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 GJ> With a population for the republic of under 10,000, many of whom are
 GJ> visiting workers, there are 2 or 3 resident doctors, a well-appointed
 GJ> dialysis clinic, and visiting medics from NZ and Australia.

I presume the visiting medics were fresh-from-school ones with
an eye to a jump-started career and/or making a quick bundle.

 During
 GJ> the 5 months I worked there, there were 3 presidents, 2 of whom
 GJ> regularly visited Australia for diabetes treatment.

What was the cause of changes in regime? There can't be that
many clans on the island, and they must have learned to live
with each other over the years.

 This disrupted
 GJ> the Air Nauru schedules, as the president would order the one and only
 GJ> 737 to take him and his party to Melbourne, at his convenience.

Both of these presidents had the same clout over Air Nauru, then.

 GJ> The original more or less Micronesian inhabitants had lived since time
 GJ> began on a diet of fish, seabirds, coconuts and breadfruit, and had an
 GJ> active life.  With wealth from the phosphate, they became completely
 GJ> sedentary, living on Victorian Bitter beer and barbecued mutton chops.

Not such a bad life, aside from the sedentary part. The diet
I could deal with.

 GJ> Count your blessings that you haven't bought and drunk a can of the
 GJ> Billygoat Hill Shiraz as sold on Tiger!
 ML> $2.50 in the interests of science is not unmanageable.
 GJ> It would be your Aus$4.50!

I had something called Bushmen's Gully Cabernet. Could it
be as bad as that?

 GJ> Take a tape-measure to check it.

Go to seatguru.com or seatexpert.com. Don't need a tape measure.

 GJ> [A little later]  A generator fault on AF2 occurred, and the plane was
 GJ> diverted to Singapore.  That strikes me as peculiar, because Singapore
 GJ> is further than Sydney from USA, unless, of course, it was going to
 GJ> some other country...

Not so peculiar, if the authorities in charge of AF2 deemed
the repair facilities in Singapore superior to or at least more
politically unimpeachable than your ones, operated as they are
by the descendants of transported criminals.

I know that the regular AF1 airplane is serviced by United;
don't know about AF2.

Soft-Shell Crabs Stuffed With Crabmeat
cat: main, shellfish
servings: 6

12 md live soft-shell crabs
1 1/2 lb fresh crabmeat
3 Tb good quality whole-grain mustard
1 egg plus 1 additional yolk
1/2 c mayonnaise
Clarified butter, as needed
Fresh lemon thyme or tarragon, as needed
Flour, as needed

Clean the crabs. Make the crab stuffing mixture by
stirring together the mayonnaise, mustard, and egg.
Gently fold in the crabmeat.

Heat a large cast-iron pan medium hot and add 1/2"
clarified butter. Cover the soft-shells in flour
then pat off as much as possible. Lay them top down
in the pan. (Be very careful--they pop!) Cook 1-2 min
and turn over. Cook for 1 min more. Lift the flaps
and fill with crab stuffing. Finish them in the oven
for 1 min. Lay them on a warm plate. Strain the butter,
add some herbs, and spoon a bit over each crab

Jimmy Sneed, Washingtonian magazine

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