Whiteness and pure goodness, darkness and earthy
corruption. Racism in food. But sometimes things
backfire, as in the southeast Asian beriberi
phenomenon, where eating unprocessed rice with
the bran protected against vitamin B deficiency,
so the lower classes thrived and the mercantile
(largely of Chinese origin) died in droves.

Indeed, and ecactly.... ;)

The Commie side of me says "right on," while
the Chinese mercantile side of me shudders.

The name could be trademarked, not patented.
Effect similar, but details including length
of protection quite different.

Right. I knew that patent wasn't the right word, but all that was
coming as an alternative was copyright, which I also knew was wrong...

It's all artificial.

A similar context to that in which I'd have
heard of Kate Gleason.

Kate Gleason being a local celebrity as well....

Not that I know much about celebrities past,
present, or future.

Interesting question... At Kodak, it was the magic 85... age plus years
of service... Richard had 29 1/2 years of service, and was just under 55 or so when he was laid off...

Not the nicest thing in the world - similar
to what happened to Bodle a couple decades ago.

And not at all uncommon... they've developed schemes to make it seem as though they are complying with the Act, even when they really aren't...
there was a sheet that came with the paperwork that "showed" that they'd
not been using age as the determinant... they listed (without any real identifying marks) all the personnel they'd considered for layoffs,
showing that they kept one and let the other go... Not that it fooled
us any.... but it probably covered their butt....

They're all a bunch of crooks, made crookeder
by the stock company system, which rewards
behaviors that are not healthy for individuals
or society.

We supposedly get to the airport at 5:05, at the hotel
before 6, plenty of time to take the tram to the opera
house; if the flight is an hour late, we might have to
take a taxi direct, but then it might be even more
problematic getting out of a taxi in a demonstration.

Hope it all works out sufficiently easily... :)

We'll find out tomorrow.

And....?

We got in right on time, got to the train station
at 5:40, wandered off in the more or less right
direction and found someone friendly-enough-looking
that I asked "Wo kann Ich finden den goldene Reiter,"
to which she answered, "You want the Westin Bellevue,
it's down that way through the park." So we were at
the hotel before 6, showered and changed before 7,
and in the concert hall before 7:30. it being a 10-min
walk across the river to the Semperoper, which though
I knew was historic, I didn't know how historic.
Sat close enough to Gidon Kremer to hear every
bow scrape (few) and sniff (frequent). And to be
able to report that Paavo Jarvi has a pleasantish
tenor voice and a disconcertilg habit of crooning
along with the music. We were in the first row center
just barely on the first violin side, seats 14 and 15
out of 32.

Off and on, though a couple days ago she had to talk
her way into the Cologne Zoo to use the bathroom.
The guard was going to require the admission price
as deposit, but then he saw me and said, he is your
deposit, and I had a funnish 15 minutes chatting
with him.

That worked out well enough, then.... :)

One of those fun random things.

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2 Or 3 allspice berries or 1/4
Ts Ground allspice
2 Or 3 coriander seeds or 1/4
Ts Ground coriander
1/4 ts Ground cardamom
1/2 ts Cinnamon
1/4 ts Ground ginger
1 c Granulated sugar

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for a few seconds to combine.

Store tightly sealed in a glass jar. If the sugar hardens, break it
up with a fork before using.

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Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 06-16-18 01:33 <=-

Whiteness and pure goodness, darkness and earthy
corruption. Racism in food. But sometimes things
backfire, as in the southeast Asian beriberi
phenomenon, where eating unprocessed rice with
the bran protected against vitamin B deficiency,
so the lower classes thrived and the mercantile
(largely of Chinese origin) died in droves.

Indeed, and exactly.... ;)

The Commie side of me says "right on," while
the Chinese mercantile side of me shudders.

The sad thing being that those that suffered did so needlessly, just for status... not that that is all that extraordinary, of course...

The name could be trademarked, not patented.
Effect similar, but details including length
of protection quite different.

Right. I knew that patent wasn't the right word, but all that was
coming as an alternative was copyright, which I also knew was wrong...

It's all artificial.

True.

Interesting question... At Kodak, it was the magic 85... age plus
years of service... Richard had 29 1/2 years of service, and was
just under 55 or so when he was laid off...

Not the nicest thing in the world - similar
to what happened to Bodle a couple decades ago.

And not at all uncommon... they've developed schemes to make it seem as though they are complying with the Act, even when they really aren't... there was a sheet that came with the paperwork that "showed" that they'd
not been using age as the determinant... they listed (without any real identifying marks) all the personnel they'd considered for layoffs,
showing that they kept one and let the other go... Not that it fooled
us any.... but it probably covered their butt....

They're all a bunch of crooks, made crookeder
by the stock company system, which rewards
behaviors that are not healthy for individuals
or society.

Just for a select number, stockholders and high management....

We supposedly get to the airport at 5:05, at the hotel
before 6, plenty of time to take the tram to the opera
house; if the flight is an hour late, we might have to
take a taxi direct, but then it might be even more
problematic getting out of a taxi in a demonstration.

Hope it all works out sufficiently easily... :)

We'll find out tomorrow.

And....?

We got in right on time, got to the train station
at 5:40, wandered off in the more or less right
direction and found someone friendly-enough-looking
that I asked "Wo kann Ich finden den goldene Reiter,"
to which she answered, "You want the Westin Bellevue,
it's down that way through the park." So we were at
the hotel before 6, showered and changed before 7,
and in the concert hall before 7:30. it being a 10-min
walk across the river to the Semperoper, which though
I knew was historic, I didn't know how historic.

So it all went well... were there demonstrations to worry about..?

Sat close enough to Gidon Kremer to hear every
bow scrape (few) and sniff (frequent). And to be
able to report that Paavo Jarvi has a pleasantish
tenor voice and a disconcertilg habit of crooning
along with the music. We were in the first row center
just barely on the first violin side, seats 14 and 15
out of 32.

That was close, indeed... and the concert was otherwise enjoyable...?

Off and on, though a couple days ago she had to talk
her way into the Cologne Zoo to use the bathroom.
The guard was going to require the admission price
as deposit, but then he saw me and said, he is your
deposit, and I had a funnish 15 minutes chatting
with him.

That worked out well enough, then.... :)

One of those fun random things.

Nice.

ttyl neb

... She hunted mushrooms with a bad man and lost her morels.

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