Text 13588, 100 rader
Skriven 2014-05-23 19:50:13 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 13540 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: Italian etc 10
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Hi Nancy,

 NB> you'd get any value  NB>> out of all their online/phone options... Not
 NB> even the foods section or  NB>> the coupons were enough to tip the
 NB> 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.

 NB> I never did try to read things online (and, as I've never had a smart
 NB> phone, not that either)...  I'm definitely old school there... :)
 NB> When ours started biasing it to online, there was less and less
 NB> content in
 NB> the physical edition, and my frustration limit was reached and
 NB> exceeded... so I cancelled...  Had they offered me a reduced rate to

The paper itself stayed the same but they added extra options you could
link into if desired. IMO they're mostly time wasters/rabbit chasing but
I guess some people like to spend hours in front (back?) of the
computer.

 NB> keep getting the physical paper, I'd probably have relented, but there
 NB> wasn't even a hint to that possibility, only the increasingly
 NB> unaffordable rates...

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

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

I don't remember where this one was out of, probably Florida. It (what's
left of it) has been a good melon. Bogue Sound watermelons will be
coming along in a couple of months; they're nice and sweet ones & grown
on the coast of NC.

 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.

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

Not bad, considering I had to get up and press seams every so often.
Some days I can really turn out a lot, other days I do good to get a few
blocks made.


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

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

It would also mean very cold winters, high taxes and so forth. Also, my
parents aren't going to last forever. It's not an option I'd consider.

 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)

 NB> She sounds like a fun person... :)

From what I've seen of her, that she is.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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