That's cool that he was enthusiastic about Commodore computers. I've never

He was also a fan of Formula 1 racing. I tried to get him interested in IndyCar but he'd have none of it. ;)

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Hi Ben,

That was a long time before any of us knew him. He was also big into Commodore computers, especially the Amigas. Steve started with a Commodore 64; when he switched to a PC, he gave Dave a lot of no longer used by us equipment. Met him at a Cracker Barrel, our first experience with one of

That's cool that he was enthusiastic about Commodore computers. I've never touched an Amiga, but i played arcade cames loaded from cassette tape on a VIC-20. Also, a friend handed down a Commodore 128 to me,
which i gave to another friend. I kind of wish i had held onto the Commodore 128 because i think its dual-CPU architecture is technically interesting.

We used the C=64 for 10 years. My dad started out with a Texas
Instruments computer, I forget what model, but he was quite impressed
with what the C=64 could do. Not enough to buy one tho. (G) Our younger daughter wasn't quite 4 when we got it her dad typed in a number of
learning programs that she enjoyed, going to progressively harder ones
as she grew older.

My Dad was a computer professional all his adult career, and that
VIC-20 was the first home computer he ever owned. The one that BC>

William Shatner hawked on TV. Dad told me later that he was pretty BC>
excited to get a BC> computer of his very own. He and Mom worked
together to make a video BC> game about logging trees. She made the
graphics and he wrote the BC> code.

My dad got into doing computer services (payroll, bookkeeping, etc) for
others (in a town of about 800) after he lost his newspaper (editor,
small town weekly) job, just short of turning 60. He wanted to do
something the right way; boss said "do it this way". Dad said "I quit"
just before boss said "you're fired". Townsfolk stood behind Dad; he
stood firm in his position. No pension out of it but between his
business for 20 years, mom working as a librarian (school first,then
town) and retirement from that, they did well. IIRC, they were done
paying college tuition for us kids before he lost the newspaper job.

Did UDD ever tell you what he ended up doing with those C=64's? I
knew someone who used an obsolete computer in their kitchen for BC>

recipes.

I really don't remember; he may have but it's been long enough ago that
it's well out of my memory.

OK, thanks. We have a new Indian restaurant in Wake Forest, went to it a few weeks ago. I asked for a heat level 5 (They said they'd do 1-10) for butter chicken but will probably drop back to a 4 next time we go. It was good, just a bit hotter than I like.

I like to leave the chiles whole so that people can pick them out and self-adjust the heat level. Not that this applies to Chaat Masala.

I'll take them either way. From what the weather forecasters are saying,
the heat of them will be appreciated in the next week or so. Starting
tomorrow night, we're in for snow, sleet and freezing rain for about 24
hours, then really cold temperatures for another 10 days or so. I made
up a pan of baked oatmeal today for quick, hot breakfasts--slice off a
section, add a bit of milk and put it in the microwave (as long as the
power stays on) for a minute or so, then enjoy.

Yesterday my cousin took me to a place where i got bok choy and snap
peas that were a little past date. I planned to make fake Chinese
food using spaghetti noodles, but Mom dug out some actual Chinese
noodles from the cupboard. I julienned carrots, onions, washed &
sliced the bok choy, and trimmed & halved the snap peas cross-wise. I sauteed the carrots and
onions together in a large wok-like frying pan. Then i added the remaining vegetables, garlic, ginger paste, and 6 whole arbol chiles.
I boiled the noodles for 2-1/2 minutes, drained them, and turned them
into the frying pan. Later i added Braggs aminos, sesame oil, and
walnuts. It turned out well and everyone ate seconds.

Sounds good to me. Steve found some goat meat in the freezer last night;
I'm going to put it in a crock pot with some peppers, onions, and
tomatoes for an easy sorta chili tomorrow.

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Re: Pie Crust
By: Ruth Haffly to Ben Collver on Thu Jan 15 2026 01:28 pm

Hi Ruth,

When he was younger (he didn't say how young), he worked as a
projectionist in a movie theater that showed movies not suitable for children. ...

Ha! It sounds like his honorific was used affectionately and with good
humor.

How about you, yourself. Did you ever have a humorous nickname, and if
you did, is it something you would be willing to share?

A fishing pole is a good cat toy--tie something to the end of the line, cast and reel in. I've a friend that owned several cats and they all enjoyed chasing whatever was at the end of the line.

