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Hi Dave,

 RH> You disappeared off the board for a few days, got me wondering if all
 RH> was OK. Good to see you back.

 DD> I've just graduaated from "The dog ate my homewoek" to "The dogs atee
 DD> my internet".  Bv)=

I've had those times, glad I have a resident computer guru/geek on
premisis. (G)


 DD> That's the sweet part (pun intended) I won't have to play Joe Friday

 RH> Easier to find in some places or times of year than others. When we
 RH> were in AZ, we weren't too far from the border. I went over once, with
 RH> some friends (had been over the border in TX in the 80s) for some
 RH> shopping (not for Coke). Downside of living that close was the problem
 RH> with illeagals; had some friends in law enforcement that had been shot
 RH> at.

 DD> That's why the nabs carry guns - so they can shoot back.

 RH> Got that one right! Seemed like every other day there was an article in
 RH> the newspaper or story on tv news of what illeagals had done.

 DD> Which is how the media work. "Good news" does not sell papers/get
 DD> clicks/ have people tune-in. What they peddle (no matter their
 DD> political leaning is the lyric from the old Hee-Haw3 song "gollm,
 DD> despair, agny on me. Deep dark depression, excessive misery".   Bv)=

I remember that one, and the phrase "If it bleeds, it leads" which is so
often true in all forms of media.

 DD> Sadlt, there is *always* something to vie with alarm.

All too true.


 DD> I did discover a Dr. Pepper product Iquite like,mthough. Sugar free
 DD> Pwppwe mixed with Cream Soda. Apparently other like it as well
 RH>      ****** ?????

 DD> Fat fingers. should have been Pepper

 RH> OK, I know there's a new brand out called Poppie so wasn't sure if you
 RH> were referring to that or not.

 DD> If you don't sk questions you don't get asnswers. I put Dr. Pepper at
 DD> (about) #8 on my soft drinks list. And cream soda even lower. But the
 DD> combination .... WOW! Right up there with Coke Zero.

I like cream soda; I do not like Dr. Pepper. I'll probably never try the
combination tho.

 DD> I don't understand how soda route drivers think. Their pay is based
 DD> partly on how much "profuct" they move. If I was delivering a product
 DD> that sold out every week I'd leave more and smile all the way to the
 DD> bank. I was

 RH> They're not all like that. Steve's last civilian job before he went in
 RH> the Army was filling soda machines at Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry
 RH> Point. He had an established route, don't know how often he had to fill
 RH> specific machines. Came home with some interesting coins from Marines
 RH> who tried scamming the machines--he would replace them with quarters of
 RH> his own and the odd ones got added to an informal coin collection.

 DD> The Mexican cinco centavo (nickle) coin used to was the same
 DD> size/weight as the US 25c coin (quarter) but worth (in exchange) about
 DD> 1/3 of a US cent. Las Vegas slot machines were flooded with them until
 DD> the US mob had a meeting with the Mexican mob - who then got the
 DD> Mexican gummint to "re-design" their nickel so it wouldn't fool US
 DD> coin mechanisms.

In Steve's case, he got more Korean and European coinage.

 DD>      8<----- SNYP ----->8

 DD> Any money left in my accounts goes (split equally) between St.
 RH>  Jude's DD> in Memphis and the Shriner's Cripplped Childrens'
 RH> Hospitals.

 RH> Both good causes.

 DD> I was in the Navy, stationed at NAS Memphis when Danny Thomas broke
 DD> ground for St. Jude's. He done good.

We've driven by it various times either heading out west or coming back
from a western trip. Also seen enough fund raising appeals on syndicated
tv channels.


 DD> What do you use as a "traffic" radio? Is it part of your GPS or a
 DD> Sirius/XM channel? Or the good ol' CB radio (if such exists any

 RH> Sirius/XM; had it in the first Escape we bought and have continued with
 RH> it. Steve likes to listen to talk radio (usually Patriot channel 125)
 RH> when driving, will switch to Bluegrass Junction, No Shoes Radio or
 RH> Willie's Roadhouse also. Listening to Andrew Wilkow on Patriot Radio
 RH> intoduced us to Aaron Lewis; at the ham raido get together a couple of
 RH> weeks ago, grand prize in the raffle was an autographed special made
 RH> for him guitar. No, I didn't win it.

 DD> If I'm not listening to Real Jazz or 40s Junction I can be found
 DD> getting on on what "the Shadow Knows" on old time radio channel. They
 DD> did Orson Welles' 1939 "War Of The Worlds" on 31 October.

 RH> We've listened to old time radio sometimes but it's harder to follow


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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