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Skriven 2014-12-11 16:07:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: Sunday dinners
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 12-09-14  22:56 <=-

 NB>>> You probably have a lot fewer people to be given names to, as
 NB>>> well... :)
 RH>> Yes, quite a bit fewer. Dad is one of 4, Mom, one of 3.
 NB>> And your generation, and that of your kids, are also smaller than in
 NB>> my family...

 RH> Mom & Dad had 5 kids but I had 2, one sister had 2, other sister had
 RH> one and brothers didn't have any kids.
 
Meanwhile, my parents had 8, and between us, we produced 33 grands... I
had one, one brother had 3, and the other 2, and one sister only 2
step-kids (not in the above count)... The other sisters had 4, 7, 10 and
6 respectively...  The next generation already has produced another 35
great-grands, and counting... 
 
 RH>> There were never any cousins my age tho.
 NB>> As the oldest grandchild on both sides, I didn't have any cousins my
 NB>> age, either..  Closest in age was 4 years younger, and we rarely saw
 RH> My closest first cousins were 9 years older, first cousins once
 RH> removed, 4 years younger.

You were at the other end of the age spectrum from me...  :)
 
 NB>> that family.  Next closest were 7 years younger...  My son, again the
 NB>> oldest grandchild on all sides, had one cousin a few months younger on
 NB>> Richard's side (but then, he's the younger of two), and one cousin on
 NB>> my side almost a year younger, as my sister got married a month after
 NB>> he was born.. :)  Most of the rest were substantially younger than he.

 RH> But he had a good number of cousins to play with. (G)

Or to babysit for... or to hardly know...  the youngest being more than
30 years younger than he is...  :) 

 RH>>> My sister Lisa got a double family name--corruption of Elise
 RH>>> and her middle name was a last name on my mom's side, I think my
 RH>>> maternal great grandfather's side. I don't know who will get my
 RH>>> grandmother's silver at this point.
 NB>>> It may depend on who is interested and/or has the need or space
 NB>>> for it... :)
 RH>> I think she and I are the only ones that want it.
 NB>> So maybe you'd be able to split it between you...  :)

 RH> I think we'll probably let it all go to one or the other. I'm not sure
 RH> how many place settings are in the set.

If there were enough place settings it might make splitting it feasible,
but I can see where one might not want to, if that would make it not so
useable... :)
 
 NB>>> I suppose that it then falls on you to make sure that it stays
 NB>>> in an accessible format...  :)
 RH>> By default, yes. By Steve's being a computer geek/guru. (G)
 NB>> Of course, that's why y'all put things into electronic format, instead
 NB>> of just making sure that paper copies are stored properly...  (G)

 RH> I still like to keep paper copies of a number of them. (G)

Easier to use, after all... ;)

ttyl         neb

... An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys.

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