We have something like that in the closet here. Today i should dig it out
and show our cat a good time. :-)

for Steve's birthday so we bought a roll at Wegman's. As good as Wegman's is for a lot of things, their pumpkin roll doesn't measure up to my home made one. (G)

I would generally prefer home made over store bought, but honestly, any
dessert that gets served to me is a good dessert. I made this fruit salad
a few days ago and was happy with it:

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

Title: Fruit Chaat
Categories: Dessert, Fruit salad, Pakistani
Yield: 6 Servings

2 Honeycrisp apples; diced 1"
6 Guavas; diced 1"
2 Pomegranates; seeds only
2 Bananas; sliced crosswise 1"
1 Orange; juice of
1 tb Fine sugar; up to 2 tb
Salt & pepper; to taste *
1 1/2 ts Chaat masala

* Use with restraint since chaat masala is already salty.

Throw chopped fruit in a large bowl. Season with salt, pepper, and
chaat masala. Stir, taste, adjust.

Squeeze the juice of the orange on the salad, and stir to coat.

Sprinkle sugar, and stir to coat again.

Taste, and adjust.

Recipe by Maryam Jillani

Recipe FROM: <https://www.pakistaneats.com/recipes/fruit-chaat/>

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Ben Collver wrote to Ruth Haffly <=-

Re: Pie Crust
By: Ruth Haffly to Ben Collver on Thu Jan 15 2026 01:28 pm

Why did I never see Ruth's original message...? Hmm.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

Title: Ham and Cheese Pizza Loaf
Categories: Breads, Luncheon, Pork & ham
Yield: 8 Servings

1 lb Frozen bread dough, thawed
-and risen
1/2 c Chopped onion
1 tb Butter
12 oz Ham, cut in strips
8 oz Ricotta cheese
6 oz Cheddar cheese, shredded
2 tb Chopped fresh parsley

In a small skillet, saute onion in butter until tender. In medium
bowl, combine all filling ingredients.

On lightly floured surface, roll dough into 15x10-inch rectangle.
Spread filling in a 4-inch strip lengthwise down center of dough.
Fold long sides of dough over filling; pinch edges together to seal.
Place seam side down on cookie sheet, tucking ends under. Cut slits
on top.

Bake at 375F for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand 10
minutes before serving. Cut into slices.

NOTES : I also have made this with Italian sausage instead of ham and
mozzarella cheese instead of cheddar. Recipe by: Pillsbury recipe
modified by Cindy

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #464 by DarlingCL@aol.com on Feb 1,
1997.

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Re: Uncle Dirty Dave
By: Ruth Haffly to Ben Collver on Fri Jan 23 2026 07:40 pm

Hi Ruth,

My dad got into doing computer services (payroll, bookkeeping, etc) for others (in a town of about 800) after he lost his newspaper (editor, small position. No pension out of it but between his business for 20 years, mom working as a librarian (school first,then town) and retirement from that,

Interesting, so both UDD and your Dad had experience publishing.
Publishing, bookkeeping, and library work all strike me as social in nature, though a lot of the actual work is "behind the scenes" so to say.
It sounds like your Dad did bookkeeping on that Texas Instruments computer?
Did either of your parents ever "take you to work" with them? If so, what
do you remember that being like?

Sounds good to me. Steve found some goat meat in the freezer last night; I'm going to put it in a crock pot with some peppers, onions, and tomatoes for an easy sorta chili tomorrow.

Do i recall correctly that "sorta" cuisine means improvising with what's
on hand?

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

Title: Fresh Pork Sausage
Categories: Sausages
Yield: 10 Pounds

5 tb Salt
1 tb Ground white pepper
2 tb Rubbed sage
1 ts Ginger
1 tb Nutmeg
1 tb Thyme
1 tb Ground hot red pepper
2 c Ice water (optional)

You can make an excellent breakfast sausage using 100% pork butts.
This product is of such high quality that it is never seen in a meat
market and can only be had by making it yourself. You can also make a
breakfast sausage of 50% pork butts and 50% pork trimming and you
would still have a sausage of high quality. All the pork used to
manufacture sausage must be chilled from 32 to 35?F without fail. Be
sure that all the meat is free of blood clots, sinews, bone, skin,
glands, etc.

Grind all the meat through a 3/16" grinder plate and place in mixer.
Add all the ingredients and mix well until all the spices are evenly
distributed.

Pork sausage may be stuffed into 28 to 30 mm hog casings or 22 to 24
mm lamb casings. Pork sausage also may be stuffed into a cloth bag or
a 3-1/2 by 24" fibrous casing. It is very important that pork sausage
not be allowed to remain at room temperature any longer than
necessary. Place in cooler as soon as possible. Pork sausage should
be allowed to chill and dry in 28 to 32?F cooler.

Posted by: Ed P <esp@snet.n>

Recipe FROM: <news:10i7lgt$2eau2$1@dont-email.me>,
<news:rec.food.cooking/1579104>

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Hi Ben,

When he was younger (he didn't say how young), he worked as a
projectionist in a movie theater that showed movies not suitable for children. ...

Ha! It sounds like his honorific was used affectionately and with
good humor.

