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Skriven 2014-09-22 14:44:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HANSCHKA
Ärende: Re: Finally
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-=> Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Nancy Backus on 09-21-14  22:40 <=-

 > > > windows for the attic (using his wooden extension 
 > > > ladder). 
 > >  RH> Oh well.  Had to happen sooner or later. 
 > > He wasn't ready for it to happen yet, though...  ;)  
 > > He cheered up a little when we reminded him that he 
 > > still could do more than the "youngsters" down the
 > > street (in the nursing home)...
 > RH> (LOL)  True.  Probably more than folks like ME 
 > RH> too!  
 > Definitely.  And definitely more than we could do, even
 > back then, before we developed more health issues...
 > 
 RH> Back before I needed both hands to get up the stairs this 
 RH> morning. (sigh)

Sigh...  yeah...  likewise...  Richard was doing pretty well
emulating Gramps up until he started in with the heart issues...
sigh...

 > > RH> blizzard per lifetime is enough.
 > > I'd think so.   :)   Of course, we've had more than 
 > > once when there's been some snow on Halloween for
 > > the kiddies... they wear their winter coats under 
 > > their costumes... ;)
 > RH> Around here half the kids don't even go out.  The 
 > RH> ones at church come to the Operation Christmas Child
 > RH> box stuffing party instead in a lot of cases.  They
 > RH> get candy anyway, but pack boxes for kids in third
 > RH> world countries instead of trick or treating.
 > There certainly aren't the numbers there once were.  I 
 > think all the scares over the years put a damper on the
 > door-to-door unless one actually knew the residents...
 > Parties are more the norm here, too... some, like yours,
 > for a charitable purpose as well as for fun...  :)   But
 > I do still see the occasional group of trick-or-treaters
 > roaming the neighborhood...
 > 
 RH> We still get a few here.  I've been over at church most 
 RH> years so don't get to see them.  The neighborhood didn't 
 RH> have a lot of kids for a while, but houses change over 
 RH> when people retire or move to their kids' houses or 
 RH> something.  We still don't get the numbers that were out 
 RH> in the 70s. Too many scares.

Exactly... neighborhoods change over the years, attitudes
change also...  We often aren't home either... and don't
hand out stuff anymore even if we do happen to be home...  

ttyl              neb

... When our habits are strange and our customs deranged That's our mores.

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