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Skriven 2008-07-28 13:41:46 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: RE: goofing it 671
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Howdy do Michael!

->  HN> He was the butt of many jokes...oddly enough
->  HN> he never even realized it. He had no sense of
->  HN> humor, and simply didn't understand it.
-> 
-> Not having a sense of humor is a drawback, but not
-> having the sense to prevent your vessel from causing
-> catastrophic damage to property is heinous.
-> 
Which is what led to his demise as Exec. I'm sure!

->  HN> His idea of swearing at you consisted of:
->  HN> "C'mon, golly gee fellas!!"
-> 
-> If your beliefs preclude your taking the name of your lord
-> or of bodily functions in vain, I can see that as an
-> admirable sticking to your principles. It does make for a
-> kind of amusing dissonance, though.
-> 
When you're used to hearing "salty language" from 
sailors who know how to really lace some epletives
into the conversation...it's hilarious to have someone
"dress you down" with phrases like "golly gee"! 
I mean it's like being sworn at by the bobsy twins!

->  -> Fairly crummy train station, though. Once majestic, now
->  -> just a mishmosh of ugly architectures.
->  HN> It was always my favorite...it always said
->  HN> "You've ARRIVED in PARIS!!" to me.
-> 
-> See, for me, it always meant, "you're leaving Paris!"
-> 
Ah, only because you've never Arrived in Paris from
that route! That was the main station I came into 
from central France. 

->  HN> Anne took me out to dinner last night at Sea Grill,
->  HN> a rather newish, upscalish place, along the trolley
->  HN> route. I had Halibut, over arugula with roasted corn
->  HN> pancetta, and bell pepper...not bad at all, a bit
->  HN> overpriced but the halibut was very very good!
->  HN> Anne had the 8oz filet...looked like a baseball cut
->  HN> to me, and she had it medium rare and it came out
->  HN> mostly medium....which is more or less what I expected.
-> 
-> Baseball cut is (I discover from experience) an artificial
-> cut trimmed out of the "shell sirloin," which is farther
-> aft of the more desirable strip. My guess is that it was
-> created to take advantage of that big muscle that would
-> otherwise go into ground sirloin steakburgers. I like it,
-> but it isn't so tender as the top cuts.
-> 
Wasn't a baseball cut, but looked like it, as tall
as it was wide, but nice and tender, well seared
on the outside but medium medium medium hot
pink in the middle. 

->  HN> her steak was very good though, you hardly needed
->  HN> a knife to cut it and it was nicely aged.
-> 
-> Not a baseball cut for sure: you need a knife and a decent
-> set of choppers for that.
-> 
Yep, this was as tender as can be!

->  HN> I had an Italian Pinot Gris...which was
->  HN> pretty nondescript at best..I think it was
->  HN> tottidiluna...even Anne said it was pretty
->  HN> devoid of flavor.
-> 
-> Mezzacorona? Luna di Luna?
-> 
The wine list had it as tottidiluna..
I don't think I'd order it again.

chat with you soon!
hap 
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