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Skriven 2014-12-11 22:12:26 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 20327 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Hi Michael,

 ML> One of the sad things one realizes is that big stimuli
 ML> crowd out little stimuli, and for the vast majority of
 ML> audiences, loudness is a major selling point.
 RH> But some of us would rather not have it as loud as it is.

 ML> Would that there were more like you, but the few whose
 ML> hearing is not completely shot do not pay the bills.

Steve lost some of his hearing from having to be around heavy equipment,
generators, and such like in the Army so he'd rather not have anything
too loud now. I think it aggrevates his tinnitus. I'd just as soon not
have to have my ears ringing at the end of a performance myself; I think
that's why we enjoyed the Piano Guys last year in concert at the Durham
Performing Arts Center (DPAC).


 RH> I have trouble wrapping my taste buds around it, calling itself
 RH> chocolate. Some I've had, has a slight taste of chocolate but mostly
 RH> it's been more of a greasy taste.

 ML> With lesser brands, the greasy part is definitely true, and
 ML> it would be hard to conjure up even a slight taste of
 ML> chocolate in the stuff, but I still enjoy it at times.
 ML> Perhaps it's having munched on Peters brand in more
 ML> desperate times, perhaps that a major component of one of

I guess I might need to try a better quality of white, but think I would
still prefer a dark chocolate.

 ML> my favorite composed candies is white chocolate - Sweet
 ML> Sloops, which combine almond buttercrunch, white chocolate,
 ML> dark chocolate, and "pecan spindrift."

You brought some once to something we were at, don't recall if it was
the picnic at Shipps in 2007 or when you came to HI, but I semi remember
them. The almond butter crunch was a nice compliment to the chocolate as
I recall.

 ML> Turkish Eggplant Pie
 ML> Cat: vegan, main, starter
 ML> Serves: 8

This looks interesting but I think I would cut it down into a smaller
sized pie, maybe enough for a meal for 2 people with left overs for one.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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