[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Buttermilk and Twinkees

[Meredith Wilson]

Parker!  Always glad to see another Kentuckian!
 
> As another someone originally from Kentucky ::waves hello to 
 > Meredith::  I cannot *stand* buttermilk.  Luckily for those of us who 
 > do cook with it but not enough to buy a quart and have it go to 
 > waste, they now make powdered buttermilk.  

And it's a good thing, too! I'm not much of a cook in general but I hate to
buy things like that just to throw them out.

 > I don't have a Kentucky accent either (in fact, I've been told by 
 > Brits I sound British(!)) and folks are amazed.  I used to get the 
 > reaction 'oh, you're wearing shoes' but haven't since moving to South 
 > Carolina.  
 
People used ask if I was from New England, but since living here my accent
has become pretty neutral.  I always had to laugh about that comment, which
I used to get most when visiting relatives in Michigan, because I'd have to
say 'Does it look like I wear shoes to you? I thought that was what these
things on my feet were...'

 > Were you affected at all by the earthquake, Meredith?  And where in 
 > Kentucky do you come from?  (I'm from Murray--far western KY)
 
Actually, yes I was.  It was pretty terrifying!  I've never been through an
earthquake before and 6.8 was big for my first one!  I work in an air and
space museum and our big gallery is made of glass with many airplanes
hanging fromthe ceiling, so I just pictured a mess when it started.  I was
in the basement, but free-standing tables were falling over, our library and
archives had an entire room of bookshelves dominoe and are now sitting
precariously against each other.  They're afraid if they start to move one
the stack will crash through the wall its resting on.  But for the most
part, no damage at work or home.  There is a lot of damage through town
though, and it took me 2 hours to go what would normally take 5 - 10 minutes
yesterday because of road closures and traffic.  That's no fun, but nobody
was killed or even seriously injured, so I count us all lucky. :)  Thanks
for asking.  That's been one of the most interesting thing. People I haven't
talked to in years have been coming out of the woodwork to make sure I'm ok,
and that's really a nice feeling.
 
Meredith