> > > Not quite, but it got close.  Chronic dropped calls anyone?  
> > Better perhaps than no calls at all, for those
> > who like calls.
> Now if it would only drop just the robocalls.

The robos are smarter than any algorithm designed to
ferret them out.

> > > fisherman, it would make perfect sense to club together and get a 
> > > boat and build from there.  
> > True, if you have a critical mass of people in the
> > community who speak the other languages.
> That happened in cities all over the US.  It makes total sense the 
> Vietnamese, and other new groups, would do the same thing.

In the Route 40 corridor north of Dale and Gail, it's
the Koreans, who are more stick-to-themselvish. This
doesn't hugely bother me, as economic union is good for
survival in a hostile environment (which the English-speaking 
world is reverting to). It's irritating, though, that I 
believe that Korean-speakers get a discount; admittably, 
this is preferable to the foreigner tax such as I was 
charged in Chauvigny a few weeks ago.

> > If my parents had ever found out that I'd gotten B minuses,
> > their little hearts would have been broken. I never told
> > them anything but sent them a Xerox of my diploma with the
> > fancy Latin stuff when I got it.
> Mine didn't have any fancy Latin stuff. Land grant college and all 
> that.

Land-grant schools are of all colors. MIT is a land-grant
school, and it used at least to have Latin diplomas. Among 
the Ivies, Cornell is a land grant and Brown used to be one 
(how you get booted I don't know).

> > > > reflected a lot of them. And it's a really dumb book.
> > > I wouldn't disagree.  Made a good kids' movie though. 
> > It was a truly worthless book, and I don't watch movies.
> I don't, often, but did as a kid.

1967, I looked that up. Rex Harrison and Anthony Newley, eh,
impressive. I've never seen any film that had either, but I'm
kind of a fan of the latter as a result of having played in
his band on two sets of gigs 30-40 years ago.

> > like his music as much as his writing. The fiction is
> > kind of breathless but quite engaging; the music I find
> > post-Soviet Socialist Realismish - it might do okay with
> > audiences but wasn't my thing. My friend Pad Gajajiva from
> > RIME-Cuisine was from a similar background and might have 
> > been a relative.
> It's certainly possible.  Thailand isn't that big.  I rather like the 

Well, it's the size of France or Great Britain, though the
list of people associated with the royal family probably
isn't that big.

> opera he's writing these days.  Some of the fiction got a little 
> baroque from time to time, and baroque SF was never really my bag.

I'm not sure what that is. What are other authors in that
subgenre? Maybe I like it.

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      Title: Japanese Salad
 Categories: not quite Japanese, Salads
   Servings:  4

    1/4 c  Sesame seed
    1/2 lb Linguine, broken in half
      1 lb Small shrimp, cooked
      1    Bunch green onions, thinly
           Sliced
    1/4 c  Sesame oil
    1/4 c  Olive oil
    1/2 lb Mushrooms, sliced
    1/3 c  Soy sauce
    1/2 c  Sake or white wine
      2 tb Grated fresh ginger
      2    Garlic cloves, pressed
      3    Eggs
      1 tb Seaweed, coarsely crumbled

  Toast sesame seeds on cookie sheet in oven; set aside.  In boiling water,
  cook noodles until tender, about 10 minutes; drain, rinse, and let dry.
  Transfer to large bowl.  Add shrimp and green onions; mix well.  Mix oils
  together; heat about 2 T of oil and saute mushrooms, 5 minutes.  Add to
  shrimp.  Blend in soy sauce, sake, sesame seed, ginger, garlic, and rest
of
  oil.  Cover and refrigerate 2 hours.  In separate bowl, beat eggs and
stir
  in seaweed.  Oil skillet and add 1/4 of egg mixture.  Cook until it
loosens
  from pan; turn over and place on work surface.  Make 3 more thin
  egg/seaweed pancakes. Slice pancakes into thin strips. Toss with chilled
  noodles. Spoon and serve.

  Source unknown

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