Subj : Presents was:Scones was: To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Sat Oct 12 2024 21:20:48 Hi Dave, DD> it's projected to blow across the peninsula and miss Georgia and South DD> Carolina .... except with the fringes - which can be bad enough. RH> Rip tides, storm surges, winds, all that stuff. A hurricane can reach RH> out over quite a large area, and one this strong can do a lot of damage RH> hundreds of miles from the center of the storm. DD> Don't forget the tornadoes it spawned on the East Coast of Snowbird DD> land. Saw that, highest number of tornado warnings ever issued in one day by NWS. DD> Many of the systems that bred the killer winds come up through the DD> middle of the country and we have "major" (for our area) DD> thunderstorms. Looking at the track from Milty we may get missed this DD> time. RH> The weather people are talking about high surf and rip tides for the RH> lower coastal area of NC but that's about it. We're still a long way RH> from normal out in the western part of the state. Talking about RH> rebuilding I-40 but need to put down some soil stabilisers where the RH> road is washed out clear up to the median divider. DD> It's going to be an issue - to the point it's appearing in the DD> presidential election ravings. Saw that. DD> I have very few actual cookbooks any longer. I still have "The Taste DD> of Gloucester" cookbook I picked up at one of Michae Loo's "clam DD> crawl" picnics. Not done pounding recipes into the confuser yet. DD> Close, but not done. When I finish I'll find a deserving soul to DD> become the new owner of a fine collection of recipes. RH> I still have a good collection of them and do like to pick up regional RH> ones when we travel. Probably should thin my collection but not yet RH> give the girls an inheritance. (G) DD> Or let them have what *you* want them to have rather than cause DD> acrimony when they split things up after you're gone. When my wife's DD> grandmother fell off her perch we were visiting her granfather's house DD> after the DD> funeral and a bunch of the relatives were discussing who got what DD> plunder. And poor grandpa was sitting, stunned, in his chair. Still DD> numb from the passiong and funeral. I went off on those old biddies DD> for their lack of couth while in front of the poor guy. Made some DD> enemies of the old trouts but friends with their husbands. Bv)= And DD> my mother-in-law since she was in agreement with me. Sometimes some people need to be put in their place, no matter where or when the occaision. Anyway, know one daughter doesn't have cook books, other one has a limited collection. They both rely on the internet for a lot of their recipies. DD> I have my Two Fat Ladies "Obsessions" cookbook already gift-wrapped DD> as a holiday season present for my sister-in-law. RH> Don't forget where you stashed it. (G) DD> Oh, I won't. It's in the pile (already wrapped) with the rest of the DD> gifts I have grabbed over the intervl since last gifting season. It's DD> my usual practice to buy that sort of thing when I spot it and think DD> to myself "I'll bet (insert recipient) would like that". Saves DD> thrashing about at the last minute. Bv)= Good idea there. RH> ... Books are better than TV; they exercise your imagination. DD> True dat! Especially around election time. That's where the mute button on the remote gets a work out. TV is only on for a couple of hours (week days), an hour on week ends but they sure cram a lot of political ads in that time. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... Some are so educated they can bore you on almost any subject --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .