Funny, Edeline!

Once I got a tractor stuck in the sand, so I unloaded a slip load of hay to get the tractor unstuck; it was very sandy. The owner told me that he would not have unloaded that hay for all the rice in China! I was about 15 years old, and I thought, yes, there must be a lot of rice in China! He want me to get the tractor unstuck in a way that I did not have to unload the hay.
I have been with filipino people on a number of occasions, in the Tri-Cities, Southern Washington State, in Chicago Illinois all with relatives of my nephew and niece, she being a filipina. Anyway especially in Chicago, Illinois I had rice for all 3 meals! I didn't mind at all, as I like rice. Now my wife, Carol, is not fond of rice, but she will eat a little of it from time to time. When I was in the Philippines I ate a lot of rice; rice at home, rice in the restaurant, rice, rice, rice, and more rice. When I was in Amlan by Dugaguete City, I ate rice for every meal except breakfast, and my friend and I ate cooked oatmeal with sliced mangos in it, and milk, and that is what I eat almost every morning, cooked oatmeal with some kind of fruit, usually raisins, but on occasion, peaches, or sliced apples cooked in the oatmeal. So my friend and I ate that on the porch over looking the sea between Negros Oriental and Cebu Island, and it was fun to sit there each morning and watch the sun come up. I still like rice, and all my kids and grandkids love rice, but Carol is not fond of it.
