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>From: "No Name"
>Date: 9/23/2004 4:39 AM Mountain Standard Time

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>Elder parents....grrrrrrrrrrr

I have one elderly parent and I consider myself lucky that he's still around.

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>Tonight my 72 yr old father is telling me how he needs a $500 malt machine
>to make a good malt. Now keep in mind he has never shown interest in making
>a smoothie, milkshake or mexican liquado. I told him that people that buy
>malt machines when not needed have more money than brains.

Maybe this would be a good gift to buy for him for the upcoming holidays.
Yeah, I'm sure you could get it for cheaper.

>My father is the type of pack rat that has one of everything but only uses
>those items once in 10 years.

My parents were the type who stored everything of mine, and for all I know, my
childhood writings are still up in the attic somewhere. When we had no jobs
and had to leave Michigan, they put my husband up while he closed house there
and I'm sure lots of my newlywed things are still there, cookbooks, utensils,
etc. They never complained, even when my oldest brother kept a grand piano in
the garage for years, and of course it was ruined by the weather. He would
probably say now that they damaged his piano.

>Don't retirees think of anything else but how to squander their hard earned
>money on junk shown on the Home Shopping Network? Especially ones that have
>a collection of tools and gadgets that they don't currently use?

I have a brother who has begrudged everything that Dad has spent to keep the
house up over the years, saying that Dad pays too much and blah blah blah.
Well, I think that Dad earned that money, right? My mother sent lots of money
to the 700 Club and other scummy "charities" and that sort of made me mad, as
she was so taken in by their lies.

The brother complained about treating Dad to dinner after my mother's funeral.
Dad had treated us to the luncheon earlier that day with good food and an open
bar. My husband and I had taken Dad out the day before and treated him to a
dinner, albeit at a much cheaper place but a place that my parents had
frequented often and when the owner saw him he greeted him . My brothers
didn't offer to take him out for a break druing that long day, over 8 hours at
the funeral home.

Okay, I had to rant and rant.

Others have answered your questions. Be glad you have a father.

>Can someone please answer 3 basic questions?
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>1) What is the big difference in a malt vs milkshake?
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>2) Does Dad need a malt machine, won't a blender do?
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>3) Can you share some basic recipes?
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