Surgery was 13 days ago and went well. I finally felt up to sitting

down > with the computer yesterday and have begun to catch up.
It seems you've gone to town; good - more
power to you.

Got tired of reading, figured I'd better start catching up so I wouldn't
get hopelessly behind. Now I'm trying to keep up on a day to day basis.

Eh, it's hard to get hopelessly anything
around here. Don't be compelled to fit into
a timetable, even though your moderator tries
to do so and keep the traffic flowing at a
slow and steady pace.

Interesting thought, and not altogether unlikely as the world today

is > so different from even Industrial Revolution times.
It's interesting the new problems that keep
cropping up; whether they're truly new or
just being identified is open to speculation.

Possibly a good combination of new and just being identified.

Maybe, but why good.

of alpha=1 antitrypsin disease, which has started
a whole new approach to his long-term health
issues, etiology hitherto unknown (all sorts of
respiratory issues typical of smokers, but he's
never had a cigarette of apparently any kind).

Interesting. I've never had any kind of cigarette in my life either.
I've read of other non smokers who have died of lung cancer, some of
them were married to smokers or ex smokers. Not a disease I'd want to
get.

My lungs have a scarring that is indicative
of lung cancer or tuberculosis, but to the
best of my knowledge I've not had either.
Sometimes it shows up on the X-rays, and
sometimes it doesn't.

has gluten, which it doesn't. A less ambiguous and less pretentious term is "sticky rice," which is the dominant
usage except in American books on Asian cookery.

I have seen the term "stickey rice" in a number of books.

It's all around a better term.

True, it is a very accurate description.

too > ML> much > like the Maltex my parents tried foisting on

us from > ML> time to > ML> time.

Likely. Could have been worse, as in Wheatena.

Mom and Dad tried that on us too, with the same reaction.

That brown sludge is worse, as it comes pre-rancidized.

Never one of my favorite cereals; I never ate it once I left home.

The question arises who eats it and why.

My parents liked it and thought us kids would also.

They were Depression babies, and maybe Wheatena
gave them depression?

Hah, unnecessary I'd think in most cases -
the customers are better educated about the
product than the kids who tried to steal it.

Unless they've smoked so much of it that their brains are well addled.

Heh. Marijuana is not all it's cracked
up to be (cocaine is all it's cracked up
to be).

If my friend had been really under my thumb,
though, who knows what I could have smuggled
through using that technique.

Not worth trying but fun to speculate about.

The point of that anecdote was to point out
the arbitrariness and silliness of the
screening system. On which, I will add, my own
safety rests dozens of times a year.

But if they weren't there, all sorts of stuff might be brought on to
planes.

All sorts of stuff are in fact brought on
airplanes. It's instead trying to ensure
the good will of those who fly that is the
best deterrent to violence. Profiling is
the proven most effective solution, only
it's technically illegal in the US.

The thread did, a gold colored one. Had to get the secondary

inspection > and made sure that shirt was packed in checked luggage
for the return > flight.
If it had been real gold, none of that
would have been necessary. Accept no
substitutes.

Can't afford the real stuff as thread. Jewelry, OTOH, is more gold than silver for me.

And less likely to set off a detector.

For me, the type of basil is important to how
much of it I can take comfortably. Usually I'm
better with the Asian basils versus the western
(Italian, lemon, and so on) varieties.

Sounds like they may be worth looking at.

There are many varieties of all the standard
herbs, and we've gotten used only to one of
each, most likely the hardiest, not so likely
the most interesting.

Good reason to clean out the patch of back yard I want to use for a
kitchen garden and experiment with different basils. Won't happen this
year tho.

Why not - it's supposed to be easy and killproof
in warm climates; not so much as mint, but hardy
enough.

I took another look, saw it in small print, on the back of the container.

I'm not eager to line the pockets of Hain.

OTOH, I don't buy Crisco or similar products.

Health?

It might be worthwhile to get birdproof netting.

That's a thought but right now the tree isn't big enough for it to

be a > concern.
Depends on how prolific it is.

It'll be a while before it gets to any size.

Little tiny trees often bear heavily - maybe
it's the Napoleon complex in botanic form?

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

Title: Carless Gay's Turtle Trifle
Categories: Desserts
Yield: 4 Servings

22 1/2 oz Package Supreme Brownie Mix
-with fudge pouch
1 1/2 c Chopped pecans, toasted and
-devided
3 pk Butter Pecan Instant pudding
-Mix (3.4 oz.)**
6 c Milk
1 1/2 c Caramel Topping
16 oz Container Cool Whip
2 Milk chocolate candy bar***,
-chopped

** (May substitute Butterscotch) *** (1.55 oz.)

Make brownies according to package directions (using 3 eggs for cake-like
brownies), stirring in one cup of the pecans. Cool and crumble. Whisk
pudding mix and milk together until smooth and thickened. Microwave
caramel
topping on high until pouring consistancy. Sprinkle one third of crumbled
brownies in pan. Top with one third of pudding mixture. Drizzle with 1/2
cup caramel topping and spread with one third of the whipped topping.
Repeat layers twice. Sprinkle with chopped chocolate and remaining 1/2
cup
pecans. Cover and chill 6 hours.

Source: Carless Gay, The Dinner Table

-----
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
* Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140)

Hi Michael,

Surgery was 13 days ago and went well. I finally felt up to

sitting > ML> down > with the computer yesterday and have begun to
catch up.

It seems you've gone to town; good - more
power to you.

Got tired of reading, figured I'd better start catching up so I

wouldn't > get hopelessly behind. Now I'm trying to keep up on a day
to day basis.

Eh, it's hard to get hopelessly anything
around here. Don't be compelled to fit into
a timetable, even though your moderator tries
to do so and keep the traffic flowing at a
slow and steady pace.

I'm to the point now where I can do a few things around the house but
not up to my former level. Still a lot of time with nothing else to do
but I can sit and use a keyboard. But, there's improvement every day; we
went to the farmer's market for a bit today. I used just the cane and
Steve's arm instead of the walker. I'm using more of the cane, less of
the walker every day. It's easier to empty the dishwasher with the
former instead of the latter. (G)

Interesting thought, and not altogether unlikely as the world

today > ML> is > so different from even Industrial Revolution times.

It's interesting the new problems that keep
cropping up; whether they're truly new or
just being identified is open to speculation.

Possibly a good combination of new and just being identified.

Maybe, but why good.

OK, some may not be able tp be termed "good".

of alpha=1 antitrypsin disease, which has started
a whole new approach to his long-term health
issues, etiology hitherto unknown (all sorts of
respiratory issues typical of smokers, but he's
never had a cigarette of apparently any kind).

Interesting. I've never had any kind of cigarette in my life either. I've read of other non smokers who have died of lung cancer, some of them were married to smokers or ex smokers. Not a disease I'd want

to > get.

My lungs have a scarring that is indicative
of lung cancer or tuberculosis, but to the
best of my knowledge I've not had either.
Sometimes it shows up on the X-rays, and
sometimes it doesn't.

But were you ever in places for an extended time where there were
smokers? Did your parents smoke?

has gluten, which it doesn't. A less ambiguous and less pretentious term is "sticky rice," which is the dominant usage except in American books on Asian cookery.

I have seen the term "stickey rice" in a number of books.

It's all around a better term.

True, it is a very accurate description.

too > ML> much > like the Maltex my parents tried

foisting on > ML> us from > ML> time to > ML> time.

Likely. Could have been worse, as in Wheatena.

Mom and Dad tried that on us too, with the same

reaction. > ML> > ML> That brown sludge is worse, as it comes pre-rancidized.

Never one of my favorite cereals; I never ate it once I left

home. > ML> The question arises who eats it and why.

My parents liked it and thought us kids would also.

They were Depression babies, and maybe Wheatena
gave them depression?

Could be--Mom was born the same year the Depression started but Dad was
7, almost 8 when it did.

Hah, unnecessary I'd think in most cases -
the customers are better educated about the
product than the kids who tried to steal it.

Unless they've smoked so much of it that their brains are well

addled.

Heh. Marijuana is not all it's cracked
up to be (cocaine is all it's cracked up
to be).

And chiropractors aren't all they're croacked up to be.

If my friend had been really under my thumb,
though, who knows what I could have smuggled
through using that technique.

Not worth trying but fun to speculate about.

The point of that anecdote was to point out
the arbitrariness and silliness of the
screening system. On which, I will add, my own
safety rests dozens of times a year.

But if they weren't there, all sorts of stuff might be brought on to planes.

All sorts of stuff are in fact brought on
airplanes. It's instead trying to ensure
the good will of those who fly that is the
best deterrent to violence. Profiling is
the proven most effective solution, only
it's technically illegal in the US.

Unfortunatly, but a lot of it is done casually.

The thread did, a gold colored one. Had to get the secondary

inspection > and made sure that shirt was packed in checked

luggage > ML> for the return > flight.

If it had been real gold, none of that
would have been necessary. Accept no
substitutes.

Can't afford the real stuff as thread. Jewelry, OTOH, is more gold

than > silver for me.

And less likely to set off a detector.

Don't think it has yet, but the metal in my wrists and elbow has. Have
to ask my doctor what's in the new knee.

For me, the type of basil is important to how
much of it I can take comfortably. Usually I'm
better with the Asian basils versus the western
(Italian, lemon, and so on) varieties.

Sounds like they may be worth looking at.

There are many varieties of all the standard
herbs, and we've gotten used only to one of
each, most likely the hardiest, not so likely
the most interesting.

Good reason to clean out the patch of back yard I want to use for a kitchen garden and experiment with different basils. Won't happen

this > year tho.

Why not - it's supposed to be easy and killproof
in warm climates; not so much as mint, but hardy
enough.

Have to see how the knee rehabs this spring. It might be a project to do
over a couple of years--clean out the bed in the fall, plant the next
spring. We do have a few herbs back there but I'm not sure what at this
point.

I took another look, saw it in small print, on the back of

the > ML> > container.

I'm not eager to line the pockets of Hain.

OTOH, I don't buy Crisco or similar products.

Health?

Choice.

It might be worthwhile to get birdproof netting.

That's a thought but right now the tree isn't big enough for

it to > ML> be a > concern.

Depends on how prolific it is.

It'll be a while before it gets to any size.

Little tiny trees often bear heavily - maybe
it's the Napoleon complex in botanic form?

Right now it's not much more than a stick in the ground. Have to see
what comes of it this spring.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28


... Books are better than TV; they exercise your imagination.

--- PPoint 3.01
* Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28)