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Skriven 2007-07-09 12:50:06 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Tastes 1 - Beverages
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->  RH> A friend of mine got asked if he wanted the senior discount for
->  RH> something recently.  He's only 43, but his hair is more than half
gray
->  RH> and his former mustache was white.  The discount thing convinced
him
->  RH> to shave it.
->  RH> Personally, I'd have taken the 10% and and said thank you, but....
-> 
-> We didn't even realise it until after the fact.  The gal had said no
-> military discount and then charged us $12. instead of the $13. I was
-> expecting so I sort of thought she knew of some other discount but
-> didn't say anything.  BTW, Steve has been hit by AARP frequently in the
-> last few years; they finally caught up to me and sent a "Why haven't you
-> joined us yet?" mailing.  We figureed we'll wait until he's out of the
-> Army to join.

He doens't want to feel any older than he has to, eh?  He probably gets
"grandpa"-ed enough as it is without an AARP card!

-> -> My mom was the librarian!  I spent one study hall per day tutoring a
5th
->  RH> Oops.  In that case, study hall it is!
-> 
-> Yes, it was definately nicer. (G)
-> 
It's bad enough having Mom looking over your shoulder at home, but at
school too?  Yecch.
 
->  RH> I think that's when they started feeding me algebra....
-> 
-> Not me; I got a bit of the "new math" at the end of 8th grade and then
-> into algebra.  I definately prefer the "kitchen math" (basics) over the
-> abstract stuff. (G)

I never cottoned to calculus, but the rest of it was OK.  Geometry bored me
stiff - proving a square was square always felt like a waste of time.
 
->  RH> I often have an energy bar in there too; today a Genisoy tropical
->  RH> flavored soy bar was lunch.  The raspberry chocolate version isn't
->  RH> that great, oddly enough, but the one with mango paste on top is
->  RH> great.
-> 
-> OK, remind me when I get back to send you the mango chicken recipe.  It
-> uses both a fresh mango and a jar of mango chutney.  Right now we're
-> doing the round up of what we need to do before leaving out so trying to
-> keep focused on that.  I will get it out in August tho.
-> 
Sounds like food to me too.  I've had a mango chicken dish in restaurant
settings that I didn't like much - too bland.  I'd have liked it better
with Vietnamese semi-pickled peppered mango or something.

->  RH> Very much so, especially since he was once sent a load of flour,
->  RH> powdered sugar, and oil instead of stew ingredients.  He made
->  RH> doughnnuts.(G)
-> 
-> Why not?  Probably made a big hit with the troops, even more so than
-> stew would have.

Definitely.  Of course, they were supposed to be dinner....  
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