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Skriven 2011-11-03 20:09:34 av Nancy Backus (1:229/452)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: Re: words  was: tagines
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 23-Oct-2011 22:31 <=-

 NB>> We used to do a lot of word-play games growing up...  Started by our
 NB>> parents, but we kids took to them and ran with them...  :)  And with a
 NB>> husband that tends to take things literally, I've also learned how to
 NB>> be careful to make the meaning clear... ;)   Obfuscation may be fun,
 NB>> but not always productive... (G)

 RH> It's fun to sometimes see how crazy you can get with the English
 RH> language. But, you also have to pity those that come here and have to
 RH> learn it; we've got so many odd rules and exceptions.

Other languages can be similar... and one needs to really understand the
language to fool around with it intelligently... ;)

 RH> We were at the Brockport Wegman's this past Friday night--picked up
 RH> a few things we can't get locally. (I wrote to Michael about why we
 RH> were in western NY.) Found the Co-Co Puffs in whole wheat, as well
 RH> as multi grain. They've moved the machine that makes them to the
 RH> back of the store so we had to hunt it dowm. Guess the novelty has
 RH> worn off.

Our store has the machine about halfway back, between the bakery and the
meat/seafood departments... the store I first saw one of those, had it
in the back nestled into the Nature's Marketplace section, from the very
beginning... :)  When our store got one, though, I figured the novelty
had worn off, since we don't often get the newest stuff... (G) 

 RH> On our way back from western NY yesterday, we got to the intersection
 RH> of 11 & 15 at Shamokin Dam just at noon. I spotted the sign for
 RH> Skeeters Pit BBQ (up on the bluff, overlooking the river) so we decided
 RH> to give it a try. We'd passed it a number of times, never hitting it at
 RH> meal times before. They had a lunch special of a rib plate & fries at a
 RH> good price so we went with that. It was good! Five nice and meaty pork
 RH> ribs in the house sauce--spicy but not overly hot, I'd say "tangy".
 RH> Fresh fried to a crisp shoe string fries, well drained, not soggy.

Good thing Steve has decided that pork is ok... (G)  I don't generally
stop for meals when I'm traveling (I realize I'm a bit of an exception
to general rules though [g]), but that does sound like a nice place to
stop.  :)

 RH> Filled us up & with fast service, we were on our way again only about
 RH> 45 minutes after stopping. We are definately going to try to time
 RH> things so we can go back--it's about a 4 hour drive from the Holley
 RH> area, about 8 hours from here in NC. Have to figure out what it would
 RH> be from my parents. (G)

Do you normally go 11/15 to visit your parents, too...?  Do it often
enough, the place will think you are regulars... (G)

ttyl        neb

... You can get anywhere in ten minutes if you go fast enough.

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