On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:39:51 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:

>In article >,
> PeterL > wrote:
>
>> Dan Abel > wrote in news:dabel-109C7D.19320611022007
>> @cor8-ppp5025.per.dsl.connect.net.au:
>
>> > My mother used to bake chicken wings. We didn't eat chicken. My
>> father
>> > doesn't like it. They used to be really cheap. She would bake up a
>> big
>> > sheet, and eat a few each night as a snack.
>> >
>> > We didn't eat fish. My father doesn't like it. My mother would buy
>> > pickled herring and eat it with boiled potatoes at night as a snack.
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> Soooooooo, you didn't eat a lot of stuff because your old man didn't
>> like it??!!
>
>That's how it works when you are a little kid. Things are different
>now. Live long enough to be a problem to your kids.

good thing my dad likes beer.

your pal,
blake