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Skriven 2014-10-27 17:23:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 10-25-14  14:02 <=-

 NB>> And it can be particularly hard sometimes to retrofit an older public
 NB>> building...  they weren't always built with easy handicap access in
 NB>> mind, either...

 RH> Yes, I remember when the ADA was passed--I think we were in Berlin at
 RH> the time--and reading about everybody complaining about how to comply
 RH> with it. Old construction is hard to adapt, new can have handicap
 RH> access built in as part of the design.

New construction is almost always easier done than retrofit...  :)  Most
times a retrofit calls for giving up something in order to get the new
item in, whether a ramp, an outdoor lift or an indoor elevator... and
sometimes there's safety issues around that as well...

 RH>> He put in an electric stove similar to the one you've described in
 RH>> your house; I learned how to cook on that one.
 NB>> They were the fancy stoves of the day...  :)

 RH> They were, but Mom had cooked on nothing but gas so had to learn a
 RH> whole new technique. A couple of her favorite features were the plug in
 RH> griddle and coil in a well that could be used for deep frying or
 RH> brought to the surface to use as an extra unit. 

I've got those... not that they are usable anymore, but they were
originally part of the design...  :)  Having two ovens was nice, as long
as they both worked, too....  ;)

 RH> She lost both of those in the
 RH> remodel job some 20 years later as the new stove didn't have them,
 RH> but had a self cleaning oven (which the older one lacked).

Win some, lose some...  :)

 NB>>> Probably depends on how trivial or not moving the chair out of
 NB>>> the way is...  and if there were any alternative ways of getting
 NB>>> the furniture out...
 RH>> It's out now; I didn't ask how.
 NB>> You might find out sometime... but it's not all that important.  :)

 RH> I might ask when we go up again--if I think about it. (G)

Yup, IF you think about asking...  :)
 
 NB>>>   So all the potato peelers
 NB>>> are on their last legs and/or gone missing...?  ;)
 RH>> All are on their last legs except maybe the one we bought a few
 RH>> years ago. Dad doesn't throw out the bad ones either so you've
 RH>> got to be careful to know what one to grab unless you want to be
 RH>> very frustrated.
 NB>> Sounds like you should have marked the new one in some obvious way so
 NB>> as to be able to identify it easily...  ;)

 RH> Probably wouldn't be a bad idea. Or, toss all of them and get a new
 RH> one. Dad isn't cooking any more so he wouldn't really know at this
 RH> point. 

You might get away with it now, true... :)
 
 RH> They got some good paring knives after I was gone (some Rada cutlery,
 RH> some others) but put them in the dishwasher, thus pretty much ruining
 RH> the handles and dulling the blades. Can't win up there!
 
There's a few brands that state that one can even wash them in the
dishwasher without dulling the blades...  but I don't recall which at
the moment...  Might have been something being shilled in a BJ's at some
time or other, maybe...  :)

 NB>>> Makes sense to use the smoker for more than one thing at a
 NB>>> time.... and then have them available for later meals without
 NB>>> having to take the time then...  :)
 RH>> Very handy to have pre done. It's the time of year to start watching
 RH>> for special on turkey; I want to get one to roast, one to smoke.
 NB>> And the roasted one provides leftovers...  and the the smoked one,
 NB>> future meals along with leftovers...  :)

 RH> So we can have our choice. I think Steve prefers the roast turkey for
 RH> sandwiches--that's about the only time he will put mayo on a sandwich.

Choice is good.  :)   Smoked might be good in a sandwich if the bread
was less hearty than usual...  ;)

ttyl         neb

... Yes, but you're taking the universe out of context.

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