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-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> The yappies are  why the techs had to make a return visit. The cable
 DD> they ate was in their yard, not mine. The fur kids we are boarding are
 DD> much too well behaved to ever do something like nthat.  Bv)=

 RH> Hopefully they learned that cable doesn't taste good and there will not
 RH> be a repeat experience.

Dunno, They're little  scutters. Pomeranian/Pekinese size Whereas  the 
smallest here is a blue-tick beagle. . Hopefully AT&T buried the cable
deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep down.

 DD>      8<----- +++++----->8

 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.

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

 DD> My first go was when somoene handed me a bottle and I took a drink
 DD> withut paying attention - until it hit my mouth.

 RH> I'll ask what it is before drinking.

This was a relatively stick-in-the-mud typre event with no reasone to
exoect something n the "gotcha" category. But it sure go my attention.

 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.

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

All Ihave left of "odd" coinage is (if I remember where I put them) some
Loonies and Teonies (Canadian dollar/two dollar coins.

 DD>  As they say "A pint's a pound, the world around." What we need is a
 DD> good  five-cent nicklel.

 RH> Now more than ever, now that the penny is going away.

One of the lacals here quit doing pennies a could years ago. Roundibng each
transaction to the neareast nickel. And not doing paper dollarsa.

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

 DD> Memphis is sorta/kinda like Hot-lanta. I take the run-around roads and
 DD> don't try going right through. Generally quicker and less flustrating.

 RH> Best experience we had driving thru Atlanta was one January night,
 RH> about 8 pm. By then, evening rush hour was over so we went thru with no
 RH> slow downs. We've been on the leading edge of the evening (mid
 RH> afternoon) rush hour and moved right along but the evening time was
 RH> even ssmoother sailing. We'd stopped for a later supper about an hour
 RH> outside the city, gave the traffic time to clear.

When I was trailer trucking the big rigs were not allowed "downtown" unless
there was a bill of lading for a local address.

 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

 DD> No harder than when we were chirrun - especiallly if you're pre-TV as
 DD> I wss.

 RH> We got our first tv when I was 9 years old. Parents didn't listen to
 RH> radio except in the morning to get latest news/school closings/etc. I
 RH> don't really remember what we did pre tv, probably read a lot of books.
 RH> I'll still turn off the tv and grab a book most nights.

We got our 1st TV when I was 10 - do 1952. It got two stations since the 
UHF band was but a glimmer in Lee DeForrest's eyes.

I remember when my dad came home with a 17" table-top TV and it was the
 "cutting edge" of technology. Heck, my confuser's monitor on this unit 
 is 27" And Dennis is usig the 45" boob tube in the front room as a monitor.
 
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Farm Monitor's Pressed Italian Picnic Sandwich
 Categories: Breads, Pork, Beef, Cheese, Vegetables
      Yield: 4 servings
 
    1/4 c  Olive oil
      3 tb Balsamic vinegar
      1 ts Dijon mustard
    1/4 ts Black pepper; to taste
    1/4 c  Prepared pesto
      1    Loaf Ciabatta bread
    1/4 lb Sliced provolone cheese
    1/2 lb Salami
    1/2 lb Sliced ham
    1/4 lb Sliced pepperoni
      1 lb Fresh mozzarella; sliced
    1/2 c  Roasted red peppers; sliced
 
  Combine olive oil, vinegar, pesto and pepper.
  
  Cut bread in half, spread oil mixture evenly on both
  cut sides.
  
  Layer provolone and remaining ingredients in order
  listed.
  
  Tightly wrap sandwich in plastic wrap, place a heavy
  object such a heavy frying pan in top of the sandwich,
  refrigerate overnight.
  
  Slice sandwich into serving sizes and wrap in deli paper
  to serve.
  
  RECIPE FROM: https://www.farm-monitor.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

... "A cheapskate won't tip a server. I'm just careful with my money" Dave 
Drum
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