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   -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-   
      
    DD> The yappies are  why the techs had to make a return visit. The cable   
    DD> they ate was in their yard, not mine. The fur kids we are boarding are   
    DD> much too well behaved to ever do something like nthat.  Bv)=   
      
    RH> Hopefully they learned that cable doesn't taste good and there will not   
    RH> be a repeat experience.   
      
   Dunno, They're little  scutters. Pomeranian/Pekinese size Whereas  the    
   smallest here is a blue-tick beagle. . Hopefully AT&T buried the cable   
   deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep down.   
      
    DD>      8<----- +++++----->8   
      
    DD> If you don't sk questions you don't get asnswers. I put Dr. Pepper at   
    DD> (about) #8 on my soft drinks list. And cream soda even lower. But the   
    DD> combination .... WOW! Right up there with Coke Zero.   
      
    RH> I like cream soda; I do not like Dr. Pepper. I'll probably never try   
    RH> the combination tho.   
      
    DD> My first go was when somoene handed me a bottle and I took a drink   
    DD> withut paying attention - until it hit my mouth.   
      
    RH> I'll ask what it is before drinking.   
      
   This was a relatively stick-in-the-mud typre event with no reasone to   
   exoect something n the "gotcha" category. But it sure go my attention.   
      
    DD> I don't understand how soda route drivers think. Their pay is based   
    DD> partly on how much "profuct" they move. If I was delivering a product   
    DD> that sold out every week I'd leave more and smile all the way to the   
    DD> bank. I was   
      
    RH> They're not all like that. Steve's last civilian job before he went in   
    RH> the Army was filling soda machines at Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry   
    RH> Point. He had an established route, don't know how often he had to fill   
    RH> specific machines. Came home with some interesting coins from Marines   
    RH> who tried scamming the machines--he would replace them with quarters of   
    RH> his own and the odd ones got added to an informal coin collection.   
      
    DD> The Mexican cinco centavo (nickle) coin used to was the same   
    DD> size/weight as the US 25c coin (quarter) but worth (in exchange) about   
    DD> 1/3 of a US cent. Las Vegas slot machines were flooded with them until   
    DD> the US mob had a meeting with the Mexican mob - who then got the   
    DD> Mexican gummint to "re-design" their nickel so it wouldn't fool US   
    DD> coin mechanisms.   
      
    RH> In Steve's case, he got more Korean and European coinage.   
      
   All Ihave left of "odd" coinage is (if I remember where I put them) some   
   Loonies and Teonies (Canadian dollar/two dollar coins.   
      
    DD>  As they say "A pint's a pound, the world around." What we need is a   
    DD> good  five-cent nicklel.   
      
    RH> Now more than ever, now that the penny is going away.   
      
   One of the lacals here quit doing pennies a could years ago. Roundibng each   
   transaction to the neareast nickel. And not doing paper dollarsa.   
      
    DD>      8<----- SNYP ----->8   
      
    DD> Memphis is sorta/kinda like Hot-lanta. I take the run-around roads and   
    DD> don't try going right through. Generally quicker and less flustrating.   
      
    RH> Best experience we had driving thru Atlanta was one January night,   
    RH> about 8 pm. By then, evening rush hour was over so we went thru with no   
    RH> slow downs. We've been on the leading edge of the evening (mid   
    RH> afternoon) rush hour and moved right along but the evening time was   
    RH> even ssmoother sailing. We'd stopped for a later supper about an hour   
    RH> outside the city, gave the traffic time to clear.   
      
   When I was trailer trucking the big rigs were not allowed "downtown" unless   
   there was a bill of lading for a local address.   
      
    DD> If I'm not listening to Real Jazz or 40s Junction I can be found   
    DD> getting on on what "the Shadow Knows" on old time radio channel. They   
    DD> did Orson Welles' 1939 "War Of The Worlds" on 31 October.   
      
    RH> We've listened to old time radio sometimes but it's harder to follow   
      
    DD> No harder than when we were chirrun - especiallly if you're pre-TV as   
    DD> I wss.   
      
    RH> We got our first tv when I was 9 years old. Parents didn't listen to   
    RH> radio except in the morning to get latest news/school closings/etc. I   
    RH> don't really remember what we did pre tv, probably read a lot of books.   
    RH> I'll still turn off the tv and grab a book most nights.   
      
   We got our 1st TV when I was 10 - do 1952. It got two stations since the    
   UHF band was but a glimmer in Lee DeForrest's eyes.   
      
   I remember when my dad came home with a 17" table-top TV and it was the   
    "cutting edge" of technology. Heck, my confuser's monitor on this unit    
    is 27" And Dennis is usig the 45" boob tube in the front room as a monitor.   
       
   MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06   
       
         Title: Farm Monitor's Pressed Italian Picnic Sandwich   
    Categories: Breads, Pork, Beef, Cheese, Vegetables   
         Yield: 4 servings   
       
       1/4 c  Olive oil   
         3 tb Balsamic vinegar   
         1 ts Dijon mustard   
       1/4 ts Black pepper; to taste   
       1/4 c  Prepared pesto   
         1    Loaf Ciabatta bread   
       1/4 lb Sliced provolone cheese   
       1/2 lb Salami   
       1/2 lb Sliced ham   
       1/4 lb Sliced pepperoni   
         1 lb Fresh mozzarella; sliced   
       1/2 c  Roasted red peppers; sliced   
       
     Combine olive oil, vinegar, pesto and pepper.   
        
     Cut bread in half, spread oil mixture evenly on both   
     cut sides.   
        
     Layer provolone and remaining ingredients in order   
     listed.   
        
     Tightly wrap sandwich in plastic wrap, place a heavy   
     object such a heavy frying pan in top of the sandwich,   
     refrigerate overnight.   
        
     Slice sandwich into serving sizes and wrap in deli paper   
     to serve.   
        
     RECIPE FROM: https://www.farm-monitor.com   
        
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