>  RH> > Like a friend once said--if they limit me to one cup of 
coffee a
>  RH> day, I'll use this cup (and held up her one quart measuring 
cup).
>  (G)
> 
>  RH> That sounds about right.
> 
> For some, but not me. Steve may have a couple of cups a day but 
will
> then switch to tea.
>
There are days I need the quart. 
 

>  RH> My family tends to the Pfaltzgraff with the train running 
under the
>  RH> tree. One guess why.
> 
> No guessing needed. My dad, after most of us kids left home, set up 
a
> train under the tree. I think my younger brother and one sister 
have
> continued the tradition but we do otherwise.
> 
I don't even set up a large tree, but I do have train-shaped 
ornaments around.  

>  RH> We're old originals around here.  Not much is buried.
> 
> Which is bad, come storms season.
> 
Amen. The next town over gets it worse though.  Higher elevation plus 
even more trees.

>  could see clouds building over the mountains in late morning and 
know
>  you would have rain later in the day. Trouble is, being so warm,
>  afterward it was like a sauna with the heat and humidity.
> 
> RH> > RH> Eyyyuch.  They get my share.
> 
> It usually dissapated after the sun went down and temps cooled off 
a
> bit. Still, we were glad we were at Fort Huachuca, not Tucson or
> (worse), Phoenix.

I almost landed in Phoenix when I was 12. Dad got a job offer out 
there.  Thankfully it didn't happen.