>  RH> > I understand. If I have too much caffiene too late (past 
about 3
>  RH> pm), I don't sleep that well at night.
> 
>  RH> I tend to avoid caffeine after lunch on general principles.
> 
> I'll have some in chocolate but it's a rather small amount compared 
to
> what I'd get in a cuppa tea. Not enough to bother me, for the most 
part.

I did't know chocolate counted, officially anyway.

>  RH> We used to have an olive wood one from Israel; my sister has 
it now.
> 
> I've got the one we'd sent my parents when we went to Israel 10 
years
> ago. Also have most of the set my dad's parents had when he was a 
kid.
> 
Nice.  My family never had an older set so we don't have it.
   
>  its age, etc. Guess it'll be easy prep meals for a while. (G)
> 
>  RH> Score! I found one in the local ReStore once for a friend.  
She had
>  RH> me grab it.  They were made right up until the 50s so there 
are a
>  RH> fair number around.
> 
> This was the first I'd come across one when everything worked out 
so I
> could buy it. Funding, while raising a family, was the most common 
road
> block. The store also had a small chainstitch only machine, only 
about

Made for export to Britain?  They were using hand cranked chain 
stitch machines right up until WWII.  I've seen a few but never owned 
one.

> 6-8" long/high, all metal, made the year I was born. Tempted but 
figured
> I'd rather have a machine that could do a better stitch.

One that small was probably a toy.  
 
>  RH> >  RH> I almost landed in Phoenix when I was 12. Dad got a job 
offer
>  RH> out there.  Thankfully it didn't happen.
> 
>  RH> > You would have adapted. Lots of good food out there that you 
missed
>  RH> out on.
> 
>  RH> Maybe, but I've never done well in heat.
> 
> A/C and swamp coolers are your life savers out there, especially in 
the
> Phoenix area.
> 
It's bad enough here, never mind there. 
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