It's likely to happen unless the house is replumbed
- the hope is that it doesn't happen in our lifetime
(as with all such inevitable calamities).

One can hope that... and it might well end up that way...

"I should live so long!"

it died... The salesman who sold us the fridge we now have warned us
that the new one won't last nearly that long....

There is a market for high-quality merchandise
that lasts - but companies seem to find it easier
to just advertise durability but not necessarily
deliver on their claims.

This, though, was a case of the salesman admitting that durability was a thing of the past... told us we'd be lucky if it lasted 15 years, I
think he said... it's been close to that now, I'm guessing.... ;)

My comment wasn't a direct response to your
experience but rather was looking toward the
coasting on reputation of brands such as Maytag
and oh, it's slipped my mind ,,, .

If it's just that, it's less than a triumph but also
hess than a disaster. But meanwhile, I'm stuck with
two very close friends with uncertain and discomfiting
medical issues.

Which can be rather unsettling, to be sure...

It'll no doubt take years off my life, but sticking
with them is as right a thing to do as I can.

If you can do the caregiving without becoming overwhelmed by it, it
might not take off much from your life... might even give you a reason
to continue.... these things aren't all cut-and-dried, you know...

With Lilli of course we have a long-standing travel
symbiosis, and we've taken two international trips
together this year (with two more planned). in Bonnie's
case, the tie is music, but we do a bit of wandering
as well. In both cases we're planning with an eye to
possible medical emergencies (for me too).

By the way, I'm more convinced than ever that something has
been going on at least since I stopped using Lynx. It is of
course possible, perhaps likely, that every user of
telecommunications is being tracked constantly.

Possible... And some programs may make it easier or harder to do so in
each particular instance....

I was talking to another friend who experienced
similar symptons. In Mary Catherine's case it was
clearly the FBI, and for good reason; in the other
guy's it was most definitely the Chinese (he has a
startup based on a breakthrough technology that he
helped invent - and stupidly had WeChat accounts as
well as dealings with the Bank of China or HSBC). To
the best of my knowledge there's no reason for me to
be targeted; my hypothesis is that at one point I was
considered worthy of attention by someone or other,
but whatever is being done now is practice for
apprentice spooks or something. Another possibility
is that everyone is being surveilled, just most
people don't notice.

Cheating won't ultimately help their bottom line... especially if the client base is less forgiving... unless you mean that only in the area
of pricing, not quality....

Why? It's not hurt Microsoft.

But we're talking grocery stores, not tech companies....

There are as good criminal minds working in grocery
companies as in tech companies, and though the stakes
are not on the same scale, they're similar in nature.

or needed to do. It wasn't until 64 that there were
serious and probably permanent deficits, thank you,
Beatles.

Will you still need/feed me.....? When I turned 64, I was telling
people that I had reached the will you still need me age.... and it went right over most people's heads.... (G)

Luckily I'm still doing the feeding if not the needing.

As I turned 64, it came to my awareness that when the Beatles wrote/sang
that song they were much younger than 64 themselves... and it was all theoretical to them.... And how much my own viewpoint on what
constitutes being "old" has changed in those intervening years.... ;)

If indeed they reprised the song in later years, they
must have felt a frisson of irony. John, of course,
didn't get even close to that age.

... A fusion of peanut butter gooeyness, a cracker crunch, and squid!

I could make such a dish.

I'm sure you could... ;) I associate that tagline with Jim Bodle for
some reason... I think someone still around was doing so... :)

I doubt Bodle would have used it. Some twisted mind such
as Sacerdote's or Weller's might have formulated it in
honor of him, though.

That's probably the case... Dale probably told the tale about it...

Peanut and squid go pretty well together.

... Man cannot live on bread alone; that's why there's orange marmelade.

I read that as "man cannot live on broad beans."

How true... (G)

Man cannot live on breaded abalone (next try).

Teacher: Can you use "marmalade" in a sentence?
Johnny: Said the chick to the other chick, look at
the egg that marmalade!

Very creative young lad... (G) (I know, old joke...)

Johnny, use the words analyze and anatomy in a sentence.
Johnny (sings): My analyze over the ocean, my
analyze over the sea, my analyze over the ocean,
so bring back my anatomy.

Double breaded abalone steaks
Categories: shellfish, main
Servings: 4

1 lb abalone steak
1/4 c flour
3 eggs
1 ds dry sherry
3 c Ritz crackers
1 ts fresh ground black pepper
1 ds white pepper
1/2 c olive oil

Smash crackers (use a plastic bag for neatness)
into a powder and place into shallow bowl.

Place flour in separate shallow bowl.

Blend eggs and sherry in put into a shallow bowl.

Slice abalone into 1/4" thin steaks. Place sliced
abalone steaks on hard surface covered with plastic
wrap. Tenderize both sides of steaks by pounding
with meat hammer.

Coat both sides of one abalone steak with flour.
Dip the floured abalone steak in egg mixture. Coat
the egg-dipped abalone with cracker crumbs.

Chill the breaded steaks at least an hour.

Heat olive oil in pan on medium-high heat until hot.
Add abalone steaks to the hot oil and cook on one
side for 30 to 45 sec then gently flip and cook for
another 30 to 45 seco.

Remove abalone steaks onto paper-towel-lined plate

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