Awake: 6:50am Temp 47 sleep 6+25 sunny overnight @ San Diego, CA.
Late morning, Kenny called from snowy PA; we discussed our building progress (which is zilch @ this time) & a few other small details.
Shortly after Kenny's call, K & I motored to Costco to fill a few empty places in the cupboards of our motorhome. I called Larry when we returned; he had been golfing so we decided to do our own thing today but considered getting together tomorrow.
I gave Kathy a helping hand in bringing in the groceries, then desided to crack some more of my butter nuts & have a good afternoon snack.
After a respectable (30) min of getting buttered up, I called my cousin Florentz in PA. He is the guy (way back in time) who got me interested in butter nuts, hickory nuts, & walnuts in the 1st place. We had quite a nice chat...not so much about cracking nuts but about the snow & ice storms in western PA. (18 inches of snow currently & it just keeps on coming down). I was very careful not to over expose our delightful weather here in San Diego.
Cracking these butter & hickory nuts is not a simple thing; both have thick & hard shells. It would be easier to have a Bench Vice; what I do instead is place a butter nut inside one of my larger sockets (33 m/m), & then use the small sledge hammer....to crack the butter nut open but not have the insides fly all over the place.
Next comes the good part: I used a metal stylus (right side of socket in picture) that has an arrow shaped tip to bring out the meat of the nut (left side of sledge hammer). I probably spent (2) hrs having a fun time getting more buttered up.
Meantime, Kathy was inside using (her) (our) new Apple computer sending out a few more Smile Boxes. She is getting very good on....that computer.
Dinner: Tilapia fish, brown rice pilaf, asparagus, & a mixed salad.
Evening movie: "Les Miserables" with Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Rochelle Hudson, etc. Meticulous production of Victor Hugo's classic tale. Minor thief March tries to bury past & become respectable town mayor, but police inspector Javert (Laughton) won't let him. 1935. Another GREAT movie you don't want to miss.
Lights out: 12:14am.
Late morning, Kenny called from snowy PA; we discussed our building progress (which is zilch @ this time) & a few other small details.
Shortly after Kenny's call, K & I motored to Costco to fill a few empty places in the cupboards of our motorhome. I called Larry when we returned; he had been golfing so we decided to do our own thing today but considered getting together tomorrow.
I gave Kathy a helping hand in bringing in the groceries, then desided to crack some more of my butter nuts & have a good afternoon snack.
After a respectable (30) min of getting buttered up, I called my cousin Florentz in PA. He is the guy (way back in time) who got me interested in butter nuts, hickory nuts, & walnuts in the 1st place. We had quite a nice chat...not so much about cracking nuts but about the snow & ice storms in western PA. (18 inches of snow currently & it just keeps on coming down). I was very careful not to over expose our delightful weather here in San Diego.
Cracking these butter & hickory nuts is not a simple thing; both have thick & hard shells. It would be easier to have a Bench Vice; what I do instead is place a butter nut inside one of my larger sockets (33 m/m), & then use the small sledge hammer....to crack the butter nut open but not have the insides fly all over the place.
Next comes the good part: I used a metal stylus (right side of socket in picture) that has an arrow shaped tip to bring out the meat of the nut (left side of sledge hammer). I probably spent (2) hrs having a fun time getting more buttered up.
Meantime, Kathy was inside using (her) (our) new Apple computer sending out a few more Smile Boxes. She is getting very good on....that computer.
Dinner: Tilapia fish, brown rice pilaf, asparagus, & a mixed salad.
Evening movie: "Les Miserables" with Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Rochelle Hudson, etc. Meticulous production of Victor Hugo's classic tale. Minor thief March tries to bury past & become respectable town mayor, but police inspector Javert (Laughton) won't let him. 1935. Another GREAT movie you don't want to miss.
Lights out: 12:14am.
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