Subj : Hamming was:Cooking Basi To : Daryl Stout From : Dave Drum Date : Thu Mar 03 2022 04:51 am -=> Daryl Stout wrote to Dave Drum <=- DD> My house-mate is a Hambone. His "shack" is in a corner of the living DD> room. I used to was - but haven't picked up a mike nor tapped a key in DD> dogs years. My call was K9DDQ .... may still be. I dunno if good old DD> Uncle Charlie re-assigns or not. Seeing the newer calls I'm going to DD> assume - not. DS> Once your license is expired more than 2 years, your call goes back DS> into the "unused pool". Then, it can be snagged by someone wanting a DS> vanity call. I looked it up, and your former call shows as "not being DS> in the FCC database". So, you lost your callsign and privileges when DS> your license was expired more than 2 years. Confusers have pretty much replaced radios as my hobby. I do note cars driving around my area with elabourate antennae clamped to the bumper, or in one case, mounted on a receiver hitch where a tow-bar/hitch ball for a trailer would normally reside. I dunno about other states - but Illinois allows using your call sign as your vehicle licence number. I do note some of those around my area. 8<----- MUCH GOOD INFO SNIPPED ----->b DD> Nancy was a neat lady - who used to come to Cooking Echo picnics - DD> which were once an annual "thing". She also played a mean game of DD> Scrabble. DS> She did that on my BBS. Sean Dennis, KS4TD (he's also an amateur DS> radio operator) dedicated the game of Scrabble on his BBS to her DS> memory. Be nice when he gets the Scrabble door ported to his current BBS sox. I've already challenged him to a game. Bv)= DD> When she passed, Richard let me know "you've lost a Scrabble partner". DS> The one thing I remember most was her sense of humor. In one QWK Mail DS> tagline, I noted "I took an IQ test, and the results were negative". DS> Her reply was "That explains a lot. ". She said she hoped I DS> wasn't offended by that, and I told her "I got a good laugh out of DS> that". She is sorely missed. Yeah, I know. We lost a Scrabble player, Richard lost a life partner. MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Ham 'N Apple Shepherd's Pie Categories: Potatoes, Pork, Fruits, Vegetables Yield: 6 Servings 2 c Potatoes; mashed/whipped 5 c Ham; trimmed, diced 5 Tart cooking apples; cored, - peeled, diced 2 Sweet onions (Vidalia, 1080, - or Walla Walla) chopped 1 1/2 oz Env dry onion soup mix 1 tb Chicken soup base; GFS or - Minor's 1 c Hot water 3 tb Butter; melted Set oven to 350ºF/175ºC. Dissolve onion soup mix and chicken base cube in hot water to form broth. Set aside. In a large, deep baking dish, arrange alternate layers of ham and apples, sprinkling each layer with onions and reserved onions and broth. Cover with mashed potatoes. Brush with melted butter. Bake at for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until potatoes are browned and dish is heated through. Serve hot w/steamed vegetables on side. Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen MMMMM .... "But are they made from real Girl Scouts?" -- Wednesday Addams --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: SouthEast Star Mail HUB - SESTAR (1:3634/12) .