I was thinking about the safety issue. Though
making him give up that mobility would be a
crushing blow.

So far he seems to be a fairly safe driver.... at least from what I
could see... :)

I wouldn't be able to see otherwise either,
but I'm thinking going forward. Many of my
friends are my age and older, and sometimes
I wonder about their future mobility, too.

Perhaps you needed a more updated AAA map... ;)

We just followed the dotted line that said
I-287 under construction.

[chuckle] I've done that before, too... ;)

The dotted lines were not an entirely accurate
representation of what was actually to come,
but that was kind of irrelevant.

Often I do a Google map for fastest route and
alter it by adding an intermediate destination,
and the estimated time goes down. Sometimes
it tries to take one to a totally wrong place,
and occasionally it can't find a place at all.

That sort of track record doesn't give all that much confidence... ;)

Certainly not the level of confidence many
people invest in it. Google Maps, at least the
mobile version accessible on my friend Bonnie's
phone, was powdered by TomTom, an outfit I don't
have the highest opinion of.

and sour, and the strawberries (Connecticut)
might have been better than what Driscoll
offered on a bad day.

Faint praise... ;) I don't think I've seen any truly local fruit yet
this year....

It wasn't intended as a high recommendation.

Not that Kremer would have recognized me -
we haven't seen each other since the '80s,
possibly early '90s, when we briefly shared
an accompanist. The accompanist probably
felt honored to work for him and no doubt
annoyed having to work for me.

Hard to say... But I guess that would make it quite unlikely he'd
remember or recognize you... :)

It's unclear how and whether people from my
past remember me, and it's not that great a
deal.

Chicken with asparagus 2
categories: main, mine, Chineseish, poultry
servings: 2

1 chicken breast
flour (opt)
chicken fat or butter
1/4 c white wine
1 Tb soy sauce or tt
1/3 lb asparagus
1 sm onion, sliced thin
s, p

Cut chicken into medallions, pound a bit,
dredge in flour as desired, and brown in fat.
Remove to a warm place.

Cut tips from asparagus; slice stems as desired.

Add onion to the pan and cook a minute. Add
wine and soy sauce; bring to a boil and let
reduce by half. Add asparagus stems and cook
another minute. Add asparagus tips and cook
another minute. Correct seasoning. Return
chicken to the pan, turn to coat in sauce,
and serve.

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Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 07-01-18 20:59 <=-

I was thinking about the safety issue. Though
making him give up that mobility would be a
crushing blow.

So far he seems to be a fairly safe driver.... at least from what I
could see... :)

I wouldn't be able to see otherwise either,
but I'm thinking going forward. Many of my
friends are my age and older, and sometimes
I wonder about their future mobility, too.

I hear you... The day does come when one decides it's time to hang up
the keys.... My Aunt Sylvia, at 89, decided earlier this year than the
pain meds she needs to take were fuzzing her mind just a bit too much,
so now she has friends and family take her everywhere....

Perhaps you needed a more updated AAA map... ;)

We just followed the dotted line that said
I-287 under construction.

[chuckle] I've done that before, too... ;)

The dotted lines were not an entirely accurate
representation of what was actually to come,
but that was kind of irrelevant.

After all, once on the now-exisiting road one just follows the road
until either it falls away again, or gets to the exit you are hoping
for... ;) SOW, sorta... work progresses on what is obviously the Sunbury/Selinsgrove bypass on Rt15... and when I drove through on the
way home, it appears that it might also end up being a Lewisburg bypass
as well... :)

Often I do a Google map for fastest route and
alter it by adding an intermediate destination,
and the estimated time goes down. Sometimes
it tries to take one to a totally wrong place,
and occasionally it can't find a place at all.

That sort of track record doesn't give all that much confidence... ;)

Certainly not the level of confidence many
people invest in it. Google Maps, at least the
mobile version accessible on my friend Bonnie's
phone, was powdered by TomTom, an outfit I don't
have the highest opinion of.

