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Hi Ben,

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

 BC> I did not hear about that.  Would you be willing to tell me?  :-)

When he was younger (he didn't say how young), he worked as a
projectionist in a movie theater that showed movies not suitable for
children. At the time he was also dating (?, maybe just good friends, I
don't remember exactly what he said the relationship was) a woman who
had a teen age son. They knew several Dave/Davids and the son gave them
all nicknames to tell them apart, using Uncle as an honorific title.
Based on his place of employment, Dave Drum became Uncle Dirty Dave to
this young man. I've forgotten how/why he started using it on the echo
but I always thought of him as more of a teddy bear than UDD. (G)


RH> That part is properly called a casing; hems are at the bottom. Still, good
RH> going.

 BC> Thanks for that information.  Casting around online, i also found it
 BC> listed in Wikipedia's sewing glossary.

 BC> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_sewing_terms

I've got a number of sewing books that have lists like that in it. Good
for beginners and for those of us that come across the new to them
terminology.

RH> Last time RH> I sat down at the sewing machine was a couple of weeks
ago to make some RH> scrappy kitty toys for my sister's cat. Scraps of
denim and a bag of RH> fiberfill plus a bit of time made for an easy
project.

 BC> That's fun.  I recall hearing a mother talk about being concerned with
 BC> how much time her son was spending in front of screens.  The only
 BC> thing she found that could compete with screen time was his love of
 BC> playing with
 BC> small animals, such as cats.

A fishing pole is a good cat toy--tie something to the end of the line,
cast and reel in. I've a friend that owned several cats and they all
enjoyed chasing whatever was at the end of the line. With our older
daughter's cats, Steve would have them chase a laser pointer. When he
wanted to stop, he'd "run the spot" under a piece of furniture. Cats
would sit, watching it, for hours so he'd resume the play by "running
the spot" back out from under the furniture piece.

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

 BC> I know someone who insists on pie pumpkins.  I've made desserts out of
 BC> jackolantern pumpkins and thought they turned out just fine.  So i
 BC> guess it is a matter of taste.  I believe i have your pumpkin roll
 BC> recipe...


 BC>       Title: Ruth's Pumpkin Roll
 BC>  Categories: Desserts, Squash, Cheese, Nuts
 BC>       Yield: 8 Servings

That's it! Don't know if Dave ever made it but it is now out in the vast
universe of recipies. A few years ago, for some reason, I couldn't make
it for Steve's birthday so we bought a roll at Wegman's. As good as
Wegman's is for a lot of things, their pumpkin roll doesn't measure up
to my home made one. (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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