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Skriven 2015-01-05 21:13:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: IPT 7
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 01-03-15  16:10 <=-

 NB>> Old grey mare aint what used to be... and all that... But still
 NB>> a surprise when we can't do what we thought we could... 
 ML> For me, one of the tests has been how fast I can get up
 ML> stairs with Lilli's suitcase in one hand and mine in the
 ML> other - that plus my own body weight added up to something
 ML> like 240 pounds. Now, even though I'm down below 160, I am
 ML> having some trouble just getting me up and down the stairs.

Doesn't sound good... that also doesn't sound like aging so much as not
recouperating well from your recent ordeal...  

 ML> Not long ago I was trying to wrestle my carryon,
 ML> my personal item, and a violin onto the admittedly steep
 ML> steps on the Amtrak train. The conductor asked if I needed
 ML> help, and I said no but promptly collapsed on the second
 ML> step. Admittedly the problem had been exacerbated by the
 ML> violin flopping crosswise and wedging in the door, but I
 ML> didn't have the strength to prevent it from doing so or
 ML> to fix the problem when it happened. It took a co-ed
 ML> weighing about 100 lb to get me upright and me and my
 ML> stuff loaded onto the car as the conductor tut-tutted.

Thankfully there was a helpful young lady there to lend a hand in
need... :)  Next time though, when the conductor asks, accept his
help... nothing wrong with admitting unavoidable lacks of strength... 
less embarrassing in the long run...  ;) 
 
 ML>> 7000 Calories on Christmas? That I don't buy, but half that
 ML>> would be a conservative estimate. I think I ate 2000 tops.
 NB>> Definitely off your feed.  Dunno about the average American, but I
 NB>> could well imagine some consuming that 7000 calories pretty easily,
 NB>> with all the candy and sweets available, and the focus probably
 NB>> more on fatty foods than lean for Christmas.  And the propensity to
 NB>> overeat at the Christmas feast, just like at Thanksgiving... and
 NB>> probably more alcohol than at Thanksgiving as well, in many cases... 
 ML> Repeated at new year's eve, when I ordered a lamb shank
 ML> and was disappointed when it came this little spindly
 ML> thing such as you would get two or even three of in a
 ML> manly country such as Australia, but I ended up glad
 ML> there was just that much and no more.
 
Hmm... definitely off your feed...  I trust that at least you find some
enjoyment in the food itself, even if in smaller quantities...?  :)

 ML>> stew end up rotting up there instead of blending in, so there
 ML>> was a temporary smell of sulfurous onion. Luckily, that
 ML>> dissipated readily, and the food tasted pretty good.
 NB>> So one should put the onions lower in the pot, perhaps beneath the
 NB>> meat...?  At least the sulfurousness was only temporary, and didn't
 NB>> affect the end results...  :)
 ML> The onions ideally would have been caramelized or perhaps
 ML> just browned or at least wilted through after being chopped
 ML> or sliced. Then, yes, they should probably been beneath the
 ML> meat. What eventually happened was the onion layers separated
 ML> into sheetlike things and tasted and acted slightly sickly and
 ML> limp, much of the flavor having escaped into the atmosphere.

Sigh.  Still edible, though, at least.  :)
 
 ML>> I had a quarter pound of chuck fat, a roll, and a couple
 ML>> carrots.
 NB>> That's pretty meager for you, to be sure.  :)
 ML> And as with much of the population Annie tends to
 ML> associate a large appetite with living life to the
 ML> fullest and (in many cases) manliness, this distresses
 ML> her a bunch.
 
Just tell her, this too shall pass...  (and then hope it's really
true)...  She might be fearing that you will waste away like Billy...
or at least raising echoes for her of that...

 ML>> of hots. Speaking of which, Annie has gotten me a packet
 ML>> of dried ghost chiles, which I haven't had the courage
 ML>> to confront yet.
 ML> So I tried one, eating about 5-10 percent of it and
 ML> deciding that it was too much for me. I ended up
 ML> drinking two cups of water, which sort of helped
 ML> despite what the experts say, and eating a slice of
 ML> leftover ribeye and some sesame candy, which helped a
 ML> bit more.

Guess you'll have to work yourself back into the ability to handle
heat... I can see where the leftover ribeye would help dilute things
nicely, and/or soak up some of the extra heat...  :)
 
 NB>> Annie... here she thought she had it all figured out (with of course
 NB>> still being somewhat off-course before anyway, but not too too far
 NB>> off, generally) and now things that you used to enjoy are scary even
 NB>> to you...  Of course ghosts are a bit scary anyway...  ;)
 ML> This large old house should be ideal for ghosts, but I
 ML> haven't encountered any, not even of the various kitties
 ML> who have lived out their lives here (well, maybe they
 ML> are haunting the vet office where they were put down).

Probably.  Most of ours finished out their lives right here in the
house, no help from us or the vet...  We've been accusing the two new
kitties of channelling the previous ones (none of which overlapped
their stay here)... sometimes they just act like previous ones, not
always seemingly in their own character(s)... ;)

ttyl       neb

... Fate just isn't what it used to be.

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