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Skriven 2013-03-15 17:06:08 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 34801 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Hi Michael,

 RH> Seems you do like to wander.
 ML> Yes indeedy.
 RH> And you don't have the tie downs that a lot of us do.

 ML> Correct, and I have never made any bones about how my
 ML> lack of dependents allows for this kind of life. I admit
 ML> that even for me there would have been rewards of raising
 ML> kids, but on the whole I think that my situation and that
 ML> of the world in general are better this way.


Your choice, our choice. We raised a couple of young women who are a
credit to us, as well as their extended families. We've travelled but
also enjoy the "settled" times between.


 RH> I don't know how I'd do in
 RH> weather that's that cold for so long.

 ML> Get used to it, and rapidly at that.

I guess so--long johns, layering, making sure my face is well covered,
etc. I've had enough cold for this winter tho, and it's good to see
trees budding out. Downside means hot weather will be here all too soon.


 RH> Have you had any moose burgers yet?

 ML> It isn't moose territory, though I have on a few occasions
 ML> had moose meat (nothing to write home about), but that was

I've had venison, elk and buffalo but no moose that I can recall. Sounds
like I've not missed anything.


 ML> in New England. Caribou is occasionally available (had that
 ML> too), and I did see freezer-burned muskox at the butcher
 ML> shop in Yellowknife for $47.90 a kilo.

IOW, they need to reduce the price to move it.


 ML> That's one of the few ways in which I admit Southwest to
 ML> be superior, but it doesn't affect me.
 RH> Overall they're quite reasonable, because they don't provide a lot of
 RH> frills.

 ML> The price differential isn't great (and can go either way),
 ML> but the legacy airlines focus on the likes of me, so they
 ML> positively neglect the infrequent flyer, which I believe is
 ML> a mistake. I get a bargain (relatively speaking), and others
 ML> get the shaft.

AKA higher fares. We did use Delta several times when we were in GA (and
a trip when here) and Hawaiian when in HI but an assortment of others
over the years, depending on fare costs.


 ML> Entertaining thing - I grew up thinking Demerara was in
 ML> Ireland, because one got Demerara sugar in Ireland, plus
 ML> it sounds like Gloccamorra. Big surprise when I found
 ML> out that it was in British Guiana, but it kind of makes
 ML> sense, doesn't it.
 RH> I never really thought about where it could come from. Never even
 RH> heard of it until I was an adult but figured it might be from some
 RH> sugar cane growing place in the Carribean.

 ML> More sensible than my line of thinking.

Tho you admit, it does sound Irish but sugar cane raised in Ireland
sounds like a non sequitur.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... Even I don't understand what I just said...

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