Very much so. I don't know how long you've read the echo to pick up on
what he did over his years but he had quite an interesting life. He
served in the US Navy, was a big rig truck driver, newspaper publisher,
movie theater projectionist and not sure what all else before retiring
at age 62. Found out he was bored so started to work for an auto supply
store, just retired from that this past fall after 20 years. Had a
number of health issues over the years, some stemming from being a
smoker in his younger days but lived a very full life.

How about you, yourself. Did you ever have a humorous nickname, and
if you did, is it something you would be willing to share?

No, never had anything of note and I strongly dislike/discourage the use
of a diminuative (i,e,y) with my name. Gave our older daughter a name
not suitable for using the diminuative with, younger daughter's name
could have had one but we always used the proper name.

A fishing pole is a good cat toy--tie something to the end of the line, cast and reel in. I've a friend that owned several cats and they all enjoyed chasing whatever was at the end of the line.

We have something like that in the closet here. Today i should dig it
out and show our cat a good time. :-)

Watch the kitten come out! I sent my sister some kitty toys I'd made;
she e-mailed me that he is enjoying them.

for Steve's birthday so we bought a roll at Wegman's. As good as Wegman's is for a lot of things, their pumpkin roll doesn't measure up to my home made one. (G)

I would generally prefer home made over store bought, but honestly,
any dessert that gets served to me is a good dessert. I made this
fruit salad a few days ago and was happy with it:

Looks good but what, exactly, (know it's an Asian seasoning but is it
easily obtainable?) is Chaat masala? Where would I find it; I don't know
of any Indian/Pakistani grocery stores in the area?

Title: Fruit Chaat
Categories: Dessert, Fruit salad, Pakistani
Yield: 6 Servings

2 Honeycrisp apples; diced 1"
6 Guavas; diced 1"
2 Pomegranates; seeds only
2 Bananas; sliced crosswise 1"
1 Orange; juice of
1 tb Fine sugar; up to 2 tb
Salt & pepper; to taste *
1 1/2 ts Chaat masala

* Use with restraint since chaat masala is already salty.

Throw chopped fruit in a large bowl. Season with salt, pepper, and
chaat masala. Stir, taste, adjust.

Squeeze the juice of the orange on the salad, and stir to coat.

Sprinkle sugar, and stir to coat again.

Taste, and adjust.

Recipe by Maryam Jillani

Recipe FROM: <https://www.pakistaneats.com/recipes/fruit-chaat/>

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Hi Ben,

My dad got into doing computer services (payroll, bookkeeping, etc) for others (in a town of about 800) after he lost his newspaper (editor, small position. No pension out of it but between his business for 20 years, mom working as a librarian (school first,then town) and retirement from that,

Interesting, so both UDD and your Dad had experience publishing.

Dad had quite a bit of publishing work (work published) since he was a
stringer for high school sports while he was in high school, in the
ship's office (he was the captain's talker on one ship) during WWII,
then summer breaks in college working for newspapers. He also worked in
the office of the lumber yard where his dad worked; I remember him
telling us that his mom wanted him to quit school and work full time for $.15/hour--this was around 1935. He went back to high school, first in
his family to graduate and go to college (on the GI Bill).

OTOH, Mom went to college right out of high school, then got married and started raising the kids. When she took the school library position, she
was told by the state that she had to get certified and her Master's
degree within 5 years. State said "you can't do it; you're married with children" but she proved then wrong and did it, earning all A's and B's.

Publishing, bookkeeping, and library work all strike me as social

in BC> nature, though a lot of the actual work is "behind the scenes"
so to BC> say. BC> It sounds like your Dad did bookkeeping on that
Texas Instruments BC> computer? Did either of your parents ever "take
you to work" with BC> them? If so, what do you remember that being
like?

I helped my mom some in the school library but by the time she retired
from that and took the town library job, I was married, had my own
family and lived too far away to help on a regular basis. Did go with
her to work a couple of times when visiting home (same with Dad when he
started his computer business) but was more of a chance to visit with
locals who came in while I was there.

Sounds good to me. Steve found some goat meat in the freezer last night; I'm going to put it in a crock pot with some peppers, onions, and tomatoes for an easy sorta chili tomorrow.

Do i recall correctly that "sorta" cuisine means improvising with
what's on hand?

Basically, yes. I pulled out the baby crock pot, put the meat, a cut up
onion, a can of tomatoes, and a couple of small cans worth (subdivided
large can) of diced chili peppers in it, let it cook on low all day.
For supper, I cooked some spiral pasta and we served the "chili" over
that. Steve spiced him up a bit with chipotle powder but it was good as
is for a cold day.

We've had sleet, snow and freezing rain today, good day to stay inside.
I'm just going to heat a slice of ham, some blue Hubbard squash (found
in the freezer) and make Israeli couscous for supper.

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