Subj : Groceries To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Tue Jun 14 2022 13:04:41 Hi Dave, DD> I give "Talk" radio a miss. To me it's just a bunch of yammerhead DD> wing- nuts (right-wing or left-wing) evangelising for the "truth" as DD> they see it - and, for the most part, totally clewless. If I'm going RH> Depends on who you listen to but I won't go any further here as this RH> isn't the forum for it. DD> Suffice it to say there is waaaaaaaay too much chaff and precious DD> little wheat. Bv)= Again, depends on your point of view and the program. DD> to listen DD> to talk on my radio I'd rather it be a South Missouri Baptist preacher DD> rasslin' with sin and Satan. That, at least is entertaining. I used to DD> get a powerful AM station from either Springfield or Joplin, Missouri DD> which carried just such every Sunday morning. Bv)= RH> We used to catch J. Vernon McGee from time to time; I think he was out RH> of OK. He was one of those old school h...fire and brimstone preachers. DD> I don't remember the name of this mugg. The only Baptist preacher's He stands out for us--once you've heard him, you'll never forget him. DD> name I remember is the (now retired) Pastor from the local Central DD> Baptist DD> Church - Dr. Adam Baum. He and Rabbi Abromowicz are the ones who got DD> the Interfaith Christmas Breakfast established as a Springfield DD> tradition. He was also the head of our local anti-war group - which DD> given his name led to all manner of crude jokes and japes. I'm not surprised. Makes one wonder if his folks thought it thru went they decided on his name or it was happenstance. Either way, it sounds like he did well, teaming with the rabbi for an interfaith Christmas breakfast. DD> OTOH - the earliest form of audio story telling - Old Time Radio - is RH> We listened to a number of old shows on this current trip, a good one RH> yesterday was Bob Hope with guests Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. DD> Also Fred Allem and Jack Benny. Or Fibber McGee and Molly or Lum & DD> Abner. RH> We've not caught the last one but have heard the others. On the way RH> west, one day we caught a 5 part broadcast. It had originally been RH> broadcast over 5 weeks but they did it back to back for about 2 1/2 RH> hours of an interesting "whodunit". DD> Lum & Abner was a 15 minute radio "sit-com" supposedly broadcast from DD> the "Jot 'em Down" store in the (mythical) town of Pine Ridge, DD> Arkansas. It was the first network program broadcast from Radio City DD> in New York DD> (1933). The first to do a marathon charity broadcast and the first to DD> make a transatlantic "simulcast" with Lum in London and Abner in DD> Chicago. Sounds like quite a team. (G) DD> Here's a link to over 1600 episodes - I dare you to listen to one and DD> not get "hooked". tinyurl.com/LUMNABNER Probably best I not start listening then. Got enough irons in the fire right now--home for a bit but will be up in VT before the end of the month. In the meantime, I picked up a rush alterations job from one of the young men at our church. DD> I used to subscribe to Wegman's e-flyer and compare prices/selection DD> to my local stores' weekly adverts. RH> And your findings were.................? DD> No spectacular differences in pricing - and a whole bunch of good DD> recipes. RH> We do most of our local shopping there. Found an almost as good RH> counterpart in UT, not too far from our daughter's house--Harmon's. As RH> we stayed in a lot of W-M parking lots this trip, we bought a lot of RH> bread and (national brand) lunch meat in the store. It's our way of RH> thanking them for letting us stay there. DD> I see that Harmon's is family-owner and locally centered. They also do DD> decent recipes. DD> Are you back home yet? Got home last Friday afternoon. Unpacked (most of) the camper, took it up for repairs yesterday but will have it back probably by the end of the week. Meanwhile I've got to do a quick alterations job, finalise crafts for VBS and the menu/shopping list for VT, keep up with meals and laundry, etc, etc. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... Are you sure you really want to know that? --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .