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Skriven 2014-10-09 20:03:20 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 17873 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: out of focus 80
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Hi Michael,

 ML> So you've not been in Focus since?
 RH> Nope, made a (great) Escape.

 ML> Do you think it gave you an Edge?

No, but we wouldn't pin a toe to it.

 ML>   (G) I wanted to get personalised license
 RH> plates---THE GR8--but Steve nixed it.

 ML> Well, that sounds like a small but amusing indulgence.
 ML> Intriguing enough so I looked on the Web to see if
 ML> there were any Ford Escapes with that license plate
 ML> and couldn't find any. Bunches of interesting stuff
 ML> on vanity plates, though.

But it's something that has to be bought extra, each year instead of the
one time plate purchase and innumerable little registration stickers.
Steve's objection was that it's an annual cost.


 RH> Government rules/regulations, most likely.
 ML> That seems silly. The buying power of a large institution
 ML> could be used to benefit the economy of the economy, too.
 RH> Yes, but that's the way government works. The commissary program runs
 RH> on charging customers a cost plus surcharge to pay for overhead; I
 RH> think the whole time Steve was in, the surcharge was 5%.

 ML> I thought, so where supply channels are limited, why
 ML> couldn't the government with its clout exercise it on
 ML> behalf of local businesses with a surcharge of, say, 10%?

It's possible something like that could happen but I'm not holding my
breath that it would become probable.


 ML>  Baggers work
 RH> for tips only--as Steve was promoted, I was able to increase the size
 RH> of my tips (usually paying so much per bag).

 ML> Were the baggers kids? Working for tips only strikes me
 ML> as pretty retrograde.

Mostly teens but a good number of Asian wives who wanted to work outside
the home and this was the only job available. They were some of the best
baggers but if we knew a kid that was bagging on a particular day, we'd
try to get him or her.


 ML> Doubt it - it was the contractor who sent it, the one who
 ML> wants to take my seat himself. Part of me wishes him well,
 ML> but there is a selfish little side of me that hopes he
 ML> does a mediocre job so I get invited back.
 RH> Will you have to wait until next year to find out or will they let you
 RH> know far enough in advance to plan accordingly?

 ML> There's not another concert until midyear next year, when I
 ML> will be in Europe, and even if they wanted to ask me, they
 ML> probably wouldn't get me.

Better hope it's not a case of 3 strikes and you're out of a job.


 ML>       Title: Spiced Lentils with Cauliflower
 ML>  Categories: Legumes, Main dish
 ML>       Yield: 2 servings

 ML>     100 g  Red lentils; washed
 ML>       2 ts Garam masala
 ML>     1/2    Fresh green chilli
 ML>            -- finely chopped
 ML>       1    Garlic clove; crushed
 ML>       1 sm Onion; finely sliced
 ML>     1/2 ts Turmeric
 ML>     300 ml Coconut milk
 ML>     1/2 md Cauliflower
 ML>            -- cut into small florets
 ML>       1 lg Tomato, skinned and chopped
 ML>     100 g  Yogurt
 ML>            Salt to taste

 ML>   Serves 2-3

Would this work with something like chicken stock instead of coconut
milk? True, there would be a difference in flavor but I would enjoy it
more.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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