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Skriven 2014-12-02 20:24:20 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 19987 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: fruitcake was: Sunday din
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  NB>> That's the reaction I was expecting... (G)  If you do get a
 NB> chance to  NB>> try the Wegmans' premium one, though, that is a lot
 NB> better...

 RH> Don't know when/if we will, quite doubtful for this year. I think
 RH> we're going to hold out till warmer weather (if we can) before making
 RH> a trip up north. By then, the fruit cakes will be long gone.

 NB> Undoubtedly.  They don't always even last until Christmas, and are
 NB> gone shortly after if they should happen to...  :)   Another year....
 NB> ;)

For all the jokes about them, they are bought and eaten.

 NB> baking.  NB>> Just came out with a new line of pastries without any
 NB> trans fats...  NB>> still lots of sugar and carbs, of course, but
 NB> somewhat healthier
 NB>  NB>> for you...  :)

 RH> Trying to keep up with Whole Foods, and sounds like they're doing a
 RH> good job in their own right. Wish one were closer to us but we do
 RH> have Whole Foods relatively close.

 NB> Dunno if they are taking their cues from Whole Foods, or if they are
 NB> just coming up with things on their own... could be getting ideas from
 NB> other places, but might well have done it even if nobody else was.

Probably both Wegman's and Whole Foods play off of each other in
development and marketing of new products to some extent. Seems that way
anyway.

 NB>  NB>> That was good planning...  When you go to the heavier duty one
 NB> for  NB>> the left, the right might appreciate the light support,
 NB> too..  :)

 RH> Probably so. I didn't get as many boxes packed today (doing other
 RH> stuff) but beginning to see sizeable gaps in the cabinet/cupboard
 RH> shelves. Most of my ceramic & pyrex is packed up, a good bit of the
 RH> pantry is as well.

 NB> That's when you start to realize you are making some progress... ;)

It's getting there--got 9 (almost 10) boxes packed in a bit over an hour
today with some help. A lot of them were books from the computer room
but a couple of boxes of kitchen goods, including the tagine.

 NB>  RH>> Yes, and it gets them done sooner, rather than later. He said it
 NB>  RH>> looked like the oven had never been cleaned, dishwasher was
 NB> almost  RH>> as bad and fridge was bad, but not as bad as the first 2.
 NB>  NB>> Yeah, harder to get to them quite so quickly once you start
 NB> using  NB>> them... or when you are busy trying to figure out where to
 NB> put other  NB>> things away...  :)   Those sound like they really did
 NB> need doing
 NB>  NB>> before you tried to use them, though...!   :)

 RH> It was amazing how much certain things had been neglected. Maybe we
 RH> were expecting more but we knew what standard military quarters had
 RH> to be cleaned to before the next tenants moved in so we were expecting
 RH> better than what we saw. This place (Pearce Ave) will be cleaned to
 RH> the military standard.

 NB> Not everybody has even learned the military standard... and lots of
 NB> people don't really care what shape they leave things in... or have
 NB> other factors that make dealing with it difficult...  The people that
 NB> move in after you leave places will certainly benefit from what's
 NB> become, I'm sure, second nature to you... to clean to that standard.

It's just amazing that people don't seem to care how a place is left
sometimes. There was a bit of effort to clean in some areas but the more
difficult spots were either neglected or superficially cleaned.


 NB> :) And, you did get a new stove out of their slovenliness... ;)

That we did. (G)

 NB>  NB>> Otherwise, after a while, one runs out of staging areas... ;)
 NB>  RH>> That's why Steve is taking them over now. We've so many boxes
 NB> waiting  RH>> to be filled, we're lacking room to put the filled ones.
 NB> He just took  RH>> the ones I filled earlier today.

 NB> Fill the box, load it in the car, fill the box, load it in the car...
 NB> when the car is full drive it over, unload into the house, return,
 NB> repeat...  (G)  Has a certain rhythm to it...  (G)

Can't load it in the car when the car is at the new house and you're
filling at the old one. Filled boxes get set out of the line of traffic
until Steve comes home and loads the car.


 NB>  NB>> Ah.  That makes plenty of sense, then...  And probably she got
 NB> you  NB>> a fairly good quality one, too, then... :)

 RH> Yes, it's one that will probably outlast us. (G)

 NB> And you'll think of her every time you use it, like as not...  ;)
 NB> Have to make sure your girls know where you got that one from...  :)

We will, I think Deborah has met her & Rachel will eventually. A couple
of my QoV friends had a tour of the house after the meeting today--they
like whats been done and the potential for what is to be done.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
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