Subj : Keyboards was: Alive? [1] To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Sat Jan 07 2023 16:30:32 Hi Dave, DD> show and tell with my latest project. It fired up and did its thing at DD> the cafe ... even hooked into the WiFi and let me know "Captain! DD> Incoming message" when I got an e-mail. So the battery is still good. RH> Sounds like the battery got enough of a charge to let you use the RH> system remotely. I generally work off the battery, plugging in when RH> finished for the day. DD> On the other paw - I fired up my big ASUS laptop (the one I had at the DD> last Echo Picnic at Dale & Gail's former place). I wanted to cleam a DD> lot of "personal" stuff off of it preparatory to giving it to Georgia DD> who's now in an assisted living facility. Her cell phone and tablet DD> just miss filling her wants. Sorry to hear about your sister but I know she appreciates her brother thinking of her. My cousins gave my dad an I-Pad (or similar, forgot which as it was 5 years ago) when he was in the nursing home. He used it a little bit, never could really figure it out, so when he passed away, we gave it back to the cousins who gave it to him. Mom never had anything like that as she wouldn't have known even how to turn it on. DD> Anyway, when I unplugged it from the mains current it died. Battery is DD> pretty obviously shot. So a new example is on the way from Amazon. DD> Just U$20 .... she's a pretty good sister so she's worth that. Bv)= It'll help you stay in touch with her. DD> 8<----- CHOP ----->B DD> Title: Crabby Corn Chowder DD> Categories: Seafood, Potatoes, Vegetables, Chilies, Dairy DD> Yield: 3 Servings RH> Looks good but sadly, one we can't do because of Steve's corn allergy. DD> I had quite forgotten about that. My good friend, Les, has an allergy DD> to fresh tomatoes. Cooked are OK. Which is a good thing since he is an DD> ICS Grand Master Chilli Cook. RH> AFAIK, I've no food allergies. I've had to cook for groups, taking RH> allergies into consideration, so I appreciate it if I'm told about them RH> ahead of time (even before grocery shopping). DD> My only allergies are to banananananas and marijuana (which got me RH> out DD> of the 1960s pretty well intact). And I abhor bologna - but RH> that's DD> self inflicted. But it still triggers my gag reflex. RH> Sounds like me with peanut butter, coffee, coconut and marischino RH> cherries. (G) DD> When you get your hands back in working order you may want to try this DD> for one of your church fund raisers. Georgia (my sister) used this RH> We don't fund raise outside of the church body as a general rule. Since RH> we joined, the church has had 2 yard sales open to the public, the last RH> one was about 5 years ago. DD> Chilli Suppers are big around here ... not surprising since the DD> legislature designated Springfield as the "Chilli Capital of the DD> Civilized Universe". Not a surprise. Western NY usually made chowder--I know it had chicken in it but don't remember other meats. At one time my mom had a copy of the recipe Dad's family used but it vanished into a black hole before I could make a copy of it. My brother has the family chowder pot but AFAIK, it's just taking up space in his garage. DD> Pancake and Sausage breakfasts are a big deal as well. Went to one 2 DD> Sundays ago, And I'll hit another next Sunday. Waiting for the DD> announcement of the Italian-American War Veterans pancake and DD> (Italian) sausage breakfast. Bit of a different flavour for breakfast. Sounds good. The Legion and Auxillary do a pancake breakfast once a month as a fundraiser & the VFW has a chuck wagon (burgers and hot dogs) they take to community events as their major fund raiser. DD> recipe 10 fold in a fund-raiser for the local (to her) "Save the Opera DD> House" DD> drive. They did 8 ounce bowls and ran out of chilli. Bv)= They also RH> Might be something for VFW or AL/ALA to consider however. DD> had Michael Loo to do a violin recital - which went over as well as DD> the chilli. The old Opera House was saved (and refurbished). RH> Michael's not around for a recital any more so we'd have to get another RH> source for "dinner music"--probably easy enough to do with the seminary RH> and college in town. DD> Have you got a "youth" symphony or band? Those seem to go over well. There's a youth choir in town, don't know about instrumental music but wouldn't be surprised if there is one. DD> Title: Italian Sausage (Mild or Hot) DD> Categories: Pork, Herbs, Chilies DD> Yield: 3 Pounds Looks good. Might be something to try making one of these days (years). (G) --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... Computers run on smoke. They stop when it leaks out. --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .