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The second gift in three days? Oh, readers. Are you trying to woo me?
Last week I received flowers (to write a story about a nursery) and today I received chocolate from a man wanting to write a guest editorial. (And, oh yes, I can be bribed: That editorial will run on the blog soon!)

And, yes, I have bottles of whiskey already on the way from another reader. (Please pay attention to this week’s paper for our tequila and whiskey roundup.)

Here’s the deal, dear readers: Yes, bring me presents! Chocolate, flowers, whiskey. I’m easy. What else do you have to offer?

This article appears in Jun 6-12, 2013.

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You Want To Get With Me?

by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon
June 10, 2013

<h1>You Want To Get With Me?</h1> <p class="byline">by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />June 10, 2013</p> <p>The second gift in three days? Oh, readers. Are you trying to woo me? <br />Last week I received flowers (to write a story about a nursery) and today I received chocolate from a man wanting to write a guest editorial. (And, oh yes, I can be bribed: That editorial will run on the blog soon!)</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media1.fdncms.com/bend/imager/you-want-to-get-with-me/u/original/2239656/1370902355-chocolate_bar.jpg" alt="chocolate_bar.jpg" title="" width="500" height="669" /></div> </p> <p>And, yes, I have bottles of whiskey already on the way from another reader. (Please pay attention to this week's paper for our tequila and whiskey roundup.) </p> <p>Here's the deal, dear readers: Yes, bring me presents! Chocolate, flowers, whiskey. I'm easy. What else do you have to offer?</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/you-want-to-get-with-me-2239655/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=21935&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/you-want-to-get-with-me-2239655/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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