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Skriven 2009-04-19 15:10:58 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 23406 av Carol Shenkenberger (29976.cooks)
Ärende: Dang, it aint italian!
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Hi Carol,

 >  CS> Heheh you'll hate me but it's the weekend ;-)

 > The week end is almost over and we're all packed out.  Living in guest
 > quarter and Steve will sign out on terminal leave on Tuesday.

 CS> My how time flies eh?

Yes, we've been on terminal leave almost a week now.  We're at Steve's
folks in Florida but will leave Tuesday to visit some friends in Alabama
for a bit.


 CS> Meantime you might be interested in how much sewing work goes for
 CS> here.  3 lined jacket sleeves, one unlined, 4 pairs of pants hemmed
 CS> and one zipper replacement, 99$.  She presses everything afterwards so
 CS> it's ready to wear and one of the jackets she's taking to the dry
 CS> cleaners (price included).

That's pretty decent prices. My rate for a basic hem in AZ was $5 but
that was some time ago. I could have charged more but most of my work
was done for fellow church members.



 CS> -- Slight break.

 CS> The local guys who sell meat 'door to door' here just came by.
 CS> Yippie! Before you scoff, they have the same as that expensive but

I'm not scoffing--my parents buy from a door to door guy on a semi
regular basis. Both meats and other stuff--actually I think there's more
than one sales truck (no Schwann's tho) going thru their area.


 CS> quality angus beef you buy via mail order but at reduced price.  for
 CS> 229$ I got enough beef for 4-5 months and a month worth of decent
 CS> seafood all vacumn sealed well for another 200$.

Sounds good to me.  Is it just beef and seafood or can you get pork and
chicken as well?


 CS> Now my freezer is packed!

And mine is empty, waiting to get moved into the new place.


 CS> I've gotten their stuff before and been delighted with the quality.
 CS> Sure, I can beat the price at the commisary, but not by that much.
 CS> This is all well sealed and will freeze well with *no* problems up to
 CS> a year.  (tested last batch up to 6 months and it was just perfect
 CS> still at that age).

Sounds like a you've got a good deal there.


 CS> I like the fact that I just helped a local business guy out too.  He's
 CS> got a store of sorts but it's not well located.  I mentioned him
 CS> before when he was trying to front up a business and now he has one
 CS> but the word on how to find him isnt well out, so he does a door to
 CS> door thing on weekends while his wife tends the store.  I reminded him
 CS> to be sure to come back on a Saturday about 5 months from now when
 CS> we'll be looking for more beef.

And if he's smart, he will mark his calendar as a reminder.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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