You may be unlucky and find it's not just a
one-time thing. Once tasted, always wanted,
that sort of idea.

I have to have some sort of downtime in my life. I've started up my little computer side business again (complete with the requirement to pay

quarterly

sales tax even with no sales) so that is taking up a good bit of my free time. But traveling to see friends is something I do enjoy.

I presume the quarterly tax is prorated for the year?
Maybe you'll prosper enough to be able to hire someone
trustworthy to mind the store for a few days now and
then. Or, less optimistically, you may find so much
slack time that there'd be no issue with taking off.

A pity, as regular ham is nicer than deli ham unless
it's really great stuff such as we got at Ian and
Jacquie's. Hurray for the Sav-A-Lot, then.

For me, it's the salt. That gets the GERD going to. I am trying to get my body's pH back on track as I'm too acidic right now. Perhaps when that

goes

away I'll be able to get to enjoy more meaty things (see my post to Dale about pizza).

Calcium pills are cheap, and it's hard to get too
much of it, especially if you get it combined with
its sworn enemy magnesium.

In the current environment Rodney Dangerfield or
Jack Benny wouldn't have gotten far with their
schtick. I'm sort of sad there's little tolerance
for that kind of cruel humor, whereas the currently
popular kind of cruel humor is no better.

I agree. Rodney Dangerfield is one of my favorites. "I went to the bar
last night and the bartender asked me what I wanted. I said "Surprise me." So he showed me a naked picture of my wife."

I don't have anxieties in that direction, so I
originally read "So he showed me a naked picture of
his wife," which isn't funny at all.

I especially enjoyed how Rodney was so self-depreciating. If you can't

make

fun of yourself, you can't make fun of anyone else.

I wondered how genuine that was or whether it was
just part of the schtick.

It's sad about the health stuff but good that it
brought you back in contact.

I feel bad for her. Very little support on her side and I remember her in her prime. No one deserves to get hammered with bad health and especially not get hit with so many things at such a young age (she's 43).

I remember lots of people in their prime. See my post
above about Ian.

Eh, that's guessable. We won't guess, though.

Suffice to say that I've lived and learned.

The process of life. Sad that it's often painful.

My feeling about marriage is not altogether favorable.
I considered it a couple times, and it was considered
for me other times, but my record is so far perfect.

Like I've said before, marriage is great; just don't have bad taste in
women.

Live and learn. Or, alternatively, as some cynic once
called marriage, "the triumph of hope over experience."

Give you something to keep you out of trouble.

What I've done is installed the Linux subsystem for Windows (basically a built-in virtual machine that will run pre-configured images of your
favorite Linux distro) and use it for remote work on the BBS. I did

install

MultiMail though I need to install Meal-Master under DOSbox in Windows.
It's a little confusing but it works for me.

If you can keep track, just don't think you're in one
environment while actually being in the control of
another one.

Are all the others bland food people?

Somewhat. My stepdad, who is Midwestern, has an odd habit of having to

keep

all the different types of food on his plate separate from each other. If they get mixed up, he gets cranky. Me, I don't care as it's going all in
the same place.

Certain combinations can make the whole greater than
the sum of the parts. On the other hand, to some,
clarity is paramount.

Is it the nutmeg? Can't be the booze, as yours is no
doubt nonalcoholic.

For Dad, it's the mouth feel and the smell.

The smell as I perceive it is heavy on the nutmeg.

Oddly enough, I cannot stand eggs sunny side up. I either have to have

them

well-done or scrambled (I usually prefer scrambled).

There are others here who have egg issues. Shawn I
think it was doesn't like snotty eggs, and I suspect
you feel similarly.

Title: Eggnog Rice Pudding

That sounds interesting. I do like rice pudding. I am also a big fan of tapioca pudding which is also a taste my mother and I share that no one

else

in the family shares with us.

Interesting that. I can't see anything objectionable
about fish eye pudding.

Title: Very Old Fudge
From the book "Treasured Mennonite Recipes" by Mennonite Community
Relief Sales Volume 1

Was it originally named that?!

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.01

Title: Tapioca Pudding
Categories: Desserts
Yield: 10 servings

4 c Milk 1/2 c Sugar
1/3 c Minute tapioca 1 pn Salt
2 Eggs; separated 1/2 ts Vanilla or lemon
extract

Combine milk and tapioca in a heavy saucepan. Cook, stirring constantly,
until tapioca is clear.
Beat egg yolks with sugar and salt. Add 1/2 cup hot milk mixture to egg
yolks. Return this to remaining hot milk. Heat again to boiling point.
Boil
2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Fold in stiffly beaten
egg whites and flavoring. Pour into serving dish. Makes about 10
servings.

Source: The Best of Amish Cooking by Phyllis Pellman Good

Michael Hatala, Prodigy Food & Wine Board.

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