On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:12:21 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 3/23/2021 12:49 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 09:25:18 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2021-03-23 7:41 a.m., Boron Elgar wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 08:56:55 +0000, S Viemeister
>>>
>>>> A delightful offer and I thank you and hope to take you up on it.
>>>>
>>>> I want to get to Orkney, too, if I am going to head up all that way.
>>>> Besides, the idea of even passing a sign that says "****t" is its own
>>>> goofy lure. And the Shetlands...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I had to chuckle when we were driving around the back roads of
>>> Pennsylvania years ago and noted that there were rarely signs indicating
>>> the name of the town. When there were, they were small green signs with
>>> white lettering. The major exceptions were Intercourse and Bird In
>>> Hand. They both had nice big colourful signs.
>>
>> Places such as that used to have post offices that were draws for
>> tourists who wanted a charming postmark. Probably ancient history now.
>>
>> Growing up, Hell, Michigan had that same allure.
>>
>
>We used to get our Christmas ham at a place on the other side of the
>state of CT. On the way we'd drop our Christmas cards at the Post
>Office in Bethlehem. They has special stamps you used to postmark them
>and hand them over.

I can get great hams right in town here at the Italian-German butcher
shop. I don't buy them often as my wife doesn't like ham and I can't
eat a whole ham, not even a half ham. This week the market in town
has bone-in ham steaks on sale, I may get a couple. Actually my
favorite is a roasted fresh ham but I'd need enough guests to help eat
it... a roast fresh ham is the king of roasts, far better than any
beef prime rib.