>  RH> > I'll have some in chocolate but it's a rather small amount 
compared
>  RH> to what I'd get in a cuppa tea. Not enough to bother me, for 
the
>  most part.
> 
>  RH> I did't know chocolate counted, officially anyway.
> 
> Anything with caffiene in it counts. But, since the amount of 
chocolate
> consumed at any time plus the relatively small amount of caffiene 
in
> chocolate, it doesn't count for a lot.
> 
Hence the reason I do coffee. 

>  RH> > I've got the one we'd sent my parents when we went to Israel 
10
>  RH> years ago. Also have most of the set my dad's parents had when 
he
>  was a kid.
> 
>  RH> Nice.  My family never had an older set so we don't have it.
> 
> My folks inherited it so I grew up with the set. When they passed 
away,
> my brother put it up for "who wants?" so I asked for it. Some of 
the
> (very) minor pieces were in pretty sorry shape so they were 
discarded
> but the majority of the set survives.

I see an old set around once in a while, but never wanted another 
one. 
 
>  common road block. The store also had a small chainstitch only 
machine,
>  only about
> 
>  RH> Made for export to Britain?  They were using hand cranked 
chain
>  RH> stitch machines right up until WWII.  I've seen a few but 
never owned
>  RH> one.
> 
> It looked like a toy, could have been one of those chain stitch 
only
> machine that have been sold over the years for those that want a 
small
> sewing machine. I wouldn't give 2 cents for them as a useable 
machine;
> I've advised parents looking to get a machine for a child to get a
> proper ome. It saves a lot of frustration. The small one I saw 
would be
> nice as a collectable but I wouldn't use it for sewing.

I saw one of the toys in an antique store today.  Itty bitty sewing 
machine. I wouldn't have wanted to try using it for anything other 
than a shelf filler.
 
>  RH> > 6-8" long/high, all metal, made the year I was born. Tempted 
but
>  RH> figured I'd rather have a machine that could do a better 
stitch.
> 
>  RH> One that small was probably a toy.
> 
> Basically, yes. I didn't check it out too closely--the asking price 
was
> rather high.
> 
For ones in good shape, it doesn't surprise me.
 
> It was our week to cook for our LG at church today; I wanted 
something
> easy do since we're between trips. Settled on Mexican lasagne with
> garlic bread, tossed salad and peach cobbler for dessert. It was 
well
> liked, even had a request for the recipe. Basically it's tortillas
> instead of noodles, the basic cheese mix and a Mexican flavored 
meat
> sauce instead of Italian flavors.

Sounds good to me. I did mostly leftovers tonight. I made turkey meat 
loaf and stuffing the other night and tonight fried up the starches 
and sweet potato. Served it with grapefruit and cooked broccoli. I 
figure I finally got my Thanksgiving dinner.