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Skriven 2014-08-11 05:51:02 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Nancy Backus
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-=> NANCY BACKUS wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 NB>> The body just eventually has had too much... and takes over...  ;0
 NB>> Pills don't override forever...  ;)  How many hours on the road was
 NB>> that, BTW...?

 DD> Between 84 and 96 - which is a real stretch even with pharmaceutical
 DD> help.

 NB> Yeah, I'd say...!   Even with a catnap or two...  Guess you learned
 NB> your absolute limit there... ;)   I've gone 48+ (no pharms), but not
 NB> with non-stop driving... :)

Back in the day we used to do Central Illinois to Los Angeles in one sitting.
Or the reverse. But, in a passenger car - not wrestling an 80,000 lb tractor
trailer. Still - I couldn't (and wouldn't) do that today. 
 
  --->8 CUT 8<---
 
 DD>> I hear similar stories mentioned in "urban legend/practical joke"
 DD>> stories once in a while. And I think "That's no urban legend. I've been
 DD>> there/done that." Last time I knew they were still married. Of course
 DD>> he may *still* be in the dog-house.
 
 NB>> Possibly over something else... ;)  How many decades ago was that...?

 DD> I was in my mid-20s - so their next major millstone will be the golden
 DD> one.

 NB> About what I figured... :)   To last that long, I'd guess that he made
 NB> it out of the original doghouse...  and they've learned how to resolve

Or love conquers all - to quote some old poet or scrivener.

 NB> stuff...  ;)   (And that IS meant to be milEstone, above...? [g])

Freudian slip, maybe?

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Blarney Stones
 Categories: Cakes, Desserts, Nuts
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
      4 lg Eggs
      2 c  Sugar
    1/2 ts Salt
      2 ts Vanilla
      2 tb Butter
      1 c  Milk; hot
      2 c  Cake flour
      2 ts Baking powder

MMMMM---------------------------ICING--------------------------------
           Powdered sugar
           Milk
           Peanuts or pecans; chopped
           - fine or ground
 
  Melt butter in hot milk. Beat the eggs with a rotary
  beater until light; beat in sugar, salt, vanilla and
  butter mixture. Sift flour and baking powder together;
  beat in quickly. Pour into a greased 13" X 9" pan. Pound
  the pan several times to remove any air bubbles.
  
  Bake for 25-35 minutes at 350oF/175oC. Cool the cake and
  cut in 4" X 1" pieces.
  
  Cover all sides with icing made of powdered sugar and
  milk to your desired consistency.
  
  Roll in nuts of choice.
  
  From: http://www.recipesource.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

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