Hi Michael,

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

 ML> Next question. When was the last time you saw a
 ML> 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.


 ML> I don't recall having used one. Question. Does one
 ML> 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.


 ML> >  ML> I'm not knocking the Times in general but found
 ML> >  ML> the sports coverage less than "fit to print."
 ML> > Still kept me up on the Mets, even if I just checked box scores. I
 ML> do > more of that than read write ups (very few of them for the Mets)
 ML> in the > Raleigh paper.

 ML> Most papers I've seen have complete MLB boxes every
 ML> 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.

 ML> >  ML> > Good for those that want to go into women's studies in one
 ML> area or >  ML> > another. Maybe if they have some issues of "Godey's
 ML> Ladies Book" >  for ML> > fashions and suchlike design students would
 ML> find interesting. >  ML> I'm sure that would have been available at
 ML> least in
 ML> >  ML> microfiche in the main library.
 ML> > Quite possibly so.

 ML> 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.

 ML> >  ML> >  ML> > The college I went to was co-ed from the beginning.
 ML> >  ML> >  ML> Enlightened.
 ML> >  ML> > It was founded as an alternative to the taverns and such like
 ML> >  ML> visited by > the canalers in the area.
 ML> >  ML> There had to have been something in between!
 ML> > Don't know, it was (and still is) a very small town. Very little in
 ML> it > besides the college.

 ML> So the canallers, would they have been inclined to
 ML> 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.

 ML> >  ML> > Color coding is a big help, unless you're color blind. (G)
 ML> I've >  ML> never > gotten into Cyrillic so have no idea how to
 ML> transliterate or >  ML> translate > it.
 ML> >  ML> Probably Wikipedia has a chart that would help.
 ML> > If I'm that desperite.

 ML> 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.


 ML> >  ML> >  ML> Counting the hours and the minutes, too ... .
 ML> >  ML> > That would work if we knew when we were going to see the kids
 ML> again. >  ML> We > did see Rachel's, via Face Time, (or some other
 ML> phone chat, not >  ML> sure
 ML> >  ML> > what Steve ended up connecting with) the other day.
 ML> >  ML> I've still never had a phone chat.
 ML> > It works--allows you to be more mobile than Skype. She walked to the
 ML> > various kid's rooms so they could all see us/wish me a happy
 ML> birthday.

 ML> 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.

 ML> >  ML> >  ML> Roast Muscovy Duck
 ML> >  ML> >  ML> 1 Muscovy duck (4 lb)
 ML> >  ML> > Presumably some other type of duck would work if you couldn't
 ML> get a >  ML> > Muscovy?
 ML> >  ML> Any old domestic duck should be fine: I
 ML> >  ML> prefer the fattier Pekin and the tastier
 ML> >  ML> Moulard anyway.
 ML> > I've had duck a few times but never found out what kind it was.
 ML> Tried an > Alton Brown recipe for duck with chard once; it was ok, not
 ML> great. Dont > knoww if we kept the recipe or ditched it, figuring it
 ML> wasn't worth the > fuss for what the end result was. OTOH, I was going
 ML> thru a bunch of old > newspaper clippings last week, found one for
 ML> lemon blueberry bars. Made > it, it's definately a keeper.

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

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


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