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Skriven 2015-11-17 22:39:53 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 33234 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
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Hi Nancy,

 NB> as the  NB>> day isn't (as usual) spinning out of control..  ;)

 RH> It usually is by that point. Yesterday was an eye appointment for me,
 RH> today was getting the new car. Both took a lot longer than expected.

 NB> Yeah... things like that do tend to do that...  :)  I had an eye
 NB> appointment today, and it also took longer than I'd expected... mostly
 NB> because the doc was running late... :)

My doctor was on time but it was a medical eye exam, with a lot of
testing which showed up a problem. I'm seeing a retinal specialist on
Thursday.


 RH> Altho there was a lot of Christmas stuff in W-M tonight, I did see
 RH> a fair amount of fall stuff that didn't come out and scream
 RH> "Thanksgiving" but it was implied.

 NB> And I did see paper plates and napkins at the grocery store with fancy
 NB> turkeys pictured on them... ;)

For those that don't pull out the good silver and china. That, and
Christmas, maybe also Easter, were the only times Mom got hers out. Her
china set was only for 8 so once my sister got married, we had to go
back to using the every day stuff.

 NB>  NB>> Hey... you know they'll be advertising the sales long before the
 NB>  NB>> turkey goes into the oven... how else would you know to plan for
 NB>  NB>> them... (G)

 RH> But they're having the sales now, and calling it Black Friday.

 NB> True... and suggesting that all they are doing is making it easier on
 NB> you to spread out that mad confusion over weeks instead of one 24 hour
 NB> period...  (G)  Yeah... I'm not all that pleased by the trend,
 NB> either....

Sheer madness, is what it is.


 NB>  NB>> the year and blurring the distinctions...  But one doesn't have
 NB> to buy  NB>> into it, even though it is being pushed... one can still
 NB> celebrate  NB>> Thanksgiving on one's one terms, and ignore all the
 NB> commercial hyping  NB>> of the Christmas season...  :)

 RH> I try to tune out as much as possible, easier said than done
 RH> sometimes.

 NB> It helps if one doesn't watch TV or listen to commercial radio... ;)

Even in the couple of hours we have the tv on (news and Jeopardy), we
still get a lot of those ads. Radio is on in the car but it's generally
talk radio.

 NB>  NB>>> Yes I remember that...  The Wegmans stocks and broths are also
 NB> a  NB>>> good pinch hit...  :)
 NB>  RH>> Have to take your word on that as we don't have Wegman's nearby
 NB>  RH>> to try.
 NB>  NB>> Next trip north, you might want to grab a couple just for trying
 NB>  NB>> out... :)

 RH> If I see any; we're not planning to head north again until after the
 RH> snow stops (or most of it, anyway). Have to plan to head to western NY
 RH> to get to a Wegman's also.

 NB> Or grab it when you pass through MD...  ;)

If we stop long enough. One thing I did pick up there is a folding step
stool; we'd gotten one a while before that was kept in the kitchen. I
got another one at Wegman's for the back part of the house (mostly my
sewing room) that has been very useful.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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