Subj : Pensions was: Commodity cheese-Deux [1] To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Fri Dec 15 2023 16:04:57 Hi Dave, 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. DD> I know. For my first (left eye) cataract I was in "twilight" DD> anasthesia and could see and hear what was happening. I reversed what DD> many do and DD> asked for a "close up" lens rather than long distance. I've worn DD> glasses since I was 14 for myopia. And since they were'nt doing both DD> (two years ago) I'd have had schizophrenic glasses. Bv)= I've worn glasses (mostly for the left eye) since I was 9. The right eye has always been almost perfect but they put in a bit of astigmatism correction as well as the bit to bring it to 20/20. When they did my cataracts, they did the right eye first so I could continue wearing my perscription glasses until the left eye was done. After the left eye was done, I had a couple weeks of them settling down before getting the readers, always had the 2.00 strength. 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. DD> I just have SSI and what I make at the Zone. My brother, on the other DD> hoof gets SSI, union (Pipefitters) pension as well as a school board DD> pension. And his wife get SSI and a school board pension. They are DD> very "comfortable". Bv)= Sounds like he'd doingwell in his retirement. 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. DD> Follow on to the Henry "Yellow Boy" - a Winchester kever action in DD> .32/40 calibre. nice! 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. The dentist did a good job with them; the VA in our area said that he was the best for that in the area. Neither of my parents had any problems with things like apples, corn on the cob, pop corn, etc tho Mom used a water pik as she got older. DD> Never had braces or a bridge. Went straight to falsies. I had braces as an adult, took care of some issues but not 100%. Still have occaisional problems with TMJ. 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. DD> They were thick on our farm. They and the raccoons could do major DD> damage to a field of corn. Granddad used to use leg traps to catch the DD> unwary. One of our daily things was to check the trap line and he's DD> dipatch the catch with his pistol then reset the snare. One day we DD> started around DD> the corner of the corn crib and he stopped short. Tald me, "Run back DD> to the house and bring me the rifle." Seems there was a skunk in the DD> trap. And don't do anything to startle the skunk! We had them around our area as well and every so often our dogs would provoke them just enough to get sprayed. Their other nemisis was porcupines--dogs would come home with a muzzle full of quills. DD> Title: French Fried Skunk DD> Categories: Game, Dairy, Chilies DD> Yield: 5 Servings I'll pass on this one, thank you. (G) --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... There cannot be a crisis today; my schedule is already full. --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .