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   Hi Ben,   
      
   BC> I haven't seen anyone use one since.  Though those stove-top espresso   
   BC> makers kind of remind me of a percolator, minus the clear glass knob on   
   BC> top.   
      
   RH> My   
   RH> husband, Steve, will sometimes use a Moka pot which is sort of like an old   
   RH> fashioned percolator, on a one cup scale.   
      
    BC> I had forgotten the term "Moka pot".  That's what i was referring to   
    BC> as a stove-top espresso maker.   
      
   I sort of figured that's what you were referring to. We have one for in   
   the house and another one for the camper.   
      
      
   RH> They've been quiet.   
      
    BC> Quiet holidays sounds ideal to me right now.  I'm getting in the mood   
    BC> to do some programming projects, so i think i'll take a laptop with   
    BC> me.   
    BC> I'm planning to "port" some old Borland Turbo-C + TASM code to   
    BC> OpenWatcom.  I've done it twice before, so i am fairly confident.   
      
   It's all Greek to me. (G) Probably I could throw out a bunch of sewing   
   terms and you would be just as confused.   
      
      
   RH> No fun, I hope she's doing better now.   
      
    BC> Indeed it was not fun.  We picked her up from the operation at half   
    BC> past midnight.  She is recovering well so far.   
      
   Good; Steve has a bit of a cold that doesn't want to clear up so we took   
   a pass on attending a funeral today. Don't want to spread the germs or   
   possibly pick up something worse.   
      
      
   RH> She hasn't posted in some years; we had quite the thing going for some   
   RH> years with 2 sets of RH and 2 sets of DS on the echo. People said that   
   RH> they could tell which RH was posting from the writing style.   
      
    BC> Were Dale Ship & Dave Saucerdote the two sets of DS?   
      
   Yes, haven't heard from the latter in years. Dale Shipp passed away last   
   year; he and Gail isssued us a standing invitation for whenever we drove   
   up north or came back down that we were welcome to stay with them. We   
   had a number of good visits over the years before they moved into the   
   assisted living place.   
      
      
    BC> At one place i worked, the old-time Unix admins had 3 letter usernames   
    BC> for the first, middle, and last initials.  Later they switched the   
    BC> convention to first initial plus last name, which is what i had.  On   
    BC> an email list it was clear who had seniority.  :)   
      
   I should think the latter would be easier to figure out who's who. Ruth   
   H and I have different middle names but never did add the initial to our   
   names. OTOH, I use my middle initial quite a lot in other signatures, it   
   looks odd to see just my first/last name on a lot of things.   
      
      
    BC> I made pancakes for breakfast.  Recently, if i put canned fruit in the   
    BC> pancake batter, i'll drain the syrup into a saucepan and add 1 tb   
    BC> flour and warm it up to thicken it.  This morning i had peach pancakes   
    BC> with   
    BC> peach syrup and it was mighty tasty.  I did not use the following   
    BC> recipe.   
      
   Sounds good but when I got my diabetes diagnosis, I gave up eating   
   pancakes and waffles. The temptation to drown them in maple syrup was   
   avoided if I didn't have a plate in front of me. Steve will sometimes   
   use syrup, sometimes gravy, sometimes pb&j or other toppings, depending   
   on what he sees in the fridge.   
      
      
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   Catch you later,   
   Ruth   
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