Subj : Cramping [1] To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Sun May 12 2024 15:42:49 Hi Dave, DD> weater, and rolling uot my sleeping bag. RH> Easier (and generally safer) for a guy to do than a girl. DD> Oh, I dunno. If you go by stereotypes - then yes, you're right. But DD> I've known - and dated - some women/girls who could hold their own DD> against nearly anyone wanting to cause them problems. RH> Yes, but overall, girls aren't as tough as guys. I've met a few tough RH> girls/women in my life, also some not so tough boys/men. DD> It doesn't take all kinds, There simply are all kinds. Women, on the DD> whole, are tougher and more resilient than guys. Sadly tho, most of us don't have the body strength to fight off trouble. I do have a couple of other ways to fight off trouble tho. (G) DD> 8<----- EDIT ----->8 RH> Still, nice to know it's still a working farm. Would you, if interested RH> be able to buy a couple of acres on the "back 40" and do a bit of crop RH> raising? DD> Probably not right there - but, surely near by. I had, at one time a DD> wish to buy the woods surrounding the family cemetery and build my DD> retirement home there. At 82 I fear the time has passed and that isn't DD> likely to happen. Even if I hit the Powerball lottery. Sigh! We've debated moving out west--closer to daughters and grandkids but the the longer we stay in NC, the less likely I think we'll do it. We're tied to the east coast for now, still have one living parent. Steve also likes the medical care we're able to get here between the VA and all the other providers we (I) see. RH> I remember the locally owned grocery store having delivery service but RH> not the 2 chain stores. We did have a local chicken farmer who RH> sold/delivered eggs weekly plus a milk man that stopped by twice a RH> week. DD> We used to get milk deliveries from a local dairy .... but that was 60 DD> or more years ago when milk was still in glass bottles. I see that the DD> last delivering dairy in Illinois (Oberweis) has filed for bankruptcy DD> and laid off a couple hundred workers. Sad. Sigh! We got the milk in glass bottles until our family grew to 5 kids. Then the milk man suggested my folks buy 5 gallon boxes (milk was in a plastic bag, accessed by a hose about 12" long attached, with a stopper at the other end) instead of so many bottles. Mom would decant milk into a pitcher; I had to do it the first 3 years she was in summer school. That was a pain, especially co-ordinating pinching off the hose when the pitcher was full and putting the plug into the hose. Had to set the pitcher down without spilling any milk from the hose, then grab the stopper and get it in to the proper depth. Yet, at that, it was easier than trying to open a #10 can on a wall mounted Swing Away can opener. (G) DD> But I see that Dutch Farms (cheese makers) is working on buying the DD> wreck and reviving it. They also sell pre-made stuff in the take it DD> and bake it category. My local Ruler Foods (Korger) and County Market DD> carry the cheese and the frozen entrees. I've tried their Chicken DD> Cordon Bleu and it's OK. But, I still prefer mine. Bv)= Good that hopefully it's being revived--teach another generation that milk doesn't always come in cardboard cartons. RH> We're going to be in an Amish region for the next week; Steve was RH> noticing all the cheese places when he checked out the area on line RH> earlier today. DD> It took me some time before I realiksed that Amish and Pennsylvania DD> Dutch were nearly identical cuisines. Bv)= Because they are one and the same, Pennsylvania Dutch being the umbrella term for the Amish, Mennonite and other sects of similar persuasion. DD> Title: Amish Chicken Corn Soup DD> Categories: Poultry, Vegetables, Pasta DD> Yield: 12 servings I'd enjoy it but Steve wouldn't because of the corn. We're very strict label readers now, even more so than before he was aware of the problem with corn. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... Growing old is mandatory... growing up is optional. --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .