Subj : Taxes [1]
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Thu Aug 14 2025 01:59 pm
Hi Dave,
RH> We either shred or toss into the paper recycle bag. The town issues one
RH> can for recycling so we have to co-mingle paper, glass, plastic, etc
RH> but until it goes outside, I separate the paper from the rest of it. A
DD> Plastic bags go to Hy-Vee's recycling bin to get made into door mats
We've got a bag full of bags we need to take to Wegman's or some other,
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.
We get a local weekly print paper to keep aware of what's going on in
town since we can't get the town cable channel (don't have cable service
for the tv). Other than that, I read the Raleigh N&O on line.
DD> 8<----- TRIM ----->8
DD> and bought s "wheel" of cheese from them in the fall of the year and
DD> made a window box to keep it in. It kept me out of trouble because I
DD> spent all of my "mad money" on Ritz crackers rather than things that
DD> were no-no at that time and place.
RH> Smart kid! (G) I'd have done that with cheddar if I knew I could get
RH> away with it. Was the window box in your bedroom window?
DD> It was a second floor dormitory room. And involved a wooden orange
DD> crate. So, yeah. It was in my bedroom window.
RH> Sounds like what we did in college. (G) We never built boxes but the
RH> window made a great fridge!
DD> The sill/ledge wasn't wide enough for a 16 pound wheel of cheese
DD> encased in yellow was.
The 3rd floor of the dorm I was in most of my college life had a wide
ledge right outside the window; it may have been wide enough for that.
(G)
DD> 8<----- NIP ----->8
DD> And my framed discharge and paper copy of my DD214 were lost in *my*
DD> house fire.
RH> OUCH! Sorry about that, wish there were some way to trace back to
RH> verify records for honorably discharged veterans. My dad joined the
RH> Legion well before the fire but his official records were destroyed. He
RH> must have had a copy of his DD214 in a safe deposit box (I never saw
RH> the paper) because he had the full military honors when he died. My
RH> siblings "voted" (without my presence) that his flag should go "to the
RH> house that he built" instead of me, the oldest surviving child, being
RH> presented to my younger brother at the graveside. That was a major slap
RH> in my face!
DD> I'm old enough that I couldn't participate fully in the Legion
DD> activities so I'm not going to sign up anyway. Between my computer
DD> group (former
DD> members of the 1st BBS in Springfield) monthly meeting for pizza, chat
DD> and beverages and the Vintage Iron Riders motorcycle group I have all
DD> of the extracurricular activities I care to do.
Understandable. Steve is in VFW, Legion, a couple of local radio groups,
one in Raleigh, DAV (can't go to their meetings as they're in Raleigh
same night as Legion Executive Committee) and church. He's basically the
"on call" guy for anything that needs doing or a warm body to be present
at the church house as we live the closest to it. Plus, he has the
knowledge of what has to be done, who does it and when--we merged with
another church, meeting in our building, and nobody there seems to know
what to do about some things. One other man knows quite a bit also but
he lives further away; it's easiest to call Steve. (G)
DD> areas where glass and shrapnel fly. This dish can be
DD> prepared in quick time, using only the Basic C-Ration.
RH> It can be done with an MRE, using the Tabasco Sauce that's included in
RH> the packet. (G)
DD> Never had an MRE inflicted on me. But I've sure done my share of
DD> C-Rations. Especially when I was mucking about with the California
DD> State Military Reserve - anall volunteer,unpaid sort-of junior
DD> National Guard.
DD> When we did weekend drills (always in the field) we ate C-Rats and the
DD> guy(raises hand) who remembered to bring the garlic salt was king.
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
RH> Gulf War I supply is much improved over the initial ones.
DD> We had a store (long gone now) downtown that sold surplus C-rats. They
DD> were very popular with campers and outdoors folks.
Not sure where this guy got them but he had several cases (24 Meals per)
of MREs for sale at the Raleigh Hamvention this spring. Steve came home
with a case-----just in case we need to do a quick "get out of Dodge,
bad weather's coming" hitch up the camper and beat feet.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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