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|    HVS to Les Albert    |
|    Re: A question about some things that se    |
|    30 Mar 23 14:55:08    |
      From: office@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk              On 29 Mar 2023, Les Albert wrote              -sniip-              > And where do you like to dine (and I'll bet that you don't eat       > supper any later than 5:30pm)?              Just to mention how much the answer to that depends on one's location.              When I lived in Canada, the evening meal for families -- I define this       by asking myself what time I should avoid phoning if I don't want to       interrupt someone's meal -- was between 5:00 and 6:30pm-ish.              In the UK (where I've lived since 1982), the time to avoid would be       6:30 to 8:30-ish.              As is the case for lots of people, it's changed with age: a few years       ago, my wife and I (now in our 70s) moved our evening meal time from       8:00 to 7:00pm. (Digestion issues R us.)              --       Cheers,       Harvey              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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