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On Sat, 7 Jan 2017 11:59:36 -0000, "Ophelia" >
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>"Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>
>On 1/6/2017 7:02 PM, wrote:
>> On Fri, 6 Jan 2017 18:22:52 -0500, Nancy Young
>> > wrote:

>
>>> The appetizers were a lot. Then came dinner. A guy a few stools
>>> down slid over to make room for some new arrivals (very considerate!),
>>> gets comfortable and pipes up
>>>
>>> You people eat a LOT! You got two appetizers and now dinner!
>>>
>>> I had to laugh. Who says that?

>
>> Here in NS stranger chit chat is frequent - kind of nice I feel. They
>> would be more likely to ask if what you were eating was any good
>> though

>
>Actually, the funny thing is that happened more in the city. Here
>in the burbs, it happens but not so much. And I wasn't offended.
>He wasn't being mean, just one of those people who say what's on
>their mind.
>
>nancy
>
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>
>I don't agree. If one can't say something nice one shouldn't say anything
>at all to a stranger!


I didn't say anything nice to the mother of three out of control kids
who ran the cart into my ankles! They then moved on to destruct a
pyramid display of maple syrup, hope it cost her a fortune!

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I dare say you had a reason. The man who made comments to Nancy didn't.



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