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Skriven 2008-03-19 12:38:36 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 3943 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: dishwashers                                              [1]
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Hi Janis,

 JK> not > so good ones, still not up to full steam yet. Medical oncologist
 JK> > basically said there's nothing he can do that my other doctors
 JK> aren't > already doing so I don't need to keep seeing him.  Spent
 JK> almost 3 hours > on Wed. afternoon waiting around, just to hear that.
 JK> Well, they did do > a blood check too. (G)

 JK> Oh, 3 hours to wait to see a doctor is bad.. :(  But I'm glad for you
 JK> that you won't have to keep going back there :)

Amen to that one!  I was on a new patient visit so had to be worked in
around all the regulars plus the extra rush they had.


 JK> > computer (C-64) in spring of 1984, shortly before Deborah turned 4.
 JK> Used > that until fall of 1994 when Steve caught a government surplus

 JK> Interesting.. we bought our C64 in 1982. Shortly after I wrote a
 JK> version of what was called "the String Game" in the kids' school Math
 JK> program for the C64 in the Commodore's  C language :)  The game was
 JK> based on Venn Diagrams, set theory and various math sets (like
 JK> multiples of 4, positive divisors of 12, odd numbers, etc. etc.).  I
 JK> created 3 interecting colored circles, and had the computer assign one
 JK> of 15 sets to each of the circles.  The kids had to figure out which
 JK> set was in each circle by testing numbers in each of intersecting
 JK> sections (so for instance if there was a 4 in area ABC, then circle A,
 JK> or B, or C could not contain the set of odd numbers, etc.).

I get the idea of it but would have to see the actual game to fully
understand it.  Most math and I don't get along. The "kitchen" math
(pounds, ounces, tea and tablespoons, etc or the same in metric) is
understandable.  Same with figuring cutting fabric for quilts.  It's the
abstract math I have trouble with.

 JK> The neat thing recently was, I received an email about two weeks ago
 JK> from University of Buffalo asking me if I'd consider writing a new
 JK> version of that program for "today's" computers, because they are
 JK> trying to get the CEMREL Math program going again (that was the name
 JK> to program (g).  Anyway, I told him I'd get to work on a version in
 JK> Java for them.. I think they're planning on using it in the
 JK> home-schooling community which I think is great :)

Good for you!  That should be a nice piece of pocket change, especially
if you get a royalty on sales.

>> computer.. and I'd run this silly program I'd written for the
>> commodore 64 :)  It plastered the letters of the alphabet on the

 JK> > Steve typed in lots of programs from magazines for his C-64. One of
 JK> > Deborah's favorites was called Tree Tutor--taught basic math with
 JK> apples > and apple trees.

 JK> Yes, there were plenty of those..  It was neat typing them in way back

At the time, I used to think Steve's "favorite" command was "oops"; I
heard it so often. (G)

 JK> :) I remember teaching my kids to program and how much fun they had
 JK> with that too.. it was great.

I never got into it nor did the girls.  Steve did, out of neccessity for
the time but has moved away from that end of computer work.

>> started drinking coffee when I was 14 with my first job in the
>> hospital as a Medical Laboratory assistant.  There have been some

 JK> > We have a bit of caffiene but not too much. Not like we're
 downing JK> > 8-10 mugs of coffee or Cokes a day tho.

 JK> I don't think we do that either :)  Well I don't think I do (grin).  I
 JK> usually have coffee in the morning (how much depends on how wiped out
 JK> I am (g)) and then I drink tea normally during the day.. easier on my
 JK> guts :)

That's what Steve says about coffee too.  He'll have a cup every so
often but usually whenever he's out.  We've got a wide variety of tea on
the shelf but he usually has green tea in the morning.  I like Tetly's
British Blend or Good Earth Original.


>> Still not installed.. this flu hit the two of us so bad you can't
>> believe it.. between that and running to the doc/phamacy for drugs and
>> then.. the hardware shop for the parts.. it's still right where the
>> fellows delivered it, nice and safe :)

 JK> > I understand.  Work on getting well first.

 JK> Well, the next step is going to be the refrigerator frame in the
 JK> center-island so Ron will do that first.. then he'll do the frame for
 JK> the dish-washer.. Work's been hectic for him lately so we'll see..
 JK> he'll get it done eventually
 JK> :) I'm in no rush (g).

I am looking forward to seeing it this summer. (G)

>> > The machine is a Juki, industrial type.  That came in yesterday; the
>> a > table (like a banquet table) with the machine in it. It's a step
>> between > a home sewing machine and a long arm quilting machine.

>> Whew.. almost sounds scarey :) :) :)


 JK> > It's actually quite straight forward. The frame work came today so
 JK> we > were watching the How To DVD on Steve's lunch break. Looks like
 JK> it'll


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Ruth
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