You might be from a large family if...

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RZehr wrote: Mon Nov 21, 2022 8:38 pm Which is the correct way around? We were taught clockwise. Pass to the person on your left.
left is always right at the table.
that's how i was taught.
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You might be from a large family if:
The leather shoes you are wearing now were passed down from your father and 4 brothers; resoled with a rubber patch cut from an old bicycle tire that is held in place with cobbler’s glue; and has butcher’s string for shoe laces.

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-Covid restrictions, one pack of pasta per grocery shop. One pack of 10 eggs per grocery shop. One pack of flour per shop etc. So large families often had to split up and shop separately to buy enough for one meal. It’s funny now but at the time it was frustrating.

-Using every other child’s name before the correct child’s name is used.

-When your house is the hang out house
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Karstan78 wrote: Tue Nov 22, 2022 2:57 am
-Using every other child’s name before the correct child’s name is used.
We had three girls in a row, the "middle girls", and I can totally relate.
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... when mom makes hotdogs for supper, and there is one hotdog left on the table, and dad can tell the boys are racing to finish their current dog so they can get the last one... but dad swoops in and takes the last one. Good times.
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RZehr wrote: Mon Nov 21, 2022 8:38 pm Which is the correct way around? We were taught clockwise. Pass to the person on your left.
Same here.
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When the still good boys shoes, just can't go to waste, and the little girl has to wear them.
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When the family has two or more refrigerators and/or freezers. And they have nicknames when referring to said appliances.
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steve-in-kville wrote: Tue Nov 22, 2022 8:12 am When the family has two or more refrigerators and/or freezers. And they have nicknames when referring to said appliances.
We have two fridges and three freezers, but we never thought of naming them. That's a great idea. Come to think of it, they might actually get temporary nicknames when they don't work right.
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