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Skriven 2008-12-06 22:33:15 av Nancy Backus (1:3634/12.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Carol Shenkenberger
Ärende: sauerkraut was: ratatouille
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-=> Quoting Carol Shenkenberger to Nancy Backus on 12-03-08 20:32 <=-

 >  CS> I'm gaining slowly on the traffic, but always behind so far.
 > Every time I get caught up, the next day or so gets busy, so I'm always
 > at least a day or two behind by the time I can read and answer again...
 > oh well...  at least it keeps, usually...  ;)
 CS> For me, I backslide every 4 days then try to read up at least 4 days
 CS> worth. Work shift related.

Been there, done that... and I'm sure it will continue to happen.. ;)
At the moment, I'm 3 days behind and slipping... hopefully today I can
catch up, but if not, it'll likely be the same next week as this... I've
been able to get a day's worth done, but usually a day or two late... 
But, as Dale said, the nice thing about this sort of mail is that there
isn't the time pressure to HAVE to answer immediately...  Some days I
might have the time, but the brain is so fried that intelligible replies
are problematic... (G)  And my work "shifts" are flexed and stretched,
nothing I could say was properly scheduled...  ;/

 CS> Meantime Elise emailed.  She's in Singapore.  She found a nice place

Did you happen to ask HER if she remembered what she thought the daikon
reminded her of?  ;)

 CS> right along the trolley and a private school for the kids (english
 CS> mostly but one of the teachers is german).  I just mailed her a care

Nice.  :)

 CS> package of various things she hasnt located there yet.  Gluten and rye
 CS> plus her preferred type of mexican comino (she got that from me and
 CS> we've kept her in stock for years).  She shipped me a last box from
 CS> Sasebo just before she left.  Should be here in another 2 weeks or so.

What are friends for, anyway...?  :)  I'm sure you are looking forward
to your care package arriving, too.. :)

 CS> Her HHG's wont arrive for a bit longer but she's doing well with some
 CS> loaner stuff from others there.  Had to buy a few pots and dishes
 CS> though.  She now has a teapot stove kettle like mine (she always liked
 CS> it).  She's also investigating a small chest freezer.  Oddly, her place
 CS> has a fridge only unit, no freezer.  Not a very big fridge either from
 CS> how she describes it but there's a cabinet above that prevents getting

That (the little fridge) sounds like UK influence.  The largest fridge
available there is about the size of a small apartment sized one here. 
My sister raised plenty eyebrows when she went after the biggest one she
could find, and while it seemed gigunda to her friends and neighbors
there, it was still a lot smaller than what she was used to, growing up
here in the States. (She married an Englishman, whom she met while she
was in nursing school in London, and hasn't been back except for rare
visits since.)  A friend of mine's husband was transfered to England for
work... she made do with the standard size one in her apartment... and
sent pictures back via email to us all to see how tiny and STUFFED hers
was...  (G)  At least hers had a tiny freezer section on top.  She also
sent us pictures of some of the uniquely British foods she was cooking
up for her family... like Yorkshire pudding, which is really more like
little cakes...  :)

 CS> a larger one in there.  There's a washing machine but no dryer.  The
 CS> porch though has lines all across so like her neighbors, she just hangs
 CS> things out to dry. xxcarol

When in Rome...  ;)  Some conveniences are less necessary than others,
depending on where one is... :)

ttyl       neb

... BBS?  Yeah, I do bbs.  But I can control it ...

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