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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)   
      
   ---   
   Catch you later,   
   Ruth   
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