And your recent use did nothing to lift that opinion.... :)

Not that Kremer would have recognized me -
we haven't seen each other since the '80s,
possibly early '90s, when we briefly shared
an accompanist. The accompanist probably
felt honored to work for him and no doubt
annoyed having to work for me.

Hard to say... But I guess that would make it quite unlikely he'd
remember or recognize you... :)

It's unclear how and whether people from my
past remember me, and it's not that great a
deal.

What matters most is if the people of your present remember you, after
all.... ;)

ttyl neb

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Quoting Nancy Backus to Michael Loo <=-

I hear you... The day does come when one decides it's time to hang up
the keys.... My Aunt Sylvia, at 89, decided earlier this year than
the pain meds she needs to take were fuzzing her mind just a bit too
much, so now she has friends and family take her everywhere....

Here at Geezer Gardens there's a signup sheet for people who are willing to do driving chores. Perhaps there's something like that in her community. While I
didn't put my name on the list here...I did drive a woman around a few times, bank/grocery/drug store. She has Parkinsons, uses a walker and doesn't drive, or cook much (although recently I've sometimes seen her with a care assistant),
so I figured I'd bank some karma points and perhaps sell my house. It seemed to have worked. I didn't signup because:
1. I'll spend 3 or 4 days out of the week down at Kasilof in the summer. Fish
are starting to run...I have water and propane at the cabin now...so I've written a list of things I need for next week (beers already there, of course). 2. I'll spend 4+ weeks out of the country in the fall doing the Little 4 trip. 3. I'll be gone 5 months out of the winter in Arizona, arriving back here in April.

Totally unrelated...
Drove back from Kasilof today. Saw a dead baby Brown Bear along side the highway a few miles downstream from the Russian River Ferry that runs across the Kenai River (which has wall-to-wall fisherpersons right now). But by tradition bears have priority, either for a fishing spot or for examining your catch which you would wisely exhibit to them. I met a guy out at the AF base who lost 5 trout to a Black Bear that way, he was trying to catch more...I was just getting started, flyfishing, with only one eye on my fly.

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Quoting Bill Swisher to Nancy Backus on 07-05-18 19:21 <=-

I hear you... The day does come when one decides it's time to hang up
the keys.... My Aunt Sylvia, at 89, decided earlier this year than
the pain meds she needs to take were fuzzing her mind just a bit too
much, so now she has friends and family take her everywhere....

Here at Geezer Gardens there's a signup sheet for people who are
willing to do driving chores. Perhaps there's something like that in
her community.

She's still living at her home, on her own... One daughter bought a
house a block or so away, so is quite handy, another daughter lives
nearby and is available to take her places... Her other daughters live
quite a ways away, but generally check in on her daily by phone... :)

While I didn't put my name on the list here...I did drive a woman
around a few times, bank/grocery/drug store. She has Parkinsons,
uses a walker and doesn't drive, or cook much (although recently I've sometimes seen her with a care assistant), so I figured I'd bank some karma points and perhaps sell my house. It seemed to have worked.

One can make one's self available on an as-needed basis for particular situations without being officially part of any scheme... :)

I didn't signup because: 1. I'll spend 3 or 4 days out
of the week down at Kasilof in the summer. Fish are starting to
run...I have water and propane at the cabin now...so I've written a
list of things I need for next week (beers already there, of course).
2. I'll spend 4+ weeks out of the country in the fall doing the
Little 4 trip. 3. I'll be gone 5 months out of the winter in Arizona, arriving back here in April.

All good reasons... :) No need to disappoint people who think you
should be available when you have other things going... ;) And you can
still do it on an ad hoc basis where you might see a need... :)

Totally unrelated...
Drove back from Kasilof today. Saw a dead baby Brown Bear along side
the highway a few miles downstream from the Russian River Ferry that
runs across the Kenai River (which has wall-to-wall fisherpersons right now). But by tradition bears have priority, either for a fishing spot
or for examining your catch which you would wisely exhibit to them. I
met a guy out at the AF base who lost 5 trout to a Black Bear that way,
he was trying to catch more...I was just getting started, flyfishing,
with only one eye on my fly.

