Have you ever had one of these moments while reading a novel ?
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Comments (51)A few years back my wife and I were traveling on business in Brazil over Thanksgiving. A professor my wife was working with took us and several of the students to a churrascaria for dinner on Thanksgiving. (A churrascaria is a restaurant where servers roam around the restaurant with skewers of various cooked meats, continually stopping at each table to carve off some to everyone at the table) While there I mentioned that it was the US holiday of Thanksgiving and described it to the professor and the Brazilian students in general terms: get together with family and/or friends and have a large meal together, and described the "traditional" Thanksgiving meal. I was merely trying to make conversation, and make the point that what we were doing was pretty similar to the Thanksgiving tradition. However the professor responded "I'll see what I can do" and flagged the head waiter over, and spoke to him in rapid Portuguese. The waiter responded to us "We don't have any turkey but I'll see what we can do." and disappeared into the kitchen. About 10 minutes later he emerged from the kitchen followed by a server carrying a large skewer of meat, he presented it to us with a big beaming smile saying "This is as close as we could get to turkey. It's Ostrich." It didn't taste even a little like turkey, but it was delicious....See MoreHave you ever had one of those moments? :)
Comments (3)Ah, Lavender, you have truly hit upon a not-such-a-coincidence. How lovely that story is. I wish you would, at some time this winter when it is too cold to go out, put that into a story for your nieces, and illustrate it just like the Jo Koch books....the tea, coffee, etc picture books. You just outlined the basic theme of the book/story, and to have it short and to the point, but with the traditional uses of herbs, what a great wintertime project!! And while you're at it, think about putting some lavender around your mailbox too. Or perhaps put some poison ivy around it to punish those who would whack it with a baseball bat. Please remember to put in some nasturtiums somewhere. They like cooler weather, and I cannot grow them in south Alabama. They go to seed almost immediately, unlike the 100 foot rows of blooms I could plant up here in MA. You are a creative little lady, so go for the book!!...See MoreHave you had any interesting senior moments lately?
Comments (34)I've done all these things and more lately. My husband and I spend time every day looking for something for the other and often it is in plain sight. The weirdest thing is I've been losing the same wad of money over and over. About four or five weeks ago I needed some cash so my husband handed me $100 in twenties. I always put money in my purse completely unfolded but this time for some reason I folded it in fourths. It was about the size of a credit card. The first time I lost it I looked for it for a couple of days before I found it...in my purse. I've lost it three more times and my husband has found it each time...in my purse. I couldn't find it yesterday and I asked him to look for it. I warned him that I had changed purses. He asked where I put the old purse. I told him but thought it was strange that that was where he was starting his search. I had completely emptied that purse before I put it away, of course. But that is where he found it, in the exact same place he found it twice before. I have unfolded the money and I hope that takes care of that situation....See MoreEver had items nicked from your car while it’s in the shop?
Comments (30)"A neighbor doesn’t leave her registration in her car; but I though one had to always have it with you or in the vehicle." "I keep mine in my wallet behind my license. It's not a great idea to keep it in the car." "Why would you have your registration IN the car? is that a requirement somewhere? We have our auto insurance card in the glove box, but not the registration. Could a car thief SELL your car before you recover it?" Many jurisdictions no longer "allow" law enforcement to ask for a vehicle's registration because they can check that information on their in-vehicle computers. But, for those folks who like to have their registration with them, there is nothing that requires you to have the original in the vehicle. You can make a photocopy, blocking our your address, and keep that in the vehicle. That way, if your vehicle is stolen, or if the registration is stolen out of the vehicle when you're having it serviced, etc., the thief will not have your address. In response to the question, "Could a car thief SELL your car before you recover it?" -- the answer is no. Possession of a vehicle registration isn't enough to sell the vehicle. You need to have the "pink slip."...See Moreyoyobon_gw
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