Subj : Books [1]
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Mon Jul 29 2024 12:59:02
Hi Dave,
DD> Michener did great, if exhaustive, travelogues.
RH> He'd concentrate on one place, from prehistory up to the time he was
RH> there researching it.
DD> I especially like Hawaii, Chesapeake, and Iberia. Ad he wrote "The
DD> Bridges at Toko Ri" which was made into a pretty good movie.
A Reader's Digest condensation of Hawaii got me intrigued, Centennial
got me hooked. (G)
RH> True; some of my "savings" are on the old 5" floppies; I started with
RH> the echo when we had the C-64. Don't know if Steve still has them or we
RH> tossed them out with one of our moves after we went with PCs.
DD> I still have a Commode Door 64 w/floppy. My 1702 moitor is at the
DD> fixit shop. I've been going through my floppies and e-mailing anything
DD> I want to save to myself on the "big" confuser. That way i can have it
DD> on hard disk or USB drive.
RH> TBH, I've got a huge enough collection of recipies that I don't really
RH> care if these are salvageable or not. Some, maybe but not the vast
RH> majority.
DD> Aw, jeez. I had a senior moment there. I can't locate my old 300 baud
DD> modem for the 64. And I no longer have an Am,iga or Windoze box that
DD> can be used to read *any* floppy discs.
And I realised that we don't have a disc drive any more.
DD> 8<----- NIP ----->8
DD> We had a Brook's Drive In (no relation I'm sure) in the town where I
DD> was born. We used to go there about once a week and eat in the car -
DD> they actually had car-hops back then. Even as a 6 y-o I could put
DD> away an order of fries, burger and MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm)
DD> v8.06
RH> I could do a regular burger, small fries, small drink at McD's when
RH> they first came to our area. Whole thing cost me 45 cents. (G) I still
RH> don't eat more than that but usually sub out chicken for the beef and
RH> salad for the fries. Cost is a lot more tho.
DD> I remember those days well. When Mickey's D's came here burgers were
DD> 8c, w/cheese - 10c. Fries were 5c and a milkshake 15c. And the minimum
DD> wage back then was 90c/hr.
My basic rates for babysitting were 75c/hour, $1./hour after midnight.
RH> That looks good but the way we do it keeps the kitchen cleaner and
RH> cooler. (G)
DD> My stove is well enough insulated that usig the oven does not heat the
DD> house substantially. Although when my furnase quit last winter setting
DD> the thermostat to 350ºF and leaving the door of the oven ajar while
DD> the fan on the air handler was set to "RUN" kept it liveable if not
DD> toasty.
RH> Ours is fairly well insulated and we have central a/c but the kitchen
RH> does get on the warm side. We use the toaster oven for small bake jobs,
RH> like the chicken casserole I made last night or the raspberry scones
RH> Steve made earlier in the week (from a mix).
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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