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От : Ruth Haffly 1:396/45.28 29 янв 26 14:17:03
К : Ben Collver 29 янв 26 20:40:02
Тема : Publishing, Crockpots
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Hi Ben,
RH> She had to go to summer school (about 250 miles away) for part of it; as
RH> oldest daughter I got the brunt of cooking, cleaning, etc. Did me well
RH> when I left home to get married, neither of my sisters could hardly boil
RH> water when they left home. I tell Steve that I got most (not quite all) of
RH> my cooking mistakes out before we got married.
BC> That sounds hardcore in my book. I also helped out around the house,
BC> but to a lesser extent. I still had many cooking mistakes to make
BC> after moving out. It`s interesting how varied the experience is for
BC> different siblings in the same family. Just out of curiosity, were
BC> you the eldest?
In my growing up, the guys weren`t expected to do any of the cooking.
I`m the second oldest of 5, first girl. I had (now deceased) an older
brother,others still living are younger sister, younger brother and
youngest sister. All of them did their share of criticising my cooking
but didn`t do much to help; younger sister did do some baking but as a
small part of a few meals. Dad wasn`t a creative eater which helped
then, but after getting married, then Steve joining the Army really
expanded my cooking horizons. Of all my siblings, I have had the most
adventuresome life and it is reflected in my cooking/eating.
RH> Probably Army but working for OSS (precurser to CIA) or a similar
agency. RH> Sounds interesting; I wonder how much of it he could have
made public in a RH> book. It would be interesting reading.
BC> Now that you mention it, i think he was in the Army. I am not sure
BC> what role he was in there... He also told me stories about working in
BC> the ship yards in Portland, OR, building ships for the war effort. It
BC> sounded like he came from a poor family, but his parents were more
BC> loving than normal. He said they always gave their children choices,
BC> explaining what the consequences would be of each choice, and they
BC> always gave them a space of their own where they could go if they did
BC> not want to be disturbed.
Sounds like his parents were definatly taking a different path to child
rearing--makes me wonder (my sociology/psychology studies coming
out--G--) what their childhood was like. They were too old to be of the
hippie generation where that sort of child raising was more common.
BC> He was working while in his 80`s. At that time he told me his
health BC> insurance cost $900 per month. He said that even if they
paid him BC> nothing it would still be worth going to work in order to
have health BC> insurance at his age.
It does sound like he had his priorities straight. We`ve always had good
health insurance--at both places where Steve worked prior to joining the
Army and then the military care. We`re both on Medicare and Tricare for
Life now, the latter is a benefit of 26 years of military service.
BC> He had been married a bunch of times, and was divorced a few times and
BC> a widower a few times. When i knew him he lived quite alone, though i
BC> helped him set up video conferencing with his daughter who lived in
BC> another state.
Steve set my parents up with Skype for a couple of years. They enjoyed
talking with their granddaughters that way. Mom and Dad both passed away
before Zoom but we`ve used it to talk to our girls and their families.
BC> The indoor kittie is sick. She has a fever, dilated pupils, and is
BC> moving around very slowly. She hadn`t eaten for several days and
BC> finally ate a little this morning. I hope that means she`s on the
BC> mend.
Poor kitty, hope she gets better quickly. We can`t have any dogs or cats
but sometimes take care of our neighbor`s cocker spaniel. His vet
reccommended that he have 2 or 3 spoonsful of green beans (canned) with
his kibble--never heard of that before. Our cocker spaniel would eat
most anything but I don`t remember him eating green beans. His favorite
human food was popcorn. (G)
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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