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Skriven 2016-01-20 15:58:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 01-15-16  15:58 <=-

 RH>> I've suggested names for some but Steve hasn't gone along with them.
 RH>> Mostly because they're too outrageous, like the Dodge Omni I said
 RH>> should be named Allis (Latin & German for all). However, the late,
 RH>> unlamented Focus has, since we replaced, it, been known as the Out
 RH>> of Focus.
 NB>> Our Dodge Aries was originally named the Nomad, since it was Desert
 NB>> Red with a Sahara Sand interior (or something like that) and was going
 NB>> to be used for many long-distance trips... it ended up being called
 NB>> the Grapefruit, since it wasn't quite a lemon, just close... ;)

 RH> Sounds like our Focus. Did you end up not doing the trips you had
 RH> thought you were going to do with it? Was it a Ruby Red grapefruit?
 
It wasn't even that sweet... (G)  It still got used for a number of the
long-distance trips, until it became too unreliable... that was the one,
I think, whose manual transmission died enroute to MD, stranding me in
Mansfield PA over the weekend... and it may also have been the one that
sprung a gas leak enroute on another trip to MD, which needed to be
fixed whilst there...  All told, it lasted about 8 years (driving it
until it dropped, as is our practice) instead of the 10 or more that we
usually get... I quit driving it after about 5 years and Richard took it
over... We got my much more reliable Shadow at that point... The last
trip I took it on was for my grandmother's winter funeral... it had no
heat, and a lot of things didn't work well.. My Shadow was already on
order, and I remember voicing a litany of all the things that would
finally work when I got my new car, all the way down and back...  ;) 
Things like heat, wipers, etc...  (G)  The service had been in
Quarryville PA, the interment in the Naval Academy graveyard, next to
her long-departed Naval Captain husband...  :)  My youngest brother rode
home with me from the latter...  

 NB>>> A little sooner than expected... (G)  But a known winner, so a
 NB>>> no-brainer where to grab your meal... ;)
 RH>> The GPS routed us a block away when we left the dealer. This time I
 RH>> tried the green slaw; it was better than the red, IMO, but I guess
 RH>> the red is as common as the green in that part of NC.
 NB>> Red slaw being made with red cabbage...?  Or is it a different
 NB>> dressing...?

 RH> A different dressing; the green slaw is a mayo based dressing and red
 RH> is more of the oil/vinegar variety.

Ah.

 RH> I like the green better, especially since it's the type my MIL taught
 RH> me how to make. She uses carrot, cabbage and pineapple with a sugar
 RH> (stevia), s&p, mayo and pineapple juice dressing. When I was growing
 RH> up, at home cole slaw was just cabbage and mayo so I was glad to get
 RH> a good recipe. I don't know how many times I've made it but we always
 RH> enjoy it--and come back to it after trying other recipies.
 
I guess it's partly what you are used to, which one prefers...  :)  I
don't remember us having cole slaw at home, only if we happened to get
it somewhere else...  And I tend not to bother making it, either...
unless I get the cabbage (etc) already chopped, and add a bottled
dressing to it...  ;)

 RH>> Correct, and we got back home about 12:30 am on January 5th. I'm
 RH>> chipping away at both newspapers and Fido, trying to get caught up on
 RH>> both in a reasonable time.
 NB>> I sure know that routine... ;)  So you were gone just a hair over
 NB>> 3 weeks...  :)

 RH> Yes, with a lot of road time on both ends. I'm caught up with papers
 RH> and Fido, just trying to get organised in other areas.

Meanwhile, I'm still paddling along, working on catching up the
backlog...  ;)  It's starting to look a little less hopeless now, with
Mommy's therapies down to just two PT sessions in the week, everything
else is done now... and with Lydia and Marguerite expected home the end
of this week... :)

ttyl       neb

... Lets put the FUN back in dysFUNctional

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