And those who depend on electronics in one form or another

would be > ML> up

That being most of us!

Need to depend on them to be able to read this. (G)

No gees about that!

That's why I had the (G) with my comment.

All skills that I posses. I also know how to dial a rotary phone and balance a check book.

When was the last time you saw a working rotary phone?
For me it must have been years.

I know my parents had them for years, don't know if there was still one
in use when I was last up there (November, 2017). My brother had moved
into the house a couple of years before that and probably got rid of all rotary phones but do know they were in the house a good long time.

Next question. When was the last time you saw a
crank phone? I've seen some, over 50 years ago, but
I don't recall having used one. Question. Does one
make crank calls using a crank phone?

I'm not knocking the Times in general but found
the sports coverage less than "fit to print."

Still kept me up on the Mets, even if I just checked box scores. I do
more of that than read write ups (very few of them for the Mets) in the Raleigh paper.

Most papers I've seen have complete MLB boxes every
day, not that I look at them.

Good for those that want to go into women's studies in one area or another. Maybe if they have some issues of "Godey's Ladies Book"

for ML> > fashions and suchlike design students would find interesting.

I'm sure that would have been available at least in
microfiche in the main library.

Quite possibly so.

Or, nowadays, available from some remote source.

The college I went to was co-ed from the beginning.

Enlightened.

It was founded as an alternative to the taverns and such like

visited by > the canalers in the area.
There had to have been something in between!

Don't know, it was (and still is) a very small town. Very little in it besides the college.

So the canallers, would they have been inclined to
spend much time there, I mean, at school?

I could navigate Moscow because I can transliterate Cyrillic, slowly. Plus the underground is in fact color-coded.

Color coding is a big help, unless you're color blind. (G) I've

never > gotten into Cyrillic so have no idea how to transliterate or translate > it.
Probably Wikipedia has a chart that would help.

If I'm that desperite.

If there's the need.

Counting the hours and the minutes, too ... .

That would work if we knew when we were going to see the kids again.

We > did see Rachel's, via Face Time, (or some other phone chat, not sure

what Steve ended up connecting with) the other day.

I've still never had a phone chat.

It works--allows you to be more mobile than Skype. She walked to the
various kid's rooms so they could all see us/wish me a happy birthday.

I've also never done a Skype.

Roast Muscovy Duck
1 Muscovy duck (4 lb)

Presumably some other type of duck would work if you couldn't get a Muscovy?

Any old domestic duck should be fine: I
prefer the fattier Pekin and the tastier
Moulard anyway.

I've had duck a few times but never found out what kind it was. Tried an Alton Brown recipe for duck with chard once; it was ok, not great. Dont
knoww if we kept the recipe or ditched it, figuring it wasn't worth the
fuss for what the end result was. OTOH, I was going thru a bunch of old newspaper clippings last week, found one for lemon blueberry bars. Made
it, it's definately a keeper.

The fact that it had chard in it at all should have
been a tipoff.

BEEF SHORT RIBS IN MONGO
categories: main, meat, legumes, Philippine
Serves: 6 to 8

1 c dried mongo beans
2 lb beef short ribs, cut between bones and into 2" pieces
1 qt water
1 1/2 c beef broth
1 Tb corn oil
1 Tb minced garlic
1/4 c chopped onion
1 1/2 Tb bagoong alamang (shrimp paste)
1 1/2 Tb patis (fish sauce)
3/4 ts ground black pepper
2 c fresh leafy green vegetable such as spinach or Swiss chard

Cover mung beans with warm water and soak overnight in pot.

Place ribs in large pot. Add water and beef broth. Cover and boil
(simemr) 1 1/2 hr. Skim fat from broth. Set ribs and broth aside.

In large, heavy bottomed pot, heat oil over medium heat. Add garlic and
onion and saute until transparent. Stir in bagoong. Add mung beans and
3 1/2 c reserved broth and simmer 20 minutes. Stir in patis and
pepper. Add short ribs and simmer until ribs are heated through. Add
vegetable and stir 1 min. Serve immediately.

epilipinas.com
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
* Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140)

Hi Michael,

I know my parents had them for years, don't know if there was still

one > in use when I was last up there (November, 2017). My brother had moved > into the house a couple of years before that and probably got
rid of all > rotary phones but do know they were in the house a good
long time.

