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Skriven 2009-11-12 22:26:18 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 31175 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
Ärende: rice or taters?
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Hi Hap,

->  hn> Good choice!

-> Yes but Mom wrote that while the top carrots looked good, quite a few
-> underneath them were rotten.  She was wondering if they were last year's
-> carrots.  For all the work (and major pain for her) of putting the stuff
-> up, I should think they would be doing better buying the frozen (or
-> canned) veggies of those she put up and fresh potatoes as needs be.  I
-> think they think they're saving money but the time and gas spent to go
-> get them, the time and pain Mom goes thru to get them put up, etc..... I
-> doubt they're saving any money.

 hn> Probably not, but it gives them something to
 hn> do together and that has value in itself! Anne and
 hn> I enjoy going out to farms to look for good
 hn> produce...but we accept that the cost of
 hn> getting there is "entertainment" not "food cost".

I'm concerned because my mom has severe rhuemetiod arthritis and doesn't
need to be doing all that work.  She refuses to use the stronger (mmore
helpful) meds so really suffers with work like food proccessing.  Dad
has his own physical issues so isn't that much of a help (but better
than none).  Mom doesn't drive any more and Dad will turn the wheel over
to someone else every time he has the opportunity.  But, yes, it got
them out of the house.  They had some medical tests run at the voc-tech
school that was on the way so got 2 jobs done on one outing.


->  hn> up beyond the prices in the stores. So now
->  hn> many of them are doing less business because
->  hn> they've gotten a bit greedy and folks just
->  hn> buy at the store for cheaper prices.

-> Bummer!  I just paid 50 cents each for green bell peppers vs more than
-> that at any grocery store.  Also had a couple of them plus 3 different
-> hot ones (banana, habenero and a red one, don't remember the name)
-> thrown in for free.

 hn> We will often see bells on sale two or three
 hn> for a buck. But that's sale prices, not normal
 hn> prices.

It's the price of any of them but green that is always so sky high
compared to the green.  You would think they were rare jewels instead of
just ripe bell peppers.


-> Not like that here.  Some rural areas but lots of civilisation really
-> close by.  No real wide open spaces like out west.

 hn> You'll get back out here soon I
 hn> expect!

Lord willing.  Steve is figuring it'll take 3 1/2  years to get thru
seminary; it is really hard work.  He's registered for next semester
already and thinking ahead to next year.

->  hn> probably see that it was a fairly typical summer
->  hn> for here....now I'm aclimated to "here" and if I
->  hn> went back to HI, I'd roast my buns off! (grin)
->  hn> but after a year or so I'd adapt.!

-> I'd adapt back really quick! (G)

 hn> One of the nicest aspects of Hawaii
 hn> is that there are almost constant breezes
 hn> thanks to the Trades...and those breezes
 hn> are SOOOO refreshing!

Much more so than the Kona winds.  Those (literally) stink. (G)


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... OH NO!  Not ANOTHER learning experience!

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