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Skriven 2015-01-01 21:39:10 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 22411 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: Sunday dinners
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Hi Nancy,


 NB>  NB>> Even so, you can get some interesting anomalies.... When I was
 NB> looking  NB>> for my Peter Zechariah James Dederick, I had (naturally)
 NB> figured that  NB>> with a name like that, he'd be the only one with
 NB> it...  Turned out  NB>> that he had a second or third cousin with the
 NB> exact same name, of  NB>> about the same age, and living in the same
 NB> general area...  What had  NB>> appeared to be a head-scratcher of a
 NB> second marriage (dates didn't  NB>> figure properly) turned out to be
 NB> a different person's marriage... :)

 RH> That is unusual, to have all the same names. (G)

 NB> For sure.  I'd not have been surprised to see even 2 of the three
 NB> repeated, but I certainly wasn't expecting to see that triplet of
 NB> names, especially with the Zechariah in the middle, repeated in that
 NB> same generation...  :)

Two sets of parents had the same idea for naming their son--must have
really admired the one named Zechariah for both of them to use it.


 RH> Back when we were in AZ, Steve had an e-mail from somebody in, IIRC,
 RH> New Orleans, asking if he was the Stephen Haffly he'd gone to school
 RH> with (in that area). Interesting to find someone else with that name
 RH> but no, he wasn't the schoolmate the person was looking for.

 NB> That happens much more commonly than one would think.  There was a
 NB> Richard John Backus at RIT at the same time as Richard (whose middle
 NB> name is Judson).  The former usually goes by R. John, and is still
 NB> local here, but is an accountant... on the other side of town...  ;)
 NB> But it
 NB> did make for some interesting confusions in the alumni office for a
 NB> while, and we do get the occasional call looking for the other guy...
 NB> :)

That could get interesting! (G)

 NB>  NB>> Or at least not closely so...  generally you go back far enough,
 NB> you  NB>> can find a connection... except probably for surnames based
 NB> on
 NB>  NB>> occupation... and even then, we're all cousins if you go back
 NB> really  NB>> far enough... (G)

 RH> REALLY (!) going back far there. (G)

 NB> Don't even have to go back to Noah for most of them, either... ;)

But some records were lost by the diaspora.


 NB>  RH>> Of courst by the time it gets grease splattered, you've probably
 NB> made  RH>> the recipe enough times to be pretty sure of the amounts
 NB> needed of  RH>> most all the ingredients.
 NB>  NB>> Probably.  :)

 RH> So the recipe is more of a back up, and verifier at that point.

 NB> Indeed.

Making sure you don't use baking powder for baking soda or vice versa
and one teaspoon of salt instead of one tablespoon kind of thing.


 NB>  RH>>> I don't fit in any one specific category either; I think that
 NB>  RH>>> comes from years of cooking experience.
 NB>  NB>>> And thereby a certain degree of confidence in the kitchen...
 NB> :)  RH>> Yes, I'm no longer a slave to the cook book, be it a virtual
 NB> or an  RH>> actual one.
 NB>  NB>> Quite.

 RH> Allowing me to be as creative as I want. (G)

 NB> When you want, anyway... ;)

Which can make things quite interesting, should I desire to do so.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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