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Skriven 2015-02-06 21:43:11 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 23704 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Hi Michael,

 ML> But with the instant gratification thing, nobody is
 ML> cutting them much slack. I don't see that the forecasts
 RH> Folks need to wise up to the fact that weather forecasting is still a
 RH> good guessing game in addition to any "science"

 ML> People should suck it up and wise up to the fact that no
 ML> science is completely certain - it can come close in the
 ML> more established disciplines (none of which is much more
 ML> than 2000 years old, a mere drop in the bucket), but
 ML> meteorology isn't one of them.

And everybody blames the weatherman, who's doing the best he can to
figure out the weather. The tv station we watch likes to tout their
weatherman with the line "You can count on Chris" to imply he gets the
forecast as accurate as possible. Available technology helps pinpoint
where a storm is and where it appears to be headed but even it can't
predict abberitions.


 ML>   involved. We can't
 RH> predict if a storm system will stay on course 5 days out or veer to
 RH> the left or right, even 24 hours out.

 ML> Even 1 hour out.

Very true, as we've seen all over.


 ML> were that alarmist, anyhow. Boston, my friend reports, had
 ML> 40.7" of snow on the ground as of yesterday. More to come
 ML> on Thursday and Sunday, too. I'm supposed to be there a
 ML> week from today, but who knows.
 RH> How tall are your boots?

 ML> Tall enough to deal with most snow - if it's all that deep,
 ML> I can generally walk in it without the stuff caving in and
 ML> messing up my footwear. Of course, I don't hesitate to walk
 ML> in the middle of the street where necessary.

Mine wouldn't get thru deep snow but if it's packed down enough, they'll
do. I think I wore them once in the time we were up in NY last month. I
saw on the news that a multi day storm is hitting the northeast now,
hopefully people have stocked up on the usual bread, milk, etc to keep
going.

 ML> Or, we've returned because we love the place.
 RH> Returned because the food was good, the Paula Deen connection was
 RH> beside the point.

 ML> After having eaten at Lady and Sons', for me the Paula Deen
 ML> connection would be a negative if anything.

She contributed the recipe for the key lime pie he has on the dessert
menu. When Steve enjoyed it, we got the cook book with the recipe in,
and have made it several times.


 ML> M doesn't endorse the following part -
 ML> Top these latkes with a quick sauce made by stirring
 ML> 2 Tb dried mint into one cup plain yogurt, and offer
 ML> with roasted fish.
 RH> Traditional toppings are applesauce or sour cream, the latter not at a
 RH> meat meal however.

 ML> Depends. The food police are not behind every corner, and
 ML> I have had sour cream at meat meals even in observant
 ML> Jewish households. With fanatical orthodoxy, all bets are
 ML> off.

OK, I was raised in a Jewish area, worked at a Jewish camp one summer
and the rules for mixing meat and dairy were strictly enforced.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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