Joyce's last day at work.

 

May 30, Thursday was Joyce's last day of work at CVH.   She worked almost 38 years.  Started out in a tiny medical records room in the former hospital and scoped out the new department.

Her husband, Norm has been a friendly fixture over the years.   They both love Disneyland and are headed straight there right after the party.  They have dinner reservations at the Blue Bayou on Father's day.  The food is excellent and the fake fireflies don't get in your face.  If they are lucky they will get a table by the water.  

We will miss her and expect a full update every once in a while.

Candlesticks and Cars, not unlike Bednobs and Broomsticks

I have collected a few more glass candlesticks from various second hand stores, purchased some candles, gave a lick and a promise to the mantle and arranged them with candles all more or less at attention. See if you can spot the pairs, singles and triplets. I carefully stored away the copper candle snuffer because I AINT' NEVER GONNA LIGHT THESE SUCKERS unless there is a major power outage.  I think there might be 25 candle power sitting on that shelf,  we be ready for the next disaster at any rate.

New ride 97 Honda Accord, Tim's sister purchased sumpin' newer and offered a very good second hand deal.   Anybody want a rusted out 1990 Van, runs good, radiator leaks a little bit, needs a paint job, otherwise it's going to a charity.  Thanky.

Friday morning breakfast

Welcome to Basket Ingredients.  Contents of basket are 3 eggs, left over stuffed mushroom mix( sweet Italian sausage and cream cheese), bread,butter.
You have 20 minutes to prepare a breakfast dish.

Twenty minutes later after having started the first load of laundry....

HOST: So what we have here?

CONTESTANT: This is a three egg um, inside out omelet with sweet Italian sausage, green onions, cream cheese and chopped celery.  Enjoy!

JUDGES:  Nice flavor,however because you obviously did not use a Teflon pan the omelet broke. For this reason we have to throw you out of the basket.

Thank you judges.

Industrial design

This is your common ordinary plastic water bottle.
Um, that bottle deposit can be redeemed in Oregon for a very respectable nickel.  I am tempted to hand a bag full of them every time some one comes to the door wanting me to donate or sponsor them for some charitable event. 

My main complaint about this ubiquitous item is it's design. Somewhere along the line the bottle design has morphed from a thicker, fairly noncompressible bottle with a fully threaded cap into a very thin walled, easily collapsible bottle with a cap that might possess 2 1/2 threaded turns before the cap is sealed.

Under the current design:

1.  You must use both hands, to CAREFULLY unscrew the cap, if you squeeze just a little too hard you have a water spout going right up your nose, best open it over the sink.

2. You MUST seat said cap VERY carefully to seal it correctly otherwise if you snug the bottle cozily into a nearby pillow for the night,you will wake up to a soggy bed.  Argh!!!

3.   All bright eyed industrial designers should be compelled to test their own products, in their own beds.  Yeah.  I think the cost savings of creating a such a poor water bottle outranks the convenience of not being dripped on because you crack open the seal too enthusiastically.  It ain't champagne for cryin' in a bucket!

Does anyone remember when it took a well built guy with nifty forearms to casually crush a beer can?  Pitiful, might as well come in a plastic bag.

Swimming Hole

 

Today I am making yet another batch of Tamale Pie.   Am in process of roasting a red, yellow and green Bell pepper and a small fat Jalapeno is going along for the ride.

Very smoky, turn the heat down,

take the fire alarm outside or put it in the freezer,

don’t forget to take it out later. !!!

Today’s topic is Yuke inner tube tires.

When Dad worked on the Hell’s Canyon Dam project in the late 50’s, we camped in various trailer parks spotted here and there along the route of the canyon.   We would see those gigantic trucks hauling loads of rock and dirt and we thought that Yuke inner tubes would make an ideal swimming pool for kids.  So we promptly asked Dad if he could get us an old used Yuke Inner tube for a swimming pool.  We asked constantly.

Well, the internet is a wonderful thing,  Waaaaay to much information.  For one thing it is not spelled Yuke, it is UK. (Dang! For years I have mentally spelled it Yuke) sigh…  Made in Britain or Canada.  

Realization#2: I’m not sure they even COME with Inner tubes. I can find all sorts of pictures of VERY LARGE TIRES priced all the way up to 47,000 dollars EACH but no inner tubes.

That may have been why Dad would always reply when we asked him if he found any Yuke inner tube tires, “Nope, no flats this week.” So, we sighed mightily and moped a bit and went back to playing in the wild places.

One weekend a few of the men living in the park got together and decided to fix up a swimming hole for the kids. They got some discarded lumbar, old doors and such and dammed off part of the creek that ran in back of the trailer park.  The sewage outlet went into the creek but the swimming hole was upstream of that.  We LOVED THAT SWIMMING HOLET! Mom even had some old Brownie 8 mm film of us jumping and diving into the water.  But you had to know where to dive because there was a very large submerged rock out there.  I’m sure the adults took advantage of the spot when the kids weren’t around. 

Found out that....

Belgian waffle

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A Belgian waffle with strawberries and confectioner's sugar

 

Husband and I had lunch/breakfast in Bandon, one

of the guests asked why it was called Belgian Waffles?

I popped off that it was because they were bigger than average waffles.   Not so, my friends....

The Belgian waffle is a type of waffle popular in North America identified by its larger size, lighter batter and higher grid pattern which forms deep pockets and has larger squares than the standard American waffle.
No single type of waffle is identified as a 'Belgian Waffle' within Belgium itself, where there are a number of different varieties, including the Brussels waffle, the Liège waffle and the stroopwafel. What is known in North America as the 'Belgian waffle' does not exist in Belgium. It is somewhat similar to the Brussels waffle, but Brussels waffles are hard and crispy on the outside. As opposed to a traditional North American waffle, the Belgian waffle traditionally uses yeast instead of baking powder,^[1] although contemporary Belgian waffles are often made with baking powder. In North America, they are often eaten as a breakfast food; toppings vary from whipped cream, confectioners sugar, soft fruit, chocolate spread, to syrup and butter or margarine. Alternatively, they are served with vanilla ice cream and fresh fruit (such as strawberries) as a dessert.

History

The Belgian Village at the 1964 New York World's Fair, where the waffles were popularized.

Originally showcased in 1958^[2] at Expo 58 in Brussels, Belgian waffles had their American debut at the Century 21 Exposition in Seattle, WA in 1962.^[3] The waffles were further popularized in the United States during the 1964 New York World's Fair^[1] at Flushing Meadows Park, USA. The waffle was introduced by Maurice Vermersch of Brussels, Belgium, and was named the Bel-Gem Waffle. Largely based on a simplified recipe for the Brussels waffles, Vermersch decided to change the name upon observing the poor geographical skills of Americans.^[4] These waffles were served with whipped cream and strawberries, and retailed for a dollar.^[2]

Very sad announcement

Rest in peace my Kindle Fire...
One year warranty has expire...
Oh wait online chat with Amazon rep
Says ship it back... replace it, yep!

Born 03-11
Died 03-13

Sniffle, sob.....

Surprisingly husband had squirrelled away the freakin' ORIGINAL Box it came in so I dug it out,
printed the authorized return/replacement label, drop it off at the UPS thing in the lobby of the court house and replacement is suppozedta get here March 26.  (shiver, gasp)

I have classic withdrawal symptoms for illicit drugs and ETOH. Headache, sweats, trembling, a bit of nausea.... Oh wait, I have my old Kindle, not the Fire but the one I mostly just read stuff.....wheew!
I can limp along for a few days.

There must be a support group out there for people like me... "Hi, my name is Royce...I am a Kindle junkie"   Hi, ROYCE!!