My relative lack of desired destinations coupled with
my love of travel make me an apt companion for Lilli,
who actually does have a bucket list. We've knocked
off a fair number of them (Everest, Borobudur, the
northern lights, the Alps), and she's done some studying
on her own as well.

You've seen a lot more places than I'll ever get to in my life time.

Seen in quotes. More like tasted, smelled, heard.
I admit I've been pretty lucky all round, though.

I've been to a good number of states, several countries and enjoyed the travel time but we've definately slowed down since Steve retired from
the Army. Got to a number of places we never would have, had he not
enlisted and got to be in on history in the making with the fall of the Berlin Wall & subsequent reunification of the 3 Germanies.

See the world we never saw! to quote an
antiwar song by Kurt Weill, but it worked out
for you guys pretty well.

That's great. Now that I think of it, there's one
thing on my list - the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
I've seen it from the top, but at this point it
seems the only way to get to the canyon floor would
be to jump off. With my luck I'd miss, anyway.

Lots of rocks and such like to snag you on the way down. Ever consider
one of those mule treks? I understand those are booked a year or so in advance so get going on it now.

Having been on a horse for an hour, I can't imagine
spending much of a couple days of my life on a mule.

Starbucks, though, tastes bad on the face of it, and
the only reason to drink of it is to appear to be
chic and sophisticated. Kids generally don't have

Seems that way, tho from what I've heard, the taste isn't worth the
cost. Sean Hannity plugs "Black Rifle Coffee Company", started, run by veterans; I'd support that one over Starbucks.

Not sure I'd prefer a company with a name like that
even if the coffee were better. For me, Dunkin' is
the brand, though I don't do much coffee. I find the
roast preserves more of the natural flavor, plus I'm
friends with the son of the developer of the Munchkin.

that problem, though maybe they're starting that
younger as well.

Seems they are, in a lot of ways. The innocence of childhood falls away
at a much earlier stage than it did, even in our generation.

I was looking at some folks recently and
thinking just the opposite - that there's
enough coddling that people don't bother to
learn to think, with saddening resupts. Of
course, we're looking at different facets of
the issue.

I remember an ad about having a Mcmeal and getting
change back from a dollar. Before that there was
an ad about feeding your family and getting change
back from a dollar - I think that meant four burgers,
a large fries, two coffees, and two Cokes.

I never saw that ad but could see it for families with small appetites.
Some people would consider that amount of food sufficient for only one
or two people, not 4.

It was from the latter '50s, possibly even into
the early '60s. Anyhow, advertising slogan writers
are not paid to present the unvarnished truth.

Too many people relying on the clown, king or otherwise to feed

their > families, sad.
There's so much to occupy one's time now
besides learning to cook.

Seems so, as long as there are places where a meal can be obtained for a reasonable time/wait. Nothing like home cooking usually, but at this
stage, how many kids know what a real home cooked meal tastes like?

That's a good question. Most of us on this echo
are too old to have firsthand information, and
anyway, we've presumably brought up our kids and
influencees to have more critical acumen than that.

Suspect most of them think the taste of fast food is the norm, not the exception.

Thing is that I'm not confident that they will
actually know what's good as opposed to what's
barely good enough.

yesterday, > still over a year before their best by date. I

picked up > ML> a bag of each > to use this winter.

Nobody needs Great Northern beans.

No, but some may want them.

Whatever for.

Bean soup or baked beans. May do choulent again this winter, did it some years ago and we enjoyed it. Got the recipe from the cook book we bought
in Israel.

Does the recipe tell you to cook the dish
on Friday daytime and keep it in the oven
until the sabbath is over?

No cat-astrophies either.

You're stretching this on pup-posely, aren't you.

OK, has this tail been told or should I keep dogging you?

That's just arful.

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Hi Michael,

northern lights, the Alps), and she's done some studying
on her own as well.

You've seen a lot more places than I'll ever get to in my life time.

Seen in quotes. More like tasted, smelled, heard.
I admit I've been pretty lucky all round, though.

OK, you've experienced more places. (G) We half thought about trying to
go to Austrailia when we were stationed in HI, figured we were already
halfway there. Never really had the extra funding and trips back to the
main land were more reasonable so................

I've been to a good number of states, several countries and enjoyed

the > travel time but we've definately slowed down since Steve retired from > the Army. Got to a number of places we never would have, had he
not

enlisted and got to be in on history in the making with the fall of

the > Berlin Wall & subsequent reunification of the 3 Germanies.

See the world we never saw! to quote an
antiwar song by Kurt Weill, but it worked out
for you guys pretty well.

Yes, and it's 2 Germanies, slip of the fingers there. We're seeing more
of the states now but wouldn't mind going back to Germany, and also
visiting Italy, Steve's other ethnic half.

That's great. Now that I think of it, there's one
thing on my list - the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
I've seen it from the top, but at this point it
seems the only way to get to the canyon floor would
be to jump off. With my luck I'd miss, anyway.

Lots of rocks and such like to snag you on the way down. Ever

consider > one of those mule treks? I understand those are booked a
year or so in > advance so get going on it now.

Having been on a horse for an hour, I can't imagine
spending much of a couple days of my life on a mule.

I can understand. If I were younger, I might jump at the chance to do
that. Now, I'm not so sure.

Starbucks, though, tastes bad on the face of it, and
the only reason to drink of it is to appear to be
chic and sophisticated. Kids generally don't have

Seems that way, tho from what I've heard, the taste isn't worth the cost. Sean Hannity plugs "Black Rifle Coffee Company", started, run

by > veterans; I'd support that one over Starbucks.

Not sure I'd prefer a company with a name like that
even if the coffee were better. For me, Dunkin' is
the brand, though I don't do much coffee. I find the

I don't do coffee at all but have my reasons for one company over the
other.

roast preserves more of the natural flavor, plus I'm
friends with the son of the developer of the Munchkin.

Did he do well by DD for the idea?

that problem, though maybe they're starting that
younger as well.

Seems they are, in a lot of ways. The innocence of childhood falls

away > at a much earlier stage than it did, even in our generation.

I was looking at some folks recently and
thinking just the opposite - that there's
enough coddling that people don't bother to
learn to think, with saddening resupts. Of
course, we're looking at different facets of
the issue.

It works both ways, which makes for an interesting juxtaposition in
one's life.

I remember an ad about having a Mcmeal and getting
change back from a dollar. Before that there was
an ad about feeding your family and getting change
back from a dollar - I think that meant four burgers,
a large fries, two coffees, and two Cokes.

I never saw that ad but could see it for families with small

appetites. > Some people would consider that amount of food sufficient
for only one > or two people, not 4.

It was from the latter '50s, possibly even into
the early '60s. Anyhow, advertising slogan writers
are not paid to present the unvarnished truth.

We didn't get tv until 1962, saw some at my grandmother's but don't
remember any ads for McDs. Could be, it was more of a local marketing
gimmick. First McDs ads I can recall might be late 60s era.

Too many people relying on the clown, king or otherwise to

feed > ML> their > families, sad.

There's so much to occupy one's time now
besides learning to cook.

Seems so, as long as there are places where a meal can be obtained

for a > reasonable time/wait. Nothing like home cooking usually, but
at this

stage, how many kids know what a real home cooked meal tastes like?

That's a good question. Most of us on this echo
are too old to have firsthand information, and
anyway, we've presumably brought up our kids and
influencees to have more critical acumen than that.

Our kids knew/know, as do their kids. It's others that I see that give
me pause for wondering if they know what real home cooked food is.

Suspect most of them think the taste of fast food is the norm, not

the > exception.

Thing is that I'm not confident that they will
actually know what's good as opposed to what's
barely good enough.

Sad.

yesterday, > still over a year before their best by

date. I > ML> picked up > ML> a bag of each > to use this winter.

Nobody needs Great Northern beans.

No, but some may want them.

Whatever for.

Bean soup or baked beans. May do choulent again this winter, did it

some > years ago and we enjoyed it. Got the recipe from the cook book
we bought > in Israel.

Does the recipe tell you to cook the dish
on Friday daytime and keep it in the oven
until the sabbath is over?

Don't think so (and not getting up to check), tho that would be the
traditional way.

No cat-astrophies either.

You're stretching this on pup-posely, aren't you.

OK, has this tail been told or should I keep dogging you?

That's just arful.

But I'm not barking up the wrong tree. BTW, how do you know if a tree is
a dogwood one? By its bark. (G)

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Quoting Michael Loo to Ruth Haffly <=-

Having been on a horse for an hour, I can't imagine
spending much of a couple days of my life on a mule.

Connie and I did the Molokai mule ride the year before it washed out. Long trip down, all you can do is hang on and let the mule go, it won't pay any attention to you anyhow (sort of like a selfdriving car except it tends to almost trip over rocks), hang around long enough to stiffen up, and even longer
trip back up. The next day or two weren't exactly thrilling either. Given you
eyesight I would expect the "view" from muleback to be less than stellar.

I'm having a tough time finding dried posole here for some reason.

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