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Skriven 2006-08-16 18:28:51 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
   Kommentar till text 4309 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: Home Againi 879
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*** Quoting RUTH HANSCHKA from a message to CAROL SHENKENBERGER ***

RH> Like I said.  The walls of my garage are storage space.  The near wall
RH> that is part of the house doesn't have the 3" to spare.


Wont work then.  Cant have a storage shelf in front and be able to use it <g>.


RH> For winter here, that's in the normal range.  I'm surprised you get th
RH> temperature extremes right on the water like that.

Wierd pattern here.  Japan is situated just right to have that sort of thing.


RH> Not particularly, no.  As long as the car starts, I'm happy.  It's bee
RH> cold enough here a few times that I had to wait until the temperature
RH> climbed above zero before I could get a car to turn over.

EEEWWWW!!  Not me!  Naw!  I aint ever moving that far north if I have a say in
it!


RH> Here, the frost line is 45" below ground - it thaws out eventually, bu
RH> winter it can be frozen solid that far down and usually is.

Well, here, at best the top 2 inches freeze.

RH> 'green meat 
-> bin' because no one wanted to pay that price.

RH> Good idea.  Is that when you bought it? :-)
RH>  

Naw, I didnt get it even then.  Too expensive.  I'll stick with cuts that are
6$ or less and learn to cook'em right.

-> Probably same for the Norfolk place I used to go to.  I imagine there
RH> are 
-> places that I just didnt discover.  Now with my fish eating habits so
RH> well 
-> established, we will look harder.
RH> There has to be a fresh fish place in Norfolk somewhere!

Bound to be!  I just didnt have a reason then to hunt really hard.

-> Anyways, Susan had fun, the kids had fun (she has 2, age 11 and 14ish).
RH> Susan 
-> has lived in Europe and Africa, so is no newbie to adaption.  Got here
RH> about 3 
-> days ago.

RH> Which part of Africa?  I have friends in Ivory Coast, Ghana, and used
RH> have in Egypt, Ethiopia and a few other spots.

Dunno!  I'll try to remember to ask?

RH> and 
-> they want 'comfort food' to feel a bit homey just now.  That means
RH> peanuts, raw
-> and in the shell.  Got'em at Tonoo.

RH> Ground nut stew?

Possibly!  She didnt really say.  Just wanted some and didnt know where to get
them.  When you first move to a new land, you want every 3rd meal at least to
be 'what you are pretty close to used to' at the least or it's too much
culture shock.  We started with just 1 in 3 being 'new Japan stuff' for
example.

RH>  
-> RH> People do use cabs here to get home from grocery stores, if they
RH> don't
-> RH> a car.  They cost a lot more though.
-> 
-> 540 yen is about 5$ and if uyou do it as a weekly trip and do not need a
RH> car 
-> the rest of the time, actually is cheaper than auto insurance much less
RH> car 
-> ownership other things.  Sometimes, it makes sense to not have one.

RH> If you live in a place with lots of local markets and good public
RH> transportation, who needs one?  Here in suburbia everything is spread
RH> and public transport sucks.  

Yes.  Cars in the USA tend to be required.  It's so in many places but not
where I live.
                                       xxcarol

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