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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Lynda it has a weight (15, I think, Susan Jane helped me figure out that part 
and I bookmarked the pdf for this particular cooker).  I saw the site you 
mentioned for Leslie, I'll keep that, also. To be honest, it is pretty 
apparent that my pressure canner was never used, so it should be safe; but 
I'll let the wife use it the first time   :-)

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--- On Sun, 2/22/09, Lynda <lurine AT com-pair.net> wrote:

> From: Lynda <lurine AT com-pair.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] More spring palnting
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, February 22, 2009, 2:15 PM
> 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 .........................
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> > --- 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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