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Sounds reminiscent of 'Fleet Week' social engineering in New York City, 'back in the day'. That came to a screeching halt some 25 - 30 years ago when certain parties objected to the fleet inviting YOUNG ladies to socialize with members of the fleet.

We only have one oven and leave the Hearthkit on the second from bottom shelf most all of the time. Like your stove, Leo, but enjoy having an oven up more at eye level. How far are you from the good folks at Fort Riley?

I prefer a wall mounted electric oven. Baked goods come out better for me in an electric (non convection oven) and it's easier to peer in to see what's going on. I also prefer an electric cook top. Anyone who can cook on a coal or wood fired cook's stove should find cooking on electric quite...

My down to earth but well heeled neighbor swears by her dual fuel AGA.

Yes. I apply several coats of a mineral oil & paraffin mixture at 24 hour intervals. After the last application, I wrap the treated handles in dry film wax paper and store in a warm dry place for a month or more, turning weekly; then I unwrap and buff the handles to remove any remaining excess...

Beth, you might find the referenced site to be of interest- Published Soil Surveys for new Mexico | NRCS Soils

You might want to investigate the cost - benefit of using a stiffer and heavier metal lath. E.G.- http://www.expandedmetalcompany.co.uk/metal_laths.html

More of a procrastinator - planner who has to justify a fairly extensive collection of man toys. In this damp area (50 - 150 yards from salt water bodies on three sides), rust proofing of tools after each use often takes as long or longer than the task a tool was used for.

Assembled my new B&D Workmate 425 (made in China). I still have a 30 year old version of the workmate. The new one has some pluses and minuses compared to my old one. A lot of the parts on the old one, that were cast aluminum, have been replaced by plastic moldings or sheet metal stampings...

Glad to see you're up on most all of the aspects of your new house and that your area of New Mexico is not as hot as Hades, In our area the well water eats up copper plumbing, but it takes decades to do so. The washerless ceramic disk faucet in our bathroom basin has not given us any problems...

Looking at Jean Stapleton's bio. Sadly, it seems her passing has gone unnoted on this forum.

Looks to be a miniature (10 cm) chef's knife. They sell for about 30 euro in the US.

Is that a boo boo on the lower left front (9 o'clock) of the slide [that holds the recoil spring plunger]? Are there any concerns about the refinishing degrading the closeness of the slide to frame fit? Many, many moons ago; I bought a new 45ACP Colt Gold Cup for $125 at Emroe sporting goods...

If you get a chance it would be nice if you could tell us more about some of the planned features of your new home; E.G.: Cellar / basement, high cellar (extending 3-5' above ground)? Mud room? Pantry? Eat-in kitchen? Evaporative cooling? Fireplace? Water supply source(s) and water treatment...

Laying off the cafe latte might be good idea. It's healthier to just eat the pistachios in the mortadella :tongue:. If you must drink caffe latte, consider having a few Nazionali sigarette as an antidote.

The article cited below discusses a fix for the rodent problem- Design News - News - Chemical Additive Protects Plastics From Rats

Using DesignCad to draw plans for installing a 6 quart fuel tank on the rear deck of my 33" walk-behind rotary mower.

For 2- An 8 ounce loaf of home baked Italian style, sesame seeded, semolina bread. Four ounces of thinly sliced, 2.5 year old, cured, and heavily smoked raw bacon. One litre of sparkling water mixed with Orangina and a freshly squeezed lime.

Linguini, sprinkled with pecorino romano and dressed with an EVOO, mushroom, garlic, oregano and red pepper flake sauce. Sauteed broccoli rabe (rapini).

Calzone

Rodents chewed up my irreplaceable 6 gasoline gas can and the gas tank on my 33" walk behind mower. Ergo I just ordered $98's worth of Contrac and $127's worth of items to replace the walk behinds fuel tank.

Spiedie is likely a derivation of the word spiedini.

ZuZu was popular with many of Endicott Johnson's employee's.

So does leftover leg of lamb. I like slices of leftover leg of lamb warmed in a gravy made from pan scrapings; but my favorite is a barley soup made with the bone, chunks of lamb, leek, and white turnip.

I added 4 ounces(dry weight) of white beans to the 15 ounces of menudo, resulting in 4 portions with a sodium content per portion of 565mg (24% of RDA). Problem is, I ate all four portions and had to put off eating the salad.