Next question. When was the last time you saw a
crank phone? I've seen some, over 50 years ago, but

They might have had one at the Vermont Country Store (Weston branch) but
I don't remember for sure or not. We didn't go up there this year so my
memory isn't fresh on that.

I don't recall having used one. Question. Does one
make crank calls using a crank phone?

That was the only call that could be made--you had to use the crnk to
get the switchboard operator. If it was a middle of the night call, she probably would be cranky.

I'm not knocking the Times in general but found
the sports coverage less than "fit to print."

Still kept me up on the Mets, even if I just checked box scores. I

do > more of that than read write ups (very few of them for the Mets)
in the > Raleigh paper.

Most papers I've seen have complete MLB boxes every
day, not that I look at them.

Correction--it's the standings/results of last few days I look at. Box
scores are in the on line only version of the paper. Today's edition of
the sports section had more commentary/human interest stories than
actual sports write ups. Had a few stories about upcoming college
football season & the local teams involved but that's neither human
interest or write ups of sporting events.

Good for those that want to go into women's studies in one

area or > ML> > another. Maybe if they have some issues of "Godey's Ladies Book" > for ML> > fashions and suchlike design students would
find interesting. > ML> I'm sure that would have been available at
least in

microfiche in the main library.

Quite possibly so.

Or, nowadays, available from some remote source.

Probably so, and you would probably find some interesting recipies in
the collections. Fun part would be figuring out obscure measurements and instructions, maybe a few ingredients also.

The college I went to was co-ed from the beginning.

Enlightened.

It was founded as an alternative to the taverns and such like

visited by > the canalers in the area.
There had to have been something in between!

Don't know, it was (and still is) a very small town. Very little in

it > besides the college.

So the canallers, would they have been inclined to
spend much time there, I mean, at school?

Some might have. Some of the tavern keepers might have gone or sent
their young adult children to the school also. School is still going but
the taverns are long gone.

Color coding is a big help, unless you're color blind. (G)

I've > ML> never > gotten into Cyrillic so have no idea how to transliterate or > ML> translate > it.

Probably Wikipedia has a chart that would help.

If I'm that desperite.

If there's the need.

So far, no need. It would be interesting to visit the city but it's not
very high on my bucket list.

Counting the hours and the minutes, too ... .

That would work if we knew when we were going to see the kids

again. > ML> We > did see Rachel's, via Face Time, (or some other
phone chat, not > ML> sure

what Steve ended up connecting with) the other day.

I've still never had a phone chat.

It works--allows you to be more mobile than Skype. She walked to the various kid's rooms so they could all see us/wish me a happy

birthday.

I've also never done a Skype.

(It was Google Hang Outs we used.) We have the daughters and
grandchildren we like to see/talk to every once in a while. Did Skype
with both sets of parents for a while but my dad gave it up (still kept
and used the computer) some years before he passed away. Steve's parents
gave up using the computer some years some years ago, kept it until
their latest move. I'm not sure what they did with it.

Roast Muscovy Duck
1 Muscovy duck (4 lb)

Presumably some other type of duck would work if you couldn't

get a > ML> > Muscovy?

Any old domestic duck should be fine: I
prefer the fattier Pekin and the tastier
Moulard anyway.

I've had duck a few times but never found out what kind it was.

Tried an > Alton Brown recipe for duck with chard once; it was ok, not great. Dont > knoww if we kept the recipe or ditched it, figuring it wasn't worth the > fuss for what the end result was. OTOH, I was going thru a bunch of old > newspaper clippings last week, found one for
lemon blueberry bars. Made > it, it's definately a keeper.

The fact that it had chard in it at all should have
been a tipoff.

The chard was a side dish. First time I'd ever used it, but have cooked
it many times since then.


---
Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


... Are you sure you really want to know that?

--- PPoint 3.01
* Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)