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Skriven 2014-12-03 16:43:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: fruitcake was: Sunday
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 12-02-14  20:24 <=-

 NB>>> That's the reaction I was expecting... (G)  If you do get a
 NB>>> chance to 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
 NB>> are gone shortly after if they should happen to...  :)   Another
 NB>> year.... ;)

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

Some are indubitably as bad as the jokes...  but a good one is quite
enjoyable...  :)
 
 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.

 RH> Probably both Wegman's and Whole Foods play off of each other in
 RH> development and marketing of new products to some extent. Seems that
 RH> way anyway.
 
Possible.  Might just be independently going down similar paths...  ;)

 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... ;)

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

Definite progress..  :)

 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.

 RH> It's just amazing that people don't seem to care how a place is left
 RH> sometimes. There was a bit of effort to clean in some areas but the
 RH> more difficult spots were either neglected or superficially cleaned.
 
Maybe they don't see some things... and after all, they do have the
little ones to make things a bit more challenging to keep up with...
 
 NB>> :) And, you did get a new stove out of their slovenliness... ;)

 RH> That we did. (G)

A nice silver lining...  (G)
 
 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)

 RH> Can't load it in the car when the car is at the new house and you're
 RH> filling at the old one. Filled boxes get set out of the line of
 RH> traffic until Steve comes home and loads the car.
 
Point...  a slightly different rhythm there...  :)

 NB>>> And probably she got you 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...  :)

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

Showing it off is part of the fun of a new house...  ;)

ttyl        neb

... Cooks marry ingredients in the way a poet marries words.

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