Text 35605, 110 rader
Skriven 2010-03-08 21:51:06 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 35510 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
Ärende: around the house
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Hi Hap,

I've been busy with a doctor's appointment, shopping, usual Sunday stuff
and school.  Working on a paper due Thursday for the last one, a bit
more rough note taking and then type it up in outline form, 3 pages.

->  hn> You might find yourselves trapped up there
->  hn> so long you'd have to register as residents
->  hn> again! (grin)

-> No thanks! The taxes there are killers! When Steve was in the Army, we
-> didn't have to pay the taxes if we were stationed outside of the state.
-> We never had to pay NY taxes. (G)

 hn> Oh I know, Anne's mom still lives on Long Island.

Makes you wonder why people still chose to live there. (G)


->  hn> Stuff we throw away (grin)

-> Yes, and I'm going to go thru my mom's kitchen cabinets to see what can
-> be classified as junk.  She probably has some spices older than my
-> marriage.

 hn> Ah but you're still a young lass!

We will celebrate our 35th anniversary in September; Rachel & David have
their 13th this year.


 hn> When my grandmother passed away
 hn> they found canned goods that had been
 hn> there for over 30 years. My grandfather
 hn> did not even know how to open a can!

I wouldn't be surprised if my folks might have some that old in the
cellar that were put up on a shelf & forgotten about.  I've heard
stories, too, about years old stuff being found in a freezer.  The
advantage of moving every so often. (G)

->  hn> Since I started laminating them
->  hn> demand has shot up! (grin)...must
->  hn> be the price I'm charging!

-> Got to be the price!  I can see where there would be a demand.

 hn> I have since gotten my own laminator and
 hn> have dropped the price from nothing to
 hn> free!

Sounds like the way my SS Director "salary" worked, but in reverse, when
we were in AZ.  Benefits, tho, are out of this world.

->  hn> We stayed at a B&B in Leavenworth (WA) When
->  hn> we still did cross country skiiing..the lady
->  hn> who ran it was swedish and put out the
->  hn> best breakfast you've ever seen! Swedish
->  hn> pancakes, french crepes, (very similar),
->  hn> omelettes, fresh made bread and scones
->  hn> and she only rented out tlhree rooms!!

-> All in the same meal? We stayed at a B&B in NY for the 08 picnic; Fords
-> and Michael were there also.  Michael, the non breakfast eater, packed
-> away a good amount of breakfast every morning.  We had stayed at
 hn> another
-> one in western NY the year before and had another big breakfast.

 hn> Yes, all in one meal, and there was even more!
 hn> Gjetost cheese (yum!!), oatmeal, cheeses,
 hn> and more, we usually made a big sandwich
 hn> for later in the day! She was a terrific lady

Stuffed, before the day even got going good.  But, it was energy for the
skiing.  I'd have done good to eat a small portion of it.

 hn> and also owned the ski shop where we
 hn> bought our cross country ski gear.
 hn> She has since passed away and I often
 hn> wonder what is happening to that big
 hn> log cabin home she had.

-> -> Do you want to thry the diet some of those early explorers had?  Meat,

->  hn> Nope, I'd be trying to find ways
->  hn> to eat good no matter where I
->  hn> am!

-> But if nothing else were available?

 hn> I was a boy scout all the way
 hn> up through explorer scout. I have
 hn> lived off the land when camping and
 hn> hiking often. I can trap, make snares
 hn> fish traps, and forage quite well.

Kind of hard to do some of that in the arctic areas.  Otherwise, take
along a good book to ID local plants, etc.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


... Get shopping while the gettin' is good!!!

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