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Skriven 2011-02-21 18:18:54 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: well water                                               [1]
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Hey Ruth!
-> 
-> ->  hn> bad example. Seems it was her one
-> ->  hn> weakness...she just could not let
-> ->  hn> go of him.
-> 
-> -> Is he the youngest? Sometimes an only male lat child is the hardest to
-> -> let go of. Her husband obviously didn't object to the situation but it's
-> -> having repercussions now.
-> 
->  hn> Essentially he might be looked at
->  hn> as the youngest. First three kids
->  hn> were in a group, Anne's older
->  hn> sister, Anne, and then the brother.
->  hn> 15 years after Anne, along came
->  hn> the youngest sister (who lives out
-> 
-> That's a help in explaining things. Understanding them, not neccessarily
-> but I get a clearer picture of how the situation developed/stands now.
->
He has other "issues" as well, a back injury
(Service related) that he didn't get  taken
care of ...for years and years..until it made
it impossible for him to do anything else, THEN
he went to the VA to get it taken care of.
Way too late to "fix" it so now he's semi
mobile. and still an idiot.
-> 
->  hn> here in WA as well). So Brother
->  hn> was the youngest for a long time.
->  hn> Dad, did object...but to no avail.
->  hn> and rather than destroy the family
->  hn> he finally gave in. Brother was
->  hn> happy to be useless and have
->  hn> anyone else do his labor for him.
-> 
-> I suspect older sisters did so gladly at first but then he took
-> advantage of the situation & woudn't let them quit when they got older &
-> wiser. Just speculation on my part tho.
->
Both Anne and her older sister pretty
much saw through him from the beginning.
When the youngest sister came along...
well you can guess that scenario!
 
-> ->  hn> There's something about well water.
-> ->  hn> pump on the well...they ran the
-> ->  hn> pipe through the rootcellar before
-> 
-> -> My parents don't have a root cellar but I know what you mean about a
-> -> cool cellar on a hot day. I'm presuming we'll get an update this week
-> -> but they were to have a plumber in to do some other work (previously
-> -> scheduled) and have him take a look at the situation. I think they were
-> -> hoping to get access back to the well water without a lot of fuss,
-> -> bother or expense.
-> 
-> Update is that they were able to reconnect into the well. Other plumbing
-> work was taken care of as well.
->
Yay!
 
->  hn> My grandparents had a HUGE garden...Probably most of a
->  hn> city block in size. My Grandmother and Aunts did a
->  hn> LOT of canning and preserving each year. The root cellar
-> 
-> Lots of good eating in the winter too. My dad put in a couple of good
-> sized gardens but not as big as your grandfather's. Mom did a lot of
-> canning when we were young, then got a freezer while I was in college.
-> It's kept pretty full but not all home put up stuff. Dad was fussing
-> that she now buys a lot each fall to freeze but then also buys a lot of
-> commercially frozen food instead of using what she has on hand. Part of
-> it is probably due to the freezer being in the cellar, and thus harder
-> for her to get to.
->
Grandfather had a great big farm and lots of room,
and lots of kids to both help in the garden and
put up the harvest.  I can remember weeding
in the garden as a little kid.
 
->  hn> was huge, and dark and full of shelves and dark cool
->  hn> corners...a great place to spend a sultry humid afternoon
->  hn> in the deep south. Eventually they put a lock on the hn> door to
->  keep us kids out...we had a tendency hn>  to knock over a shelf now and
->  then...
-> 
-> And all those hours of hot, hard work concentrated into now broken jars.
->
and whuppins...we got plenty of whuppins
for that as well!
 
-> ->  hn> It's wonderful that you can have a good
-> ->  hn> relationship with her even though
-> 
-> -> It's nice that the grand kids know who we are so we're not total
-> -> strangers to them. David's parents don't have Skype and they can't get
-> -> out to LV very often. Because of David's job, they can't come back East
-> -> very often either so Robert & Sarah don't know their paternal
-> -> grandparents as well as they know us. Sarah was (correctly) identifying
-> 
->  hn> If they have Gmail (it's free) and can get a
->  hn> webcam (I think the one I got for Anne cost
->  hn> about $40) they are in like Flynn! Even if you
->  hn> don't have a webcam you can live chat..and
->  hn> they could at least see the grands (David's
->  hn> computer has a camera).
-> 
-> I'm not sure what they have, what they can afford.
->
Might be a good gift from David and 
the family!
 
-> ->  hn> Looking for valentine's presents!
-> 
-> -> It's a running joke with us that I usually get my Valentine's present
-> -> the day after. Steve dropped a perscription off today and brought home
-> -> 2 boxes of half price chocolates. They're put up away from the ant's
-> -> paths of travel.
-> 
->  hn> We tend to "low Key" Valentines day.
->  hn> we give each other gifts and things
->  hn> all year long (grin)..
-> 
-> We do too but there's a CVS on Steve's route to/from school. I needed
-> him to drop a perscription off anyway so......
->
Chocolate is always acceptable!
 
-> -> Steve was grilling burgers for lunch today and noticed another tree that
-> -> didn't look to good. After checking it out, he called the landlord who
-> -> agreed to have it taken down. More sunlight out back, better chance of
-> -> getting grass to grow into a proper lawn and sunlight for a garden.
-> 
->  hn> Grow your own eggplant!! Cukes!! oooooh 'Maters!!!
-> 
-> Possibly next year, not sure how much we can do this year with our times
-> away already semi set. Maters & peppers as well as herbs but beyond
-> that, who knows?
->
maters and peppers is a great start!
 
chat with you soon!
hap 
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