Subj : Taxes [1] To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Thu Aug 14 2025 13:59:48 Hi Dave, RH> We either shred or toss into the paper recycle bag. The town issues one RH> can for recycling so we have to co-mingle paper, glass, plastic, etc RH> but until it goes outside, I separate the paper from the rest of it. A DD> Plastic bags go to Hy-Vee's recycling bin to get made into door mats We've got a bag full of bags we need to take to Wegman's or some other, similar place. DD> proceeds. I used to recycle old newspapers - but I'venot had a "print" DD> paper in the house for more than two years. We get a local weekly print paper to keep aware of what's going on in town since we can't get the town cable channel (don't have cable service for the tv). Other than that, I read the Raleigh N&O on line. DD> 8<----- TRIM ----->8 DD> and bought s "wheel" of cheese from them in the fall of the year and DD> made a window box to keep it in. It kept me out of trouble because I DD> spent all of my "mad money" on Ritz crackers rather than things that DD> were no-no at that time and place. RH> Smart kid! (G) I'd have done that with cheddar if I knew I could get RH> away with it. Was the window box in your bedroom window? DD> It was a second floor dormitory room. And involved a wooden orange DD> crate. So, yeah. It was in my bedroom window. RH> Sounds like what we did in college. (G) We never built boxes but the RH> window made a great fridge! DD> The sill/ledge wasn't wide enough for a 16 pound wheel of cheese DD> encased in yellow was. The 3rd floor of the dorm I was in most of my college life had a wide ledge right outside the window; it may have been wide enough for that. (G) DD> 8<----- NIP ----->8 DD> And my framed discharge and paper copy of my DD214 were lost in *my* DD> house fire. RH> OUCH! Sorry about that, wish there were some way to trace back to RH> verify records for honorably discharged veterans. My dad joined the RH> Legion well before the fire but his official records were destroyed. He RH> must have had a copy of his DD214 in a safe deposit box (I never saw RH> the paper) because he had the full military honors when he died. My RH> siblings "voted" (without my presence) that his flag should go "to the RH> house that he built" instead of me, the oldest surviving child, being RH> presented to my younger brother at the graveside. That was a major slap RH> in my face! DD> I'm old enough that I couldn't participate fully in the Legion DD> activities so I'm not going to sign up anyway. Between my computer DD> group (former DD> members of the 1st BBS in Springfield) monthly meeting for pizza, chat DD> and beverages and the Vintage Iron Riders motorcycle group I have all DD> of the extracurricular activities I care to do. Understandable. Steve is in VFW, Legion, a couple of local radio groups, one in Raleigh, DAV (can't go to their meetings as they're in Raleigh same night as Legion Executive Committee) and church. He's basically the "on call" guy for anything that needs doing or a warm body to be present at the church house as we live the closest to it. Plus, he has the knowledge of what has to be done, who does it and when--we merged with another church, meeting in our building, and nobody there seems to know what to do about some things. One other man knows quite a bit also but he lives further away; it's easiest to call Steve. (G) DD> areas where glass and shrapnel fly. This dish can be DD> prepared in quick time, using only the Basic C-Ration. RH> It can be done with an MRE, using the Tabasco Sauce that's included in RH> the packet. (G) DD> Never had an MRE inflicted on me. But I've sure done my share of DD> C-Rations. Especially when I was mucking about with the California DD> State Military Reserve - anall volunteer,unpaid sort-of junior DD> National Guard. DD> When we did weekend drills (always in the field) we ate C-Rats and the DD> guy(raises hand) who remembered to bring the garlic salt was king. RH> Steve enlisted in the Army just as they were beginning to phase out the RH> C-Rats in favor of the MREs. He brought a few C-Rats home for us to RH> explore, more MREs when we moved to Frankfurt am/Main and a unit that RH> was out in the field quite often. Our girls thought the MREs were RH> something great when they (girls) were younger; I understand the post RH> Gulf War I supply is much improved over the initial ones. DD> We had a store (long gone now) downtown that sold surplus C-rats. They DD> were very popular with campers and outdoors folks. Not sure where this guy got them but he had several cases (24 Meals per) of MREs for sale at the Raleigh Hamvention this spring. Steve came home with a case-----just in case we need to do a quick "get out of Dodge, bad weather's coming" hitch up the camper and beat feet. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... Is this a Kodak moment or a Maalox moment? --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .