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Skriven 2006-05-18 10:51:11 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 1509 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: uncle 688
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Hi Michael,

 RH> Yes, both very left brained thinkng.

 ML> Actually, an integration between left and right, the one
 ML> doing the counting and the other doing the hunches. When

I was thinking more of the very task oriented stuff common to music and
math; the latter doesn't seem to leave as much room for creativity as
the former.

 ML> they work together, beautiful things can happen - in music
 ML> as well as mathematics (I'm sure Dale could vouch for this).

Math was never beautiful for me. (G)


 ML> I actually saw the thefts in progress, and I chastised
 RH> OTOH, there are plenty that would see the stash and not at all be
 RH> tempted by it.

 ML> I'd walked by the wine rack in question a dozen times
 ML> without thinking "oh, let's steal some." There are
 ML> dishonesties I'd consider, but stealing from my host
 ML> isn't high on the list.

Yet, some people do it all the time.  That's partly why we have to pay
higher and higher prices for goods & services; the owner has to make a
bit of profit.

 ML> career military - I will add that the top ringleader ended up
 ML> an attorney.
 RH> Defense or prosecuting?

 ML> I looked him up on the Internet. Neither. He's now a
 ML> [redacted because I did a quick search using just two
 ML> words from the sentence I deleted, plus information
 ML> already here, and discovered to my surprise that his
 ML> name came up in the top 5 results - but think ultimate
 ML> irony and you can find him in short order].

I'll leave it lie (not lay, and no, no pun intentional or not).  Having
had enough secondhand exposure to the intel world; I know when to stop
on an issue.

 ML> Equally horrid thought - could you imagine a prosecutor who
 ML> was willing to lie, cheat, and steal? But probably some kind
 RH> Shudder!  Makes me think of those who try & sell state secrets--how
 RH> can they disregard the country like that no matter where they live?

 ML> I dunno, never having been into either state secrets or selling
 ML> stuff. The claim is made that everybody has his price, but I
 ML> guess some bodies are cheaper than others. It's the job of the
 ML> intelligence services (ours as well as theirs) to find bargains

And, unfortunately, they are out there.  Let's let this topic die before
we get any further, just because.


 RH> Yes, and sometimes you wonder if we've really reached adulthood. (G)
 RH> A group of us (the usual suspects) are going up to Waimea Bay tonight
 RH> with beach chairs and sandwiches just to watch the sun set.

 ML> Now if you'd stay up all night and then walk to Laie to
 ML> watch the sun rise, that would be living on the edge!

I couldn't have done the walk (yet). OTOH, driving and camping out on
the beach would have been an option.  Do you remember the big rock at
Waimea that people (mostly guys) jumped off of?  One of the guys in our
group did so on Saturday but got lots of kidding after about the tsunami
he caused. (G)

 ML> Hail Caesar Salad
 RH> Those of us who are about to die salad (salute) you?

 ML> More like, oh, hail, who put these bean things in my
 ML> Caesar salad?

Sure they're not hail stones?

 ML> Potato-anchovy salad
 ML> cat: salad, main
 ML> servings: 10 to 12

 ML> 3 lb red waxy potatoes
 ML> 1/2 Tb salt
 ML> 1 hard-boiled egg
 ML> 1 Tb white wine vinegar
 ML> 3 Tb sour cream
 ML> 3 Tb oil
 ML> 10 anchovy fillets canned in oil, drained
 ML> 6 scallions
 ML> s, p


Looks like you would be tasting the anchovies and scallions the rest of
the day with this.  Make sure your signifigant other eats it also so you
will have the same bad breath. (G)

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Ruth
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