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Skriven 2014-05-01 14:01:43 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 12771 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: optimism 572
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-=> Quoting MICHAEL LOO to NANCY BACKUS on 30 Apr 14  10:37:00 <=-

 NB>> Chicken hearts are a goodness... :)
 ML> Aren't they ever. You notice they've not often been
 ML> available for years, even in the packages with the gizzards

The gizzards we get are labeled "Gizzards and Hearts: mostly
gizzards"... sometimes that might as well be stated as all gizzards, but
there usually are at least a few hearts tucked in there... I look for
packages that seem to have more hearts showing..  ;)

 ML> or livers; probably become "chicken and chicken by-products"
 ML> that you read about on the cat food labels, which I suppose
 ML> would sit better with me if I could get them when I wanted
 ML> them. But supply and demand dictates otherwise.

Maybe the processors are snagging them for themselves...?  ;)
 
 NB>> Of course, had one purchased a whole rotisserie chicken, one would
 NB>> have had not only the skin to enjoy, but also a whole lot of white
 NB>> meat chicken to somehow manage to also consume... ;)  And the skin
 NB>> wouldn't have been crisp-fried, either..  ;)
 ML> You can crisp-fry the skin of a rotisserie chicken, but
 ML> you actually need an additional source of fat to fry it in.

Ah.

 ML> Last night I was at my conductor Bill's house for
 ML> dinner before a rehearsal, and he had the remnants of a
 ML> rotisserie chicken that he'd made creamed chicken out of.
 ML> It was all white meat, but at least there was cream. After
 ML> the meal he offhandedly said, I hope you took a pill.
 ML> Thanks a lot, old man. But of course I had.

Of course.  :)
 
 NB>> Family dynamics can be a problem...  Sometimes family appreciate the
 NB>> supportive help of friends, sometimes they feel threatened... 
 ML> Each dynamic is different. Annie was happy to leave
 ML> from the situation. In this case, the daughter who kicked
 ML> up a stink was the one estranged from the mother. She
 ML> obviously saw this as a way to reconnect, which Annie's
 ML> presence hindered. 

At least in her (the daughter's) estimation... 

 ML> The other daughter was okay with her, and
 ML> the son, who is youngest, seems to have welcomed the help.

Being more secure themselves probably, they felt Annie to be less of an
intrusion, it would appear... 

 ML>> I arrived a couple days ago, and she showed up tonight, a
 ML>> bit earlier than the original plan, as the daughter in
 ML>> question resented a non-family-member taking a role.
 NB>> One can only do what one is allowed to, in those cases...
 ML> Sometimes there are workarounds, sometimes not. The guy
 ML> would have preferred her help, but his needs are not the
 ML> only needs in the family. 

Nor the only dynamic at play...  Not that it really matters, but, are
the children his as well as hers...?

 ML> Anyhow, the mother is now
 ML> conscious but almost completely immobile, to the degree
 ML> that she can't even use the nurse call button.

But at least she's able to relate to those around her, so there is some
rational-ness to the estranged daughter thinking she might be able to
repair the damage there...  Hopefully her condition will continue to
improve, and perhaps even to complete recovery...

 ML> I discover to my shock, surprise, and chagrin that she
 ML> got in this condition after going on a plane trip and
 ML> catching a respiratory disease that they treated with
 ML> antibiotics, but it turned out to have been swine flu.

That's a scary thought...  on multiple levels....

 ML>> I did catch her sucking up to the alpha today - I suspect a
 ML>> palace coup in the offing.
 NB>> You think she'll displace Jupiter...?  Sucking up probably won't cut
 NB>> it... ;)  Sounds like they're still getting used to each other, too...
 ML> It's possible. Jupiter is a rather passive cat of the
 ML> cartoon variety - I recall there being one such in
 ML> Peanuts who was totally flaccid, and if you picked her
 ML> up, she'd drape over your arms in a U shape. Jupiter
 ML> is kind of like that on the ground, but he panics when
 ML> he's picked up, so there the resemblance falls short.

He might be less passive if he feels threatened, then... ;)  If Ciara's
calling the shots, she might prefer to have passive Jupiter in the #2
spot, just as a buffer...  ;)

ttyl       neb

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