So the baby bear was probably hit by traffic....? I trust it wasn't
from a disgruntled fisherperson... ;)

ttyl neb

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Quoting Nancy Backus to Bill Swisher <=-

So the baby bear was probably hit by traffic....? I trust it wasn't
from a disgruntled fisherperson... ;)

Hit by a vehicle. Undoubtedly ruined someones day, at a glance, twisty 2 lane road with on coming traffic, it was about the size of a Saint Bernard and probably way more dense. Large splash of blood in the middle of a lane. People around here are pretty bear aware, I've only recently quit keeping a loaded 12GA magnum slug-gun around when I went to the RV/cabin like I did for the previous 10+ years. They just closed a hiking trail not far from me, in Eagle River. Bear killed a guy late last month, another (or the same, but both
were females) mauled a searcher (looking for the first guy), and now females with cubs are threatening hikers again.


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Quoting Bill Swisher to Nancy Backus on 07-11-18 13:26 <=-

So the baby bear was probably hit by traffic....? I trust it wasn't
from a disgruntled fisherperson... ;)

Hit by a vehicle. Undoubtedly ruined someones day, at a glance,
twisty 2 lane road with on coming traffic, it was about the size of a Saint Bernard and probably way more dense. Large splash of blood in
the middle of a lane.

Maybe it was a large truck that hit it, then... or don't they usually
take that sort of road...?

People around here are pretty bear aware, I've
only recently quit keeping a loaded 12GA magnum slug-gun around when I went to the RV/cabin like I did for the previous 10+ years. They just closed a hiking trail not far from me, in Eagle River. Bear killed a
guy late last month, another (or the same, but both were females)
mauled a searcher (looking for the first guy), and now females with
cubs are threatening hikers again.

Almost sounds like you might want that loaded slug-gun around still...
Is it mostly the time of year, with young cubs...? Or do you think that
the bears are getting more menacing all around.......

ttyl neb

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Quoting Nancy Backus to Bill Swisher <=-

Maybe it was a large truck that hit it, then... or don't they usually
take that sort of road...?

Oddly enough I hope it was a truck, they normally have a protective bumper for moose on them. Going south from Anchorage trucks don't have a choice and at the end of the road there's a port. Going south after 30 miles or so a road branches off to the left for Girdwood, then it dead-ends. I keep going straight and a road branches off to the left, goes through the second longest tunnel in the North America to Whittier and stops at the ocean. I keep going straight and about 100 miles or so after leaving Anchorage, the road splits. Go to the left and it stops in Seward, at the ocean. Keep going to the right and it goes for quite a ways, this is my normal route, and eventually stops in Homer at the ocean. The truck-route to Kenai/Homer goes along the river for about half of it and little badly bruised baby bruin was there. Of course if you go north you can take the road into Canada, but who cares about that there's just a lot of nothing to the north. As a native of Los Anchorage I like my urban comforts. :-)

Almost sounds like you might want that loaded slug-gun around still...
Is it mostly the time of year, with young cubs...? Or do you think
that the bears are getting more menacing all around.......

I'll start taking it down with me from now on, I haven't really spent much time
there yet this year. The burglars didn't bother to look behind the bedroom door, so I still have the scatter gun, and the police seemed relieved for some reason. But as far as the momma critters go...it's that time of the year and they get peevish about intrusions. The fur/fin/feathers guys went out to that area and killed 3 sows earlier this week. As an aside...several people have been killed by moose here in Anchorage over the years, so it's not just bears.

It's time to go kill some fish. I'm headed down on Tuesday morning, meeting the water guy Wednesday morning, and unfortunately back here on Thursday.

