Definitely - we visited that Sanssouci place,
and it wasn't as over the top as one might
expect. Friedrich der Gross in many ways wasn't
as gross as many think. It wasn't his fault
that the Nazis adopted him as an ancestor.

Wasn't he also a musician and composer....? I was reading something, somewhere (of some scholarly merit) that went on at some length about
how both the Nazis and their opponents claimed the great man as their ancestor and all... Not a clue what it might have been, other than some book.... ;)

It's like people of all persuasions wrapping
themselves in the George Washington banner.
Doesn't matter what the guy actually thought,
just that he is an icon. The reality has little
or nothing to do with it. I admit that in
Frederick's, there were some parallels, but it
is silly to ascribe beliefs of one's adoptive
descendants to an unknowing ancestor. There's ho
indication (to take two examples from Drew Pearson)
that John Birch would have endorsed the John Birch
Society or W.E.B. Du Bois the Du Bois Club.

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a post might be long enough to require two posts in return.

One of my guidelines is to try not to have messages get too long
(especially with Ruth, where hers will split and make things more
confusing potentially)...

Those messages would be easier to answer if
the algorithm were set to do the splitting at
a more manageable (say) 70 or 80 lines. In
Ruth's case, it seems that she self-limits to
a certain number, and the program's rule is
maybe 10 or 20 lines less, so we end up with a
message with the gist of the conversation and
another message consisting of a paragraph or two.
I don't know what the easiest or best fix is,
otherwise I'd suggest it.

I never was a phone person, and the evolution of
cellphones into a universal guide-monitor-policeman
seems fishy to me. Real life talking is fine, but
talking without being in your interlocutor's actual
presence is somehow unsatisfying and odd.

I'll agree that cellphones have evolved into something much less
satisfactory to me, too... I much prefer to talk face to face rather
than phone, but sometimes the phone is a good substitute, and
occasionally a better choice, depending on the situation itself... some counseling situations are better from the phone, although you lose out
on the body language interaction....

But it's worthwhile not to have to invest in body armor.

Creamed chipped beef
categories: SOS, military, sandwich, main
servings: 4 (3 oz each)

2 Tb butter
2 Tb all-purpose flour
1 1/2 c milk
2 1/4 oz jar sliced dried beef, rinsed, chopped
1/2 ts prepared yellow mustard
8 sl white bread, toasted

Melt butter in saucepan. Add flour and cook 1 min.
Add milk all at once. Cook and stir until thickened
and bubbly. Add beef and mustard and heat through.
Serve over toast with a side of Aromur Star corned
beef hash.

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