I'll mark that on my calendar, Gandle. The Nisei forces were an invaluable asset in that war. This subject has come up before on the party. My best friend when I first started university spent part of his youth in a "detention" camp, only he was German-American. Imagine, a little child. You've been well blessed with some interesting friends, haven't you?

These are some of the specials that have been around here the last few weeks, but not all at the same time or at the same store: Red grapes 99¢/# Taters 10#/99¢ Turkey 89¢/# Apples 89¢ for a 3# bag (one day only) Tide 100 oz $4.88/coupon Canned veggies 10/$3 Brown/powdered sugar 99¢ Sugar 5#/$1.49 Pillsbury flour $1.39 (5#) Several Name brand coffees (Maxwell House, MJB, Yuban, Hills Bros) $4.88-$4.99 for what USED to be a 3# can! Now it's what, 33-35 oz? Don't recall offhand Ground beef around here is relatively expensive, but usually pretty good quality. Ground Angus $1.99, Ground chuck $1.89, and often ground beef for around $1.89-$1.99 is the going "sale" prices. Minnesota here. And we don't have a lot of competition in the grocery market. The average person has essentially two options, Cub and Rainbow. I do have a Festival which is close by but they are higher priced. There's also Lund's/Byerly's (now same merged) but they're the yuppie/upscale and high-buck places. I sure miss the days of Country Club, Kroger, IGA, Applebaum's, National and the like. There was competition then. Aldi is growing in the area. I like it, but it's not a place you can get everything you need. They have great meat. Also have a pork sausage patty that is terrific. Bag salad is cheap. Don't care for their canned soups and the other thing is that the items vary often. So if you find something you like, don't bet on it being there in two weeks. But that's the nature of the store.

Suzieque, O.K. (;-) My FIL was my bestest friend. He was like a father to me, as I never had a father that I was close to. I went to live with my grandmother when I was young and my father remarried after my mother died and he had a complete other family. I got married young, and my FIL was like a father to me. He even finance my way through school, encouraged me in every way. He was an Appalachian mountain man from the hills of Tennesse. He had a fierce Love of Jesus, and a love for all peoples. He would give you the shirt off his back and loved nature, fishing, wildlife, gardening, anything to do with Gods' green earth. He was so smart...He was a radio man in the War. He did the Morris code back then. He had a television and radio store and sold them plus worked on people's t.v.s and radios. He was so trusting of people. I had helped him with his books before dh and I were married. I went to him and ask him why there were so many outstanding accounts that had not been paid. Some were over 6 years old. He replied that the good Lord would take care of it and for me not to worry. God would provide, and Mr. or Mrs. So and So would pay when they could.. He ended up being right. You know God did take care of him, as he never went without, and he built up for himself a nice estate off that little store. He taught me MANY good lessons and life skills. I liked him so much I married his mirror image...His son. LOL. Here is a link that might be useful: My FIL, my friend....

My TV guide shows only one rerun for the Holiday special - tonight/tomorrow morning at 3:30am (the broadcast appears as 12/27 3:30am on my cable guide). I happened to catch that it was going to be in last night while looking for another show on PBS yesterday so I set my DVR to tape it. I just finished watching it. I really enjoyed it.