Subj : Commodity cheese-Deux To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Wed Dec 13 2023 13:37:39 Hi Dave, RH> But it's good to see you back. I see my eye doctor next week, shouldn't RH> need a new perscription but want to ask about safety glasses for RH> shooting. DD> Visited the ophthalmologist yesterday to see what, if anything, was DD> messed up ... as well as my annual diabetic retinal scan. Found I have DD> an (minor) eye infection in my left eye and a cataract in my right DD> eye. So, more visits to the eye doctors. Cataracts are a simple surgery these days; I had both of my eyes done in 2020. Steve will probably have one eye done next year, not sure about the 2nd one. DD> Meanwhile the vision has come back - distance and mid-range. Bt I'm DD> going to have to have corrective lenses for near vision for the first DD> time in my 81 years. DD> Started back to work yesterday. Going to have to get used to that DD> again. RH> Unless you decide to become a gentleman of leisure. DD> It gets me out and about. Besides the money I make helping oad out my DD> SSI cheques. Plus, I genuinely enjoy helping people. So, whilst it's a DD> job it's not really work. All important reasons. My sewing income is very sporadic; I call it my "Pin Money", not needed to keep the household running and food on the table. Steve gets military retirement, disability and Social Security; I just get the Social Security as steady income. DD> Going to go hunting/foraging for food or just for seld defense. DD> Somehow I can't imagine you shooting for sport or attacking some DD> minority in a hate crime. RH> Some sport (indoor range) but self defense if needed. DD> I used to hunt small game for food and pest control (woodchucks) and I DD> was on my school's rifle team. Shot expert in boot camp - both rifle DD> (Springfield '03) and pistol (M1911 .45 calibre) I'll get back into shooting well--have only done target shooting. My family wasn't into hunting tho my younger brother tried it for a while. I believe he only got one deer in years of trying and one bear--with his truck. Dad had friends that hunted (including the man that developed the Hunter Safety course) and every so often, one would drop off some venison for us. DD> I quit packing several years ago as I could see myself beginng to DD> slide down a slippery slope. RH> Understandable. DD> I don't even own a gun these days. Sold my last rifle to a collector DD> for major $$$$. Must have been a good one--a Henry? One of the guns Steve inherited from his father is a flintlock. DD> So now I find that I have to get a referral from my optometrist due to DD> one of their silly rules. RH> Always a catch with insurance. Our dentist dropped the level of care we RH> had for our insurance so we're switching providers to keep that level. RH> Don't really want to change dentists and he takes the new one at the RH> level we want so................ DD> Fortunately I don't require a dentist RH> I've still got most of my teeth--no wisdom teeth and one of my molars RH> was being reabsorbed from the inside some years ago so it was taken RH> out. Hasn't affected my chewing any. DD> My only hassles with the China Clippers is when I get qa seed or DD> popcorn hull under a plate. Thar requires a trip to the "facility" as DD> I consider whipping out your teeth in company to be both gauche and DD> gross. I know, I think most people do respect others and remove themselves from the presence of people before taking their teeth out. My mom had several bridges, dad had one or two also but they always kept them in except for cleaning. It always looked like they had a full mouth of real teeth until you looked closer and saw the hardware. DD> Title: Country-Style Groundhog DD> Categories: Game DD> Yield: 6 Servings Kill one and 7 come to its funeral according to John Burroughs. Don't see many around here but used to see a lot where I grew up. Hmmmm, come to think about it, haven't seen so many up there recently. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... If your mind goes blank, remember to turn off the sound. --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .