Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
The yappies are why the techs had to make a return visit. The cable
they ate was in their yard, not mine. The fur kids we are boarding are much too well behaved to ever do something like nthat. Bv)=
Hopefully they learned that cable doesn't taste good and there will not
be a repeat experience.
8<----- +++++----->8
If you don't sk questions you don't get asnswers. I put Dr. Pepper at (about) #8 on my soft drinks list. And cream soda even lower. But the combination .... WOW! Right up there with Coke Zero.
I like cream soda; I do not like Dr. Pepper. I'll probably never try
the combination tho.
My first go was when somoene handed me a bottle and I took a drink
withut paying attention - until it hit my mouth.
I'll ask what it is before drinking.
I don't understand how soda route drivers think. Their pay is based
partly on how much "profuct" they move. If I was delivering a product
that sold out every week I'd leave more and smile all the way to the
bank. I was
They're not all like that. Steve's last civilian job before he went in
the Army was filling soda machines at Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point. He had an established route, don't know how often he had to fill specific machines. Came home with some interesting coins from Marines
who tried scamming the machines--he would replace them with quarters of his own and the odd ones got added to an informal coin collection.
The Mexican cinco centavo (nickle) coin used to was the same
size/weight as the US 25c coin (quarter) but worth (in exchange) about
1/3 of a US cent. Las Vegas slot machines were flooded with them until
the US mob had a meeting with the Mexican mob - who then got the
Mexican gummint to "re-design" their nickel so it wouldn't fool US
coin mechanisms.
In Steve's case, he got more Korean and European coinage.
As they say "A pint's a pound, the world around." What we need is a
good five-cent nicklel.
Now more than ever, now that the penny is going away.
8<----- SNYP ----->8
Memphis is sorta/kinda like Hot-lanta. I take the run-around roads and don't try going right through. Generally quicker and less flustrating.
Best experience we had driving thru Atlanta was one January night,
about 8 pm. By then, evening rush hour was over so we went thru with no slow downs. We've been on the leading edge of the evening (mid
afternoon) rush hour and moved right along but the evening time was
even ssmoother sailing. We'd stopped for a later supper about an hour outside the city, gave the traffic time to clear.
If I'm not listening to Real Jazz or 40s Junction I can be found
getting on on what "the Shadow Knows" on old time radio channel. They
did Orson Welles' 1939 "War Of The Worlds" on 31 October.
We've listened to old time radio sometimes but it's harder to follow
No harder than when we were chirrun - especiallly if you're pre-TV as
I wss.
We got our first tv when I was 9 years old. Parents didn't listen to
radio except in the morning to get latest news/school closings/etc. I don't really remember what we did pre tv, probably read a lot of books. I'll still turn off the tv and grab a book most nights.
The yappies are why the techs had to make a return visit. The cable
Hopefully they learned that cable doesn't taste good and there will not
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.
8<----- +++++----->8
I like cream soda; I do not like Dr. Pepper. I'll probably never try
the combination tho.
My first go was when somoene handed me a bottle and I took a drink
withut paying attention - until it hit my mouth.
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.
I don't understand how soda route drivers think. Their pay is based
partly on how much "profuct" they move. If I was delivering a product
that sold out every week I'd leave more and smile all the way to the
bank. I was
They're not all like that. Steve's last civilian job before he went in
the Army was filling soda machines at Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point. He had an established route, don't know how often he had to fill specific machines. Came home with some interesting coins from Marines
who tried scamming the machines--he would replace them with quarters of his own and the odd ones got added to an informal coin collection.
The Mexican cinco centavo (nickle) coin used to was the same
size/weight as the US 25c coin (quarter) but worth (in exchange) about
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.
As they say "A pint's a pound, the world around." What we need isa DD> good five-cent nicklel.
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.
8<----- SNYP ----->8
Memphis is sorta/kinda like Hot-lanta. I take the run-around roads and don't try going right through. Generally quicker and less flustrating.
Best experience we had driving thru Atlanta was one January night,
about 8 pm. By then, evening rush hour was over so we went thru with no slow downs. We've been on the leading edge of the evening (mid
afternoon) rush hour and moved right along but the evening time was
even smoother sailing. We'd stopped for a later supper about an hour 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.
No harder than when we were chirrun - especiallly if you're pre-TV as
I wss.
We got our first tv when I was 9 years old. Parents didn't listen to
radio except in the morning to get latest news/school closings/etc. I don't really remember what we did pre tv, probably read a lot of books. 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 wasthis DD> unit is 27" And Dennis is usig the 45" boob tube in the front
the "cutting edge" of technology. Heck, my confuser's monitor on
Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
Memphis is sorta/kinda like Hot-lanta. I take the run-around roads and don't try going right through. Generally quicker and less flustrating.
Best experience we had driving thru Atlanta was one January night,
about 8 pm. By then, evening rush hour was over so we went thru with no slow downs. We've been on the leading edge of the evening (mid
afternoon) rush hour and moved right along but the evening time was
even smoother sailing. We'd stopped for a later supper about an hour 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.
We were either going thru with just our vehicle (car or truck) or
vehicle plus camper; the January trip was with the camper. We'd been
out west to visit our girls for Christmas, came home the southern route
so we could visit some friends in Alabama along the way. Also avoided
any storms going thru the central or northern part of the country. (G)
No harder than when we were chirrun - especiallly if you're pre-TV as
I wss.
We got our first tv when I was 9 years old. Parents didn't listen to
radio except in the morning to get latest news/school closings/etc. I don't really remember what we did pre tv, probably read a lot of books. 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.
