Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 05-16-19 11:20 <=-

Re therapy dollars/mental health days, agreed... :)

It's occasionally pointed out that the point to
living is living. to paraphrase someone or other,
one must work to live rather than live to work.

Yup. More satisfying, anyhow... ;)

Il faut manger pour vivre et non pas vivre pour manger
(one must eat to live and not live to eat). Moliere wrote
this but in the part of of a caricatured skinflint and
simpleton. Similarly with the Shakespeare quote "let's
kill all the lawyers"; the playwright put this seemingly
sensible sentiment in the mouth of an unsympathetic
ruffian character.

But of course.... one can't put sensible (but somewhat radical) words
into the mouth of the sympathetic character, lest it turn people against
that character... put it in the mouth of the ruffian, and people say, oh
that actually makes sense (despite the person saying it)... Like the
fool who can tell truth to the king that would be ignored in the mouth of
the advisor....

... Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

The Internet says that Aristotle said that. Or was
it Abraham Lincoln? Somebody, anyway.

Exactly... ;)

But it would be a start. At Lydia's I tried to stay out
of it, sous-ing (not sousing as I originally wrote) only,
but the occasional something obtruded, and I ended up
being part of the problem.

Particularly your birthday "cake"... ;) But that was a major hit... :)

It was several pounds' worth of part of the problem.

It made a good breakfast the next morning (or was it the morning
after)... (G)

We had a regular order with Thompson's Honor Dairy and
an insulated metal milkbox outside the back door.

We have one of those on our side porch... In the early days of our
marriage, we were still able to get whole milk in glass bottles
delivered... The milk box was still able to handle two plastic jugs,
when the dairy stopped delivering the glass bottles... But even that
went by the boards, and now we just use it as an alternate mail receptacle... :)

I wonder if there is any home delivery of milk in the
United States today. Funny that there are generalized
grocery deliveries and restaurant food deliveries.
Possibly it's that profitable volume can be achieved
by those services, but something specific like milk,
not so, especially with a deemphasis on liquid dairy
products in the typical diet.

There could be still some dairies that home deliver... I've not
researched it much even locally any more... But milk could certainly be
part of the home delivered grocery order.... :)

... Sit down, you're rocking the boat!

Yah, that looks like a nonrandom random tagline,

Actually it was an oops, as it's the first one in my tagfile (came with
BW), and I hit enter before looking for a proper tag... ;) But somewhat appropriate all the same... (G)

It's actually a saying of less venerability than
you would think.

> ML> And as I laughed at those passengers to heaven

A great big wave came and washed me overboard
And as I sank, and I hollered, "Someone save me"
That's the moment I woke up, thank the Lord

;) (F&S?)

It's from Guys and Dolls, and I think Frank Loesser
wrote those lyrics, which continue "Sit down, sit down,
sit down / Sit down, you're rocking the boat!"

OK... context helps.... There's a similar line directed at a John Adams character in a musical about the American Revolution days, as well...

Pope. So they're driving along, and presently they stop in front
of this pleasant bucolic little cottage with a little waterfall
out back, and it's pretty in a modest way. And St. Peter says,
here's your new home, enjoy. The minister is a little taken off
guard, and he says, The Pope I understsnd. But why does that cab driver deserve such royal treatment, and I get this (admittedly
nice)

Which is where the message ended.... I can guess at the punchline, though.... something to do with all the people he scared straight...?
Or is it a hotel for all cabbies... (G)

... little cottage that is barely big enough for my wife (when
she arrives) and me? St. Peter smiles and replies, when you were preaching your sermons, all the people sere sleeping. When that
guy was driving his cab, all the people were praying.

Close enough to my first guess.... ;)

Which helps solve one question - there is a gatekeeper
somewhere in the system, but it's not a line limit like
I had suspected, or rather it might be a 200-line limit
not counting line feeds. Or it could be a character
limit. Anyhow, I constructed that message to push the
envelope, as it were, as well as to make it difficult
to reply to the joke part of the message.

It's not always a hard and fast limit, though it might be at Doc's...
the message was the same (with only that last parenthesis sometimes
missing) at every place I went, whether I read it online or in my packet
after downloading... I've sent and received longer messages, both lines-
and characters-wise, from Tiny's in the ILink Chat echo....

ttyl neb

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On 05-21-19 12:22, Nancy Backus <=-
spoke to Michael Loo about Re: 394 what we had yeste <=-

There could be still some dairies that home deliver... I've not
researched it much even locally any more... But milk could certainly
be part of the home delivered grocery order.... :)

When we lived in England (mid 70's) there was dairy to home milk
delivery. The milk was in glass bottles which had a bulb on the top.
If the cream did not fill that bulb, people felt that they were being
cheated.

But, like you, I doubt that such exists here anymore. They do seem to
be pushing home delivered grocery orders though. Personally, I cannot
see us ever making use of that service. Gail and I like to pick out the
foods we buy -- especially fruits, vegetables and meats. Plus, we often
end up buying extra things that were not on our list to start with.

I wonder if the ingredient in this recipe is 6 ounce of dried noodles,
cooked -- or for 6 ounce cooked weight?
Big difference.

