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Hi Ben,

RH> I saw Sean's post, we'll miss him. We met in person in the late 90s when
RH> we met in IL on our way up to NY to pass along some Commodore 64 stuff we
RH> were no longer using. Met at a Cracker Barrel, first time we'd been to one
RH> of them. Then we met again at several of the picnics in the early 2000's.

 BC> I'll miss Dave too.  I liked his sense of humor and intentional typos.

He was the echo crumudgeron--and would probably have freely admitted so.
Did you ever hear about how he got his nickname--Uncle Dirty Dave or
UDD?


 BC> Speaking of sewing, yesterday i mended pajamas and sandals. The
 BC> pajamas had a draw string through a.. hem?  The dryer had ripped a gap
 BC> open in
 BC> the hem about half way in the middle, and and pulled the drawstring
 BC> part way out through that gap.  I used a safety pin to pull the string
 BC> back through the hem, and then hand stitched the gap.

That part is properly called a casing; hems are at the bottom. Still,
good going. I use a safety pin most often for jobs like that, have tried
commercial bodkins (grabber things) but the pins work just as well, or
better.

 BC> The sandals were Keen brand.  The outside of the heel has a
 triangular BC> shaped leather piece sewed to three thick nylon straps
 in different BC> directions, plus a soft inside liner.  It looked to me
 like the BC> connection between the nylon strap and the leather was
 flimsy to begin BC> with, and it simply came apart. I used the biggest
 needle i had.  I BC> cut a denim patch and put it against the inside
 liner. I stitched BC> through BC> the leather, the nylon strap, and the
 denim patch, and now it seems BC> thoroughly re-connected.

That's definatly a hand sewing project unless you have a heavy duty shoe
making machine. Our Juki sewing machine is heavy enough but the location
of the repair sounds like a hand repair job was what was needed. Last
time I sat down at the sewing machine was a couple of weeks ago to make
some scrappy kitty toys for my sister's cat. Scraps of denim and a bag
of fiberfill plus a bit of time made for an easy project.


 BC> Here's a classic Pumpkin pie recipe.  I'd probably use less sugar and
 BC> cinnamon and more ginger if it were me.  Plus a pinch of clove powder.

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

 BC>       Title: Pumpkin Pie
 BC>  Categories: Pies
 BC>       Yield: 1 Pie

 BC>            Pastry; for one-crust pie
 BC>            - (10")
 BC>       3    Eggs
 BC>       1 c  Sugar (237 ml)
 BC>   2 3/4 c  Canned pumpkin (650 ml)
 BC>   2 1/4 c  Evaporated milk (532 ml)
 BC>   1 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon (7 ml)
 BC>     3/4 ts Salt (4 ml)
 BC>     3/4 ts Ground ginger (4 ml)
 BC>     1/2 ts Ground cloves (2 ml)

Very often we've gotten a fresh pumpkin, drawn a face on it with a
marker and set it out for halloween. Afterwards I'll cut it up, cook it
down in the pressure cooker and freeze the results for later use. Since
Steve's birthday is right near halloween, I used to make him a pumpkin
pie. Since his mom gave us the recipe in the early 90's, tho, I make a
pumpkin roll instead. Not really any more effort than a pie but the
results are (IMO), much tastier.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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...  It works!  Now, if only I could remember what I did.

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