Quoting Nancy Backus to Bill Swisher <=-

Ah, but the point was that a half-gallon ice cream box is now only 3 pints; the pound coffee can holds less than a pound, even before opening... So you aren't even getting what you (thought you) paid
for... ;0

Yep, and give them enough time a "baker's dozen"* will be 12 and a "dozen" will
be 11. Nice odd number...kind of like the packaging of hot dogs and hot dog buns that's so acceptable.

As it was I went to Freddies yesterday and bought the 38.4 ounce, 1.08kg, jug (Folgers Classic Roast). I promptly mostly filled the 10.4 ounce jug to take down to the Kenai. I'll probably have to freeze some of it this fall.

* I was looking at Wikipedia about the baker's dozen and ran into this:
"The term has also been defined in a jocular way, as "twelve of today's and one
of yesterday's."

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Quoting Bill Swisher to Nancy Backus on 05-02-19 13:56 <=-

Ah, but the point was that a half-gallon ice cream box is now only 3
pints; the pound coffee can holds less than a pound, even before
opening... So you aren't even getting what you (thought you) paid
for... ;0

Yep, and give them enough time a "baker's dozen"* will be 12 and a
"dozen" will be 11. Nice odd number...kind of like the packaging of
hot dogs and hot dog buns that's so acceptable.

I really am having trouble wrapping my head around that one... that
would be like a foot only having 10 inches.... ;0 And just as well I
don't care much for hot dogs or the traditional white bread buns.. but
the obvious solution is to either eat two of the 10 dogs sans bun (only
8 of them, after all)... or stuff 2 dogs in one bun a couple times... ;)

As it was I went to Freddies yesterday and bought the 38.4 ounce,
1.08kg, jug (Folgers Classic Roast). I promptly mostly filled the 10.4 ounce jug to take down to the Kenai. I'll probably have to freeze some
of it this fall.

You are clearly well stocked on that now... ;) I used to keep some
coffee in the freezer for guests that HAD to have it... wasn't touched
in decades, and finally got tossed... I can't have it, and Richard gets
his when he's out and about.... no need for us to stock it... :)

* I was looking at Wikipedia about the baker's dozen and ran into
this: "The term has also been defined in a jocular way, as "twelve of today's and one of yesterday's."

That's an optimistic thought... ;) Seems to me that the baker's dozen
at some time referred to all day-old, rather than any fresh... ;)

ttyl neb

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Quoting Nancy Backus to Bill Swisher <=-

would be like a foot only having 10 inches.... ;0 And just as well I don't care much for hot dogs or the traditional white bread buns.. but

About the only time I eat hot dogs now days is a quickie something to eat. Connie and I used to go eat at the Sams Club, a slice of cheese pizza for her, a Polish dog for me.

Take 4 hotdogs, heated in a pan, a can of chillllli in another pot. Mix over some corn chips in a bowl, add cheddar cheese. Makes 2 meals. I guess I could
go all goremet and add some diced onion...Now to figure out what to do with the
other 4 hotdogs...I guess that's where the suckie bagger comes into play.

As I explained to Dale a few days ago...it's that time of the year so I'll be relying on that type of meal. It's SUMMER! All the trees turned green a week ago last Wednesday. So I'm back to going down to Kasilof on a Monday or Tuesday, back to Anchorage on Thursday or Friday. Just got back about 3 hours ago, got the electricity on, fired off the well, no water leaks, propane is running, water heater is running, fridge/freezer is at temp, discovered I need a USB cable for the TV (?, I carry around a 2TB USB drive with avi files on it,
no TV to speak of down there). Got my Kindle for books, it's got Bluetooth so I can feed the stereo with it, that takes care of the music...what's not to like? Busy, busy...saw 6 cars yesterday, 2 people walking, 3 moose, more eagles than cars, a crane, swans, geese, and a pair of loons working the lake outside the window.

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Quoting Bill Swisher to Nancy Backus on 05-09-19 14:31 <=-

About the only time I eat hot dogs now days is a quickie something to
eat. Connie and I used to go eat at the Sams Club, a slice of cheese
pizza for her, a Polish dog for me.

Take 4 hotdogs, heated in a pan, a can of chillllli in another pot.
Mix over some corn chips in a bowl, add cheddar cheese. Makes 2 meals.
I guess I could go all goremet and add some diced onion...Now to
figure out what to do with the other 4 hotdogs...I guess that's where
the suckie bagger comes into play.

Probably.... although if you're likely to do a repeat within a week or
two, they'd likely just keep in a baggie in the fridge...

As I explained to Dale a few days ago...it's that time of the year so
I'll be relying on that type of meal. It's SUMMER! All the trees
turned green a week ago last Wednesday. So I'm back to going down to Kasilof on a Monday or Tuesday, back to Anchorage on Thursday or
Friday. Just got back about 3 hours ago, got the electricity on, fired off the well, no water leaks, propane is running, water heater is
running, fridge/freezer is at temp, discovered I need a USB cable for
the TV (?, I carry around a 2TB USB drive with avi files on it, no TV
to speak of down there).

Back to Alaska, I see... and looks like things were in pretty good shape there.... ;)

Got my Kindle for books, it's got Bluetooth
so I can feed the stereo with it, that takes care of the music...what's not to like? Busy, busy...saw 6 cars yesterday, 2 people walking, 3 moose, more eagles than cars, a crane, swans, geese, and a pair of
loons working the lake outside the window.

Time to sit down, take a deep breath, and enjoy.... :)

ttyl neb

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