Subj : Re: Crampers To : Ruth Haffly From : Dave Drum Date : Fri Apr 21 2023 16:55:00 -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=- RH> Easier for one person to do it than 2. DD> Oh, I dunno. Other than potty breaks. The second person can saw logs DD> whilst the driver steers the thing. RH> I usually stay awake to act as a back up pair of eyes. The second RH> stroke took away part of Steve's vision; he can still drive but it RH> helps to have the second set of eyes in certain situations. We've had RH> several times when the extra eyes have averted a bad situation. DD> I guess I'm just used to the Seven League Boots driving from being a DD> long haul trucker. But that had its pitfalls as well. Bv)= RH> Long haul truckers are used to spending hours on the road; we prefer to RH> do the shorter trips. We also stop more often, just to move around a RH> little and get the circulation going. Hopefully that will prevent any RH> more long haul sitting possiblities of another stroke. Got to do what you can to shift the odds to your favour. DD> There is a wrecker service in the expended family. If the tyres will DD> air up - Uncle Joe has big compressors on his big service/tow truck. RH> That's a help. Now that we've got a dual axle camper, we've got 4 tires RH> there, 4 on the truck to replace. The wheels on the new camper are RH> underneath the body so the potential for more damage is there if they RH> should blow. Last year when one blew on the R-Pod (single axle, RH> outboard wheels), it was on the passenger side, took the fender with it RH> but otherwise, minor damage. We'd just passed the entrance to a truck RH> weigh station but the shoulder was wide enough for Steve to pull off RH> and change to the spare. Fender was a goner, UDOT (Utah DOT) truck RH> found it and stopped in back of us just after Steve finished the change RH> to let us know he had it. I asked Phil what he was going to do with the old Winnie as he was providing transport for me to come home from hospital. His comment was "It's too good to junk and not worth spending a lot on." He's going to enquire among the extended family. DD> I've always had good luck with General and/or Firestone-Bridgestone DD> tires. And abysmal bad fortune any time I've been saddled with DD> Michelins. You, of course, will do as you will. Just a bit of DD> experience talking. RH> I'm not sure what brand of tires Steve got on the camper but the next RH> day after the blow out, he got a matched set of brand new tires. We put RH> maybe 5,000 miles on them before we traded the camper. RH> Bojangles (a fried chicken chain here in the south) makes blueberry RH> biscuits. We've stopped there a few times but prefer Popeye's. DD> I've done a drive-by on Bojangles. I'm with you on Popeyes (no DD> apostrophe) for any of my take-away chicken needs. DD> I did notice that the "Tuesday Special" has jumped a dollar from the DD> old U$1.19. Still a deal, though. They are also offering a blueberry DD> and cream cheese individual pie - similar to Mickey D's. RH> I think everything has gone up, even at dollar stores. DD> Our Dollar Tree is still called that. But there's a big sign in their DD> window with that says "$1.25 for most items." RH> I've not been to any of our local dollar stores (have several in WF) RH> recently. Saw on the news that some are carrying a bit more fresh meat, RH> produce, etc in areas that would otherwise be food deserts; the dollar RH> store in the town where I grew up did that after a hurrricane took out RH> the only grocery store and NYC gave them a major hassle about RH> rebuilding. They finally rebuilt, in the same area (a flood plain) but RH> probably won't be able to rebuild the next time a storm takes them out. DD> I told a customer at the parts store the other day when he remarked DD> about the price of his parts "Nothing goes down any more but the DD> left-front DD> tire on your car." He nodded his head and smiled as DD> he removed his card from the credit card machine. RH> We did well in that the tire that blew out on the camper was the RH> passenger side and the shoulder was wide enough that we could pull RH> completly off the road. Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield. DD> Title: Pioneer Woman Million Dollar Dip DD> Categories: Cheese, Nuts, Chilies, Vegetables, Pork DD> Yield: 10 servings RH> I've seen a few of her tv shows, not really impressed. Also seen her RH> line of kitchen/cook ware in the stores--have yet to buy any. (G) I wasn't overly impressed with any part of that marketing exercise. Still, the base recipes are decent. But keep in mind a million bucks isn't what it used to was. Sometimes it's just all green and wrinkly. MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Million-Dollar Chicken Casserole Categories: Poultry, Dairy, Cheese, Breads, Vegetables Yield: 8 servings 4 oz Cream cheese; softened 1/2 c Sour cream 10 1/2 oz Can cream of chicken soup; - undiluted 1/2 ts Onion powder 1/2 ts Garlic powder 4 c Shredded cooked chicken 1 c Cottage cheese 25 Ritz crackers; crushed 3 tb Butter; melted 2 Green onions; chopped Set oven @ 350ºF/175ºC. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sour cream until smooth. Beat in soup, onion powder and garlic powder. Stir in chicken and cottage cheese. Transfer to a greased 9-in. square baking dish. Combine crackers and butter; sprinkle over casserole. Bake, uncovered, until heated through, 25-30 minutes. Sprinkle with green onions. Taste of Home Test Kitchen Makes: 8 servings RECIPE FROM: https://www.tasteofhome.com Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM .... 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