Comments on: But Nowadays, You Get 3 Quarts for a Twenty… http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/08/15/but-nowadays-you-get-3-quarts-for-a-twenty/ The Les Becker Blog: Writer (fiction, non-fiction, story-telling, memories, screenplays, radioplays, lyrics, ghost-writing, magazine articles, tourism and event promotion) and amateur photographer from Northern Ontario. Looking to escape Northern Ontario. Rescue me. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:21:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Carol http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/08/15/but-nowadays-you-get-3-quarts-for-a-twenty/#comment-1188 Carol Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:52:07 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/08/15/but-nowadays-you-get-3-quarts-for-a-twenty/#comment-1188 Ooooh, that Ruby voice of yours is soooo rich and fine; you've let me sit right next to you on the sofa to hear her tell it to me in person!! (Grin.) Looks like I have some catching up to do, too.. <em>Les Says: Sofa? Sofa?! At Ruby's house, that's a "chesterfield", thank you (I have a chesterfield story to tell someday, too). And actually, it's at the kitchen table over coffee, once we've finished the crossword and the scramble. That's when the stories start. You would have a grand time there, I think.</em> Ooooh, that Ruby voice of yours is soooo rich and fine; you’ve let me sit right next to you on the sofa to hear her tell it to me in person!! (Grin.) Looks like I have some catching up to do, too..

Les Says: Sofa? Sofa?! At Ruby’s house, that’s a “chesterfield”, thank you (I have a chesterfield story to tell someday, too). And actually, it’s at the kitchen table over coffee, once we’ve finished the crossword and the scramble. That’s when the stories start. You would have a grand time there, I think.

]]> By: BeckEye http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/08/15/but-nowadays-you-get-3-quarts-for-a-twenty/#comment-1161 BeckEye Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:53:40 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/08/15/but-nowadays-you-get-3-quarts-for-a-twenty/#comment-1161 Eeek, I hate blueberries! I know, I'm weird. I hear it all the time. <em>Les Says: Hell, I knew you were weird, Beck... why else would I hang out with you?</em> Eeek, I hate blueberries! I know, I’m weird. I hear it all the time.

Les Says: Hell, I knew you were weird, Beck… why else would I hang out with you?

]]> By: david mcmahon http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/08/15/but-nowadays-you-get-3-quarts-for-a-twenty/#comment-1157 david mcmahon Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:31:05 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/08/15/but-nowadays-you-get-3-quarts-for-a-twenty/#comment-1157 There is no word more evocative than ``ijjit''!!! <em>Les Says: Nor a truer statement ever made.</em> There is no word more evocative than “ijjit”!!!

Les Says: Nor a truer statement ever made.

]]> By: OldGuy http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/08/15/but-nowadays-you-get-3-quarts-for-a-twenty/#comment-1146 OldGuy Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:26:17 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/08/15/but-nowadays-you-get-3-quarts-for-a-twenty/#comment-1146 Another great Ruby story Les. It brought back memories of my grandmother picking blueberries at the cottage on Remi Lake near Kapuskasing. <em>Les Says: LOL! Ky's dad used to call that "Kapussykissing".</em> Another great Ruby story Les. It brought back memories of my grandmother picking blueberries at the cottage on Remi Lake near Kapuskasing.

Les Says: LOL! Ky’s dad used to call that “Kapussykissing”.

]]> By: Denise http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/08/15/but-nowadays-you-get-3-quarts-for-a-twenty/#comment-1143 Denise Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:05:26 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/08/15/but-nowadays-you-get-3-quarts-for-a-twenty/#comment-1143 The car full of blueberries is a great visual and I can almost hear Ruby laughing.. <em>Les Says: Can you just imagine? What a mess - her mother must have right freaked.</em> The car full of blueberries is a great visual and I can almost hear Ruby laughing..

Les Says: Can you just imagine? What a mess - her mother must have right freaked.

]]> By: Suzi http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/08/15/but-nowadays-you-get-3-quarts-for-a-twenty/#comment-1141 Suzi Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:17:36 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/08/15/but-nowadays-you-get-3-quarts-for-a-twenty/#comment-1141 Another fabulous Ruby story. I love it, and I loooove blueberries. 3 quarts for twenty bucks is a bargain when you don't happen to have a big hill full of free ones. <em>Les Says: We're surrounded, apparently (in "good" years), but I'd so much rather pony up the dough than pick them myself...</em> Another fabulous Ruby story. I love it, and I loooove blueberries. 3 quarts for twenty bucks is a bargain when you don’t happen to have a big hill full of free ones.

Les Says: We’re surrounded, apparently (in “good” years), but I’d so much rather pony up the dough than pick them myself…

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