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Skriven 2015-03-28 16:24:18 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 25417 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: KK  was: houses
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  RH>> And drives locals out of the market. We half thought of buying
 NB> some  RH>> land for retirement years ago, but didn't want to pay taxes
 NB> on land  RH>> just sitting idle. It would have sold off as a nest egg
 NB> I guess, but  RH>> we never did do it.
 NB>  NB>> Probably didn't have the extra cash on hand for it anyway...

 RH> We did, from an accident settlement but used it for other things
 RH> instead. One other thing was the down payment on a new car, another
 RH> was paying for 10 years of life insurance in one payment. That was left
 RH> in a savings account and taken from annually but the interest paid for
 RH> another several year's worth of premiums.

 NB> So, better things to use the money on...  :)

At that time, yes. We needed both life insurance and a new car so took
care of both without a lot of money diverted from living expenses.


 NB>  RH>> All factors other than price being equal, go for the lower cost
 NB> one.  RH>> Good to have a house brand that's as good as commercial
 NB> brands, even  RH>> in something as semi mundane as butter.
 NB>  NB>> As long as we use it up fast enough, that's probably workable.

 RH> Just have to plan on using it at a decent rate.

 NB> Easier said than done, sometimes... or, more precisely, sometimes one
 NB> makes plans that somehow go somewhere else...  (G)

I know what you mean there. Best laid plans of mice and
men..............


 NB>  NB>> check the prices, Wegmans is 50 cents less for the normal size
 NB> tub  NB>> than LoL, but only 20 less for the larger tub (which they do
 NB> have).

 RH> Good to have the choices.

 NB> And sometimes the LoL goes on a better sale... so, yes, choice is
 NB> good..

Sales are always a good deal. Butter will keep in the freezer, don't
know about the blends but it's worth trying with one. If it's
successful, then you can take advantage of another sale.

 NB> even when  NB>> unopened... so, we've gone back to Hellmans, which is
 NB> $1 more per  NB>> quart... If we went back to using more mayo
 NB> regularly, that could  NB>> shift back...

 RH> We use it probably more than you do. In the summer, I can go thru a
 RH> quart fairly fast but slow down in the off seasons. Generally I buy
 RH> Duke's or the Whole Food's 365 (house) brand here; when we were out
 RH> west, I bought Best Foods which is the same as Hellman's.

 NB> It depends a lot on whether we are having sandwiches... and whether
 NB> I'm using it in egg/tuna/salmon/similar salad...  :)  And, yes, summer
 NB> we go through it faster, but a quart could still last a couple
 NB> months... :)

I'll use it in broccoli salad, cole slaw and other things as well.
Potato salad with a mustard/mayo dressing is good too--but after the
potatoes are cooked, drain them and pour Italian dressing over them. Let
them sit for an hour or so, then mix in your mustard/mayo dressing, eggs
and what have you.


 NB> Which cookbook, which file, which pile... etc...  ;)  A master list
 NB> could be a very helpful thing...  :)

 NB>  NB>> A list of popular vs less so, actual details of tweaking
 NB>  NB>> recipes... both useful to have written down (or in the 'puter,
 NB> or  NB>> both)...  :)

 RH> One of these days.......................

 NB> Always something else that gets in the way... ;)

Very much so!

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Ruth
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