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Skriven 2014-12-01 17:01:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: berries  was: Peppers
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 11-28-14  21:20 <=-

 RH>>> How many other girls after her?
 NB>>> 3 more.  There were two more boys, then the three girls (younger
 NB>>> two are twins), and the last one another boy.
 RH>> So she learned how to cook, clean, etc quite well before getting
 RH>> married. Been there, done that, got an old tee shirt to use as a
 RH>> dust rag.
 NB>> She may have "borrowed" some of the family worn-out diapers to use as
 NB>> dust rags when she left home...  ;)  I think Randy was out of them by
 NB>> then...  ;)

 RH> My youngest sister was long out of diapers before I got married.
 RH> IIRC, Steve had an old tee shirt that I used; I still use them, or
 RH> microfiber cloths.

There were fewer of you, and closer together in age as well...  She's at
least twelve years older than her baby brother, maybe thirteen or so. 
So he might have been only out of diapers for a year or two when she got
married...  :)

 RH>>> Significant enough that we will put the water savers in at the
 RH>>> new place.
 NB>>> Now that you know for sure that it helps.   :)
 RH>> Instead of the flush adaptors, we're changing out for water efficient
 RH>> toilets. But, other water saver devices will be put in. The first bill
 RH>> may be high as we're using a lot of water in cleaning the place up but
 RH>> subsequent ones will be much better.
 NB>> Of course, you aren't also doing the laundry and having showers etc
 NB>> yet at the new place, so it might even out.  Is Steve going to put
 NB>> in the water saver devices before you get moved in, as part of the
 NB>> readying the house for your occupancy...?

 RH> He was going to put them in but we ended up buying water saver toilets
 RH> instead. Adding the adaptors wouldn't save that much more so we'll
 RH> pass them on to someone else.
 
The other devices, too...?

 RH>> Yes, for sure. Have to figure out what cabinets, drawers, etc to stow
 RH>> all my kitchen goodies. I don't think any 2 drawers are the same size
 RH>> so that will be a challenge in itself. There are more drawers than our
 RH>> current kitchen has but in the current one, they're the same size. (G)
 NB>> So, the net result might be about the same storage area, just
 NB>> differently configured, then...? 

 RH> There is more, we only have 2 drawers in our current kitchen with the
 RH> cabnetry that's in place. We added a couple more when we bought the
 RH> butler but that's going with us. So, we will gain some drawer space.

Ah.  That is always a good thing.  :)  Will you keep the butler loaded
as it is, or change that around as well...?

 NB>> And, then, the next trick after getting them all newly arranged,
 NB>> will be to get used to where they are now...  ;)

 RH> Yes, that will be the fun/frustrating part of the move. But, we've
 RH> done it quite a few times before so it's not a new experience. (G)

Nope, just adds yet another to the list of different places where things
aren't QUITE the same any more...  ;) 
 
 RH>>> And thnakfully, neither of my girls did anything of the sort.
 NB>>> Lack of opportunity...?  Or just better judgement...?  ;)
 RH>> A bit of both but mostly the former. We were in urban areas when
 RH>> they were of the age my sister was at the time of the incident.
 NB>> I had figured as much, thinking back over what I remembered of
 NB>> your past tales of where and whens... ;)

 RH> Yes, we were in TX, Frankfurt and Berlin when our girls were about
 RH> the same age as my sister was when she pulled the berry escapade.

A lot less opportunity for unsupervised berrying... ;)

ttyl       neb

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

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