Comments on: Lost weekend http://www.finkweb.org/lost-weekend/ your friend Rat Fink fires the neurons at random Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:49:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stein http://www.finkweb.org/lost-weekend/#comment-3250 Stein Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:26:43 +0000 http://www.finkweb.org/?p=8035#comment-3250 When I was in school my family ate together every single night. We had "assigned seats" at the dinner table. Mom would try new recipes. My sister, Dad, and I would alternate cooking meals as well. We would basically unwind for the most part. Although, depending on recent events of that day, sometimes the mealtimes were also the time to dish out the punishment. It was just basically the central gathering time for the day. Once I went to college that all went downhill. Now my parents don't even eat together very often, unless Elizabeth and I are home and force the mealtime. When I was in school my family ate together every single night. We had “assigned seats” at the dinner table. Mom would try new recipes. My sister, Dad, and I would alternate cooking meals as well. We would basically unwind for the most part. Although, depending on recent events of that day, sometimes the mealtimes were also the time to dish out the punishment. It was just basically the central gathering time for the day. Once I went to college that all went downhill. Now my parents don’t even eat together very often, unless Elizabeth and I are home and force the mealtime.

]]> By: Rat Fink http://www.finkweb.org/lost-weekend/#comment-3248 Rat Fink Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:12:45 +0000 http://www.finkweb.org/?p=8035#comment-3248 Ah-haaaa...I knew someone would comment on it. :-) I'm going to reread the whole series next summer. Ah-haaaa…I knew someone would comment on it. :-) I’m going to reread the whole series next summer.

]]> By: Mathew http://www.finkweb.org/lost-weekend/#comment-3244 Mathew Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:21:11 +0000 http://www.finkweb.org/?p=8035#comment-3244 Ha, the world has moved on indeed. (Also, that phrase made my "must re-read" sense tingle...dang it) Ha, the world has moved on indeed. (Also, that phrase made my “must re-read” sense tingle…dang it)

]]> By: Krissy http://www.finkweb.org/lost-weekend/#comment-3242 Krissy Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:00:07 +0000 http://www.finkweb.org/?p=8035#comment-3242 My family eats on the go everyday. We only eat together on special events or the rare weekends my Mom has off. Those are fun meals that we all share though. My family eats on the go everyday. We only eat together on special events or the rare weekends my Mom has off. Those are fun meals that we all share though.

]]> By: BoomR http://www.finkweb.org/lost-weekend/#comment-3241 BoomR Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:46:03 +0000 http://www.finkweb.org/?p=8035#comment-3241 What? Another party?? I like how you celebrate! How cool is that??!! ...and 10 more months it is!! Woo-hoo!! Make sure to bring your 2-piece so you can look fab out by the pool! :-) **SMEWCH** What? Another party?? I like how you celebrate! How cool is that??!!

…and 10 more months it is!! Woo-hoo!! Make sure to bring your 2-piece so you can look fab out by the pool! :-)

**SMEWCH**

]]> By: Rat Fink http://www.finkweb.org/lost-weekend/#comment-3240 Rat Fink Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:14:29 +0000 http://www.finkweb.org/?p=8035#comment-3240 Absolutely! Kay has some Slovenia stories she could tell that relate perfectly to what Hans was talking about. In fact, she says it's *sometimes* a bit on the frustrating side, in that Slovenes are so incredibly <em>NOT</em> in a hurry to do anything. HA I think we've just lost a part of our family culture, you know? I mean, the take-three-hours-for-dinner thing has likely not been a part of our social construct at least since the advent of radio. Our forms of entertainment (to include extra-curricular activities at school) over the decades -- coupled with the deterioration of the nuclear family -- have, in my opinion, deconstructed the family dinner table. Speaking of dinner...we would LOVE to come over for steak. Hold that thought for 10 more months! I din't have any birthday cake on my actual birthday (my preference), but I am going to indulge at my feast this Saturday night! Wish you could be there! Absolutely! Kay has some Slovenia stories she could tell that relate perfectly to what Hans was talking about. In fact, she says it’s *sometimes* a bit on the frustrating side, in that Slovenes are so incredibly NOT in a hurry to do anything. HA

I think we’ve just lost a part of our family culture, you know? I mean, the take-three-hours-for-dinner thing has likely not been a part of our social construct at least since the advent of radio. Our forms of entertainment (to include extra-curricular activities at school) over the decades — coupled with the deterioration of the nuclear family — have, in my opinion, deconstructed the family dinner table.

Speaking of dinner…we would LOVE to come over for steak. Hold that thought for 10 more months!

I din’t have any birthday cake on my actual birthday (my preference), but I am going to indulge at my feast this Saturday night! Wish you could be there!

]]> By: BoomR http://www.finkweb.org/lost-weekend/#comment-3239 BoomR Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:45:47 +0000 http://www.finkweb.org/?p=8035#comment-3239 I remember chatting with the bus driver on my first European tour (with the AU choir my senior year). That was maybe a handful of years after the advent of the technological advancement we call "the drive through"... Hans couldn't believe that we would get a meal in a bag & eat it while driving. He made the same point as you - over there, a meal is an event. It's not just about the food (although that is a yummie part of it), but it's about the social factor with friends & family around the table - a bottle of wine or 2, and spending time REALLY getting to know each other. I've got a few things I want to get done today, but now? Meh... I think I will take the dogs for a long walk, then spend a lazy afternoon with Bluvox in the pool working on my savage tan :-) Why don't you & Thriller come over? We'll put some steaks on the barbee!! :-) PS...any birthday cake left?? I remember chatting with the bus driver on my first European tour (with the AU choir my senior year). That was maybe a handful of years after the advent of the technological advancement we call “the drive through”… Hans couldn’t believe that we would get a meal in a bag & eat it while driving. He made the same point as you – over there, a meal is an event. It’s not just about the food (although that is a yummie part of it), but it’s about the social factor with friends & family around the table – a bottle of wine or 2, and spending time REALLY getting to know each other.

I’ve got a few things I want to get done today, but now? Meh… I think I will take the dogs for a long walk, then spend a lazy afternoon with Bluvox in the pool working on my savage tan :-) Why don’t you & Thriller come over? We’ll put some steaks on the barbee!! :-)

PS…any birthday cake left??

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