Subj : Sweetning was: Coffee
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Wed Jun 19 2024 19:52:50

Hi Dave,

 DD> to serve tooth-achingly sweet iced tea - which I abhorred. I do,

 RH> We adopted a descriptive phrase we heard on "Star Trek; The Next
 RH> Generation" to desscribe something super sweet--Tooth Itching.

 DD> Asd me and the boob tube are not good friends I missed that.

This was sometime in the 90s, back when we were in AZ. Steve is a sci-fi
fan and enjoyed this show.


 DD> sometimes, in the cold months add a little honey to my cuppa. Never
 DD> sugar.

 RH> We keep both honey and raw sugar on hand for sweetening, no white sugar
 RH> in the house. The raw adds just a hint of a molasses taste.

 DD> I keep sugar for recipes where it's called for. But a pound of C&H
 DD> lasts a looooooooong time. You probably couldn't use my molasses
 DD> substitute
 DD> which I pick up at the Illinois Products Farmer's Market - sorghum.
 DD> It's a cousin of maize (corn) ans might trigger Steve's allergy.

Actually we got a pint bottle of it several years ago and he used it in
his coffee with no apparant side effects. Guess it was a small enough
amount at any one time so as to not affect him.


 DD>      8<----- SLICE ----->8

 DD> My go-to watch/clock guy fell off his twig several years ago. But
 DD> there is a local (and thriving) clock company with a repair department
 DD> that I am told does good work. I'm all digital these days having given
 DD> my last (heirloom) clock to my brother and sister-in-law. A pixture of
 DD> one just like it is here https://tinyurl.com/OLD-CLOX

 RH> We use a local guy who's 3rd generation clock/watch repair man. I
 RH> inherited another clock that was my grandparents, plus we have a
 RH> couckoo clock we bought in Germany that have all visited him at one
 RH> time or another. We've got 2 other chiming clocks, plus a few digital
 RH> ones; we like the sound of a chiming clock in the house. Anyway, this
 RH> guy told us how to prepare a grandfather clock for transporting; my
 RH> sister and brother ignored Steve when he passed on the information and
 RH> now the grandfather clock that was my great grand, grand and parent's
 RH> clock doesn't work. She doesn't have the $$$ to fix it either so it's
 RH> just taking up room in her house, sad.

 DD> AFAIK if you immobilise the pendulum and tie the shime tubes together
 DD> you should be good to go as long as you use reasonable caution in the
 DD> handling.

Take offf the tubes, wrap the chains and transport it upright were the 3
basic things to keep in mind. Don't recall what else. I suspect my
brother transported it for them, in his pick up truck, lying flat.

 DD> People like that who think they know more than the guy who wrote the
 DD> book, get little sympathy from me. It's on their shoulders.

 RH> Yes but it's a shame to know the clock is just sitting there, a big
 RH> dust catcher. It has the old tubular, very mellow chimes. We'd have
 RH> taken it if we had the room but don't so...........

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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