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Skriven 2014-02-19 17:43:08 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 9956 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: shifty people 211
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-=> Quoting MICHAEL LOO to JIM WELLER on 15 Feb 14  22:34:00 <=-

 ML> Speaking of Lillis and shifty, mine and I going to a BBQ
 ML> gathering in Texas next week, but she has put a slight crimp
 ML> in the plans by deciding not to drive but to have me solicit
 ML> rides from friends. She cites the problematicness of her
 ML> driving - a pity because when I met her she was this old
 ML> lady roaring around southern California in a Beemer, an
 ML> amusing and perhaps inspiring sight. Now she's pushing 75
 ML> and possibly exceeded that in the mph department, as she
 ML> described getting a $700 ticket, which probably put a damper
 ML> on the pleasures of the road. 

Perhaps it also put a damper on the ability to rent a car... hopefully
it won't interfere with the ability to renew one's license... 

 ML> She can still be my guide human though, as her eyesight
 ML> is still decent, and mine, always bad, seems to be taking
 ML> another dive. 

Sigh.  Good that hers is remaining decent, though... :)

 ML> Speaking of shifty again, anyone notice that during my
 ML> stewardship of the echo travel has become a dominant topic
 ML> here?
 
Might have something to do with the composition of the echo... ;)  And
the increased peripatetic-ness thereof...?  Even us stay-at-homes have
done a fair bit of travel lately... ;)

 JW> To this day, wild dormice are consumed in Slovenia, where they are
 JW> considered a delicacy and dormouse trapping an ethnic tradition.
 ML> Possible. Looks sort of like a spoof, though.
 JW> trappers used many different types of bait to entice the dormice.
 JW> These different types of bait ranged from pieces of fruit to bacon
 JW> soaked in brandy.
 ML> Given the size of the critters, one might as well stay
 ML> home and eat the bacon soaked in brandy.

Maybe the bacon soaked in brandy also served as a snack for the
hunters...?  ;)  If the dormice were sufficiently succulent despite
their small size, it might be well worth the hunt, especially if one
could net a large number at once...  :)

 JW> Use of dormice for food and fur and of dormouse
 JW> fat as a medicament is documented there since the 13th century.

 ML> Dormice for fur? Ever seen a dormouse? Barbie doll
 ML> coats, maybe.

You take many a tiny fur and sew them altogether to make whatever fur
garment one desires...  after all, one needs a number of them to make a
meal, too...  ;)

ttyl        neb

... I think I'm getting used to touhc tpying !
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