To me, the badness of the bugger would vitiate
everything that came after.
If the bugger were bad enough, I'd walk out.
If the bugger spoke, wrote, or signalled to me
in any way, that cause would be off the list
forever.
Probably the same here. Do an actual or virtual walk out, depending
on > how you were contacted.
More like an instantaneous shutdown
on my part.
Log out of the site, clear cookies and shut down computer. Good way to
get rid of pests. (G)
My encounters would be more personal, as I'd not
have logged onto such a site to begin with.
Of course, we're not perfect predictors,
and once in a rare while, we are surprised
one way or another.
Very true, we've come across that from time to time.
It's mostly kind of saddening but occasionally
gladdening when that happens.
way or another makes it less likely that
the tax break would be needed.
Some years we've met our deductions; other years, since deductions
are > higher for a couple, we've not met them. It's a mess I leave to Steve to > figure out--but do save the paperwork for him.
The best strategy - get someone else
to worry about it.
He does the number crunching and all the hard work; I just have to find
all the odds and ends (mostly, but not always all, in one envelop) of
bank statements, medical bills, etc.
I almost wish I found such a one as Swisher did,
who was very attractive and could do the accounts
as well.
Sometimes I think mine is being continually
monitored if not by criminal elements by
some governmental entity (as I told someone
here, likely not of US origin).
Big Brother of 1984 or whoever it was in Brave New World?
I've long figured that Google and FB have
automated data collection about all users - some
of that suspicion has been publicly revealed true.
I suspect that my spending and travel patterns are
of interest to the marketing and drug enforcement
people, respectively, and maybe are being paid for
by them.
So do you drink coffee now? Fair exchange, my coffee for your feta
if > you do. (G)
I've always liked coffee; not the stimulant
distractant effects, though. Monday I had a
good laugh with the aforementioned Irina
about caffeine-affected performances.
Something I've not had to worry about. Most often the biggest concern is
if I need to use my inhaler before a performance.
A vasodilator would be bad for more stressful
performances as well.
Interesting--did you try this or just copy it out of the
magazine? > ML> I'd never willingly make anything like that!
Not enamoured of vegetables? (G)
Sometimes, but never really fond of
cucumbers - they're almost as objectionable
as summer squashes.
Depends on how they're prepared. My mom most often just sliced them into
a bowl of vinegar/water for a light pickle. I'll add onion, celery seed
and just a bit of sweetening to the same bowl.
Actually I don't mind processed cucumbers -
the more processed the better - cooked with
garlic and pickled with garlic cross the
line into edibleness.
Asian desserts are an acquired taste, for
Western people anyway. I've always liked the
wobbly, sometimes too slick or slimy, textures.
As in what I see at a lot of Asian buffets--a couple of types of jello,
some sort of milk based pudding and ice cream. (G)
Yesterday we had red-white-and-blue layered gelatin
for dessert.
Title: Pickled Eggs
I like the Penn Dutch style red beet eggs--brought some to the picnic
last year and when we had it at xxCarol's place. They always seem to go
fast. (G)
To me the major objectionableness was the Texas
Pete or Worcestershire. Also the dillweed - the
only setting in which I like that flavor is in
garlic dill pickles.
Apple syrup (Apfelkraut)
categories: Westphalian, German, sweet
yield: 600 g
5 kg apples
Wash and clean the apples, cut them in quarters
and squeeze to yield about 3 l clear apple juice.
Boil down in an open pot to about 600 g of dark,
smooth syrup.
Michael Becker
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