Possible. I don't spend all that much time there,
though, so chances are she'll be alone if any
catastrophe occurs.

Hopefully the catastrophe won't happen, though....

It's likely to happen unless the house is replumbed
- the hope is that it doesn't happen in our lifetime
(as with all such inevitable calamities).

The sad thing is that the place was renovated and
fitted with modern fixtures only about 30 years ago.

Things just don't last like they used to....

Every generation says that. Every generation is
probably right.

Indeed. Each generation, things are continuing to be less likely to
last... case in point, we have two really ancient fridges, one at the
Pond, one here in our basement, that both still work fine... The fridge
we bought shortly after moving into this house, to replace the one that
came with and died shortly thereafter, lasted for over 30 years before
it died... The salesman who sold us the fridge we now have warned us
that the new one won't last nearly that long....

There is a market for high-quality merchandise
that lasts - but companies seem to find it easier
to just advertise durability but not necessarily
deliver on their claims.

We hashed it out, and she has decided that if it's
cancer, it's a metastasis of one of several old
ones, so treatment won't do any good, and if it's
not cancer, treatment won't matter, so why do the
multiple expensive invasive tests just to know?
I agreed that was a valid argument.

I might have come to a similar conclusion, although perhaps not, given
that I tend to be curious.... even if I probably still wouldn't do
anything about it when I did know...

There's no potential augmentation of lifespan from
that course of action, zo vy bodder?

I remember Burt being reassured, after his diagnosis, by finding out
that Jim Bodle had it...

If it's just that, it's less than a triumph but also
hess than a disaster. But meanwhile, I'm stuck with
two very close friends with uncertain and discomfiting
medical issues.

Which can be rather unsettling, to be sure...

It'll no doubt take years off my life, but sticking
with them is as right a thing to do as I can.

was, he charged an exorbitant fare, and I gave him
ten extra pesos for not kidnapping us.

This was in Mexico, yes...?

Yes - farther south, the chance for disaster would
have been greater.

Fortunately you survived it... :)

With most potential scammy situations, they're not
likely to be terribly serious as in life-threatening.

But why take a chance...? ;)

Because when one is in unfamiliar territory, one is
automatically taking a chance. And when one has a
companion who is on the verge of unconsciousness,
one takes whatever help one can find, even if there
is additional risk involved.

I'm pretty sure I'm being keylogged or snapshotted
even though all the anti-invader software says no.
I figure clever monitoring software monitored by
incompetent or lazy monitors. Talking to my friend
whose e-mails had the same symptoms pretty much
convinced me that I'm not paranoid, they're really
out to get me (figuratively at least).

Hopefully nothing bad will come of it... :)

At this point I'm hoping it's either a semi-legitimate
enterprise or that whatever criminal agency finds me
interesting enough to look at but ultimately unprofitable.
By the way, I'm more convinced than ever that something has
been going on at least since I stopped using Lynx. It is of
course possible, perhaps likely, that every user of
telecommunications is being tracked constantly.

to do a little cheating. Wegmans has done less of
that so far, because they're able to charge a little
extra to make their margin, but Market Basket has a
less upscale and less forgiving client base.

Cheating won't ultimately help their bottom line... especially if the
client base is less forgiving... unless you mean that only in the area
of pricing, not quality....

Why? It's not hurt Microsoft.

What, you want to still feel young...? ;) I remember not really accepting, or feeling, middle age until it was obvious my parents had slipped over into old age decrepitude.... probably somewhere around
Daddy being in his late 70s, possibly 80.... and the Parkinsons was
taking over....

It's rather that at 50 I could do anything I wanted
or needed to do. It wasn't until 64 that there were
serious and probably permanent deficits, thank you,
Beatles.

Will you still need/feed me.....? When I turned 64, I was telling
people that I had reached the will you still need me age.... and it went right over most people's heads.... (G)

Luckily I'm still doing the feeding if not the needing.

... A fusion of peanut butter gooeyness, a cracker crunch, and squid!

I could make such a dish.

I'm sure you could... ;) I associate that tagline with Jim Bodle for
some reason... I think someone still around was doing so... :)

I doubt Bodle would have used it. Some twisted mind such
as Sacerdote's or Weller's might have formulated it in
honor of him, though.

... Man cannot live on bread alone; that's why there's orange marmelade.

I read that as "man cannot live on broad beans."

Teacher: Can you use "marmalade" in a sentence?
Johnny: Said the chick to the other chick, look at
the egg that marmalade!

Orange omelet
categories: historical, dessert, eggs
servings: 2 to 4

3 eggs
2 Tb powdered sugar
1 pn salt
1 ts lemon juice
2 oranges
1/2 Tb butter
2 1/2 Tb orange juice

Separate yolks from whites. Beat yolks until thick
and lemon colored; add salt, lemon juice and orange
juice. Beat whites until stiff and dry, cutting and
folding them into the first mixture until they have
taken up mixture. Heat pan, and butter sides and
bottom. Turn in mixture, spread evenly, place on
range where it will cook slowly. When well puffed and
delicately browned underneath, place pan on center
grate of oven to finish cooking. Omelet is cooked
when firm to the touch when pressed by the finger.

Remove skin from oranges and cut in slices lengthwise.
Fold in one-third of the slices of orange, well
sprinkled with powdered sugar; put remaining slices
around omelet, and sprinkle with sugar.

