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Skriven 2011-03-10 21:00:10 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 8142 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
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Hi Nancy,

 RH> trying to clean it up bit by bit. The flood forced the issue so Dad is
 RH> willingly helping to get rid of stuff he now realises he will never

 NB> Put things into a different perspective...

Yes, now he knows what's worth keeping, what isn't. He's typical of his
generation, a big time hoarder.

 RH> use in his life time.  We're wondering if the clean out will extend to
 RH> the piles of National Geographic and Reader's Digest they have all over
 RH> the house; we're figuring, probably not.

 NB> Probably not...  Those are traditional keepers... :)

I know, sigh! Try and tell him that it's available on line tho......

 NB> else,  NB>> at Wegmans when we did the shopping last night.  I thought
 NB> of you  NB>> and your mom...  :)  Dunno if Wegmans had it specially

 RH> I've never seen an adult version so it's probably a Wegman's special.
 RH> I suspect it's available for other stores but at a high enough price
 RH> that most of them don't want to spend the money on it. Don't want to
 RH> see it on the side of the street/road like you do other shopping carts.

 NB> Possibly.  It's not quite as attractive for the side of road usage,
 NB> though, being more unwieldy... also more noticeable... ;)

Yes, but you've probably seen, as well as I have, the amazing stuff
found along the sides of roads. Seems like if it isn't nailed down, it
goes, and shopping carts are a popular item to go.

 RH> Yes, and distance doesn't help. But, I don't want to be right on top
 RH> of them either. Somewhat closer so if we need to get there fast, we can
 RH> but that would put us further from Steve's parents (except in the
 RH> summer) and they aren't getting younger either. Right now, we're about
 RH> equal distant from both but Steve will finish seminary and we will move
 RH> again.

 NB> And possibly be quite a bit farther from both sets of parents... Other

Quite probably will be but that's not unusual. What is unusual is having
this much east coast (which means relatively near) time. It's meant
we've not put in any sort of garden but intend to this year, and have
neighbors enjoy the some of the results in exchange for some care.

 NB> than moving everyone into the same house, there's not much one can do
 NB> to be more convenient... and that usually isn't much of an option...
 NB> :)

And, time was, we'd have never left our home towns or gone too far away.
Couple hundred or so years ago I'd have not gone to college or traveled
as far as I did when I met Steve. Never would have learned to cook
decent Italian food from his mom either. (G)

 NB> ... When your chocolate bar melts in the fridge... You're in Arizona!

Or TX, NV, NM, OK, or any other state in that general vicinity.


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Ruth
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