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When I remember my grandmother, a big thing is salt and pepper shakers.

I remember a game we would play as kids. She had a great big table at that great big house where she lived so much of her life (before circumstances dictated she would move to an apartment and then a series of old-folks homes).

But she had a collection of salt and pepper shakers and in that big beautiful house on that big beautiful table, she would put them all out. There were enough to cover the whole surface. Lotta salt and pepper shakers.

They would be all mixed up and the object of the game was to match up partners. Find the salt that goes with the pepper. It was interesting because they were not exact matches. Seldom did a salt shaker look exactly like the pepper shakes except with a different number of holes. There was always some thematic match so that's what we had to look for. Like the salt might be Santa Clause and the pepper might be a Christmas tree. There might even have been more than one Santa so we had to look for the stylistic similarities to get the right match. You couldn't just match Santa with a Rudolph from another pair. The style would not be right.

I don't recall it being competitive. Like see who could get the most matches. I guess maybe we did. Probably at times. I could definitely see my brother and I doing that.

But that aspect of it does not stand out in my mind.



Salt and pepper shakers.
 
Mudcat
When I remember my grandmother, a big thing is salt and pepper shakers.

I remember a game we would play as kids. She had a great big table at that great big house where she lived so much of her life (before circumstances dictated she would move to an apartment and then a series of old-folks homes).

But she had a collection of salt and pepper shakers and in that big beautiful house on that big beautiful table, she would put them all out. There were enough to cover the whole surface. Lotta salt and pepper shakers.

They would be all mixed up and the object of the game was to match up partners. Find the salt that goes with the pepper. It was interesting because they were not exact matches. Seldom did a salt shaker look exactly like the pepper shakes except with a different number of holes. There was always some thematic match so that's what we had to look for. Like the salt might be Santa Clause and the pepper might be a Christmas tree. There might even have been more than one Santa so we had to look for the stylistic similarities to get the right match. You couldn't just match Santa with a Rudolph from another pair. The style would not be right.

I don't recall it being competitive. Like see who could get the most matches. I guess maybe we did. Probably at times. I could definitely see my brother and I doing that.

But that aspect of it does not stand out in my mind.



Salt and pepper shakers.
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Good memory. Good story. Such a grandmotherly thing to have that many salt and pepper shakers.

I wonder if kids are still doing this. If they are, I'm pretty sure it's on an iPad.
 
Mudcat
When I remember my grandmother, a big thing is salt and pepper shakers.

I remember a game we would play as kids. She had a great big table at that great big house where she lived so much of her life (before circumstances dictated she would move to an apartment and then a series of old-folks homes).

But she had a collection of salt and pepper shakers and in that big beautiful house on that big beautiful table, she would put them all out. There were enough to cover the whole surface. Lotta salt and pepper shakers.

They would be all mixed up and the object of the game was to match up partners. Find the salt that goes with the pepper. It was interesting because they were not exact matches. Seldom did a salt shaker look exactly like the pepper shakes except with a different number of holes. There was always some thematic match so that's what we had to look for. Like the salt might be Santa Clause and the pepper might be a Christmas tree. There might even have been more than one Santa so we had to look for the stylistic similarities to get the right match. You couldn't just match Santa with a Rudolph from another pair. The style would not be right.

I don't recall it being competitive. Like see who could get the most matches. I guess maybe we did. Probably at times. I could definitely see my brother and I doing that.

But that aspect of it does not stand out in my mind.



Salt and pepper shakers.
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That sounds like a fun game for kids. Actually that sounds like it might be fun for me right now.

bacon
Might be joining the club here. She's missed, I'm ok supportive all that shit.

It really would be a blessing to this world. Sorry to be a dick I know what I've done and how I've done it.

My son/daughter will reign absolute hell on you.
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I'm going to throw a pie in your face.

MrX
On further reflection, Muddy, I think you should develop the salt and pepper shaker matching game for the iPhone/iPad app, so that you can retire and resume your full-scale poster duties.

I'm not entirely joking.
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Good idea!
 
I know there's a lot of educational kids apps out there, but this one will have grandma or grandmother in the title, will be quaint as shit, and here's the million dollar idea...

Muddy's teeth will float around the screen offering tips and words of encouragement.
 
It was a great game. And it could make a good app for today. I can think of a few things you could do with it.

Come to think of it, we also did a button matching game. So many different kinds of buttons that are so close and yet not exact matches. Subtly different shapes, colors, thickness - spacing and sizes of the holes. Spread those all out on that big table.

I seriously don't think the grown-ups had any calculated plan with it beyond keeping the kids occupied for awhile, but they were totally preparing me for my current job. There are loads of long part numbers and so many of them are very close to each other. So many mistakes get made. You can't just scan over them; you have to focus and read the whole thing.

Turns out, I'm the best in the place at that. I don't believe I have made a mistake of that nature since I have been there. In double-checking orders, I find that everyone else makes multiple mistakes every day.

My progenitors were training me for success in the world of crappy inventory control 'n shit.
 
I am almost done dieting. Glad of that.

I let myself go at the end of my period of unemployment and I paid the price weight-wise. As a result, for the last several weeks I have been paying the price not-eating wise.

I enjoy eating. I enjoy eating very much.

Anyway I do the weigh-in every Monday morning. Unless it has been a miracle week, I doubt I will have reached the goal tomorrow. That would mean 4 pounds from last Monday. 2.5 pounds has been the max week (except for the first week which was like 5 pounds but the first week always goes like that.)

There have also been weeks where things went surprisingly slow. Like 1 pound-ish. I don't think that is the case this week though. I am looking svelte in the mirror. I must be almost there.

1 more week prolly and then back to snax in the evening. Nice sammiches for lunch. I already know what I am going to buy for my sammiches the first week post diet. They have this nice hot salami which I really like at the store which I will have with mozzarella and mustard on a kaiser.



Sammich

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fiveteamer
Have you ever really had a good beef patty? I don't mean those frozen things you get at Costco, or those things keeping warm in a toaster oven at the corner store. I mean a really, really, good beef patty. There are very few things better than that.
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George's Tastee in Markham has some pretty awesome patties. Restaurant in front, factory in the back.

I usually stop in for a plate of jerk pork and rice when I'm in the area.

https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=600+d...I_Ksc4t_w2By1Jp8w538Ew&cbp=12,317.23,,2,-0.18
 
fiveteamer
I've never been there, but have had the Tastee patties. And yes, they are pretty darn good.

There's a Mr Jerk in St Jamestown, plommer. The chicken, oxtail, pork, plantain, rice and peas... all great. But the beef patties are some of the best things I've ever tasted.
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On Wellesley?

I used to go there all the time when I lived on Carlton St. I lived a block south of that place.

Mr Jerk and Tastee are basically the same thing, both excellent.

There is also a place in Mississauga not far from Woodbine on Derry Rd that has the same stuff, service is slow as fukk but the food is good.

We make the trip over after the races sometimes.
 
fiveteamer
YAP! Where on Carlton did you live? I'm currently right near Carlton and Church.
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I used to live in a city of Toronto (Toronto Community Housing) rooming house at 222 Carlton.

Lived there from 2002 - 2006.

I first started betting online back then and opened my first online account ever ar Will Hill.

Used to run down to the library on Gerrard St to make my bets and come home and watch the games on TV.
 
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