I was one of the designated adults at Teri Chesser's
daughter Courtney's wedding, and among other things I
had to arrange for the desmoking of the honeymoon
suite, which had been seriously defiled by its
previous occupants.

Hopefully you were able to get it done before the newlyweds got there.

With the help of the hotel ozone machine, yes. My
major task was to browbeat maintenance into
installing the generator right away, then check
to make sure it was working, then to see or rather
sniff the result later. I also later on was on the
team that found their lost marriage license.

It is hard tho, when the smoke residue gets into the curtains, rug,
bedding, etc. Don't know how long it takes to build up a noticeable
smell but if I smell even a hint of it, we need to change rooms.

As I said to Dale, I'm pretty sensitive but not
completely intolerant.

has been able to move us to a better room but if that's not

possible, > we'll have to cancel a stay. The camper is our motel room
on wheels but > we can't take it everywhere.
Have you ever had pushback from the hotel
regarding a refund?

They've always given us another room instead. Some day we're going to
strike out and they will have no other rooms available; I'll let you
know then what recourse is offered/taken.

Someday we'll stay at a hotel unprotected by
status, and someday there will be such an issue,
and someday I too will report on what happened.

If you got moved too far forward, you got the
abundant fumes from first class, where they tended
to exhibit significant chimneylike behavior.

We were moved maybe 4-6 rows up. Considering we'd been in the 2nd row
from the smoking section, we didn't have to worry about the smokers in
first class.

Some crews would unfasten the curtain to give a
more democratic feel to the cabin, but I was
always happy when the barrier was there. Back in
those days I always was in the front of the back,
rather than the back of the front.

Or turn the stuff into cigars, which is one
of the most amazingly disgusting things ever
deliberately concocted.

What's more amazing is that some people actually like to smoke them.

Several things going. One's palate can be trained
to like naturally peculiar tastes, and if one has
a natural affinity for smokiness, as many of us here
do, extending the concept to the source makes some
sense - as Freud said, sometimes a cigar is just a
cigar. There is that oral fixation going, though, and
as I say, most of the time a cigar is not just a cigar.

Maybe I'll reciprocate by making a meatloaf
in the shape of a cake. What flavor would
you like - carrot?

Sounds good, but not this year. I need to plan it out, maybe do a test
run or two. (G)

Does anyone at the picnic have a birthday near
picnic time? I might be tempted to make a birthday
meatloaf even if you don't bake a cake.

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Title: Schwaebische Pockets
Categories: Cyberealm, Meats
Yield: 4 servings

9 oz Flour
2 Eggs
1 pn Salt
4 tb Water
18 oz Smoked, cooked Ham
1 Green onion
1 Doughnut
Salt, Pepper to taste
1 Egg white
1 sl Bread, old and hard

1. Make a noodledough out of the water, flour, egg and salt. Knead to
a
firm dough and immedietly, on a floured board, roll it out and cut
into 12 X 12 cm squares. 2. For the filling ;cube the ham, roast
the breadcubes, cut the onion into
small rings and season with salt and pepper. 3. On each square put
1 tablespoon filling and fold over to a triangle.
Put some eggwhite on the ends and press together to seal good. 4.
Boil some saltwater and simmer the pockets for five minutes,turn once.
Translated by Brigitte Sealing Cyberealm BBS Watertown NY
315-786-1120

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Quoting Michael Loo to Ruth Haffly on 07-03-18 20:29 <=-

Or turn the stuff into cigars, which is one
of the most amazingly disgusting things ever
deliberately concocted.

What's more amazing is that some people actually like to smoke them.

Several things going. One's palate can be trained
to like naturally peculiar tastes, and if one has
a natural affinity for smokiness, as many of us here
do, extending the concept to the source makes some
sense - as Freud said, sometimes a cigar is just a
cigar. There is that oral fixation going, though, and
as I say, most of the time a cigar is not just a cigar.

Both my grandfathers smoked cigars... Granddad picked it up aboard ship
when he was in the Navy... said it was in self-defense with all the
smokers around him... and the cigars were probably culprits in both his
3 heart attacks (the last of which took him) and his lung cancer
(discovered shortly, I think, before that last heart attack)... Grampa,
dunno when or why he picked it up, although he did use it sometimes to
annoy Grandma.... she made him go out onto the porch to smoke them...

Maybe I'll reciprocate by making a meatloaf
in the shape of a cake. What flavor would
you like - carrot?

Sounds good, but not this year. I need to plan it out, maybe do a test
run or two. (G)

Does anyone at the picnic have a birthday near
picnic time? I might be tempted to make a birthday
meatloaf even if you don't bake a cake.

I don't know of any birthdays near picnic time.... but it's an
intriguing concept... ;)

ttyl neb

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Hi Michael,

In your note to Dale about desmoking a room--you said that I didn't mind burning tobacco. Correction--curing tobacco is the smell I can take.
Burning tobacco, as in a cigarette, pipe, cigar, etc is a no go for me.

I was one of the designated adults at Teri Chesser's
daughter Courtney's wedding, and among other things I
had to arrange for the desmoking of the honeymoon
suite, which had been seriously defiled by its
previous occupants.

Hopefully you were able to get it done before the newlyweds got

there.

With the help of the hotel ozone machine, yes. My
major task was to browbeat maintenance into
installing the generator right away, then check
to make sure it was working, then to see or rather

We've used a spray called Citrus Magic to take smells out of a room.
Also, a vanilla candle will remove them but I doubt most hotels would
want a burning candle (or a bunch of them) in a room.

sniff the result later. I also later on was on the
team that found their lost marriage license.

OOPS! Good thing it was found as it's often needed as proof of a name
change.

It is hard tho, when the smoke residue gets into the curtains, rug, bedding, etc. Don't know how long it takes to build up a noticeable smell but if I smell even a hint of it, we need to change rooms.

As I said to Dale, I'm pretty sensitive but not
completely intolerant.

Seems the older I've gotten, the more sensitive I've become.

has been able to move us to a better room but if that's not

possible, > we'll have to cancel a stay. The camper is our

motel room > ML> on wheels but > we can't take it everywhere.

Have you ever had pushback from the hotel
regarding a refund?

They've always given us another room instead. Some day we're going

to > strike out and they will have no other rooms available; I'll let
you

know then what recourse is offered/taken.

Someday we'll stay at a hotel unprotected by
status, and someday there will be such an issue,
and someday I too will report on what happened.

You are more apt to do so than we are. Is smoking still tolerated more
in Europe? I remember when we lived in Germany, there was no such thing
as a non smoking area in restaurants. We had to hope that the patrons at
tables near us didn't light up while eating.

If you got moved too far forward, you got the
abundant fumes from first class, where they tended
to exhibit significant chimneylike behavior.

We were moved maybe 4-6 rows up. Considering we'd been in the 2nd

row > from the smoking section, we didn't have to worry about the
smokers in > first class.

Some crews would unfasten the curtain to give a
more democratic feel to the cabin, but I was
always happy when the barrier was there. Back in
those days I always was in the front of the back,
rather than the back of the front.

Except for the one trip, all our flying has been done in the main cabin.
The Army didn't pay for first class seats, maybe for generals, but not
us. When we flew on our own nickel we couldn't afford the first class
and didn't have enough upgrade points to qualify. Spent the few upgrade
points we had on Hawaiian for round trip for me, one way for Steve (had
to buy one way ticket, plus taxes, fees, etc) when we went to the Big
Island.

Or turn the stuff into cigars, which is one
of the most amazingly disgusting things ever
deliberately concocted.

What's more amazing is that some people actually like to smoke them.

Several things going. One's palate can be trained
to like naturally peculiar tastes, and if one has
a natural affinity for smokiness, as many of us here
do, extending the concept to the source makes some
sense - as Freud said, sometimes a cigar is just a
cigar. There is that oral fixation going, though, and
as I say, most of the time a cigar is not just a cigar.

It's a stink weed. (G)

Maybe I'll reciprocate by making a meatloaf
in the shape of a cake. What flavor would
you like - carrot?

Sounds good, but not this year. I need to plan it out, maybe do a

test > run or two. (G)

Does anyone at the picnic have a birthday near
picnic time? I might be tempted to make a birthday
meatloaf even if you don't bake a cake.

Don't know--my birthday is this month, Steve's is in October. Our
anniversary is in September, but not in the time frame of the picnic.

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