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Skriven 2014-08-31 20:38:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: kitchen aid
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 08-27-14  21:39 <=-

 NB>>> Or they are simply busier as a matter of course... ;)
 RH>> Being a chain, they're naturally busier. People know the quality (or
 RH>> lack of) in a chain place and tend to go there instead of trying
 RH>> independent places.
 NB>> Some people, anyway...  :)  The chains do still have lulls, if not
 NB>> as noticeable or as dependable, though...

 RH> Yes, I imagine if we'd walked in about 2:30 in the afternoon, they'd
 RH> be rather quiet. That is, during the week, most likely a different
 RH> story on week ends, with probably a major crowd on Sunday at that time.

True... the after church crowd on Sundays tends to skew the lull... ;)
 
 RH> Depends on the chain, the time we have or want to take, etc. Sometimes
 RH> we don't want to take the time, even that a buffet would entail. OTOH,
 RH> we stopped for a (slightly) early lunch at Chubby's BBQ in MD on the
 RH> way south last month. We'd stopped on the way north in May, knew they
 RH> were good and when we saw the sign advertising the newest addition to
 RH> the menu (pastrami), we had to give it a try. (G)

I remember you mentioning that one.   :)  I rarely want to take the time
while traveling... and usually we aren't even considering going out
unless we do have at least some amount of time available...  Exceptions
exist, of course... like when we caught a quick meal at Wendy's when we
had only a short time between the end of morning service and getting to
a nearby graveyard for a graveside service for Mike... no time to run
home, and no idea how long things would be...  :)
 
 RH>> Some of Steve's co-workers never made it to work on the 12th or 13th.
 RH>> I'd made some sourdough bagels on the 10th so he took some in to work
 RH>> for those that may have missed breakfast. Down side of living on post
 RH>> was that delivery trucks were caught in the traffic jams so PX and
 RH>> commissary ran a bit short on some items. Hoarders didn't help but
 RH>> deliveries got back to (the new) normal in a week or so.
 NB>> Emergency situations change things, but only for the duration...  :)

 RH> Yes, within a couple of weeks, security had eased off somewhat, only
 RH> to be tightened again, briefly, when war was declared in Afghanistan.
 RH> It did ease off a bit some time later but we couldn't just sail thru
 RH> the gate any more.

No, some things did change permanently... that was when Fort Drum
reduced the number of their active gates and cracked down on civilians
cutting through the fort, at least the main section...  Useta was that
there were actually a number of open roads that passed through even the
"fortified" part of the fort...  Now there's none of those roads (some
of them simply blocked off that used to be open, some simply totally
within the barbed wire protected area), only the ones that either skirt
the area, or that cross the open training areas, like Rt 3A, are still
open to regular traffic...  One road that used to be open into the fort
now is one of the main gates....

ttyl        neb

... Ambidextrose: Able to put creamer in coffee using either hand.

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