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 ,,, .

Ah... There are a number such...

I was perhaps thinking of Amana, which along with
Maytag was gobbled up by I think Whirlpool.

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).

Wise. :)

I'm still occasionally having my doubts.

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.

I'd not discount that last... at least not totally... I'd think that
some might be easier to be surveilled than others, but suspect it
possible all the same.....

So often at a hotel or business my computer thinks
that I'm someplace odd, like in the middle of Iowa
or something, which is explicable because the company's
IT department is located there. Yesterday, it insisted
that I was at or near a pizza parlor called Nick's (I
wasn't), and continued to do so for maybe half an hour,
which counts as an oopsie on somebody's part. I presume
somebody was at or near a pizza parlor called Nick's.

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.

True... the others have, though...

Who would they get to replace John? Julian?

Peanut and squid go pretty well together.

If you say so... :)

I say so, unequivocally.

... 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).

That might be a little more likely to work, though.... ;)

I've had abalone, and it doesn't taste enough
different from squid or clam strips to make it
worthwhile at the elevated price it commands.

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.

Ana being, after all, Bonnie's older sister... ;)

Old joke. Don't make waves.

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Remind me, in September, to tell you the potato chip story.

Not sure I'll remember, but Nancy probably will.

Don't count on it... but I might.... ;)

No tragedy if you don't, but now it's a sure
thing you'll obsess about remembering it and
so you will, along with all the other picnic
stuff.

... Wasting time is an important part of living.

Bertrand Russell, with whom you probably agree on
a few if not many issues, wrote a book called In
Praise of Idleness.

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neurological going on, but she's putting opening that
can of worms off until it's unavoidable (a course many
others including myself would also follow).

Depending on how much I was affected by something of the sort, I might
or might not...

If knowledge and understanding aren't going to make a
difference ro your situation, why know or understand,
unless you find it fun to do so.

Well, I got the news that Bonnie gave in and had tests
on her spine, which detected more degenerative arthritis
but no cancer. The lump beside her spine is still
unidentified, but anyway it's not malignant.

Mostly good news.... ;)

In both cases, qualified good news.

And my latest examination shows that my heart has shrunk
a little (there had been the fear that it would swell so
much that it would press against my rib cage), and its
function is stable in the 20s, which means that I don't
qualify for hospice care (which I did for all of 2017
and into at least 2018).

That's a bit of relief... :)

Mine, too, I guess.

As Noah Webster is sometimes claimed to have said,
"Things are looking up." So I feel justified in
celebrating with an extended run of my favorite foods.

Justification enough... (G)

It's been a run of beef, chili, fried green
tomatoes, and crab. A bit of airline food, as
we need to help Lilli along with her quest for
nobism, but mostly I haven't been eating that.

Squid in satay sauce
Categories: Asian, seafood, main
Serves: 2

1 md whole squid
1 green, red or yellow pepper sliced
3 scallions, sliced
1 sm red onion, sliced
3 garlic cloves
2 celery sticks, sliced
1 Tb oyster sauce
8 garlic cloves, peeled
1 carrot, peeled and sliced
1/4 red onion, sliced
1 Tb oyster sauce
1 Tb soy sauce
2 Tb satay sauce
1 Tb peanut butter
1 1/2 ts sugar
1 pn salt

Clean and prepare the squid. Cut into 1'-wide
pieces and blanch in boiling water for 10 sec,
remove and set aside.

Heat 1 Tb oil in a frying pan and brown the
ginger and garlic. Gradually add the red onion,
a generous pinch of salt, peanut butter, satay
sauce, celery, sugar, and the squid. Then add
2 to 3 Tb water, soy sauce, oyster sauce and
pepper. Stir for a moment before adding a
little water if needed and the spring onions.
Put the lid on the pan and allow to simmer for
1 to 2 min and then serve.

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