Thursday, December 25, 2008

The woes and joys of not buying retail

A great Christmas Eve at the Village Inn in Cornucopia, WI. Instead of hiring wait staff, serving a meal, and charging for it, they put on a pot luck where the restaurant provided the meat gratis and the customers brought side dishes. Like the typical church supper, there was more than enough food to go around. The restaurant made their profit from selling drinks, the customers sat together at long tables schmoozing with neighbors and strangers, and Jeannie and I left happy and well-fed.

Her new $10 thrift store microwave stayed outside in my car overnight in zero degree weather, and I forgot all about condensation when I brought it into the house Christmas morning and plugged it in too soon. Zap! Smoke!

So we are having Christmas dinner prepared without benefit of microwave, and searching Craigslist for a replacement for the replacement.

Happy Holidays all.

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