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Skriven 2015-01-12 15:52:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: truth behind truth 46
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 01-10-15  14:05 <=-

 ML>> Problem is that mental scars have consequences that
 ML>> physical scars don't. And fighting back psychologically
 ML>> leads to manipulation and underhandedness. 
 NB>> Often so.  Not necessarily, but often... 
 ML> I'd guess that much weaselness and other bad things in
 ML> adult personalities was caused by mental scars, in the
 ML> same way as calluses and big muscles are the result of
 ML> imbalance in physical activities. Natural path of least
 ML> resistance development, seems to me.

Possibly.  But just like calluses and big muscles sometimes form pretty
much on their own, the weaselness etc might just be inherent in the
personality anyway...  I've seen some pretty young kids very adept at
weasel, even without much, if any, provocation...  ;)

 ML>> Appendicitis is worse as you get older, for reasons that
 ML>> remain obscure to me; simple peritonitis has a bad outcome
 ML>> in a majority of cases; and mine was complicated. Doing the
 ML>> math on the quoted percentages yields an ugly result. I'm
 ML>> guessing though that the same factors, whatever they may
 ML>> be, that allowed me to survive other crises, make my
 ML>> situation not so bad as the multiplication would imply.
 ML>> Still, I'm starting with a baseline below 50% survival.
 
Sometimes one just has a survival stubborness that defies odds... my
body has the odd quirk of wanting to take everything chronic, keeping
things sub-acute... Only thing that really foiled it so far was when I
broke my ankle...  Maybe yours just doesn't take no for an answer...

 ML>> I had a few episodes that seemed like precog in my youth
 ML>> but never really investigated. Not sure if I believe in
 ML>> such paranormality.
 NB>> Not sure that I really believe, either, except for the times when
 NB>> it seems like it could be happening... ;) 
 ML> Occam would say brain fart, but as I've said before, Occam
 ML> isn't always right.

Truth truly can be stranger than fiction, or beyond logic... ;)

 ML>> Takikomi Gohan
 NB>> So are the chicken and the other (I presume vegetable?) ingredients
 NB>> already cooked, served raw, or cooked in with the rice...?
 ML> They're cooked in with the rice. I knew that but didn't
 ML> see that the recipe didn't make that explicit.

That was my best guess... but it seemed wise to check...  ;)

 ML>> by the dieticians (dietitians?) as a serving, though all that
 NB>> The dictionary gives them both... dieticians is first...
 ML> I use both spellings interchangeably. The first spelling
 ML> pays more homage to the term's Frenchish roots.

As long as the receiver understands the word, probably not much to
choose between them... :)  I probably use them interchangeably, too... 
 
 ML>> puny amount does is tick off the confirmed veggies and make
 ML>> the carny just crave more.
 NB>> About the only way that we've ever been satisfied with 3 oz per has
 NB>> been in a stirfry or casserole... and even then it can seem meager...
 ML> When confronted with such stir-fries I tend to take the 3 oz
 ML> of meat and leave most of the 5 oz or more of vegetables.

We don't mind our vegetables... but if there's much sauce, or if the
portions seem small, we'll make sure it's on rice...  ;)  Wouldn't do it
too often, though...  ;)
 
ttyl        neb

... Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

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