• 430 highways and loww

    From MICHAEL LOO@1:123/140 to NANCY BACKUS on Monday, October 15, 2018 18:06:20
    hotel-stayer plan, but lately it has gotten rid of
    the budget labels I used and started pushing names
    like Howard Johnson's. I'm no longer an elite member
    of the plan.
    I can see where you lost your eliteness.. not enough stays to merit
    such... There were some things at the restaurants that were reasonably worthwhile and tasty... but, I'll admit, nothing I sought out... ;)

    They had blueberry ice cream before anyone else did.

    do not count that as one of them.
    [shrug] I doubt that she counts that as a flaw in her character,
    either... besides, it's not chocolatophobia, just she doesn't like to
    eat it... (G)
    Oh, just a defect of judgment, not of character.
    Pretty sure she wouldn't buy that either, but I'll accept that as reasonable... ;)

    Is she extremely sensitive to bitter?

    Hard to see what's going on with all the posturing.
    It does seem to mean that the central Americans are
    going to get the short end of the stick.
    Dunno if there's any further negotiations in the works for them...
    nothing I've heard of on the scanty news I hear, anyway...

    We're apparently not in a diplomatic phase of
    history, but there have been a couple of
    surprises so far.

    As you said above, we'll have to see about that.... and how it all plays out...
    Certainly I won't be around to see the long-term
    ramifications.
    Most likely....
    Unless medical science gets a lot better really quick.
    Which is unlikely at best....

    If the artificial heart had been a practicality,
    perhaps.

    Good to keep alert, but one has to remember that
    formulas change all the time. Healthy Request soups
    do not as of now contain apple products, but who
    knows what is going to pop up where and when.
    Exactly... I wasn't buying the Healthy Request soups before my friend discovered the apple presence, and I'm still not likely to buy them, but
    I'll agree that one needs to keep on top of the formula changes... :)

    Usually new and improved really means new and
    deproved.

    Not sure about a frowny wink, as it doesn't have
    much parallel in real life. Anyhow, it's difficult
    for me to see such details.
    Sorry... anyway, I use the frowny wink somewhat as a representative of a fake pout... ;)
    I'm not fond of pouts, fake or real.
    Not even in jesting...? ;)

    Nah, I'm spectrum enough that it's sometimes hard
    to tell real from jest.

    OK, but then I'd start seriously doubting your sanity.
    It was those all-natural ones I brought to one picnic, anyway... ;)
    All-natural doesn't mean all-good.
    As we've said on many an occasion, there's no accounting for tastes...
    and there are some odd ones around... ;)

    See below.

    ... Unnatural, weirdly industrial, horror food.
    Those machines, it's frightening how they get into your
    head. Sort of creepily bringing to mind the Ophiocordyceps
    fungi that take over insects and other invertebrates.
    Hopefully not quite that creepy...... ;0
    I'm thinking that if someone can eat maraschino cherries,
    they're not beyond doing anything.
    That could be true of about almost anything... ;)
    ... Deja Ooooo: The feeling that you've stepped into this before.

    Deja pooo is what I read at first. SOS all over again.

    MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

    Title: Lavender Sugar
    Categories: Live!, Condiments, Sugar
    Yield: 1 Cup

    2 Tb Dried lavender blossoms, all
    Stems removed
    1 c Granulated sugar

    Recipe Courtesy of Priscilla Martel

    Place the lavender in the bowl of a mini food processor or spice mill.
    Process until ground into a fine powder. Add the sugar and process
    for a few seconds to combine.

    Store tightly sealed in a glass jar. If the sugar hardens, break it
    up with a fork before using.

    SOURCE: COOKING LIVE! Show w/Sara Moulton Copyright 1998, TV FOOD
    NETWORK SHOW #CL9213 - FLAVORED SUGARS

    Format by Dave Drum - 25 January 99 FROM: Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

    MMMMM
    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
    * Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140)
  • From NANCY BACKUS@1:123/140 to MICHAEL LOO on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 21:18:00
    Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 10-15-18 18:06 <=-

    hotel-stayer plan, but lately it has gotten rid of
    the budget labels I used and started pushing names
    like Howard Johnson's. I'm no longer an elite member
    of the plan.
    I can see where you lost your eliteness.. not enough stays to merit
    such... There were some things at the restaurants that were reasonably worthwhile and tasty... but, I'll admit, nothing I sought out... ;)
    They had blueberry ice cream before anyone else did.

    Were they also the first for pistachio ice cream...?

    do not count that as one of them.
    [shrug] I doubt that she counts that as a flaw in her character, either... besides, it's not chocolatophobia, just she doesn't like to
    eat it... (G)
    Oh, just a defect of judgment, not of character.
    Pretty sure she wouldn't buy that either, but I'll accept that as reasonable... ;)
    Is she extremely sensitive to bitter?

    Dunno... maybe I'll ask her sometime.... :)

    Hard to see what's going on with all the posturing.
    It does seem to mean that the central Americans are
    going to get the short end of the stick.
    Dunno if there's any further negotiations in the works for them...
    nothing I've heard of on the scanty news I hear, anyway...
    We're apparently not in a diplomatic phase of
    history, but there have been a couple of
    surprises so far.

    Guess we just have to wait and see...

    As you said above, we'll have to see about that.... and how it
    all plays out...
    Certainly I won't be around to see the long-term
    ramifications.
    Most likely....
    Unless medical science gets a lot better really quick.
    Which is unlikely at best....
    If the artificial heart had been a practicality,
    perhaps.

    True... but it wasn't as useful as they'd hoped...

    Good to keep alert, but one has to remember that
    formulas change all the time. Healthy Request soups
    do not as of now contain apple products, but who
    knows what is going to pop up where and when.
    Exactly... I wasn't buying the Healthy Request soups before my friend discovered the apple presence, and I'm still not likely to buy them, but I'll agree that one needs to keep on top of the formula changes... :)
    Usually new and improved really means new and
    deproved.

    Indeed.

    Not sure about a frowny wink, as it doesn't have
    much parallel in real life. Anyhow, it's difficult
    for me to see such details.
    Sorry... anyway, I use the frowny wink somewhat as a representative of a fake pout... ;)
    I'm not fond of pouts, fake or real.
    Not even in jesting...? ;)
    Nah, I'm spectrum enough that it's sometimes hard
    to tell real from jest.

    Ok... I'll try to keep that in mind...

    ttyl neb

    ... "Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew Up"

    ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20
    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
    * Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140)