Ooooh, here we go! I was having a good ol' 'Murican sentiment and I've got
to start thinking about someone other than myself in another corner of the
world. Fish and chips! How's a Fillet-o'-Fish stack up to that. Now, darn
it, I feel like I've been ripped off.

I thought there was a moderator on this list! Hey, wait a minute: This isn't
Preservation-L, is it? Who's in charge around here...

-----Original Message-----
From: Helen Edwards [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 6:04 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: memories of the Burghers


When I was a kid, there was no Mcdonald's.  Our idea of a treat was
fish and chips. I guess that was the so-called British feeling in
Victoria as tarted up for tourists. But...we still have great fish
and chips and well prepared ones are still are a treat. We usually
had this meal when Dad went out of town to work - he was, and still
is, a real "meat-and potatoes" kind of guy, alhtough at 85, he eats
less red meat than he used to.




>We must have been of the underprivileged underclass as well, though for us
>it wasn't McD's, it was Koral Hamburgs.
>
>A really special occasion was when Dad would drive up River Road and get a
>pile of hamburgers and fries to go and bring them home for Saturday dinner.
>It was really really special when we got to go along for the ride.  It was
>really really really special when we could talk him into chocolate
>milkshakes...which wasn't too often, as that was over the budget.
--
Helen Edwards in Victoria, B.C. Canada
Owner, Bed Buddies Toys & Gifts
Secretary-Treasurer, Heritage Society of B.C.   Office Manager,
Hallmark Society
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