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Skriven 2015-06-04 16:17:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: flying dreams 772
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 ML> Turns out the autistic kid incident was a setup, with
 RH> OK, that part of the story didn't come out in the news.

One thing about being traditionally the biggest and meanest
is that you're low-hanging fruit, and every opportunist and
her parent is going to get something out of you.
 
 ML> As long as the money and my ticker hold out. Maybe 5 years,
 ML> 10 tops. Enough to get me my 3-million-miler badge but not
 ML> enough to get me to lifetime UGS (the only fancier status
 ML> on United than I already have).
 RH> And I doubt I've flown even a tenth of 3 million.

As such, you're probably in the top 10 percent of people
who have taken the plane (if you're close to 300000). A
goodly proportion of the citizenry has not ever been in
an aircraft, and a goodly proportion of those never will.

 RH> mid 70s but my first flight was a long one, JFK to Dusseldorf by way of
 RH> Heathrow. 

If you could take that without flinching, you were
prepared for just about anything.

 ML> My perfect Tar Heel pound cake
 RH> That's about right for a southern pound cake. Main ingredients are
 RH> supposed to be a pound each, but I suspect that's not always so.

The pound each formula, easy for people to remember in the
days when gramma couldn't read and write, has been refined
quite a bit over the years - you'll note that the one I
posted has a fair amount of milk in it, a refinement that
I don't particularly endorse. They lost me with the cream
and mushrooms in this one -

Linguine with clam sauce
cat: airline, Hawaii
yield: 6 to 8 servings

1/4 lb butter
4 cloves garlic, chopped fine
2 (6 oz) cn minced clams with water
1 cn stems and pieces mushrooms
1/2 sm cn cream (optional)
salt and sugar to taste
chives (optional)
1 Tb cornstarch or flour (to thicken)
1 lb linguine

In medium pot, cook all ingredients together on medium
heat, bring to a boil, then simmer 15 min. Thicken as
desired. Prepare one box of linguine noodles per package
directions; drain. Pour sauce over linguine noodles
and serve.

Merilyn Lee, (the late) Aloha Airlines

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