We got our first one in the early 60s, maybe a year or so (don't
remember exactly) before the JFK assassination. Only got one station
for the first few years, then only 2 until I was in college & the local cable guy talked my parents into hooking into a system that gave them a lot of NYC channels. Later on, he tied one in a local (60 miles away) station so folks could have local news/weather.
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 DD> unit is 27" And Dennis is usig the 45" boob tube in the
front room as a monitor.
Steve used our only tv as a monitor for his C-64 for the first year or
so. I'd ask him to be done so I could catch news/weather at 10; he'd
say "OK" but Johnny Carson would be almost over before he'd quit. After
a 3 month TDY, he used some of the pay saved from that to get a proper monitor.
Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
I like cream soda; I do not like Dr. Pepper. I'll probably never try
the combination tho.
My first go was when somoene handed me a bottle and I took a drink
withut paying attention - until it hit my mouth.
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.
I still try to peruse the available drinks or ask if offered one, what
it is. Did find out that Olive Garden has raspberry diet Coke when we
went there for lunch on Tuesday. I'm wondering if this means it will be back as a choice in the "pick your own flavor" machines.
All Ihave left of "odd" coinage is (if I remember where I put them)
some Loonies and Teonies (Canadian dollar/two dollar coins.
I don't have any of them but do have an assortment of European
countries coinage as we were stationed in Germany pre EU. I've got a
few Canadian pennies, Mexican pesoes, various Asian coinage, also some Polish paper money.
As they say "A pint's a pound, the world around." What we need is
a good five-cent nicklel.
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.
When we were stationed in Germany, both the (American) post office and bank on post dealt with pennies, all other facilities rounded to the nearest nickel. IIRC, I rolled maybe a dollar or so in pennies over the almost 6 years we were over there.
When I was trailer trucking the big rigs were not allowed "downtown" unless there was a bill of lading for a local address.
We were either going thru with just our vehicle (car or truck) or
vehicle plus camper; the January trip was with the camper. We'd been
out west to visit our girls for Christmas, came home the southern route
so we could visit some friends in Alabama along the way. Also avoided
any storms going thru the central or northern part of the country. (G)
Through or around varied depending on time of day and day of ther
week. Cincinatti was *always eaqsier to go around. Indianapolis
usually was a clear shot thru. And Chicago ... let's not e'ven go
there BV)=
We got our first tv when I was 9 years old. Parents didn't listen to
radio except in the morning to get latest news/school closings/etc. I
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.
We got our first one in the early 60s, maybe a year or so (don't
remember exactly) before the JFK assassination. Only got one station
for the first few years, then only 2 until I was in college & the local
Our first "Community Antenna" was just that - A very tall antenna that pulled Stations from100 or so miles away (St. Louis/Champaign/Peoria)
so we had a good selection of nrtweork and 'ocal-ish programming.
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 DD> unit is 27" And Dennis is usig the 45" boob tube in the
front room as a monitor.
Steve used our only tv as a monitor for his C-64 for the first year or
so. I'd ask him to be done so I could catch news/weather at 10; he'd
say "OK" but Johnny Carson would be almost over before he'd quit. After
a 3 month TDY, he used some of the pay saved from that to get a proper monitor.
My first Commode Door 64 has the factory 1702 monitor. It stayed as a
VCR monitor long after the confuser was upgraded.
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Yield: 1 Goose
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.
I still try to peruse the available drinks or ask if offered one, what
it is. Did find out that Olive Garden has raspberry diet Coke when we
went there for lunch on Tuesday. I'm wondering if this means it will be back as a choice in the "pick your own flavor" machines.
Once in a while I get surprised by something I didn't/wouldn't have
asked for and am made a convert to some degree. But not often.
Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
I know, when we were in Kentucky for an RV rally in 2018, at the pot
luck supper, there was an assortment of drinks. I told Steve to get me something so he came back with Ale 8 One, diet (now Ale 8 Zero). That
was good, so we took home a box of 12. Got another box on our way home from a western trip some years later, most recently one of the couple
in our neighborhood gave me a couple of boxes (We tend their dog on
some of their trips.) after a trip back to see family.
I know, when we were in Kentucky for an RV rally in 2018, at the pot
luck supper, there was an assortment of drinks. I told Steve to get me something so he came back with Ale 8 One, diet (now Ale 8 Zero). That
was good, so we took home a box of 12. Got another box on our way home
from a western trip some years later, most recently one of the couple in
our neighborhood gave me a couple of boxes (We tend their dog on some of their trips.) after a trip back to see family.
I know, when we were in Kentucky for an RV rally in 2018, at the pot
luck supper, there was an assortment of drinks. I told Steve to get me something so he came back with Ale 8 One, diet (now Ale 8 Zero). That
was good, so we took home a box of 12. Got another box on our way home from a western trip some years later, most recently one of the couple
in our neighborhood gave me a couple of boxes (We tend their dog on
some of their trips.) after a trip back to see family.
I've seen Ale 8 at my local Kroger and Walmart stores. Walmart has recently really stripped the amount of choice in their soda offerings
so I prefer to go to Kroger to get soda (Kroger's house-brand soda is
much cheaper and just as good, if not better, than brand-name soda)
these days. They even have Diet RC (RC is my favorita cola) and
they're the only ones who have it in my area.
... I'm not afraid of heights. I'm afraid of widths.
I know, when we were in Kentucky for an RV rally in 2018, at the pot luck supper, there was an assortment of drinks. I told Steve to getme > something so he came back with Ale 8 One, diet (now Ale 8 Zero).
That > was good, so we took home a box of 12. Got another box on our
way home > from a western trip some years later, most recently one of
the couple in > our neighborhood gave me a couple of boxes (We tend
their dog on some of > their trips.) after a trip back to see family.
LOL, I am enjoying an Ale 8 right now... non-diet. ;) I just opened
it and then opened this message.
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