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Bob Kontak · Bob Kontak's Garage

Cool story. Nice job to you and your wife.

There have been some scary nasty neighbor threads here. This one's refreshing.

You are not going to change her and she was operating out of her "knitting silo" wrt the $25. I guess they can lose track of quid pro quo.

I hope I have neighbors half as generous as you if I make it past being a functional senior.

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Originally Posted by LWJ

Lady can absolutely make an amazing pie

I took a pic and I guess this thread is the reason. Lol My sister bought a pie at Christmas from two ladies in Akron. $50 out of their house. Would like to know the back story as to how they made them so good.

Chocolate / peanut butter cream or cheesecake? Don't remember. Dense but not so rich you could not put down the whole piece after dinner. Divine. (not keto)

herr_oberst · 08-03-2023, 10:41 AM

It's been my experience that if you're the guy that has a garage full of tools, and if you're a pleasant person, there will be no shortage of people who ask you to help them out from time to time. At the old house, it was Dorothy who had me on speed-dial, in my current place the main culprit is Bill. Sometimes it's not convenient, but how can you say no. It'd be like saying "I can't" to your elderly mom or your great great uncle. Or even just a friend. If I can help, I try to be of assistance.

(But the anecdote about needing the 25 for the gift of a handmade hat is definitely a high water mark!)

vash · vash's Garage

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Originally Posted by LWJ

1. Vash is a mensch. Nicely done.
2. I have the same-ish neighbor lady. Going to a pie party at her house in a week. Lady can absolutely make an amazing pie. In fact, her family owned a chain of pie shops in town that were somewhat iconic.

These folks certainly beat the crazy, mean, abusive, and generally nasty neighbor alternative. I have had them as well.

Enjoy the hat.

Oy Vey?

Here is the hat.

. Not bad for $25!