I had a few handfuls around but consolidated
them with a friend's - it couldn't have been more
than $10 anyway. I regretted it just now because a
bus fare was .60, exact change, and there was no
change in my pocket.
OOPS! For a while I tried to keep in my wallet 3-2-1 as we called it in
Yeah, oops. It was, however, the impetus for
my getting a senior citizen card for the city,
which will save me money (and pocket wear) for
my next trip, in a month.
college (3 quarters, 2 dimes and a nickel). That wasn't always workable, especially if I just had the essential pocket stuffers (ID card, keys, albuterol inhaler, and later, my cell phone). I did try to keep the
basic phone call money in my ID card case, or a calling card when they
were popular, but very little change otherwise. Tried to instill in our
girls to always have at least basic phone call money; don't recall if it
was ever needed but better to have it, just in case..........
Interesting that that's the lightest weight
combination that allows you to spend any
amount in 5c increments. Quarters weigh
exactly 2.5x a dime (I had thought that
dimes were lighter).
Capri-Sonne for a lunch time drink for our girls then.
Took me a sec to register that name.
That's what it was sold in Germany as. (G)
Makes sun sense.
My allowance was a dime until 1960 or so;
then it became a quarter.
I never had an allowance; my parents probably didn't have the extra
money when I was young. By the time Mom started work, they probably
figured it was too late to start one for 5 kids.
And as I didn't have much opportunity to go
out, aside from the 2c for milk, there was
nothing to spend it on anyway.
Tell-a-commuter?
Good one. I've no ready answer to that.
Not really worth answering anyhow.
Best pun of the week, though.
Quiet week?
You find a better week.
Hopefully next week. This week has been bummers for the knee. Had a
dressing change at the clinic today--looks like things are beginning to
heal but still no flexing exercises allowed.
Ah, have patience on the flexing part.
I disliked travel for the longest time, finding
it an annoyance and inconvenience, whether I
could have afforded it or not (mostly the
latter). Things have changed.
I didn't like it when I was young as I was jammed into the back seat or
back end of a station wagon with siblings. Probably Steve's joining the
Army made travel more interesting/fun as we got to get to a lot of
places we never could have afforded otherwise.
As a really small child I kind of liked it, but as
my motion sickness really kicked in as well as
noticing my mother's increasing anxiety and
agoraphobia, the charm went away.
I've found in recent years that a happy hour beer
and appetizer might serve me well for dinner.
I'll take the latter but sub something else for the former. Tried a new
Juice is cheaper, too.
in town place today--Burgerim. The concept is order 2 or 3 burgers (a
bit bigger than sliders), and of course, sides if desired. My first
crispy chicken was burned, replacement only a bit better. They comped me
a grilled one to take home--that one was tough. Steve had an aged beef
and a lamb, don't know what toppings he had on the lamb but the beef had
bbq sauce, bacon, cheese and an onion ring. I had a tiny piece of both
of his meats--beef was ok but I thought the lamb was a bit on the strong side. Probably not a place we'll be going back to any time soon.
What a disappointment. Did it get decent reviews?
From time to time we've asked to share a table, or invited another couple to share our table.
It seems more common eleswhere than in the States.
Agreed, but having had the experience, we aren't averse to it. You meet
some interesting people that way.
Very true, and in Germany, the other diners have
always been welcoming and informative, despite my
having a vocabulary auf Deutsch of maybe 50 words
unrelated to food and a lot of the places having
a clientele that spoke no English at all.
The play that is not named?
Not a high proportion of Scots, but witches and
warlocks, oh my.
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble..........
Toil and trouble, perhaps, but bubbling not
so much.
Ohe can, but as with all sorts of Wikiknowledge,
you have to exercise that critical thinking stuff.
Good for general, common knowledge information, questionable about less
than commonly known information.
Good for less than commonly known stuff for
which there are acceptable experts.
For low-carb you might as well just look on the
Web, In fact, that's pretty true for everything.
For basic cooking I pretty much know about what the carb
levels will > ML> be.
Using one's own knowledgebase goes without
saying, for those who have one.
Unfortunatly, it's less common than one would think.
I was planning on going no-carb today, but
Bonnie's granddaughter didn't eat her
pomegranate cream tart. Oh, well, maybe
another day.
Sweet things can often be improved if you
reduce them to the caramelization point.
Otherwise, use less sugar to begin with,
For some things I'll use half sugar, half sugar sub.
For many recipes one could try 1/2 sugar and
1/2 nothing.
Title: Hot-&-Sour Mushroom Soup (Tom Yum Het)
Wouldn't this be made better with a bit of sodium and fat? (G)
It has plenty of sodium. Fat, depends on what you're
looking for. With that soup, fat is not a good thing.
OK, one we're not that familiar with.
Here's one where the fat is necessary. It will be
noted that the cream of potato soup adds nothing -
a diced potato with its cooking liquid and a little
flour is better and adds maybe 15 minutes.
EASY CLAM CHOWDER
Agreed, I would omit the canned soup and just cook up a potato or two.
Add a bit more each butter and milk and you have a much better soup.
And likely cheaper.
Light Caesar dressing
categories: salad, alternative
yield: 1 batch
1/2 c nonfat Greek yogurt
2 Tb grated Parmesan
1 Tb hemp seed oil
1 Tb water
1 lemon, juice of
1 garlic clove
4 anchovies
Blend everything together in a blender.
hempfarm.co.nz - inspired by The Food Network
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