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Skriven 2014-03-25 22:42:48 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 11283 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Re: chili cookoff  was: yogurt
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 23 Mar 14  20:29:06 <=-

 NB>> Probably not... I was dependent for most of my college years on my
 NB>> father or friends for transportation, unless I used the bus (not a
 NB>> very convenient schedule) or walked.  The old campus (my first two
 NB>> years) being about 3-4 miles from home, and the new one (the rest,
 NB>> ~another 4 years) being more like 10 miles, walking wasn't a regular
 NB>> option, nor one that was all that safe (or wise) late at night... 
 NB>> And being a resident student was out of the question financially...

 RH> Kinda caught in between a rock & a hard place there. I'd have not
 RH> walked at night, and depending on the roads/streets, might not have
 RH> done much day time hiking either.

The roads/streets weren't all that bad, sidewalks for the city and much
of the suburbs...  but it was a long enough hike that one had to have
time and energy to do it...  I did it a few times, it wasn't too bad,
but it did take a long time to get there...  :)  But it certainly wasn't
a good thing to have to do regularly...  :)

 NB>> And the weather going west is only worse than that in the city and its

 RH> Lake effect snow. Getting any from the latest system? The forecast
 RH> here is ambiguous--not sure if we'll have snow or not tomorrow into
 RH> Tuesday. They are saying nights will be below freezing and possibly
 RH> hitting the low 40s for highs those 2 days.

Only spatterings...  we don't get all that much lake effect, being on
the long side of Lake Ontario instead at one of the ends... and Buffalo
gets Lake Erie as well... 

 NB>> dorms...  RIT's main dining facility (new campus) is part of the dorm
 NB>> complex, but then there was the imfamous Quarter Mile to get to the
 NB>> academic complex.  Nowadays, both have expanded greatly... much larger
 NB>> than it was in my day... and there are buildings now almost all along
 NB>> what used to be a very open quarter mile trek...  :)

 RH> Can get a good wind tunnel effect if the wind is coming from the right
 RH> direction there. Not a fun thing to be in during a storm.
 
That's for sure...  :)
 
 NB>> apartments nearby... a lot of them would cook for themselves...  :)
 NB>> But likely, eat on campus for lunch, rather than bring a lunch...  :)

 RH> That's what a lot of the guys did had lunch on campus. Others did
 RH> lunch and supper but not breakfast.

Breakfast wasn't all that popular anyway...  :)
 
 NB>> Well... at least I won't be there to worry about it..  ;)  Now, if you
 NB>> were planning to make that for an echo picnic, I might have other
 NB>> thoughts...  ;)

 RH> I'd probably play it safe and do the lemon pound cake.

You've been talking about that already...  sounds good...
 
 NB>> Do they get marked down, too...?  or just that it's in a small chunk
 NB>> so a bit more affordable that way...?

 RH> Small chunks that are affordable. Also gives us the chance to try one
 RH> that may or may not be liked, without buying a big piece only to find
 RH> we don't like it. They also put out a lot of samples of their hard
 RH> cheeses on a rotating basis--that's how I found I like the cave aged
 RH> gryere. (G) 

That's a good deal, then...

ttyl      neb

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