Two Fer

We went down to Hilton Head with a couple that knew Jerry when Donna and I were still in grade school. Russ Schwalbert and his wife Jean lived on the same street as him in Mansfield, Ohio. Jerry’s kids baby sat Russ and Jean’s kids and they both worked for Thermo-Disc which moved to Aiken in the building that now houses ASCO in the late 70s. Jean just got a new Lexus ES350 and they offered to drive us down, so Donna and I got to ride in a very strange place, a back seat.

Before going to Jerry’s service, which was to start at 1:00PM, we stopped in Bluffton for a little lunch. To be somewhat fair to Russ and Jean because they supplied the ride, we picked up the tab for lunch. It would have been easy to split because I got what Russ did and Jean ordered the same thing as Donna did. One slice of the special pizza for the guys, soup and salad for the ladies. Russ and I had iced tea, while Donna had a Sprite and Jean went for a water. Total bill$36.00, $31.48 with a tip of $4.52. Divide by two:

We got back home at about the same time we would have had we gone to work. Donna had conveniently forgotten to take anything out of the freezer for dinner. We thought we were going to be much later and figured on a meal out anyway, so we headed out to try a new place in town, Jim’s Taste of New England. Lobstah Roll for her and Fish & Chips for me and we split a Garden Salad. We both washed the meal down with water.

The Lobster Roll was good, but expensive and not nearly as stuffed as you would get in the northeast. The Fish & Chips consisted of one, albeit large, piece of fish and a bunch French Fries. The fries looked like they came from real potatoes, but didn’t really taste that way. Have they figured out a way to extrude an incredible simulation of a real potato? The cole slaw was delicious though and is probably the driving reason for a return visit, but we’ll probably try something different.