Fannie Farmer
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Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 05-11-19 06:37 <=-

Possible. I don't spend all that much time there,
though, so chances are she'll be alone if any
catastrophe occurs.

Hopefully the catastrophe won't happen, though....

It's likely to happen unless the house is replumbed
- the hope is that it doesn't happen in our lifetime
(as with all such inevitable calamities).

One can hope that... and it might well end up that way...

The sad thing is that the place was renovated and
fitted with modern fixtures only about 30 years ago.

Things just don't last like they used to....

Every generation says that. Every generation is
probably right.

Indeed. Each generation, things are continuing to be less likely to
last... case in point, we have two really ancient fridges, one at the
Pond, one here in our basement, that both still work fine... The fridge
we bought shortly after moving into this house, to replace the one that
came with and died shortly thereafter, lasted for over 30 years before
it died... The salesman who sold us the fridge we now have warned us
that the new one won't last nearly that long....

There is a market for high-quality merchandise
that lasts - but companies seem to find it easier
to just advertise durability but not necessarily
deliver on their claims.

This, though, was a case of the salesman admitting that durability was a
thing of the past... told us we'd be lucky if it lasted 15 years, I
think he said... it's been close to that now, I'm guessing.... ;)

We hashed it out, and she has decided that if it's
cancer, it's a metastasis of one of several old
ones, so treatment won't do any good, and if it's
not cancer, treatment won't matter, so why do the
multiple expensive invasive tests just to know?
I agreed that was a valid argument.

I might have come to a similar conclusion, although perhaps not, given
that I tend to be curious.... even if I probably still wouldn't do
anything about it when I did know...

There's no potential augmentation of lifespan from
that course of action, zo vy bodder?

True. :)

I remember Burt being reassured, after his diagnosis, by finding out
that Jim Bodle had it...

If it's just that, it's less than a triumph but also
hess than a disaster. But meanwhile, I'm stuck with
two very close friends with uncertain and discomfiting
medical issues.

Which can be rather unsettling, to be sure...

It'll no doubt take years off my life, but sticking
with them is as right a thing to do as I can.

If you can do the caregiving without becoming overwhelmed by it, it
might not take off much from your life... might even give you a reason
to continue.... these things aren't all cut-and-dried, you know...

was, he charged an exorbitant fare, and I gave him
ten extra pesos for not kidnapping us.

This was in Mexico, yes...?

Yes - farther south, the chance for disaster would
have been greater.

Fortunately you survived it... :)

With most potential scammy situations, they're not
likely to be terribly serious as in life-threatening.

But why take a chance...? ;)

Because when one is in unfamiliar territory, one is
automatically taking a chance. And when one has a
companion who is on the verge of unconsciousness,
one takes whatever help one can find, even if there
is additional risk involved.

Indeed. :)

I'm pretty sure I'm being keylogged or snapshotted
even though all the anti-invader software says no.
I figure clever monitoring software monitored by
incompetent or lazy monitors. Talking to my friend
whose e-mails had the same symptoms pretty much
convinced me that I'm not paranoid, they're really
out to get me (figuratively at least).

Hopefully nothing bad will come of it... :)

At this point I'm hoping it's either a semi-legitimate
enterprise or that whatever criminal agency finds me
interesting enough to look at but ultimately unprofitable.
By the way, I'm more convinced than ever that something has
been going on at least since I stopped using Lynx. It is of
course possible, perhaps likely, that every user of
telecommunications is being tracked constantly.

Possible... And some programs may make it easier or harder to do so in
each particular instance....

to do a little cheating. Wegmans has done less of
that so far, because they're able to charge a little
extra to make their margin, but Market Basket has a
less upscale and less forgiving client base.

Cheating won't ultimately help their bottom line... especially if the
client base is less forgiving... unless you mean that only in the area
of pricing, not quality....

Why? It's not hurt Microsoft.

But we're talking grocery stores, not tech companies....

What, you want to still feel young...? ;) I remember not really accepting, or feeling, middle age until it was obvious my parents had slipped over into old age decrepitude.... probably somewhere around
Daddy being in his late 70s, possibly 80.... and the Parkinsons was taking over....

It's rather that at 50 I could do anything I wanted
or needed to do. It wasn't until 64 that there were
serious and probably permanent deficits, thank you,
Beatles.

Will you still need/feed me.....? When I turned 64, I was telling
people that I had reached the will you still need me age.... and it went right over most people's heads.... (G)

Luckily I'm still doing the feeding if not the needing.

As I turned 64, it came to my awareness that when the Beatles wrote/sang
that song they were much younger than 64 themselves... and it was all theoretical to them.... And how much my own viewpoint on what
constitutes being "old" has changed in those intervening years.... ;)

... A fusion of peanut butter gooeyness, a cracker crunch, and squid!

I could make such a dish.

I'm sure you could... ;) I associate that tagline with Jim Bodle for
some reason... I think someone still around was doing so... :)

I doubt Bodle would have used it. Some twisted mind such
as Sacerdote's or Weller's might have formulated it in
honor of him, though.

That's probably the case... Dale probably told the tale about it...

... Man cannot live on bread alone; that's why there's orange marmelade.

I read that as "man cannot live on broad beans."

How true... (G)

Teacher: Can you use "marmalade" in a sentence?
Johnny: Said the chick to the other chick, look at
the egg that marmalade!

Very creative young lad... (G) (I know, old joke...)

ttyl neb

... Are cranberries healthy? I've never heard one complain.

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