Subj : Cramping [1] To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Tue May 14 2024 16:01:58 Hi Dave, RH> Sadly tho, most of us don't have the body strength to fight off RH> trouble. I do have a couple of other ways to fight off trouble tho. (G) DD> Brute force generally doesn't win the day. Cleverness and subtlety can DD> go a long toward assuring a desiered outcome. Bv)= Most of the time, yes, but there are some poeple that don't respond well to that and brute force is the only thing that will work. DD> 8<----- EDIT ----->8 RH> Still, nice to know it's still a working farm. Would you, if interested RH> be able to buy a couple of acres on the "back 40" and do a bit of crop RH> raising? DD> Probably not right there - but, surely near by. I had, at one time a DD> wish to buy the woods surrounding the family cemetery and build my DD> retirement home there. At 82 I fear the time has passed and that isn't DD> likely to happen. Even if I hit the Powerball lottery. RH> Sigh! We've debated moving out west--closer to daughters and grandkids RH> but the the longer we stay in NC, the less likely I think we'll do it. RH> We're tied to the east coast for now, still have one living parent. RH> Steve also likes the medical care we're able to get here between the VA RH> and all the other providers we (I) see. DD> I know all about inertia and comfort zones. Bv)= I know, the longer we stayed in one place with the military, the harder it was to pack up and move on. We always joined a local church (in Germany, European Baptist Convention--English speaking churchs on the economy) so we could intergrate into the local community as well as the military community. Made a lot of good friends that way. RH> Sigh! We got the milk in glass bottles until our family grew to 5 kids. RH> Then the milk man suggested my folks buy 5 gallon boxes (milk was in a RH> plastic bag, accessed by a hose about 12" long attached, with a stopper RH> at the other end) instead of so many bottles. Mom would decant milk RH> the stopper and get it in to the proper depth. Yet, at that, it was RH> easier than trying to open a #10 can on a wall mounted Swing Away can RH> opener. (G) DD> OY! That was the same size as they deliver to food service places to DD> put in their milk dispensers. We never got those. But we did get 1 DD> gallon DD> cartons ... which were enough of a bear for kidlets to handle. Saved having to have fridge space for so many bottles or cartons. When my folks had to buy milk at the grocery store, they'd go for the gallon jugs, even for just the 2 of them. Guess they got used to having big containers of milk on hand. (G) DD> But I see that Dutch Farms (cheese makers) is working on buying the DD> wreck and reviving it. They also sell pre-made stuff in the take it DD> and bake it category. My local Ruler Foods (Kroger) and County DD> Market carry the cheese and the frozen entrees. I've tried their DD> Chicken Cordon Bleu and it's OK. But, I still prefer mine. Bv)= RH> Good that hopefully it's being revived--teach another generation that RH> milk doesn't always come in cardboard cartons. RH> We're going to be in an Amish region for the next week; Steve was RH> noticing all the cheese places when he checked out the area on line RH> earlier today. DD> It took me some time before I realised that Amish and Pennsylvania DD> Dutch were nearly identical cuisines. Bv)= RH> Because they are one and the same, Pennsylvania Dutch being the RH> umbrella term for the Amish, Mennonite and other sects of similar RH> persuasion. DD> Mennonite - Amish with a car. We're seeing a lot of bikes, both electric and old fashioned pedal power, around here. It's very hilly country so the electric bikes are much more practical. RH> I'd enjoy it but Steve wouldn't because of the corn. We're very strict RH> label readers now, even more so than before he was aware of the problem RH> with corn. DD> Sorry, I forget sometimes. I'm glad I'm not allergic to corn. DD> Bananananas are my only food allergy. Which is OK with me as I don't DD> care for them anyway. I inherited the allergy from my mother who was DD> also allergic to strawberries. DD> Thank providence that allergy missed me. I really likes me strawbs. I don't have any food allergies, just some strong dislikes. Strawberries are not in that grouping tho. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... If you think you are confused now, wait until I explain it! --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .