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Skriven 2014-10-09 20:42:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: exactitude 702
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 10-04-14  19:52 <=-

 NB>>> Daddy might have had your girls beat, though...
 RH>> I suspect, from what you have said, your dad probably went to at least
 RH>> a dozen (or more) different schools. It's not too much of a deal in
 RH>> elementary school but moving even once in high school can be rough.
 NB>> Quite likely...  Somewhere, I have a list of all the places he lived,
 NB>> starting from when he was born... I'd have to dig it out...  He did
 NB>> start college at 16, when they moved to NC, though, so that would have
 NB>> cut out at least one school...  :)

 RH> He sounds like the type of person that would learn well in any kind of
 RH> environment. Many people do better with a stable, or somewhat stable,
 RH> learning environment so moving often isn't a good choice for them.

He had no choice.  ;)  I think Grandmother made an effort to give some
stability despite all the moves, though...  :) 
 
 NB>> I know about moving during high school..  I was entering 12th when we
 NB>> moved to Rochester.  Jessie was going into 10th, and Lesesne into 9th.

 RH> And if I figure right, I was going into 8th grade at the same time.
 
IIR our earlier conversations, that sounds about right... :)

 NB>>> Also, like your Rachel, she wasn't that much older than her
 NB>>> younger sister... they're only about 2 years apart...  :)
 RH>> Close enough to be close, or fight like cats, then be close again.
 NB>> I wasn't privy to any of the latter... as far as I heard, they were
 NB>> pretty happy together...  Of course, there were still those older
 NB>> sisters, most of whom were still around...  ;)

 RH> It didn't really work that way with me and sister below me tho.
 
Always variations on the theme...  ;)  The sister directly below me
somehow took it into her head that I was the enemy... it took many adult
years to get past that, on her side of things...

 RH>> When she was 5, one time Rachel told Deborah that she would be her
 RH>> sister, but not her friend. A day or so later she relented and decided
 RH>> to be her friend again. From her tone of voice, it was "I'll be your
 RH>> sister only because I've no choice in the matter". Overall tho, they
 RH>> were (and still are) quite close.
 NB>> Sibling relationships can be interesting... at their best, they are a
 NB>> true source of support for life..  :)

 RH> I know; we're seeing how the sibling relationships are playing out in
 RH> older adults now. Some closeness, but not a super tight knit type.
 RH> Support, but with differences of opinion, sometimes quite different.
 
Similar here...  Definitely differences of opinion, but one learns which
things are better left alone, and which remain necessary for discussion.
And when to just quietly listen as others discuss...  ;)
 
 NB>> ... No-fat cream cheese is not food; it has no cream, it has no
 NB>> cheese.

 RH> It has no taste, it has no nutritive value. What was the chemist
 RH> thinking when that concoction was put together?

How to fake something popular for those who think they can't or
shouldn't have it....??

ttyl          neb

... If I eat beans and onions, will I make tear gas?

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