I've said, hundreds of times, over the years, to myriad people ... ... that one of the best stress-relievers around is a bit of humour from time to time (as long as it's not aimed at rooting someone in the ribs). But - they can't bottle it ... and sell it ... so there doesn't seem to be a great deal of interest in it. ole joyful P.S. Wouldn't let me double-post ... till I altered a word in the subject line ... to conform to Canadian writing style. o j

My recipe for unstuffed pepper soup doesn't call for mushrooms. I don't use 2 cans of tomato soup. I use 1 can of tomato soup and a can full of ketchup. I also don't add the rice to the soup. If you have any soup leftover and have the rice in it the rice will suck up all the juice so you won't have "soup" the next meal. My husband prefers it over macaroni. I put the rice or macaroni in the bowl and then put the soup over it. It also freezes really good. We just had it for dinner night before last and we are on the road in our motor home. We are in Tyler, Texas visiting folks from here and the Meeting House. Today Vannie and her husband came to visit us. They took us out for a tour and then stopped at a restaurant in Longview for late lunch. It was wonderful and we are now stuffed so no cooking for me tonight. Our weather is 81 degrees with 37% humidity and a nice breeze.

I've call the numbers, turned on the light, used that code, turned off the water, trying to figure out that code. need to find the wrench that goes with the socket. and the key... been at it for 20 minutes,,, need to leave ! lol

I've never heard of the game, but I took trains all over Mexico in the 1970s and early 1980s. When AMTRAK took over passenger trains in the U.S., Mexico bought a lot of the old passenger trains that were built in the U.S. in the 1940s with stainless steel interiors that were very nice and comfortable - much better than what AMTRAK replaced them with. If I got an overnight train from Mexico City to Oaxaca, I would get a dormitorio (sleeper) that had its own bathroom, and it was about the same price as an inexpensive hotel room. I preferred traveling during the day, however, as I enjoyed the scenery and the lively events that took place on the Mexican trains. In Second Class, you could buy food from the windows from people who would come up to the train every time it stopped, but in first class, the windows would not open, and so second class was more fun, although it could get more crowded. On the train from Guadalajara to Tepic, we went through a major tequila producing area, and people came on the train selling quarts of tequila for 60¢, and everyone got pretty drunk. Then minstrels came on and serenaded everyone and collected tips. Is this what the game is like?