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Skriven 2011-11-19 16:16:41 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Re: things 56
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 13 Nov 11  23:09:51 <=-

 NB>> That is one of the nice side benefits of fall travel...  Traveling
 NB>> south in the spring is similarly nice from here... getting to see
 NB>> earlier blooms along the way... :)

 RH> Or as we do it, seeing how far spring has gotten on the way up. On the
 RH> way down, seeing how much northward progress has been made in since we
 RH> headed north.

That too.  :)

 NB>> Familiar names..  :)  I use US15 for most trips point south... at
 NB>> least as far as Harrisburg, where the paths diverge...

 RH> We usually pick up I-81 somewhere in that area. We've gone north/south
 RH> on 15 in PA as long as we've lived in the south. 

I-81S to get to my brother's, bottom of VA; I-83S to get to my sister's,
between Baltimore and Annapolis; 283(?) to get to Lancaster region
(grandmother used to be in Quarryville); PA Turnpike to get to Philly...
etc... 

 RH> On our honeymoon, we lost a hub cap to our 1971 Pinto on old 15, in
 RH> an area that's now under water. The car itself ended up in a auto
 RH> junkyard somewhere in the New Columbia area; we were in an accident
 RH> the day after we lost the hub cap. 

Guess that car just didn't want to leave the area... ;)  Made for quite
the adventure, I guess... how badly did it change your plans..?
 
 NB>> Ah, but my point was that when something that we considered a short
 NB>> to medium hop became a negligible hop, it changed the scale of truly
 NB>> longer trips... When negligible is a couple of minutes, a trip of a
 NB>> couple hours seems longish.... when negligible is more like a couple
 NB>> hours, driving for a 10-12hour day is only a day trip...  ;) 

 RH> True, in the same manner, have you noticed that it takes a shorter
 RH> time to go back home (even if you're going the same way but in reverse)
 RH> than it took to get to a new place?
 
Yup.  :)   Anticipation and concentration on the directions etc make the
trip much longer.... :)
 
 NB>> And it would mean shorter stops for meals...  :)  Besides, it's not an
 NB>> everyday occurance, and wouldn't have become so.. it was just another
 NB>> aspect of the trip...  :)

 RH> Still, I'm glad they offer more than just hamburgers and fries. I
 RH> usually go for salads and/or chicken.

More variety can mean more clientele... :)  And more families that want
different things can be happy at one spot... ;)

 RH> I'm glad I'm taking this 7 week term off tho. Been sewing just about
 RH> every day but Saturday and Sunday the past couple of weeks. Too busy
 RH> with other things (like cooking for Life Group) on Saturday to sew.

Keeps you busy, for sure.. :)

 RH> Steve had to take time out from his work yesterday to 1) verify the
 RH> garbage disposal was dead 2) call the landlord, discuss situation with
 RH> him and 3) go out to buy a new one, come home and install it. He got
 RH> the same type as was in there, just a different brand, so it was a
 RH> (fairly) easy out/in. Meanwhile, I'm cooking, can't use half the sink,
 RH> getting to the other half was an obstacle course..................
 
Sounds like a really crazy day...!  Back to normal, now, though...?

 NB>> ... He does not get lost all the time; he discovers Alternate
 NB>> Destinations

 RH> We "go exploring." (G)

Likewise.  :)   Some of my best alternate routes were discovered
serendipitously while "exploring"... :)  "Lost" is only when time is of
the essence... and things won't resolve...  ;)

ttyl        neb

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