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Skriven 2015-02-19 20:47:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: lactose 232
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 02-17-15  06:51 <=-

 NB>> Most bad things I think I'll just figure out what to do when/if it
 NB>> happens... recognizing of couse that some things I may not be in a
 NB>> position to do anything about, anyway...  Not sure how much is
 NB>> fatalism or how much is simply laziness... ;)
 ML> They say that seconds count, and as one's thinking gets hazier,
 ML> it becomes more important to have figured out a plan in advance.

I'll agree that that could be important in some instances.

 ML> More for me, as I find myself in a large variety of situations
 ML> including some that normal people seldom encounter. As a result,
 ML> for example, I feel lucky to have taken some crucial parts of
 ML> flight attendant training, including how to open the emergency
 ML> door within a couple seconds and the proper way to evacuate by
 ML> the inflated slide (which I've done 3 times, and once directly
 ML> from the wing of a 737, all, thank goodness, under controlled
 ML> circumstances before).

Given your normal wanderings, that is a good thing to know... and
something that would be helpful to those around you as well... :)

 ML>> That's a piece that would be more likely to put someone into a
 ML>> coma rather than take one out of one. I found it amusing that
 ML>> back when (1970s?) it was in some circles used as an adjunct to
 ML>> (rhythmic but monotonous) sexual activity, owing it is said to
 ML>> some prominence in the movie called 10. A more antaphrodisiac
 ML>> musical experience I can't imagine.
 NB>> Shudder... nope... some parts of Bizet's Carmen, maybe, or even the
 NB>> Rite of Spring...  As to the time frame, that sounds about right...
 ML> Funny, Bizet wrote that stuff to be the most erotizing and
 ML> emotional music possible. Rite, well, it's a rite, i.e.,
 ML> ritualized sex or as much as they could legally put on stage
 ML> a hundred years ago.

Both of which make them more likely aphrodisiac than the raveling
bolero, as Daddy used to term it...  ;)

 ML> Ritualized anything is suspect, as it tends to obscure
 ML> the point after a while.

That one is pretty raw, though... not muchly obscured... even as you say:
 ML> It's also one of the most brutal pieces of music ever -

 ML> I'm going to go listen to it again sometime.

I get regular listens to it... It seems to be a staple, both in the
symphonic repertoire (for the evening concerts) and the regular playlist
for WXXI...  :)
 
 ML>> Nope - one does have to make compromises in life. I have since
 ML>> found some more pills but not had the opportunity to find the
 ML>> creamed spinach.
 NB>> Another day, I guess...
 ML> Today! After two cancellations of early flights - I got to the
 ML> airport a day before so as to make the early flight; paid $100+ for
 ML> a hotel room, so I could roll out of bed at oh dark hundred and
 ML> straight into the hotel shuttle. But now my flight is scheduled out
 ML> at 1:10, so I get to hang around until checkout at 11 and then
 ML> head to Sam & Harry's. At least they gave me a nice suite at the
 ML> Doubletree.

I trust the afternoon flight went out as intended, and you made it to
your destination properly...?  Sam & Harry's has the creamed spinach...?
 
 NB>> So there are a few places, as long as you are staying there long
 NB>> enough, that you might... :)
 ML> Oh, for sure. Most people don't mind my cooking, and some
 ML> welcome the change of pace, even if they have to clean up
 ML> afterward.

I certainly enjoy your cooking... ;)

 ML>> My friend Helen refuses to let me cook,
 ML>> though; usually it's her husband doing the work, or else takeout.
 NB>> Don't want to upset their usual division of labor... or is that only
 NB>> when you are there...?
 ML> He does almost all the cooking - very careful, and almost
 ML> always a very good job, as he's a retired engineer.

Ah.  And I take it he enjoys the cooking...  :)

 ML> She on the other hand is a high-strung academic type, the one
 ML> whose cooking if done right would be very, very good, and
 ML> otherwise, horrid.

So once in a while, she just has to do something, and hope that it comes
out wonderfully...  :)
 
 NB>>> This time of year, though, I do enjoy using that inefficiency for
 NB>>> helping to heat up a cold kitchen...  :)  
 ML>> There is that, though using the oven is not generally considered
 ML>> an efficient means of home heating.
 NB>> True.. But it makes a nice adjunct... especially when the furnace is
 NB>> being flaky...  :)
 ML> I suppose. I sort of wondered about the furnace at the
 ML> house this week and whether it could stand up to the
 ML> near-record cold. Another reason for the Doubletree.

Was it acting dubious about the requirements being forced upon it...? 
I'd opt for the Doubletree, too, if it meant getting warm finally, on my
way... ;)

ttyl        neb

... Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

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