Text 36123, 94 rader
Skriven 2013-04-13 20:24:15 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 36019 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: incredible 414
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Hi Michael,

 ML> My sensory apparatus is discombobulated - yesterday it
 ML> was 65F and I felt slightly chilly.
 RH> Maybe you were sensing the new system that's supposed to be coming
 RH> thru this week.

 ML> I don't claim preternatural or prognostic abilities and think
 ML> discombobulated is a more likely explanation. Last night it
 ML> was 36 (predicted 30), and I wasn't cold at all - but then
 ML> I'd just scarfed down a pound of brisket.

How much fat was on it? It seems that fat, no matter where it's from, is
what's making you feel warmer.

 RH> I think UDD is going to get socked again

 ML> At least it was warm, so there was just rain.

I've seen that some parts of the mid west got snow, have to check with
him to see if he got frozen or unfrozen precipitation. We just had some
rain, knocked down the pine pollen for a day or so but now it's back in
force. Steve grilled some steak last night, burgers tonight--glad it was
him out in the pollen, not me.

 RH> Hopefully it'll blow out the pine pollen; it was
 RH> bad in the Fort Bragg (Fayetteville) area today so we'll probably get
 RH> it in the next couple of days.

 ML> Who knows. I was beset with pollen issues last week into this.
 ML> Checking the so-called PollenCast from the Weather Channel,
 ML> I get no help, the numbers obviously being completely bogus.
 ML> These are the pollen count numbers they claim for Washington
 ML> in April: 794, 469, 31, 14, 8, n/a, n/a, 322, 490, 538, 596.
 ML> I don't know what the units are, but, wow, what a great way
 ML> to kill your credibility, TWC.

I'm not sure what the numbers were in this area but the pollen was
definately high. I gave the front porch a quick sweep last night but it
was yellow-green again by mid afternoon.

 ML> Similar precautions, no doubt, regarding poppy seeds. Now, I
 ML> understand, drug tests are somewhat more sophisticated, but
 ML> various common substances, from poppy seeds to ibuprofen, used
 ML> to cause false positives.
 RH> He didn't take any chances on anything that would possibly adversly
 RH> affect his career.

 ML> Of course by far the wisest thing, but being vigilant about
 ML> things like poppy seeds is not intuitive. I am told that the
 ML> tests deal better now, but whoever developed and marketed
 ML> faulty tests like that, why their credibility didn't go right
 ML> into the toilet is a mystery.

I never paid that much attention, and don't really know, that much about
the military testing system. Some units Steve was in had manditory 100%
testing after 4 day week ends, others had random, here & there, just to
keep troops off guard.


 ML> Checking on the Internet, as it's in the wee hours, I discover
 ML> that Datura is only occasionally cited as locoweed, but various
 ML> members of the bean/vetch family are the most commonly so named.
 RH> OK, interesting. I never would have guessed that because marijuana
 RH> seemed like a logical source.

 ML> Yeah, as it's common enough and tasty enough, but wild
 ML> varieties don't contain enough stuff for anyone to go loco
 ML> from it.

Not even horses or cattle I guess.


 ML> Speaking of incredible, it's hardly believable to me that this
 ML> would produce anything worth eating, but back in the 1970s I ate
 ML> with some pleasure something similar (but with the salubrious
 ML> addition of celery seed) at the English Room in Boston.

 ML>      Title: Poppy Seed Dressing
 ML> Categories: Newsgroups, 03jan2002, Sauces
 ML>   Servings: 4

I'm not sure if I ever had it or not. No great loss, one way ot t'other.

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Ruth
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