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Hi Dave,
RH> My favorite was the ferris wheel. Steve went to the Florida park the
RH> year after it opened; the girls both went to the California one on
RH> school trips when we were in AZ.
DD> Our Ferris Wheel was copied from one the owner of the Eli Bridge Co.
DD> had seen at the Columbian Exposition. This first тАЬBig EliтАЭ Wheel
DD> debuted in Jacksonville, IllinoisтАЩ own Central Park on May 23, 1900.
DD> (corner Main and Morton streets. The Wheel was a great success and, in
DD> 1906, Sullivan incorporated the Eli Bridge Company by taking on
DD> capital investors to
DD> mass-produce his wheels.
DD> Big Eli #17 is a nice sized working/display wheel located at the main
DD> intersection in town. The north-east corner of what used to the main
DD> insane asylum and is now a school for "developmentally disabled". The
DD> Jacksonville Rotary Clud still operated the ride with profits going to
DD> their charitable works.
Sounds like fun. One day I may get to ride the big ferris wheel in
London. I don`t think it was there when I visited the city in the late
80s.
DD> 8<----- Coffee Break ----->8
DD> Never tackled a French press. I`ve a Hamilton-Beach single cup coffee
DD> aker which uses either loose coffe or pods. And my 12 cup (5 of my big
DD> cups/mugs) Sears & Roebuck automatic drip unit. It`s a Cuisinart under
DD> the Serious & Getback branding. It has an internal water filter, uses
DD> the conical coffee filters and I can set it to the start brewing on
DD> the built in timer. So at 04:00 the Yehudi wakes up and makes my
DD> coffee.
RH> I`ve kidded Steve about being a coffee snob but he`s not really. No
RH> gourmet beans, ground just before use but he does grind his own.
DD> I developed a blend if pre-roasted beans that I quite liked and would
DD> grind them in my R2-D2 spice/coffee grinder. But I discovered Maxwell
DD> House Intense Bold and Folger`s Black Silk and alternated between
DD> those depending on which is on sale when I need to re-stock.
He usually gets his beans at Cost Plus World Market or one of the big
savings stores (Costco).
DD> (boiling or nearly so) water. For multiple cups - or for Iced Tea I
DD> use the Mary Dunbar/Jewel Tea tea pot that my grandmother had and an
DD> aluminum tea ball/infuser to hold loose tea leaves. A pixture of one
DD> very like it (except in stainless steel) is at
DD> https://tinyurl.com/TEA-BAWL
RH> We`ve got one of those ball infusers; it was one part of a number of
RH> things I got from my grandmother`s estate 50 years ago.
DD> My usual non-morning tea is Brown & Bigelow`s "Constant Comment". Up
DD> until (and including) lunchtime my go-to is Twining`s Breakfast Tea or
DD> Lipton if the market was out of Twinings.
RH> I go for Tetley British Blend most mornings, treat myself on Sunday
RH> mornings to Good Earth`s Original Sweet and Spicy.
DD> I tried the well-known and much ballyhooed Earl Grey tea ... once. I
DD> do NOT like oil of bergamot as a beverage. Although it is useful in
DD> some recipes.
Not one of our favorites either.
DD> All straight up - like my coffee. No milk, no sugar, no sweetners.
RH> One packet of stevia for me, unless we`re hitting the road. Then the
RH> tea is brewed just a bit longer, goes into a travel mug that keeps it
RH> warm about 8 hours. It gets 2 packets of stevia then.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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