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   Beaver Fever to HVS   
   Re: A question about some things that se   
   31 Mar 23 22:06:08   
   
   From: Beaver_Fever@live.com   
      
   On Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 6:55:10 AM UTC-7, HVS wrote:   
   > 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   
      
      
      
   I eat as late as possible. Less likely to wake up in middle of night hungry.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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