I'll sign off by noting that depending on the
perspective you take, everything matters - or
nothing does, those being about the same thing.
Subject closed.
In my wanderings I've met people who have
figured out how to indulge their urges via
becoming an escort or guide or travel agent.
If you're determined enough to want to do it, there's usually a way
to
Assuming the knowhow and persistence that are
necessary - many don't.
Some things do take persistence to be done well but the doing well is
reward for persistence. A slap dash job does not mean that the knowledge
is absent but rather, that the individual just doesn't care enough to do
it well.
It's always a cost-benefit analysis, often
done on the fly, often wrong.
hadn't changed in 6 months. After that meeting, he saw a recruiting poster/started talking with the Army recruiter.............and we
began > the process that allowed us to travel.
Worked out well.
Quite so, never would have gotten to see/do as much as we have.
Originally he was going to do only 4 years but the lure of 3 years
(turned into almost 6) in Germany was hard to turn down.
What was that song quote you use as a tagline,
again?
Depends on the person/the job they had in the military and other
Yes. Well. As an example the tail gunner guy I
knew wanted never to get on any kind of flying
contraption ever again.
Tail gunner is not an easy job. Never done it but read about it enough
to know I'd never want to do it.
The guy was obviously traumatized, and some
of the things he did are explainable by the
PTSD he suffered (we didn't know the details,
about his service or about PTSD, back then).
Yes, your fondness for Korean foods
especially is well noted.
And German, Mexican, Hawaiian, .................... We'd tried some of
it before but living in various parts of the world let me try cooking
with local ingredients. Hard to find some of them in other locations but we've managed to. If not, the internet now makes it easier. (G)
How often do you need to shop for foodstuffs
on the Internet? I seldom if ever do, but then
my state of connectedness is below average.
conservatory). Though she's as lovely as ever,
with that unlined face that comes of lack of
care and guilt, apparently age is catching up
in invisible ways.
Life has a way of doing that. (G)
Sometimes it's heart-wrenching.
Quite so, but nothing can be done to stop the process.
a mule ride? Doesn't seem to be anything to
be undertaken voluntarily.
Read some about it; doubt we'd ever do it.
I get saddle sore just thinking about it.
Especially since there's probably few chances to get off and walk
for a > bit. (G)
Few = none, I'm presuming, and even if there
were, I doubt the mules would cotton to such a
change in their routine.
Most likely not, and the trails aren't that wide so walking beside the
mule is impossible at points. Don't know if it would be better to walk
ahead or behind the animal. (G)
Behind probably is better - discomfort before
danger; but getting back to the original
point, why go at all.
For in-person gifts of course I do either Rocas
or Sweet Sloops, having had connections with both
Sounds good; IIRC, you brought some of the latter to HI.
Yeah, a source of local civic pride almost
enough to cancel the witch trials that took
place in the same town.
That are, to this day, well remembered.
And carrot tops taste like parsley anyway, only
bitter and unpleasant.
Not a workable sub, IMO.
I fugered not as well. But the guy's schtick
is not wasting resources. To me it would
make more sense to stick the carrot tops in
the ground and grow new carrots; and if
they were rattier than that, dump them in
the stockpot, where their bitterness would
be counteracted or diluted by something
else, such as onions.
Sounds like a good idea to me. (G)
fugered, eh. Figured.
I'm not a movie aficionado, as you know, but I
can't recall encountering a movie adaptation
that does justice to a text.
A lot of the movies we've seen have no book to them--easy to enjoy that
way. (G)
Much easier, but Bonnie's school buddy Dick
Robbins worked with Ruth Prawer Jhabvala,
who did original screenplays and adaptations
with equal success, her most awarded work
being the latter.
Beef and eggplant casserole
categories: North Indian, fusion, main, dairy, meat, easy
servings: 4 generous
2 lb boneless lean beef, chopped
- Bonnie remembers the original
- having been ground beef
1 1/2 c plain yogurt
salt
ground pepper
5 Tb olive oil
1 sm eggplant, sliced thin
8 sm scallions, white parts and 3 to 4 in of the
- green, sliced, Bonnie remembers 2" lengths
1 green pepper, sliced
1 lg tomato, sliced
4 dried chiles, seeded, or tt (opt)
Shemali gaye ke tukre baygan-walla
Oven at 375F.
Combine the meat with half the yogurt and
season with salt and pepper.
Grease an ovenproof dish with 2 Tb oil and
put the meat in it. Arrange the eggplant slices
over the meat, then the scallions in a layer,
than the green pepper slices, then the tomato.
Beat the rest of the yogurt with the rest of the
salt and pepper. Spread over to form a top layer.
Arrange the chiles over the top and pour the
rest of the oil over all.
Cover and bake for 90 min.
Ismail Merchant, as recreated by Bonnie Donham
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