Text 15191, 58 rader
Skriven 2011-09-02 03:03:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HANSCHKA
Ärende: hurricame & went 839
============================
 -> Apparently the enticements make up for the dangers, but people
 -> are indeed fools if they can't figure out why they can't get
 -> insurance.
 RH> They get government-backed insurance, which explains the problems
 RH> we've got.

Actually, the government has become rather stingy about
offering insurance, having learned its lesson down south.

 -> what disadvantage was there ever to crank windows?
 RH> They weren't "cool".  They now sell a tool that will break a window
 RH> out from the inside.  Without it, and if the electrical shorts out,
 RH> you're toast unless you wait until the pressure equalizes and you can
 RH> open the door ... if you can hold your breath that long.

How does the pressure equalize? Back in the olden days, you
were supposed to crank the window partway down, and the water
would rush in, but there would be an air bubble trapped at the
top of the car (assuming it was upright) that you'd breathe from
until the pressure equalized enough to allow the door to be opened.
Leaving via the window was said to be futile. I suppose they
tested these assertions in cars in swimming pools or something.

  The two
 RH> deaths in CT I know of were a woman who died in a house fire (downed
 RH> electrical wires) and a fool who went out into flood waters in a canoe
 RH> with a buddy.  

50% stupidity, 50% unfortunacy - that's a more generous ratio
than what obtained elsewhere, I hear.

 -> My Rhode Island connections report that next to nothing 
 -> happened there, either.
 RH> Unless you count power being knocked out to 2/3 of the state at one
 RH> point....

A power out is not that big of a thing unless it lasts a long
time.

Peanut butter
cat: homemade, spread
yield: 1 lb

1 lb unsalted, roasted, shelled peanuts
2 Tb oil, preferably peanut
salt to taste

Put the peanuts and oil in a food processor or blender and
grind until you have a spreadable paste. Add more oil if
necessary to thin. Make this peanut butter a little thinner
than you think it should be as it will firm up a lot in the
refrigerator. Salt to taste. Store in a jar in the fridge.

Jennifer Reese, US Airways Magazine 6/2011

___ Blue Wave/386 v2.30
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
 * Origin: Since 1991 And Were Still Here! DOCSPLACE.TZO.COM (1:123/140)