It can be a fine balance... helping without enabling, giving without being totally spent...
And caring whether you can do anything about
it or not, that's an issue as well.
True... although in my case, it's almost always a given.... ;)
The caring part, which I'd assume, or the being able
to do anything?
Caring whether I might be able....
With me at least it's the ability that is to
worry about.
So I went to rehearsal the other day,
and this guy I hadn't seen in a while started talking
about his bipolar spouse (I first wrote souse), and I
flashed back to the day a few years ago when he, totally
smitten, introduced her to me as his wife-to-be, and I had
to bite my tongue to avoid saying "trouble and strife-to-be."
Only a few years ago, eh... And you weren't close enough friends to be
able to give the warning.... not that he would have listened anyway, probably... until it was too late.....
"Never tell a man the truth about the one that
he adores." - Flanders and Swann, The Armadillo
I could imagine it. [Looking the girl up and
down] "You know what, John, she'll never do.
You'll live to regret this." As if.
Possible... and far enough away to not have regular oversight by the owners the way that the Rochester regional stores would have....
Yeah, oversight may be an issue; also a change in
economic climate as the fracking industry began to bust
there without adequate replacement.
Of course, that store was already there before the fracking crews
arrived, though....
It was probably established during some
previous boom period. Some of Weggie's
success is that it has not been blindly
optimistic about the economics of a place.
I meant more that we lost the Kodak benefits when he was laid off... not that they were diminishing at that point... And that we were rather surprised that the Wegmans benefits were even better....
I envisioned the layoffs as a harbinger of those
contractionary times that ensued. Did Kodak offer
any sort of bridge plan, or did you have to COBRA it
on your own?
Health insurance for I think a few months, then we had to COBRA. They
did give him a full year's pay for the separation.... The retirees
actually suffered more, as later Kodak reneged on paying their health
care as they went into bankruptcy....
I wonder how one could safeguard such programs
from the effects of their parents' bankruptcy -
establishing an independent fund, perhaps.
Odd, but why not:
Title: Beaver Tails
Categories: Appetizers
Definitely less odd... ;)
But becoming odder all the time. The day will
come when insect protein will be standard fare,
but mammalian game will not.
Homemade beaver tails made with pizza dough
categories: Canadian, doughnuts, sweets, snack, semi-homemade
yield: 6
canola or sunflower oil
h - Dough
1 bag pizza dough (1 lb?)
2 Tb packed brown sugar
2 ts vanilla extract
1/2 ts cinnamon
2 Tb water
2 Tb flour
h - Dipping Mixture
white sugar
1 ts cinnamon
h - Topping Ideas
strawberries
shredded coconut
sliced bananas
Nutella
brown sugar
chocolate/butterscotch chips
Reese's pieces
mini marshmallows
any other candy you desire
Combine dough ingredients in a large bowl.
On a heavily floured surface, roll out dough to
1/4 to 1/2" thickness. Cut dough into 4 pieces
and then use a knife to form each piece into the
shape of a beaver tail (a long oval).
In a large, deep frying pan or pot, pour in
half of a bottle of sunflower/canola oil. Heat
the oil to frying temperature, testing by
taking a bit of dough and putting it in the oil.
The oil is hot enough when the dough floats to
the surface and starts to cook. Remove the test
piece and fry each beaver tail singly or at most
in pairs until brown on both sides, turning once.
Meanwhile, combine sugar with cinnamon on a deep
plate. When the first beaver tail is done, remove
it with a large slotted spoon and let it drain on
a paper towel lined plate for 1 min. Transfer to
sugar plate and coat on both sides.
Decorate with toppings of your choice.
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