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Skriven 2014-02-23 15:31:48 av Dave Drum (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 10189 av Jim Weller (1:123/140)
Ärende: old as old gets
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-=> JIM WELLER wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD>  the telephone was a wall-mounted, hand cranked  unit.

 DD> their "ring" was two longs and two shorts.

 JW> Hey that was my first "number" too. My buddy was 5 shorts. I was
 JW> five when the phone company got to our little country road.

 JW> One long ring got the operator for both local calls on other party
 JW> lines and long distance. A VERY long ring was an informal fire alarm
 JW> and all able bodied men were expected to pick up, find out where it
 JW> was and go out and assist the volunteer fire dept.

 DD> When the modern "Number Please" (no dial) telephones all the brothers
 DD> and  sisters and aunts and uncles and cousins kept their old, original
 DD> instruments and set up their own family phone system - which ran on
 DD> the top strand of barbed wire of the fences

 JW> My best buddy and I hooked up our family's two old phones when that
 JW> happened. We used an insulated cable lying on the ground. I don't
 JW> recall how we came across such a cable anymore.

The magnetos in those old phones made wonderful fishing tools - if Mr. Rabbit
Sheriff didn't catch you at it.

I also made my own informal extension telephone - back in the rotary dial days.
It started as a pair of alligator clips and headphones for listening in on my
sister's conversations with her school chums. As I was an inveterate horn-dog I
got a lot of tips on which of her acquaintances were ..... well. I later added
a microphone so I could talk to the world and a telegraph key to dial numbers
from my basement post. Worked OK and I never got caught. Maybe I should have
gone to work for the NSA.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Alligator Sauce Piquante - Picnic
 Categories: Loo, Exotics, Reptile
      Yield: 2 Servings

      1 lb Alligator cutlets
      2 c  Buttermilk or soured milk
    1/2 c  Cornmeal
    1/2 ts Thyme
           Salt & Pepper
           Fat for frying
     10 oz Can Milder Ro-Tel Chopped
           - Tomatoes
      1    Bay leaf; opt
    1/2 ts Thyme
    1/2 ts Marjoram or oregano
    1/2 ts Garlic powder
    1/2 ts Cajun seasoning (Emeril's
           - or other) *
      1 cl Garlic mashed
           Tabasco sauce, tt (UDD
           - would use Trappey's)

  * Tony Chachere's (green can) works well - UDD

  Soak alligator cutlets in milk for at least 4 hr. Drain and
  dredge in cornmeal that has been seasoned with thyme, salt,
  and pepper.

  Heat fat and fry cutlets until done and crisp on both sides.

  Meanwhile, bring Ro-Tel tomatoes and bay leaf to a boil.
  Add remaining ingredients. Reduce by about 1/3, and season
  with Tabasco to taste.

  Drain cutlets on paper towels and then put on a platter.
  Cover with sauce and serve.

  It was dark when I cooked this, so the identities and
  amounts of herbs are open to some question.

  Michael's (approximately), Echo Picnic 1998
  ! Origin: Lost in the SuperMarket *

  Format by Dave Drum - 17 August 98

MMMMM

... Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. Benjamin Franklin

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