I don't keep track; doing so would be discomforting
and ultimately fruitless.
But sufficiently that it does happen from time to time, then...
It's been a long time since I felt I couldn't do
without something. Long enough not to remember
when or where or what.
OK. :)
Part of it is of course having been lucky, part
rolling with the punches.
I've had some binderless fruit cakes, which can
be interesting and pleasant if heavy to eat, and
also a number where the cake part actually tasted
good (there was the buttery Berryville product and
the Corsicana one that I seem to recall having had
butter in the 1960s, maybe I'm wrong, but certainly
does not now, so I won't eat it, much less buy it).
And now, HFCS seems to be a rather standard ingredient, especially in
the candied fruits.... another downside....
I wonder if HFCS is as poisonous as people think.
We are a reasonably robust species, and the
proportion of sugars in a sweetener shouldn't be
a deal-breaker when it comes to survival.
I got it on my own. I can coattail only when
I'm on the same ticket.
And this time you weren't on the same ticket....
Right. My ticket was Boston-San Fran-Los Angeles-
San Diego, and hers was San Diego-San Fran-Los
Angeles-San Diego. You can't have one ticket with
two different itineraries - it's been tried.
And actually understandably not workable.... Except for the origin, they
were the same, but I can see that making them not the same ticket....
They have these nifty things nowadays called
computers, which keep track of things far too
detailed and fussicky for human brains. The
lady who developed the first CRS (whose
abbreviation was the source of innumerable
jokes, despite her system, made for United,
working without a failure for a decade),
Evelyn Berezin, died last week.
I'm thinking that no one's calling that bluff, either...
Very few call that bluff, even though it's very
like putting up "no trespassing" signs when you
don't own the property. Actually, that happens a
lot, too - people claim government property or
erect buildings on easements, stuff like that.
Despite the disclaimer on the BJ's coupon booklet, when they've been out
of stock (or worse, only stock was outdated refrigerated food), I've
been given a raincheck on the coupon... initials of the manager, and the cashier overrides the expiration at the register... Perhaps a quiet way
of calling the bluff...? ;)
Which shows that the bluff can be called, if
only by those with time and patience. But it
still is a bluff. They may pretend it's merely
a courtesy, but that's a lie.
It's a recognized part of common law. Saying
you're going to punch someone in the nose is
far less serious than actually doing so. Saying
you're going to start the world's largest coal
mining operation is nowhere near so heinous as
actually doing so.
Yup, those were the sorts of things included in the sometimes... ;) The
not so better things are the promises of good things to be done that
aren't followed through on, for instance.... :)
Your agreement being weakened by the "I suppose"
part! My hidden point is that inertia is not only
the path of the timid, it more often than not
produces the best results.
For sure. Customs is very strict - perhaps unduly
so - about meat importation (or smuggling). The
standard response given by the front-line agents
apparently is "mad cow disease." It is said not
to be an adequate rebuttal to point out that the
meat in question is not bovine.
Maybe they fear that it could spread to other four-footeds...?
That would not have the preponderance of
scientific evidence behind it, and certainly
the higher ups in the agencies know that.
You'd think... Specious reasons often are used for policy, though...
Sometimes at the policymaking level, but
overwhelmingly frequently on the enforcement.
So no chance that you'd bring any home for echoites to try....? ;)
Nope, unless you want to make it.
I was going to suggest you make it... ;)
... I like the word "indolence." It makes my laziness seem classy.
Yes. Well.
Not quite intended juxtaposition... ;)
Found art, if you will.
Avocado-wasabi dressing
categories: salad, alternative
yield: 1 batch
1/2 avocado
1 1/2 ts wasabi paste
3 Tb rice vinegar
3 Tb water
1/2 ts salt
1/4 c hemp seed oil
Puree first 5 ingredients together in a blender.
Gradually blend in oil.
hempfarm.co.nz - inspired by The Food Network
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