Subj : Taxes
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Aug 16 2025 17:01:00

Hi Dave,

 DD> Plastic bags go to Hy-Vee's recycling bin to get made into door mats

 RH> We've got a bag full of bags we need to take to Wegman's or some other,
 RH> 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.

 RH> We get a local weekly print paper to keep aware of what's going on in
 RH> town since we can't get the town cable channel (don't have cable
 RH> service for the tv). Other than that, I read the Raleigh N&O on line.

 DD> My local daily got conglomerated by Gannet (USA Today) and has become
 DD> a joke. We have a 40+ year old weekly (also available on-line) that
 DD> keeps me abreast of what I need to know. For national/world news I
 DD> have on-line subscriptions to both New York Time and Washington Post.

We usually catch the national/world news on tc, and can get the weather
reports. Looks like we will escape the current hurricane; it's taking an
eastward bend. Beaches will have rip current dangers but probably not
even wind/rain there and we're further inland.

 DD> 8<----- TRIM ----->8

 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

 DD> We had a store (long gone now) downtown that sold surplus C-rats. They
 DD> were very popular with campers and outdoors folks.

 RH> Not sure where this guy got them but he had several cases (24 Meals
 RH> per) of MREs for sale at the Raleigh Hamvention this spring. Steve came
 RH> home with a case-----just in case we need to do a quick "get out of
 RH> Dodge, bad weather's coming" hitch up the camper and beat feet.

 DD> I looked at the expected track for Erin. You're gonna get wet. Bring
 DD> your umbrella.

Actually, not really. Looking at the expected path, it's supposed to
turn eastward and not even give us mush, if any, rain.


 DD> This looks like a dandy if you like maple syrple - I'd use B'/rer
 DD> Rabbit dark molasses in its place.

 DD>       Title: Justin & Christine's Hurricane Pork
 DD>  Categories: Pork, Curry, Vegetables
 DD>       Yield: 6 Servigns

It does look good; I'd keep the maple syrup tho.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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