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Skriven 2011-10-23 22:31:02 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 16793 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: words  was: tagines
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Hi Nancy,

 NB> Twist the words, eh...  ;)   Not available locally to you, but also
 NB> not a purely local brand for CT Ruth...

 RH> Good wordsmithing--thanks to a school that was still teaching basics
 RH> when I went thru and a dad who made his living with words. To some
 RH> extent, Mom did too, working as a librarian.

 NB> We used to do a lot of word-play games growing up...  Started by our
 NB> parents, but we kids took to them and ran with them...  :)  And with a
 NB> husband that tends to take things literally, I've also learned how to
 NB> be careful to make the meaning clear... ;)   Obfuscation may be fun,
 NB> but
 NB> not always productive... (G)

It's fun to sometimes see how crazy you can get with the English
language. But, you also have to pity those that come here and have to
learn it; we've got so many odd rules and exceptions.

 NB>  NB>> Around here, I suppose that Lori's might carry his organics, but
 NB> I  NB>> rarely check out her frozen foods.  And I don't know what our
 NB> local  NB>> WalMart carries as I don't shop there at all.

 RH> I get basics I'd buy anywhere at WM; they're usually a few cents less
 RH> there.

 NB> Most basics I can get good prices on Wegmans brands... there probably
 NB> are a few brand name things that I might be able to save a few cents
 NB> on at W-M, but as I really dislike even walking into their
 NB> superstores, I
 NB> don't go after them...

The one we have here is pretty decent, tho they did reduce the fabric
department to a joke a few months ago. We were at the Brockport Wegman's
this past Friday night--picked up a few things we can't get locally. (I
wrote to Michael about why we were in western NY.) Found the Co-Co Puffs
in whole wheat, as well as multi grain. They've moved the machine that
makes them to the back of the store so we had to hunt it dowm. Guess the
novelty has worn off.


 RH> Other things I'll buy where I can get what I want at a good
 RH> price. Lowe's is good for meats; Harris Teeter is on the expensive
 RH> side but good quality.

 NB> That's more my general shopping philosophy.  :)  And here, it tends to
 NB> be Wegmans and Lori's for me... ;)

We don't have the Wegman's so it's mostly Lowe's, Whole Foods, some each
W-M and Harris Teeter; rarely Food Lion.

On our way back from western NY yesterday, we got to the intersection of
11 & 15 at Shamokin Dam just at noon. I spotted the sign for Skeeters
Pit BBQ (up on the bluff, overlooking the river) so we decided to give
it a try. We'd passed it a number of times, never hitting it at meal
times before. They had a lunch special of a rib plate & fries at a good
price so we went with that. It was good! Five nice and meaty pork ribs
in the house sauce--spicy but not overly hot, I'd say "tangy". Fresh
fried to a crisp shoe string fries, well drained, not soggy. Filled us
up & with fast service, we were on our way again only about 45 minutes
after stopping. We are definately going to try to time things so we can
go back--it's about a 4 hour drive from the Holley area, about 8 hours
from here in NC. Have to figure out what it would be from my parents.
(G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... OH NO!  Not ANOTHER learning experience!

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