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Skriven 2015-10-28 13:29:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: vacs & dirt 381
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 10-26-15  16:20 <=-

 >  ML> More personal accountability, I'd have thought. If your
 >  ML> name is closely associated with what you say, you tend
 >  ML> to be a little careful.
 > As long as one cares... I suppose there is more group research nowadays
 > instead of individual researchers with a single reputation on the line,
 > though... 
 ML> Well, maybe there might be a group reputation to uphold, too.
 ML> The University of New South Whales might care what whoppers
 ML> come out of its hallowed halls.

Possibly.  :)
 
 >  ML> Not on topic, but this is the dilemma of the honest bureaucrat.
 >  ML> To what degree is he willing to risk a cushy situation to rock
 >  ML> a boat, even one that richly deserves rocking?
 > That too...
 ML> That's one thing about the sluggish flow of bureaucracy.
 ML> Not doing anything is so comfortable, and rocking boats,
 ML> swimming upstream, or even getting out takes way more
 ML> energy than most people have.

Status quo forever...  (G)

 >  ML> We didn't have supper last night (except for a beer and a
 >  ML> candy bar each). It was a disappointment - the place we had
 >  ML> targeted was full - but seems to have had no permanent
 >  ML> consequence.
 > One night isn't going to starve a person...  :)  But it's sad when one
 > is expecting great things and can't do them... 
 ML> Yeah. I was kind of disappointed, and as we'd given the car
 ML> back (no extra charge for returning at Orly when it had been
 ML> picked up at De Gaulle) and there was no other place open
 ML> within walking distance, which fact in itself added certain
 ML> weight of clientele, we essentially went hungry.

Sigh... 

 > I introduced a friend to Tandoor of India yesterday for lunch, made a
 > convert of her to Indian food, and had no interest in supper last
 > night... fortunately for me, Richard had independently had a filling
 > enough lunch to not want/need supper either... So what was planned for
 > last night will wait for another night... ;) 
 ML> Save it for a rainy day, like when every restaurant in town
 ML> is either closed or full.

That isn't likely to happen here... but there are nights when going out
isn't really the best option...  ;)  As I recall, I made it later that
day... and the leftovers had to wait until Monday since we were out the
next two dinners...  ;)
 
 >  ML> I wasn't thinking of that, but a mushroom burger with
 >  ML> a nice third-pound medium-rare meat patty sounds good
 >  ML> right around now.
 > That it does...  :)
 ML> Still does; I haven't had a burger since I last saw Lilli;

Quite odd... (G)

 ML> closest thing was a French dip at Nordstrom - a first for 
 ML> me in many ways - the first time turning down a burger for 
 ML> a French dip; first time actually consuming the dip; first
 ML> time eating at Nordie's; and in fact the first time venturing
 ML> past the first floor at one.

I trust it was also sufficiently memorable for its taste and all...?
 
 >  ML> Then there was the time I tried to select a recipe out
 >  ML> of my database and ended up appending the whole file
 >  ML> to the end of the message. That might have been before
 >  ML> you were here.
 > Quite possible before my time... that would be rather a disaster,
 > although some bbses would have simply chopped off most of that message
 > as it passed through their gates...  
 ML> I got sort-of-moderated gently.

;)
 
 >  >  ML> Title: Lethal Layers
 >  > Not even a wild guess on that one...  ;)  Doesn't even look all that
 >  > calorific, nor much resemblance to the Death by Chocolate recipes... :)
 >  ML> Perhaps a taste-bud killer.
 > Perhaps.  :) 
 ML> Concentratedly anything tastes tend to seize up my taste
 ML> buds, especially sweet. On the other hand, diluted isn't
 ML> my favored way to go. I recently had a somewhat lovely
 ML> horchata, but it had half the cinnamon and half the sugar
 ML> that I was expecting. This might have appropriately been
 ML> called "boring beverage."

Sigh.  One needs that happy medium... not too dilute, not too
concentratedly anything... ;)

 >  ML> Title: Saucy Scalloped Beef or Turkey pie
 >  ML> 1 x  285ml Heinz Chili Sauce
 >  ML> ... 'at's a lot of chili sauce ...
 > Guess they wanted it pretty saucy... I did note that only half of that
 > went into the pie, the other half was saved to pour over it after
 > cooking... 
 ML> That's still a sizable dose, and half one place and half
 ML> another I don't think would improve the situation.

I must say I quite agree with you on that... :)

ttyl       neb

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