Text 13540, 74 rader
Skriven 2014-05-22 12:07:46 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 13516 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Re: Italian etc 10
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 20 May 14  16:47:00 <=-

 NB>> IF I was still getting the paper, it would be in hardcopy... I gave up
 NB>> on our local rag entirely when they started biasing it to online, and
 NB>> were raising the price accordingly whether or not you'd get any value
 NB>> out of all their online/phone options... Not even the foods section or
 NB>> the coupons were enough to tip the balance any more...

 RH> Ours upped the price and is pushing the on line/phone editions as
 RH> well. I'm just enough old school on things like newspapers that I'd
 RH> rather read the physical edition. I do go thru the coupon fliers,
 RH> passing them on to someone in church who passes them on to a neighbor
 RH> (don't know if they go any further). A physical paper is also an eye
 RH> break from on screen reading for me. The type size is easy on my eyes
 RH> and I'm not straining as I would be to read it on my phone.
 
I never did try to read things online (and, as I've never had a smart
phone, not that either)...  I'm definitely old school there... :)  When
ours started biasing it to online, there was less and less content in
the physical edition, and my frustration limit was reached and
exceeded... so I cancelled...  Had they offered me a reduced rate to
keep getting the physical paper, I'd probably have relented, but there
wasn't even a hint to that possibility, only the increasingly
unaffordable rates...

 RH>> we got a rib eye steak for tonight, other meats for the freezer. Had
 RH>> the steak with empanadas from the market & strawberry short cake for
 NB>> Veggie empanadas...?  Fresh strawberry shortcake sounds wonderful...
 NB>> :)

 RH> It was good, light and filled us just right. Yesterday I cut up the
 RH> cantalope I'd picked up Saturday at Lowe's--got one that was nicely
 RH> ripe. We've a box of pieces in the fridge that I'll be digging into
 RH> later.

Easily accessible when you want them... :)  It's still a little early
for getting good melons here...

 RH> Quite. Today was my Quilts of Valor sewing day. Didn't get too much
 RH> sewn on the new project but probably will increase the output next
 RH> week. I have to make 81 9 Patch blocks, got 5 done today. We started
 RH> late, ended a bit early and took a lazy lunch break.

Part of it is the project, part the companionship...  :)  5's not all
that bad...  :)

 RH>> As usual, it was good. The owner of the place is in his 80s & trying
 RH>> to sell the place but nobody can make schntzel the way he does.
 RH>> Hopefully he'll sell his recipes with the place.
 NB>> Hasn't been able to take someone in to train to take over the place,
 NB>> eh...?  That knowledge would be a shame to lose...

 RH> No one that we know of is taking over. It would be a shame--he has a
 RH> prime location in town and there aren't too many nicer places to eat
 RH> there. Admitttedly I've just had some of their schnitzels but they've
 RH> been consistantly good. A friendly wait staff too--we usually have one

Maybe you and Steve should consider it as a fall-back option...?  I'm
mostly kidding, but it would provide employment and proximity to your
parents...  :)

 RH> woman who also works at the bank. She's the one who started referring
 RH> to anchovies as "guppies" so Steve told her not to skip the guppies on
 RH> his schnitzel this time. The ice cream that is part of the meal package
 RH> comes with a choice of 3 sauces and she's let me combine 2 as a
 RH> choice. (G)

She sounds like a fun person... :)  

ttyl       neb

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