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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Now, Bob, you know I said that you needed to practice.  Ah, and have you?
Noooooooo.  Don't blame me if you blow the lid off the thing <g>

Now, did you ever determine what it is and if it is weighted or a gauge?
And, if it is a gauge, did you take it down to your friendly neighborhood
radiator shop and have it tested?

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bobf" <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>


> Leslie; As to my future plans, I have made some decisions, but timing and
> events beyond my current expectations can always change.  In any case, as
> we have tal;ked openly, privacy is a concern for both of us.  I will never
> post publicly ( and I am not sure how much to trust private email) of
> certain directions I intend to take.  Having/gaining privacy is not easy,
> but it is still 'possible', but only if established during a total
> transition.
>
> As to canning, Lynda said that you don't need to practice, you just need
> to have a good pot and you're ready, so I'll take her advice there ;-)
>
> The man who sold me the  (30 of the 40 , I have)bushes has been wotrking
> on them for twenty years in this area.  He is a fanatic about his
> tomatoes.  He told me to expect twemnty pounds + per bush, which is about
> double what is normal for here.   We will see.  I have neighbors who like
> vegetables if I get too many at once.  My neighbors are nice to me; I
> don't mind sharing .........................
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> --- On Sun, 2/22/09, Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Homestead] More spring palnting
> > To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Sunday, February 22, 2009, 10:20 AM
> > Chinese Pole Beans a/k/a Asparagus Bean
> >
> > 40 tomato plants. What kind?
> >
> > Are you canning and what kind of yield in terms of canned
> > quarts?
> >
> > I just pulled my pressure canner out to test for safety
> > since I haven't canned in some 20 years. Even though
> > the rubber gasket & safety seal appear in excellent
> > condition, I could tell as the pressure raised the safety
> > seal wasn't sealing. So off to the store to order
> > replacements. Bob, I think you were asking about pressure
> > canners before. I can zap a .pdf to you of a page or two
> > from my book that might help. It has the adjustments for
> > pressure for altitude (for dial type pressure canners), and
> > adjustments for weight for pressure canners that have
> > 5,10,15 pound weights for altitude, etc.
> >
> > Also, I remember from a long time ago, that the pressure
> > canner instructions, long since misplaced, advised to NOT
> > cook (unjared) food in the pressure canner, to only use it
> > to pressure can, and to use a food pressure cooker for
> > cooking meals. So I always had 2 canners, one for
> > preserving, one for just plain old cooking.
> >
> >
> > BobF<<<winter -- if I am still here??
> > >>>>
> >
> > BTW, I've been thinking 3 years window before TSHTF....
> > but yesterday listened to a radio show, and the thinking is
> > hyperinflationary effects may start to appear earlier (as in
> > a year). From a person who acknowledges depression
> > currently. Personally, I was thinking it wouldn't get
> > underway until the mortgage defaults etc wind up, that the
> > banks would hoard to gov't bailout money until then.
> > But maybe Obama's plan will bypass and flood other areas
> > with $$ first.
> >
> > Any decisions on which state you're heading to
> > eventually yet?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --------
> >
> > “All political thinking for years past has been vitiated
> > in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it
> > coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly
> > obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.
> > Political language... is designed to make lies sound
> > truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance
> > of solidity to pure wind.” ~ George Orwell
> >
> > --- On Sat, 2/21/09, bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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