Bakers Dozen.....

“You don’t get near nor farther nor closer than a country mile.....”

Well, a ‘country mile’ is approximately a mile ‘n a quarter if you’re the least bit curious ‘n I expect you ain’t curious at all about stuff like that....y’know, like a ‘Bakers dozen’ is really thirteen....altho I’ve been in a number of bakerys over the years ‘n I can’t remember when I ever bought a dozen donuts, rolls, whatever ‘n actually got thirteen....on the proverbial other hand however, I’m happy to testify that almost every Chinese owned donut shop I’ve been in more than once or twice quite often give me freebies....’n I don’t believe it’s just me....I think it’s pretty standard practive for them...
especially if you go in close to closing....(It’s better to buy some goodwill by giving some stuff away rather than tossing it into the trash)...That said, there’s a donut shop in the Cable Center in O’vale that serves up some pretty good product, especially the chocolate old-fashioned that Millyrose ‘n me are partial to....well, I’m partial to several varieties s’long as they’re donuts...
My diet doesn’t allow for many donuts, the sugar ‘n white flour thing, y’understand, but when I really, really want a donut, I’ll drive to O’vale to get one (maybe two or three) even tho’ I have to pass several other donut shops to get there ‘n even tho’ there is a bakery within walking distance that seems t’be popular enuff for people to drive to Old Fair Oaks to patronize them...personally, I think they’re over-rated ‘n definitely over-priced...
We only have a short time before the ‘Festivus Fair Oakus’....for many years, it was called simply enuff, the Fair Oaks Fiesta but in later years, they’ve been playing with the name....I think now they call it the Fair Oaks Springfest’...whatever, they block off the village for two days for a parade, a car show ‘n lots ‘n lots of craft booths selling whatevers....I think they generally have some kind of small carnival altho in recent years, it ain’t amounted to much but that’s alright with me...