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Skriven 2014-11-15 17:34:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: hospitals 242
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 11-09-14  01:02 <=-

 ML>> It was supposed to have been tossed in gravy, but of that
 ML>> there was none. About 3 oz, it actually tasted beefy and
 ML>> satisfied my immediate need for meat. The veg were mashed
 ML>> together; they actually tasted like squash and potato,
 ML>> and the butter helped a whole lot.
 NB>> In retrospect, maybe you should have also had the foresight to order
 NB>> some of their specialty turkey gravy... but maybe the veggies provided
 NB>> enough moisture for the meat...  :)
 ML> In retrospect I should have ordered extra salt, butter, and
 ML> gravy with every meal. One strange omission from my sheet was
 ML> that there was no salt substitute listed. And then they
 ML> persisted in giving me IV potassium.

Sometimes there's just no fathoming what they are thinking... or if...
maybe they thought you'd need the sodium with the blood loss...?  But
then needed to balance things...?

 NB>> I've had tilapia... it isn't my favorite fish, but Wegmans
 NB>> does have a few ways of fixing it that aren't too offputting... had
 NB>> them on taste trial, and tasted Richard's from a $6 meal a couple
 NB>> times... I suspect they've got a source other than the usual
 NB>> cesspools... 
 ML> Yes - just because the fish grow well in cesspools doesn't
 ML> mean that they have to be grown there. I am guessing that
 ML> the Shipps' objection is that you have no way of really
 ML> knowing where they came from. If you have sufficient faith
 ML> in the Wegman family (or Whole Foods, or whomever), perhaps
 ML> you can eat these things.

I have sufficient faith that Wegmans is getting it from reputable
places, as they make a big deal about it regularly, and would have a lot
to lose should it be found out otherwise...  But I don't like it well
enough to want to eat it anyway, other than a taste or two...  ;)  I'll
stick to cod, halibut and salmon, which are also available, and
sometimes fancied up for ready-to-cook items...  :)

 DS>> Will you be free to travel now?
 ML>> Activity as tolerated, says the discharge sheet.
 NB>> With the expectation that one would be sensible, no doubt... ;)
 ML> Oh, of course. They wouldn't make that same mistake that
 ML> they did with the first discharge, Activity: No Restrictions
 ML> - but to be fair it wasn't any activity on my part that
 ML> landed me back in the joint.

Quite true.  But I don't blame them for hedging the instructions after,
either...  :)
 
 ML>> Fort Walton Beach in mid-December, then Singapore
 ML>> in January. I will say without expecting any cavil
 ML>> or contradiction that I will make the Singapore
 ML>> trip if I am conscious, even if I have to run out
 ML>> of gas there permanently. 
 NB>> Those at least do allow for a little time to convelesce.. and make
 NB>> sure that things are working properly innardly...
 ML> There will be a couple shorter trips - to Washington
 ML> and back, for example, that will test things out.

Wise.  
 
 ML>> Ian's in May is up in the
 ML>> air, as the quality of medical care in the hinterlands
 ML>> of even the most developed countries is dubious.
 NB>> Maybe by then everything will have settled properly and things not be
 NB>> quite so edgy...  :)
 ML> Or maybe the offending member will be removed by then.

Might be a good thing.  :)
 
 ML>> M's note - in Madras, beef and beef products would be rare, so
 ML>> for some authenticity substitute lamb, mutton, goat, perhaps
 ML>> even pork.
 NB>> Goat or lamb would seem appropriate... :)
 ML> Or chicken, I forgot to add (it being off my radar).

True.

 ML> Or vodka -
 ML> Madras
 ML> cat: booze
 ML> servings: 1
 ML> highball glass, filled with ice
 ML> 1 oz vodka
 ML> 1/2 fill with cranberry juice
 ML> 1/2 fill with orange juice
 ML> http://viminal.me.psu.edu/~nari/html/ctailszero.html

Not quite the same thing... (G)

ttyl       neb

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