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 ML> inheritance. There's still the house, though, the
 ML> proceeds from whose sale should keep him going a few years.
 NB> One hopes.  Do part of the house proceeds go to you, or is it all
 NB> his...? 

Owing to a defect in the will, deliberately put there by
me and my sister to protect the kid, he gets the lion's
share of the house. Owing to another defect in the will,
put there by the lawyer (whom my father knew from church),
there is not a provision for predecease, so that my
brother-in-law gets my sister's share, even though he would
not be entitled by traditional inheritance. We have
discussed this issue, agreeing in principle to establish a
trust for my brother using my b-i-l's share. Unfortunately,
there are tax consequences. Fortunately, my b-i-l and I
together could thwart any stupid thing my brother would be
entitled to do with the assets if this anomalous situation
were not in place.

 NB> Offices seem to be more and more virtual, true....  but if an object
 NB> has to be physically picked up or dealt with, virtual doesn't work so
 NB> well.

Construction is mostly modularized, which minimizes the
human intervention; it looks to me as though maintenance
is the last frontier for labor.

 ML> The world would probably be a better place with widespread
 ML> true literacy, but the way it's done, take some arbitrarily
 ML> low level of competence and define it as literacy, that way
 ML> disaster lies.
 NB> True.

It's time to bring up the old sci-fi story The Marching
Morons again. One problem of course is that higher
intellectual achievement is still equated to a great
degree with higher social status, leading to the Ph.Ds
in stenography or similar that the story describes.

 ML>> Chilacayota refreshing drink
 NB> Maybe it has some resemblance (however slight) to a thick
 NB> milkshake...?  

The instructions are defective, speaking of, on this
subject. What one does with the squash pulp is never
really addressed. The pumpkin soup that Linda made for
Thanksgiving out of a Publix brochure was perhaps like
what you were envisioning - thickish and dead sweet,
totally inappropriate for a soup course and to me totally
inappropriate for the table at all.

 ML> risky trips). I think that the hardiest voyagers would not
 ML> want to spend substantial time away from available emergency
 ML> health care.
 NB> Maybe depends on how much they are into the experimental aspects of
 NB> the whole situation... and how driven to be a part of it...  Kinda like
 NB> the early explorers, who took chances, some of which of course turned
 NB> out to be totally disastrous...  :)

I'm okay with that, just so their heirs don't sue everyone
in sight.

 NB>>> ... Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian.
 ML>> One can of course substitute catnip for the oregano.
 NB>> Would the Italians notice...?   ;)
 ML> Perhaps, perhaps not. They're reasonably closely
 ML> related in taste and genetics.
 NB> A related question would be whether a cat would roll as excitedly in
 NB> oregano as in catnip...?   ;)

Answer is no. The active ingredient in catnip is
absent in other members of the family.

 ML> Celtnet, which apparently has not so great a reputation for
 ML> accuracy, posts this as "risotto alle erbe e nuputedda" -
 ML> Gnocchi alle Erbe e Niputedda (Catnip Gnocci)
 NB> Clearly gnocchi, not risotto... interesting swop...  :)

WOT gives Celtnet a bad rating, which seems at least
partially deserved.

Jicama slaw with honey-lemon dressing
categories: salad
Serves: 6 to 8

1/3 c lemon juice (about 1 1/2 lemons)
1/3 c minced red onion
3 Tb honey
1 ts salt
1/2 c canola or corn oil
1 1/2 lb jicama, julienned (about 5 c)
Cilantro leaves for garnish, optional

In a food processor or small bowl, mix lemon juice,
onion, honey, salt, and oil. Pour off any additional
liquid that has collected in jicama. Toss jicama
with dressing and sprinkle with cilantro, if desired.

This is best if eaten immediately so that the jicama
is still crunchy, but it becomes more like
traditional slaw on sitting.

Minneapolis Star Tribune 5/24/2006
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