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Skriven 2014-12-12 22:05:03 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 21631 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: Sunday dinners
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  NB>> And your generation, and that of your kids, are also smaller
 NB> 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.

 NB> Meanwhile, my parents had 8, and between us, we produced 33 grands...
 NB> I had one, one brother had 3, and the other 2, and one sister only 2
 NB> step-kids (not in the above count)... The other sisters had 4, 7, 10
 NB> and 6 respectively...  The next generation already has produced
 NB> another 35 great-grands, and counting...

My folks have 6 biological great grands, plus the 2 from Nick.

 NB>  RH>> There were never any cousins my age tho.
 NB>  NB>> As the oldest grandchild on both sides, I didn't have any
 NB> cousins my  NB>> age, either..  Closest in age was 4 years younger,
 NB> and we rarely saw
 RH> My closest first cousins were 9 years older, first cousins once
 RH> removed, 4 years younger.

 NB> You were at the other end of the age spectrum from me...  :)

That's the way it goes sometimes. (G)

 NB> two), and one cousin on  NB>> my side almost a year younger, as my
 NB> sister got married a month after  NB>> he was born.. :)  Most of the
 NB> rest were substantially younger than he.

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

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

Dad babysat for his nieces & nephews while he was still in school but we
didn't live anywhere's near them for them to babysit us.

 NB>  RH>>> grandmother's silver at this point.
 NB>  NB>>> It may depend on who is interested and/or has the need or space
 NB>  NB>>> for it... :)
 NB>  RH>> I think she and I are the only ones that want it.
 NB>  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.

 NB> If there were enough place settings it might make splitting it
 NB> feasible, but I can see where one might not want to, if that would
 NB> make it not so useable... :)

There's probably a dozen place settings, not enough for us to split and
have enough for the family.

 NB>  NB>> Of course, that's why y'all put things into electronic format,
 NB> instead  NB>> of just making sure that paper copies are stored
 NB> properly...  (G)

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

 NB> Easier to use, after all... ;)

And if they get splatted with cooking grease or sauce or whatever, they
can be tossed and a new copy printed. I usually clip a recipe to the
range hood; it's easy to follow as I'm working and I don't have to find
an easily accessable place for the cook book.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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