Subj : Repairs [1]
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Tue Jun 04 2024 12:15:13
Hi Dave,
RH> We have a bigger, locking mail box now. We also let the post office
RH> know we're going to be gone, our carrier (different route from rental
RH> house) also knows to hold if he sees how we "set" the box before
RH> leaving town.
DD> That's handy. I've only met one of my postal delivery people. We have
DD> a range - sometimes the mail is in the box by 10 ayem. Other times
DD> it's
DD> almost twilight time. I met the lady who delivers early (mid morning)
Ours is usually late afternoon into early evening. Sometimes one of us
(usually Steve) is outside when he comes around, stops to talk for a
minute or two. We're near the end of the route.
DD> when the letter carriers were having a food drive and I had a couple
DD> of Hy-Vee bags full of staple items like boxed dinners, etc. which I
DD> didn't want to leave out by the street next to my mail box. So, I
DD> watched for
DD> the USPS Jeep and handed over the merch directly to her.
Smart, we missed that this year as we were out of town.
RH> Been in places that had that but they weren't in use as a central box
RH> had superseeded it.
DD> Only "central" mail station I ever had was when I lived in the Tin Can
DD> at Trailer Trash Acres.
Military housing had it in a lot of places, also the apartment complex
in CA and trailer park in San Angelo, TX.
DD> Mailboxes were for R.F.D.
RH> Have had that a number of places also.
DD> And the in-town letter carrier walked the route.
RH> Yes, I remember them as well. My parents had a box at the post office
RH> in town for decades, changed to a box and delivery their last maybe 5
RH> years. I think the rent on the box had gone up to the point where Dad
RH> thought it was unreasonable, delivery was free.
DD> When I was younger I rented a P.O. Box at the main downtown ost
DD> office. for U$12/year. It was handy for getting mail I didn't want
DD> anyone of my nears & dears to see. Or didn't want some anonymous
DD> company to know my
DD> physical address.
That goes right into the recycle bag or shredder for us.
RH> Between the 2 of us, usually someone is available to do a quick meal.
RH> If we're out, sometimes we'll swing by and get take out from any one of
RH> several favorite places instead.
DD> I also keep instant oatmeal on hand. I can make a quick lunch or
DD> supper with that, too.
RH> We have some of that on hand also. Steve has several tins of sardines
RH> he can grab, plus we've got various canned soups and other "quick
RH> grabs" in the pantry.
DD> I did that last night. I grabbed a can of Campbells and saw that it
DD> was their new-ish Cream of Mushroom with Chicken. So I got a can of
DD> chicken chunks that I had scored on a deep discount and a 4 oz can of
DD> mushroom stems & pieces. Used the liquid from the chicken and the
DD> 'shroms for my "thinner" and had a very tasty, filling supper.
RH> Sounds good--serve it over toast, rice, noodles or whatever. Also add
RH> canned or frozen veggie like peas, corn or green beans.
DD> It was good as was. I just ate it as a soup/stew and was satiated.
T'was just an idea for another way to serve it.
DD> This is good any time not just Holiday season. Warmed, it's like
DD> drinking a slice of apple pie. Bv)=
RH> It does look good! Have to remember it for fall; we're moving into
RH> hot weather now.
DD> Weather here has been odd. We're in June and have had on day the
DD> reached 90 Fahrenheits. Temps have been in the mid 80s (max) but
DD> mostly in the 70s
DD> The house is on a slab so retro-fitting central air would be a MAJOR
DD> project. We make do with wndow units. And I've only run the one in my
DD> bedroo once. In the computer room, nt at all.
RH> We have central air but it's pretty much a "given" in anything built in
RH> this part of the country. When we first got married, we lived down on
RH> the coast; the apartment had no a/c. Moved to an older house and a
RH> friend gave us a couple of window units, took them when we moved to a
RH> small double wide mobile home. Left them there when Steve went into the
RH> Army and we started moving all over the place.
DD> I already have me "dream" home (if I hit the lottery) planned. Build
DD> my ultimate kitchen - then hang the rest of the "living" spaces off of
DD> that. Solar panels on the roof and a windmill generator in the yard.
DD> Than the thermal conditionig by heat pump.
We'd probably bump out the back wall, make the kitchen and 2 "bedrooms"
(computer room and sewingstudio) bigger.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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