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 RH> Yes, but it beats schlepping it around or storing it for years.

That's so.

 RH> Admittedly, some of the above is done but by purging every so often,
 RH> the stuff turns into junk and is disposed of. When it's purged, it
 RH> eithr gets donated somewhere or disposed of, depending on what it is
 RH> and its condition.

One good thing about the computer age is the easy matching of
people and their wants.
 
 ML> the bottom of which it made a satisfying noise, whence I
 ML> decided the data was probably safely gone enough.
 RH> Met a rather inglorious, ignominious end.

But momentarily fun. After I did my thesis, I threw my typewriter
off a balcony with the same kind of satisfaction. The two occasions
when I took pleasure destroying something with the aid of gravity.
Oh, yes, there was the time back in I believe 1958 or 9 when we
found some puffballs on the side of the road and kicked them
down the hill. What a pity - they were big - the size of basketballs
- snowy white inside - and probably would have served as a good
lunch for a dozen mycophiles.

 ML> Lucky him. The happy result is not universal, witness Roman
 ML> Totenberg's Strad, which remains disappeared after someone
 ML> snatched it from the green room at Longy over 30 years ago.
 RH> Somebody's sitting on it, afraid of what'll happen were it to be
 RH> discovered and turned over to law enforcement.

Rumor had it the authorities knew all along who had it but
were afraid that if a recovery effort was started, the perp
would just destroy the thing and move on.

  The above concertmaster
 RH> was hit by a stun gun (Taser type) after a concert, as he was on his
 RH> way to his car. I don't know full details but heard that the instrument
 RH> was found in an attic, without the case.

I wonder why without the case? Anyhow, there's a lot of
stuff to speculate about, such as who was behind the act -
criminals don't just wake up one day and say I'm going to
steal me a Stradivarius.

 ML> Honey roasted peanuts, eh? Most of the other airlines have
 ML> knuckled under to the peanut allergy lobby by now, Delta,
 ML> being based in Georgia, the major exception.
 RH> Yes, honey roasted peanuts--a small packet of about a tablespoon or so
 RH> of nuts. The FAs usually give you a couple of packets. We've been on
 RH> some flights where they come thru with the snack boxes several times,
 RH> encouraging you to take several items. Guess they're issued a certain
 RH> amount, no matter how full the flight, and don't have the room to stow
 RH> excess so they just give it away.

Well, I rather like peanuts - the best I ever had were on
Malaysia Airlines - they were like blister peanuts but with
an even more enticing texture.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v7.07

      Title: Indian Chicken Pies
 Categories: Indian, Chicken
   Servings:  4

      2 tb Butter
      2 oz Button mushrooms, chopped
      1    Onion, chopped
      2 ts Garam Masala
  3 1/4 c  All-purpose flour
    2/3 c  Chicken stock
      8 oz Cooked chicken, diced
    1/3 c  Frozen corn, thawed
           Salt to taste
           Fresh ground pepper to taste
    1/4 ts Salt
    1/3 c  Cold margarine, diced
    1/3 c  Lard, diced
    1/4 c  Cold water
      1    Egg, beaten
           Tomato slices, halved (opt)
           Fresh parsley sprigs (opt)

  Melt butter in a saucepan. Add mushrooms, onion and Garam Masala and cook 2
  minutes.

  Stir in 1/4 cup of flour and cook 1 minute, then stir in stock and bring to
  a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat and cook 2 minutes, stirring
  constantly. Remove from heat and stir in chicken, corn, salt and pepper;
  cool.

  Sift remaining flour into a bowl. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt and cut in
  margarine and lard finely until mixture resembles bread crumbs. Add cold
  water and mix to form a fairly firm dough. Knead gently until smooth.

  Preheat oven to 375'F. (175'C.). Preheat a baking sheet. Cut off 2/3 of
  pastry and cut in 4 equal pieces. Roll each piece to a 7" circle. Line 4
  (5") fluted pie pans with removable bottoms with pastry circles, allowing
  pastry to overlap top edges slightly. Press pastry well into flutes but do
  not trim top edge. Cut remaining 1/3 of pastry in 4 equal pieces and roll
  each piece to a 6" circle.

  Spoon cold chicken mixture into pastry-lined flan pans and smooth surfaces.
  Dampen edges of pastry in pans and cover with pastry circles. Seal edges
  well and trim by pressing pastry edges firmly flat blade of a knife. Make a
  small hole in center of each pie. Reroll pastry trimmings and cut out
  leaves to decorate pies. Brush surfaces of pies with egg, then decorate
  with leaves and brush leaves with egg.

  Place flan pans on preheat baking sheet and bake in preheated oven 40-45
  minutes or until pastry is golden brown and filling is heated through. Cool
  before carefully removing from pans. Garnish with tomato slices and parsley
  sprigs, if desired, and serve cold.

  VARIATION: Substitute Curry Powder for Garam Masala or try a mixture of
  each.

  Source unknown

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