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Hi Ben,

RH> That was a long time before any of us knew him. He was also big into
RH> Commodore computers, especially the Amigas. Steve started with a Commodore
RH> 64; when he switched to a PC, he gave Dave a lot of no longer used by us
RH> equipment. Met him at a Cracker Barrel, our first experience with one of

 BC> That's cool that he was enthusiastic about Commodore computers.  I've
 BC> never touched an Amiga, but i played arcade cames loaded from cassette
 BC> tape on a VIC-20.  Also, a friend handed down a Commodore 128 to me,
 BC> which i gave to another friend.  I kind of wish i had held onto the
 BC> Commodore 128 because i think its dual-CPU architecture is technically
 BC> interesting.

We used the C=64 for 10 years. My dad started out with a Texas
Instruments computer, I forget what model, but he was quite impressed
with what the C=64 could do. Not enough to buy one tho. (G) Our younger
daughter wasn't quite 4 when we got it her dad typed in a number of
learning programs that she enjoyed, going to progressively harder ones
as she grew older.

 BC> My Dad was a computer professional all his adult career, and that
 BC> VIC-20 was the first home computer he ever owned.  The one that BC>
 William Shatner hawked on TV.  Dad told me later that he was pretty BC>
 excited to get a BC> computer of his very own.  He and Mom worked
 together to make a video BC> game about logging trees.  She made the
 graphics and he wrote the BC> code.

My dad got into doing computer services (payroll, bookkeeping, etc) for
others (in a town of about 800) after he lost his newspaper (editor,
small town weekly) job, just short of turning 60. He wanted to do
something the right way; boss said "do it this way". Dad said "I quit"
just before boss said "you're fired". Townsfolk stood behind Dad; he
stood firm in his position. No pension out of it but between his
business for 20 years, mom working as a librarian (school first,then
town) and retirement from that, they did well. IIRC, they were done
paying college tuition for us kids before he lost the newspaper job.

 BC> Did UDD ever tell you what he ended up doing with those C=64's?  I
 BC> knew someone who used an obsolete computer in their kitchen for BC>
 recipes.

I really don't remember; he may have but it's been long enough ago that
it's well out of my memory.


RH> OK, thanks. We have a new Indian restaurant in Wake Forest, went to it a
RH> few weeks ago. I asked for a heat level 5 (They said they'd do 1-10) for
RH> butter chicken but will probably drop back to a 4 next time we go. It was
RH> good, just a bit hotter than I like.

 BC> I like to leave the chiles whole so that people can pick them out and
 BC> self-adjust the heat level.  Not that this applies to Chaat Masala.

I'll take them either way. From what the weather forecasters are saying,
the heat of them will be appreciated in the next week or so. Starting
tomorrow night, we're in for snow, sleet and freezing rain for about 24
hours, then really cold temperatures for another 10 days or so. I made
up a pan of baked oatmeal today for quick, hot breakfasts--slice off a
section, add a bit of milk and put it in the microwave (as long as the
power stays on) for a minute or so, then enjoy.


 BC> Yesterday my cousin took me to a place where i got bok choy and snap
 BC> peas that were a little past date.  I planned to make fake Chinese
 BC> food using spaghetti noodles, but Mom dug out some actual Chinese
 BC> noodles from the cupboard.  I julienned carrots, onions, washed &
 BC> sliced the bok choy, and trimmed & halved the snap peas cross-wise.  I
 BC> sauteed the carrots and
 BC> onions together in a large wok-like frying pan.  Then i added the
 BC> remaining vegetables, garlic, ginger paste, and 6 whole arbol chiles.
 BC> I boiled the noodles for 2-1/2 minutes, drained them, and turned them
 BC> into the frying pan. Later i added Braggs aminos, sesame oil, and
 BC> walnuts.  It turned out well and everyone ate seconds.

Sounds good to me. Steve found some goat meat in the freezer last night;
I'm going to put it in a crock pot with some peppers, onions, and
tomatoes for an easy sorta chili tomorrow.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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