BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Participation
De:       Ruth Haffly
Data:     Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:52:39 +0000
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Hi Ben,

RH> Fido had a belch on Sunday (2/15) and came up with I think all of the
RH> missing messages I've had over the past month or so, some 1,000 of them. I
RH> couldn't do anything with my mail because we we were on the road Sunday
RH> and Monday, coming home from a ham radio event in Orlando. I'll do all the
RH> replies and send in one upload in the next day or so.

 BC> Whoo, welcome back!  Sounds potentially overwhelming.  But hey, at
 BC> least you have some reading material...

I'm all caught up, just doing the daily reading of Fido, e-mail, Raleigh
News & Observer on line and usually some sort of historic fiction book.
All caught up with laundry, mostly caught up with other household jobs
but going to chill for a few days. Had a routine doctor's appointment
this afternoon, found out I've got pneumonia---not severe but the rest
(and meds) will do me good. We have enough food in the pantry, fridge
and freezer that is either easy to cook or just heat and serve that I
don't have to fuss there.


BC> Alas, my personal recipe collection doesn't include Ham and Chips.

RH> Do you do seafood? Fish and Chips?

 BC> Yes, i've eaten fish & chips.  I recently read an article about how
 BC> restaurant food in the UK is often saltier than their nutrition facts
 BC> claim.  However, one of the "good ones" was fish & chips due to the
 BC> fact that they sprinkle the salt on the surface AFTER it is cooked.
 BC> So it's not as salty as it tastes.

I had some back in 1988 when I went to England with some friends. Chips
were actually French fries. (G)

RH> One time my dad bragged he'd not eaten
RH> yogurt, never intended to. Next time they visited, I made one of our
RH> favorite desserts--sponge cake, yogurt and strawberries (split the cake,
RH> add yogurt and strawberries to middle, then top with more). After
RH> supper, our older daughter (about 4 at the time) asked her grandpa how
RH> he liked the dessert. He replied that he really liked it to which she
RH> told him that he'd eaten yogurt. He then pretended to act like he was
RH> choking, to her amusememt.

 BC> LOL!  I liked this story.  :-)

I thought you would, as well as others who read the echo. My dad was a
WWII veteran but not enthused about women in the military--until his
younger granddaughter (our younger daughter) joined up and ws deployed.
He was "bustin' his buttons" proud of her.


RH> It was nice; we ended up being caught between 2 systems than never
RH> merged so we only got about 3.5 inches and our power stayed on.

 BC> This morning is a winter wonderland outside with snow all over
 BC> everything. I started a batch of chicken lentil soup in the crockpot
 BC> with potatoes, carrots, sauteed onions, garlic, & bay leaves.

We're back to no snow or ice on the ground, last of it disappeared while
we were in Florida. Always the possibility of getting more this winter
but less and less likely. Your soup sounds like just the prescription
for a snowy day.


H> We've got an 8th grade graduation in AZ and a high school one in Utah
RH> next year (grandkids) so will be heading out that way. Maybe we'll
RH> decide to be gone a bit longer and go a bit further west; Oregon is one
RH> of the 2 states I've never been to.

 BC> We have exactly one national park in Oregon: Crater Lake.  It's busy!
 BC> But beautiful, and pleasant to watch the sun rise over the lake.  The
 BC> food in the lodge is expensive, but usually good.  If you drove west
 BC> from
 BC> Crater Lake to the Oregon Caves National Monument, you'd pass through
 BC> Grants Pass, where i live.

OK, we'll have to think it over. Those trips are usually about 5 weeks;
a side trip to Oregon would probably add a couple more weeks to it. But,
now we have basic knowledge to plan distance to travel, time at each
stop, etc to factor in going further west.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


...  I'm clinging to sanity by a thread. Hand me those scissors.

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