Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 06-30-18 23:31 <=-

He might also be a collector of anything with the word Lebanon
on it.

Possible... :) You might want to try to sell him some Lebanon bologna....? (G)

Odds are it wouldn't survive the trip, and if it's made with pork wouldn't be edible even if it did.

Not sure what it's made of... I thought there was at least some beef in it... and I'm thinking it's more of a sausage than your typical bologna
as well... But I suppose that is less likely of a choice for the collection... ;)

Lebanon bologna is in fact more salamiish than its
name would imply, but the relative dryness, smokiness,
and spice won't protect against such a long journey.

And probably laws against it as well... (and my comment was a totally
off the wall sort of thinking, granted... [g])

It's the way the game is played....

It does make me wonder who'd sign a petition for a jailbird....

Their buddies....? and maybe some softhearted souls.... ;)

Or softheaded ones?

That, too... :)

Softhearted and softheaded are similar; I count both
as virtures much of the time.

Depends on the degree of the softheadedness... ;)

So it all went well... were there demonstrations to worry about..?

No, just lots of well-dressed older people on
their way to cultural events.

A mob of its own, but presumably well-behaved... ;)

Sort of meandering, so not much of a mob. The fact
there was lots of construction to dodge made the
mobbiness aspect less likely.

I suppose that would....

Tell me how many revolutions have been started
by the genteel classes.

People would probably argue this one, but those Bostonians were mostly considered part of the genteel class, along with the Virginians...

He seemed to me to be quite ancient. I mentioned
this to Irina Muresanu (though she's quite possibly
as good a violinist as he, she really looks up to
him), and she allowed as how she is getting a bit
ancient herself (I think she's in her 40s).

It's all in the perspective.... :) So, he's showing his age, then...?

She was gorgeous back a quarter century ago when
we gave her a scholarship and so far as I can tell
is even more so now - though between makeup
artistry and my eyesight, who knows.

Doesn't sound like Irina's showing her age much, then... what about
Gidon...?

It was a good day, punctuated only by Lilli's
health anxieties.

Probably the new normal....

Sad to say, that's what I'm looking forward to.

As long as it can be kept to a fairly even keel....

I've been looking after her for a decade, so
it's nothing new, but the frequency of issues
is increasing, and with my potentially greater
debility, it's daunting.

Totally understood.... on multiple levels...

ttyl neb

... Anybody remotely interesting is mad, in some way or other. - Dr. Who

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