My preferences revolve around a fondness for such
stimulations as only cities provide but the perhaps

I appreciate some of the amenities a city usually has (decent public transportation, cultural events, etc) but overall prefer a smaller town.
I can usually find most all of what I want in a fair sized place without
the hassles of traffic, noise, pollution, etc.

In many parts of Europe you can have it all.
That's largely because of the deep devastation
from WWII allowing intelligent city planning
to take over from the haphazardness of the
olden days. Forced urban renewal, if you
will - with sometimes great results (and, as
in East Germany, sometimes terrible ones).

contradictory need for quiet. Heavy urbanization
is best for the one, deep solitude for the other.
Suburbia is not a great compromise.

Better than nothing.

In the sense that anything is better than nothing.

I'll just keep going until it stops - or I do.

Whichever happens first.

Different priorities.

Yes, we usually travel to visit family/friends, with some sight seeing
along the way. We also do the mission trips--stopping to see friends &
family but once at the place we base at, we park the camper for the
week. The past few years we've stayed at a state park a few hours away
for a couple of nights before we had to meet up with the rest of the
team. We stopped at the King Arthur Flour store one year, also gone over
to the Weston branch of the Vermont Country Store a couple of times.
Having the camper has given us the flexibility to do things like that.

There's some charm in that kind of traveling.

As noted before, tarragon, basil and rosemary are
"use with caution." Dill of any kind and caraway are
"mostly avoid." I've few hard and fast rules about

I think I've got all of the above, some get used much more often than
others.

others, even leafy ones that I'm not generally fond
of, such as cilantro and celery leaf, because they
have their place.

I don't have either of those but do have celery seed.

Celery leaves can be handy when, as in some beef dishes,
you need just a little herbal kick to make the food
really take off.

Row, row, row your boat................(G)

With some big burly guy with a whip standing over.

Not in a rowboat or canoe.

More like galley-slaving it.

No choice in seat mates there either.

One can be sure that whoever it is will be sweaty,
smelly, and grumpy, just like in coach on a plane.

As if you would be any better off in a situation like that.

Well, we've been talking about, er, less than
ideal travel situations.

Always, sky marshalls can't prevent every incident from

happening. > ML> It's the incompetence of the TSA that I fear.

Air marshals, who knows.

Agreed, sometimes it's a toss up as to which is the better way to go--flying or some other way. Bring back trains?

Bringing back trains would be a great idea.

Except for getting to places like Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa......

Hot-smoked swordfish
categories: CIA, main, fish
servings: 6

1 1/2 lb Sword or tuna fish, thick steaks
h - Marinade
1 Lemon, juice of.
Salt
1 oz Worcestershire sauce

Combine all ingredients for the marinade. Rub
marinade over half of the fish, refrigerate 1 to
2 hr. Leave the other half of the fish plain.
Blot dry with paper towels and hot-smoke until
desired doneness.

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Hi Michael,

My preferences revolve around a fondness for such
stimulations as only cities provide but the perhaps

I appreciate some of the amenities a city usually has (decent public transportation, cultural events, etc) but overall prefer a smaller

town. > I can usually find most all of what I want in a fair sized
place without > the hassles of traffic, noise, pollution, etc.

In many parts of Europe you can have it all.
That's largely because of the deep devastation
from WWII allowing intelligent city planning
to take over from the haphazardness of the
olden days. Forced urban renewal, if you
will - with sometimes great results (and, as
in East Germany, sometimes terrible ones).

The German cities had a lot more green space (parks, walking areas,
lakes, forests, etc) than the average American city. IIRC, Berlin was
1/3 green space. By the same token, it was also one of the more polluted cities, especially in witer, from the soft coal the eastern sector
burned.

contradictory need for quiet. Heavy urbanization
is best for the one, deep solitude for the other.
Suburbia is not a great compromise.

Better than nothing.

In the sense that anything is better than nothing.

Better to have some of the city's amenities, but not all of them.

I'll just keep going until it stops - or I do.

Whichever happens first.

Different priorities.

Yes, we usually travel to visit family/friends, with some sight

seeing > along the way. We also do the mission trips--stopping to see friends & > family but once at the place we base at, we park the
camper for the

week. The past few years we've stayed at a state park a few hours

away > for a couple of nights before we had to meet up with the rest
of the

team. We stopped at the King Arthur Flour store one year, also gone

over > to the Weston branch of the Vermont Country Store a couple of times.

Having the camper has given us the flexibility to do things like

that.

There's some charm in that kind of traveling.

It's allowed us to travel cheaper than if we had to buy all of our
meals, sleep in hotels/motels, etc. We spent a fair amount on gas the
first trip we took with the camper (Escape needed premium for towing).
Adding the wind deflector has improved milage/cut the gas cost a
bit. The truck has a bigger tank and doesn't need the premium for towing
so we're spending less for gas now.

As noted before, tarragon, basil and rosemary are
"use with caution." Dill of any kind and caraway are
"mostly avoid." I've few hard and fast rules about

I think I've got all of the above, some get used much more often

than > others.

others, even leafy ones that I'm not generally fond
of, such as cilantro and celery leaf, because they
have their place.

I don't have either of those but do have celery seed.

Celery leaves can be handy when, as in some beef dishes,
you need just a little herbal kick to make the food
really take off.

I've used a bit of celery seed over the years in a few things but
generally buy/use the fresh celery. The former is a hanger-on from how
my mom taught me to make a couple of things.

Row, row, row your boat................(G)

With some big burly guy with a whip standing

over. > ML> > ML> > Not in a rowboat or canoe.

More like galley-slaving it.

No choice in seat mates there either.

One can be sure that whoever it is will be sweaty,
smelly, and grumpy, just like in coach on a plane.

As if you would be any better off in a situation like that.

Well, we've been talking about, er, less than
ideal travel situations.

And a galley is not the idea way to travel, even if you're not in the
hold area.

Always, sky marshalls can't prevent every incident

from > ML> happening. > ML> It's the incompetence of the TSA that I fear.

Air marshals, who knows.

Agreed, sometimes it's a toss up as to which is the better

way to > ML> > go--flying or some other way. Bring back trains?

Bringing back trains would be a great idea.

Except for getting to places like Europe, Asia, Australia,

Africa......

Hot-smoked swordfish
categories: CIA, main, fish
servings: 6

1 1/2 lb Sword or tuna fish, thick steaks
h - Marinade
1 Lemon, juice of.
Salt
1 oz Worcestershire sauce

Might be something to try; Steve has not smoked fish yet. He did 4
Boston butts (cooking for the VFW meeting) in the pellet grill
yesterday. They turned out really good. He took 3 (shredded) to the
meeting, with fixin's, brought back a fair amount. This morning I put 7
pounds in the freezer, had just short of another pound held back in the
fridge.

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