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Title: SAVORY NOODLE CASSEROLE
Categories: Casseroles
Yield: 6 Servings

1 1/2 lb Ground beef
1 ts Hot oil
2 sm Onions, minced
2 c Celery, diced
6 oz Noodles, cooked
2 c Tomatoes, cooked
3/4 c Cheese, shredded
1 ts Salt
1 ds Pepper

Brown the meat in oil, add the onions and celery and cook for 10
minutes. Gently mix in the noodles, tomatoes, cheese and salt and
pepper. Place in a buttered 2 quart casserole and bake in a 350
degree oven for 45 minutes. Randy Rigg Recipe posted by: Randy Rigg

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Dale Shipp wrote to Nancy Backus <=-

There could be still some dairies that home deliver... I've not
researched it much even locally any more... But milk could certainly
be part of the home delivered grocery order.... :)

When we lived in England (mid 70's) there was dairy to home milk
delivery. The milk was in glass bottles which had a bulb on the top.
If the cream did not fill that bulb, people felt that they were being cheated.

But, like you, I doubt that such exists here anymore. They do seem to
be pushing home delivered grocery orders though. Personally, I cannot
see us ever making use of that service. Gail and I like to pick out
the foods we buy -- especially fruits, vegetables and meats. Plus, we often end up buying extra things that were not on our list to start
with.

Things have come full circle, haven't they? As a young lad I remember
the neighbourhood groceries doing home delivery. Sometimes by bicycle
and sometimes with a motor carriage.

I use Hy-Vee's BOPUS service for staple items like canned, boxed, bagged goods. If I order >$30 pre-tax they will pick the order and have it
waiting for my arrival at the time I specify.

Meat, produce, frozen I still go and get my own. They also offer free
delivery for orders >$100. Or a $5 charge if >$100. Tips optional.
Since HyVee began that service all of the other non-warehouse grocery stores/stupormarkups have joined in. A rising tide lifts all boats,
if you will.

I wonder if the ingredient in this recipe is 6 ounce of dried noodles, cooked -- or for 6 ounce cooked weight?
Big difference.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

Title: SAVORY NOODLE CASSEROLE
Categories: Casseroles
Yield: 6 Servings

1 1/2 lb Ground beef
1 ts Hot oil
2 sm Onions, minced
2 c Celery, diced
6 oz Noodles, cooked
2 c Tomatoes, cooked
3/4 c Cheese, shredded
1 ts Salt
1 ds Pepper

Looking at the other ingredients and #servings - dry. It's an unusual
Randy Rigg recipe - having more than 3 servings called out. Bv)=

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Title: Fleischig Lokshen Kugel
Categories: Poultry, Pasta, Puddings, Vegetables
Yield: 8 Servings

6 oz Shmaltz (chicken fat)
3 oz Chicken skin; shredded
1 lg Onion; peeled, thin sliced
2 c Onion; diced
1/2 lb Medium egg noodles
3 lg Eggs

To prepare gribenes and shmaltz: Render chicken fat by
combining first 3 ingredients in a heavy skillet over
medium low heat. Cook about 45 minutes. The undissolved
bits of fat, skin, and onion should be golden. Strain
fat through washed cheesecloth. The gribenes are what
remains in the cheesecloth. The rendered liquid is
shmaltz. Set aside.

Set oven @ 375°F/190°C.

Heat 1/4 cup of the reserved shmaltz in a heavy non-
stick skillet over medium heat. Saute diced onions
about 10 minutes, until very soft. Increase heat to
high and cook 1-2 minutes to lightly brown onions.
Meanwhile, cook noodles in a large pot of boiling
salted water 7-10 minutes, until tender. Drain.

Lightly beat eggs in a large bowl.

Stir in noodles and onions. Add reserved gribenes and
salt and pepper to taste. Turn the mixture into a 2-qt
ovenproof dish that has been lightly greased w/1 Tbs
shmaltz. Bake 30-40 minutes, until lightly browned on
top.

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Quoting Dale Shipp to Nancy Backus on 05-23-19 02:09 <=-

There could be still some dairies that home deliver... I've not
researched it much even locally any more... But milk could certainly
be part of the home delivered grocery order.... :)

When we lived in England (mid 70's) there was dairy to home milk
delivery. The milk was in glass bottles which had a bulb on the top.
If the cream did not fill that bulb, people felt that they were being cheated.

When I visited my sister in England in the 80's it was still being
delivered to her home as well... dunno if that is still the case,
though...

But, like you, I doubt that such exists here anymore. They do seem to
be pushing home delivered grocery orders though. Personally, I cannot
see us ever making use of that service. Gail and I like to pick out
the foods we buy -- especially fruits, vegetables and meats. Plus, we
often end up buying extra things that were not on our list to start
with.

Likewise.... I like to choose my own produce and meats and such... And
usually the extra, non-list, items are things that should have been on
the list in the first place... I'm reminded about them by seeing them in
the course of shopping... ;)

Wegmans has a hybrid shopping service now... besides the home-delivered
(for a fee) service, they also have what they call curbside service...
they do that for free, going through the store to pick out the grocery
order, and then the customer drives up to the curbside pickup to pick up
the groceries... dunno if one has to pre-pay by credit/debit card to do
that though... And I probably still wouldn't take advantage of that
service either, but it is an interesting concept... :)

I wonder if the ingredient in this recipe is 6 ounce of dried noodles, cooked -- or for 6 ounce cooked weight?
Big difference.
Title: SAVORY NOODLE CASSEROLE
Categories: Casseroles
Yield: 6 Servings

1 1/2 lb Ground beef
1 ts Hot oil
2 sm Onions, minced
2 c Celery, diced
6 oz Noodles, cooked
2 c Tomatoes, cooked
3/4 c Cheese, shredded
1 ts Salt
1 ds Pepper

I'd guess 6 oz dried noodles... that would be about 3/8 of a box of
noodles... about the right amount for 6 servings....

ttyl neb

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