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Ricky Rap: Best before dates - use them or lose them?

Even in the closest of relationships there is bound to be a disagreement or two on some of the little things
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The age-old question - do you use something that is past its best before date?

Ricky Rap is a list of 10 thoughts and offerings from Niagara’s own Rick Mills. Retired from more than 30 years of management in the steel industry, he continues pastoral ministry here in town. Ricky Rap, he says, is intended to help us to believe in and laugh at ourselves.

1. When reaching Best Before dates… 

2. Cathy Marino-Mills: It’s done, 

3. Throw it. 

4. Me: It’s got life, 

5. Keep it. 

6. Leaving home the other morning, she says, “Don’t forget that food in the fridge for lunch.” 

7. Me: Are you thinking more about leftover food in fridge or me? 

8. Cathy: Both. 

9. Me: Who do you think tolerates the other most? 

10. Cathy: Gives the "look."