Hi Nancy,

 NB>  RH>> Yes, we loaded the peaches picked up in Pa into it to keep them
 NB>  RH>> from going bad. They were quite ripe, had to trim the bad spot
 NB> here  RH>> & there while putting them up but not too much lost,
 NB> thankfully.
 NB>  NB>> Kept them cool, but couldn't totally protect against bruising,
 NB> I'd  NB>> guess... :)

 RH> Not quite, given how ripe they were.

 NB> That's what I figured.... :)

We couldn't even save any out for eating "asis", they were that ripe.
Steve bought 4 at Harris Teeter last week--one was totally bad when he
cut it open, next was heading toward bad. Third was good & 4th is still
in the fridge. The Amish ones were so much better!


 NB>  NB>> I'm not at all surprised... :)  Lots of experience on many
 NB> levels  NB>> of food shopping, both bulk and not.... and of knowing
 NB> how much
 NB>  NB>> to get and whether something is a bargain or not...  :)

 RH> The store brand (Hanniford's) is of a decent quality; we had no qualms
 RH> about buying a lot of that. Some things we had to get name brands but
 RH> tried to keep that to a minimum. We went with a better grade of ground
 RH> beef to avoid a lot of waste from fat--all in all, shopping the way we
 RH> did was much better than the way we did it last year.

 NB> And this year you had the benefit of last year's experience... :)

Yes, some of the things we did this year were a direct result of what we
learned--our shopping and going ahead of the rest of the team for
instance. They appreciated having a meal ready for them upon arrival.
(G)

 NB>  NB>>> I never needed any more cards... probably still have some
 NB>  NB>>> tucked away somewhere......
 NB>  RH>> I've needed new ones every time we've moved. (G)
 NB>  NB>> As long as the phone number didn't change, you might have been
 NB>  NB>> able to keep using the old... ;)  But if you put your address
 NB>  NB>> on there too... yeah, that changes...... ;)

 RH> We had just a land line when I got my first couple of sets of cards.
 RH> Once I got a cell phone, that number went on instead (and has changed
 RH> several times). I've always put my address on them so yes, that has
 RH> made for a change in cards several times. I've only done a major change
 RH> in design once tho, in close to 20 years.

 NB> Why mess with a good thing, after all...  ;)

True. (G)

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