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"For many of us they've been the scene of memorable moments in our own lives from furtive conversations with first boyfriends to desperate calls home when we've been in a fix," she said.

Meanwhile, another character observes of Evie: “You keep your word when it counts. And you speak up when it counts. You helped Diane when the rest of us probably wouldn’t have. You’d never leave a friend in a fix.”

Since potato gnocchi typically calls for boiled-then-riced potatoes, flour, and perhaps egg yolks, it makes sense that you could utilize your leftover mash for gnocchi in a fix, right?

This has been a tough year for all of us, and when I’m in a fix, or confused about how to proceed in some thorny situation, or even when given an opportunity to interact with my fellow humans, my father’s words come to me.

"As sailors, we complain a lot about things. But we also understand when other sailors are in a fix or other seamen are working really hard day and night to try to correct a situation. We've all been there," he said.