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   Hi Ben,   
      
   RH> That was a long time before any of us knew him. He was also big into   
   RH> Commodore computers, especially the Amigas. Steve started with a Commodore   
   RH> 64; when he switched to a PC, he gave Dave a lot of no longer used by us   
   RH> equipment. Met him at a Cracker Barrel, our first experience with one of   
      
    BC> That's cool that he was enthusiastic about Commodore computers.  I've   
    BC> never touched an Amiga, but i played arcade cames loaded from cassette   
    BC> tape on a VIC-20.  Also, a friend handed down a Commodore 128 to me,   
    BC> which i gave to another friend.  I kind of wish i had held onto the   
    BC> Commodore 128 because i think its dual-CPU architecture is technically   
    BC> interesting.   
      
   We used the C=64 for 10 years. My dad started out with a Texas   
   Instruments computer, I forget what model, but he was quite impressed   
   with what the C=64 could do. Not enough to buy one tho. (G) Our younger   
   daughter wasn't quite 4 when we got it her dad typed in a number of   
   learning programs that she enjoyed, going to progressively harder ones   
   as she grew older.   
      
    BC> My Dad was a computer professional all his adult career, and that   
    BC> VIC-20 was the first home computer he ever owned.  The one that BC>   
    William Shatner hawked on TV.  Dad told me later that he was pretty BC>   
    excited to get a BC> computer of his very own.  He and Mom worked   
    together to make a video BC> game about logging trees.  She made the   
    graphics and he wrote the BC> code.   
      
   My dad got into doing computer services (payroll, bookkeeping, etc) for   
   others (in a town of about 800) after he lost his newspaper (editor,   
   small town weekly) job, just short of turning 60. He wanted to do   
   something the right way; boss said "do it this way". Dad said "I quit"   
   just before boss said "you're fired". Townsfolk stood behind Dad; he   
   stood firm in his position. No pension out of it but between his   
   business for 20 years, mom working as a librarian (school first,then   
   town) and retirement from that, they did well. IIRC, they were done   
   paying college tuition for us kids before he lost the newspaper job.   
      
    BC> Did UDD ever tell you what he ended up doing with those C=64's?  I   
    BC> knew someone who used an obsolete computer in their kitchen for BC>   
    recipes.   
      
   I really don't remember; he may have but it's been long enough ago that   
   it's well out of my memory.   
      
      
   RH> OK, thanks. We have a new Indian restaurant in Wake Forest, went to it a   
   RH> few weeks ago. I asked for a heat level 5 (They said they'd do 1-10) for   
   RH> butter chicken but will probably drop back to a 4 next time we go. It was   
   RH> good, just a bit hotter than I like.   
      
    BC> I like to leave the chiles whole so that people can pick them out and   
    BC> self-adjust the heat level.  Not that this applies to Chaat Masala.   
      
   I'll take them either way. From what the weather forecasters are saying,   
   the heat of them will be appreciated in the next week or so. Starting   
   tomorrow night, we're in for snow, sleet and freezing rain for about 24   
   hours, then really cold temperatures for another 10 days or so. I made   
   up a pan of baked oatmeal today for quick, hot breakfasts--slice off a   
   section, add a bit of milk and put it in the microwave (as long as the   
   power stays on) for a minute or so, then enjoy.   
      
      
    BC> Yesterday my cousin took me to a place where i got bok choy and snap   
    BC> peas that were a little past date.  I planned to make fake Chinese   
    BC> food using spaghetti noodles, but Mom dug out some actual Chinese   
    BC> noodles from the cupboard.  I julienned carrots, onions, washed &   
    BC> sliced the bok choy, and trimmed & halved the snap peas cross-wise.  I   
    BC> sauteed the carrots and   
    BC> onions together in a large wok-like frying pan.  Then i added the   
    BC> remaining vegetables, garlic, ginger paste, and 6 whole arbol chiles.   
    BC> I boiled the noodles for 2-1/2 minutes, drained them, and turned them   
    BC> into the frying pan. Later i added Braggs aminos, sesame oil, and   
    BC> walnuts.  It turned out well and everyone ate seconds.   
      
   Sounds good to me. Steve found some goat meat in the freezer last night;   
   I'm going to put it in a crock pot with some peppers, onions, and   
   tomatoes for an easy sorta chili tomorrow.   
      
   ---   
   Catch you later,   
   Ruth   
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