"Dave Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:Damsel said:Dave Smith said:It sounds like a great brunch. It's a pity that not one of them had the
good
manners to let you know that they would not be coming. I just hope
that you
don't make the mistake of inviting the same boers to another function.
Then
again, you can go ahead and invite them and then be a no show yourself
:-)She should invite your niece over. That would take care of the left-over
problem. 🙂LMAO.
One thing I can guarantee is that the niece would never miss a free meal.
The only
problem is that if none of the others had shown up there might not be
enough food.
My rule of thumb for family gatherings is that if the niece is coming we
have to
prepare twice as much food as we would for all the others.
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I'm thinking I could have accommodated her. I wrapped up 10 separate
containers with generous servings of everything (minus the fruit and the
mini-muffins, they're in freezer) plus a few bowls of yet more food.
<sigh>
It was a valuable lesson that made an impression.
Cyndi