Subj : Grocery Getters
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sun Jan 19 2025 21:05:41
Hi Dave,
RH> I don't know the setils but there was a shooting down in Raleigh this
****** (make that details) Turns out it was a case
of a disgruntled employee shooting his ex boss.
RH> morning. Most often they're at night, and very often in the lower
RH> income sections of Durham.
DD> I'm beginning to thisk that everyone should be armed or no one should
DD> be packing. The right to keep and bear armsis enshrined in the "Bill
DD> of Rights". But moderation and responsibility are not always in plat.
DD> And, as with most "hot button" issues there are no easy answers.
True, some people "freak out" when they see a weapon being carried, with
no intention of it being used unless absolutly neccessary. Then there
are others that think "good going" when they see it. When we visited
Israel in 2009 (a seminary tour), some of the younger folks were
disturbed by seeing young people their age openly carrying their
military issue weapons. Didn't bother Steve and me; knew the kids were
in the Israeli army and just following orders.
DD> 8<----- EDIT ----->8
DD> I saw, at Meijer, yesterday a lady in the battery cart who must have
DD> weighed over 500 pounds. She had to suck in her stomach to be able to
DD> turn or maneuver. Sheesh. I 3as that big once until I wound up in the
DD> hospital and they drained over 300# of water weight out of me. I'm on
DD> diuretics to this day.
RH> WHEW! That's A LOT! more than I've ever weighed.
DD> 8<----- EDIT ----->8
DD> America has always been a "meltiing pot" contrary to when the small-
DD> minded politicians and their sychophants would have us believe. Heck,
DD> at the root of it we're all descended from immigrasnts. Bv)=
RH> And that's what makes our nation so culinary-ily diverse. BTW, Natalie
RH> Dupree passed away Monday in Raleigh; she was considered the "Queen of
RH> Southern Cuisine" according to some food critics.
DD> I saw mention of that in several national news sources. I have
DD> severeal of her recipes. And have made more than one.
I'm not sure if I have any, but not going to do a specific search for
any right now.
RH> I know my mom's dad's side came over in 1848; my great grandfather was
RH> born in 1849. They settled in Illinios and ggf pastored a German
RH> speaking Lutheran church in Chicago for 50 years. My ggf on my dad's
RH> side came over in the late 1890s/early 1900s, not quite sure when but
RH> he was the youngest of 10 sons. Older brothers pooled their money to
RH> send him over. AFAIK, my heritage is 100% German.
DD> I'm mastly a mongrel mix of English, Scots, and German. But
DD> All-American.
RH> And that's what makes cooking/eating so much fun across the country.
RH> The diversity of ethnic populations has made us much more culinarily
RH> richer than if we'd all had to keep to our own ethnic heritage's
RH> cooking/eating.
