Hi DD     9/2/2016

DS> the 1 1/4 pound lobsters at a restaurant after we got three pound
DS> lobsters there.  One thing about Abbott's  -- if you eat outside, you
DS> have to remember to hover over your lobster to guard it against t>  > 
DS> seagulls that frequent the place :-}}
DD> I hate see gulls with a fine and burning hatred - as any former sailor
DD> will.  
DD> The only time I was at Abbott's I believe we were under a roofed over
DD> deal with open sides. No danger of a gull grabbing our grub
>  BF> I'm not so sure of that... I seem to remember way back on that
>  BF> occasion, hearing you rumble about someone getting your bought and
>  BF> payed for 3 pounder and leaving you with a 1 1/4 pounder.
>  BF> Not so?   (G)
 DD> Not so. G and I each had 2 pounders paid for by a benefactor.
BF> Your friendly Troublemaker,
 
DD> Not today - maybe you can peddle those meadow muffins elsewhere, old DD>
friend.

OH, gee, Dave!  I wasn't really "making" trouble... I thought that those
many years ago the servers gave your big lobsters to the wrong recipient. 
No horse puckies intended, just a strange but funny memory (to me) of
Abbots.

The horsepuckies are in my 86 year old head. 

burt