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Skriven 2015-03-06 20:24:13 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 24568 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Hi Michael,

 RH> I'm not planning to get to that stage with my eyes.

 ML> Heh, you don't actually get to plan this kind of thing.

No, nor do you intend to get that way; it just happens. Genetics,
lifestyle, etc all wrapped up into one package.


 ML>  I've had a pre
 RH> cataract condition for probably close to 20 years now but it's not a
 RH> very fast progressing one--yet.

 ML> From what I understand, everyone's got a pre-cataract
 ML> condition. Sort of one of the weaknesses of the system.

From what I understand, mine was accelerated a bit from being on
steroids for almost a year. But, the eye doctors I've seen recently
haven't said anything about it getting worse so hopefully it will stay
stable for a good while longer. But, both parents had cataract surgery
and my brother was going to have it (scheduled before his other medical
issues kicked in), so I suspect I will also, at some point.

 RH> Not a good place to be a pedestrian, either in Korea or Manhatten.

 ML> New York at least has stop lights that people are
 ML> pretty much forced to obey or at least pay attention
 ML> to because of the volume and slowness of the traffic.

It's a bit of a help but it is one city Steve does not want to drive in.
Boston is another. When Steve's sister and family came to visit us at
Fort Devens, they wanted to go into Boston one day. We suggested they
take the train but my BIL wanted to drive. After they got back, he asked
"Why didn't I listen to you about not driving in Boston?".


 ML> For pedestrians, even when crossing one-way streets it
 ML> generally makes sense to do what you were taught to do
 ML> as a kid, look both ways. More than once I've been
 ML> near missed by a vehicle going the wrong way on a one-
 ML> way street. And just yesterday I got an e-mail from a

Stop, look one way, look the other, look back the first way, then the
second, and then cross. I'm wary of crossing streets, especially after
dark, as I've been hit by a car, after dark.


 ML> buddy who pled deep mourning as the reason he hasn't
 ML> been in touch - his daughter, engaged to be married in
 ML> a month, was mashed by a truck that eyewitnesses said
 ML> had been going the wrong way on a one-way street. He

That's not good. Hopefully the truck driver stopped, and will be
charged, in her death.

 ML> said that the only consolation was that it happened so
 ML> quickly she probably never knew what hit her.

Small consolation but better than suffering.


 ML> What kind of dressing do you use?
 RH> Not the one I'd like to do--apples and sausage with corn bread.

 ML> Well. Here's one that might be interesting (I could see
 ML> some people cutting the butter in half or doing what I
 ML> do - use rendered cavity fat).

 ML>       Title: Mushroom Stuffing  [For 12-Pound Turkey]
 ML>  Categories: Cyberealm, Side dishes
 ML>       Yield: 1 servings

Different, but I'm not sure how it would fly around here. I'd maybe try
it on something like a chicken first. And, of course sub out whole wheat
bread for the white. (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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