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Skriven 2012-03-28 21:30:07 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 22943 av HAP NEWSOM (1:123/140)
Ärende: almost baseball time                                     [1]
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Hi Hap,

-> I meant to communicate with your assistants.

 HN> Not much talking going on when the shooting
 HN> starts...hand signals are very small and
 HN> discreet as to not disturb the animals.

Nope, don't want to spook the critters. But you can get some spectacular
shots that way.

 HN> If I'm shooting flowers it doesn't matter,
 HN> the don't seem to mind conversation!

I don't think they would, as long as they know you're harmless. Just be
careful around the Venus fly trap so you don't end up as its dinner tho.

->  HN> In Tucson there was a botanical garden
->  HN> we liked, had a nice place for sitting
->  HN> on a shaded veranda with a nice breeze
->  HN> most of the time. Great for watching
->  HN> folks wandering among the different

-> Noticing who was smart enough to bring a hat to keep the sun off their
-> head and a bottle of water so as not to dehydrate? Hats work better than
-> visors; with the latter you're still exposing a good bit of the head to
-> the sun. The former shades all of the head and, depending on the
-> materials used in construction, can be an improvised evaporative cooler
-> with the water bottle.

 HN> Yep...amazing how people will wear
 HN> designer sunglasses and no hat.

And wonder why the unprotected areas look lobster red a few hours later.

->  HN> Ahh, they cut off the extra meaty
->  HN> "tips" and probably offer them as a
->  HN> separate menu choice.

-> Didn't notice it on the menu, have to look when we go back. But, it was
-> brought up that the St. Louis spicing is sweeter than the Memphis
-> version.

 HN> I try to avoid the sweeter ones, unless
 HN> I make them myself with sugar substitutes.

Only sugar sub Steve likes is the Stevia type. We don't use white sugar
but do use brown & tubinado plus liquids like honey and molasses.

->  HN> Yep, time changes most things...even
->  HN> us!

-> And in some cases, it's a case of the sands of time drifting downward.

 HN> and outward!

Unfortunately so.

->  HN> would have run between  $600 and
->  HN> $1000 for the meal for the four of

-> Well beyond what we ould have chosen. Not sure where we'll celebrate
-> Steve's graduation but will probably have some family in and will take
-> them out to eat after the ceremony.

 HN> Well beyond what we would have normally
 HN> chosen too...but sometimes the once
 HN> in a lifetime thing comes along and
 HN> you get a chance to take it. I would
 HN> have spent it without regret at the
 HN> time had we had the $$ AND if it would
 HN> not have been a wasted effort on Amanda's
 HN> boyfriend.

In time he may come to appreciate it. Does Amanda like a place like
that? If so, she may be able to have an influence on his culinary
adventures.

->  HN> us...however Amanda's beau is beyond
->  HN> regular shyness and borders on
->  HN> it being a medical condition. So we

-> Does he talk to you? Our son in law didn't talk much with us when he
-> first started dating Rachel, then opened up to me more, then Steve. Now
-> he's at ease with both of us.

 HN> Not much (yet)very little eye contact
 HN> and uber shy.

If they're serious, he'll get over it, although you may have to wait a
while.

->  HN> the extent that one wonders what the
->  HN> original intent was!!

-> We've got lots of open land so let's build out, not up. Seems to be the
-> rule in that part of the country. Look at LA. (G)

 HN> One would have thought they'd have been
 HN> a bit further apart...but it seems like
 HN> they area is all clustered around Phoenix
 HN> "proper".

Got to be close to where the action is; it costs money to drive in from
too far out in the sticks. Could be too, developers had the "east coast
cram everything together" mentality. (G)


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Ruth
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