Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 05-08-18 16:47 <=-

Predictable mediocrity. The word was always that the
Asian service providers didn't adhere to these rules,
but now in the days of the almighty accounting
department and lawyer's offices, they're falling
more and more into line.

That's a shame....

As elsewhere, it's a consequence of the owners'
(stockholders') cupidity being valued above all
other values. Radix malorum, as they say.

Quite... and sadly so...

Short-term gain is everything these days.

Richard could see the handwriting on the wall when Kodak started down
that path, years ago, before he was laid off by them....

I too have been guilty of not noticing,
I admit. The electric carts being mostly
silent doesn't help, either. The drivers
used to have little bicycle bells or bulb
horns, but it appears these have been
forbidden, so the drivers are reduced to
calling out "beep beep" or "coming through"
as they negotiate the crowds.

A herald trumpet seems to be called for, but I'm sure that is also forbidden.... ;)

And a banner attached, to the shaft, and that would
likely not be forbidden (first amendment right).

But would the banner be noticed without the trumpet...?

No, but it'd be within the rules. Useless
things often are.

Sigh.... too true...

There might be more to the more recent story... but I've not really
been keeping up...

What's certain is the current corporation
being bankrupt. Whether that's a sign of
real trouble or a strategic debt-shedding
is not so clear.

Good question... I've not been seeing any evidence of such at the store level, though I'll admit it isn't a place I regularly go...

No wonder they're bankrupt [g]

Yeah, right... ;) My pittance of purchasing wouldn't make much
difference... for or against... :) Last week I spent less than $40 for
a week's shopping at Wegmans... granted that's minimal even for us...(G)

One's pretty much the same as the other. I
figure you go with convenience, friendliness,
and accuracy, same as before - though I'll
actively avoid a company whose parents are
steeped in injustice or graft.

Which is why we've always been at Wegmans, and why I'd moved MJ's to
Wegmans when we started having issues with the RiteAid she'd been
using.... If I know the parent company is suspect, I'd also avoid...

It's sometimes hard to shop in a socially
responsible manner, especially given the
numerous wolves in sheep clothing out there.

True. Generally all that shows is at the basic level... when that goes
bad, chances are the behind the scenes is much worse....

Pretty much.... I'm reminded now, though, that the placebo may not be totally inert... One study I was on, the placebo was the drop (all the ingredients otherwise) except for the medication itself... one could
have a life-threatening reaction to the medium potentially...

That too goes for other formulations - there
is filler in almost all pills, and somebody is
sensitive to all of them, whether they be
lactose, carnauba wax, talc, or something more
obscure and insidious.

Quite true... and often what jumps out to bite me... ;)

It's sometimes a wonder we survive our doctors'
interventions.

And why it's important to have a doctor that listens... especially when
the interventions don't go as they should...

I remember them chocolate-covered... but fried would be nice too... :)

Chocolate-covered anything. I used to chuckle
at the Monty Python sketch that included the
memorable "cockroach cluster" from the Whizzo
Chocolate Company; I reflected that that might
not be inedible.

More gaggy if one thinks about it, probably... (G)

Some reports as that their flavor is in
itself nauseating, others say it's not so
bad. Maybe it has to do with what they
had been feeding on.

Possibly... the ones that fed off the backs of our books in Mississippi
might not have tasted too bad, unless they have some sort of nastiness
inherent in their shells....

I'd roll my eyes at most such shenanigans.
Remember back when that was an actual
physical gesture?

I've been known to practice it still... ;)

There's a recent clip of a reporter at a Chinese
government news conference who did the most
exaggerated rolleyes at a particularly stupid
official pronouncement. She lost her job, of course.

There's a time and place for everything... and a time and a place to refrain... :)

I'm not sure which this was - for the reporter
it was bad in the short term, but who knows in
the bigger picture.

She might have been better off without that job, you think...?

Quite amazing... I'm sure you could easily get used to that sort of thing... :)

And I'll get plumper again, at this point
not such a bad idea.

Exactly. :) Don't want you to be failing to thrive... ;)

I'm up to 157, but a lot of it's water (my
wrists and ankles are getting fatter, and
I'm huffing and puffing again while walking.

That doesn't sound so good.... and Mr Lasix isn't helping as he
should...?

Dufferin Presbyterian Church

I first read that as Bufferin... ;)

It's apparently a prominent name in Canada; there
are Dufferins in 6 provinces and Dufferin-related
things in others.

Not a surprise... probably some famous preacher at some point... just
one I'm not familiar with... and my eyes saw a B instead of the D, until
it resolved into the D... ;)

Title: Steamed Fruit Mush (Or Duff)
Categories: Penndutch, Desserts
4 c Fruit ** 2 c Flour
2 c Sugar 4 ts Baking powder
1 ts Lemon juice 1 ts Salt
1 tb Butter 3/4 c Milk
** For Blueberry Mush, use blueberries. For Raspberry Mush, use raspberries. For Blackberry Mush, use blackberries. For Cherry Duff,
use cherries. For Peach Duff, use peaches.

How sensible... (G)

ttyl neb

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