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Post by Freefallfast on Jun 21, 2016 13:41:49 GMT
This also was a huge problem at scrap retreat. Everyone brings snacks to share but never want to take what's left home.
Have to leave the scrap house spotless and Esp no food.
So many generous ladies say oh you can have that or think someone else wants it.
Everyone full and thinking about taking the scrap retreat pounds off so no one wants anything.
And our cars are stuffed with scrap stuff.
Then we that are last to leave have to deal with finding containers (if we want to bring anything home) or disposing into already full garbage containers.
It's really not fun.
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craftykitten
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Post by craftykitten on Jun 21, 2016 13:47:06 GMT
This also was a huge problem at scrap retreat. Everyone brings snacks to share but never want to take what's left home. Have to leave the scrap house spotless and Esp no food. So many generous ladies say oh you can have that or think someone else wants it. Everyone full and thinking about taking the scrap retreat pounds off so no one wants anything. And our cars are stuffed with scrap stuff. Then we that are last to leave have to deal with finding containers (if we want to bring anything home) or disposing into already full garbage containers. It's really not fun. Reminds me of a time I went on a scrapbook weekend and a peach got dropped into a bag of ribbons. It was practically fermenting by the time I found it, ugh.
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Post by Scrapbrat on Jun 21, 2016 13:51:42 GMT
I am guessing that the OP is in Michigan? Because "up north" is a Michigan term.
I would eat whatever you eat of the leftover stuff, and toss the rest with no worries. I think people of your MIL's age are just accustomed to always bringing extra food (think of Marie from Everybody Loves Raymond) "just in case." It IS kinda funny that she's going to take the chips, though.
"Up north" is also a Minnesota term. I didn't know that (maybe because I have only traveled through Minnesota, never spent time there) -- thanks!!
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jun 21, 2016 14:42:02 GMT
Here's an idea - take it to a homeless shelter. Easier said than done, especially where our hunting shack is. There aren't any. If we wanted to give it to one in the city, it would still have to fit inside a cooler for the two hour drive home--therein lies the problem. That is if they would even take it, most places like that will only take packaged nonperishable items. They don't want fresh food at all and they sure don't want half of someone's leftover homemade casserole.
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Post by Anne-Marie on Jun 21, 2016 17:53:47 GMT
I COMPLETELY understand how this is a problem. My parents used to have a cabin in a remote area and we vacationed there a few times a year. It was an 11-hour drive from where we live. Throwing away leftovers instead of hauling them home wasn't all that easy - due to the cabin being in a remote area (and all the cabins being vacation homes) there was no trash service. So throwing away leftovers meant riding in a car with smelly trash bags (in a car already packed with people and luggage) until you got to the next town where you could find a dumpster to get rid of them. Packing up the leftovers to take home in the cooler meant lugging a full cooler down the cabin steps an extra time and also taking it in and dealing with it if we stopped to spend the night at a hotel on the way home - and draining and refilling the ice at the hotel as well. All kind of a pain when you are trying to get on the road, washing linens and towels and closing up the cabin until the next visitors come through.
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Post by workingclassdog on Jun 21, 2016 21:38:50 GMT
Have you ever been with a bunch of scrappers? Holy Cow.. we bring enough food to feed a freaking army and we even try to plan it out.. Person A bring xxxx, Person B bring xxxx and so forth.. It never ever happens.. we all bring a little more just in case and bam.. food forever!! We always laugh and we pray we get snowed in (which never happened).. and drag all the food home, which is okay because then you don't have to cook for several days!
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caangel
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Post by caangel on Jun 21, 2016 21:51:25 GMT
"Up north" is also a Minnesota term. I didn't know that (maybe because I have only traveled through Minnesota, never spent time there) -- thanks!! We use "up north" and "down south" in CA. I never considered it a regional phrase.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 21, 2016 22:09:34 GMT
I think part of the issue is that you have planned ahead and asked for something not to be done and then people go ahead and do it anyway and make it your problem. It is just a pain. I love the fact the the chips were taken away. That is awesome.
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Post by arielsmom on Jun 22, 2016 0:55:08 GMT
I didn't know that (maybe because I have only traveled through Minnesota, never spent time there) -- thanks!! We use "up north" and "down south" in CA. I never considered it a regional phrase. We say it in Wisconsin also.
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Post by AussieMeg on Jun 22, 2016 4:14:09 GMT
I didn't know that (maybe because I have only traveled through Minnesota, never spent time there) -- thanks!! We use "up north" and "down south" in CA. I never considered it a regional phrase. I would also say "heading up north" (to the river on the border or interstate) or "heading down south" if we were going to the beach which is south from where I live.
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Post by patin on Jun 22, 2016 7:08:25 GMT
Leftover cookies? I don't know of what you speak .
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Post by Scrapbrat on Jun 22, 2016 10:15:37 GMT
We use "up north" and "down south" in CA. I never considered it a regional phrase. I would also say "heading up north" (to the river on the border or interstate) or "heading down south" if we were going to the beach which is south from where I live. It's not just an indication of direction. What I was trying to say is that Michiganders (and clearly others!) use the phrase in a way that basically means a vacation destination. The OP used it in that way.
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Post by AussieMeg on Jun 22, 2016 10:30:07 GMT
I would also say "heading up north" (to the river on the border or interstate) or "heading down south" if we were going to the beach which is south from where I live. It's not just an indication of direction. What I was trying to say is that Michiganders (and clearly others!) use the phrase in a way that basically means a vacation destination. The OP used it in that way. Oh, okay. So if you were travelling from Michigan to Florida on vacation would you say you were going "up north" even though Florida is south of Michigan? Don't you love how we can get so far off tangent here?
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Post by Scrapbrat on Jun 22, 2016 11:22:28 GMT
It's not just an indication of direction. What I was trying to say is that Michiganders (and clearly others!) use the phrase in a way that basically means a vacation destination. The OP used it in that way. Oh, okay. So if you were travelling from Michigan to Florida on vacation would you say you were going "up north" even though Florida is south of Michigan? Don't you love how we can get so far off tangent here? I'm not explaining myself very well! No, it definitely means northern Michigan, but people use it like Up North is the name of the place that you're going to.
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