Yeah, it probably seems pretty retrograde
and irrelevant to most people. The former
it is; the latter, no.
Agreed. (G)
What, never? No, never!
Well, hardly ever.
For he might have been a Russian,
A French, or Turk, or Prussian,
Or perhaps Italian! - G & S, H.M.S. Pinafore
Technology as gatekeeper can be a fine thing.
Problem is that the clever and greedy can use
it as a backdoor as well.
And then we're all in a mess.
We're in a mess already, though I'm surprised that
the traps haven't all been sprung at once.
Other option might be do bbq pork as part of the picnic, go for
Italian > on Thursday night.
Any or all seem fine.
OK, we'll see what the numbers crunch out as and take it from there.
I'm not going to have too much input, as I don't
know the area, plus my preferences and requirements
are simple and known and not critical anyhow.
Right now the big decision is Italian out or pulled pork in (at home) on Thursday night.
I hope it's not like waiting for the ice skating
scores in the old days, where they had to calculate
and recalculate and ... oh it's a tie, 4.0 for Italian
and 4.0 for pulled pork.
As the schedule comes together, so will the
rest of the picture.
I basically figured that.
I was never in favor of the nixing of the durian, but
most of the attendees have already tried it at least
once, so the novelty value is mostly gone; and I can
get my fix any year I choose to when in southeast Asia.
It was interesting to try but I haven't brought any home since that
picninc. Seen them in stores but not even tempted to get one.
Bonnie's next MRI was at 0545 today. Results not in.
Keep me posted, please.
See previous post. It's not all dismaying but
not all reassuring either.
Perhaps one charts one's progress as a consolation
for those moments, as one can see how one has
gone beyond the baseline level.
This is a whole new ball game for me so I've no idea what to expect as "normal". I've been told I'm doing well but the set backs make me wonder
if I was "ahead of the curve" at one point and am now "normal" or what?
But other patients have setbacks, too,
not that's a huge consolation.
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In a throwback to the previous post, I read "hearing tofu."
Those eyes are really going wacky!
Indeed. Luckily today the meanings haven't gone
all kaflooey - I read throeback and arrowbook,
alternating, but that's at least not ambiguous.
level, not always loud, I don't always hear as I should.
Willful listening is mostly a good thing, but
trying too hard may create artifacts, and people
might make up stuff based on false inputs.
Not good.
Not good, but not good is plenty common.
Homebound was Albany to DC, then DC to Kinston NC, then to
Jacksonville. > The Kinston/J'ville leg was basically up to altitude, then down--don't > know if there was much, if any horizontal flight time.
On puddle-jumping aircraft or full-sized MATS
behemoths?
Full size aircraft.
I was about to say wow, but then I used to fly
Boston to New York and New York to Washington,
mostly on full-size jets, and those are just over
hal as long as your giant puddlejump flight.
I remember an atmosphere of twilit mystery, but that
could be romanticizing a little.
Probably so. (G)
I'll have to go back and do it again, but that would
involve staying up through prime sleeping time.
IOW, not worth the attempt at a repeat.
Not unless it happens serendipitously.
OTOH, I usually sleep well the first night after landing.
Sleeping however you find it is a good thing.
Usually so.
I can see eating it to fend off starvation but
not otherwise.
I'd have to be near to starvation to eat much more than a mibble of it.
Exactly.
I would have liked to have sunscreen maybe a dozen times in
my life - fewer times than I'd have been happier with a
revolver in my pocket.
I don't want to look like a lobster so tend to use it more often.
Doesn't generally happen with me, though some of
my medications have come with the photosensitivity
side effect.
So use the sun screen already.
Only when needed, which I've already estimated at
a dozen times in my life.
One really can't go through life thinking that way. I'm
as likely to rouse a psycho by giving a buck or not
giving a buck to a panhandler as by wearing even a
provocative hat. I've been attacked enough based merely
on the color of my skin, mostly but not exclusively
before being Asian became fashionable in the US.
Some crazy people out there.
But it basically doesn't matter what you do, they'll
find you if it's your time, Christchurch hat or no.
Gobblin's getcha, if you don't watch out. (G)
Doesn't matter if you're watching out, so
that may be worse.
All successful ones pay a lot of attention to the
bottom line, but too many try to pad that bottom
line by catering to the lowest common denominator.
Which ends up not good for their bottom line.
One wishes that bad behavior gets its back in the
end, but how do you explain fast food empires?
Parents that don't know how to cook to teach their kids how to cook.
But there's that bottom line.
concept. > ML> That's true, and that's why one does look for
authenticity in restaurants, both in the sense
of true to their roots and in the sense of
intellectual/artistic integrity.
If available, may as well.
My point is it's a far, far better thing to do.
If possible, yes, but not always possible.
Title: Krestianskiy Zavtrak (Peasant Breakfast)
Looks pretty good, actually.
I read Christian Amtrak. I wonder how many
peasants had those items handy (eggs, onions,
and more than that, lots of pork and butter).
PEPPERMINT DROPS
categories: Connecticut, sweet
yield: 1 batch
2 c sugar
1/2 c cold water
l/4 ts cream of tartar
8 to l2 drops of oil of peppermint
Combine the sugar, water and cream of tartar in
a saucepan. Stir over low heat until the sugar
is dissolved. Cook, without stirring, to the
soft boil stage (238F). Remove pan from heat,
and set aside for 2 min. Add oil of peppermint.
Beat the candy until it becomes creamy and
begins to cool. Drop it from the side of a
teaspoon onto waxed paper. Candy is ready to
eat immediately.
Hartford Courant 4/20/200
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