Subj : Taxes was:Salad
To : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Sun Aug 10 2025 05:25 am
-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
DD> Your tax dollars at play.
RH> Not mine; I've not called the state "home" in decades. Tho we do pay
RH> toll on the Thruway when driving it and sales tax on most purchases
RH> (groceries are exempt), we don't pay income and other taxes
RH> (property/school taxes are MUCH higher than what we pay.
DD> But if you go there to visit frinds/relatives or even if you are just
DD> passinng thru you will be somehow taxed. Or if you replace a
DD> Cornigware cooking vessel.
RH> Basically, what I said. (G) When Steve was in the Army, he changed his
RH> home of record from NC (where we'd lived before he went in) to NY,
RH> where his family lived. Active duty stationed outside the state didn't
RH> have to pay state taxes, income or otherwise but when we were in
RH> Savannah, he got a letter from NY saying he owed so many thousand
RH> dollars in state taxes. He sent them proof he'd been outside of the
RH> state except for less than 30 day periods; they dropped their claim.
RH> Here in NC military retirement pay isn't taxed if you went in before
RH> 1985, which he did.
So, how did you manage to not pay sales tax when you went shopping? Or
did you not worry about it because the hassle wouldn't save you much?
DD> 8<----- TRIM ----->8
RH> they'd go out for supper). Dad learned to enjoy salads so he and mom
RH> had them at home more often. Trouble is, they liked bleu cheese
RH> dressing; when I visited, I had to make my own dressing as bleu cheese
RH> is one I do not like. 1,000 Island is quick, easy and made with stuff
RH> they kept on hand. Steve grew up with home made Italian (oil, vinegar
RH> and herbs) dressing so we do that quite often.
DD> I, OTOH, really like the blue-veined cheeses.Beit bleu, Stilton,
DD> roquefort, Gorgonzola, or whatever.
RH> I don't mind small amounts on a cracker or similar but as a salad
RH> dressing, it's too much bleu for me.
When I was going to church-run school in Faribault, Mn. there was/is a
well known blue cheese maker (Treasure Cave). My mom and I took the tour
when we went up to check out the school. My sophomore year I went back
and bought s "wheel" of cheese from them in the fall of the year and made
a window box to keep it in. It kept me out of trouble because I spent all
of my "mad money" on Ritz crackers rather than things that were no-no at
that time and place.
DD> There are two versions of "Russian" dressing. One is very 1000
DD> Islands ike (mayonnaise based) and the other is closer to
DD> Catalina dressing. Neither has been near the USSR. Bv)=
DD> This is my preferred sauce w/o cheese in/on it:
RH> Looks good, maybe I'll give it a try sometime soon. It looks similar to
RH> the dressing that was set out (in individual cups with lids) at the
RH> Purple Heart banquet we went to last Saturday.
DD> Yesterday (07 August) was the actual "Purple Heart Day"
RH> I know, George Washington issued the first Purple Hearts on that day.
RH> Since 2009, Wake Forest has had (except for 2020) a banquet to honor
RH> Purple Heart recipients in the area. The first one was held in
RH> November, 2009, in the seminary gymnasium. Nine recipients were honored
RH> then; I think we had 46 this year, including a 104 year old WWII pilot.
RH> Steve's Hebrew professor, retired Marine, was on the PH committee so he
RH> invited us, knowing Steve was retired Army. I think we missed a couple
RH> in the first few years because of travel but have attended most of
RH> them. The guest speaker is always interesting; last year it was Jessica
RH> Lynch. This year's speaker was a suvivor of the SCUD bombing of the
RH> barracks in 1991 that killed 28 (?) members of the PA National Guard.
RH> Our banquet is the first Saturday in August; back in 2021, we had it as
RH> an outdoor event and it rained buckets! Moved back inside in 2023. Our
RH> Legion Auxiliary has a set up of light finger foods for the honorees in
RH> the afternoon, something to tide them over until supper--it's always
RH> interesting to talk to the (mostly) men, a few women, when they come
RH> over to get their food.
Today's Purple Heart originally was "Badge for Military Merit". It became
what we know now as the Purplr Heart in 1932 (George's bicentennial). My
father, who never left the US got a Purple Heart when he suffered a broken
shoulder opening a hanger door at N.A.S. North Island (Sandy Eggo) to get
plances in the air during an alert caused by the sightiing of a Japanese
submarine. He was somewhat embarrassed by it.
My brother, Phil, has a PH w/clusters from his time in S.E. Asia. And
he is a past commander of American Legion Post 32.I. on the other paw,
am net even eligible to join the Legion since my service fell in a hole
when the only thing going on was the cold war. Korea was done and the
Dulles brothers had not yet succeeded in getting the mess in Vietnam
up and running. And Fidel had not yet come to power in Cuba.
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
Title: Breast Of Chicken Under Bullets
Categories: Poultry, Cheese, Breads
Yield: 2 servings
1 cn Boned chicken
1 cn Cheese spread
Salt & pepper
ds Tabasco sauce
White bread
2 tb Butter, oil or fat
Breast of chicken under glass was never intended for
areas where glass and shrapnel fly. This dish can be
prepared in quick time, using only the Basic C-Ration.
Heat the can of boned chicken in a meat can. Melt the
cheese spread, if butter or oil or fat is available, add
two spoons. Season with salt, pepper & Tabasco. Cut loaf
of white bread in half, trimmed if so desired.
Place a mound of chicken over each half of white bread
and cover each with the hot melted cheese sauce. This
should stick to your ribs.
RECIPE FROM: The Charlie Ration Cookbook
Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
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