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[Charlie V]

Thanks, Cecil.  If you are in the mood, a little finely chopped onion adds
a third dimension.  Enjoy.

Charlie V.

On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 9:32 PM, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:

> I gotta try that it sounds good.
>
> Cecil in OKla
>
>
> On 2/5/2017 7:38 PM, Charlie V wrote:
> > That is my story, Dave.  I put food on the table for myself and my wife,
> > and food in the dishes for 17 cats.  Never thought that in my old age I
> > would be a cook or a cat man.  I will say I made some super good chicken
> > soup this weekend.  Then there is what I call my Italian scrambled eggs.
> > They contain some finely chopped pepperoni and Italian bread crumbs
> >    Gives a new life to blaa old scrambled eggs.
> >
> > Charlie V
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 5, 2017 4:56 PM, "Dave" <rotigel at me.com> wrote:
> >
> > About 40 years ago my wife and I were moving to a new location about 35
> > miles away from where we lived. Not wanting to pay a realtors 6%
> > commission, I simply got out a 4X8 sheet of plywood and spray painted
> HOUSE
> > FOR SALE on it and put it in the front yard. Several days later there
> was a
> > knock at the front door and an “elderly gentleman” (probably about my age
> > now) was there when I answered it. In a gentle voice he asked “Is your
> > horse for sale” Trying not to laugh I answered “No sir, the sign says
> HOUSE
> > for sale.” he smiled and said, Yes, I know what the sign says, but I
> > thought you might be selling that horse out back as well. I used to ride
> > and thought it would be good to have another horse.” With some surprise I
> > asked him “Your not going to start riding again, are you?” He smiled and
> > softly said, “Oh no, I’m getting too old for that, but my wife died last
> > spring, and a man needs something to feed.”
> >          Dave
> >
> >> On Feb 5, 2017, at 7:16 AM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 10:10 PM, Herb Metz <metz-h.b at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> When I was 15 or 16, I remember Dad telling a carpenter cousin that
> > doctors
> >>> were now telling retiring farmers (many farmers in KS at that time) to
> >>> "stay
> >>> busy"; their prior advice had been "they had worked hard all of their
> > life,
> >>> so sit down and enjoy retirement and take it easy"; unfortunately many
> of
> >>> those farmers were being buried a few years later.
> >>>
> >> Herb, the advice still offered by my 95 year old stepfather, taken from
> > his
> >> 96 year old father, when people ask his secret to longevity, is "just
> keep
> >> moving".
> >>
> >> SO
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