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Skriven 2015-07-23 19:45:29 av Dave Drum (1:18/200)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: Re: sticky situations                                        [1]
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-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> closed. But, I've not seen his phiz nor name pop up in either the
 DD> obits or the "Police Beat" feature in the local bird-cage liner.  Bv)=

 RH> Presumably a couple of good signs.

 DD> Now that it has come up I'll have to ask "Rona" Binney -- a guy who
 DD> gossips like and old woman over the back fence. He seems to know who
 DD> is doing what, with which, to whom. At least of the old coffee crowd.

 RH> Probably get a lot more information than you would care to know. (G)

Oh, he'll follow you out to the parking lot if he's not done dishing his dirt.

   >>>>>> CUT <<<<<<<

 RH> Think they would appreciate Aldi's then? My parents shopped at one in
 RH> Kingston, NY years ago, first time I'd heard of them. Over the years,
 RH> they drifted away from doing most of their shopping there, probably
 RH> because of the bag it yourself policy of the store.

 DD> As long as they could get along with Germans.  Bv)=

 RH> Both of my folks are of direct German ancestry; they had no problem
 RH> with Aldi's being a German company. OTOH, my dad wasn't too thrilled
 RH> with our SIL's Mitsubishi Eclipse as he was strafed by Mitsubishi
 RH> planes in the Pacific Theater during WWII.

 DD> That was sort of a mistake - the Eclipse was built in the
 DD> Bloomington-Normal (IL) plant for its entire model run. A couple of my
 DD> friends worked there and were laid off from their cushy union gigs
 DD> when they discontinued that model in favour of the Endeavour SUV.

 RH> Dad just saw the Mitsubishi name, didn't care what kind of car it was
 RH> but that it had the Japanese name.

 DD> Lot of that knee-jerk reaction stuff going around. What was the brand
 DD> of his television?  Bv)=

 RH> Don't recall the tv but the last couple of cars he had were a Jetta and
 RH> Passat.

That's sort of ironic. When I was selling cameras at K-Mart I had a lady ask 
for a recommendation for a nice (film) camera. When I showed her both a Canon 
and a Pentax she declaimed "I don't want any of those Jap cameras. My husband 
and son both fought in World War Two. Don't you have any nice German cameras?"

 DD> I got into a "discussion" with a clown driving a Dodge mini-van
 DD> festooned with American flags and plastered with "BUY AMERICAN"
 DD> stickers. He pulled in next to me in a parking lot as I was getting
 DD> out of my Mercedes and asked why I didn't drive an American car. I
 DD> replied "Why don't you?" When he began to huff and puff - I pointed
 DD> out that the Chrysler vans (including Dodge) are built in Canada
 DD> (Windsor ON). So he zips back with "At least it's an American
 DD> company." So I asked what model year is your Grand Caravan? 2001 was
 DD> the reply. So I came back with "Can you say Daimler-Chrysler.? Same
 DD> company built your van in Canada and my sedan in Germany".

 RH> How international we've become.

True dat. I just don't want China to become the 800 lb gorilla.

 DD> BTW - Mitsubishi built pretty good aeroplanes (and continue to do so)
 DD> -- politics and warlords notwithstanding.

 RH> They recovered quite well.

 DD> The Japanese economy recovered by using the book on American business
 DD> and following its rules closely - something than many American
 DD> businesses fail to do.

 RH> Sad to say, yes.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Japanese-style Potato Salad
 Categories: Salads, Potatoes, Sauces, Fruits
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      1 lb Russet potatoes
    1/2 md Cucumber
    1/2 sm Onion; thin sliced
      1 ts Yellow or dijon mustard
      3 lg Sandwich slices of ham;
           - diced in small squares
    1/2 c  Mayonnaise
           Salt and pepper
           Sliced apples
 
  Boil unpeeled potatoes. Cut cucumber lengthwise and
  remove seeds and cut into thin slices and place in
  bowl. Add salt. Cut onion in thin slices and soak in
  cold water until you're ready to use them. Remove skins
  from cooked potatoes and cut potatoes lengthwise into
  pieces 1 inch wide. Drain cucumber and drain onions
  well. Place all ingredients into large bowl and mix
  well.
  
  Adding apple slices will surprise your taste buds. This
  potato salad tastes very similar to the one you would
  buy in Japan.
  
  From: http://www.recipesource.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

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