Subj : T-Raffic [1] To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Fri Sep 15 2023 13:11:44 Hi Dave, RH> It's not that easy on that street/road. It's a lot easier to go down to RH> the other end, just add a few minutes to your trip. Town just started a RH> study of the road from the major north/south road to the major RH> intersection about half a mile from our street but it really needs to RH> extend the study. The road is 2 lanes either way, with a turning lane RH> (and a light at that intersection) but goes down to a one lane either RH> way, no turning lane after the light. Stop signs on side streets like RH> ours tho. DD> Well, it helps to know where you can benefit by that move. When I was Yes, and knowing when to avoid peak times on the main street. Going out for Wednesday night prayer meeting we have to time our getting to the intersection just right to avoid a long line of traffic--people turning off of Capital Blvd to get home. Sometimes someone will stop and wave us to make the turn--they may have spotted us from some distance as the road is straight for a ways and taken pity on us patiently waiting. DD> a hub delivery driver I wrote up the short cuts and "work arounds" DD> that I had discovered for each route.. And I often help out hub DD> delivery folk from the new hub (customers, too) with the easiest way DD> to get to the DD> next store. I'm sure all the new folks appreciate it. We used the GPS quite a bit our first few months in WF until we got familiar with where our favorite stores were. DD> Your town sounds like it need a traffic engineer with a favourite DD> auntie who lives on your street. Bv)= That would help but I don't see it happening. Maybe if she's bribed with a jar of home made fig preserves.................. DD> Springfield has a full time traffic engineering department that really DD> works to make traffic flow smoothly and evenly. For instance they have DD> the lights on the "one-way" streets timed so that if one "makes" the DD> first light and drives couple MPH under the posted speed limit you can DD> cruise right along and not have to stop to wait for a green light. In DD> most situations. Rush hours or events getting over can affect things. I've seen that in other places but it doesn't seem to exsist in WF. It does seem like every time we're running the least bit late for something, the lights are all red. (G) DD> 8<----- JUMP SHIFT ----->8 DD> True dat. Or the morning after the first serious frost. RH> About when do you have your first frost? Ours may come in late October RH> or early November; in AZ we got it around Thanksgiving. DD> Ours is predicted to be around Columbus Day - used to be around DD> German- American Day (06 October) which is also National Noodle Day. DD> But, that old "non-existent" climate change is giving us earlier DD> springs and later falls. RH> We had them as early as mid August some years when I grew up. Don't RH> know if they've shifted later, not in contact with my brother to find RH> out. They usually came in early September--I can remember being told to RH> go out (with my siblings) and pick all the green tomatoes (to ripen RH> inside) before the frost got to them. DD> We're in the middle of September and in the midwest I'm looking at a DD> current temp of 42-|F. I'm also looking for a light jacket. Bv)= I start looking when it drops below 65. DD> Title: Fried Green Tomato Hornworms DD> Categories: Five, RH> Exotics, Vegetables, Herbs DD> Yield: 8 Servings RH> I'll pass on those, not into eating that kind of bug, thank you. DD> I've eaten them a couple times when I was in the Boy Sprouts. Kind DD> like crinkle-cut French fries in form and crunchy witout much flavour DD> unless you've dipped them in catsup or tartar sauce of similar. It was DD> a typical "Dare you to eat this" situation that youngsters often get DD> up to. RH> More often a boy thing than a girl thing. (G) DD> Actually one of the times was instigated by Girl Sprouts from Camp DD> Widgiwagen on the other side of the cove that Camp Illiniwek shared DD> with them. Surprisingly--did they partake of the hookworms or just dare you guys to? DD> Speaking of National Noodle Day - here's one of my favourite noodle DD> accompaniments .... DD> Title: Roasted Pistachio Pesto DD> Categories: Herbs, Nuts, Citrus, Cheese DD> Yield: 16 Tablespoon RH> Interesting to try. Steve has used radish leaves and stems when we've RH> gotten radishes with the leaves/stems still on at the farmer's market. DD> Today is National Linguine day - check the recipes I've posted to mark DD> the event. All tried (at least once) by your's truly. Substitute as DD> you widh for the white wine ingredient call-outs. I find that apple DD> juice/cider DD> or chicken broth make acceptable (to me) subs since I don't keep wne DD> in the place. I saw them--might try one or two when I've had an otherwise low carb week. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... Multitask: make twice the mistakes in 1/2 the time. --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .