Mmm. Getting old is a bear. At least they can
still drive - or can they?

He still does, she might still on a limited basis...

I was thinking about the safety issue. Though
making him give up that mobility would be a
crushing blow.

Yeah - you seem to be in a geographically
borderline position similar to the Fords'.

And they are probably closer to Lydia's than I am, actually... But when
we were in the last months of my mom's life here, I was making that trip
3-4, sometimes more, times a week....

Closer in mileage, not in individual effort.

That's not what Google Maps said, not that
that's always trustworthy -

Indeed... I much prefer a real map, as you know... ;)

We used the GPS and the 1984 AAA map equally
in our quest to avoid Newark and New York; each
had its advantages and disadvantages.

Perhaps you needed a more updated AAA map... ;)

We just followed the dotted line that said
I-287 under construction.

for the Dresden Airport to Dresden adventure,
it advised us that to get from the airport
to the airport train station, you had to walk
45 minutes around the runway area. The terminal
was pinned at the wrong end of the facility,
and the station is actually 5 min away via
a dreary East German-style tunnel.

Good case in point... :)

I knew this beforehand, but Lilli, a child of
technology, wouldn't believe me. She said "you think
Google is always wrong; it isn't." Well, it was.

Besides, we don't think that Google is ALWAYS wrong, just that it is
often totally wrong... (G)

Often I do a Google map for fastest route and
alter it by adding an intermediate destination,
and the estimated time goes down. Sometimes
it tries to take one to a totally wrong place,
and occasionally it can't find a place at all.

So you are backing off on the possibly local aspect... probably the apricots and plums were also imported, then.... just possibly

from not

quite so far....?

Put it this way - the possibility was never
very high unless you widened the scope to a
radius of several hundred miles, looking
south or at least in hothouses.

That does make better sense... ;)

A lot of things are possible, but the massive
probability is and was that the fruit were all
shipped green from someplace like Algeria.

That does seem most likely... ;)

My original response assumed a fairly large
local area - maybe two hours by plane. I just
had some fruit that were touted as "from around
here" by Whole Foods. The blueberries (the fine
print said New Jersey) were kind of flavorless
and sour, and the strawberries (Connecticut)
might have been better than what Driscoll
offered on a bad day.

Sitting front row center made me conscious of
the need to wear something subdued, but I
really don't care for the black and white
routine unless I'm actually performing, so
my outfit was a purple-gray shirt and a
gray-gray pair of slacks, the better not
to be found.

Apparently you did manage to be easily overlooked, then....?

Not that Kremer would have recognized me -
we haven't seen each other since the '80s,
possibly early '90s, when we briefly shared
an accompanist. The accompanist probably
felt honored to work for him and no doubt
annoyed having to work for me.

Aprikosen-Ingwer Likor
categories: Swiss, booze
yield: 1 batch

300 g apricot puree [original says jam]
300 g sugar
20 g pressed ginger
700 ml water
5 Tb rum
700 ml schnapps

Boil the first 4 ingredients for 7 min and
let cool. Add the alcohols and store in a
nonreactive container for a week, stirring
occasionally.

Strain through cotton or linen and bottle.

Makes a good cocktail mixed with Prosecco.

Gruezi magazine June/July 2018
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Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 06-28-18 11:17 <=-

Mmm. Getting old is a bear. At least they can
still drive - or can they?

He still does, she might still on a limited basis...

I was thinking about the safety issue. Though
making him give up that mobility would be a
crushing blow.

So far he seems to be a fairly safe driver.... at least from what I
could see... :)

That's not what Google Maps said, not that
that's always trustworthy -

Indeed... I much prefer a real map, as you know... ;)

We used the GPS and the 1984 AAA map equally
in our quest to avoid Newark and New York; each
had its advantages and disadvantages.

Perhaps you needed a more updated AAA map... ;)

We just followed the dotted line that said
I-287 under construction.

[chuckle] I've done that before, too... ;)

for the Dresden Airport to Dresden adventure,
it advised us that to get from the airport
to the airport train station, you had to walk
45 minutes around the runway area. The terminal
was pinned at the wrong end of the facility,
and the station is actually 5 min away via
a dreary East German-style tunnel.

Good case in point... :)

I knew this beforehand, but Lilli, a child of
technology, wouldn't believe me. She said "you think
Google is always wrong; it isn't." Well, it was.

Besides, we don't think that Google is ALWAYS wrong, just that it is
often totally wrong... (G)

Often I do a Google map for fastest route and
alter it by adding an intermediate destination,
and the estimated time goes down. Sometimes
it tries to take one to a totally wrong place,
and occasionally it can't find a place at all.

That sort of track record doesn't give all that much confidence... ;)

So you are backing off on the possibly local aspect... probably
the apricots and plums were also imported, then.... just
possibly not quite so far....?

Put it this way - the possibility was never
very high unless you widened the scope to a
radius of several hundred miles, looking
south or at least in hothouses.

That does make better sense... ;)

A lot of things are possible, but the massive
probability is and was that the fruit were all
shipped green from someplace like Algeria.

That does seem most likely... ;)

My original response assumed a fairly large
local area - maybe two hours by plane. I just
had some fruit that were touted as "from around
here" by Whole Foods. The blueberries (the fine
print said New Jersey) were kind of flavorless
and sour, and the strawberries (Connecticut)
might have been better than what Driscoll
offered on a bad day.

Faint praise... ;) I don't think I've seen any truly local fruit yet
this year....

Sitting front row center made me conscious of
the need to wear something subdued, but I
really don't care for the black and white
routine unless I'm actually performing, so
my outfit was a purple-gray shirt and a
gray-gray pair of slacks, the better not
to be found.

Apparently you did manage to be easily overlooked, then....?

Not that Kremer would have recognized me -
we haven't seen each other since the '80s,
possibly early '90s, when we briefly shared
an accompanist. The accompanist probably
felt honored to work for him and no doubt
annoyed having to work for me.

Hard to say... But I guess that would make it quite unlikely he'd
remember or recognize you... :)

ttyl neb

... Forecast for tonight: Darkness..

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