Subj : Extra Sweet [1] To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Sun Nov 09 2025 16:14:56 Hi Dave, RH> You disappeared off the board for a few days, got me wondering if all RH> was OK. Good to see you back. DD> I've just graduaated from "The dog ate my homewoek" to "The dogs atee DD> my internet". Bv)= I've had those times, glad I have a resident computer guru/geek on premisis. (G) DD> That's the sweet part (pun intended) I won't have to play Joe Friday RH> Easier to find in some places or times of year than others. When we RH> were in AZ, we weren't too far from the border. I went over once, with RH> some friends (had been over the border in TX in the 80s) for some RH> shopping (not for Coke). Downside of living that close was the problem RH> with illeagals; had some friends in law enforcement that had been shot RH> at. DD> That's why the nabs carry guns - so they can shoot back. RH> Got that one right! Seemed like every other day there was an article in RH> the newspaper or story on tv news of what illeagals had done. DD> Which is how the media work. "Good news" does not sell papers/get DD> clicks/ have people tune-in. What they peddle (no matter their DD> political leaning is the lyric from the old Hee-Haw3 song "gollm, DD> despair, agny on me. Deep dark depression, excessive misery". Bv)= I remember that one, and the phrase "If it bleeds, it leads" which is so often true in all forms of media. DD> Sadlt, there is *always* something to vie with alarm. All too true. DD> I did discover a Dr. Pepper product Iquite like,mthough. Sugar free DD> Pwppwe mixed with Cream Soda. Apparently other like it as well RH> ****** ????? DD> Fat fingers. should have been Pepper RH> OK, I know there's a new brand out called Poppie so wasn't sure if you RH> were referring to that or not. DD> If you don't sk questions you don't get asnswers. I put Dr. Pepper at DD> (about) #8 on my soft drinks list. And cream soda even lower. But the DD> 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. DD> I don't understand how soda route drivers think. Their pay is based DD> partly on how much "profuct" they move. If I was delivering a product DD> that sold out every week I'd leave more and smile all the way to the DD> bank. I was RH> They're not all like that. Steve's last civilian job before he went in RH> the Army was filling soda machines at Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry RH> Point. He had an established route, don't know how often he had to fill RH> specific machines. Came home with some interesting coins from Marines RH> who tried scamming the machines--he would replace them with quarters of RH> his own and the odd ones got added to an informal coin collection. DD> The Mexican cinco centavo (nickle) coin used to was the same DD> size/weight as the US 25c coin (quarter) but worth (in exchange) about DD> 1/3 of a US cent. Las Vegas slot machines were flooded with them until DD> the US mob had a meeting with the Mexican mob - who then got the DD> Mexican gummint to "re-design" their nickel so it wouldn't fool US DD> coin mechanisms. In Steve's case, he got more Korean and European coinage. DD> 8<----- SNYP ----->8 DD> Any money left in my accounts goes (split equally) between St. RH> Jude's DD> in Memphis and the Shriner's Cripplped Childrens' RH> Hospitals. RH> Both good causes. DD> I was in the Navy, stationed at NAS Memphis when Danny Thomas broke DD> ground for St. Jude's. He done good. We've driven by it various times either heading out west or coming back from a western trip. Also seen enough fund raising appeals on syndicated tv channels. DD> What do you use as a "traffic" radio? Is it part of your GPS or a DD> Sirius/XM channel? Or the good ol' CB radio (if such exists any RH> Sirius/XM; had it in the first Escape we bought and have continued with RH> it. Steve likes to listen to talk radio (usually Patriot channel 125) RH> when driving, will switch to Bluegrass Junction, No Shoes Radio or RH> Willie's Roadhouse also. Listening to Andrew Wilkow on Patriot Radio RH> intoduced us to Aaron Lewis; at the ham raido get together a couple of RH> weeks ago, grand prize in the raffle was an autographed special made RH> for him guitar. No, I didn't win it. DD> If I'm not listening to Real Jazz or 40s Junction I can be found DD> getting on on what "the Shadow Knows" on old time radio channel. They DD> did Orson Welles' 1939 "War Of The Worlds" on 31 October. RH> We've listened to old time radio sometimes but it's harder to follow >> CONTINUED IN NEXT MESSAGE << --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... Junk: stuff we throw away. Stuff: junk we keep. --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .