That doesn't count anyway! We've seen all sorts of
stuff in museums and curio collections.
I know, but you weren't that specific with your question so my
answer > should have been acceptable.
Context is fairly important in this world.
Most of the time, but not always.
There are few absolute absolutes.
maybe > 5th grade. I remember the phone company building, think we toured it in > maybe first or second grade but I don't recall what
they said about
operators. it's possible they had some sort of work at home set up
for > the night time hours.
I seriously doubt it, as work-at-home was looked at
very suspiciously until recently.
But in small rural communitites, it was one way to have a phone service.
I've not heard of that; it would have to have been on
a very local basis in very rural areas. Not that it
wouldn't have made sense, of course.
Ah. I care little about any sports team except the Yankees,
who I wish would just cease to exist. Red Sox and Mets,
maybe I care about them more than other teams, but that's
really not very much.
I'll check scores/standings for Mets, Sabres and Bills, used to as well
for the (Buffalo) Braves until they folded. If given a ticket for the
first two, I'd probably go to the game but doubt I would for the Bills.
Just not into football.
At this point, I would tend not to go watch a game.
Spring Training is still different, because that's
more about the atmosphere and the company than about
the sport, especially since I can't see the ball
any more unless it's stationary, which it's not much
of the time, else it would be a really boring game.
presence and a very thin hard copy. I've noticed that in magazines
as > well as newspapers.
It was a shock to be given a Newsweek and find that the
paper was thin, the content was thin, and the magazine
itself was thin.
Seems they've all gone that way; I used to get Good Housekeeping and
Reader's Digest but let the subscriptions expire a few years ago.
I found Good Housekeeping the best of that kind of
magazines. Sometimes it had decent recipes, too.
Short explanation: Godey's Ladies' Book didn't offer recipes
better than Real Simple or the equivalent.
Good for those who didn't know much about cooking but not for serious
cooks.
Back then, most households had at least one member who
could cook. I wonder what the point of food articles
would have been.
the taverns are long gone.
With others to take their place, certainly.
No, the college is sponsored/supported by the Wesleyan Church.
Nearest > watering holes are several miles away.
So was the college built near razed taverns, or what?
I'm not sure; they were gone long before I went to school there. The
main campus is up on a hill, above the river.
Oh, then, probably not. No sensible longshoreman would
hike up a hill for a drink or five.
but it's > ML> not > very high on my bucket list.
Some of us have no bucket list.
I don't have one as such but there are some things I'd like to do
before > I get too old and decrepit. Going back to Germany for one, hitting up > Italy on the same trip would be nice.
Mmm - a worthwhile bucket list.
I still have family in Germany; Steve wants to explore the region his
mom's family came from (Calabria).
Sounds like a worthwhile plan.
(It was Google Hang Outs we used.) We have the daughters and
I'd not even heard of Google Hang Outs until reading this.
Better Hang Outs than hang ups. (G) Did you check it out?
No - never checked it out, and it sounds silly to me.
We've got younger generations to keep up with in technology.
Great, I'm of the older generation now.
I think most of us here are.
But I'm less connected than even most of the people on
this echo. I don't really mind this condition.
I'm not that connected but can find my way around some
programs/internet.
I'm so not into it that I haven't words. It's good
there are no young relatives to try to educate me.
I served beet greens to some guests recently. The good
news is that they didn't die.
But did they like the greens?
They didn't complain, the greens all disappeared, and nobody
seems to have died yet from them.
Smoked Salmon Dip
categories: starter
servings: 6
8 oz Irish smoked salmon trimmings
2 oz soft butter
1 Tb olive oil
1 Tb fresh lemon juice
4 Tb heavy cream
1 pn nutmeg
Fresh ground black pepper to taste
1 Tb capers
Discard the skin and any bones from the salmon
and finely chop the meat.
Beat the butter and oil together. Gradually
add the chopped salmon. Mix in the cream,
nutmeg and black pepper to taste. Put mixture
into a small dish and sprinkle with capers.
Serve with crackers, toast or traditional
Irish brown bread.
CHEF PATRICK REILLY, Orlando Sentinel, 6/21/94
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