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Skriven 2013-06-16 20:42:05 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 1022 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: economizing 223
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Hi Ruth,

->  RH> Laptops are bad enough.  The baby keyboards drive me nuts.

-> OTOH, I prefer a small keyboard.

 RH> Different strokes.  I still revert to the habits I learned on a manual
 RH> sometimes.  Those bitty keyboards just snarl my fingers up.

I learned on a manual typewriter too. Standard size keyboards were
always a problem tho with small hands. Even the keyboard on my portable
(which I did all my college papers on) had a good sized keyboard, but a
bit smaller than the standard office sized machine.


->  RH> "The theology of Peanuts" for another friend and one on Charles
 RH> Rennie
->  RH> Macintosh for me.  The latter is a little flat paperback, but it's
->  RH> illustrated the better to
->  RH> steal^H^H^H^H^H take inspiration from the designs.

-> Sounds like you did well. When I look at a cook book now, one
-> determinant for picking it up or not is if it lists nutrition data with
-> the recipies. Having that, and checking out random recipes to see if I
-> would actually use it, help me decide for some cook books. For food
-> allergies, it helps to know what goes into a dish so you can decide if
-> it's safe or not.

 RH> He's got a list of 24 things on his No Eat list. Among them are yeast
 RH> and chocolate.  I told his wife I'd trade places for a week. I'd
 RH> probably lose ten pounds!

She must have had quite the time cooking for him at first, and probably
still does have fits from time to time. Can he eat wheat and tomato
products? I've a friend in AZ who is allergic to chlorophyll so a lot of
veggies are out for her. I guess she was well into her teens before it
was properly diagnosed so she went thru some rough times until it was
known what her problems were.

-> We used to have a "Gospel According to Peanuts" around somewhere, don't
-> know if it still is or not. Same idea? Also, who is Charles Rennie
-> Macintosh/what sort of illustrations are you looking at?

 RH> He was one of the original designers in the Arts and Crafts movement.
 RH> His work goes back into the 1860s if I remember correctly, although it
 RH> didn't hit the US big until about 1900.

OK, I'll have to look up him up.

->  RH> You never know.  Those old birch cabinets or the maple ones can be
->  RH> really nice.  People pay through the nose for the metal ones in
 RH> good condition too.

-> They're not metal but I've no idea what the wood in them is, except old.
-> (G)

 RH> I can't tell you from here.  Lots of 50s cabinets were birch plywood.
 RH> They don't always look pretty, but add some new hardware and refinish
 RH> and they're better than the new stuff.

Yes, but we can't use them in our current situation. I think it's
probably best if my brother finds a buyer for them; he is trying to get
the house somewhat cleaned out.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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