Scones for the neighbour
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326127)
Rockingham, Australia
December 7, 2019 7:18pm CST
I was up half the night with an upset stomach so I slept in till 8am. Vince is making scones – lemonade scones if you please. Our neighbours have rented out their property for the moment but the daughter is going to Nepal in a week or so. They are calling in this money for coffee and scones. The daughter is going to take some money to Nepal for us and will put it into the account of a family that Vince met when he was there.
We are paying school fees for their little boy but so much goes in fees if you transfer the money from Australia. We’re taking this opportunity to send cash. Hopefully all will go well. Vince has a small amount of Nepalese money which we’ll give our friend and hopefully it will buy her a coffee or whatever until she is able to exchange her own money.
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@kobesbuddy (74766)
• East Tawas, Michigan
8 Dec 19
I've had an upset stomach also, for about two days! Vince made some nice scones, they look delicious:) That's wonderful, helping those people in Nepal:)
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@kobesbuddy (74766)
• East Tawas, Michigan
9 Dec 19
@JudyEv I was gonna say, if I was there, those scones wouldn't last very long!
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
8 Dec 19
bless yer heart, sure hope that tummy stays settled. y'ave been havin a bit 'f a time with various lil hiccups. please do take care.
lemonade scones? hmm, don't reckon i've heard 'f such, but sure look yummy.
very nice that she's goin' there 'n can tend such fer ya. i hear ya'n those danged fees. kinda disheartenin' when ya wish 'e to get all ya can send jest to see portions gobbled by such. bonus mr. vince's still some currency, ought'a come'n handy fer her 'til she can do'n 'xchange.
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@JudyEv (326127)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Dec 19
Disheartening is the exact right word. It seems such a waste to hand over so much money in fees. The scones are 250ml self-raising flour (do you perhaps call it all-purpose flour?), 125ml lemonade and 125ml cream. So the proportions are 2:1:1.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
11 Dec 19
@JudyEv the scones sound jest yummy. i'll need to try'n figure which gluten free flours i could use fer such a treat. fees...somebody, somewhere 'tis gettin' rich off all the danged fees 'n taxes!
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@JudyEv (326127)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Dec 19
@crazyhorseladycx Our supermarket now has a very good range of gluten free products. I'm sure there is a flour you could substitute.
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@moffittjc (118556)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 Dec 19
That is really awesome that you continue to financially support the family in Nepal. I'm sure every little bit of money helps. Smart to send cash instead of having to transfer it and pay fees.
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@moffittjc (118556)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Dec 19
@JudyEv Yes, especially when you have positive thoughts, good things tend to happen.
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@JudyEv (326127)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Dec 19
@moffittjc And blow me down, just today we've been invited to a wedding there - end of January. I don't know if we'll go or not. Vince would like to go but I'm not sure. He probably wouldn't go without me this time. We'll sleep on it for a while. Something will turn up to point us in the right direction.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
8 Dec 19
Now those are some pretty biscuits!
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@JudyEv (326127)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Dec 19
@andriaperry The different terms caused me great bewilderment till I got it worked out. Having biscuits with gravy - very strange!!
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
9 Dec 19
@JudyEv exactly the same, and you call cookies, biscuits.
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@GardenGerty (157665)
• United States
9 Dec 19
Lemonade scones sound delicious. I am glad you can actually send money and avoid some of the transfer fees.
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@JudyEv (326127)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Dec 19
The transfer fees are horrendous. It really puts some people off helping in this way.
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
8 Dec 19
lemonade scones sound so good. asking someone to "handcarry" money is common here.
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@xFiacre (12631)
• Ireland
8 Dec 19
@judyev lemonade scones? Do tell. My contribution to the betterment of life for people in poor places goes to an isolated hospital in northern Malawi where I was operated on as a child. The money is administered by an Irish doctor who used to work there to ensure good usage of it. Otherwise the cash would find itself elsewhere such are things. Hope the stomach settles.
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@JudyEv (326127)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Dec 19
The lemonade scones are 250ml of self-raising flour, 125 ml each of lemonade and cream and that's it. We would rather find individual cases/people to help nowadays. At least you know what's happening to your money that way - well, hopefully anyway. We also give to an order of nuns that Vince's sister belonged to. They have 'cells' for want of a better word in many third-world countries and do good work in education, health care, etc.
The stomach is fine thanks. It was probably the four scones that upset it! 
@DocAndersen (54407)
• United States
8 Dec 19
that is very kind of you, all the way around!
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@JudyEv (326127)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Dec 19
@DocAndersen Some kids have a great sense of rhythm and others have none at all.
@DocAndersen (54407)
• United States
9 Dec 19
@JudyEv they are, i enjoyed sitting and watching them when ours were little!
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@betlynfrnds (4067)
• United States
8 Dec 19
Well that was very nice. We've never made scones before but my husband picked up a package about a week ago. They were cranberry orange. Wow, were they ever good! 
Hope you're feeling better. 
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@betlynfrnds (4067)
• United States
9 Dec 19
@JudyEv I'd love to reach through my computer screen just to try one and compare. LOL 
At any rate, I'm glad to hear that you are fine.
At any rate, I'm glad to hear that you are fine. 1 person likes this
@arunima25 (85571)
• Bangalore, India
8 Dec 19
Hope you are feeling better now.
I would love to have them. I like them and lemon is one of my favorite flavor.
You and Vince are doing such a noble work.
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@florelway (23160)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
9 Dec 19
It's something that I want to learn to make.
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