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Skriven 2014-04-07 18:20:12 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 11865 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Hi Michael,

 ML> When I left at 17, I thought I'd be done with it.
 ML> Little did I know that my brother would show up,
 ML> and less did I know that I'd end up being part of
 ML> his life, worse luck to both of us.
 RH> Sometimes it's good we don't know what the future holds for us. I'd

 ML> It's always good. As you say, trying to avoid what you
 ML> knew was going to happen would make you go round the
 ML> bend.

Sometimes I half think that's normal for me. (G)

 RH> have been going nuts at times, trying to avoid some of what's happened
 RH> in my life, had I known it was going to.

 ML> There is quite a body of speculative literature on this
 ML> subject. Some of it says that you can't beat the system,
 ML> and no matter what you try to do, essentially the same
 ML> things will happen.

I don't think I'd try to "beat the system"; it would probably turn tail
and beat me up.


 ML>  You just have to take life as
 RH> it comes to you, siblings and all.

 ML> I don't see that. I was 21 before this kid was born, and
 ML> I hardly ever saw him, maybe once a year or three, when he
 ML> was growing up. I could have turned my back on him, but I
 ML> promised my father that I'd do as well by him as I could.
 ML> The best that I can say is that there are moments when I
 ML> don't wish he would disappear.

I had a sibling 22 months older when I was born; 18 months after I was
born, I had a younger sister. Two more came along after her--the last 2
are the ones doing most of the run around with Mom & Dad now.


 RH> At the time, there was a small German
 RH> place just outside of SV that they went to/took us to instead.

 ML> Not that I would ever have any reason to be in Sierra Vista,
 ML> but I wonder if it's still going.

We went down to SV January of last year. Sad to say, the little German
place was gone. La Casita was still going strong tho, so we did have a
very good (as usual) meal there. Kim Ba Wu (woo?) was still serving up
good meals too; we had lunch there one day. For our last lunch, before
heading back up to the Phoenix area, we stopped at a new place. (They
hadn't been open but a few months, hopefully they will keep
going--really good food there). Buffalo Corral Barbeque is in a former
Burger King building but the food there was much better than any BK I've
ever eaten at. (G) Portions were generous, well seasoned, and reasonably
priced. I'd go back for another meal next time we're there. We didn't
check to see if Daisy Mae's Stronghold was still going--had some good
steaks there over the years. Didn't have as much time as we would have
liked to explore the area but there's always next time. There is a Texas
Roadhouse in town now, should you get down there and not want to check
out Daisy Mae's.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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