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     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: Re: knowlege & infos 561
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 11-27-15  10:16 <=-

 >  ML> Google says that French's still makes them, so probably.
 > Not sure that French's is still local...  I'll have another look for the
 > potato sticks, though.... if I remember...  ;)
 ML> It's still nationally distributed, as far as my
 ML> info goes; maybe it's become regionally unpopular
 ML> or something.

Possible...  Wegmans does carry the French's onion rings, along with
their own version... Used to be I could get French's cheddar onion
rings, nice for snacking on... ;)  I didn't see the potato sticks,
though, but I only remembered to look when we were in the vegetable
aisle... I suppose they might be in the snacks, instead, with potato
chips and such.... forgot to check when we were in that vicinity...

 >  ML> novel by Mikhail Bulgakov called The Master and 
 >  ML> Margarita, in which there is an oddly poignant scene 
 >  ML> in which Pontius Pilate goes through the belongings 
 >  ML> of his prisoner Ha-Notsri.
 > We have that book... I should go find it...  :)
 ML> As I recall there's a paperback edition with the
 ML> cover illustration of a bluish-black cat carrying 
 ML> a revolver and winking at you that contains some
 ML> formerly expurgated parts. I've read two versions
 ML> and find that one racier and more enjoyable.

I think ours is a hardcover... with a dust jacket... keep forgetting to
look for it when I'm downstairs...  ;)

 >  ML> Yep. I'm not paying so much attention any more, and
 >  ML> this posting online makes it easy to hit an enter
 >  ML> button too soon without checking, q.v.
 > Especially since you are making multiple calls in order to do the
 > postings online...  :)
 ML> Yeah. I discover though that if I get kicked off
 ML> Doc's and go back hours later I can often return
 ML> to where I was, a blessing.

Indeed.  :)
 
 ML> Interesting that peppermint, which now is thought to
 ML> be a sign of good breath, was back then considered in
 ML> bad taste.

Maybe there's hope for garlic, yet...?  (G)

 >  ML> Okay, maybe not the best possible examples. How
 >  ML> about this? Some people are interested in Kansas.
 > Ok, less interest for me... but I'm sure there are facets for others. ;) 
 ML> I wasn't interested in Kansas until I discovered
 ML> that Oklahoma Joe's was there and offered some of
 ML> the best burnt ends I've ever tasted and also some
 ML> of the greatest apotheoses of pork.

I can see where that would spark some interest... :)

 ML> Sadly, Oklahoma Joe has moved back where he belongs,
 ML> and the bbq place is now just Joe's; the food is
 ML> almost as good as it used to be but not quite.

Oh, well...  

 ML> I have not run back
 ML> up to Oklahoma to see about the other place. Yet.

It's on your list... ;)
 
 >  > We'll have to compare schedules as time gets closer, I guess... :)
 >  ML> Yep. It'll happen sometime.
 > Hopefully while we still have Fords and Fu...  ;)
 ML> That's something to think about. In touch with the Fords
 ML> lately?

Tried to call yesterday and only got the answer box... Last I talked to
them, they were running off somewhere and had a busy schedule, so Burt
was going to get back to me... it's been a good while now, and he
hasn't, so I guess I'll get pushy again... ;)
 
 >  ML> I wonder what I'd do - of course some heavy-duty
 >  ML> Internet peeking would be the first step, but
 >  ML> then, who knows.
 > I'm not sure what I'd do...  Mostly I think I'd probably refuse...
 > especially after seeing the aftereffects both short- and long-term from
 > the chemo on people I know very well and love... but what might make me
 > reconsider might be targeted chemos, or possibly the possibility of
 > sticking around longer... 
 ML> At this point I'd say I'd say no, but who knows, see below.

Exactly.

 > The latter being heavily overbalanced with whether I want to deal with
 > the long-term aftereffects should I actually survive...  I have a dear
 > friend right now bravely going through chemo, for the chance it might
 > add another 5 years to her 86...  I wouldn't tell her not to do it,
 > it's her decision... but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't, if it were I....
 ML> Hard to tell. I hear all sorts of brave talk about giving
 ML> up when there's no hope, but then when the time comes, the
 ML> people hang on and try and try - the urge to stay alive
 ML> even if not properly speaking living is a strong one. Or
 ML> perhaps the definition of "no hope" changes along the way.

Not sure that it's the "no hope" that influences my thinking... more
just that I'm not fixated on sticking around... ;)

ttyl     neb

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