly up.

 RH> I think there was one here too, but it went dead pretty quickly.

Good idea, lacked a lot in the maintainence end once teams were
developed.

->  RH> Yuck.  It's in the high 30s here, and it was pouring down rain this
 RH> ->
-> We're having a time getting used to colder weather again. (G)  Straight
-> cold tho isn't as bad as cold and wet; that's pure nasty.  I've got to
-> start sewing up some more jackets and suchlike thho.

 RH> I'm currently turning a slightly moth-chewed cashmere sweater into a
 RH> throw pillow.  It was a mens' small in its former life.  It also had
 RH> 3/4 sleeves - weird on guyclothes - and I don't want to actually slice
 RH> any yarn until I know what I"m doing with those. Sew 'em together to
 RH> make throw pillow #2 no doubt?  Match up the cabling, sew a ribbon
 RH> over the seam, and off we go?

If no other ideas, that'll work.


->  RH> morning.  No one's ever been dumb enough to give me a hand gun or a
->  RH> real rifle.

-> Military requirements.  He has to shoot once a year, minimum.  You would
-> probably know which is the business end and respect it; some soldiers
-> have a time figuring that out. (G)

 RH> I've killed squirrels with an air rifle a good dozen times (birdfeeder
 RH> raiders), but never shot anything that used gunpowder.

OTOH, I have shot a pistol a few times.  About 20 years ago, we were up
at Steve's parents (when they lived in NY) over 4th of July.  Dad had
tossed some bottles in the quarry (water filled( in back of the house);
he Steve and one of my brother's in law were plinking at them.  I asked
if I could try it--turned out I had a better eye/aim than Steve and
b-i-l.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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