Friday the flooring guys are coming back, the unfortunate reason, to work on the vinyl flooring some more. With better light I spotted more oopsies (the manager says he's already started talking to the place that did the work about completely replacing it if they don't get it fixed). Well at least I won't have to get all the furniture moved, again, or more troublesome moving all 7 computers, again (lots of wires and things, meaning I would get to crawl around
on the rug, again). But then again he also told them the same thing about the carpet.

Sent this out to some folks yesterday: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/wildlife/2018/06/19/katmai-bear-cam-is-back-how-to-watch-the-live-stream/

Whew...it's hard to type that! Found an easier one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UIA8xOVcOs

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Quoting Bill Swisher to Nancy Backus on 07-14-18 14:28 <=-

Maybe it was a large truck that hit it, then... or don't they usually
take that sort of road...?

Oddly enough I hope it was a truck, they normally have a protective
bumper for moose on them.

So the truck would have sustained less damage than a car would have,
then... :)

Going south from Anchorage trucks don't have
a choice and at the end of the road there's a port. Going south after
30 miles or so a road branches off to the left for Girdwood, then it dead-ends. I keep going straight and a road branches off to the left, goes through the second longest tunnel in the North America to Whittier and stops at the ocean. I keep going straight and about 100 miles or
so after leaving Anchorage, the road splits. Go to the left and it
stops in Seward, at the ocean. Keep going to the right and it goes for quite a ways, this is my normal route, and eventually stops in Homer at the ocean. The truck-route to Kenai/Homer goes along the river for
about half of it and little badly bruised baby bruin was there.

So it might well have been a truck...

Of course if you go north you can take the road into Canada, but who
cares about that there's just a lot of nothing to the north. As a
native of Los Anchorage I like my urban comforts. :-)

Such as they are.... :)

Almost sounds like you might want that loaded slug-gun around still...
Is it mostly the time of year, with young cubs...? Or do you think
that the bears are getting more menacing all around.......

I'll start taking it down with me from now on, I haven't really spent
much time there yet this year. The burglars didn't bother to look
behind the bedroom door, so I still have the scatter gun, and the
police seemed relieved for some reason.

Probably because that's one less gun unaccounted for.... still in your possesion, and not the burglars or wherever they dumped it... ;)

But as far as the momma critters go...it's that time of the year and
they get peevish about intrusions. The fur/fin/feathers guys went out
to that area and killed 3 sows earlier this week. As an aside...several people have been killed by moose here in Anchorage over the years, so
it's not just bears.

One shouldn't mess with mother critters with young'uns, after all... and
some critters are just too big to mess with besides....

It's time to go kill some fish. I'm headed down on Tuesday morning, meeting the water guy Wednesday morning, and unfortunately back here on Thursday.

Enjoy your quick trip... ;)

Friday the flooring guys are coming back, the unfortunate reason, to
work on the vinyl flooring some more. With better light I spotted more oopsies (the manager says he's already started talking to the place
that did the work about completely replacing it if they don't get it fixed).

Gotta hold them accountable for their work... :)

Well at least I won't have to get all the furniture moved,
again, or more troublesome moving all 7 computers, again (lots of wires and things, meaning I would get to crawl around on the rug, again).

That does sound like a troublesome amount of work....

But then again he also told them the same thing about the carpet.

Was that finally fully taken care of...?

ttyl neb

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Quoting Nancy Backus to Bill Swisher <=-

One shouldn't mess with mother critters with young'uns, after all...
and some critters are just too big to mess with besides....

I went, I'm back, the paper says the 3 bears they killed weren't the one who killed the guy and attacked the other. DNA shows all this. So the overreaction is an obvious case of species profiling.

