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Skriven 2013-11-18 17:18:00 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 6784 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
Ärende: meeting  was:egg-plan
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  RH>> Got to meet some of the other folks in the area finally.
 NB>  NB>> Good timing.  ;)  Nice to have the neighborhood get together, in
 NB>  NB>> any case.

 RH> Yes, we enjoyed it. There was a bit of talk about doing something
 RH> again, maybe in the spring.

 NB> Hopefully it will get past the talk stage...  :)

We'll see. Then too, always the possibility we won't be around for it.

 RH> We've a nice open area with a small concrete pad (for grills or
 RH> whatever) and lots of room for kids to play just across the street
 RH> from us. We donated use of a pop up to give some shade.

 NB> That makes it convenient...  :)  When we had the block party, it was
 NB> just held in the street, with it blocked off from traffic... spilled
 NB> into the front yards and onto the sidewalk of course...

As is to be expected with a block party..........central area for the
grilling station. The rest of the food is either there or scattered
around the neighborhood. Most times I think it's not too far from the
grilling area.

 RH> Having moved so many times, it's always interesting to look back and
 RH> see how we got to know neighbors. Sometimes they were more outgoing and
 RH> came over to meet us, other times it was thru our kids playing with
 RH> their kids and various other ways.

 NB> Some communities are more out-going than others... :)  Kids are often
 NB> a great ice-breaker... :)

Very much so--when we moved in our rental in Copperas Cove, TX (near
Fort Hood), a couple of little boys came over within the hour. A while
later, a mom came to the door asking if we had any little boys that
didn't belong to us. That's how we met the first neighbors; the next
ones were playmates of the first set of boys so we met them quickly too.


 RH> Military housing was interesting in that the neighborhood changed
 RH> on a relatively regular basis--we were in the same house in AZ for
 RH> 8 years. Saw some houses turn over residents frequently, others had
 RH> more long term occupants.

 NB> That happens in other neighborhoods... especially in college towns or
 NB> near military establishments... when there's a risk of high turnover,
 NB> there often is faster change in the neighborhood.  Otherwise, the
 NB> biggest change is usually the aging out and selling to young families
 NB> who then grow old in place and end up selling to a young family years
 NB> later...  ;)

In my and Steve's families cases, the family home was sold within the
family.  My brother that bought it is single; Steve's brother was
married (no children) but when he passed away, his wife sold the house.
Don't know what my brother will do when he gets older.

 RH> We learned about Korean food from a neighbor in Fort Hood--he'd
 RH> married a Korean woman and our kids played together. She gave us
 RH> our first taste (but not our last) of Korean home cooking.

 NB> Was that before or after Steve had TDY in Korea...?

He did a 3 week TDY to Korea in March of 1986. We'd moved into that
house the previous November but I don't remember exactly when we met the
neighbors. His PCS to Korea was in March of 1996 while we were in
AZ--and he PCSed back to AZ in March of 1997.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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