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Skriven 2013-10-10 20:38:35 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 5622 av DAVE DRUM (1:261/1381)
Ärende: Variations
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Hi Dave,


 RH> I'll use various regionalisms from the different places we've lived.
 RH> Sometimes I'll have to stop and think about what I said, then clarify
 RH> for the one I'm taking to. For instance, if I said "chicken skin", I'm
 RH> not neccessarily talking something you eat. In HI it means "goose
 RH> bumps". (G)

 DD> And around here (where I have never heard "chicken skin" when it was
 DD> not referring to gribenes) we call it "goose flesh"  Bv)=

My parents always called it "goose pimples"--they were raised in western
NY and central NJ.


 RH> We had ours on as we were driving back to Fort Hood from NY in 1986.
 RH> We'd picked up a car from my parents and gotten the brand new NY tags
 RH> with the statue of liberty on them so heard some truckers chattering
 RH> about them when we were in the Dallas area. I think it was the first
 RH> time they'd seen the new NY plate.

 DD> I've not noticed the statue of Liberty on the NY plates. But, the

It's not on the plates any more--was, starting in 1986 but came off a
few years ago.

 DD> Federal Safety Yellow with the black numbers sure does make them
 DD> recognisable. As are Pennsylvania's plates with the dark blue stripe
 DD> on top and the bright yellow strip on the bottom.

And HI's rainbow.


 RH> I've heard of Pike Place, wouldn't mind visiting it some time if we
 RH> ever get to that part of the country. Hap should be rejoining the echo
 RH> soon; the Ms didn't make the play offs.

 DD> Be prepared to spend some time. I only bought a few things (Mick's
 DD> Peppourri Jelly - from Mick his own self) and some apples from Mr. Ito
 DD> who grew them. And a book or two from the guy with the used book store
 DD> on the second or third level down - where I spent a couple hours
 DD> discussing Science Fiction with the owner - until it was time to meet
 DD> everyone else for the ride back to Hap's. I even spent a couple of
 DD> minutes watching the guys at the fish place toss big fish back and
 DD> forth.

Fish tossing would be fun to see. Just walking thru, smelling the
various aromas, sampling small bites of things, etc would be a treat.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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