Subj : Re: Traffic To : Ruth Haffly From : Dave Drum Date : Mon Jun 17 2024 06:03:00 -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=- DD> I know about big trucks and tight turns. Learned the hard way. I once DD> was delivering a semi-trailer load of bottles to Anheuser-Bush's home DD> plant in St. Louis and due to directions given by soeone who had never DD> drive a semi on tight streets got in a mess making a turn. Someone had DD> left a VW Beetle parked too close to the corner (illegally) and even DD> though I ran up over the opposite curb the trailer tandems ran over DD> the back of the poor Beetle - which did not do it a lot of good. RH> OOPS! Sounds like what Steve's mom told us some years ago. Back in 1977 RH> a blizzard came thru western NY, National Guard was called out to clear RH> roads. A friend of my MIL had just bought a brand new car but had to RH> abandon it in the heavy snow. Guard vehicle with a plow just ran right RH> over the top of it. My town has "Snow Rules" that are put into effect when heavy snow is expected. Basically there are designated "snow routes" where no parking on the street is allowed. Side streets are not affected ... and get pplowed out later. Cars parked on those streets are subject to being included IN/UNDER the snow bank. DD> I called the nabs and the officers told me I was not in any trouble DD> as the car was parked illegally and to go on and make my delivery. DD> They also gave me a better st of directions for next time and said DD> they would deal with the car's owner. Bv)= RH> Whew! We've had a few close calls but nothing like that. DD> Another trick I've learned for making an exit to the left at a busy DD> intersection is to make a right turn, get to the center lane ASAP then DD> find a parking lot or side street to use as a turn around and re-enter DD> the traffic stream in your originally intended direction. Beats RH> We'd have to go up several blocks to the next light to make a left turn RH> onto the bypasss with the amount of traffic that comes at us from the RH> right sometimes. Every once in a while, somebody will stop and lrt us RH> turn left from Wesst Holding; that is greatly appreciated. DD> I know the words to that song as well. My housemate refuses to back DD> into the driveway so he can pull out onto the busy street like a DD> normal deal. It sometimes takes him 10 minutes (or more) to get out of DD> the drive. RH> Getting out of the driveway isn't bad, it's getting on to the main road RH> that is. Steve usually "combat parks" (backs in so front is facing out) RH> so we can see what's coming. Didn't do it when we first moved to WF at RH> the rental house and somebody came around the corner a bit sharp. RH> Missed us but Steve made it a habit to back in. DD> If there is enough traffic that I must "head-in" to the drive I DD> will back into the yard and get a reorientation done so my car is DD> pointed toward the street. Makes life a whole lot easier. Especially DD> when I have a load of groceries in the trunk. My way puts the freight DD> a lot closer to the door. RH> Helps to be able to unload closer to the kitchen. We have the camper in RH> the driveway so can't get too close. Kitchen is at the back of the RH> house so no matter what, have some distance to go with groceries. I have to go through the front room, the common (dining) room at the center of the house then into the kitchen. Or take the sidewalk across the front of the house, open the gate, and go halfway down that side to the back door which opens off the kitchen. Sometimes that two-wheel dolly comes in very handy. DD> When I lived in Inglewood, Califunny I hung aroung with a bunch of DD> air- craft engineers and student aircraft engineers for Northrop DD> Instute of Technology. At Halloween one year we were passing out DD> 7 oz cans of soda to the Tricky Treaters. One of the last was a DD> kid dressed as a pirate. DD> Most of the children, feeling something with weight fall into their DD> sack gave a quick "Thanks, mister" and went on to the next house. The DD> pirate kid opened his sack, looked down than said, in a gravelly DD> voice, "You broke my f****ng cookies" before stomping off down the DD> sidewalk. RH> Sounds like the parents didn't do well raising that child. DD> At least WRT acceptable language. Soap and water applied orally is a DD> useful reinforcement tool whan giving a language lesson. RH> True. He's a kid that maybe should have been given a mini pumpkin (G) RH> instead. I hadn't learned about chilies at that point of my existence. But, you're correct. Doubt that it would have taught him anything, though. MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Dark Chocolate Halloween Chip Cookies Categories: Cookies, Chocolate, Snacks, Nuts Yield: 36 servings 1/2 lb Butter; softened 1 c Granulated sugar 1/2 c Light brown sugar 2 lg Eggs 1 ts Vanilla extract 2 1/4 c A-P flour 2/3 c Hershey's special dark cocoa - powder 1 ts Baking soda 1/4 ts Salt 1 c (ea) chocolate and peanut - butter M & Ms Set oven @ 350oF/175oC. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well. Add flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt; mix until combined. Stir in 3/4 cup Halloween candy and 3/4 cup of peanut butter candies into batter; set remaining candies aside. Refrigerate dough 30 minutes. Scoop tablespoons of dough onto baking sheet 2" apart. Top dough with reserved candies. Bake 10 to 12 minutes just until set. Cool on baking sheets 2 minutes, then remove cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. RECIPE FROM: https://www.mrfood.com Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM .... All great discoveries are made by mistake. --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .