Afterward, I had him give a tour of the basement
to show where the shutoffs were. Bonnie of course
had no clue.

Will she retain the knowledge, do you think....?

Doubtful; it's even doubtful that I will retain
the knowledge myself.

But having had them pointed out once, you might be able to figure it out
for yourself again at some future point....

Possible. I don't spend all that much time there,
though, so chances are she'll be alone if any
catastrophe occurs.

If I'd abandoned my station and gone to the
basement to find the shutoff valve, the damage
might have ended up being considerable.

Indeed...

The sad thing is that the place was renovated and
fitted with modern fixtures only about 30 years ago.

Things just don't last like they used to....

Every generation says that. Every generation is
probably right.

Hopefully it will all be fine...

We're of that opinion.

Have the new tests happened yet...?

Not yet, next week.

Let us know...

We hashed it out, and she has decided that if it's
cancer, it's a metastasis of one of several old
ones, so treatment won't do any good, and if it's
not cancer, treatment won't matter, so why do the
multiple expensive invasive tests just to know?
I agreed that was a valid argument.

On a bright note, Lilli's tests came back, and they're
no longer worried about a recurrence of cancer, just a
neurological issue, so they're testing for myasthenia
gravis, which does not preclude a full lifespan and
impacts activity only in relatively minor ways (both
Burt Ford and Jim Bodle had it).

I remember Burt being reassured, after his diagnosis, by finding out
that Jim Bodle had it...

If it's just that, it's less than a triumph but also
hess than a disaster. But meanwhile, I'm stuck with
two very close friends with uncertain and discomfiting
medical issues.

He promptly took another U-turn putting us in the
wrong direction, so we both screamed at him, and he
made yet another U-turn. Thank goodness - he could
have continued his expensive route, or worse. As it
was, he charged an exorbitant fare, and I gave him
ten extra pesos for not kidnapping us.

This was in Mexico, yes...?

Yes - farther south, the chance for disaster would
have been greater.

Fortunately you survived it... :)

With most potential scammy situations, they're not
likely to be terribly serious as in life-threatening.

Hmmm.... does make on wonder who's listening in, then....

There are some possibilities (no proof) - from a benighted
followup to previous benighted studies to someone panning
in vain for data that can be used profitably to that same
FBI, which knows various things, including that I've been
in touch with a few most-wanted types in my life as well as
having had a brother who threatened to assassinate Clinton.
Annie used to say of me that I knew where the bodies were
buried, but that wasn't literally true; but I did know some
of the people who knew in a more literal sense. It's one of
the things that comes with being a nexus point in the six
degrees of separation scheme. After all, I'm at most three
degrees away from Hitler and Stalin by at least two separate
pathways.

That can be scary.... and puts all of us at most four degrees away... ;) After the picnic last year, Edith was totally wowed by realizing that
she is only two degrees from Yo Yo Ma... ;) BTW, I did pass along your greetings, and she returns them... :)

I'm pretty sure I'm being keylogged or snapshotted
even though all the anti-invader software says no.
I figure clever monitoring software monitored by
incompetent or lazy monitors. Talking to my friend
whose e-mails had the same symptoms pretty much
convinced me that I'm not paranoid, they're really
out to get me (figuratively at least).

That's close to criminal.... but they get away with it...

The pity is that the company has a good reputation.

Perhaps that won't last, with that sort of shenanigans...

The company has expanded beyond its community-based roots
in recent years. The 50c-a-bar-that-tastes-like-Special=Dark
is still 50c, though, and it's still at least as good as
Special Dark.

I suppose that is saying something.. :)

But going for the upscale market they seem to be
finding that the margins are not as good as
appearances would indicate, so they're beginning
to do a little cheating. Wegmans has done less of
that so far, because they're able to charge a little
extra to make their margin, but Market Basket has a
less upscale and less forgiving client base.

... "50...the old age of youth, the youth of old age." William Powell

Make that 65, please.

What, you want to still feel young...? ;) I remember not really
accepting, or feeling, middle age until it was obvious my parents had
slipped over into old age decrepitude.... probably somewhere around
Daddy being in his late 70s, possibly 80.... and the Parkinsons was
taking over....

It's rather that at 50 I could do anything I wanted
or needed to do. It wasn't until 64 that there were
serious and probably permanent deficits, thank you,
Beatles.

... A fusion of peanut butter gooeyness, a cracker crunch, and squid!

I could make such a dish.

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Categories: Breads, Kooknet
Yield: 1 loaf

1 3/16 c Bisquick
1/2 c Sugar
1/4 c Flour
1 Egg
1 c Milk
2 tb Ogange Peel; grated
3/4 c Cranberries; chopped
1/2 c Nuts; chopped

Combine first 6 ingredients; beat vigorously for 1/2 minute. Stir in
cranberries and nuts. Pour into a prepared loaf pan. Bake in a
preheated 350ÿF oven for 1 hour.

Source: Shelby Lynne Smith of Stinson Beach, Ca Typed by Katherine
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Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 05-04-19 09:46 <=-

Afterward, I had him give a tour of the basement
to show where the shutoffs were. Bonnie of course
had no clue.

Will she retain the knowledge, do you think....?

Doubtful; it's even doubtful that I will retain
the knowledge myself.

But having had them pointed out once, you might be able to figure it out
for yourself again at some future point....

Possible. I don't spend all that much time there,
though, so chances are she'll be alone if any
catastrophe occurs.

Hopefully the catastrophe won't happen, though....

If I'd abandoned my station and gone to the
basement to find the shutoff valve, the damage
might have ended up being considerable.

Indeed...

The sad thing is that the place was renovated and
fitted with modern fixtures only about 30 years ago.

Things just don't last like they used to....

Every generation says that. Every generation is
probably right.

Indeed. Each generation, things are continuing to be less likely to
last... case in point, we have two really ancient fridges, one at the
Pond, one here in our basement, that both still work fine... The fridge
we bought shortly after moving into this house, to replace the one that
came with and died shortly thereafter, lasted for over 30 years before
it died... The salesman who sold us the fridge we now have warned us
that the new one won't last nearly that long....

Hopefully it will all be fine...

We're of that opinion.

Have the new tests happened yet...?

Not yet, next week.

Let us know...

We hashed it out, and she has decided that if it's
cancer, it's a metastasis of one of several old
ones, so treatment won't do any good, and if it's
not cancer, treatment won't matter, so why do the
multiple expensive invasive tests just to know?
I agreed that was a valid argument.

I might have come to a similar conclusion, although perhaps not, given
that I tend to be curious.... even if I probably still wouldn't do
anything about it when I did know...

On a bright note, Lilli's tests came back, and they're
no longer worried about a recurrence of cancer, just a
neurological issue, so they're testing for myasthenia
gravis, which does not preclude a full lifespan and
impacts activity only in relatively minor ways (both
Burt Ford and Jim Bodle had it).

I remember Burt being reassured, after his diagnosis, by finding out
that Jim Bodle had it...

If it's just that, it's less than a triumph but also
hess than a disaster. But meanwhile, I'm stuck with
two very close friends with uncertain and discomfiting
medical issues.

Which can be rather unsettling, to be sure...

He promptly took another U-turn putting us in the
wrong direction, so we both screamed at him, and he
made yet another U-turn. Thank goodness - he could
have continued his expensive route, or worse. As it
was, he charged an exorbitant fare, and I gave him
ten extra pesos for not kidnapping us.

This was in Mexico, yes...?

Yes - farther south, the chance for disaster would
have been greater.

Fortunately you survived it... :)

With most potential scammy situations, they're not
likely to be terribly serious as in life-threatening.

But why take a chance...? ;)

Hmmm.... does make on wonder who's listening in, then....

There are some possibilities (no proof) - from a benighted
followup to previous benighted studies to someone panning
in vain for data that can be used profitably to that same
FBI, which knows various things, including that I've been
in touch with a few most-wanted types in my life as well as
having had a brother who threatened to assassinate Clinton.
Annie used to say of me that I knew where the bodies were
buried, but that wasn't literally true; but I did know some
of the people who knew in a more literal sense. It's one of
the things that comes with being a nexus point in the six
degrees of separation scheme. After all, I'm at most three
degrees away from Hitler and Stalin by at least two separate
pathways.

That can be scary.... and puts all of us at most four degrees away... ;) After the picnic last year, Edith was totally wowed by realizing that
she is only two degrees from Yo Yo Ma... ;) BTW, I did pass along your greetings, and she returns them... :)

I'm pretty sure I'm being keylogged or snapshotted
even though all the anti-invader software says no.
I figure clever monitoring software monitored by
incompetent or lazy monitors. Talking to my friend
whose e-mails had the same symptoms pretty much
convinced me that I'm not paranoid, they're really
out to get me (figuratively at least).

Hopefully nothing bad will come of it... :)

That's close to criminal.... but they get away with it...

The pity is that the company has a good reputation.

Perhaps that won't last, with that sort of shenanigans...

The company has expanded beyond its community-based roots
in recent years. The 50c-a-bar-that-tastes-like-Special=Dark
is still 50c, though, and it's still at least as good as
Special Dark.

I suppose that is saying something.. :)

But going for the upscale market they seem to be
finding that the margins are not as good as
appearances would indicate, so they're beginning
to do a little cheating. Wegmans has done less of
that so far, because they're able to charge a little
extra to make their margin, but Market Basket has a
less upscale and less forgiving client base.

Cheating won't ultimately help their bottom line... especially if the
client base is less forgiving... unless you mean that only in the area
of pricing, not quality....

... "50...the old age of youth, the youth of old age." William Powell

Make that 65, please.

What, you want to still feel young...? ;) I remember not really
accepting, or feeling, middle age until it was obvious my parents had slipped over into old age decrepitude.... probably somewhere around
Daddy being in his late 70s, possibly 80.... and the Parkinsons was
taking over....

It's rather that at 50 I could do anything I wanted
or needed to do. It wasn't until 64 that there were
serious and probably permanent deficits, thank you,
Beatles.

Will you still need/feed me.....? When I turned 64, I was telling
people that I had reached the will you still need me age.... and it went
right over most people's heads.... (G)

... A fusion of peanut butter gooeyness, a cracker crunch, and squid!

I could make such a dish.

I'm sure you could... ;) I associate that tagline with Jim Bodle for
some reason... I think someone still around was doing so... :)

ttyl neb

... Man cannot live on bread alone; that's why there's orange marmelade.

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