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Skriven 2014-12-24 00:06:04 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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>  RH> > I make a good number of my shirts. A few years 
ago, Steve had
>  some where the sleeves were just a bit too short for 
him. They fit me
>  nicely so I made buttonholes on the right side, sewed 
shut those on the
>  left and sewed buttons over them. Nobody's the wiser 
unless I tell
>  them.
> 
>  RH> I don't even bother.  No one ever notices anyway.
> 
> I would, being a seamstress. One teen boy in our church 
was wearing a
> paisley shirt yeaterday he'd gotten as a gag gift. It 
looked good; I
> thought it was a woman's shirt but saw by the button 
placement it
> wasn't. BTW, were you aware that there was a silver 
beaver pin in that
> box? My brother, dad and maternal grandfather all have 
the award.
> 
I sort of remember it, but didn't know what it was for. 
To me a beaver is a symbol for Canada. 

>  RH> > Is she related to Morris?
> 
>  RH> She's gray instead of orange, but it wouldn't 
surprise me.
> 
> Obviously, not related to Garfield tho.
> 
She wouldn't eat lasagna.  

>  RH> >  RH> Hard to be sure.  It's from a store called 
Grand Union. I'm
>  guessing it's about the same age I am.  My mom asked 
Dad what he
>  wanted, and the compromise was usually mincemeat for 
Christmas.  It's
>  what his English- born grandmother made.
> 
> I remember GU stores from when I visited my grandmother 
in NJ.

There was one down the street here too, if memory serves.  
This was when I was a baby though.
 
>  RH> I'll eat any and all. My preference is pecan, but 
I'll
>  RH> take whatever shows up since no one else likes it.
> 
> If offered, and I've been good with carb counts 
otherwise, I'd go with
> the pecan over any of the others. OTOH, toss a 
chocolate silk pie or
> strawberry-rhubarb into the mix and all bets are off. A 
taste of all but
> the pumkpin, please. (G)

I like that too, for that matter.  Or a good lemon 
meringue. 
 
>  RH> > Yes, I've done them in there. I've also done 
spaghetti squash and
>  Steve has done pumpkin in it.
> 
>  RH> Mostly I do tea water.
> 
> I do my tea water in the Kuerig, after making sure 
Steve has removed the
> coffee pod. It's set up again.

I don't even use a drip pot, never mind one of those.
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