Subj : Pensions was: Commodity cheese-Deux To : Ruth Haffly From : Dave Drum Date : Fri Dec 15 2023 07:31:13 -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=- 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. RH> So, more visits to the eye doctors. Cataracts are a simple surgery RH> these days; I had both of my eyes done in 2020. Steve will probably RH> have one eye done next year, not sure about the 2nd one. I know. For my first (left eye) cataract I was in "twilight" anasthesia and could see and hear what was happening. I reversed what many do and asked for a "close up" lens rather than long distance. I've worn glasses since I was 14 for myopia. And since they were'nt doing both (two years ago) I'd have had schizophrenic glasses. Bv)= 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. RH> All important reasons. My sewing income is very sporadic; I call it my RH> "Pin Money", not needed to keep the household running and food on the RH> table. Steve gets military retirement, disability and Social Security; RH> I just get the Social Security as steady income. I just have SSI and what I make at the Zone. My brother, on the other hoof gets SSI, union (Pipefitters) pension as well as a school board pension. And his wife get SSI and a school board pension. They are very "comfortable". Bv)= 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) RH> I'll get back into shooting well--have only done target shooting. My RH> family wasn't into hunting tho my younger brother tried it for a while. RH> I believe he only got one deer in years of trying and one bear--with RH> his truck. Dad had friends that hunted (including the man that RH> developed the Hunter Safety course) and every so often, one would drop RH> 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 $$$$. RH> Must have been a good one--a Henry? One of the guns Steve inherited RH> from his father is a flintlock. Follow on to the Henry "Yellow Boy" - a Winchester kever action in .32/40 calibre. 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. RH> I know, I think most people do respect others and remove themselves RH> from the presence of people before taking their teeth out. My mom had RH> several bridges, dad had one or two also but they always kept them in RH> except for cleaning. It always looked like they had a full mouth of RH> real teeth until you looked closer and saw the hardware. Never had braces or a bridge. Went straight to falsies. DD> Title: Country-Style Groundhog DD> Categories: Game DD> Yield: 6 Servings RH> Kill one and 7 come to its funeral according to John Burroughs. Don't RH> see many around here but used to see a lot where I grew up. Hmmmm, come RH> to think about it, haven't seen so many up there recently. They were thick on our farm. They and the raccoons could do major damage to a field of corn. Granddad used to use leg traps to catch the unwary. One of our daily things was to check the trap line and he's dipatch the catch with his pistol then reset the snare. One day we started around the corner of the corn crib and he stopped short. Tald me, "Run back to the house and bring me the rifle." Seems there was a skunk in the trap. MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: French Fried Skunk Categories: Game, Dairy, Chilies Yield: 5 Servings 2 Skunks; skinned, cleaned 1 tb Salt Water to cover 2 c Bear fat or lard 2 Egg yolks; beaten 3 c Milk or cream 1 1/2 c Flour 1/2 ts Salt 1 ts Cayenne 2 tb Baking powder Clean and wash the skunks, making sure that the scent glands are removed. Cut up into small serving pieces. Put a soup kettle on the stove and add the meat. Cover with cold water and bring to a boil over high heat. Lower the heat and boil until the meat is tender, about 40 min. Remove all the scum that rises to the surface. Make a batter by mixing together the egg yolks, milk, flour, salt, cayenne and baking powder. Mix real good until the batter is about like cake batter. Heat the bear fat or lard in a deep fryer to about 360ºF. Dip the pieces of skunk in the batter and then fry them until golden brown. Drain well and serve. Yum, yum. Recipe By: "Indian Cookin'" - Herb Walker From: http://www.recipesource.com Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM .... Signs: On a Septic Tank Truck in Oregon: Yesterday's Meals on Wheels. --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (1:18/200) .