Subj : Losing Out was: Chicken S
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sun Jul 09 2023 13:31:06

Hi Dave,

 RH> I try to keep things in logical spots but somebody else seems to have a
 RH> different logic to himself as to where some things should go.  When we
 RH> were in HI, some friends helped me unpack the kitchen after I broke my
 RH> elbow just after moving in to post housing. Later on, I went thru,
 RH> organising the shelves and making lists of what was in each cabinet,
 RH> top or bottom shelf. Taped those lists to the inside cabinet door--a
 RH> big help in finding things over the next 5 years or so. Did it again in
 RH> Savannah but haven't in either place in WF.

 DD> Fortunately I've not had to do that. If I had more cabinet space, then
 DD> perhaps.

It helps when you move multiple times, especially after you've spent a
long time in one place. We were in AZ 8 years before going to HI, 5 1/2
in HI before going to GA. Lots of time to become familiar with what was
where. But, I still occaisionally look for something where it was in a
(sometimes several) place(s) past. (G)

 DD>  found them. Now, if I could just cure this pack-rat tendencies.
 DD>  Bv)=

 RH> I hear you there. I make flannel baby quilts so a friend who is moving
 RH> texted me yesterday offering some as she cleans out her stash. I texted
 RH> back "yes" so will have to find room to stow it.

 DD> I'm assuming patchwork here (yeah, I know). Will the bounty be
 DD> "organised" as to size/material/pattern/colour ot judt boxed/bagged in
 DD> bulk?

At present I don't know. We're out of town for another week so will find
out when we get home.

 DD> gets misplaced, or falls out of its pocket in my trousers I sometimes
 DD> have to resort to calling it from my land-line phone and listen for
 DD> thw ring tone.  Bv)=

 RH> I hear that! We've had nothing but cell phones since we came back from
 RH> HI in fall of 2006. Every so often one of us will misplace our phone
 RH> and the other person will have to call it. Doesn't happen a lot but
 RH> it's handy to have the other phone. I don't think we've had a
 RH> "misplacement" while one or the other of us has been out of the house
 RH> tho.

 DD> During the recent power outaage I tried to use my land liene phone to
 DD> make a call and it told me "No power to base station". So I had to get

Can't with a cordless as I found out some years back.


 DD> the old desk phone that I kept and find a telephone jack to plug it
 DD> in. Then it worked fine .... the telephone company has its own power
 DD> source.

And a privatly owned telephone company (where I grew up) has its own
quirks. Wasn't until I was in 4th, maybe 5th grade that they got rid of
the operator except for long distance calls; that took several more
years before we could dial it ourselves.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


.... Junk: stuff we throw away.  Stuff: junk we keep.

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