Debbie Moves to Dubai

• "Going Native" 10 years ago A friend in Dubai used the phrase “going native” with me as we were driving around….. see, the apparent custom here is that if you’re sitting behind another car in traffic at a traffic light and it turns green, the first one to honk wins. Apparently. So, as the light in front of us turned...
• Why I want to go on an eight-day Emerald Waterways river cruise through Europe 10 years ago Cruising *our* style –  Emerald Waterways, doing it right! Have you ever thought “I’d love the idea of going on a cruise…. But not with thousands of unknown people for weeks!” Or perhaps “I wish cruises visited some really INTERESTING places, not just...
• Where You Been All My Life?? 11 years ago Cinnamon Butter Thins.   Oh. My. Goodness.  Have you tried these?   TBG had some at work, and next time we were in a store, he picked up the box and said something about it being a lucky box tonight or some such…. Not exactly certain about what he said. But, we opened the foil inner pouch...
• King of Liver 11 years ago Now, just so y’all know I don’t make this stuff up…. here’s a photo…. I understand that literal translations are sometimes “off” here…. But really?   Yes, I can hear the conversation now….   “So, where do you wanna go for supper tonight, honey?”   “Oh, I don’t know. ...
• Who remembers pull-tabs? 11 years ago Wait…. is that what you call these?  Pull-tabs?  Those metal rings with a finger-hole, and a small attached piece of metal from the top of a drink can….. right?  Pull tabs?  Aluminum cans used to have these, they came completely off the top of the can, a separate piece.  Now, you just push...

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