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Skriven 2014-12-03 17:10:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: ID 376
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 12-03-14  08:46 <=-

 ML>> There was a day when the passport was my only official ID,
 ML>> but now I have three compliant ones, so carrying the most
 ML>> expensive and cumbersome one is not always a good idea
 NB>> With others to choose from, there's less reason to have unless
 NB>> specifically needed, true...  :)
 ML> I'll pick it up next time I'm in the area, for use in
 ML> January, when I will actually need it.

Makes sense.  :)
 
 ML>> (though keeping it at the house creeps me out, because
 ML>> what if the kid burns down the place?). 
 NB>> That is a creepy thought, indeed.
 ML> The two prongs are 1. intentional, less likely but possible,
 ML> and 2. accidental, more likely, but if his psychiatrist is
 ML> doing his job, less likely.

And hopefully, not very likely in actuality.
 
 ML>> Speaking of which, back when he was certified unable to
 ML>> drive, my brother carried a passport as his only ID (whether
 ML>> taking his cue from me or otherwise I don't know). It was
 ML>> suitably beat-up, and so I asked him how often he used it
 ML>> for its original purpose. Answer: never.
 NB>> Which makes one wonder why he got it in the first place...  unless
 NB>> he just felt it was the thing to do... :)  And, speaking of which,
 NB>> he's been cleared to drive again, then...?  :)
 ML> The motor vehicle administration, in addition to being
 ML> useless, is also adept in not taking a stand. It has
 ML> suggested that my brother's (I originally typed, in a
 ML> Freudian way, bother's) situation was unassessable by
 ML> the government, and it was up to his psychiatrist and/or
 ML> himself to determine his fitness to drive. So he drives.

Perhaps it's no worse than many others on the road... But one does
wonder why the privilege was pulled in the first place, then...
 
 NB>>> Perhaps they changed where they got theirs from in the meanwhile...?
 ML>> That may well have been the case and was one of my
 ML>> hypotheses.
 NB>> Another, sadder, hypothesis might be that the supplier changed the
 NB>> formula... testable by getting one from Market Basket to see if their
 NB>> house brand is as bad as the one you just had from IGA...  
 ML> That is a sad thought. I don't have ready access to a
 ML> Market Basket but may ask Bill the conductor to take me
 ML> there tomorrow if it fits into his schedule (I'm doing
 ML> 3 concerts for him this weekend, and he owes me).

One hopes for the best, there.  ;)
 
 ML>> I ended up using it to make pretty mediocre hot chocolate.
 NB>> With lots of extra ingredients to cover for the bad taste...?
 ML> Vanilla extract.
 NB> Ah, that could cover somewhat...  :)
 ML> Used subtly, vanilla extract can be a hard-to-detect whisper
 ML> that evens out sharp edges and masks many off-flavors, even
 ML> in savory dishes. I think that one of the reasons for its
 ML> popularity in fish preparations (vanilla-poached lobster, for
 ML> example) is that it mitigates the fishiness, ablandizing the
 ML> food, if you will.

Hmmm... hadn't thought of that, not being in the habit of doing any
similar such...  :)

 ML> Not as I typically use it, as here, where I dymped it in by
 ML> the half teaspoonful for a cup of liquid, rather than the drop
 ML> or two called for in such applications.

The application at hand called for much more blatant measures, then...
 
 ML> Too much vanilla in this one, and the two-column formatting
 ML> yielded some interesting results (I sort of fixed the mess
 ML> in a fit of tidiness).

It looked pretty ok in the message... quoting messed it all up again,
though, of course...  I could see maybe using both kinds of cherries,
instead of choosing between them... But a tablespoon of vanilla does
seem a bit much, even if one was trying for cherry vanilla...  :)

ttyl          neb

... Pain is inevitable.  Misery, however, is optional.

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