It's time to go kill some fish. I'm headed down on Tuesday morning,

Enjoy your quick trip... ;)

No fish. Sigh...maybe next week. I left really early so I stopped for breakfast on the way down, I normally don't do that. Went into a place named the Sunrise Inn at Cooper Landing, not to be confused with Sunrise (population 18) which is near Hope (population 192, hey it rates a big sign on the highway so you know where to turn), and ordered the "short stack" with a side of link sausages. The pancakes, there were two of them, were the size of the large plate they came on. I almost ordered:
The Hypocrite? - Vegetarian omelet with your choice of ham, bacon, or sausage. But I wasn't in the egg mood. There's always tomorrow, got the bacon thawing now.
But it wasn't a wasted trip. Got a water sample from the well to the place so they can figure out how to treat it, carefully stripping off any commercial names here. Took it in and the guy said "gotta water sample ehh", I replied that it was but looked more like a urine sample, about the right color. Got a painter to come out and start on the estimate for getting things painted. Kicked back, read a part of Eric Clapton's autobiography, listened to music, watched "Father Goose". Slept like a log, as soon as I laid down I decided I did want to replace the mattress here in Anchorage with a memory foam one, like
the place in Kasilof has. And visited with Rose and Scotty, and their 5 houseguests (until last night when more were to arrive, one year they had 19 at
one time, oh yeah...they're all kids/...all the gyrations of generations).


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Quoting Bill Swisher to Nancy Backus on 07-19-18 14:22 <=-

One shouldn't mess with mother critters with young'uns, after all...
and some critters are just too big to mess with besides....

I went, I'm back, the paper says the 3 bears they killed weren't the
one who killed the guy and attacked the other. DNA shows all this.
So the overreaction is an obvious case of species profiling.

How typical... but humans were damaged and one must show that Something
Was Done About It.... ;0

It's time to go kill some fish. I'm headed down on Tuesday morning,

Enjoy your quick trip... ;)

No fish. Sigh...maybe next week.

Hopefully.... ;)

I left really early so I stopped
for breakfast on the way down, I normally don't do that. Went into a place named the Sunrise Inn at Cooper Landing, not to be confused with Sunrise (population 18) which is near Hope (population 192, hey it
rates a big sign on the highway so you know where to turn), and ordered the "short stack" with a side of link sausages. The pancakes, there
were two of them, were the size of the large plate they came on.

Sounds pretty tasty... :)

I almost ordered: The Hypocrite? - Vegetarian omelet with your choice
of ham, bacon, or sausage. But I wasn't in the egg mood. There's
always tomorrow, got the bacon thawing now.

At least bacon is considered a vegetable in some circles... ;) My
niece's daughter wouldn't fall for it, though,,, at about age 9, she's
decided that she is a piscatarian, only eats seafood, dairy and
veggies... she's pretty knowlegeable about it, dunno yet what prompted
it... :)

But it wasn't a wasted trip. Got a water sample from the well to the place so they can figure out how to treat it, carefully stripping off
any commercial names here. Took it in and the guy said "gotta water sample ehh", I replied that it was but looked more like a urine sample, about the right color. Got a painter to come out and start on the estimate for getting things painted.

Those are both useful... when do you get the report on the water...?

Kicked back, read a part of Eric Clapton's autobiography, listened
to music, watched "Father Goose". Slept like a log, as soon as I
laid down I decided I did want to replace the mattress here in
Anchorage with a memory foam one, like the place in Kasilof has.

Also useful, in other ways... :)

And visited with Rose and Scotty, and their 5 houseguests (until last night when more were to arrive, one year they had 19 at one time, oh yeah...they're all kids/...all the gyrations of generations).

Getting the family together... Like what I'm part of this week... the
family camping somewhat together at Selkirk Shores SP in NYS... The high
day total was 38, some have left now so there's 21 here today.... when
Richard arrives Friday, the week total will be 40... 5 siblings of my generation (of 8), some with spouses, came; 10 of the next generation
along with some spouses and kids... and even the oldest g=grand came as
part of his 2 1/2 week trip to the states from the UK... We started this
over 30 years ago, when my parents had their 40th anniversary... they're
both gone now but the tradition continues... :)

ttyl neb

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