On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 10:38:51 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>My sister in law celebrated a major birthday yesterday by hosting the
>family to a buffet brunch at a very nice established restaurant that
>their family has been patronizing for over 100 years. She had reserved
>a table for 16 on the balcony and we all met at the restaurant.
>
>Most people tend to take advantage of an all you can eat buffet, and
>this was mainly upscale fair, not an El Cheapo spread. I have to admit
>that I ate a lot more than I would normally. I started off at the fish
>table and took some poached salmon, smoked Haddock, peel and eat shrimp
>and some shrimp salad. I took a little of each in order to try a number
>of things and to see what was worth going back for.
>
>On my next trip I took a two links of sausage, some bacon, scrambled
>eggs, jerk chicken, cantaloupe, honeydew mellon, pineapple and a couple
>mini Danish pastries. There was a good selection of desserts and I took
>a variety of small servings and got some more fruit.
>
>The Big Niece ended up sitting near me. She was MIA for a while. I
>guess she needed the extra time to pile up the food on her plates...
>plural. While it is generally expected that one take one plate, she had
>two, and both of them were piled high. After wolfing down all that
>food, she went back for round two and came back with two more plates
>piled high. Round three was just one plate, but it had hefty serving of
>mashed potatoes and gravy and two large, thick slices of roast beef.
>There had to be at least a pound and a half of meat there.
>
>She seemed to be flagging on the roast beef. She finished the first
>slice and then pushed the plate away. She kept eyeing the beef, pulled
>the plate back and started in on again. Half way through the second
>piece she paused and pushed the plate away. She had not thrown in the
>towel, because a while later she relented, pulled the plate back and
>finished it off. Then it was time for dessert.
>
>Everyone else had finished eating but she was still at it. Then it was
>time for my brother in law to make his speech. He warned that it would
>be at least a half hour, so if anyone wanted to stretch their leg or
>use the facilities now was the time. She got up to stretch her legs.....
>down to the dessert table again. She came back with enough additional
>dessert to keep her grazing until the end of her stepfather's speech.
>
>I was stuffed after two plates and dessert, as were most of the others.
>I don't know how anyone can eat that much food. Think of it for a
>second.... five dinner plates, each of them piled high and then two
>plates full of tarts and squares. That would keep most people going for
>a week.

You criticise her, but where would you be without her? Your life would
be empty, devoid of meaning.