On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:20:09 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:

>On Oct 27, 4:43*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
>> On 27/10/2011 4:11 PM, merryb wrote:
>>
>> > When I was a kid, we always had dinner as a family, and I still think
>> > it's important- my dad insisted on dinner at 6:30! I recently heard
>> > that most families do not eat dinner together, and I find that rather
>> > sad. I do understand that with conflicting schedules that is not an
>> > option, but if it's possible, it's a good time to catch up on the day.
>> > How about you- is it important to you to dine as a family?
>>
>> My father used to get home at 5 pm. Supper was at 5:15. After dinner he
>> had a power nap and then went out for the evening for one function or
>> another, or he puttered around the house until bed time. *MY mother
>> always had the dining room table set and we had candle lit dinners.
>
>Geez, even the Beev, Ward, Wally and June didn't light the CANDLES.
>But I think they WERE on the table. Man, you know what gracious living
>is.

Are you so naive to actually believe him? No one lights candles for
an every day family dinner... odds are they rarely if ever ate dinner
together... likely they all foraged whenever, the candles is a ploy to
cover the truth... 99% of families, when they do eat together it's on
a formica kitchen table without even a table cloth, likely they use
paper towels for napkins, not that there's anything wrong with that...
but I don't for one second believe Dave Smith's family ate their
grilled cheese and Campbell's tomato soup by candle light every
night... closest they came to candles was a 99¢ Ray-O-Vac flashlight.