Subj : Re: Resend SpringHasSpru To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Jun 30 2020 00:55:46 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 23-Jun-2020 17:29 <=- BM>> ...One year did have The Father's Day Flood: wasn't due to the BM>> Mississippi flooding but a torrential downpour. Power company had cut BM>> power to a substation to keep it from "blowing up" if the water got BM>> into it from a smaller river. Lack of power to run pumps and shop vacs BM>> created one set of problems, a small issue compared to having to BM>> replace a shorted-out substation if they had left the power on. NB>> I'd guess they warned the customers of the necessity...? BM> I would assume so but at the store (in the Mall) we didn't find out BM> why the power failure until later. May have been announced on the BM> radio, may have called the Mall Office and the information didn't get BM> passed on or passed on in time. Just all of a sudden it got really BM> dark! Now that would be at best disconcerting...! ;0 Did the Mall have emergency lighting, at least...? BM>> This past weekend was nice! :) Started off in the mid-50's, highs in BM>> the upper 70's/low 80's. NB>> Yes, last weekend was quite nice here, too... this weekend has been NB>> rather hot, but not quite as muggy as it might have been... that said, NB>> though, we really are starting to need rain... grass is drying up, NB>> I've noticed.... BM> It's been a little wet here the past several days. Rained a bit the BM> Friday night before Father's Day, Rained that Saturday night. BM> Father's Day was on-and-off rain: fortunately during the day mostly off BM> but that night it rained, I think sometimes hard. Monday on and off BM> rain all day and evening. Got another ¬" last night. Grass needs BM> mowing, weeds need plucking; things are still damp because of the BM> humidity from the rain. I think we got our rain after Father's Day... and significant rain not until the end of this past week... Still could use more... although I must admit I don't mind not having to worry about getting wet when I go out... BM>>>> Yum: turkey! Yum! Turkey leftovers! Yum - turkey pot pie. Um - BM>>>> turkey soup. Ah - I think I'm growing feathers! NB>>>> You should have had other meals interspersed with the turkey ones... BM>>> Chicken!! NB>>> Um... maybe not... maybe pork or beef...? :) Hamburgers, even... :) BM>> Now that's an idea! NB>> Overdosing on turkey leftovers one year is what turned my great-niece NB>> into a piscatarian... she eats veggies, eggs, dairy, and fish... no NB>> poultry or meat... not even into high school yet... :) BM> Could be a form of animal rights thinking but otherwise can sort of BM> see her aversion. LIS some time back I had the hungies and O.D.'d on BM> spray-can cheese. Had on crackers; no problem with crackers but since BM> then can't eat Blue Cheese (was the flavour). Still munch down other BM> kinds of cheese, though tend not to be overly adventurous and stick BM> with the common offerings. Yes, I remember that story... There might be a touch of animal rights, but I think mostly it was just that she got the aversion to the taste and idea from the overdose... She's a rather articulate young lady... :) BM>>> Right: at this point we're still hosting a bit of extended family and BM>>> want to have at least one meal each to take away. NB>>> So there are always plans for most of what ever is left... :) BM>> Yes. On-purpose buy a larger turkey than could possibly be eaten as BM>> the intent is to give away most of the leftovers and have some for us. BM>> Minimal cooking does come in handy! NB>> That works nicely, then... :) BM> They get to enjoy the meal again in a day or two, plus a day off from BM> cooking. A family holiday tradition, even.... :) BM>>> Chicken tikka masala is a dish of chunks of roasted marinated BM>>> chicken in a spiced curry sauce. The sauce is usually creamy and BM>>> orange-coloured. There are multiple claims to its place of origin BM>>> such as the United Kingdom and Indian subcontinent. It is among the BM>>> United Kingdom's most popular dishes. NB>>> Popular, yes, but not replacing fish and chips necessarily... ;) BM>> Right - popular but not #1. NB>> Have to admit, we tend to go more for various other ethnic cuisines NB>> than the usual Western fare... ;) BM> It's unique and different from the day-to-day! And stuff I'm less likely to cook, too... :) BM>>> Sounds like the tagline had a bit of confusion. ...Not like I've BM>>> never had that problem! NB>>> I'm sure that it wasn't really intended for actual truth, just to NB>>> get a rise out of people... a related one is below... ;) NB>>> ... Vindaloo has replaced haggis as the national dish of Scotland BM>> Sometimes the editing distorts the truth. Not necessarily of the BM>> tagline but the source(s) of the original information. Could be in a BM>> certain city the chicken is preferred over fish, vindaloo over haggis BM>> (well, that one I could easily see! ). NB>> More likely it's that there's a not too insignificant group that has NB>> discovered Indian food... and there are a number of Indian and NB>> Pakistani restaurants in the UK, since those were at one time part of NB>> the British empire.... ;) And haggis is basically a sort of sausage, NB>> you know... ;) BM> From what little I know of it very coarsely ground as opposed to a BM> smoother grind of the breakfast sausages, and almost puree of hot BM> dogs. More like the coarser grind of the dinner sausages... ;) There is a fairly wide range of grinds... and I tend to prefer the coarser grinds myself... ;) BM>> Just like some medical BM>> blurbs seem to indicate one thing the original article the opposite. NB>> Now that is a case of needing to go back to the original... :) BM> Depending on how much and what was trimmed could possibly be a very BM> good thing to do. And at the least, a caution to go back to the source before swallowing new information... ;) NB>> ... Alternate Zucchini Use #18: Organic bowling pins. BM> Use a melon as a bowling ball? N0w that could work... ttyl neb .... MAC error msg: "Like dude, something went wrong" --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .