Subj : Old Tyme Radio
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Jun 18 2022 17:19:39

Hi Dave,

 DD> I use OTR as entertainment that doesn't require constant attention nor
 DD> concentration. The Lum & Abner episodes are 15 minutes long (mostly)
 DD> and don't tackle any "heavy" subjects.

 RH> Thing is, with the older shows, I need to give it most of my attention
 RH> to catch everything. Part of that may be from just listening to it in
 RH> the truck, outside noises do make it harder to hear. Still, when using
 RH> a knife to cut up stuff for supper (last night was red bell pepper,
 RH> onion and mushroom, sauteed, then chicken apple sausage (precooked)
 RH> added in), I want to be able to concnetrate on that. I served the above
 RH> with brown rice, dessert was ice cream at Lumpy's (in town place, he
 RH> makes all his own, including extracts, etc used, part of the 2019
 RH> picnic).

 DD> See above - it's entertainment not "education". It shouldn't require

You need to be able to hear the jokes to laugh at them. (G)

 DD> "concentration" (an early Hugh Downs TeeVee game show).

I watched it when I was young, at my grandmother's house.


 DD> Radio then jazz or classic rock.

 RH> We have enough other sounds in the house--Steve's radios, 3 chiming
 RH> clocks, a cuckoo clock, etc........

 DD> Living on a busy thoroughfare I use radio as "white noise".

Our street is semi busy, depends on the time of day. There's a large
Catholic church with associated school several blocks away; trying to
get out after mass has let out is almost impossible. Don't need a white
noise for traffic but I do use one to block most everything else out.

 DD> Interestingly - Lum and Abner was modelled on Waters, Arkansas where
 DD> Chester Lauck (Lum) and Norris Goff (Abner) grew up. That town is now
 DD> named "Pine Ridge" because of the radio show.

 RH> Anywhere near Dogpatch? (G)

 DD> Dogpatch USA is/was located in NW Arkansas south of Branson, MO. The
 DD> originator of Dogpatch, Al Capp, never specified a location for his
 DD> mythical town - and I had always thought it would most likely be in
 DD> Eastern Kentucky/West Virginia.

Sounds logical for there but Arkansas is just as 'hillbilly" in spots...


 DD>       Title: Li'l Abner's Pork Chops
 DD>  Categories: Five, Pork, Vegetables, Citrus
 DD>       Yield: 4 Servings

 DD>       4    (6 - 8 oz ea) pork chops;
 DD>            - bone-in or boneless
 DD>       1 lg Onions; peeled, thick sliced
 DD>       4 sl Lemon
 DD>            Ketchup
 DD>            Brown sugar

Easy enough to do tho I've never been a fan of ketchup on pork chops.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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.... Mind... Mind... Let's see, I had one of those around here someplace.

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